Question 1

Which of the following candidates ran as Democrats in the 1860 election?

Accepted Answer

A)  Abraham Lincoln and John Bell 
B)  John Breckinridge and Stephen Douglas 
C)  Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln 
D)  John Breckinridge and John Bell 
E)  John Breckinridge and Abraham Lincoln 
A)  Abraham Lincoln and John Bell 
B)  John Breckinridge and Stephen Douglas 
C)  Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln 
D)  John Breckinridge and John Bell 
E)  John Breckinridge and Abraham Lincoln

Question 2

Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 antagonized the North the most?

Accepted Answer

A)  The entrance of California as a free state in the Union 
B)  The abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 
C)  The use of popular sovereignty as the basis for determining the status of slavery in the territories 
D)  The strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act 
E)  The federal assumption of the Texas debt 
A)  The entrance of California as a free state in the Union 
B)  The abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 
C)  The use of popular sovereignty as the basis for determining the status of slavery in the territories 
D)  The strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act 
E)  The federal assumption of the Texas debt

Question 3

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

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A)  Fort. Bragg 
B)  Fort. Jackson 
C)  Fort. Belvidere 
D)  Fort. McHenry 
E)  Fort. Sumter 
A)  Fort. Bragg 
B)  Fort. Jackson 
C)  Fort. Belvidere 
D)  Fort. McHenry 
E)  Fort. Sumter

Question 4

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-Texas

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Question 5

The "Conscience Whigs" were

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A)  members of the Whig party who were convinced that their party had an obligation to adhere to the terms of the Compromise of 1850. 
B)  northern politicians who believed that the best way to eliminate slavery was to curb expansionist sentiment among southerners. 
C)  the northern, antislavery wing of the party, led by Senator William Seward of New York. 
D)  the southern, proslavery wing of the party, led by John Bell. 
E)  southern antislavery Democrats who were looking for an alternative political party. 
A)  members of the Whig party who were convinced that their party had an obligation to adhere to the terms of the Compromise of 1850. 
B)  northern politicians who believed that the best way to eliminate slavery was to curb expansionist sentiment among southerners. 
C)  the northern, antislavery wing of the party, led by Senator William Seward of New York. 
D)  the southern, proslavery wing of the party, led by John Bell. 
E)  southern antislavery Democrats who were looking for an alternative political party.

Question 6

What was the reaction of many northerners to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  They joined with southerners to prevent runaway slaves from escaping to Canada. 
B)  Although some Northerners saw the act as the price of saving the Union, many more saw it as a vile monument of infamy and therefore took up the abolition cause. 
C)  They began campaigns to repeal the old "personal-liberty laws" that had been passed under the Articles of Confederation. 
D)  In Boston and other northern cities, mobs surrounded houses where runaway slaves were hiding, and forced the owners to surrender the fugitives. 
E)  They built special jails to accommodate slaves captured on northern soil. 
A)  They joined with southerners to prevent runaway slaves from escaping to Canada. 
B)  Although some Northerners saw the act as the price of saving the Union, many more saw it as a vile monument of infamy and therefore took up the abolition cause. 
C)  They began campaigns to repeal the old "personal-liberty laws" that had been passed under the Articles of Confederation. 
D)  In Boston and other northern cities, mobs surrounded houses where runaway slaves were hiding, and forced the owners to surrender the fugitives. 
E)  They built special jails to accommodate slaves captured on northern soil.

Question 7

The Ostend Manifesto called for the United States to acquire

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A)  Mexico. 
B)  Canada. 
C)  Alaska. 
D)  Cuba. 
E)  Haiti. 
A)  Mexico. 
B)  Canada. 
C)  Alaska. 
D)  Cuba. 
E)  Haiti.

Question 8

MAP QUESTIONS
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Indian Territory

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Question 9

Before his assault on Harpers Ferry in 1859, John Brown had gained notoriety by

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A)  publishing an anti-slavery journal that savagely attacked the South. 
B)  kidnapping slaveholders in the South and publicly executed them. 
C)  massacring five pro-slavery settlers in Kansas. 
D)  conspiring with Denmark Vesey to start a slave rebellion in South Carolina. 
E)  challenging Stephen Douglas to a debate. 
A)  publishing an anti-slavery journal that savagely attacked the South. 
B)  kidnapping slaveholders in the South and publicly executed them. 
C)  massacring five pro-slavery settlers in Kansas. 
D)  conspiring with Denmark Vesey to start a slave rebellion in South Carolina. 
E)  challenging Stephen Douglas to a debate.

