Question 1

Discuss the impact of the Wilmot Proviso.How did it contribute to the escalation of the sectional conflict over the issue of slavery?

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Question 2

Which of these was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?

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A)   California would join the Union as a free state.
B)   Slave auctions would be banned in the nation's capital.
C)   Congress passed a tougher Fugitive Slave Law.
D)   Texas would get $10 million but would have to stop trying to sway New Mexico toward adopting slavery.
E)   New Mexico and Utah could have slaves as long as they remained territories, but when they became states, slavery would end.

Question 3

Fort Sumter is significant because

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A)   The U.S. attempted to force the South back into the Union.
B)   Its surrender to the Confederacy led to war between the North and South.
C)   Rebel states fell to the Union forces.
D)   Nearly one hundred Union soldiers were killed by the Confederate Army in the first battle of the Civil War.
E)   None of these choices.

Question 4

According to Republican political rhetoric,the "Slave Power" conspiracy intended to outlaw free speech and make all Americans accept proslavery principles.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

John Brown carried out a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry,Virginia in order to

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A)   show his resistance to slavery.
B)   show his solidarity with local slaves.
C)   spark a slave revolt among the local slaves.
D)   avenge the deaths of several anti-slavery people in Lawrence, Kansas.
E)   seize ammunition held at the federal arsenal there so that he could return to Kansas and lead a slave revolt.

Question 6

The main goal of the new Republican Party was

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A)   ending slavery.
B)   preventing slavery from expanding further into the West.
C)   getting Abraham Lincoln elected president.
D)   a protective tariff.
E)   ensuring that the election in Kansas was fair.

Question 7

In the 1860 election,Lincoln polled a majority of the popular vote and handily beat the other three candidates in the race.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Under popular sovereignty,who would decide whether a territory accepted slavery?

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A)   The Territorial Legislature
B)   The Congress
C)   The Territorial Governor
D)   The majority vote of settlers in that territory
E)   The Supreme Court

Question 9

The Free Soil Party slogan was "Free soil,free speech,free labor,and free men."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Senator David Wilmot proposed that slavery be kept out of the new territories the country might acquire so that small farmers would have the chance to get in on the opportunities there.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In his inaugural address in March of 1861,Abraham Lincoln assured southern states that he would not interfere with slavery in the states where it already existed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Crittenden Compromise would have added an "unamendable amendment" to the U.S.Constitution,one that would guarantee the preservation of slavery where it already existed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Kansas-Nebraska Act upheld all of the following except

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A)   popular sovereignty.
B)   the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
C)   slavery.
D)   the development of new territories.
E)   the establishment of new states.

Question 14

Personal Liberty Laws were designed to

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A)   allow slave owners to free their slaves in their wills.
B)   protect northern slaves who hired themselves out in the cities and worked independently.
C)   protect escaped slaves who made it into the North.
D)   protect free blacks in the North.
E)   end slave auctions in the nation's capital.

Question 15

Many northerners believed that if slavery were allowed in Texas and other areas in the West,most new land

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A)   would become small farms worked by slaves.
B)   would be bought by those without decent values.
C)   would be bought by wealthy plantation owners, making it impossible for small farmers to find good land on which to settle.
D)   would be given to the railroad magnates to encourage them to build rail lines into the West.
E)   would be fought over by pro-slavery and anti-slavery individuals.

Question 16

Which three national events in the 1850s catapulted the nation into the Civil War? Do you think the war could have been prevented otherwise? Explain.

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Question 17

After several southern states seceded from the Union,the Crittenden Compromise attempted to bring them back by

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A)   offering to resurrect the Missouri Compromise of 1820's boundaries regarding slavery.
B)   reinstating the sale of slaves in the District of Columbia.
C)   allowing slave owners to establish slavery in the West.
D)   promising to reimburse plantation owners for the cost of each slave that they freed.
E)   agreeing to put the major hub of the transcontinental railroad in the South.

Question 18

The Know-Nothing Party was strong in all of the following places except

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A)   Pennsylvania.
B)   Ohio.
C)   New York.
D)   Texas.
E)   Massachusetts.

Question 19

Describe the events in the Kansas Territory that led to Kansas receiving the label "Bleeding Kansas."

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Question 20

The Lecompton Constitution written by Kansas representatives was controversial because it

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A)   ignored the question of slavery and left it to popular sovereignty.
B)   allowed slavery in the territory and refused to let citizens accept or reject the constitution.
C)   forbade slavery in the territory.
D)   required that a two-thirds majority of the citizens vote to approve it before it could be adopted.
E)   said the people needed to hold another election to decide about slavery.

Exam 14: The Impending Crisis

Which three national events in the 1850s catapulted the nation into the Civil War? Do you think the war could have been prevented otherwise? Explain.

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In the 1860 election,Lincoln polled a majority of the popular vote and handily beat the other three candidates in the race.

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Many northerners believed that if slavery were allowed in Texas and other areas in the West,most new land

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The Know-Nothing Party was strong in all of the following places except

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The Crittenden Compromise would have added an "unamendable amendment" to the U.S.Constitution,one that would guarantee the preservation of slavery where it already existed.

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The main goal of the new Republican Party was

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act upheld all of the following except

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Discuss the impact of the Wilmot Proviso.How did it contribute to the escalation of the sectional conflict over the issue of slavery?

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In his inaugural address in March of 1861,Abraham Lincoln assured southern states that he would not interfere with slavery in the states where it already existed.

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Describe the events in the Kansas Territory that led to Kansas receiving the label "Bleeding Kansas."

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Under popular sovereignty,who would decide whether a territory accepted slavery?

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Senator David Wilmot proposed that slavery be kept out of the new territories the country might acquire so that small farmers would have the chance to get in on the opportunities there.

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John Brown carried out a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry,Virginia in order to

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According to Republican political rhetoric,the "Slave Power" conspiracy intended to outlaw free speech and make all Americans accept proslavery principles.

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The Lecompton Constitution written by Kansas representatives was controversial because it

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Fort Sumter is significant because

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After several southern states seceded from the Union,the Crittenden Compromise attempted to bring them back by

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Which of these was not a part of the Compromise of 1850?

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The Free Soil Party slogan was "Free soil,free speech,free labor,and free men."

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