Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gadsden Purchase

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 2

Harriet Tubman gained fame

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A)  by helping slaves to escape to Canada. 
B)  in the gold fields of California. 
C)  as an African American antislavery novelist. 
D)  as an advocate of the Fugitive Slave Law. 
E)  by urging white women to oppose slavery. 
A)  by helping slaves to escape to Canada. 
B)  in the gold fields of California. 
C)  as an African American antislavery novelist. 
D)  as an advocate of the Fugitive Slave Law. 
E)  by urging white women to oppose slavery.

Question 3

To what extent was there a reassertion of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s? What were the goals of America's diplomacy at the time?

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The reassertion of Manifest Destiny in t

Question 4

Compare and contrast the views of Clay,Webster,and Calhoun in the congressional debate that produced the Compromise of 1850.

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The views of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster,

Question 5

Stephen A.Douglas's plans for deciding the slavery question in the Kansas-Nebraska scheme required repeal of the

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A)  Compromise of 1850. 
B)  Fugitive Slave Act. 
C)  Wilmot Proviso. 
D)  Northwest Ordinance. 
E)  Missouri Compromise. 
A)  Compromise of 1850. 
B)  Fugitive Slave Act. 
C)  Wilmot Proviso. 
D)  Northwest Ordinance. 
E)  Missouri Compromise.

Question 6

According to the principle of popular sovereignty,the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by

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A)  the most popular national leaders. 
B)  a national referendum by the Electoral College. 
C)  congressional legislation. 
D)  a Supreme Court decision. 
E)  the people in any given territory. 
A)  the most popular national leaders. 
B)  a national referendum by the Electoral College. 
C)  congressional legislation. 
D)  a Supreme Court decision. 
E)  the people in any given territory.

Question 7

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)  acquired Cuba as a slave territory. 
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)  acquired Cuba as a slave territory.

Question 8

The Free Soilers argued that slavery

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A)  was unsuited to the West. 
B)  would cause more costly wage labor to wither away. 
C)  would, through its profits, enable small farmers to buy more land. 
D)  should be gradually abolished. 
E)  was an immoral institution. 
A)  was unsuited to the West. 
B)  would cause more costly wage labor to wither away. 
C)  would, through its profits, enable small farmers to buy more land. 
D)  should be gradually abolished. 
E)  was an immoral institution.

Exam 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gadsden Purchase

Harriet Tubman gained fame

To what extent was there a reassertion of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s? What were the goals of America's diplomacy at the time?

Compare and contrast the views of Clay,Webster,and Calhoun in the congressional debate that produced the Compromise of 1850.

Stephen A.Douglas's plans for deciding the slavery question in the Kansas-Nebraska scheme required repeal of the

According to the principle of popular sovereignty,the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by

The Wilmot Proviso,if adopted,would have

The Free Soilers argued that slavery

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