Question 1

Historians have attributed all of the following to Douglas's motives for championing the Kansas-Nebraska Act except

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A)  a possible presidential bid in 1856. 
B)  political recklessness and impulsivity on the part of Douglas. 
C)  his inability to recognize and appreciate that Northerners did feel deeply about extending slavery into the western territories. 
D)  he had financially invested in railroad stock that would appreciate with the construction of a transcontinental railroad passing through Kansas and Nebraska territories to be organized following enactment of this law. 
E)  his deep passion and long-standing commitment to addressing and solving the vexing slavery issue in the United States. 
A)  a possible presidential bid in 1856. 
B)  political recklessness and impulsivity on the part of Douglas. 
C)  his inability to recognize and appreciate that Northerners did feel deeply about extending slavery into the western territories. 
D)  he had financially invested in railroad stock that would appreciate with the construction of a transcontinental railroad passing through Kansas and Nebraska territories to be organized following enactment of this law. 
E)  his deep passion and long-standing commitment to addressing and solving the vexing slavery issue in the United States.

Question 2

A southern route for the transcontinental railroad seemed the best because

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A)  northern areas were all organized territories. 
B)  slave labor could be used to construct it. 
C)  the railroad would be easier to build along the proposed southern route because of the topography and the proposed southern route would pass through either existing states or organized territories. 
D)  Mexican leader Santa Anna agreed to contribute money for the project. 
E)  it would firmly tie southern California to the Union. 
A)  northern areas were all organized territories. 
B)  slave labor could be used to construct it. 
C)  the railroad would be easier to build along the proposed southern route because of the topography and the proposed southern route would pass through either existing states or organized territories. 
D)  Mexican leader Santa Anna agreed to contribute money for the project. 
E)  it would firmly tie southern California to the Union.

Question 3

The American military leader whose strategic military and diplomatic mission opened Japan up to the United States in 1853-1854 was

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A)  William Walker. 
B)  Winfield Scott. 
C)  Lafcadio Hearn. 
D)  Clayton Bulwer. 
E)  Matthew Perry. 
A)  William Walker. 
B)  Winfield Scott. 
C)  Lafcadio Hearn. 
D)  Clayton Bulwer. 
E)  Matthew Perry.

Question 4

The two major parties kept the focus on the 1848 presidential election campaign on

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A)  the personalities of Senator Cass and General Taylor. 
B)  addressing the slavery issue through popular sovereignty. 
C)  further expansion into Cuba and Central America. 
D)  Indian removal and homesteading. 
E)  the poor state of the economy and protective tariffs. 
A)  the personalities of Senator Cass and General Taylor. 
B)  addressing the slavery issue through popular sovereignty. 
C)  further expansion into Cuba and Central America. 
D)  Indian removal and homesteading. 
E)  the poor state of the economy and protective tariffs.

Question 5

The Young Guard, composed of certain Senators and Representatives from the North,

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A)  regarded preserving the Union as their top priority. 
B)  agreed fully with the Old Guard on the issue of slavery. 
C)  saw expansionism as a solution to the slavery question. 
D)  gave support to John C. Calhoun's plan for rescuing the Union. 
E)  were most interested in purging and purifying the Union than in preserving it. 
A)  regarded preserving the Union as their top priority. 
B)  agreed fully with the Old Guard on the issue of slavery. 
C)  saw expansionism as a solution to the slavery question. 
D)  gave support to John C. Calhoun's plan for rescuing the Union. 
E)  were most interested in purging and purifying the Union than in preserving it.

Question 6

To what extent did the building of the first transcontinental railroad linking the East and the West contribute to the wrenching apart of the North and the South?

Accepted Answer

The building of the first transcontinent

Question 7

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: 
The United States and Its Territories (Free and Slave) following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
  
-____ Gadsden Purchase

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 8

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: 
The United States and Its Territories (Free and Slave) following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
  
-____ Nebraska Territory

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 9

In the 1848 presidential election, the Democratic and Whig parties

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A)  lost to the Free Soil party. 
B)  addressed the issue of slavery. 
C)  remained silent on the issue of slavery. 
D)  abandoned the tactic of nominating military leaders. 
E)  were divided on the issue of admitting California. 
A)  lost to the Free Soil party. 
B)  addressed the issue of slavery. 
C)  remained silent on the issue of slavery. 
D)  abandoned the tactic of nominating military leaders. 
E)  were divided on the issue of admitting California.

