Question 1

____________________ declared, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ declared, "A house divided against itself...

Question 2

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Accepted Answer

A) divided the Nebraska Territory into two territories. 
B) repealed the Missouri Compromise. 
C) represented the interests of the southern faction of the Democratic Party. 
D) was supported by Stephen Douglas. 
E) all of these choices 
A) divided the Nebraska Territory into two territories. 
B) repealed the Missouri Compromise. 
C) represented the interests of the southern faction of the Democratic Party. 
D) was supported by Stephen Douglas. 
E) all of these choices

Question 3

The Supreme Court chief justice who ruled against Scott in the Dred Scott case was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Supreme Court chief justice who ruled...

Question 4

John Brown was noted for all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) killing unarmed proslavery farmers in the civil war in "Bleeding Kansas." 
B) attempting to incite a slave rebellion in Virginia. 
C) coining the phrase "the irrepressible conflict" to explain the coming of the Civil War. 
D) dying as a "martyr to freedom." 
E) attacking Harpers Ferry. 
A) killing unarmed proslavery farmers in the civil war in "Bleeding Kansas." 
B) attempting to incite a slave rebellion in Virginia. 
C) coining the phrase "the irrepressible conflict" to explain the coming of the Civil War. 
D) dying as a "martyr to freedom." 
E) attacking Harpers Ferry.

Question 5

Advocates of the free labor ideology viewed labor strikes as

Accepted Answer

A) dangerous, subversive plots. 
B) unfortunate misunderstandings that could be solved by prayer. 
C) evidence of the increased influence of foreign immigrants. 
D) justification for forming a new political party. 
E) positive events that helped free workers improve their working conditions. 
A) dangerous, subversive plots. 
B) unfortunate misunderstandings that could be solved by prayer. 
C) evidence of the increased influence of foreign immigrants. 
D) justification for forming a new political party. 
E) positive events that helped free workers improve their working conditions.

Question 6

The Republican Party advocated racial equality in the election of 1856.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The name Democrats gave Republicans who they felt favored racial equality was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The name Democrats gave Republicans who they...

Question 8

George Fitzhugh's book Cannibals All reinforced what Helper had written in The Impending Crisis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Republicans were the first truly sectional party in American history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Members of the Order, which eventually evolved into the Know-Nothings, supported all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) temperance. 
B) restricting public office to native born men. 
C) lengthening the naturalization period before immigrants could become citizens. 
D) keeping their Order secret. 
E) tax support for parochial schools. 
A) temperance. 
B) restricting public office to native born men. 
C) lengthening the naturalization period before immigrants could become citizens. 
D) keeping their Order secret. 
E) tax support for parochial schools.

Question 11

Examine the Lincoln-Douglas debates. What were the issues examined and the two opponents' views on these issues? What effects did this have on politics in the late 1850s?

Accepted Answer

The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a serie

Question 12

The South did not share in the economy's rapid growth following recovery from the depression of 1837-1843.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Dred Scott decision finally settled the slavery question.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Organization of the Nebraska territory was necessary in order to

Accepted Answer

A) expand slavery in the West. 
B) stop the Republican Party. 
C) establish reservations for Native Americans. 
D) get Lincoln elected President. 
E) build a railroad across the area. 
A) expand slavery in the West. 
B) stop the Republican Party. 
C) establish reservations for Native Americans. 
D) get Lincoln elected President. 
E) build a railroad across the area.

Question 15

The cover of De Bow's Review proclaimed that "Cotton is King."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

George Fitzhugh supported the free-market capitalist system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Examine the Kansas-Nebraska Act and describe its role in pushing the nation closer to Civil War.

Accepted Answer

The Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed in 1854,

Question 18

Immigrants did not seem very interested in politics. Many of the abolitionists advocated depriving white immigrants and Catholics of equal rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In the Kansas territorial election of 1855,

Accepted Answer

A) approximately five thousand Missourians illegally voted. 
B) a free-soil legislature was elected. 
C) women were allowed to vote. 
D) slavery was abolished in the area. 
E) blacks were allowed to vote. 
A) approximately five thousand Missourians illegally voted. 
B) a free-soil legislature was elected. 
C) women were allowed to vote. 
D) slavery was abolished in the area. 
E) blacks were allowed to vote.

Question 20

The first Republican presidential candidate (1856) was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first Republican presidential candidate (1856) was...

Exam 14: The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

____________________ declared, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Supreme Court chief justice who ruled against Scott in the Dred Scott case was ____________________.

John Brown was noted for all of the following except

Advocates of the free labor ideology viewed labor strikes as

The Republican Party advocated racial equality in the election of 1856.

The name Democrats gave Republicans who they felt favored racial equality was ____________________.

George Fitzhugh's book Cannibals All reinforced what Helper had written in The Impending Crisis.

The Republicans were the first truly sectional party in American history.

Members of the Order, which eventually evolved into the Know-Nothings, supported all of the following except

Examine the Lincoln-Douglas debates. What were the issues examined and the two opponents' views on these issues? What effects did this have on politics in the late 1850s?

The South did not share in the economy's rapid growth following recovery from the depression of 1837-1843.

The Dred Scott decision finally settled the slavery question.

Organization of the Nebraska territory was necessary in order to

The cover of De Bow's Review proclaimed that "Cotton is King."

George Fitzhugh supported the free-market capitalist system.

Examine the Kansas-Nebraska Act and describe its role in pushing the nation closer to Civil War.

Immigrants did not seem very interested in politics. Many of the abolitionists advocated depriving white immigrants and Catholics of equal rights.

In the Kansas territorial election of 1855,

The first Republican presidential candidate (1856) was ____________________.

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Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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