Question 1

Why were southerners so angry with President Zachary Taylor's position on the admission of California to the Union?

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Question 2

Explain the basic northern arguments for and southern arguments against the Wilmot Proviso.

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Identify the chief factors that prompted Republicans to select Abraham Lincoln as their candidate for Illinois senator in 1858.

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Question 4

Why did Zachary Taylor anger southerners when he became president in 1849?

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A)   He proposed a ten-year program to phase out slavery throughout the nation.
B)   He introduced a new tariff bill that would affect cotton plantation owners.
C)   He unveiled a new railroad-building plan that favored the North over the South.
D)   He urged Congress to admit California and New Mexico to the Union as free states.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

Which was the first state to secede from the Union after Lincoln's election?

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A)   Virginia
B)   Mississippi
C)   South Carolina
D)   TexasE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Why was John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, so significant to both northerners and southerners in America?

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Question 7

How did the Dred Scott decision increase sectional tension?

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A)   It lent credence to the belief in the North that a slave power conspiracy existed.
B)   It indicated that the issue of slavery could be determined in any territory long before the moment of statehood.
C)   It strengthened the Democratic party by unifying its northern and southern branches.
D)   It precipitated the resignation of Supreme Court justices from the North.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

What effect did John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry have on the South?

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A)   It reassured southerners about the safety of slavery.
B)   It convinced the southern states that secession was necessary.
C)   It indicated that abolitionists would use violence to overthrow slavery.
D)   It demonstrated the shortcomings of popular sovereignty.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 9

In his first inaugural address, how did President Abraham Lincoln seek to assure southerners that they had nothing to fear from a Republican administration?

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Question 10

Which southerner argued that "I consider slavery much more secure in the Union than out of it"?

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A)   Jefferson Davis
B)   Howell Cobb
C)   John Smith Preston
D)   Alexander StephensE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Early in the struggle to win Kansas, proslavery supporters

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A)   invaded Kansas to control the election through fraud and intimidation.
B)   initiated the first orderly implementation of popular sovereignty.
C)   saw that the cause was lost and retreated from the contest.
D)   got no support from the presidential administration of Millard Fillmore.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 12

Southerners felt so much hostility toward the Republican party during the presidential election of 1860 that

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A)   they burned Lincoln in effigy in most major areas of the South.
B)   they boycotted the polls in numerous states.
C)   ten states refused to allow Lincoln's name to appear on the ballot.
D)   states passed laws allowing women to vote in order to defeat the Republicans.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Match the term with the definition.
-Proposal put forward in August 1846 to ban slavery in territory acquired from the Mexican-American War. It enjoyed widespread support in the North, but southerners saw it as an attack on their interests.

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A)  "Bleeding Kansas"
B)  Compromise of 1850
C)  Confederate States of America
D)  Dred Scott decision
E)  free laborF) Fugitive Slave ActG) Kansas-Nebraska ActH) Lincoln-Douglas debatesI) popular sovereigntyJ) Republican PartyK) Uncle Tom's CabinL) Wilmot ProvisoM) H) and K)
N) D) and K)

Question 14

What was a requirement of the Fugitive Slave Act, part of the Compromise of 1850?

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A)   Any runaway slave who reached the North would be considered free.
B)   Slave commissioners received $10 for setting a slave free and $5 for returning a slave to his or her master.
C)   Slave owners needed three witnesses in order to claim a runaway.
D)   All citizens were expected to assist officials in apprehending runaway slaves.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

What happened when the first territorial legislature in Kansas met?

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A)   It voted to settle the slavery issue peacefully.
B)   It voted to secede from the Union.
C)   It enacted tough proslavery laws.
D)   It voted to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 16

By 1856, the Republican party had organized around the premise that the South was a profound threat to "free soil, free labor, and free men." Discuss how Republican fears were reflected in the violence in Kansas and the Senate as well as in decision-making in the Supreme Court.

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Question 17

Which Senator argued that, when it came to ending slavery, there was "a higher law than the Constitution"-the law of God?

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A)   William Seward
B)   Henry Clay
C)   Daniel Webster
D)   John C. CalhounE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

In 1854, Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act and included a section repealing the Missouri Compromise because

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A)   he had never supported the Missouri Compromise in the first place.
B)   he needed southern support to pass his legislation.
C)   he pocketed bribes from southern legislators in return for supporting their causes.
D)   he did not think the plan would cause controversy.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 19

This Know-Nothing cartoon promoted stereotypes of which two groups?

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A)   The abolitionists and slaveholders
B)   Democrats and Republicans
C)   Irish and German immigrants
D)   Slaves and poor southern whitesE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

What happened to John Brown after his raid on Harper's Ferry?

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A)   He escaped to Massachusetts.
B)   He was deported to Canada.
C)   He was pardoned by the Republican governor.
D)   He was executed.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 14: The House Divided

Why did Zachary Taylor anger southerners when he became president in 1849?

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What happened to John Brown after his raid on Harper's Ferry?

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Early in the struggle to win Kansas, proslavery supporters

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What was a requirement of the Fugitive Slave Act, part of the Compromise of 1850?

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Why was John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, so significant to both northerners and southerners in America?

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Explain the basic northern arguments for and southern arguments against the Wilmot Proviso.

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What happened when the first territorial legislature in Kansas met?

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This Know-Nothing cartoon promoted stereotypes of which two groups?

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How did the Dred Scott decision increase sectional tension?

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Which Senator argued that, when it came to ending slavery, there was "a higher law than the Constitution"-the law of God?

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Why were southerners so angry with President Zachary Taylor's position on the admission of California to the Union?

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Which was the first state to secede from the Union after Lincoln's election?

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Which southerner argued that "I consider slavery much more secure in the Union than out of it"?

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Match the term with the definition. -Proposal put forward in August 1846 to ban slavery in territory acquired from the Mexican-American War. It enjoyed widespread support in the North, but southerners saw it as an attack on their interests.

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What effect did John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry have on the South?

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By 1856, the Republican party had organized around the premise that the South was a profound threat to "free soil, free labor, and free men." Discuss how Republican fears were reflected in the violence in Kansas and the Senate as well as in decision-making in the Supreme Court.

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In 1854, Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act and included a section repealing the Missouri Compromise because

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Identify the chief factors that prompted Republicans to select Abraham Lincoln as their candidate for Illinois senator in 1858.

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In his first inaugural address, how did President Abraham Lincoln seek to assure southerners that they had nothing to fear from a Republican administration?

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