Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-William Walker

Accepted Answer

A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering 
A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Know-Nothing Party

Accepted Answer

A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state 
A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 3

The Lincoln-Douglas debates were relatively insignificant in American political history and of little consequence to the outcome of the U.S.senate race.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-John Brown

Accepted Answer

John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 18

Question 5

The Democratic Party split in 1860 over the question of whether to:

Accepted Answer

A)  renominate President James Buchanan for a second term. 
B)  protect slavery in the territories or allow popular sovereignty in them. 
C)  impeach Chief Justice Roger Taney for the Dred Scott decision. 
D)  endorse the acquisition of Cuba by the United States, thus increasing slave territory. 
E)  immediately bring Kansas and Nebraska into the Union as slave states. 
A)  renominate President James Buchanan for a second term. 
B)  protect slavery in the territories or allow popular sovereignty in them. 
C)  impeach Chief Justice Roger Taney for the Dred Scott decision. 
D)  endorse the acquisition of Cuba by the United States, thus increasing slave territory. 
E)  immediately bring Kansas and Nebraska into the Union as slave states.

Question 6

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Breckinridge

Accepted Answer

A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering 
A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 7

Prior to becoming president in 1857,James Buchanan did not have much political experience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Ostend Manifesto

Accepted Answer

A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state 
A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Fugitive Slave Act

Accepted Answer

A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state 
A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 10

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Brown

Accepted Answer

A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering 
A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 11

What key component of the 1860 Republican platform had never before been part of a major party's platform?

Accepted Answer

A)  There should be no national banking system. 
B)  Slavery should be abolished in the Upper South. 
C)  The government needed to protect industry with a tariff. 
D)  Federal money should be used to improve and extend transportation. 
E)  Slavery should not be extended into new states and territories. 
A)  There should be no national banking system. 
B)  Slavery should be abolished in the Upper South. 
C)  The government needed to protect industry with a tariff. 
D)  Federal money should be used to improve and extend transportation. 
E)  Slavery should not be extended into new states and territories.

Question 12

In the 1860 election,who was the presidential candidate to have significant support in all parts of the country?

Accepted Answer

A)  Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  John Breckinridge. 
C)  John Bell. 
D)  Stephen Douglas. 
E)  Will Seward. 
A)  Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  John Breckinridge. 
C)  John Bell. 
D)  Stephen Douglas. 
E)  Will Seward.

Question 13

The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks:

Accepted Answer

A)  showed the extreme violence of which northern abolitionists were capable. 
B)  actually helped the new Republican Party. 
C)  was denounced by most southerners as barbaric. 
D)  occurred because Sumner praised the attack on Lawrence, Kansas. 
E)  was unusual because both men were proslavery Democrats. 
A)  showed the extreme violence of which northern abolitionists were capable. 
B)  actually helped the new Republican Party. 
C)  was denounced by most southerners as barbaric. 
D)  occurred because Sumner praised the attack on Lawrence, Kansas. 
E)  was unusual because both men were proslavery Democrats.

Question 14

After Texas independence,the Tejanos lost rights and access to land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-manifest destiny

Accepted Answer

A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state 
A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 16

During the secession winter of 1860-1861,who offered the most widely supported compromise plan in Congress,which allowed the westward extension of the Missouri Compromise line?

Accepted Answer

A)  Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  John Crittenden. 
C)  Jefferson Davis. 
D)  Zachary Taylor. 
E)  Andrew Johnson. 
A)  Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  John Crittenden. 
C)  Jefferson Davis. 
D)  Zachary Taylor. 
E)  Andrew Johnson.

Question 17

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Martin Van Buren

Accepted Answer

A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering 
A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 18

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Dred Scott

Accepted Answer

A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering 
A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 19

How do you explain why and when certain slave states seceded from the Union? Why did some slave states-Delaware,Kentucky,Maryland,and Missouri-not secede from the Union?

Accepted Answer

The secession of certain slave states fr

Question 20

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-filibustering

Accepted Answer

A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state 
A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Exam 13: A House Divided,1840-1861

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William Walker

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Know-Nothing Party

The Lincoln-Douglas debates were relatively insignificant in American political history and of little consequence to the outcome of the U.S.senate race.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -John Brown

The Democratic Party split in 1860 over the question of whether to:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Breckinridge

Prior to becoming president in 1857,James Buchanan did not have much political experience.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Ostend Manifesto

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Fugitive Slave Act

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Brown

What key component of the 1860 Republican platform had never before been part of a major party's platform?

In the 1860 election,who was the presidential candidate to have significant support in all parts of the country?

The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks:

After Texas independence,the Tejanos lost rights and access to land.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -manifest destiny

During the secession winter of 1860-1861,who offered the most widely supported compromise plan in Congress,which allowed the westward extension of the Missouri Compromise line?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Martin Van Buren

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Dred Scott

How do you explain why and when certain slave states seceded from the Union? Why did some slave states-Delaware,Kentucky,Maryland,and Missouri-not secede from the Union?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -filibustering

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Slavery,Freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865

What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

The Progressive Era,1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties,1920-1932

The New Deal,1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II,1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War,1945-1953

An Affluent Society,1953-1960

The Sixties,1960-1968

The Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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