Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The Dred Scott decision, formally known

Question 2

Examine the aftermath of the Mexican War for Tejanos in the Texas borderland.What were the consequences for Mexicans,Indians,slaves,and free blacks in the newly acquired areas of not only Texas but also New Mexico and California? Think back to Thomas Jefferson's idea of an Empire of Liberty.Did the newly acquired land from the Mexican War promote Jefferson's idea,or as with the Louisiana Purchase,was it an empire of liberty for only a few?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Examine the aftermath of the Mexican War...

Question 3

By the time Lincoln actually took the oath of office,seven states had already seceded from the Union.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Lecompton Constitution was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  antislavery constitution adopted in Nebraska. 
B)  proslavery constitution proposed for Kansas. 
C)  pro-secession constitution of North Carolina. 
D)  Missouri constitution preferred by Abraham Lincoln. 
E)  compromise offered in 1861 to end the secession crisis. 
A)  antislavery constitution adopted in Nebraska. 
B)  proslavery constitution proposed for Kansas. 
C)  pro-secession constitution of North Carolina. 
D)  Missouri constitution preferred by Abraham Lincoln. 
E)  compromise offered in 1861 to end the secession crisis.

Question 5

What was a key provision of the Compromise of 1850?

Accepted Answer

A)  California would enter the Union as a slave state. 
B)  Slavery would be abolished in Washington,D.C. 
C)  The Oregon Territory would be created. 
D)  The Fugitive Slave Act gave runaway slaves more protection and guaranteed them a lawyer in court. 
E)  The New Mexico and Utah Territories would use popular sovereignty to decide about slavery. 
A)  California would enter the Union as a slave state. 
B)  Slavery would be abolished in Washington,D.C. 
C)  The Oregon Territory would be created. 
D)  The Fugitive Slave Act gave runaway slaves more protection and guaranteed them a lawyer in court. 
E)  The New Mexico and Utah Territories would use popular sovereignty to decide about slavery.

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

By the time Lincoln actually took the oath of office,seven states had already seceded from the Union.

The Lecompton Constitution was the:

What was a key provision of the Compromise of 1850?

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

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

By the time Lincoln actually took the oath of office,seven states had already seceded from the Union.

The Lecompton Constitution was the:

What was a key provision of the Compromise of 1850?

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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