Question 1

The controversy over the arrest of Anthony Burns in 1854 shows:

Accepted Answer

A)  the problematic nature of the Dred Scott decision. 
B)  that abolitionists were definitely declining in influence. 
C)  the unpopularity of the Fugitive Slave Act in parts of the North. 
D)  the popularity of the Whig Party in the South. 
E)  that the gag rule had serious consequences well into the 1850s. 
A)  the problematic nature of the Dred Scott decision. 
B)  that abolitionists were definitely declining in influence. 
C)  the unpopularity of the Fugitive Slave Act in parts of the North. 
D)  the popularity of the Whig Party in the South. 
E)  that the gag rule had serious consequences well into the 1850s.

Question 2

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

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 3

The Appeal of the Independent Democrats was not a very effective piece of political persuasion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

According to John L.O'Sullivan's Democratic Review,what was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires?

Accepted Answer

A)  Race. 
B)  Democracy. 
C)  Economic freedom. 
D)  Slavery. 
E)  Printing. 
A)  Race. 
B)  Democracy. 
C)  Economic freedom. 
D)  Slavery. 
E)  Printing.

Question 5

Which 1854 document called for the United States to seize Cuba?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Monroe Doctrine. 
B)  The Ostend Manifesto. 
C)  The Wilmot Proviso. 
D)  The Webster-Ashburton Treaty. 
E)  The Frémont Manifesto. 
A)  The Monroe Doctrine. 
B)  The Ostend Manifesto. 
C)  The Wilmot Proviso. 
D)  The Webster-Ashburton Treaty. 
E)  The Frémont Manifesto.

Question 6

What did Emerson mean by "Mexico will poison us"? Was he right? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Ralph Waldo Emerson's statement "Mexico

Question 7

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

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 8

The Mexican War was the first American conflict to be fought primarily on foreign soil.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Wilmot Proviso

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 10

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 11

After gaining its independence,what resulted in the new independent nation of Texas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anglos encouraged Tejanos to keep their Mexican customs. 
B)  Anglos welcomed Juan Seguín,Tejano supporter of Texas independence,as mayor of San Antonio. 
C)  The Catholic Church lost power in Texas. 
D)  All Tejanos refused to send their children to English-speaking schools. 
E)  Most Tejanos converted to Protestant faiths. 
A)  Anglos encouraged Tejanos to keep their Mexican customs. 
B)  Anglos welcomed Juan Seguín,Tejano supporter of Texas independence,as mayor of San Antonio. 
C)  The Catholic Church lost power in Texas. 
D)  All Tejanos refused to send their children to English-speaking schools. 
E)  Most Tejanos converted to Protestant faiths.

Question 12

The Republican free labor ideology:

Accepted Answer

A)  convinced northerners that Catholic immigrants posed a more significant threat than the southern slave power. 
B)  won Republicans significant support from non-slaveholders in the South in 1856. 
C)  owed its origins to Abraham Lincoln's reemergence in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
D)  accepted southerners' point that slavery protected their liberty,but explained that the economic benefits of free labor would outweigh the damage abolition would do to southern liberty. 
E)  led to the argument by Abraham Lincoln and William Seward that free labor and slave labor were essentially incompatible. 
A)  convinced northerners that Catholic immigrants posed a more significant threat than the southern slave power. 
B)  won Republicans significant support from non-slaveholders in the South in 1856. 
C)  owed its origins to Abraham Lincoln's reemergence in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
D)  accepted southerners' point that slavery protected their liberty,but explained that the economic benefits of free labor would outweigh the damage abolition would do to southern liberty. 
E)  led to the argument by Abraham Lincoln and William Seward that free labor and slave labor were essentially incompatible.

Question 13

Analyzing the maneuvering of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln around Fort Sumter,who was superior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Davis gained the most essential fort in the South. 
B)  Lincoln was too weak-willed to be president. 
C)  Lincoln failed to walk the tightrope. 
D)  Lincoln made the South look like the aggressor. 
E)  Davis was able to prevent a northern invasion of the Confederacy for two years. 
A)  Davis gained the most essential fort in the South. 
B)  Lincoln was too weak-willed to be president. 
C)  Lincoln failed to walk the tightrope. 
D)  Lincoln made the South look like the aggressor. 
E)  Davis was able to prevent a northern invasion of the Confederacy for two years.

