Question 1

As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,

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A) the state of Illinois passed legislation making slavery a punishment for crime. 
B) Stephen Douglas was re-elected to the U.S.Senate. 
C) Abraham Lincoln was almost kicked out of the Republican Party. 
D) both Lincoln and Douglas were defeated by Know-Nothing candidate Nathaniel Banks. 
E) the Kansas-Nebraska Act was repealed. 
A) the state of Illinois passed legislation making slavery a punishment for crime. 
B) Stephen Douglas was re-elected to the U.S.Senate. 
C) Abraham Lincoln was almost kicked out of the Republican Party. 
D) both Lincoln and Douglas were defeated by Know-Nothing candidate Nathaniel Banks. 
E) the Kansas-Nebraska Act was repealed.

Question 2

When two competing legislatures emerged in Kansas,the House of Representatives recognized the one that supported slavery.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The most important crop in the south was

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A) indigo. 
B) tobacco. 
C) rice. 
D) wheat. 
E) cotton. 
A) indigo. 
B) tobacco. 
C) rice. 
D) wheat. 
E) cotton.

Question 4

The first Republican presidential candidate (1856)was ____________________.

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

Question 5

The widespread use of the sewing machine in the 1850s made life easier for seamstresses.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-James D.B.De Bow

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Southern publisher of De Bow's Review.Ch

Question 8

By the late 1850s,the United States was the second-leading industrial producer in the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Supreme Court chief justice who was motivated more by "Southern life and values" than the law in the Dred Scott case was ____________________.

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

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The argument that slaves were better off than northern factory workers reached its fullest development in the writings of ____________________.

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The answer of The argument that slaves were better off...

Question 13

In the "Freeport Doctrine,"

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A) the Supreme Court ruled that residence in Freeport,Illinois,did not automatically free runaways. 
B) Stephen Douglas suggested that the territories could maintain popular sovereignty by refusing to protect slavery there. 
C) Abraham Lincoln agreed that there was no means of preventing the extension of slavery. 
D) Stephen Douglas insisted that slavery was legal in all the free states and territories. 
E) slaves who escaped to the North were declared free. 
A) the Supreme Court ruled that residence in Freeport,Illinois,did not automatically free runaways. 
B) Stephen Douglas suggested that the territories could maintain popular sovereignty by refusing to protect slavery there. 
C) Abraham Lincoln agreed that there was no means of preventing the extension of slavery. 
D) Stephen Douglas insisted that slavery was legal in all the free states and territories. 
E) slaves who escaped to the North were declared free.

Question 14

Which political party endorsed the ideas of "free labor"?

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A) American Party 
B) Democratic Party 
C) Socialist Party 
D) Liberty Party 
E) Republican Party 
A) American Party 
B) Democratic Party 
C) Socialist Party 
D) Liberty Party 
E) Republican Party

Question 15

Organization of the Nebraska territory was necessary in order to

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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 16

George Fitzhugh supported the free-market capitalist system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

At the core of free-labor ideology was the belief that

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A) social mobility awaited those industrious laborers who worked hard and efficiently. 
B) laborers who worked for free earned merits and future promotion from employers. 
C) independent yeoman farmers formed the backbone of society. 
D) commerce bred greed and selfishness and should be avoided. 
E) all industries should be publicly owned. 
A) social mobility awaited those industrious laborers who worked hard and efficiently. 
B) laborers who worked for free earned merits and future promotion from employers. 
C) independent yeoman farmers formed the backbone of society. 
D) commerce bred greed and selfishness and should be avoided. 
E) all industries should be publicly owned.

Question 18

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

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

Question 19

After serving four terms in the Illinois legislature and one term in Congress,Abraham Lincoln was propelled back into politics by the shock of

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A) the Kansas-Nebraska bill. 
B) the Dred Scott decision. 
C) John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. 
D) Bleeding Kansas. 
E) the Fugitive Slave Law. 
A) the Kansas-Nebraska bill. 
B) the Dred Scott decision. 
C) John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. 
D) Bleeding Kansas. 
E) the Fugitive Slave Law.

Question 20

Southerners had a larger percentage of their capital invested in lands and slaves in 1860 than they had had ten years earlier.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,

When two competing legislatures emerged in Kansas,the House of Representatives recognized the one that supported slavery.

The most important crop in the south was

The first Republican presidential candidate (1856)was ____________________.

The widespread use of the sewing machine in the 1850s made life easier for seamstresses.

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -James D.B.De Bow

By the late 1850s,the United States was the second-leading industrial producer in the world.

The Supreme Court chief justice who was motivated more by "Southern life and values" than the law in the Dred Scott case was ____________________.

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

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

The argument that slaves were better off than northern factory workers reached its fullest development in the writings of ____________________.

In the "Freeport Doctrine,"

Which political party endorsed the ideas of "free labor"?

Organization of the Nebraska territory was necessary in order to

George Fitzhugh supported the free-market capitalist system.

At the core of free-labor ideology was the belief that

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

After serving four terms in the Illinois legislature and one term in Congress,Abraham Lincoln was propelled back into politics by the shock of

Southerners had a larger percentage of their capital invested in lands and slaves in 1860 than they had had ten years earlier.

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England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

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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

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War and Society, 1914-1920

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America During the Second World War

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Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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