Question 1

Always in 1787, 1820, 1833, and 1850, the North and South had been able to compromise over their sectional political, economic, and social differences. Why not in 1861?

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Question 2

John Brown's execution produced all of the following results EXCEPT

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A)  Harriet Tubman praised Brown's support of freedom for slaves. 
B)  abolitionists and Free Soilers were outraged. 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson and other northerners hailed him as a martyr, much like Jesus. 
D)  Southerners wondered how they could stay in the Union. 
E)  Brown's bloody past prior to the Harper's Ferry raid was exposed and he was discredited.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the Confederate States of America.

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Question 4

The proposed Crittenden Compromise, if adopted, would have

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A)  prohibited slavery north of 36° 30'. 
B)  guaranteed federal protection of slavery in territories south of 36° 30'. 
C)  annexed Cuba as a slave territory of the United States. 
D)  repealed the Fugitive Slave Law. 
E)  permitted the expansion of slavery into new territories south of 36° 30'.

Question 5

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican party presidential nomination in part because he

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A)  had been a strong supporter of William Seward. 
B)  had never taken a stand on the issue of slavery in the territories. 
C)  had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward. 
D)  had more political experience than his opponents. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the Harpers Ferry raid.

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Question 7

Consider the arguments presented by the nationalist school, the progressive historians, and ethnocultural school on the cause of the civil war. Create your own argument to explain the repressibility or irrepressibility of the Civil War.

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Question 8

Secessionists supported leaving the Union for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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A)  they were dismayed by the success of the Republican party. 
B)  they believed that the North would not oppose their departure. 
C)  the political balance seemed to be tipping against them. 
D)  they were tired of abolitionist attacks. 
E)  they believed that Republicans had been infiltrating their political ranks.

Question 9

In the Dred Scott case, the U.S. Supreme Court made all of the following determinations EXCEPT

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A)  it ruled that Dred Scott was a slave, not a citizen, and therefore could not sue in federal court. 
B)  it said that because slaves were private property, they could be taken into free or slave territories. 
C)  it decided that slaves brought into territories north of the 36º 30´ line were considered free. 
D)  it declared that the Constitution protected slave owners' rights to property no matter where they resided. 
E)  it stated that Scott should be returned to slavery.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of John C. Fremont.

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Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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Question 12

President James Buchanan declined to use force to keep the seven southern secessionist states in the Union for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

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A)  northern public opinion would not support it. 
B)  the army was needed to control Indians in the West. 
C)  he believed that the Constitution required Congressional approval of the use of force. 
D)  a slim chance of reconciliation remained. 
E)  he was surrounded by pro-southern advisers who had advised him not to use military force against the southern states threatening to secede from the Union.

Question 13

What was responsible for the violence in "Bleeding Kansas"? Why might the violence be viewed as a "prelude to Civil War"?

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Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of John Crittenden.

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Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the American or Know-Nothing party.

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Question 16

The panic of 1857

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A)  was caused by overproduction of southern cotton. 
B)  hit hardest among grain growers of the Northwest. 
C)  finally brought most southern congressmen to support free homesteads. 
D)  stimulated northern demands for lower tariff rates. 
E)  demonstrated the economic dominance of the North.

Question 17

For a majority of northerners, the MOST outrageous part of the several objectionable parts of the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney's majority opinion (decision) in the Dred Scott case was that the Court ruled that

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A)  the Constitution could not be amended to prohibit slavery because that such an amendment would violate Americans' Fifth Amendment property rights. 
B)  Scott did not automatically become free when his owner took him through free states and territories. 
C)  Congress never had the constitutional power to prohibit slavery in any territory. 
D)  black slaves did not have the constitutional power to sue in federal courts to win their freedom. 
E)  the Bill of Rights did not apply even to free African Americans.

Question 18

In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court

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A)  freed Dred Scott but upheld the Missouri Compromise. 
B)  denied Scott's appeal but held that slaves could not be taken into free territories. 
C)  essentially upheld the doctrine of popular sovereignty. 
D)  tried to settle the immediate issue on technical legal grounds. 
E)  issued a broad judicial decision ruling that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the federal territories.

Question 19

When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina

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A)  waited to see how other southern states would act. 
B)  were very upset because they would have to secede from the Union. 
C)  vowed to give their loyalty to Stephen Douglas. 
D)  rejoiced because Lincoln's election as president provided secessionist South Carolinians with the political pretext to vote in the state legislature in favor of secession. 
E)  accepted the democratic process and vowed to support Lincoln.

Question 20

The authors argue that despite Lincoln's election in 1860, the South "was not badly off." What do they mean? Why, in spite of this, did southern states secede?

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Exam 18: Drifting Toward Disunion

Always in 1787, 1820, 1833, and 1850, the North and South had been able to compromise over their sectional political, economic, and social differences. Why not in 1861?

John Brown's execution produced all of the following results EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of the Confederate States of America.

The proposed Crittenden Compromise, if adopted, would have

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican party presidential nomination in part because he

Identify and state the historical significance of the Harpers Ferry raid.

Consider the arguments presented by the nationalist school, the progressive historians, and ethnocultural school on the cause of the civil war. Create your own argument to explain the repressibility or irrepressibility of the Civil War.

Secessionists supported leaving the Union for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

In the Dred Scott case, the U.S. Supreme Court made all of the following determinations EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of John C. Fremont.

Identify and state the historical significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

President James Buchanan declined to use force to keep the seven southern secessionist states in the Union for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

What was responsible for the violence in "Bleeding Kansas"? Why might the violence be viewed as a "prelude to Civil War"?

Identify and state the historical significance of John Crittenden.

Identify and state the historical significance of the American or Know-Nothing party.

The panic of 1857

For a majority of northerners, the MOST outrageous part of the several objectionable parts of the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney's majority opinion (decision) in the Dred Scott case was that the Court ruled that

In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court

When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina

The authors argue that despite Lincoln's election in 1860, the South "was not badly off." What do they mean? Why, in spite of this, did southern states secede?