Question 1

All of the following statements about John Brown are true EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  He was the father of 20 children. 
B)  He and his followers were responsible for the Pottawatomie Massacre. 
C)  He believed blacks deserved both liberty and full social equality. 
D)  He led an unsuccessful raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. 
E)  He was fanatically committed to fight to protect the institution of slavery. 
A)  He was the father of 20 children. 
B)  He and his followers were responsible for the Pottawatomie Massacre. 
C)  He believed blacks deserved both liberty and full social equality. 
D)  He led an unsuccessful raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. 
E)  He was fanatically committed to fight to protect the institution of slavery.

Question 2

Congress never passed the Wilmot Proviso.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Jefferson Davis

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 4

Abraham Lincoln:

Accepted Answer

A)  opposed the further spread of slavery 
B)  supported black equality 
C)  would abolish slavery wherever it existed 
D)  was a military hero 
E)  was born in 1810 
A)  opposed the further spread of slavery 
B)  supported black equality 
C)  would abolish slavery wherever it existed 
D)  was a military hero 
E)  was born in 1810

All of the following statements about John Brown are true EXCEPT:

Congress never passed the Wilmot Proviso.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

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

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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Exam 14: The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

All of the following statements about John Brown are true EXCEPT:

Congress never passed the Wilmot Proviso.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Jefferson Davis

Abraham Lincoln:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

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

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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