Question 1

Which of the following events occurred during the summer of 1856? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Brooks's caning of Sumner 
B) The Dred Scott case came before the Supreme Court 
C) ​The Pottawatomie massacre 
D) ​The sack of Lawrence 
E) ​All of these 
A) Brooks's caning of Sumner 
B) The Dred Scott case came before the Supreme Court 
C) ​The Pottawatomie massacre 
D) ​The sack of Lawrence 
E) ​All of these

Question 2

The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by Stephen A.Douglas and passed by Congress when California asked to join the Union as a free state.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following national political figures won the 1848 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A) Martin Van Buren 
B) Zachary Taylor 
C) ​Lewis Cass 
D) ​James K.Polk 
E) ​Winfield Scott 
A) Martin Van Buren 
B) Zachary Taylor 
C) ​Lewis Cass 
D) ​James K.Polk 
E) ​Winfield Scott

Question 4

Which of the following occurred in the election of 1848? ​

Accepted Answer

A) Democrats nominated Lewis Cass,who believed in popular sovereignty. 
B) Antislavery Democrats nominated Zachary Taylor. 
C) ​The Whig Party and its candidate,Zachary Taylor,denounced slavery. 
D) ​Taylor won the election with a massive popular majority. 
E) ​Taylor refused to run on the Democratic ticket. 
A) Democrats nominated Lewis Cass,who believed in popular sovereignty. 
B) Antislavery Democrats nominated Zachary Taylor. 
C) ​The Whig Party and its candidate,Zachary Taylor,denounced slavery. 
D) ​Taylor won the election with a massive popular majority. 
E) ​Taylor refused to run on the Democratic ticket.

Question 5

Antislavery Whigs were known as Liberty Whigs.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin about the evils of slavery prompted publication of pro-slavery books in the South.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Popular sovereignty allowed residents of a territory to decide when to apply for statehood.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The Know-Nothing political party was formed in the early 1850s by nativists opposed to immigration.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following events occurred during the summer of 1856?

The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by Stephen A.Douglas and passed by Congress when California asked to join the Union as a free state.

Which of the following national political figures won the 1848 presidential election?

Which of the following occurred in the election of 1848?

Antislavery Whigs were known as Liberty Whigs.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin about the evils of slavery prompted publication of pro-slavery books in the South.

Popular sovereignty allowed residents of a territory to decide when to apply for statehood.

The Know-Nothing political party was formed in the early 1850s by nativists opposed to immigration.

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Contact, colonization, and Exchange in the Atlantic World, 1492-1600

Colonizing North America, 1565-1763

Dissolving the Political Bands, 1763-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1789

Forging a New Nation, 1790-1828

The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1800-1860

The Peculiar Institution: the Old South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Democracy and Popular Politics, 1828-1848

Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion, 1820-1860

A House Divided: Civil War, 1861-1865

Bitter Aftermath: Reconstruction and Redemption, 1863-1896

Projecting Power, widening Borders: the Politics of Westward Expansion, 1865-1914

Change and Resistance: Industrialization, urbanization, and Farm Protest, 1865-1910

The Reform Impulse: the Progressive Era, 1895-1920

America and Global Conflict: World War I, 1914-1920

The Rise of American Mass Culture, 1920-1929

A Nation in Crisis: the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

World War Ii at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

Affluence and Anxiety: Cold War America, 1945-1960

Revolution and Crisis, 1960-1974

A Conservative Resurgence, 1975-1992

America in a Global Context, 1989-Present

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Exam 11: The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861

Which of the following events occurred during the summer of 1856? ​

The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by Stephen A.Douglas and passed by Congress when California asked to join the Union as a free state.​

Which of the following national political figures won the 1848 presidential election?

Which of the following occurred in the election of 1848? ​

Antislavery Whigs were known as Liberty Whigs.​

Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin about the evils of slavery prompted publication of pro-slavery books in the South.​

Popular sovereignty allowed residents of a territory to decide when to apply for statehood.​

The Know-Nothing political party was formed in the early 1850s by nativists opposed to immigration.​

The Atlantic World and the Dawn of Exploration, 1492-1535

Contact, colonization, and Exchange in the Atlantic World, 1492-1600

Colonizing North America, 1565-1763

Dissolving the Political Bands, 1763-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1789

Forging a New Nation, 1790-1828

The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1800-1860

The Peculiar Institution: the Old South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Democracy and Popular Politics, 1828-1848

Manifest Destiny and Western Expansion, 1820-1860

A House Divided: Civil War, 1861-1865

Bitter Aftermath: Reconstruction and Redemption, 1863-1896

Projecting Power, widening Borders: the Politics of Westward Expansion, 1865-1914

Change and Resistance: Industrialization, urbanization, and Farm Protest, 1865-1910

The Reform Impulse: the Progressive Era, 1895-1920

America and Global Conflict: World War I, 1914-1920

The Rise of American Mass Culture, 1920-1929

A Nation in Crisis: the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

World War Ii at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

Affluence and Anxiety: Cold War America, 1945-1960

Revolution and Crisis, 1960-1974

A Conservative Resurgence, 1975-1992

America in a Global Context, 1989-Present

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Which of the following events occurred during the summer of 1856?

The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by Stephen A.Douglas and passed by Congress when California asked to join the Union as a free state.

Which of the following occurred in the election of 1848?

Antislavery Whigs were known as Liberty Whigs.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin about the evils of slavery prompted publication of pro-slavery books in the South.

Popular sovereignty allowed residents of a territory to decide when to apply for statehood.

The Know-Nothing political party was formed in the early 1850s by nativists opposed to immigration.