Question 10

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: 
The United States and Its Territories (Free and Slave) following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
  
-____ California

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 11

Of those people going to California during the gold rush

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A)  the majority had come from foreign nations. 
B)  slaves constituted a sizable minority. 
C)  the majority gained considerable financial rewards. 
D)  most were interested in free-soil farming. 
E)  a distressingly high proportion were lawless men. 
A)  the majority had come from foreign nations. 
B)  slaves constituted a sizable minority. 
C)  the majority gained considerable financial rewards. 
D)  most were interested in free-soil farming. 
E)  a distressingly high proportion were lawless men.

Question 12

Compare and contrast the views of Senator Henry Clay, Senator Daniel Webster, and Senator Calhoun in the congressional debate that produced the Compromise of 1850.Why did the Compromise of 1850 prove not to be able to hold the Union together?

Accepted Answer

The views of Senator Henry Clay, Senator

Question 13

Northerners feared that the Fugitive Slave Act threatened to set a dangerous constitutional precedent for white Americans because it

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A)  prohibited antislavery demonstrations and protests. 
B)  denied fleeing slaves a trial by jury. 
C)  forced slaves to be returned to masters. 
D)  confined those who aided escaping slaves to house arrest 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  prohibited antislavery demonstrations and protests. 
B)  denied fleeing slaves a trial by jury. 
C)  forced slaves to be returned to masters. 
D)  confined those who aided escaping slaves to house arrest 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 14

The Free Soil party of 1848 harbored many northerners who stood squarely against slavery in the territories primarily on the grounds that

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A)  further expansion of slavery might break up the union. 
B)  it destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise up from wage-earning dependence. 
C)  slavery was a moral evil contrary to American principles. 
D)  slave labor would be unproductive in the West. 
E)  the southern fire-eaters were already planning further expansion into Central America. 
A)  further expansion of slavery might break up the union. 
B)  it destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise up from wage-earning dependence. 
C)  slavery was a moral evil contrary to American principles. 
D)  slave labor would be unproductive in the West. 
E)  the southern fire-eaters were already planning further expansion into Central America.

Historians have attributed all of the following to Douglas's motives for championing the Kansas-Nebraska Act except

A southern route for the transcontinental railroad seemed the best because

The American military leader whose strategic military and diplomatic mission opened Japan up to the United States in 1853-1854 was

The two major parties kept the focus on the 1848 presidential election campaign on

The Young Guard, composed of certain Senators and Representatives from the North,

To what extent did the building of the first transcontinental railroad linking the East and the West contribute to the wrenching apart of the North and the South?

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The United States and Its Territories (Free and Slave) following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -____ Gadsden Purchase

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The United States and Its Territories (Free and Slave) following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -____ Nebraska Territory

In the 1848 presidential election, the Democratic and Whig parties

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The United States and Its Territories (Free and Slave) following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -____ California

Of those people going to California during the gold rush

Compare and contrast the views of Senator Henry Clay, Senator Daniel Webster, and Senator Calhoun in the congressional debate that produced the Compromise of 1850.Why did the Compromise of 1850 prove not to be able to hold the Union together?

Northerners feared that the Fugitive Slave Act threatened to set a dangerous constitutional precedent for white Americans because it

The Free Soil party of 1848 harbored many northerners who stood squarely against slavery in the territories primarily on the grounds that

New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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Exam 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Historians have attributed all of the following to Douglas's motives for championing the Kansas-Nebraska Act except

A southern route for the transcontinental railroad seemed the best because

The American military leader whose strategic military and diplomatic mission opened Japan up to the United States in 1853-1854 was

The two major parties kept the focus on the 1848 presidential election campaign on

The Young Guard, composed of certain Senators and Representatives from the North,

To what extent did the building of the first transcontinental railroad linking the East and the West contribute to the wrenching apart of the North and the South?

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The United States and Its Territories (Free and Slave) following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -____ Gadsden Purchase

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The United States and Its Territories (Free and Slave) following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -____ Nebraska Territory

In the 1848 presidential election, the Democratic and Whig parties

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The United States and Its Territories (Free and Slave) following the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -____ California

Of those people going to California during the gold rush

Compare and contrast the views of Senator Henry Clay, Senator Daniel Webster, and Senator Calhoun in the congressional debate that produced the Compromise of 1850.Why did the Compromise of 1850 prove not to be able to hold the Union together?

Northerners feared that the Fugitive Slave Act threatened to set a dangerous constitutional precedent for white Americans because it

The Free Soil party of 1848 harbored many northerners who stood squarely against slavery in the territories primarily on the grounds that

New World Beginnings, 33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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