Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Wilmot Proviso

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 2

Abraham Lincoln opposed increasing economic opportunities for free blacks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

American settlement in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s:

Accepted Answer

A)  took place without approval from the Mexican government. 
B)  did not exceed the Mexican population there until the United States annexed Texas in 1845. 
C)  led Stephen Austin to demand more autonomy from Mexican officials. 
D)  included no slaves, because Mexico had banned slavery in its territory. 
E)  was in communities whose American-born residents were called Tejanos by their Mexican neighbors. 
A)  took place without approval from the Mexican government. 
B)  did not exceed the Mexican population there until the United States annexed Texas in 1845. 
C)  led Stephen Austin to demand more autonomy from Mexican officials. 
D)  included no slaves, because Mexico had banned slavery in its territory. 
E)  was in communities whose American-born residents were called Tejanos by their Mexican neighbors.

Question 4

John Brown perpetuated violence over the slavery issue in only Virginia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The American Civil War began in April 1861,when:

Accepted Answer

A)  Confederate forces fired upon and captured Fort Sumter. 
B)  U.S. naval vessels bombarded the city of Wilmington, North Carolina. 
C)  Confederate and Union cavalry clashed in disputed territory in Texas. 
D)  General William Sherman led Union soldiers on a devastating march through Georgia. 
E)  Confederate infantry attacked Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 
A)  Confederate forces fired upon and captured Fort Sumter. 
B)  U.S. naval vessels bombarded the city of Wilmington, North Carolina. 
C)  Confederate and Union cavalry clashed in disputed territory in Texas. 
D)  General William Sherman led Union soldiers on a devastating march through Georgia. 
E)  Confederate infantry attacked Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Question 6

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Henry Clay

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

Why was the extension of slavery significant politically?

Accepted Answer

A)  It determined whether slavery should end everywhere immediately. 
B)  Both the North and South wanted to control the Senate. 
C)  It led to the United States gaining more territory in the Caribbean. 
D)  It gave the abolitionists control of northern politics. 
E)  The government mandated that the Methodist church had to be split into two groups. 
A)  It determined whether slavery should end everywhere immediately. 
B)  Both the North and South wanted to control the Senate. 
C)  It led to the United States gaining more territory in the Caribbean. 
D)  It gave the abolitionists control of northern politics. 
E)  The government mandated that the Methodist church had to be split into two groups.

Question 8

On matters related to citizenship,the U.S.Supreme Court declared in Dred Scott that:

Accepted Answer

A)  free African-Americans could vote. 
B)  anyone that a state considered to be a citizen was a U.S. citizen. 
C)  freeborn blacks were U.S. citizens, but those born into slavery and later freed could not be citizens. 
D)  citizenship was limited to males. 
E)  only white persons could be U.S. citizens. 
A)  free African-Americans could vote. 
B)  anyone that a state considered to be a citizen was a U.S. citizen. 
C)  freeborn blacks were U.S. citizens, but those born into slavery and later freed could not be citizens. 
D)  citizenship was limited to males. 
E)  only white persons could be U.S. citizens.

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Preston Brooks

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 10

Why were the Know-Nothings unable to curb the political influence of Irish immigrants?

Accepted Answer

A)  The pope interceded on behalf of Catholics in America. 
B)  Southern slaveholders protected the rights of immigrants. 
C)  The Irish used their strong economic clout to gain political influence. 
D)  After arriving in the United States, most of the Irish converted to Protestant faiths. 
E)  Voting rights were being determined by race. 
A)  The pope interceded on behalf of Catholics in America. 
B)  Southern slaveholders protected the rights of immigrants. 
C)  The Irish used their strong economic clout to gain political influence. 
D)  After arriving in the United States, most of the Irish converted to Protestant faiths. 
E)  Voting rights were being determined by race.

Question 11

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-"free labor" ideology

Accepted Answer

The "free labor" ideology was a belief s

Question 12

In 1821,the opening of the Santa Fe Trail between Santa Fe and ________ led to a reorientation of New Mexico's commerce from the rest of Mexico to the United States.

Accepted Answer

A)  Houston, Texas, 
B)  San Diego, California, 
C)  New Orleans, Louisiana, 
D)  Omaha, Nebraska, 
E)  Independence, Missouri, 
A)  Houston, Texas, 
B)  San Diego, California, 
C)  New Orleans, Louisiana, 
D)  Omaha, Nebraska, 
E)  Independence, Missouri,

Question 13

The California gold rush:

Accepted Answer

A)  actually had only a small impact on California's population because its rich farmlands already attracted thousands of new settlers each year. 
B)  attracted almost equal numbers of men and women. 
C)  resulted in laws that discriminated against "foreign miners." 
D)  made considerable wealth for average miners because gold mining demanded no real investment of capital. 
E)  hurt the development of San Francisco because gold discoveries shifted interest to areas outside of town. 
A)  actually had only a small impact on California's population because its rich farmlands already attracted thousands of new settlers each year. 
B)  attracted almost equal numbers of men and women. 
C)  resulted in laws that discriminated against "foreign miners." 
D)  made considerable wealth for average miners because gold mining demanded no real investment of capital. 
E)  hurt the development of San Francisco because gold discoveries shifted interest to areas outside of town.

