Question 1

Abraham Lincoln firmly opposed the Crittenden Compromise because

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A)  it was really a return to Stephen Douglas's discredited popular sovereignty doctrine. 
B)  it permitted slavery in New Mexico territory. 
C)  it would restore an equal balance of slave and free states in the Senate. 
D)  it would make it impossible ever to end slavery in the South. 
E)  it could allow slavery to expand southward into Latin America. 
A)  it was really a return to Stephen Douglas's discredited popular sovereignty doctrine. 
B)  it permitted slavery in New Mexico territory. 
C)  it would restore an equal balance of slave and free states in the Senate. 
D)  it would make it impossible ever to end slavery in the South. 
E)  it could allow slavery to expand southward into Latin America. E

Question 2

Which two men were top leaders of the two major parties in the election year of 1856,but were passed over as presidential candidates because of their strong stands on the slavery issue?

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A)  Jefferson Davis and John C. Frémont 
B)  John Bell and John C. Breckinridge 
C)  Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln 
D)  James Buchanan and Millard Fillmore 
E)  Stephen A. Douglas and William H. Seward 
A)  Jefferson Davis and John C. Frémont 
B)  John Bell and John C. Breckinridge 
C)  Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln 
D)  James Buchanan and Millard Fillmore 
E)  Stephen A. Douglas and William H. Seward E

Question 3

Which party in the election of 1860 defined its platform as "the Union,the Constitution,and the enforcement of the law"?

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A)  The Democratic party 
B)  The Republican party 
C)  The Constitutional Union party 
D)  The Know-Nothing (American) party 
E)  The Conscience Whig party 
A)  The Democratic party 
B)  The Republican party 
C)  The Constitutional Union party 
D)  The Know-Nothing (American) party 
E)  The Conscience Whig party C

Question 4

The authors describe the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 as "one of the preliminary battlefields of the Civil War." How and why did political debates between two Senatorial candidates in Illinois prove so significant in the growing sectional crisis of the late 1850s?

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The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 were

Question 5

In the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858,Lincoln famously asked Douglas during the debate in Freeport whether

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A)  the state of Illinois was obliged to comply with the Fugitive Slave Law. 
B)  the Dred Scott ruling left it up to the people of a territory or the Court to decide the slavery issue. 
C)  he had ever owned, or desired to own, slaves. 
D)  slavery had a right to exist in the South. 
E)  the Dred Scott ruling deprived free blacks of all legal rights. 
A)  the state of Illinois was obliged to comply with the Fugitive Slave Law. 
B)  the Dred Scott ruling left it up to the people of a territory or the Court to decide the slavery issue. 
C)  he had ever owned, or desired to own, slaves. 
D)  slavery had a right to exist in the South. 
E)  the Dred Scott ruling deprived free blacks of all legal rights.

Question 6

The major parties in the 1850s repeatedly put fear of controversy over slavery ahead of experience or leadership skills in choosing presidential candidates.If the parties had chosen more experienced and well-known - but more controversial - leaders as their candidates,do you think the Civil War would have come sooner? Or might it have been avoided altogether?

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It is difficult to say for certain wheth

Question 7

Assess the validity of the following statement: "Kansas provided a horrible example of the working of popular sovereignty."

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The statement that "Kansas provided a ho

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-panic of 1857

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The Panic of 1857 was a significant fina

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jefferson Davis

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Jefferson Davis was an American politici

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John J.Crittenden

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John J. Crittenden was a prominent Ameri

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-American (Know-Nothing)Party

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The American (Know-Nothing) Party was a

Question 12

Abraham Lincoln´s political career could best be described as

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A)  a steady rise through the party ranks to power. 
B)  greatly aided by the political influence of his wife, Mary Todd. 
C)  fueled by his personal charisma more than his political beliefs. 
D)  undistinguished until his meteoric rise after 1854. 
E)  inspired by his elite upbringing. 
A)  a steady rise through the party ranks to power. 
B)  greatly aided by the political influence of his wife, Mary Todd. 
C)  fueled by his personal charisma more than his political beliefs. 
D)  undistinguished until his meteoric rise after 1854. 
E)  inspired by his elite upbringing.

