Question 1

The Know-Nothing Party was so named because its members were ignorant and uneducated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The first use of the term "Republican" to describe the new political party in the 1850s was at ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first use of the term "Republican"...

Question 3

By 1856, the ____________________ had become the largest party in the North.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By 1856, the ____________________ had become the...

Question 4

____________________ was the first state to enact a prohibition law.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was the first state to enact...

Question 5

The final act that destroyed the Whigs as a national political party was the

Accepted Answer

A) passage of the Missouri Compromise. 
B) passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
C) passage of the Compromise of 1850. 
D) passage of the Lecompton Constitution. 
E) the Fugitive Slave Act. 
A) passage of the Missouri Compromise. 
B) passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
C) passage of the Compromise of 1850. 
D) passage of the Lecompton Constitution. 
E) the Fugitive Slave Act.

Question 6

In the Dred Scott decision, Chief Justice Roger Taney said that the lower court should not have accepted the case since blacks are not citizens of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

On average, wages and opportunities for workers were greater in the North than anywhere else.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The abolitionist zealot who massacred five proslavery advocates at Pottawatomie Creek was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The abolitionist zealot who massacred five proslavery...

Question 9

Most of the foreign-born voters in the 1830s and 1840s joined the Democratic Party.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Supreme Court decision that declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional was the ____________________ decision.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Supreme Court decision that declared the...

Question 11

The violence in "Bleeding Kansas" involved clashes between

Accepted Answer

A) white settlers and American Indians. 
B) blacks and whites. 
C) proslavery and antislavery groups. 
D) residents of Nebraska who invaded Kansas and the settlers there. 
E) Mexican invaders and the settlers of Kansas. 
A) white settlers and American Indians. 
B) blacks and whites. 
C) proslavery and antislavery groups. 
D) residents of Nebraska who invaded Kansas and the settlers there. 
E) Mexican invaders and the settlers of Kansas.

Question 12

Examine the political crisis of the 1850s. What were the origins of this crisis, the central issues involved, and the repercussions for the United States?

Accepted Answer

The political crisis of the 1850s in the

Question 13

Abraham Lincoln saw the prevention of the expansion of slavery into the territories as the first step to its eventual extinction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Jefferson Davis led an effort to pass a federal law allowing slavery in all territories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The great enemy of a free-labor society was

Accepted Answer

A) commerce. 
B) slavery. 
C) agriculture. 
D) merchants. 
E) the government. 
A) commerce. 
B) slavery. 
C) agriculture. 
D) merchants. 
E) the government.

Question 16

Stephen Douglas introduced the idea of ____________________, which states that the people of a territory should decide whether they want the institution of slavery, into the debate over the Kansas territory.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Stephen Douglas introduced the idea of ____________________,...

Question 17

A constitution designed to impose slavery on Kansas was the ____________________ constitution.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A constitution designed to impose slavery on...

Question 18

The Panic of 1857 stemmed entirely from domestic causes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

The Know-Nothing Party was so named because its members were ignorant and uneducated.

The first use of the term "Republican" to describe the new political party in the 1850s was at ____________________.

By 1856, the ____________________ had become the largest party in the North.

____________________ was the first state to enact a prohibition law.

The final act that destroyed the Whigs as a national political party was the

In the Dred Scott decision, Chief Justice Roger Taney said that the lower court should not have accepted the case since blacks are not citizens of the United States.

On average, wages and opportunities for workers were greater in the North than anywhere else.

The abolitionist zealot who massacred five proslavery advocates at Pottawatomie Creek was ____________________.

Most of the foreign-born voters in the 1830s and 1840s joined the Democratic Party.

The Supreme Court decision that declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional was the ____________________ decision.

The violence in "Bleeding Kansas" involved clashes between

Examine the political crisis of the 1850s. What were the origins of this crisis, the central issues involved, and the repercussions for the United States?

Abraham Lincoln saw the prevention of the expansion of slavery into the territories as the first step to its eventual extinction.

Jefferson Davis led an effort to pass a federal law allowing slavery in all territories.

The great enemy of a free-labor society was

Stephen Douglas introduced the idea of ____________________, which states that the people of a territory should decide whether they want the institution of slavery, into the debate over the Kansas territory.

A constitution designed to impose slavery on Kansas was the ____________________ constitution.

The Panic of 1857 stemmed entirely from domestic causes.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

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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