Question 1

The MOST significant result of the election of 1856 was that it

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A)  showed that the Democrats still remained the majority party in the country. 
B)  demonstrated the importance of charismatic leadership in the presidency. 
C)  foreshadowed an ominous sectional clash over slavery in the election of 1860. 
D)  offered the prospect of a viable presidential candidacy for IllinoisSenator Stephen Douglas in 1860. 
E)  signalled the demise of the Know-Nothing (American) Party. 
A)  showed that the Democrats still remained the majority party in the country. 
B)  demonstrated the importance of charismatic leadership in the presidency. 
C)  foreshadowed an ominous sectional clash over slavery in the election of 1860. 
D)  offered the prospect of a viable presidential candidacy for IllinoisSenator Stephen Douglas in 1860. 
E)  signalled the demise of the Know-Nothing (American) Party.

Question 2

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that

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A)  Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States. 
B)  Dred Scott could not legally sue in a federal court. 
C)  the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. 
D)  Congress had no power to ban slavery from a federal territory, even if a territorial legislature had voted to do so. 
E)  free blacks who were citizens had no right to sue federal court. 
A)  Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States. 
B)  Dred Scott could not legally sue in a federal court. 
C)  the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. 
D)  Congress had no power to ban slavery from a federal territory, even if a territorial legislature had voted to do so. 
E)  free blacks who were citizens had no right to sue federal court.

Question 3

In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that

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A)  slavery was inconsistent with the constitution and must be abolished. 
B)  protection of slavery was guaranteed in all the territories of the United States. 
C)  slavery would be constitutional only in those areas that were already slave territories. 
D)  abolition of slavery would be done only in those areas in which it is already abolished. 
E)  slavery was constitutional, but the slave trade was unconstitutional. 
A)  slavery was inconsistent with the constitution and must be abolished. 
B)  protection of slavery was guaranteed in all the territories of the United States. 
C)  slavery would be constitutional only in those areas that were already slave territories. 
D)  abolition of slavery would be done only in those areas in which it is already abolished. 
E)  slavery was constitutional, but the slave trade was unconstitutional.

Question 4

As late as 1856, many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican because

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A)  of innate liberalism. 
B)  the Democrats consistently presented superior presidential and congressional candidates to the other parties. 
C)  many Democrats involved in interstate commerce did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South. 
D)  the Democrats were the only national party. 
E)  the presidential Democratic candidates were the only major or minor party candidates truly committed to preserving the Union at almost any cost. 
A)  of innate liberalism. 
B)  the Democrats consistently presented superior presidential and congressional candidates to the other parties. 
C)  many Democrats involved in interstate commerce did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South. 
D)  the Democrats were the only national party. 
E)  the presidential Democratic candidates were the only major or minor party candidates truly committed to preserving the Union at almost any cost.

Question 5

Hinton R.Helper's book, The Impending Crisis of the South, argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were

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A)  African Americans. 
B)  southern planters. 
C)  northern Republican abolitionists. 
D)  western farmers. 
E)  nonslaveholding southern whites. 
A)  African Americans. 
B)  southern planters. 
C)  northern Republican abolitionists. 
D)  western farmers. 
E)  nonslaveholding southern whites.

Question 6

The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas

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A)  be free of all slavery. 
B)  hold a popular referendum on slavery. 
C)  be controlled by the free-soilers if approved. 
D)  allow slavery but prohibit slave auctions. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  be free of all slavery. 
B)  hold a popular referendum on slavery. 
C)  be controlled by the free-soilers if approved. 
D)  allow slavery but prohibit slave auctions. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 7

Match each figure below with his role in the 1856 presidential campaign.
A.John C.Frémont
B.Millard Fillmore
C.Stephen A.Douglas
D.James Buchanan
1)Democratic nominee for president
2)Republican nominee for president
3)Know-Nothing (American Party)nominee for president
4)Too tainted by Kansas-Nebraska Act to obtain Democratic nomination

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A)  A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 
B)  A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3 
C)  A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 
D)  A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2 
E)  A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4 
A)  A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 
B)  A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3 
C)  A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1 
D)  A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2 
E)  A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4

Question 8

Assess the validity of the following statement, "It was probably fortunate for the Union that secession and civil war did not come in 1856, following a Republican victory."

