Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Which statement is not an element of the compromise proposed by John Crittenden?

Accepted Answer

A)  There should be a constitutional amendment to prohibit federal interference with southern slavery. 
B)  Owners should be compensated for their runaway slaves. 
C)  Personal liberty laws should be repealed. 
D)  None of these choices 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  There should be a constitutional amendment to prohibit federal interference with southern slavery. 
B)  Owners should be compensated for their runaway slaves. 
C)  Personal liberty laws should be repealed. 
D)  None of these choices 
E)  All of these choices

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. 
Gadsden Purchase

Accepted Answer

The Gadsden Purchase was a transaction i

Question 4

What were the issues behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act? How did political pressures shape the bill? Why did a seemingly uncontroversial issue-the advance of midwestern settlement-become such a heated sectional issue?

Accepted Answer

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a highly con

Question 5

Explain why John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry caused a firestorm of fear in the South? How did the North react to the raid? How realistic were the South's fear? Explain.

Accepted Answer

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry cause

Question 6

What efforts at compromise were made in 1860 and 1861? Why did they fail?

Accepted Answer

In 1860 and 1861, several efforts at com

Question 7

Which had territory had two competing governments in the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Texas 
B)  Nebraska 
C)  Kansas 
D)  Michigan 
E)  California 
A)  Texas 
B)  Nebraska 
C)  Kansas 
D)  Michigan 
E)  California

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. 
John J. Crittenden

Accepted Answer

John J. Crittenden was a prominent Ameri

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

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. 
Lincoln-Douglas debates

Accepted Answer

The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a serie

Question 11

What did the writer Ralph Waldo Emerson conclude about John Brown's raid?

Accepted Answer

A)  That leading northern abolitionists were actually behind it. 
B)  Brown's execution would make him a martyr for the abolitionist cause. 
C)  That it would have succeeded if he had had more time. 
D)  That it would lead to the torture of thousands of slaves across the South. 
E)  That it would further divide the North and the South. 
A)  That leading northern abolitionists were actually behind it. 
B)  Brown's execution would make him a martyr for the abolitionist cause. 
C)  That it would have succeeded if he had had more time. 
D)  That it would lead to the torture of thousands of slaves across the South. 
E)  That it would further divide the North and the South.

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. 
Pottawatomie massacre

Accepted Answer

The Pottawatomie Massacre was a violent

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. 
Kansas-Nebraska Act

Accepted Answer

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a piece of l

Question 14

What was James Buchanan's position on slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  He believed it was less important than the preservation of the Union. 
B)  He believed it should be preserved in the current slave states but prohibited from the territories. 
C)  He believed it was an issue the legislature-not the courts-had to settle. 
D)  He believed it had to be abolished immediately. 
E)  He believed the federal government had no right to interfere with it. 
A)  He believed it was less important than the preservation of the Union. 
B)  He believed it should be preserved in the current slave states but prohibited from the territories. 
C)  He believed it was an issue the legislature-not the courts-had to settle. 
D)  He believed it had to be abolished immediately. 
E)  He believed the federal government had no right to interfere with it.

Question 15

Describe the decline of the Whig party, the rise and fall of the Know-Nothings, and the emergence of the Republican party. How did the changes in the American party system influence the coming of the Civil War?

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The decline of the Whig party can be att

Question 16

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. 
Fugitive Slave Act

Accepted Answer

The Fugitive Slave Act was a law passed

Question 17

Which statement concerning the presidential election of 1852 is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Whig party lost much support in the South and began to break up. 
B)  Franklin Pierce won a close victory. 
C)  Whig candidate Winfield Scott won by vigorously endorsing the Compromise of 1850. 
D)  The Republican party made its first major electoral gains. 
E)  Franklin Pierce refused to run for reelection. 
A)  The Whig party lost much support in the South and began to break up. 
B)  Franklin Pierce won a close victory. 
C)  Whig candidate Winfield Scott won by vigorously endorsing the Compromise of 1850. 
D)  The Republican party made its first major electoral gains. 
E)  Franklin Pierce refused to run for reelection.

Question 18

After the 1860 presidential election, why did Republicans reject any further compromise on the slavery issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  They believed that war was the only method left to settle the issue. 
B)  They believed that moderate southerners would soon regain control, and that compromise on matters of basic principle was tantamount to surrender. 
C)  They believed that the nation was better off split in half because it obviously could not exist half slave and half free. 
D)  They believed that the issue had already been settled by the election of 1860. 
E)  All of these choices 
A)  They believed that war was the only method left to settle the issue. 
B)  They believed that moderate southerners would soon regain control, and that compromise on matters of basic principle was tantamount to surrender. 
C)  They believed that the nation was better off split in half because it obviously could not exist half slave and half free. 
D)  They believed that the issue had already been settled by the election of 1860. 
E)  All of these choices

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. 
William Walker

Accepted Answer

William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September

Question 20

What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin ?

Accepted Answer

A)  It contradicted prevailing stereotypes about blacks. 
B)  It challenged the common notion that slavery tore apart the black family. 
C)  It pushed many waverers to an aggressive antislavery stance. 
D)  It strengthened the southern defense of slavery by reinforcing stereotypes of blacks as docile and inferior. 
E)  It sold relatively few copies and was soon out of print. 
A)  It contradicted prevailing stereotypes about blacks. 
B)  It challenged the common notion that slavery tore apart the black family. 
C)  It pushed many waverers to an aggressive antislavery stance. 
D)  It strengthened the southern defense of slavery by reinforcing stereotypes of blacks as docile and inferior. 
E)  It sold relatively few copies and was soon out of print.

Exam 14: From Compromise to Secession

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

Which statement is not an element of the compromise proposed by John Crittenden?

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. Gadsden Purchase

What were the issues behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act? How did political pressures shape the bill? Why did a seemingly uncontroversial issue-the advance of midwestern settlement-become such a heated sectional issue?

Explain why John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry caused a firestorm of fear in the South? How did the North react to the raid? How realistic were the South's fear? Explain.

What efforts at compromise were made in 1860 and 1861? Why did they fail?

Which had territory had two competing governments in the 1850s?

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. John J. Crittenden

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

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. Lincoln-Douglas debates

What did the writer Ralph Waldo Emerson conclude about John Brown's raid?

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. Pottawatomie massacre

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. Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was James Buchanan's position on slavery?

Describe the decline of the Whig party, the rise and fall of the Know-Nothings, and the emergence of the Republican party. How did the changes in the American party system influence the coming of the Civil War?

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. Fugitive Slave Act

Which statement concerning the presidential election of 1852 is true?

After the 1860 presidential election, why did Republicans reject any further compromise on the slavery issue?

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. William Walker

What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin ?

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