Exam 14: The Sectional Crisis

How did national political parties help to hold the Union together during the 1840s and early 1850s? What role did the failure of the two-party system play in the breakup of the Union?

What was the main reason that many native-born Americans disliked Irish and German immigrants?

In the South,how was James Buchanan's winning of the 1856 presidential election viewed?

How did the Republican Party manage to gain so much support in the 1850s?

In what area did the Wilmot Proviso propose to ban slavery?

Why was it difficult for northern abolitionists to develop a practical program that would eliminate the institution of slavery throughout the country?

How did Southerners react to Lincoln's victory in the presidential election of 1860?

When did the "irrepressible conflict" over slavery in the territories begin?

What does the term "second party system" refer to?

Why did the Free-Soil movement support the exclusion of slavery from the territories?

Which of the following men was NOT a presidential candidate in the 1860 election?

Which political party wanted to extend the period of naturalization in order to weaken immigrant voter strength?

The founding of which party was the first significant effort to create a broadly based sectional party addressing itself to voters' concerns about the extension of slavery?