Question 1

In 1856,the breaking point over slavery in Kansas came with

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A)  the arrival of John Brown. 
B)  an attack on Lawrence by a gang of proslavery raiders. 
C)  the influx of a large number of slaves. 
D)  the establishment of evangelical abolitionist churches. 
E)  the passage of the Lecompton Constitution. 
A)  the arrival of John Brown. 
B)  an attack on Lawrence by a gang of proslavery raiders. 
C)  the influx of a large number of slaves. 
D)  the establishment of evangelical abolitionist churches. 
E)  the passage of the Lecompton Constitution.

Question 2

Before his nomination in 1860,Abraham Lincoln had been

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A)  a Jacksonian Democrat. 
B)  a state legislator in Illinois. 
C)  a United States congressman from Illinois. 
D)  the vice-presidential candidate of the Republican party in 1856. 
E)  a failed candidate for the United States Senate. 
A)  a Jacksonian Democrat. 
B)  a state legislator in Illinois. 
C)  a United States congressman from Illinois. 
D)  the vice-presidential candidate of the Republican party in 1856. 
E)  a failed candidate for the United States Senate.

Question 3

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A)Dred Scott decision,(B)Lincoln-Douglas debates,(C)Kansas-Nebraska Act,and (D)Harpers Ferry raid.

Accepted Answer

A)  A, C, B, D 
B)  B, D, C, A 
C)  C, A, B, D 
D)  D, B, A, C 
E)  A, C, D, B 
A)  A, C, B, D 
B)  B, D, C, A 
C)  C, A, B, D 
D)  D, B, A, C 
E)  A, C, D, B

Question 4

When the people of Britain and France read Uncle Tom's Cabin,their governments

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A)  realized that intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular. 
B)  concluded that they must end slavery in their own territory. 
C)  decided to give aid to the slaveholding South. 
D)  banned the book. 
E)  distributed the book as anti-American propaganda. 
A)  realized that intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular. 
B)  concluded that they must end slavery in their own territory. 
C)  decided to give aid to the slaveholding South. 
D)  banned the book. 
E)  distributed the book as anti-American propaganda.

Question 5

The government of the Confederate States of America was first organized in

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A)  Atlanta, Georgia. 
B)  Montgomery, Alabama. 
C)  Richmond, Virginia. 
D)  Knoxville, Tennessee. 
E)  Charleston, South Carolina. 
A)  Atlanta, Georgia. 
B)  Montgomery, Alabama. 
C)  Richmond, Virginia. 
D)  Knoxville, Tennessee. 
E)  Charleston, South Carolina.

Question 6

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 territory. 
E)  only free blacks had civil rights. 
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 territory. 
E)  only free blacks had civil rights.

Question 7

In the presidential election of 1856,the Republicans

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A)  revealed astonishing strength for a brand-new party. 
B)  lost behind their most popular leader, Senator William Seward. 
C)  made their debut as the most successful third party in American history. 
D)  proved unable to present a clear platform on slavery expansion. 
E)  finished third behind the Democrats and the Know-Nothings. 
A)  revealed astonishing strength for a brand-new party. 
B)  lost behind their most popular leader, Senator William Seward. 
C)  made their debut as the most successful third party in American history. 
D)  proved unable to present a clear platform on slavery expansion. 
E)  finished third behind the Democrats and the Know-Nothings.

Question 8

Always─in 1787,1820,1833,and 1850─the North and South had been able to compromise over their differences.Why not in 1861?

Accepted Answer

In 1861, the North and South were unable

Question 9

The 1860 Republican party platform favored

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A)  the abolition of slavery. 
B)  protective tariffs. 
C)  construction of a transcontinental railroad. 
D)  free homesteads. 
E)  non-extension of slavery. 
A)  the abolition of slavery. 
B)  protective tariffs. 
C)  construction of a transcontinental railroad. 
D)  free homesteads. 
E)  non-extension of slavery.

Question 10

In the election of 1860,Abraham Lincoln

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A)  carried the Border States. 
B)  won a majority in the Electoral College. 
C)  won less than a majority of the popular vote. 
D)  won the majority of votes from the territories. 
E)  lost the northern popular vote to Douglas. 
A)  carried the Border States. 
B)  won a majority in the Electoral College. 
C)  won less than a majority of the popular vote. 
D)  won the majority of votes from the territories. 
E)  lost the northern popular vote to Douglas.

Question 11

The Lecompton Constitution was written so that Kansas

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A)  could enter the Union as either a slave state or a free state. 
B)  would hold a popular referendum on slavery after admission to the Union. 
C)  would permit temporary residents like the abolitionists and border ruffians to vote. 
D)  would allow slavery but prohibit the slave trade. 
E)  would continue to permit slavery in some form. 
A)  could enter the Union as either a slave state or a free state. 
B)  would hold a popular referendum on slavery after admission to the Union. 
C)  would permit temporary residents like the abolitionists and border ruffians to vote. 
D)  would allow slavery but prohibit the slave trade. 
E)  would continue to permit slavery in some form.

Question 12

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)  secessionists were inspired by worldwide impulses of nationalism. 
C)  they resisted being lorded over by the North. 
D)  they wanted to resume importation of slaves from Africa. 
E)  they saw parallels between their movement and the 1776 break with England. 
A)  they regarded their region as a subnation with a distinct culture from the North. 
B)  secessionists were inspired by worldwide impulses of nationalism. 
C)  they resisted being lorded over by the North. 
D)  they wanted to resume importation of slaves from Africa. 
E)  they saw parallels between their movement and the 1776 break with England.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

John C. Frémont, also known as John Char

Question 14

The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election was

Accepted Answer

A)  popular sovereignty. 
B)  expansionism. 
C)  proslavery. 
D)  abolitionism. 
E)  nativism. 
A)  popular sovereignty. 
B)  expansionism. 
C)  proslavery. 
D)  abolitionism. 
E)  nativism.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

John Crittenden was a prominent American

Question 16

Match each presidential candidate in the 1860 election below with his party's position on the slavery question.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

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 18

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 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Pottawatomie Creek massacre

Accepted Answer

The Pottawatomie Creek massacre occurred

Question 20

Write your definition of national self-determination.Then use this definition to argue that southern secession in 1860-1861 was or was not an act of a people conscious of their own separate nationalism and determined to achieve it for themselves.

Accepted Answer

National self-determination is the idea

Exam 19: Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

In 1856,the breaking point over slavery in Kansas came with

Before his nomination in 1860,Abraham Lincoln had been

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A)Dred Scott decision,(B)Lincoln-Douglas debates,(C)Kansas-Nebraska Act,and (D)Harpers Ferry raid.

When the people of Britain and France read Uncle Tom's Cabin,their governments

The government of the Confederate States of America was first organized in

In the Dred Scott case,the Supreme Court ruled that

In the presidential election of 1856,the Republicans

Always─in 1787,1820,1833,and 1850─the North and South had been able to compromise over their differences.Why not in 1861?

The 1860 Republican party platform favored

In the election of 1860,Abraham Lincoln

The Lecompton Constitution was written so that Kansas

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

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

The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election was

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

Match each presidential candidate in the 1860 election below with his party's position on the slavery question.

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

Kansas Territory's Lecompton Constitution was supported by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Pottawatomie Creek massacre

Write your definition of national self-determination.Then use this definition to argue that southern secession in 1860-1861 was or was not an act of a people conscious of their own separate nationalism and determined to achieve it for themselves.

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

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

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

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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