Question 1

The Republican party was created in 1854 by the merger of several anti-slavery groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Discuss the Dred Scott case and how effective it was in settling the conflict over slavery.

Accepted Answer

The KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854 may have

Question 3

President Zachary Taylor wanted to admit California as a state immediately because he:

Accepted Answer

A)  was anti-slavery and California had voted on a free-state constitution 
B)  was pro-slavery and California had voted on a slave-state constitution 
C)  wished to bypass the divisive issue of slavery in the territories 
D)  was afraid Mexico would make new claims on the area since gold had been discovered there 
E)  was persuaded to do so by his overwhelmingly northern cabinet 
A)  was anti-slavery and California had voted on a free-state constitution 
B)  was pro-slavery and California had voted on a slave-state constitution 
C)  wished to bypass the divisive issue of slavery in the territories 
D)  was afraid Mexico would make new claims on the area since gold had been discovered there 
E)  was persuaded to do so by his overwhelmingly northern cabinet

Question 4

Stephen Douglas was one of the most extreme pro-slavery and states' rights advocates in the Democratic party.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

John Brown targeted Harpers Ferry, Virginia, because:

Accepted Answer

A)  it had a large slave population 
B)  it was the site of a federal arsenal 
C)  it was an important railroad center 
D)  many abolitionists lived in the area 
E)  it had banks with large deposits 
A)  it had a large slave population 
B)  it was the site of a federal arsenal 
C)  it was an important railroad center 
D)  many abolitionists lived in the area 
E)  it had banks with large deposits

Question 6

Stephen Douglas's proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act:

Accepted Answer

A)  might allow slavery in Kansas and Nebraska 
B)  strengthened the Missouri Compromise 
C)  showed his enthusiastic support of slavery 
D)  strengthened his presidential prospects 
E)  would promote construction of a transcontinental rail line along a southern route 
A)  might allow slavery in Kansas and Nebraska 
B)  strengthened the Missouri Compromise 
C)  showed his enthusiastic support of slavery 
D)  strengthened his presidential prospects 
E)  would promote construction of a transcontinental rail line along a southern route

Question 7

The Crittenden Compromise proposed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  outlaw slavery in the United States after 1865 
B)  guarantee continuance of slavery in the states where it then existed 
C)  guarantee that all new territories would be open to slavery 
D)  give slaves full representation rather than allow them to count for only three fifths of
A person 
E)  provide a federal slave code for the western territories 
A)  outlaw slavery in the United States after 1865 
B)  guarantee continuance of slavery in the states where it then existed 
C)  guarantee that all new territories would be open to slavery 
D)  give slaves full representation rather than allow them to count for only three fifths of
A person 
E)  provide a federal slave code for the western territories

Question 8

Why did the Whig party collapse?

Accepted Answer

A)  It no longer had sufficient numbers of people voting for it. 
B)  It opposed slavery. 
C)  The strain of the Kansas-Nebraska Act pushed northern and southern members toward joining different parties. 
D)  The Republican party defeated the major Whig candidates in the 1852 election. 
E)  Its economic policies were perceived as too socialist. 
A)  It no longer had sufficient numbers of people voting for it. 
B)  It opposed slavery. 
C)  The strain of the Kansas-Nebraska Act pushed northern and southern members toward joining different parties. 
D)  The Republican party defeated the major Whig candidates in the 1852 election. 
E)  Its economic policies were perceived as too socialist.

Question 9

The idea of popular sovereignty:

Accepted Answer

A)  solved the controversy over slavery's extension 
B)  would allow people in the territories to decide whether or not to permit slavery 
C)  guaranteed slavery would spread westward 
D)  allowed Oregon to enter the Union as a slave state 
E)  was adopted by the Whigs in the 1848 election 
A)  solved the controversy over slavery's extension 
B)  would allow people in the territories to decide whether or not to permit slavery 
C)  guaranteed slavery would spread westward 
D)  allowed Oregon to enter the Union as a slave state 
E)  was adopted by the Whigs in the 1848 election

Question 10

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was intended to:

Accepted Answer

A)  start a civil war 
B)  unify the Republican party 
C)  provoke slave insurrections 
D)  prove John Brown was God's agent 
E)  provoke a fight with the U.S. Army 
A)  start a civil war 
B)  unify the Republican party 
C)  provoke slave insurrections 
D)  prove John Brown was God's agent 
E)  provoke a fight with the U.S. Army

Question 11

The Wilmot Proviso:

Accepted Answer

A)  would prohibit slavery in any lands acquired from Mexico 
B)  passed both houses of Congress 
C)  was opposed in Congress by Abraham Lincoln 
D)  would extend the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific 
E)  was clearly unconstitutional 
A)  would prohibit slavery in any lands acquired from Mexico 
B)  passed both houses of Congress 
C)  was opposed in Congress by Abraham Lincoln 
D)  would extend the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific 
E)  was clearly unconstitutional

