Question 1

South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks

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A)  murdered John Brown before Brown could be tried for his actions at Harpers Ferry. 
B)  beat Senator Charles Sumner with a cane. 
C)  defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois gubernatorial race. 
D)  argued that slavery should be limited to the south. 
E)  led religious opposition to slavery in the south. 
A)  murdered John Brown before Brown could be tried for his actions at Harpers Ferry. 
B)  beat Senator Charles Sumner with a cane. 
C)  defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois gubernatorial race. 
D)  argued that slavery should be limited to the south. 
E)  led religious opposition to slavery in the south.

Question 2

Which statement best describes the Republican party position in the election of 1860?

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A)  There should be immediate emancipation of slaves in the South. 
B)  A program of gradual compensated emancipation should be started. 
C)  There should be no further extension of slavery into the territories. 
D)  The principle of popular sovereignty should be honestly applied in the remaining territories. 
E)  The constitutionality of slavery should be decided by the Supreme Court. 
A)  There should be immediate emancipation of slaves in the South. 
B)  A program of gradual compensated emancipation should be started. 
C)  There should be no further extension of slavery into the territories. 
D)  The principle of popular sovereignty should be honestly applied in the remaining territories. 
E)  The constitutionality of slavery should be decided by the Supreme Court.

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. 
Know-Nothing party

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The Know-Nothing party, formally known a

Question 4

Why did the Fugitive Slave Act arouse strong emotions in both the North and the South? How did the act strike at the heart of the southern view of property rights and northern attitudes about the morality of slavery? Why did the act "radicalize" many conservative northerners on the slavery issue?

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The Fugitive Slave Act aroused strong em

Question 5

In the 1850s, the main issue that unified the otherwise diverse elements of the new Republican party was

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A)  a national economic policy relating to the tariff, banking, and internal improvements. 
B)  "Bleeding Kansas" 
C)  Abolitionism 
D)  Nativism 
E)  U.S. expansion into the Caribbean 
A)  a national economic policy relating to the tariff, banking, and internal improvements. 
B)  "Bleeding Kansas" 
C)  Abolitionism 
D)  Nativism 
E)  U.S. expansion into the Caribbean

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

Why did the Whig party collapse after the Kansas-Nebraska Act while the Democratic Party survived?

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The collapse of the Whig party after the

Question 8

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. 
James Buchanan

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James Buchanan was the 15th President of

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. 
Edmund Ruffin

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Edmund Ruffin was a prominent figure in

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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. 
Charles Sumner and Preston Brooks

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Charles Sumner was a prominent American

Question 12

As a result of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry,

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A)  Southerners realized that extremists like John Brown had no ties to northern abolitionists. 
B)  Southern fire-eaters were incensed. 
C)  the states of the Upper South seceded from the Union. 
D)  Southern slaveowners were convinced that a slave uprising could never be successful. 
E)  Northern moderates formed vigilante committees to ensure civil peace in the southern states. 
A)  Southerners realized that extremists like John Brown had no ties to northern abolitionists. 
B)  Southern fire-eaters were incensed. 
C)  the states of the Upper South seceded from the Union. 
D)  Southern slaveowners were convinced that a slave uprising could never be successful. 
E)  Northern moderates formed vigilante committees to ensure civil peace in the southern states.

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. 
Lecompton and Topeka governments

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The Lecompton and Topeka governments wer

Question 14

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. 
Doctrine of free soil, Popular Sovereignty

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The Doctrine of Free Soil was a politica

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. 
Conscience Whigs

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The Conscience Whigs were a faction with

Question 16

What was the reaction of many northerners to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act?

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A)  They joined with southerners to prevent runaway slaves from escaping to Canada. 
B)  Although some Northerners saw the act as the price of saving the Union, many more saw it as a vile monument of infamy and therefore took up the abolition cause. 
C)  They began campaigns to repeal the old "personal-liberty laws" that had been passed under the Articles of Confederation. 
D)  In Boston and other northern cities, mobs surrounded houses where runaway slaves were hiding, and forced the owners to surrender the fugitives. 
E)  They built special jails to accommodate slaves captured on northern soil. 
A)  They joined with southerners to prevent runaway slaves from escaping to Canada. 
B)  Although some Northerners saw the act as the price of saving the Union, many more saw it as a vile monument of infamy and therefore took up the abolition cause. 
C)  They began campaigns to repeal the old "personal-liberty laws" that had been passed under the Articles of Confederation. 
D)  In Boston and other northern cities, mobs surrounded houses where runaway slaves were hiding, and forced the owners to surrender the fugitives. 
E)  They built special jails to accommodate slaves captured on northern soil.

Question 17

Describe the debate surrounding Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin . What did she describe in her novel? Why did it cause such a national controversy? How did the South react to it?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom'

Question 18

Why did southerners conclude that the North was bent on extinguishing slavery in southern states?

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Southerners concluded that the North was

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. 
Lecompton Constitution

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The Lecompton Constitution was a propose

Question 20

Examine the 1860 presidential election. Who were the major candidates, and what were their main positions? Why did Abraham Lincoln ultimately win?

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The 1860 presidential election was a piv

Exam 14: From Compromise to Secession

South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks

Which statement best describes the Republican party position in the election of 1860?

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. Know-Nothing party

Why did the Fugitive Slave Act arouse strong emotions in both the North and the South? How did the act strike at the heart of the southern view of property rights and northern attitudes about the morality of slavery? Why did the act "radicalize" many conservative northerners on the slavery issue?

In the 1850s, the main issue that unified the otherwise diverse elements of the new Republican party was

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

Why did the Whig party collapse after the Kansas-Nebraska Act while the Democratic Party survived?

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. James Buchanan

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. Edmund Ruffin

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the United States in 1860 that correctly identifies each of the following: Nebraska 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. Charles Sumner and Preston Brooks

As a result of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry,

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. Lecompton and Topeka governments

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. Doctrine of free soil, Popular Sovereignty

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. Conscience Whigs

What was the reaction of many northerners to the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act?

Describe the debate surrounding Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin . What did she describe in her novel? Why did it cause such a national controversy? How did the South react to it?

Why did southerners conclude that the North was bent on extinguishing slavery in southern states?

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. Lecompton Constitution

Examine the 1860 presidential election. Who were the major candidates, and what were their main positions? Why did Abraham Lincoln ultimately win?

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