Question 1

How did the Panic of 1857 figure into the sectional conflict?

Accepted Answer

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$\bullet$Exports: sharp but temporary downturn in agricultural exports to Britain; cotton exports from the South were affected less than northern exports; Panic less harmful in the South
$\bullet$Unemployment: business failures and shutdowns after news of the failure of an Ohio investment house was quickly sent by telegraph to financial markets; thousands lost their jobs
$\bullet$Sectional arguments: Southerners justified the supremacy of their slave system over the free-labor system of the North

Question 2

The Republican strategy in 1860 was to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  take credit for John Brown's raid 
B)  focus entirely on the free states 
C)  campaign vigorously in the South 
D)  win southern support by vowing to protect slavery 
A)  take credit for John Brown's raid 
B)  focus entirely on the free states 
C)  campaign vigorously in the South 
D)  win southern support by vowing to protect slavery B

Question 3

How did Anthony Burns play a role in the growing divisions between North and South during the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Burns was a runaway slave who galvanized northern antislavery sentiment after the Fugitive Slave Law required his legal return to the South. 
B)  Burns was a northern abolitionist who harbored runaway slaves and intentionally broke the law by not following the Fugitive Slave Law. 
C)  Burns was a runaway slave who lectured on behalf of freedom even though he lived in constant danger of being returned to the South as a slave under the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law. 
D)  Burns was a slave catcher who, by the legal authority of the Fugitive Slave Law, captured free northern African Americans, thus inciting an antislavery riot in Boston. 
A)  Burns was a runaway slave who galvanized northern antislavery sentiment after the Fugitive Slave Law required his legal return to the South. 
B)  Burns was a northern abolitionist who harbored runaway slaves and intentionally broke the law by not following the Fugitive Slave Law. 
C)  Burns was a runaway slave who lectured on behalf of freedom even though he lived in constant danger of being returned to the South as a slave under the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law. 
D)  Burns was a slave catcher who, by the legal authority of the Fugitive Slave Law, captured free northern African Americans, thus inciting an antislavery riot in Boston. A

Question 4

What were the most important differences between America in 1800 and America in 1850? How did these differences contribute to the growing sectional divide?

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Question 5

How did enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law galvanize abolitionist support in the North?

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Question 6

South Carolina seceded from the Union in response to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the election of Abraham Lincoln 
B)  the collapse of the national Democratic Party 
C)  the decision to bombard Fort Sumter 
D)  the Dred Scott decision 
A)  the election of Abraham Lincoln 
B)  the collapse of the national Democratic Party 
C)  the decision to bombard Fort Sumter 
D)  the Dred Scott decision

Question 7

Why did Southerners refuse to support Stephen Douglas for his party's presidential nomination in 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  Douglas would not support the creation of a federal slave code. 
B)  Douglas would not support popular sovereignty. 
C)  They required their candidate to be a slaveholder. 
D)  They required their candidate to be a Southerner. 
A)  Douglas would not support the creation of a federal slave code. 
B)  Douglas would not support popular sovereignty. 
C)  They required their candidate to be a slaveholder. 
D)  They required their candidate to be a Southerner.

Question 8

Why was the new American Party known as the "Know-Nothings"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Party members were supposed to keep party beliefs and programs a secret. 
B)  The anti-immigration stance held by party members was criticized as ignorant. 
C)  Party members chose to ignore the effects of slavery. 
D)  Party members refused to assist federal slave catchers. 
A)  Party members were supposed to keep party beliefs and programs a secret. 
B)  The anti-immigration stance held by party members was criticized as ignorant. 
C)  Party members chose to ignore the effects of slavery. 
D)  Party members refused to assist federal slave catchers.

Question 9

Stephen Douglas's action in introducing the Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854 proved to be __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a great political miscalculation 
B)  his most honorable stand 
C)  a step closer to the presidency for him 
D)  a brilliant political move 
A)  a great political miscalculation 
B)  his most honorable stand 
C)  a step closer to the presidency for him 
D)  a brilliant political move

Question 10

Between 1800 and 1850, American cities __________.

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A)  grew slowly but steadily 
B)  underwent the most rapid half-century of growth they were ever to experience 
C)  became more socially and economically homogenous 
D)  experienced a sharp decline in per capita income and the rate of economic growth 
A)  grew slowly but steadily 
B)  underwent the most rapid half-century of growth they were ever to experience 
C)  became more socially and economically homogenous 
D)  experienced a sharp decline in per capita income and the rate of economic growth

Question 11

Incidents involving Anthony Burns and Thomas Sims demonstrated that the federal government __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  had no desire to offend northern abolitionists 
B)  would vigorously enforce the Fugitive Slave Law 
C)  would only enforce the Fugitive Slave Law in the South 
D)  would use the Fugitive Slave Law to recover blacks who fled to Canada 
A)  had no desire to offend northern abolitionists 
B)  would vigorously enforce the Fugitive Slave Law 
C)  would only enforce the Fugitive Slave Law in the South 
D)  would use the Fugitive Slave Law to recover blacks who fled to Canada

Question 12

The only part of the Compromise of 1850 strongly supported by the South was __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  throwing open Indian Territory to slavery 
B)  postponing a determination of the boundaries of Texas 
C)  admission of California to the Union as a slave state 
D)  the enactment of a Fugitive Slave Law 
A)  throwing open Indian Territory to slavery 
B)  postponing a determination of the boundaries of Texas 
C)  admission of California to the Union as a slave state 
D)  the enactment of a Fugitive Slave Law

Question 13

The Lecompton constitution was an unsuccessful attempt to create a state government for __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  California 
B)  Texas 
C)  Kansas 
D)  Missouri 
A)  California 
B)  Texas 
C)  Kansas 
D)  Missouri

Question 14

How did Northerners respond to the Dred Scott decision?

