Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Gadsden Purchase

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 2

To what extent was there a resurgence of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s? What were the goals of American diplomacy at the time?

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The resurgence of Manifest Destiny in th

Question 3

President Zachary Taylor unknowingly helped the cause of compromise in 1850 when he

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A)  led an invasion of Texas to halt its attempts to take part of New Mexico. 
B)  supported fellow southerner John C. Calhoun's plan for union. 
C)  died suddenly and Millard Fillmore became president. 
D)  ushered in a second Era of Good Feelings. 
E)  decided not to run for re-election. 
A)  led an invasion of Texas to halt its attempts to take part of New Mexico. 
B)  supported fellow southerner John C. Calhoun's plan for union. 
C)  died suddenly and Millard Fillmore became president. 
D)  ushered in a second Era of Good Feelings. 
E)  decided not to run for re-election.

Question 4

Explain the widespread popularity of the concept of popular sovereignty as a way to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories.Then explain why it ultimately failed.

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The concept of popular sovereignty, whic

Question 5

The most brazen scheme for territorial expansion in the 1850s was contained in the

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A)  Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. 
B)  Wilmot Proviso. 
C)  Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
D)  Gadsden Purchase. 
E)  Ostend Manifesto. 
A)  Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. 
B)  Wilmot Proviso. 
C)  Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
D)  Gadsden Purchase. 
E)  Ostend Manifesto.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Treaty of Wanghia (1844)

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The Treaty of Wanghia, also known as the

Question 7

In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity,early-nineteenth-century politicians

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A)  decided to ban slavery from all United States territories. 
B)  hoped to divide the West into free and slave territories. 
C)  avoided public discussion of slavery. 
D)  banished abolitionists from membership in either national party. 
E)  worked to make third parties almost impossible. 
A)  decided to ban slavery from all United States territories. 
B)  hoped to divide the West into free and slave territories. 
C)  avoided public discussion of slavery. 
D)  banished abolitionists from membership in either national party. 
E)  worked to make third parties almost impossible.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Walker

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William Walker (1824–1860) was an Americ

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Martin Van Buren

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Martin Van Buren was the eighth Presiden

Question 10

Do you think that by the end of 1854 the two sections had reached an impasse and that Civil War was inevitable sooner or later? Why or why not?

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By the end of 1854, the two sections of

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Winfield Scott

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Winfield Scott was a distinguished Ameri

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-popular sovereignty

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Popular sovereignty is a political doctr

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John P.Hale

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John Parker Hale (1806–1873) was an Amer

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-California gold rush

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The California Gold Rush was a significa

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Stephen A.Douglas

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Stephen A. Douglas was a prominent Ameri

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Zachary Taylor

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Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of

Question 17

In 1850,the South was deeply worried because

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A)  soil exhaustion was spreading westward and ruining the profitability of the plantation system. 
B)  the price of cotton was low. 
C)  the Supreme Court had a northern majority. 
D)  California sought admission as a free state. 
E)  U.S. presidents were favoring the North. 
A)  soil exhaustion was spreading westward and ruining the profitability of the plantation system. 
B)  the price of cotton was low. 
C)  the Supreme Court had a northern majority. 
D)  California sought admission as a free state. 
E)  U.S. presidents were favoring the North.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Matthew C.Perry

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Matthew C. Perry, also known as Commodor

Question 19

The Whig party became hopelessly divided in 1852 because

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A)  its southern and northern wings could not reach consensus on a platform. 
B)  its presidential nominee, Winfield Scott, was rejected by both northern and southern Whigs for being too sympathetic to slavery and too northern to be trusted. 
C)  its presidential nominee, William H. Seward, refused to endorse the Compromise of 1850. 
D)  its southern presidential nominee, John C. Calhoun, was flatly rejected by most northern Whigs. 
E)  its western wing was in revolt over the lack of funding for internal improvements. 
A)  its southern and northern wings could not reach consensus on a platform. 
B)  its presidential nominee, Winfield Scott, was rejected by both northern and southern Whigs for being too sympathetic to slavery and too northern to be trusted. 
C)  its presidential nominee, William H. Seward, refused to endorse the Compromise of 1850. 
D)  its southern presidential nominee, John C. Calhoun, was flatly rejected by most northern Whigs. 
E)  its western wing was in revolt over the lack of funding for internal improvements.

Question 20

Considering that the Free Soil and Republican parties were both sectional parties born out of anti-slavery sentiment,why do you think the Free Soil party existed only briefly as a third party,while the Republican party almost immediately assumed major party status and endured?

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The Free Soil party existed only briefly

Exam 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gadsden Purchase

To what extent was there a resurgence of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s? What were the goals of American diplomacy at the time?

President Zachary Taylor unknowingly helped the cause of compromise in 1850 when he

Explain the widespread popularity of the concept of popular sovereignty as a way to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories.Then explain why it ultimately failed.

The most brazen scheme for territorial expansion in the 1850s was contained in the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Treaty of Wanghia (1844)

In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity,early-nineteenth-century politicians

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Walker

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Martin Van Buren

Do you think that by the end of 1854 the two sections had reached an impasse and that Civil War was inevitable sooner or later? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Winfield Scott

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -popular sovereignty

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John P.Hale

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -California gold rush

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Stephen A.Douglas

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Zachary Taylor

In 1850,the South was deeply worried because

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Matthew C.Perry

The Whig party became hopelessly divided in 1852 because

Considering that the Free Soil and Republican parties were both sectional parties born out of anti-slavery sentiment,why do you think the Free Soil party existed only briefly as a third party,while the Republican party almost immediately assumed major party status and endured?

New World Beginnings

The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

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