Question 1

Which of the following is not a reason why the Know-Nothing party declined rapidly?

Accepted Answer

A)  The party's split into northern and southern. 
B)  The party's acceptance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
C)  The party's radical policy of open membership and public meetings. 
D)  The party proved vulnerable to the challenge posed by the emerging Republican party. 
E)  The party's difficulty reconciling its antislavery attitudes with its anti-Catholic impulses. 
A)  The party's split into northern and southern. 
B)  The party's acceptance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
C)  The party's radical policy of open membership and public meetings. 
D)  The party proved vulnerable to the challenge posed by the emerging Republican party. 
E)  The party's difficulty reconciling its antislavery attitudes with its anti-Catholic impulses.

Question 2

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
Kansas Territory

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
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Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Dred Scott v. Sandford

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott v. Sandford was a landmark Su

Question 4

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
South Carolina

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on...

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
The South Alone Should Govern the South

Accepted Answer

The phrase "The South Alone Should Gover

Question 6

As a result of the 1858 Illinois senatorial election,

Accepted Answer

A)  Stephen Douglas lost crucial political support in the southern states. 
B)  Abraham Lincoln's political career went into temporary eclipse. 
C)  Abraham Lincoln became the new Republican senator from Illinois. 
D)  the Democratic party was able to solidify its dominance of national politics. 
E)  Stephen Douglas became the leader of the new Republican party. 
A)  Stephen Douglas lost crucial political support in the southern states. 
B)  Abraham Lincoln's political career went into temporary eclipse. 
C)  Abraham Lincoln became the new Republican senator from Illinois. 
D)  the Democratic party was able to solidify its dominance of national politics. 
E)  Stephen Douglas became the leader of the new Republican party.

Question 7

What did anti-slavery northerners come to fear about expansionist southerners?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were conspiring to make the Caribbean a slave empire. 
B)  The South would annex Cuba and make it a slaveholding region. 
C)  The South intended to bring slaves to the new western territories, despite the various compromises that had been struck. 
D)  The South would start a war over slavery. 
E)  None of these choices 
A)  They were conspiring to make the Caribbean a slave empire. 
B)  The South would annex Cuba and make it a slaveholding region. 
C)  The South intended to bring slaves to the new western territories, despite the various compromises that had been struck. 
D)  The South would start a war over slavery. 
E)  None of these choices

Question 8

What did the Know-Nothing Party argue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Free blacks should be offered equal opportunities as whites. 
B)  Slavery should be extended to all territories. 
C)  The U.S. should be rid of immigrant and Catholic political influence. 
D)  Free blacks and immigrants should be encouraged to settle in the North. 
E)  The South should secede from the Union where it would be free to determine the fate of slavery on its own. 
A)  Free blacks should be offered equal opportunities as whites. 
B)  Slavery should be extended to all territories. 
C)  The U.S. should be rid of immigrant and Catholic political influence. 
D)  Free blacks and immigrants should be encouraged to settle in the North. 
E)  The South should secede from the Union where it would be free to determine the fate of slavery on its own.

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis

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The Confederate States of America, commo

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Ostend Manifesto

Accepted Answer

The Ostend Manifesto was a document writ

Question 11

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
California

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
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Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Slave Power

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Slave Power refers to the political infl

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Personal-liberty laws

Accepted Answer

Personal-liberty laws were statutes enac

Question 14

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: 
   
New Mexico Territory

Accepted Answer

The answer of MAP QUESTIONS 
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Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Millard Fillmore

Accepted Answer

Millard Fillmore was the 13th President

Question 16

Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 antagonized the North the most?

Accepted Answer

A)  The entrance of California as a free state in the Union 
B)  The abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 
C)  The use of popular sovereignty as the basis for determining the status of slavery in the territories 
D)  The strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act 
E)  The federal assumption of the Texas debt 
A)  The entrance of California as a free state in the Union 
B)  The abolition of the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 
C)  The use of popular sovereignty as the basis for determining the status of slavery in the territories 
D)  The strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act 
E)  The federal assumption of the Texas debt

Question 17

Which of the following was not an opinion on slavery held by free soil supporters?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some free-soilers objected to slavery in the West because they didn't want any blacks at all there. 
B)  Free-soilers believed that American slavery had natural geographic limits beyond which it would not spread. 
C)  Free-soilers believed that the presence of slavery impeded the progress of white civilization. 
D)  Free-soilers believed that wherever slavery appeared, labor lost its dignity. 
E)  Free-soilers thought that slavery should be abolished simply because it was immoral. 
A)  Some free-soilers objected to slavery in the West because they didn't want any blacks at all there. 
B)  Free-soilers believed that American slavery had natural geographic limits beyond which it would not spread. 
C)  Free-soilers believed that the presence of slavery impeded the progress of white civilization. 
D)  Free-soilers believed that wherever slavery appeared, labor lost its dignity. 
E)  Free-soilers thought that slavery should be abolished simply because it was immoral.

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Bleeding Kansas

Accepted Answer

Bleeding Kansas refers to a series of vi

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Stephen A. Douglas

Accepted Answer

Stephen A. Douglas was a prominent Ameri

Question 20

Which of the following is not true about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Accepted Answer

A)  It rendered the terms of the Compromise of 1850 void. 
B)  It superseded the Missouri Compromise. 
C)  It split the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska. 
D)  It applied the principle of popular sovereignty to Nebraska and Kansas. 
E)  It was sponsored by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois. 
A)  It rendered the terms of the Compromise of 1850 void. 
B)  It superseded the Missouri Compromise. 
C)  It split the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska. 
D)  It applied the principle of popular sovereignty to Nebraska and Kansas. 
E)  It was sponsored by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.

Exam 14: From Compromise to Secession

Which of the following is not a reason why the Know-Nothing party declined rapidly?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: Kansas Territory

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Dred Scott v. Sandford

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: South Carolina

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. The South Alone Should Govern the South

As a result of the 1858 Illinois senatorial election,

What did anti-slavery northerners come to fear about expansionist southerners?

What did the Know-Nothing Party argue?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Ostend Manifesto

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: California

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Slave Power

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Personal-liberty laws

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: New Mexico Territory

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Millard Fillmore

Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 antagonized the North the most?

Which of the following was not an opinion on slavery held by free soil supporters?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Bleeding Kansas

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Stephen A. Douglas

Which of the following is not true about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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