Accepted Answer

A)  They questioned the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. 
B)  They threatened to secede from the Union. 
C)  They formed the American Party. 
D)  They wrote the Lecompton constitution. 
A)  They questioned the legitimacy of the Supreme Court. 
B)  They threatened to secede from the Union. 
C)  They formed the American Party. 
D)  They wrote the Lecompton constitution.

Question 15

Why was the Panic of 1857 worse in the North than in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  High cotton prices mitigated the effects of the panic in the South. 
B)  The southern economy was more diversified than the northern industrial system. 
C)  Fewer Southerners were aware of the Ohio bank failure that precipitated the panic. 
D)  The South did not have as many agricultural exports to Britain. 
A)  High cotton prices mitigated the effects of the panic in the South. 
B)  The southern economy was more diversified than the northern industrial system. 
C)  Fewer Southerners were aware of the Ohio bank failure that precipitated the panic. 
D)  The South did not have as many agricultural exports to Britain.

Question 16

Which statement about American growth between 1800 and 1850 is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  By 1850, the majority of the population lived west of the Appalachians. 
B)  Between 1800 and 1850, the population doubled in size. 
C)  Between 1800 and 1850, the population tripled in size. 
D)  By 1850, the majority of the population lived in cities. 
A)  By 1850, the majority of the population lived west of the Appalachians. 
B)  Between 1800 and 1850, the population doubled in size. 
C)  Between 1800 and 1850, the population tripled in size. 
D)  By 1850, the majority of the population lived in cities.

Question 17

After the election of 1852, __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Whigs became the dominant party 
B)  the Whigs never again fielded a national presidential candidate 
C)  the Whigs adopted a proslavery stance 
D)  the Democrats never fielded another presidential candidate 
A)  the Whigs became the dominant party 
B)  the Whigs never again fielded a national presidential candidate 
C)  the Whigs adopted a proslavery stance 
D)  the Democrats never fielded another presidential candidate

Question 18

The "Lager Beer Riots" and the violence in Kansas occurred at the same time. What common factors connected the two?

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Question 19

When Kansas applied for statehood, President James Buchanan __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  endorsed the proslavery constitution 
B)  said the issue was a congressional one 
C)  refused to consider the request at that time 
D)  accepted the antislavery constitution 
A)  endorsed the proslavery constitution 
B)  said the issue was a congressional one 
C)  refused to consider the request at that time 
D)  accepted the antislavery constitution

Question 20

The Missouri Compromise line of 1820 __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  negated the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
B)  was extended across the Mexican cession by the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
C)  was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D)  was left intact by the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
A)  negated the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
B)  was extended across the Mexican cession by the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
C)  was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act 
D)  was left intact by the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Exam 15: The Coming Crisis

How did the Panic of 1857 figure into the sectional conflict?

The Republican strategy in 1860 was to __________.

How did Anthony Burns play a role in the growing divisions between North and South during the 1850s?

What were the most important differences between America in 1800 and America in 1850? How did these differences contribute to the growing sectional divide?

How did enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law galvanize abolitionist support in the North?

South Carolina seceded from the Union in response to __________.

Why did Southerners refuse to support Stephen Douglas for his party's presidential nomination in 1860?

Why was the new American Party known as the "Know-Nothings"?

Stephen Douglas's action in introducing the Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854 proved to be __________.

Between 1800 and 1850, American cities __________.

Incidents involving Anthony Burns and Thomas Sims demonstrated that the federal government __________.

The only part of the Compromise of 1850 strongly supported by the South was __________.

The Lecompton constitution was an unsuccessful attempt to create a state government for __________.

How did Northerners respond to the Dred Scott decision?

Why was the Panic of 1857 worse in the North than in the South?

Which statement about American growth between 1800 and 1850 is true?

After the election of 1852, __________.

The "Lager Beer Riots" and the violence in Kansas occurred at the same time. What common factors connected the two?

When Kansas applied for statehood, President James Buchanan __________.

The Missouri Compromise line of 1820 __________.

A Continent of Villages

When Worlds Collide

Planting Colonies in North America

Slavery and Empire

The Cultures of Colonial North America

From Empire to Independence

The American Revolution

The New Nation

An Empire for Liberty

The South and Slavery

The Growth of Democracy

Industry and the North

Immigration

The Territorial Expansion of the United States

The Civil War

Reconstruction

The Trans-Mississippi West

Production and Consumption in the Gilded Age

Democracy and Empire

Urban America and the Progressive Era

The United States in the Era of the Great War

The Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

World War Ii

The Cold War Begins

America at Mid-Century

The Civil Rights Movement

War Abroad

The Conservative Ascendancy

Inequality in the Global Age

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