Question 1

What key component of the 1860 Republican platform had never before been part of a major party's platform?

Accepted Answer

A)  There should be no national banking system. 
B)  Slavery should be abolished in the Upper South. 
C)  The government needed to protect industry with a tariff. 
D)  Federal money should be used to improve and extend transportation. 
E)  Slavery should not be extended into new states and territories. 
A)  There should be no national banking system. 
B)  Slavery should be abolished in the Upper South. 
C)  The government needed to protect industry with a tariff. 
D)  Federal money should be used to improve and extend transportation. 
E)  Slavery should not be extended into new states and territories.

Question 2

What distinguished John Brown from other abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brown only used religion. 
B)  Brown wanted to send ex-slaves abroad. 
C)  Brown emphasized violence in freeing slaves. 
D)  Brown wanted slaves to be freed immediately. 
E)  Brown hoped to see ex-slaves gain equal rights. 
A)  Brown only used religion. 
B)  Brown wanted to send ex-slaves abroad. 
C)  Brown emphasized violence in freeing slaves. 
D)  Brown wanted slaves to be freed immediately. 
E)  Brown hoped to see ex-slaves gain equal rights.

Question 3

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:

Accepted Answer

A)  won the grudging support of Ralph Waldo Emerson as a necessary compromise. 
B)  gave new powers to federal officers to override local law enforcement. 
C)  was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case. 
D)  angered southerners by weakening an earlier law on fugitive slaves. 
E)  convinced Abraham Lincoln to retire briefly from political life. 
A)  won the grudging support of Ralph Waldo Emerson as a necessary compromise. 
B)  gave new powers to federal officers to override local law enforcement. 
C)  was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case. 
D)  angered southerners by weakening an earlier law on fugitive slaves. 
E)  convinced Abraham Lincoln to retire briefly from political life.

Question 4

One aspect of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 provided for what?

Accepted Answer

A)  The transfer of Montana to the United States. 
B)  Payment of $15 million to the Mexican citizenry in the United States and Indians but not the Mexican government. 
C)  Mexicans to still govern themselves in Texas and New Mexico. 
D)  U.S.control of all of the Oregon Country. 
E)  Protection of large Mexican landowners in California. 
A)  The transfer of Montana to the United States. 
B)  Payment of $15 million to the Mexican citizenry in the United States and Indians but not the Mexican government. 
C)  Mexicans to still govern themselves in Texas and New Mexico. 
D)  U.S.control of all of the Oregon Country. 
E)  Protection of large Mexican landowners in California.

Question 5

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Compromise of 1850

Accepted Answer

A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state 
A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 6

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Free Soil

Accepted Answer

The Free Soil Party was a short-lived po

Question 7

The Texas independence movement was sparked in part because the Mexican government,alarmed that its grip on the area was weakening,annulled existing land contracts and barred future emigration from the United States in 1830.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Analyze the role that manifest destiny played in the California gold rush.What was the result?

Accepted Answer

A)  It led to a diverse group of people migrating to California. 
B)  It was God's will for California to have gold. 
C)  The California legislature created a foreign miners' tax. 
D)  The Native American population grew due to the amount of gold. 
E)  Californians hid much of their gold,leading to large migrations to Australia. 
A)  It led to a diverse group of people migrating to California. 
B)  It was God's will for California to have gold. 
C)  The California legislature created a foreign miners' tax. 
D)  The Native American population grew due to the amount of gold. 
E)  Californians hid much of their gold,leading to large migrations to Australia.

Question 9

On matters related to citizenship,the U.S.Supreme Court declared in Dred Scott that:

Accepted Answer

A)  free African-Americans could vote. 
B)  anyone that a state considered to be a citizen was a U.S.citizen. 
C)  freeborn blacks were U.S.citizens,but those born into slavery and later freed could not be citizens. 
D)  citizenship was limited to males. 
E)  only white persons could be U.S.citizens. 
A)  free African-Americans could vote. 
B)  anyone that a state considered to be a citizen was a U.S.citizen. 
C)  freeborn blacks were U.S.citizens,but those born into slavery and later freed could not be citizens. 
D)  citizenship was limited to males. 
E)  only white persons could be U.S.citizens.

Question 10

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Henry David Thoreau

Accepted Answer

A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering 
A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 11

What happened under the constitution of independent Texas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery was banned. 
B)  People of color had had more freedoms and rights when Mexico previously controlled Texas. 
C)  Rights and privileges for free blacks expanded. 
D)  The government would respect Comanche territory. 
E)  Land sales by private sellers were prohibited. 
A)  Slavery was banned. 
B)  People of color had had more freedoms and rights when Mexico previously controlled Texas. 
C)  Rights and privileges for free blacks expanded. 
D)  The government would respect Comanche territory. 
E)  Land sales by private sellers were prohibited.

Question 12

During his debate with Abraham Lincoln in Freeport,Illinois,Stephen Douglas:

Accepted Answer

A)  called for the free soil principle to determine the status of slavery in the West. 
B)  denounced popular sovereignty as a fraud. 
C)  praised the temperance movement and other key social reforms. 
D)  insisted that popular sovereignty was compatible with the Dred Scott decision. 
E)  argued that slaveholders had a constitutional right to take their slaves anywhere. 
A)  called for the free soil principle to determine the status of slavery in the West. 
B)  denounced popular sovereignty as a fraud. 
C)  praised the temperance movement and other key social reforms. 
D)  insisted that popular sovereignty was compatible with the Dred Scott decision. 
E)  argued that slaveholders had a constitutional right to take their slaves anywhere.

