Question 1

What political party attracted both ardent abolitionists and men whose only concern was keeping western territories open to free white men?

Accepted Answer

A)  Democrats 
B)  Whigs 
C)  American 
D)  Republicans 
A)  Democrats 
B)  Whigs 
C)  American 
D)  Republicans D

Question 2

Under what circumstances did the greatest number of African Americans go to Texas, Missouri, and Kansas?

Accepted Answer

A)  As slaves of white planters 
B)  As pioneers moving west 
C)  As members of Indian tribes 
D)  As slaves of Indians 
A)  As slaves of white planters 
B)  As pioneers moving west 
C)  As members of Indian tribes 
D)  As slaves of Indians A

Question 3

When fugitive slave Anthony Burns was ordered removed from Boston and returned to his master in the South, why were hundreds of ordinary citizens agonized by the process and trying to stop it?

Accepted Answer

A)  It forced them to reflect on their complicity with the institution of slavery. 
B)  It made them realize how powerless they were over the federal government. 
C)  Burns was actually a free black man known for working out of Boston's seaport. 
D)  The Burns case first awakened white northern abolitionists to the horrors of the Fugitive Slave Act. 
A)  It forced them to reflect on their complicity with the institution of slavery. 
B)  It made them realize how powerless they were over the federal government. 
C)  Burns was actually a free black man known for working out of Boston's seaport. 
D)  The Burns case first awakened white northern abolitionists to the horrors of the Fugitive Slave Act. B

Question 4

What development pushed the issue of slavery to the center of national debate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The end of the international slave trade 
B)  The invention of the cotton gin 
C)  The expansion westward 
D)  The dedication and fervor of abolitionists 
A)  The end of the international slave trade 
B)  The invention of the cotton gin 
C)  The expansion westward 
D)  The dedication and fervor of abolitionists

Question 5

Why did presidential candidate for the American Party Millard Fillmore receive so few votes in the election of 1856?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was tainted by his legacy as a failed former president. 
B)  His own party refused to campaign for him. 
C)  He was too much of a staunch abolitionist. 
D)  The strength of nativist sentiment was waning. 
A)  He was tainted by his legacy as a failed former president. 
B)  His own party refused to campaign for him. 
C)  He was too much of a staunch abolitionist. 
D)  The strength of nativist sentiment was waning.

Question 6

The first white women who migrated west on the overland trails in the 1830s were

Accepted Answer

A)  prostitutes and camp followers. 
B)  those accompanying their husbands. 
C)  evangelical ministers. 
D)  wealthy women looking for land. 
A)  prostitutes and camp followers. 
B)  those accompanying their husbands. 
C)  evangelical ministers. 
D)  wealthy women looking for land.

Question 7

The Lecompton Constitution declared that Kansas

Accepted Answer

A)  would be a slave state. 
B)  would be a free state. 
C)  would be reserved as an Indian Territory. 
D)  would postpone the question of slavery indefinitely. 
A)  would be a slave state. 
B)  would be a free state. 
C)  would be reserved as an Indian Territory. 
D)  would postpone the question of slavery indefinitely.

Question 8

Why was it challenging for election organizers to determine who had the right to vote on the Kansas referendum about slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Abolitionists stormed the central office and destroyed the voting cards. 
B)  New people settled in the region daily hoping to influence the vote. 
C)  Voting requirements were also hotly contested and unclear. 
D)  Slaveholders tried to get the right to vote for their slaves. 
A)  Abolitionists stormed the central office and destroyed the voting cards. 
B)  New people settled in the region daily hoping to influence the vote. 
C)  Voting requirements were also hotly contested and unclear. 
D)  Slaveholders tried to get the right to vote for their slaves.

Question 9

What popular book combined accounts from former slaves as well as tales gathered by abolitionist lecturers and writers to promote the abolitionist cause?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Planter's Northern Bride, by Caroline Hentz 
B)  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass 
C)  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet Jacobs 
D)  Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe 
A)  The Planter's Northern Bride, by Caroline Hentz 
B)  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass 
C)  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet Jacobs 
D)  Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 10

Which groups populated the West in large numbers before American pioneers and other European immigrants began migrating westward?

Accepted Answer

A)  Indians and Mexicans 
B)  Indians and Eskimos 
C)  Mexicans and Asians 
D)  Asians and Indians 
A)  Indians and Mexicans 
B)  Indians and Eskimos 
C)  Mexicans and Asians 
D)  Asians and Indians

Question 11

What enabled the Republican Party to attract followers rapidly?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their proposal for commercial development and internal improvements 
B)  Their expansionist vision for the West and South 
C)  Their willingness to advocate the complete abolition of slavery 
D)  Their successful promotion of Abraham Lincoln as an ordinary man with humble roots 
A)  Their proposal for commercial development and internal improvements 
B)  Their expansionist vision for the West and South 
C)  Their willingness to advocate the complete abolition of slavery 
D)  Their successful promotion of Abraham Lincoln as an ordinary man with humble roots

Question 12

The Ostend Manifesto, drafted by a group of U.S. foreign ministers, suggested that the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  was vulnerable to attacks by several European nations. 
B)  had the right to take by force any territory it desired. 
C)  planned to raid Nicaragua and Honduras simultaneously. 
D)  was weakened by slavery and should abolish the institution. 
A)  was vulnerable to attacks by several European nations. 
B)  had the right to take by force any territory it desired. 
C)  planned to raid Nicaragua and Honduras simultaneously. 
D)  was weakened by slavery and should abolish the institution.