Question 13

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin

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A)  dramatized the wickedness of slavery. 
B)  was prompted by passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
C)  drew on her extensive personal experience with slavery. 
D)  was frequently compared to Dostoyevski's The Brothers Karamazov. 
E)  portrayed blacks as militant resisters to slavery. 
A)  dramatized the wickedness of slavery. 
B)  was prompted by passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
C)  drew on her extensive personal experience with slavery. 
D)  was frequently compared to Dostoyevski's The Brothers Karamazov. 
E)  portrayed blacks as militant resisters to slavery.

Question 14

The results of the election of 1860 in the southern states

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A)  made clear that secession would soon sweep the South. 
B)  did not indicate strong secessionist sentiment. 
C)  showed a surprising apathy in poor voter turnout. 
D)  gave almost no support to the Democrats. 
E)  showed a small but surprising amount of votes for Lincoln as a write-in candidate. 
A)  made clear that secession would soon sweep the South. 
B)  did not indicate strong secessionist sentiment. 
C)  showed a surprising apathy in poor voter turnout. 
D)  gave almost no support to the Democrats. 
E)  showed a small but surprising amount of votes for Lincoln as a write-in candidate.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel written by

Question 16

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

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A)  African Americans. 
B)  southern planters. 
C)  free blacks. 
D)  southern merchants and businesspeople. 
E)  nonslaveholding southern whites. 
A)  African Americans. 
B)  southern planters. 
C)  free blacks. 
D)  southern merchants and businesspeople. 
E)  nonslaveholding southern whites.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John C.Breckinridge

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John C. Breckinridge was a prominent Ame

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-free homesteads

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Free homesteads refer to the distributio

Question 19

In the Dred Scott case,the Supreme Court ruled in part that

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A)  Dred Scott was no longer a slave after living in free-soil areas for five years. 
B)  as a black slave, Dred Scott was not a citizen and therefore could not legally sue in a federal court. 
C)  the three-fifths compromise was unconstitutional. 
D)  Congress had no power to ban the international slave trade. 
E)  only free blacks had civil rights. 
A)  Dred Scott was no longer a slave after living in free-soil areas for five years. 
B)  as a black slave, Dred Scott was not a citizen and therefore could not legally sue in a federal court. 
C)  the three-fifths compromise was unconstitutional. 
D)  Congress had no power to ban the international slave trade. 
E)  only free blacks had civil rights.

Question 20

As a result of the panic of 1857,the South

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A)  became more economically dependent on the North. 
B)  became hostile to Wall Street and the stock market. 
C)  believed that it was economically superior to the North. 
D)  began planning for an independent southern nation. 
E)  saw the need to develop manufacturing. 
A)  became more economically dependent on the North. 
B)  became hostile to Wall Street and the stock market. 
C)  believed that it was economically superior to the North. 
D)  began planning for an independent southern nation. 
E)  saw the need to develop manufacturing.

Exam 19: Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Abraham Lincoln firmly opposed the Crittenden Compromise because

Which two men were top leaders of the two major parties in the election year of 1856,but were passed over as presidential candidates because of their strong stands on the slavery issue?

Which party in the election of 1860 defined its platform as "the Union,the Constitution,and the enforcement of the law"?

The authors describe the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 as "one of the preliminary battlefields of the Civil War." How and why did political debates between two Senatorial candidates in Illinois prove so significant in the growing sectional crisis of the late 1850s?

In the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858,Lincoln famously asked Douglas during the debate in Freeport whether

Assess the validity of the following statement: "Kansas provided a horrible example of the working of popular sovereignty."

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -panic of 1857

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jefferson Davis

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John J.Crittenden

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American (Know-Nothing)Party

Abraham Lincoln´s political career could best be described as

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin

The results of the election of 1860 in the southern states

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Uncle Tom's Cabin

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John C.Breckinridge

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -free homesteads

In the Dred Scott case,the Supreme Court ruled in part that

As a result of the panic of 1857,the South

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