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Question 9

The panic of 1857

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A)  was caused by overproduction of southern cotton. 
B)  hit hardest among grain growers of the Northwest. 
C)  finally brought most southern congressmen to support free homesteads. 
D)  stimulated northern demands for lower tariff rates. 
E)  demonstrated the economic dominance of the North. 
A)  was caused by overproduction of southern cotton. 
B)  hit hardest among grain growers of the Northwest. 
C)  finally brought most southern congressmen to support free homesteads. 
D)  stimulated northern demands for lower tariff rates. 
E)  demonstrated the economic dominance of the North.

Question 10

Kansas Territory's Lecompton Constitution was supported by

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A)  President James Buchanan. 
B)  Stephen A. Douglas. 
C)  the Republican party. 
D)  proslavery settlers in Kansas. 
E)  Henry Ward Beecher. 
A)  President James Buchanan. 
B)  Stephen A. Douglas. 
C)  the Republican party. 
D)  proslavery settlers in Kansas. 
E)  Henry Ward Beecher.

Question 11

What was responsible for the violence in "Bleeding Kansas"? Why might the violence be viewed as a "prelude to Civil War"?

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The violence in "Bleeding Kansas" was pr

Question 12

In declaring their independence, the Confederate States asserted that they were following the historical example of the

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A)  nullification crisis in South Carolina. 
B)  principles of self-determination of the Declaration of Independence. 
C)  Texas declaration of independence from Mexico. 
D)  French Revolution. 
E)  Mexican Revolution toppling Spanish colonial rule. 
A)  nullification crisis in South Carolina. 
B)  principles of self-determination of the Declaration of Independence. 
C)  Texas declaration of independence from Mexico. 
D)  French Revolution. 
E)  Mexican Revolution toppling Spanish colonial rule.

Question 13

All of the following are true statements about southerners in the secession movement except

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A)  they regarded their region as a subnation with a distinct culture from the North. 
B)  the southern secessionists were inspired by worldwide impulses of nationalism. 
C)  they were dismayed by the political triumph of the new sectional Republican party, which seemed to threaten their "property" rights as a slaveholding minority. 
D)  a majority of southern secessionists believed the South had an absolute right to resume importation of slaves from Africa. 
E)  the development of the Underground Railroad and John Brown's raid represented two examples in secessionist southerners' minds of undue and unwarranted northern influence in southern political, economic, and social affairs. 
A)  they regarded their region as a subnation with a distinct culture from the North. 
B)  the southern secessionists were inspired by worldwide impulses of nationalism. 
C)  they were dismayed by the political triumph of the new sectional Republican party, which seemed to threaten their "property" rights as a slaveholding minority. 
D)  a majority of southern secessionists believed the South had an absolute right to resume importation of slaves from Africa. 
E)  the development of the Underground Railroad and John Brown's raid represented two examples in secessionist southerners' minds of undue and unwarranted northern influence in southern political, economic, and social affairs.

Question 14

The immense debt owed to northern creditors by the South was

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A)  repaid immediately after the Civil War. 
B)  repudiated by the South. 
C)  paid by pro-Union southerners during the war. 
D)  not repaid until the twentieth century. 
E)  converted into long-term Confederate bonds. 
A)  repaid immediately after the Civil War. 
B)  repudiated by the South. 
C)  paid by pro-Union southerners during the war. 
D)  not repaid until the twentieth century. 
E)  converted into long-term Confederate bonds.

Question 15

The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of ____ in the territories.