Question 13

Which southern state was the first to secede from the union in the wake of Abraham Lincoln's election as president in 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia 
B)  North Carolina 
C)  South Carolina 
D)  Georgia 
A)  Virginia 
B)  North Carolina 
C)  South Carolina 
D)  Georgia

Question 14

As a result of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, slaveholders

Accepted Answer

A)  felt the federal government finally addressed their needs. 
B)  lessened the level of violence against their slaves at home. 
C)  intensified their hunt for fugitive slaves. 
D)  had more respect for free blacks who were not fugitives. 
A)  felt the federal government finally addressed their needs. 
B)  lessened the level of violence against their slaves at home. 
C)  intensified their hunt for fugitive slaves. 
D)  had more respect for free blacks who were not fugitives.

Question 15

Why did opening up the Santa Fe Trail to commerce ultimately lead to the destruction of the Comanche empire?

Accepted Answer

A)  One of the Comanche's most crucial trading items, bison, was destroyed and greatly weakened the tribe economically. 
B)  Opening the trail made it easy for great numbers of Anglo-Americans to migrate, and they declared war on the Comanche. 
C)  Vast tracts of land were planted with corn and other vegetation that were used to feed travelers but were virtually worthless for trade. 
D)  Opening the trail facilitated the building of a coalition of competing tribes who ultimately defeated the Comanche. 
A)  One of the Comanche's most crucial trading items, bison, was destroyed and greatly weakened the tribe economically. 
B)  Opening the trail made it easy for great numbers of Anglo-Americans to migrate, and they declared war on the Comanche. 
C)  Vast tracts of land were planted with corn and other vegetation that were used to feed travelers but were virtually worthless for trade. 
D)  Opening the trail facilitated the building of a coalition of competing tribes who ultimately defeated the Comanche.

Question 16

Why did so many Northerners ignore the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northerners resented the imposition of slaveholding values on their states. 
B)  The law was passed illegally by powerful Southerners. 
C)  The Fugitive Slave Act turned free states into slave states. 
D)  Northerners held less regard for the laws than Southerners did. 
A)  Northerners resented the imposition of slaveholding values on their states. 
B)  The law was passed illegally by powerful Southerners. 
C)  The Fugitive Slave Act turned free states into slave states. 
D)  Northerners held less regard for the laws than Southerners did.

Question 17

How did Lincoln win the election of 1860 with barely 40 percent of the popular vote?

Accepted Answer

A)  The other candidate turned his votes over to Lincoln. 
B)  Lincoln won the electoral college. 
C)  The contest was decided by the Supreme Court. 
D)  The runner-up died two weeks prior, turning those votes over to Lincoln. 
A)  The other candidate turned his votes over to Lincoln. 
B)  Lincoln won the electoral college. 
C)  The contest was decided by the Supreme Court. 
D)  The runner-up died two weeks prior, turning those votes over to Lincoln.

Question 18

Why did the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn send "Beecher's Bibles" to Kansas before the 1856 elections?

Accepted Answer

A)  To help convert local Indians 
B)  To promote self-defense of abolitionists 
C)  To encourage the infusion of Christian principles in the election 
D)  To encourage the use of violence in the name of abolition 
A)  To help convert local Indians 
B)  To promote self-defense of abolitionists 
C)  To encourage the infusion of Christian principles in the election 
D)  To encourage the use of violence in the name of abolition

Question 19

A growing number of Northerners challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on the basis of the

Accepted Answer

A)  right of the police to arrest a white person for aiding a fugitive. 
B)  states' rights to determine their own policies. 
C)  right of slaveholders to hire slave catchers. 
D)  federal government's right to enforce the law. 
A)  right of the police to arrest a white person for aiding a fugitive. 
B)  states' rights to determine their own policies. 
C)  right of slaveholders to hire slave catchers. 
D)  federal government's right to enforce the law.

Question 20

What was the impact of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850?

Accepted Answer

A)  Temporary peace and cooperation between slave and free states 
B)  Arousal of deeper hostilities between slave and free states 
C)  Realization that no free blacks were safe anywhere in America 
D)  Calls for President Zachary Taylor's impeachment 
A)  Temporary peace and cooperation between slave and free states 
B)  Arousal of deeper hostilities between slave and free states 
C)  Realization that no free blacks were safe anywhere in America 
D)  Calls for President Zachary Taylor's impeachment

Exam 12: Imperial Ambitions and Sectional Crises

What political party attracted both ardent abolitionists and men whose only concern was keeping western territories open to free white men?

Under what circumstances did the greatest number of African Americans go to Texas, Missouri, and Kansas?

When fugitive slave Anthony Burns was ordered removed from Boston and returned to his master in the South, why were hundreds of ordinary citizens agonized by the process and trying to stop it?

What development pushed the issue of slavery to the center of national debate?

Why did presidential candidate for the American Party Millard Fillmore receive so few votes in the election of 1856?

The first white women who migrated west on the overland trails in the 1830s were

The Lecompton Constitution declared that Kansas

Why was it challenging for election organizers to determine who had the right to vote on the Kansas referendum about slavery?

What popular book combined accounts from former slaves as well as tales gathered by abolitionist lecturers and writers to promote the abolitionist cause?

Which groups populated the West in large numbers before American pioneers and other European immigrants began migrating westward?

What enabled the Republican Party to attract followers rapidly?

The Ostend Manifesto, drafted by a group of U.S. foreign ministers, suggested that the United States

Which southern state was the first to secede from the union in the wake of Abraham Lincoln's election as president in 1860?

As a result of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, slaveholders

Why did opening up the Santa Fe Trail to commerce ultimately lead to the destruction of the Comanche empire?

Why did so many Northerners ignore the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?

How did Lincoln win the election of 1860 with barely 40 percent of the popular vote?

Why did the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn send "Beecher's Bibles" to Kansas before the 1856 elections?

A growing number of Northerners challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on the basis of the

What was the impact of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850?

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Social and Cultural Ferment in the North

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