Question 1

The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the concession to the South concerning

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A)  slavery in the District of Columbia. 
B)  slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories. 
C)  the revised, more stringent and coercive Fugitive Slave Law. 
D)  settlement of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute. 
E)  continuation of the interstate slave trade. 
A)  slavery in the District of Columbia. 
B)  slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories. 
C)  the revised, more stringent and coercive Fugitive Slave Law. 
D)  settlement of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute. 
E)  continuation of the interstate slave trade.

Question 2

Explain the relationship between the Ostend Manifesto and the slavery controversy in the United States.

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The Ostend Manifesto was a document writ

Question 3

In the Compromise of 1850, Congress determined that slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories was

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A)  to be banned. 
B)  protected by federal law. 
C)  to be decided by popular sovereignty. 
D)  to be ignored until either territory applied for admission to statehood. 
E)  to be decided by the Supreme Court. 
A)  to be banned. 
B)  protected by federal law. 
C)  to be decided by popular sovereignty. 
D)  to be ignored until either territory applied for admission to statehood. 
E)  to be decided by the Supreme Court.

Question 4

The debate over slavery in the Mexican Cession

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A)  threatened to split national politics along North-South lines. 
B)  nearly resulted in the return of the territory to Mexico. 
C)  resulted in the formation of the Republican party. 
D)  resulted in strong hostility to further expansionism. 
E)  caused clashes between proslavery and antislavery settlers in California. 
A)  threatened to split national politics along North-South lines. 
B)  nearly resulted in the return of the territory to Mexico. 
C)  resulted in the formation of the Republican party. 
D)  resulted in strong hostility to further expansionism. 
E)  caused clashes between proslavery and antislavery settlers in California.

Question 5

In his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webster

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A)  attacked Henry Clay's compromise proposals. 
B)  called for a new, more stringent fugitive-slave law as a political concession to the South. 
C)  advocated a congressional ban on slavery in all the western territories. 
D)  became a hated figure in the South. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  attacked Henry Clay's compromise proposals. 
B)  called for a new, more stringent fugitive-slave law as a political concession to the South. 
C)  advocated a congressional ban on slavery in all the western territories. 
D)  became a hated figure in the South. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 6

You will recall that in Chapter 16, The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860, abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Sojourner Truth, and Frederick Douglass argued that a higher law than the Constitution demanded the immediate end of slavery across America, which they termed an "evil institution." Do you believe that there is a higher law than the Constitution? If so, would the expansion or the maintained legal status of slavery qualify as prompting antislavery statesman to invoke a higher law than the Constitution during this era of American history? Why did some prominent statesmen of that era such as John Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster find this concept of a higher law than the Constitution dangerous to republican government? Do you share their republican and constitutional fears about politicians adhering to a "higher law" over vexing political issues such as slavery?

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Yes, I do believe that there is a higher

Question 7

The impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to

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A)  bring a final solution to the question of slavery in the territories. 
B)  give the North the upper hand in the debate on slavery. 
C)  enrage the antislavery abolitionists. 
D)  lessen the prospects for future political compromises between the North and South and hasten the outbreak of the Civil War. 
E)  make Stephen Douglas the most controversial national politician. 
A)  bring a final solution to the question of slavery in the territories. 
B)  give the North the upper hand in the debate on slavery. 
C)  enrage the antislavery abolitionists. 
D)  lessen the prospects for future political compromises between the North and South and hasten the outbreak of the Civil War. 
E)  make Stephen Douglas the most controversial national politician.

Question 8

Most American leaders believed that the only way to keep the new Pacific Coast territories from breaking away from United States control was to

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A)  allow slavery in these areas. 
B)  build a canal across Central America. 
C)  grant the territories quick statehood. 
D)  construct a transcontinental railroad. 
E)  establish large naval bases in San Diego and Seattle. 
A)  allow slavery in these areas. 
B)  build a canal across Central America. 
C)  grant the territories quick statehood. 
D)  construct a transcontinental railroad. 
E)  establish large naval bases in San Diego and Seattle.

Question 9

In 1848, the Free Soil party platform advocated all of the following except

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A)  support of the Wilmot Proviso. 
B)  federal aid for internal improvements. 
C)  free government homesteads for settlers. 
D)  opposition to slavery in the territories. 
E)  permitting slavery in selected western territories acquired through the Mexican War. 
A)  support of the Wilmot Proviso. 
B)  federal aid for internal improvements. 
C)  free government homesteads for settlers. 
D)  opposition to slavery in the territories. 
E)  permitting slavery in selected western territories acquired through the Mexican War.

Question 10

On July 3, 1844, the first formal diplomatic agreement between the United States and China was the

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A)  Ostend Manifesto. 
B)  Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. 
C)  Chinese Open-Door Treaty. 
D)  Treaty of Wanghia. 
E)  Hong Kong/Chinese Treaty. 
A)  Ostend Manifesto. 
B)  Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. 
C)  Chinese Open-Door Treaty. 
D)  Treaty of Wanghia. 
E)  Hong Kong/Chinese Treaty.

Question 11

For a short time in the 1850s, William Walker, an American adventurer, seized political and military control of

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A)  Nicaragua. 
B)  Cuba. 
C)  Japan. 
D)  El Salvador. 
E)  Puerto Rico. 
A)  Nicaragua. 
B)  Cuba. 
C)  Japan. 
D)  El Salvador. 
E)  Puerto Rico.