Question 10

What did the Know-Nothing Party argue?

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A)  Free blacks should be offered equal opportunities as whites. 
B)  Slavery should be extended to all territories. 
C)  Immigration should be strictly limited. 
D)  Free blacks and immigrants should be encouraged to settle in the North. 
A)  Free blacks should be offered equal opportunities as whites. 
B)  Slavery should be extended to all territories. 
C)  Immigration should be strictly limited. 
D)  Free blacks and immigrants should be encouraged to settle in the North.

Question 11

In the course of his campaign against Stephen Douglas in 1858, Abraham Lincoln declared all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  Congress had no constitutional authority to abolish slavery in the South. 
B)  Social and political equality between blacks and whites was not desirable. 
C)  The Dred Scott decision rendered popular sovereignty "as thin as soup boiled from the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death." 
D)  This nation cannot exist permanently half slave and half free. 
E)  The best way to preserve the Union was to ensure that slavery was legal in all states, North and South. 
A)  Congress had no constitutional authority to abolish slavery in the South. 
B)  Social and political equality between blacks and whites was not desirable. 
C)  The Dred Scott decision rendered popular sovereignty "as thin as soup boiled from the shadow of a pigeon that had starved to death." 
D)  This nation cannot exist permanently half slave and half free. 
E)  The best way to preserve the Union was to ensure that slavery was legal in all states, North and South.

Question 12

How did Zachary Taylor dismay both southern Democrats and Whigs?

Accepted Answer

A)  He believed that states and territories should be able to decide for themselves whether to have slavery or not but questioned whether slavery would be viable in the Southwest. 
B)  He argued that proponents and opponents of slavery should square in a series of duals. 
C)  He stated that the military should patrol the Southwest and prevent any radical supporters or opponents of slavery from entering. 
D)  He recommended that the federal government abolish slavery and compensate slave owners by paying them $4,000 per slave. 
E)  He insisted that slavery be allowed, but that slave states should educate and train slaves for eventual freedom. 
A)  He believed that states and territories should be able to decide for themselves whether to have slavery or not but questioned whether slavery would be viable in the Southwest. 
B)  He argued that proponents and opponents of slavery should square in a series of duals. 
C)  He stated that the military should patrol the Southwest and prevent any radical supporters or opponents of slavery from entering. 
D)  He recommended that the federal government abolish slavery and compensate slave owners by paying them $4,000 per slave. 
E)  He insisted that slavery be allowed, but that slave states should educate and train slaves for eventual freedom.

Question 13

Which of the following is not true about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  It rendered the terms of the Compromise of 1850 void. 
B)  It superseded the Missouri Compromise. 
C)  It split the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska. 
D)  It applied the principle of popular sovereignty to Nebraska and Kansas. 
E)  It was sponsored by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois. 
A)  It rendered the terms of the Compromise of 1850 void. 
B)  It superseded the Missouri Compromise. 
C)  It split the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska. 
D)  It applied the principle of popular sovereignty to Nebraska and Kansas. 
E)  It was sponsored by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.

Question 14

Which provision did the Lecompton constitution include?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery was illegal in Kansas. 
B)  Slaves residing in Kansas in 1857 could remain, but no more slaves would be allowed. 
C)  Slaves were property; therefore, the territory could not regulate them. 
D)  Slaves should be counted as 3/5 of a person for tax purposes. 
E)  A referendum would be held to decide whether to allow more slaves into the state. 
A)  Slavery was illegal in Kansas. 
B)  Slaves residing in Kansas in 1857 could remain, but no more slaves would be allowed. 
C)  Slaves were property; therefore, the territory could not regulate them. 
D)  Slaves should be counted as 3/5 of a person for tax purposes. 
E)  A referendum would be held to decide whether to allow more slaves into the state.