Question 14

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Dred Scott

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 15

How did the territory acquired from the Mexican War promote Thomas Jefferson's earlier idea of an Empire of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

A)  More land meant more business opportunities. 
B)  Only people classified as whites gained full rights. 
C)  Desert farming would attract many American settlers. 
D)  The national government would have full sovereignty. 
E)  Lewis and Clark had explored California more than forty years earlier. 
A)  More land meant more business opportunities. 
B)  Only people classified as whites gained full rights. 
C)  Desert farming would attract many American settlers. 
D)  The national government would have full sovereignty. 
E)  Lewis and Clark had explored California more than forty years earlier.

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-appeal of the Independent Democrats

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 17

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Ostend Manifesto

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 18

Did morality or economics dominate the debates over slavery in the 1850s? Explain the various arguments made for and against the expansion of slavery.Who,if anyone,was arguing for abolition?

Accepted Answer

In the 1850s, debates over slavery in th

Question 19

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Abraham Lincoln

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 20

Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren rejected adding Texas to the United States because:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Texas Republic's congress opposed joining the United States,preferring to stay independent. 
B)  the Mexican army's resounding victory at the Alamo made them fearful of antagonizing a powerful government. 
C)  the population of Texas was too small to justify it. 
D)  Henry Clay wanted to add it and,as the Whig leader,he was their sworn enemy. 
E)  the presence of slaves there would reignite the issue of slavery,and they preferred to avoid it. 
A)  the Texas Republic's congress opposed joining the United States,preferring to stay independent. 
B)  the Mexican army's resounding victory at the Alamo made them fearful of antagonizing a powerful government. 
C)  the population of Texas was too small to justify it. 
D)  Henry Clay wanted to add it and,as the Whig leader,he was their sworn enemy. 
E)  the presence of slaves there would reignite the issue of slavery,and they preferred to avoid it.

The controversy over the arrest of Anthony Burns in 1854 shows:

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

The Appeal of the Independent Democrats was not a very effective piece of political persuasion.

According to John L.O'Sullivan's Democratic Review,what was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires?

Which 1854 document called for the United States to seize Cuba?

What did Emerson mean by "Mexico will poison us"? Was he right? Why or why not?

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

The Mexican War was the first American conflict to be fought primarily on foreign soil.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Wilmot Proviso

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

After gaining its independence,what resulted in the new independent nation of Texas?

The Republican free labor ideology:

Analyzing the maneuvering of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln around Fort Sumter,who was superior?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Dred Scott

How did the territory acquired from the Mexican War promote Thomas Jefferson's earlier idea of an Empire of Liberty?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -appeal of the Independent Democrats

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Ostend Manifesto

Did morality or economics dominate the debates over slavery in the 1850s? Explain the various arguments made for and against the expansion of slavery.Who,if anyone,was arguing for abolition?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Abraham Lincoln

Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren rejected adding Texas to the United States because:

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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Exam 13: A House Divided,1840-1861

The controversy over the arrest of Anthony Burns in 1854 shows:

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

The Appeal of the Independent Democrats was not a very effective piece of political persuasion.

According to John L.O'Sullivan's Democratic Review,what was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires?

Which 1854 document called for the United States to seize Cuba?

What did Emerson mean by "Mexico will poison us"? Was he right? Why or why not?

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

The Mexican War was the first American conflict to be fought primarily on foreign soil.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Wilmot Proviso

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

After gaining its independence,what resulted in the new independent nation of Texas?

The Republican free labor ideology:

Analyzing the maneuvering of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln around Fort Sumter,who was superior?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Dred Scott

How did the territory acquired from the Mexican War promote Thomas Jefferson's earlier idea of an Empire of Liberty?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -appeal of the Independent Democrats

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Ostend Manifesto

Did morality or economics dominate the debates over slavery in the 1850s? Explain the various arguments made for and against the expansion of slavery.Who,if anyone,was arguing for abolition?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Abraham Lincoln

Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren rejected adding Texas to the United States because:

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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