Question 1

____________________ caned Charles Sumner.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ caned Charles Sumner....

Question 2

The end of the ____________________ War in Europe caused a decline in grain exports contributing to the onset of the Panic of 1857.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The end of the ____________________ War in...

Question 3

Members of the Know-Nothing Party were all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) American-born Protestants. 
B) middle-aged and elderly professional men. 
C) supporters of the temperance movement. 
D) advocates of legislation increasing the naturalization period. 
E) pledged to maintain secrecy about their order. 
A) American-born Protestants. 
B) middle-aged and elderly professional men. 
C) supporters of the temperance movement. 
D) advocates of legislation increasing the naturalization period. 
E) pledged to maintain secrecy about their order.

Question 4

The violence in "Bleeding Kansas" involved clashes between

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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 5

Many southerners read The Impending Crisis of the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery and freedom were incompatible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

By the late 1850s,the United States was behind only ____________________ in total industrial production.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By the late 1850s,the United States was...

Question 8

Missourians who went to Kansas solely to vote proslavery were called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Missourians who went to Kansas solely to...

Question 9

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The southern economy was "colonial" in that

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A) foreign investors owned over 50 percent of the land in the South. 
B) southern financial institutions loaned money to European colonial powers. 
C) it depended upon exportation of agricultural goods and importation of manufactured products. 
D) it employed slaves. 
E) it exported no products. 
A) foreign investors owned over 50 percent of the land in the South. 
B) southern financial institutions loaned money to European colonial powers. 
C) it depended upon exportation of agricultural goods and importation of manufactured products. 
D) it employed slaves. 
E) it exported no products.

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Republican Party

Accepted Answer

northern political party that

Question 12

The Whig candidate for president in 1852 was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Whig candidate for president in 1852...

Question 13

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?

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Essay should address several key points:

Question 14

The major issue for the Know-Nothing Party was

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A) abolition of slavery. 
B) development of business. 
C) nativism. 
D) women's rights. 
E) westward expansion. 
A) abolition of slavery. 
B) development of business. 
C) nativism. 
D) women's rights. 
E) westward expansion.

Question 15

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

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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 16

Dred Scott sued for ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Dred Scott sued for ____________________....

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Kansas-Nebraska Act

Accepted Answer

1854 congressional act that re

Question 18

Defenders of slavery claimed all of the following except

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A) elderly slaves were freed when they became unable to work. 
B) slaves never had to worry about losing their jobs. 
C) slaves received free medical care. 
D) in general,slaves were better off than white wage earners in the North. 
E) slaves did not have to worry about having their wages cut. 
A) elderly slaves were freed when they became unable to work. 
B) slaves never had to worry about losing their jobs. 
C) slaves received free medical care. 
D) in general,slaves were better off than white wage earners in the North. 
E) slaves did not have to worry about having their wages cut.

Question 19

The destruction of the Whig Party led to the formation of the

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A) liberal Democrats. 
B) Liberty Party. 
C) Republican Party. 
D) Free Soil Party. 
E) the Socialist Party. 
A) liberal Democrats. 
B) Liberty Party. 
C) Republican Party. 
D) Free Soil Party. 
E) the Socialist Party.

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Homestead Act

Accepted Answer

a bill supported by the Republ

Exam 14: The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

____________________ caned Charles Sumner.

The end of the ____________________ War in Europe caused a decline in grain exports contributing to the onset of the Panic of 1857.

Members of the Know-Nothing Party were all of the following except

The violence in "Bleeding Kansas" involved clashes between

Many southerners read The Impending Crisis of the South.

Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery and freedom were incompatible.

By the late 1850s,the United States was behind only ____________________ in total industrial production.

Missourians who went to Kansas solely to vote proslavery were called ____________________.

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

The southern economy was "colonial" in that

IDENTIFICATIONS -Republican Party

The Whig candidate for president in 1852 was ____________________.

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?

The major issue for the Know-Nothing Party was

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

Dred Scott sued for ____________________.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Kansas-Nebraska Act

Defenders of slavery claimed all of the following except

The destruction of the Whig Party led to the formation of the

IDENTIFICATIONS -Homestead Act

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

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

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

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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