Question 12

The primary objective of Manifest Destiny expansionists in the 1850s was

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A)  Panama. 
B)  Nicaragua. 
C)  Cuba. 
D)  Hawaii. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  Panama. 
B)  Nicaragua. 
C)  Cuba. 
D)  Hawaii. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 13

Southern delegates met at a convention in Nashville in the June of 1850 to

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A)  plan southern secession. 
B)  develop a series of compromise political proposals over slavery to preserve the Union. 
C)  propose a series of constitutional amendments to protect the legality of slavery. 
D)  denounce Daniel Webster as a traitor to the South. 
E)  condemn the political compromises over slavery being worked out in Congress. 
A)  plan southern secession. 
B)  develop a series of compromise political proposals over slavery to preserve the Union. 
C)  propose a series of constitutional amendments to protect the legality of slavery. 
D)  denounce Daniel Webster as a traitor to the South. 
E)  condemn the political compromises over slavery being worked out in Congress.

Question 14

An event that helped prompt the congressional enactment of the Compromise of 1850 was when President Zachary Taylor

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A)  led an invasion of Texas to halt its attempts to take part of New Mexico. 
B)  supported fellow southerner John C. Calhoun's plan for union. 
C)  died suddenly and a conciliatory Millard Fillmore became president. 
D)  resigned the presidency and a conciliatory James Buchanan became president. 
E)  decided not to run for re-election. 
A)  led an invasion of Texas to halt its attempts to take part of New Mexico. 
B)  supported fellow southerner John C. Calhoun's plan for union. 
C)  died suddenly and a conciliatory Millard Fillmore became president. 
D)  resigned the presidency and a conciliatory James Buchanan became president. 
E)  decided not to run for re-election.

Question 15

During the debate of 1850, ____ argued that there was a higher law than the Constitution that compelled him to demand the exclusion of slavery from the territories.

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A)  William H. Seward 
B)  Henry Clay 
C)  Daniel Webster 
D)  Stephen A. Douglas 
E)  Zachary Taylor 
A)  William H. Seward 
B)  Henry Clay 
C)  Daniel Webster 
D)  Stephen A. Douglas 
E)  Zachary Taylor

Question 16

One of Stephen Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was

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A)  not securing the transcontinental railroad for the North. 
B)  overestimating the protest to the bill. 
C)  allowing slavery to spread into new territory. 
D)  underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery. 
E)  believing that slavery could not survive in Kansas. 
A)  not securing the transcontinental railroad for the North. 
B)  overestimating the protest to the bill. 
C)  allowing slavery to spread into new territory. 
D)  underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery. 
E)  believing that slavery could not survive in Kansas.

Question 17

With the discovery of gold near Sutter's Mill, California, in 1848, all of the following took place except

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A)  miners and adventurers from around the world came to California. 
B)  most of the first wave of miners struck it rich in California with lucrative, easy, and plentiful discoveries of gold. 
C)  many travelers to California faced illness and deadly fevers. 
D)  the most reliable profits in the California gold rush were made by those who provided personal services, such as laundry services and clothing, for the miners. 
E)  crime soared in California due to the large number of lawless men and virtueless women who arrived there. 
A)  miners and adventurers from around the world came to California. 
B)  most of the first wave of miners struck it rich in California with lucrative, easy, and plentiful discoveries of gold. 
C)  many travelers to California faced illness and deadly fevers. 
D)  the most reliable profits in the California gold rush were made by those who provided personal services, such as laundry services and clothing, for the miners. 
E)  crime soared in California due to the large number of lawless men and virtueless women who arrived there.

Question 18

To what extent was there a reassertion of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s? What were the goals of America's foreign policy at the time? What were the diplomatic and military strategies and tactics employed by the U.S.government to achieve these foreign policy goals?

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In the 1850s, there was a significant re

Question 19

The Wilmot Proviso, if adopted, would have

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A)  prevented the taking of any territory from Mexico. 
B)  required California to enter the Union as a slave state. 
C)  overturned the Fugitive Slave Law. 
D)  prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War. 
E)  authorized slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War. 
A)  prevented the taking of any territory from Mexico. 
B)  required California to enter the Union as a slave state. 
C)  overturned the Fugitive Slave Law. 
D)  prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War. 
E)  authorized slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War.

Question 20

In 1850, the South was deeply worried because

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A)  the Underground Railroad was carrying away hundreds of slaves each year. 
B)  the price of cotton was low. 
C)  the Supreme Court had a northern majority. 
D)  California sought admission as a free state. 
E)  U.S. presidents were favoring the North. 
A)  the Underground Railroad was carrying away hundreds of slaves each year. 
B)  the price of cotton was low. 
C)  the Supreme Court had a northern majority. 
D)  California sought admission as a free state. 
E)  U.S. presidents were favoring the North.

Exam 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the concession to the South concerning

Explain the relationship between the Ostend Manifesto and the slavery controversy in the United States.

In the Compromise of 1850, Congress determined that slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories was

The debate over slavery in the Mexican Cession

In his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webster

The impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to

Most American leaders believed that the only way to keep the new Pacific Coast territories from breaking away from United States control was to

In 1848, the Free Soil party platform advocated all of the following except

On July 3, 1844, the first formal diplomatic agreement between the United States and China was the

For a short time in the 1850s, William Walker, an American adventurer, seized political and military control of

The primary objective of Manifest Destiny expansionists in the 1850s was

Southern delegates met at a convention in Nashville in the June of 1850 to

An event that helped prompt the congressional enactment of the Compromise of 1850 was when President Zachary Taylor

During the debate of 1850, ____ argued that there was a higher law than the Constitution that compelled him to demand the exclusion of slavery from the territories.

One of Stephen Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was

With the discovery of gold near Sutter's Mill, California, in 1848, all of the following took place except

To what extent was there a reassertion of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s? What were the goals of America's foreign policy at the time? What were the diplomatic and military strategies and tactics employed by the U.S.government to achieve these foreign policy goals?

The Wilmot Proviso, if adopted, would have

In 1850, the South was deeply worried because

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