Question 12

During the great congressional debate over the Compromise of 1850:

Accepted Answer

A)  John Calhoun endorsed all of Henry Clay's proposals 
B)  President Taylor died 
C)  Henry Clay pushed for the compromise and national harmony 
D)  Jefferson Davis emerged as a voice of moderation 
E)  Daniel Webster made an impassioned argument for secession 
A)  John Calhoun endorsed all of Henry Clay's proposals 
B)  President Taylor died 
C)  Henry Clay pushed for the compromise and national harmony 
D)  Jefferson Davis emerged as a voice of moderation 
E)  Daniel Webster made an impassioned argument for secession

Question 13

In response to secession, President Buchanan:

Accepted Answer

A)  said he supported it 
B)  declared martial law 
C)  abandoned Fort Sumter 
D)  did practically nothing 
E)  let Lincoln take office ahead of schedule 
A)  said he supported it 
B)  declared martial law 
C)  abandoned Fort Sumter 
D)  did practically nothing 
E)  let Lincoln take office ahead of schedule

Question 14

What was the impact of President Taylor's death?

Accepted Answer

A)  It strengthened the chance for compromise over slavery in 1850. 
B)  It put pro-slavery Franklin Pierce in the White House. 
C)  It put anti-slavery William H. Seward in the White House. 
D)  It prevented California from gaining admission into the Union. 
E)  It brought great relief to the nation, because he had started the current sectional crisis. 
A)  It strengthened the chance for compromise over slavery in 1850. 
B)  It put pro-slavery Franklin Pierce in the White House. 
C)  It put anti-slavery William H. Seward in the White House. 
D)  It prevented California from gaining admission into the Union. 
E)  It brought great relief to the nation, because he had started the current sectional crisis.

Question 15

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-John C. Calhoun

Accepted Answer

A) was a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election 
B) led Pottawatomie Massacre 
C) elected president of the Confederate States of America 
D) died in July 1850 
E) caned Charles Sumner
F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 
A) was a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election 
B) led Pottawatomie Massacre 
C) elected president of the Confederate States of America 
D) died in July 1850 
E) caned Charles Sumner
F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850

Question 16

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Roger B. Taney

Accepted Answer

A) was a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election 
B) led Pottawatomie Massacre 
C) elected president of the Confederate States of America 
D) died in July 1850 
E) caned Charles Sumner
F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 
A) was a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election 
B) led Pottawatomie Massacre 
C) elected president of the Confederate States of America 
D) died in July 1850 
E) caned Charles Sumner
F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850

Question 17

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-John Bell

Accepted Answer

A) was a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election 
B) led Pottawatomie Massacre 
C) elected president of the Confederate States of America 
D) died in July 1850 
E) caned Charles Sumner
F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 
A) was a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election 
B) led Pottawatomie Massacre 
C) elected president of the Confederate States of America 
D) died in July 1850 
E) caned Charles Sumner
F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850

Question 18

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-John Brown

Accepted Answer

A) was a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election 
B) led Pottawatomie Massacre 
C) elected president of the Confederate States of America 
D) died in July 1850 
E) caned Charles Sumner
F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 
A) was a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election 
B) led Pottawatomie Massacre 
C) elected president of the Confederate States of America 
D) died in July 1850 
E) caned Charles Sumner
F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850

Question 19

As the election of 1860 approached, the Democratic party:

Accepted Answer

A)  renominated Buchanan 
B)  was silent on the issue of slavery 
C)  condemned the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D)  was dominated by southern extremists 
E)  broke up into northern and southern wings 
A)  renominated Buchanan 
B)  was silent on the issue of slavery 
C)  condemned the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D)  was dominated by southern extremists 
E)  broke up into northern and southern wings

Question 20

During his senatorial run against Douglas, Lincoln stated his belief in racial equality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The Republican party was created in 1854 by the merger of several anti-slavery groups.

Discuss the Dred Scott case and how effective it was in settling the conflict over slavery.

President Zachary Taylor wanted to admit California as a state immediately because he:

Stephen Douglas was one of the most extreme pro-slavery and states' rights advocates in the Democratic party.

John Brown targeted Harpers Ferry, Virginia, because:

Stephen Douglas's proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act:

The Crittenden Compromise proposed to:

Why did the Whig party collapse?

The idea of popular sovereignty:

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was intended to:

The Wilmot Proviso:

During the great congressional debate over the Compromise of 1850:

In response to secession, President Buchanan:

What was the impact of President Taylor's death?

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -John C. Calhoun

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Roger B. Taney

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -John Bell

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -John Brown

As the election of 1860 approached, the Democratic party:

During his senatorial run against Douglas, Lincoln stated his belief in racial equality.

The Collision of Cultures

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Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

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