Question 15

Who won the 1856 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)  Millard Fillmore 
B)  James Buchanan 
C)  Franklin Pierce 
D)  Winfield Scott 
E)  Zachary Taylor 
A)  Millard Fillmore 
B)  James Buchanan 
C)  Franklin Pierce 
D)  Winfield Scott 
E)  Zachary Taylor

Question 16

Why did the states of the Upper South join the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Richmond was designated the capital of the Confederacy. 
B)  Lincoln announced his intention of appointing William Seward as secretary of state. 
C)  The Crittenden compromise was rejected. 
D)  Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion in the Lower South. 
E)  Northern troops were defeated at the first battle of Manassas. 
A)  Richmond was designated the capital of the Confederacy. 
B)  Lincoln announced his intention of appointing William Seward as secretary of state. 
C)  The Crittenden compromise was rejected. 
D)  Lincoln called for volunteers to suppress the rebellion in the Lower South. 
E)  Northern troops were defeated at the first battle of Manassas.

Question 17

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-California

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Question 18

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following:
  
-Utah Territory

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Question 19

What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Accepted Answer

A)  It contradicted prevailing stereotypes about blacks. 
B)  It challenged the common notion that slavery tore apart the black family. 
C)  It pushed many waverers to an aggressive antislavery stance. 
D)  It strengthened the southern defense of slavery by reinforcing stereotypes of blacks as docile and inferior. 
E)  It sold relatively few copies and was soon out of print. 
A)  It contradicted prevailing stereotypes about blacks. 
B)  It challenged the common notion that slavery tore apart the black family. 
C)  It pushed many waverers to an aggressive antislavery stance. 
D)  It strengthened the southern defense of slavery by reinforcing stereotypes of blacks as docile and inferior. 
E)  It sold relatively few copies and was soon out of print.

Question 20

In the 1860 presidential election, the Republican party adopted an economic program that included all of the following features except

Accepted Answer

A)  Federal aid for internal improvements 
B)  A protective tariff. 
C)  Free homesteads for settlers in the west. 
D)  a national income tax. 
E)  providing land to immigrants who were not yet citizens. 
A)  Federal aid for internal improvements 
B)  A protective tariff. 
C)  Free homesteads for settlers in the west. 
D)  a national income tax. 
E)  providing land to immigrants who were not yet citizens.

Which of the following candidates ran as Democrats in the 1860 election?

Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 antagonized the North the most?

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: -Texas

The "Conscience Whigs" were

What was the reaction of many northerners to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act?

The Ostend Manifesto called for the United States to acquire

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: -Indian Territory

Before his assault on Harpers Ferry in 1859, John Brown had gained notoriety by

What did the Know-Nothing Party argue?

In the course of his campaign against Stephen Douglas in 1858, Abraham Lincoln declared all of the following except

How did Zachary Taylor dismay both southern Democrats and Whigs?

Which of the following is not true about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Which provision did the Lecompton constitution include?

Who won the 1856 presidential election?

Why did the states of the Upper South join the Confederacy?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: -California

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: -Utah Territory

What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?

In the 1860 presidential election, the Republican party adopted an economic program that included all of the following features except

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Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

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Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

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Exam 14: From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

Which of the following candidates ran as Democrats in the 1860 election?

Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 antagonized the North the most?

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: -Texas

The "Conscience Whigs" were

What was the reaction of many northerners to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act?

The Ostend Manifesto called for the United States to acquire

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: -Indian Territory

Before his assault on Harpers Ferry in 1859, John Brown had gained notoriety by

What did the Know-Nothing Party argue?

In the course of his campaign against Stephen Douglas in 1858, Abraham Lincoln declared all of the following except

How did Zachary Taylor dismay both southern Democrats and Whigs?

Which of the following is not true about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Which provision did the Lecompton constitution include?

Who won the 1856 presidential election?

Why did the states of the Upper South join the Confederacy?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: -California

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: -Utah Territory

What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?

In the 1860 presidential election, the Republican party adopted an economic program that included all of the following features except

Native Peoples of America, to 1500

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625

The Emergence of Colonial Societies, 1625-1700

The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life, 1840-1860

The Old South and Slavery, 1830-1860

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict, 1840-1848

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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