Question 14

Winning the Mexican War did what in regard to trade for the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mexico refused to trade with the United States. 
B)  Native Americans blocked ports in southern California. 
C)  Gaining valuable trade ports tripled trade with China by 1860. 
D)  The United States now had to consider going to war with Great Britain for control of the Pacific Coast. 
E)  The gold rush lessened the need for trade. 
A)  Mexico refused to trade with the United States. 
B)  Native Americans blocked ports in southern California. 
C)  Gaining valuable trade ports tripled trade with China by 1860. 
D)  The United States now had to consider going to war with Great Britain for control of the Pacific Coast. 
E)  The gold rush lessened the need for trade.

Question 15

What was a key provision of the Compromise of 1850?

Accepted Answer

A)  California would enter the Union as a slave state. 
B)  Slavery would be abolished in Washington, D.C. 
C)  The Oregon Territory would be created. 
D)  The Fugitive Slave Act gave runaway slaves more protection and guaranteed them a lawyer in court. 
E)  The New Mexico and Utah Territories would use popular sovereignty to decide about slavery. 
A)  California would enter the Union as a slave state. 
B)  Slavery would be abolished in Washington, D.C. 
C)  The Oregon Territory would be created. 
D)  The Fugitive Slave Act gave runaway slaves more protection and guaranteed them a lawyer in court. 
E)  The New Mexico and Utah Territories would use popular sovereignty to decide about slavery.

Question 16

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:

Accepted Answer

A)  won the grudging support of Ralph Waldo Emerson as a necessary compromise. 
B)  gave new powers to federal officers to override local law enforcement. 
C)  was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case. 
D)  angered southerners by weakening an earlier law on fugitive slaves. 
E)  convinced Abraham Lincoln to retire briefly from political life. 
A)  won the grudging support of Ralph Waldo Emerson as a necessary compromise. 
B)  gave new powers to federal officers to override local law enforcement. 
C)  was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case. 
D)  angered southerners by weakening an earlier law on fugitive slaves. 
E)  convinced Abraham Lincoln to retire briefly from political life.

Question 17

Thinking back to previous chapters,fully explain how the forces of the market revolution heightened the tension between freedom and slavery.

Accepted Answer

The forces of the market revolution heig

Question 18

How did the territory acquired from the Mexican War promote Thomas Jefferson's earlier idea of an Empire of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

A)  More land meant more business opportunities. 
B)  Only people classified as whites gained full rights. 
C)  Desert farming would attract many American settlers. 
D)  The national government would have full sovereignty. 
E)  Lewis and Clark had explored California more than forty years earlier. 
A)  More land meant more business opportunities. 
B)  Only people classified as whites gained full rights. 
C)  Desert farming would attract many American settlers. 
D)  The national government would have full sovereignty. 
E)  Lewis and Clark had explored California more than forty years earlier.

Question 19

In 1846,Congressman David Wilmot proposed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  prohibit slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico. 
B)  allow voters to decide the status of slavery in new territories. 
C)  divide the Oregon Country between Great Britain and the United States. 
D)  annex Cuba to avoid southern secession. 
E)  allow slavery to expand into California and New Mexico. 
A)  prohibit slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico. 
B)  allow voters to decide the status of slavery in new territories. 
C)  divide the Oregon Country between Great Britain and the United States. 
D)  annex Cuba to avoid southern secession. 
E)  allow slavery to expand into California and New Mexico.

Question 20

The Republican presidential candidate in 1856 was:

Accepted Answer

A)  John Breckinridge. 
B)  Abraham Lincoln. 
C)  Charles Sumner. 
D)  John Frémont. 
E)  James Buchanan. 
A)  John Breckinridge. 
B)  Abraham Lincoln. 
C)  Charles Sumner. 
D)  John Frémont. 
E)  James Buchanan.

Exam 13: A House Divided,1840-1861

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Wilmot Proviso

Abraham Lincoln opposed increasing economic opportunities for free blacks.

American settlement in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s:

John Brown perpetuated violence over the slavery issue in only Virginia.

The American Civil War began in April 1861,when:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Henry Clay

Why was the extension of slavery significant politically?

On matters related to citizenship,the U.S.Supreme Court declared in Dred Scott that:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Preston Brooks

Why were the Know-Nothings unable to curb the political influence of Irish immigrants?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -"free labor" ideology

In 1821,the opening of the Santa Fe Trail between Santa Fe and ________ led to a reorientation of New Mexico's commerce from the rest of Mexico to the United States.

The California gold rush:

Winning the Mexican War did what in regard to trade for the United States?

What was a key provision of the Compromise of 1850?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:

Thinking back to previous chapters,fully explain how the forces of the market revolution heightened the tension between freedom and slavery.

How did the territory acquired from the Mexican War promote Thomas Jefferson's earlier idea of an Empire of Liberty?

In 1846,Congressman David Wilmot proposed to:

The Republican presidential candidate in 1856 was:

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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

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