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A)  abolitionism 
B)  free soil 
C)  popular sovereignty 
D)  slavery 
E)  cotton growing 
A)  abolitionism 
B)  free soil 
C)  popular sovereignty 
D)  slavery 
E)  cotton growing

Question 16

When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina

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A)  waited to see how other southern states would act. 
B)  were very upset because they would have to secede from the Union. 
C)  vowed to give their loyalty to Stephen Douglas. 
D)  rejoiced because Lincoln's election as president provided secessionist South Carolinians with the political pretext to vote in the state legislature in favor of secession. 
E)  accepted the democratic process and vowed to support Lincoln. 
A)  waited to see how other southern states would act. 
B)  were very upset because they would have to secede from the Union. 
C)  vowed to give their loyalty to Stephen Douglas. 
D)  rejoiced because Lincoln's election as president provided secessionist South Carolinians with the political pretext to vote in the state legislature in favor of secession. 
E)  accepted the democratic process and vowed to support Lincoln.

Question 17

"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan asserted following the presidential election of 1860 that

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A)  southern states had a legal right to secede from the Union. 
B)  southern states did not have any legitimate political or economic grievances against the northern states. 
C)  the election of 1860 was a fraud. 
D)  southern states had no choice but to secede from the Union. 
E)  southern states could not legally secede under the Constitution, but was unable to find the presidential authority under the Constitution to use American armed forces to prevent the seven southern states that had voted for secession from doing so. 
A)  southern states had a legal right to secede from the Union. 
B)  southern states did not have any legitimate political or economic grievances against the northern states. 
C)  the election of 1860 was a fraud. 
D)  southern states had no choice but to secede from the Union. 
E)  southern states could not legally secede under the Constitution, but was unable to find the presidential authority under the Constitution to use American armed forces to prevent the seven southern states that had voted for secession from doing so.

Question 18

President James Buchanan's decision on Kansas's Lecompton Constitution

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A)  hopelessly divided the Democratic party. 
B)  admitted Kansas to the Union as a free state. 
C)  admitted Kansas to the Union as a slave state. 
D)  reaffirmed the Democratic party as a national party. 
E)  turned the focus of controversy to Nebraska. 
A)  hopelessly divided the Democratic party. 
B)  admitted Kansas to the Union as a free state. 
C)  admitted Kansas to the Union as a slave state. 
D)  reaffirmed the Democratic party as a national party. 
E)  turned the focus of controversy to Nebraska.

Question 19

In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court

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A)  freed Dred Scott but upheld the Missouri Compromise. 
B)  denied Scott's appeal but held that slaves could not be taken into free territories. 
C)  essentially upheld the doctrine of popular sovereignty. 
D)  tried to settle the immediate issue on technical legal grounds. 
E)  issued a broad judicial decision ruling that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the federal territories. 
A)  freed Dred Scott but upheld the Missouri Compromise. 
B)  denied Scott's appeal but held that slaves could not be taken into free territories. 
C)  essentially upheld the doctrine of popular sovereignty. 
D)  tried to settle the immediate issue on technical legal grounds. 
E)  issued a broad judicial decision ruling that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the federal territories.

Question 20

The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by

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A)  abolitionists. 
B)  Republicans. 
C)  popular sovereignty proponents. 
D)  proslavery southerners. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  abolitionists. 
B)  Republicans. 
C)  popular sovereignty proponents. 
D)  proslavery southerners. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Exam 19: Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

The MOST significant result of the election of 1856 was that it

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that

In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that

As late as 1856, many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican because

Hinton R.Helper's book, The Impending Crisis of the South, argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were

The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas

Assess the validity of the following statement, "It was probably fortunate for the Union that secession and civil war did not come in 1856, following a Republican victory."

The panic of 1857

Kansas Territory's Lecompton Constitution was supported by

What was responsible for the violence in "Bleeding Kansas"? Why might the violence be viewed as a "prelude to Civil War"?

In declaring their independence, the Confederate States asserted that they were following the historical example of the

All of the following are true statements about southerners in the secession movement except

The immense debt owed to northern creditors by the South was

The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of ____ in the territories.

When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina

"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan asserted following the presidential election of 1860 that

President James Buchanan's decision on Kansas's Lecompton Constitution

In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court

The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by

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The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

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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

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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

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

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

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