Question 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Tejanos

Accepted Answer

A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state 
A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Fugitive Slave Act

Accepted Answer

A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state 
A) issued by antislavery congressmen 
B) suggested that the United States buy or seize Cuba 
C) returned runaway slaves to their master 
D) America's mission to settle the West 
E) Texas borderland
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 15

What attracted voters to the Know-Nothing Party?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its desire to dissolve the Missouri Compromise. 
B)  Its move to annex Cuba for the expansion of American slavery. 
C)  Its call for immediate emancipation of all slaves. 
D)  Its opposition to the Dred Scott decision. 
E)  Its denunciation of Roman Catholic immigrants. 
A)  Its desire to dissolve the Missouri Compromise. 
B)  Its move to annex Cuba for the expansion of American slavery. 
C)  Its call for immediate emancipation of all slaves. 
D)  Its opposition to the Dred Scott decision. 
E)  Its denunciation of Roman Catholic immigrants.

Question 16

As it divided over the issue of slavery,the Catholic Church broke into a northern and southern branch.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Dred Scott decision of the U.S.Supreme Court:

Accepted Answer

A)  declared that Congress could not ban slavery from territories. 
B)  endorsed the free soil policy of the Republicans. 
C)  backed the idea of popular sovereignty. 
D)  freed Dred and Harriet Scott. 
E)  extended the Missouri Compromise line to California. 
A)  declared that Congress could not ban slavery from territories. 
B)  endorsed the free soil policy of the Republicans. 
C)  backed the idea of popular sovereignty. 
D)  freed Dred and Harriet Scott. 
E)  extended the Missouri Compromise line to California.

Question 18

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Brown

Accepted Answer

A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering 
A) On Civil Disobedience 
B) 1848 Free Soil presidential candidate 
C) author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D) tried to attach bill to ban slavery to war declaration 
E) author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 19

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821:

Accepted Answer

A)  it was much smaller in area than the United States at the time. 
B)  California became a major American trading partner within half a decade. 
C)  its Indian population was relatively large compared to its non-Indian population. 
D)  its leaders founded new missions in California to assure continued Catholic power. 
E)  Americans immediately began settling in California in large numbers. 
A)  it was much smaller in area than the United States at the time. 
B)  California became a major American trading partner within half a decade. 
C)  its Indian population was relatively large compared to its non-Indian population. 
D)  its leaders founded new missions in California to assure continued Catholic power. 
E)  Americans immediately began settling in California in large numbers.

Question 20

Who questioned President Polk's right to declare war by introducing a resolution to Congress requesting that the president specify the precise spot where blood had first been shed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Daniel Webster. 
B)  John C.Calhoun. 
C)  Stephen Douglas. 
D)  Abraham Lincoln. 
E)  Charles Sumner. 
A)  Daniel Webster. 
B)  John C.Calhoun. 
C)  Stephen Douglas. 
D)  Abraham Lincoln. 
E)  Charles Sumner.

What key component of the 1860 Republican platform had never before been part of a major party's platform?

What distinguished John Brown from other abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:

One aspect of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 provided for what?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Compromise of 1850

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Free Soil

The Texas independence movement was sparked in part because the Mexican government,alarmed that its grip on the area was weakening,annulled existing land contracts and barred future emigration from the United States in 1830.

Analyze the role that manifest destiny played in the California gold rush.What was the result?

On matters related to citizenship,the U.S.Supreme Court declared in Dred Scott that:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Henry David Thoreau

What happened under the constitution of independent Texas?

During his debate with Abraham Lincoln in Freeport,Illinois,Stephen Douglas:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Tejanos

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Fugitive Slave Act

What attracted voters to the Know-Nothing Party?

As it divided over the issue of slavery,the Catholic Church broke into a northern and southern branch.

The Dred Scott decision of the U.S.Supreme Court:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Brown

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821:

Who questioned President Polk's right to declare war by introducing a resolution to Congress requesting that the president specify the precise spot where blood had first been shed?

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Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

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Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

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An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

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Exam 13: A House Divided,1840-1861

What key component of the 1860 Republican platform had never before been part of a major party's platform?

What distinguished John Brown from other abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:

One aspect of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 provided for what?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Compromise of 1850

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Free Soil

The Texas independence movement was sparked in part because the Mexican government,alarmed that its grip on the area was weakening,annulled existing land contracts and barred future emigration from the United States in 1830.

Analyze the role that manifest destiny played in the California gold rush.What was the result?

On matters related to citizenship,the U.S.Supreme Court declared in Dred Scott that:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Henry David Thoreau

What happened under the constitution of independent Texas?

During his debate with Abraham Lincoln in Freeport,Illinois,Stephen Douglas:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Tejanos

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Fugitive Slave Act

What attracted voters to the Know-Nothing Party?

As it divided over the issue of slavery,the Catholic Church broke into a northern and southern branch.

The Dred Scott decision of the U.S.Supreme Court:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Brown

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821:

Who questioned President Polk's right to declare war by introducing a resolution to Congress requesting that the president specify the precise spot where blood had first been shed?

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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