Question 1

Lincoln and the Republicans advocated the social equality of the races.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

On the trails westward,almost everyone,male and female,walked most of the time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What evidence suggests the South between 1850 and 1860 was becoming inflexible on the issue of slavery?

Accepted Answer

Several pieces of evidence suggest that

Question 4

In the end,Kansas voters rejected the Lecompton constitution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

President Taylor favored admitting California to the Union as a free state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The election of 1856 saw

Accepted Answer

A)  no significant third party in the field. 
B)  the Whig Party make a strong comeback. 
C)  the Democrats elect a young and forceful pro-slavery leader. 
D)  former president Millard Fillmore in the running. 
E)  the Republicans run against the idea of internal improvements. 
A)  no significant third party in the field. 
B)  the Whig Party make a strong comeback. 
C)  the Democrats elect a young and forceful pro-slavery leader. 
D)  former president Millard Fillmore in the running. 
E)  the Republicans run against the idea of internal improvements.

Question 7

Before the early 1850s,Americans who traveled west on the overland trails were generally

Accepted Answer

A)  relatively young people who traveled in family groups. 
B)  over the age of thirty. 
C)  from the eastern seaboard states. 
D)  wealthy. 
E)  domestic servants and prostitutes. 
A)  relatively young people who traveled in family groups. 
B)  over the age of thirty. 
C)  from the eastern seaboard states. 
D)  wealthy. 
E)  domestic servants and prostitutes.

Question 8

The key to victory for the United States in the Mexican War was

Accepted Answer

A)  Zachary Taylor's taking of Monterrey. 
B)  the Bear Flag revolution in California. 
C)  Stephen Kearny's capture of Santa Fe. 
D)  Winfield Scott's seizure of Mexico City. 
E)  Nicholas Trist's diplomatic maneuvering. 
A)  Zachary Taylor's taking of Monterrey. 
B)  the Bear Flag revolution in California. 
C)  Stephen Kearny's capture of Santa Fe. 
D)  Winfield Scott's seizure of Mexico City. 
E)  Nicholas Trist's diplomatic maneuvering.

Question 9

________ from Missouri established the first legal American settlement in Texas in 1822.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ________ from Missouri established the first legal...

Question 10

In the election of 1860,

Accepted Answer

A)  Abraham Lincoln was elected with much less than half of the popular vote. 
B)  the Republican political platform called for an end to slavery. 
C)  Abraham Lincoln's relative obscurity proved to be a drawback. 
D)  Stephen Douglas narrowly lost in the electoral vote. 
E)  disenchanted northern Democrats nominated John Bell for president. 
A)  Abraham Lincoln was elected with much less than half of the popular vote. 
B)  the Republican political platform called for an end to slavery. 
C)  Abraham Lincoln's relative obscurity proved to be a drawback. 
D)  Stephen Douglas narrowly lost in the electoral vote. 
E)  disenchanted northern Democrats nominated John Bell for president.

Question 11

In 1856,the Democrats picked ________ in hopes that he would be an uncontroversial candidate for president.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1856,the Democrats picked ________ in hopes...

Question 12

In the election of 1852,

Accepted Answer

A)  neither party endorsed the Compromise of 1850. 
B)  the Free-Soil Party gained strength. 
C)  the Democrats selected a war hero as their candidate. 
D)  the Whigs were united. 
E)  the Free-Soil Party endorsed the Compromise of 1850. 
A)  neither party endorsed the Compromise of 1850. 
B)  the Free-Soil Party gained strength. 
C)  the Democrats selected a war hero as their candidate. 
D)  the Whigs were united. 
E)  the Free-Soil Party endorsed the Compromise of 1850.

Question 13

How did the slave issue affect the United States' westward expansion?

Accepted Answer

The issue of slavery had a significant i

Question 14

Why did the United States go to war with Mexico in 1846?

Accepted Answer

The United States went to war with Mexic

Question 15

Advocates of Manifest Destiny conceived of an American "empire of ________."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Advocates of Manifest Destiny conceived of an...

Question 16

The Compromise of 1850 was the product of broad agreement on common national ideals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The 1853 Gadsden Purchase

Accepted Answer

A)  temporarily calmed the rivalry between North and South. 
B)  was made with England. 
C)  advanced the cause of a southern route for the transcontinental railroad. 
D)  fulfilled the treaty ending the Mexican War. 
E)  cost the United States government $25 million. 
A)  temporarily calmed the rivalry between North and South. 
B)  was made with England. 
C)  advanced the cause of a southern route for the transcontinental railroad. 
D)  fulfilled the treaty ending the Mexican War. 
E)  cost the United States government $25 million.

Question 18

President Andrew Jackson did not favor the annexation of Texas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

To broaden its appeal in 1860,the Republicans endorsed a number of traditionally Whig Party ideas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Abraham Lincoln gained national recognition from his 1858 debates with Stephen ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Abraham Lincoln gained national recognition from his...

Exam 13: The Impending Crisis

Lincoln and the Republicans advocated the social equality of the races.

On the trails westward,almost everyone,male and female,walked most of the time.

What evidence suggests the South between 1850 and 1860 was becoming inflexible on the issue of slavery?

In the end,Kansas voters rejected the Lecompton constitution.

President Taylor favored admitting California to the Union as a free state.

The election of 1856 saw

Before the early 1850s,Americans who traveled west on the overland trails were generally

The key to victory for the United States in the Mexican War was

________ from Missouri established the first legal American settlement in Texas in 1822.

In the election of 1860,

In 1856,the Democrats picked ________ in hopes that he would be an uncontroversial candidate for president.

In the election of 1852,

How did the slave issue affect the United States' westward expansion?

Why did the United States go to war with Mexico in 1846?

Advocates of Manifest Destiny conceived of an American "empire of ________."

The Compromise of 1850 was the product of broad agreement on common national ideals.

The 1853 Gadsden Purchase

President Andrew Jackson did not favor the annexation of Texas.

To broaden its appeal in 1860,the Republicans endorsed a number of traditionally Whig Party ideas.

Abraham Lincoln gained national recognition from his 1858 debates with Stephen ________.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

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