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100
In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)...
a)Mexico did not lose territory to the US but was compelled to grant independence to Texas
b)Mexico lost half its territory to the US
c)the US was obliged to pay millions of dollars to convince the Mexicans to end the war
d) California won its independence from Mexico.
B) Mexico lost half its territory to the US
The treaty ending the war was indeed punitive as the Mexicans lost half of their territory in return for $15 million.
100
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court
a) avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had not right to sue in federal court.
b)ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.
c)ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.
d)ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the US
B) ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.
Taney Supreme Court ruled Dred Scott as a slave, was property that could be transported wherever his master decided to take him. This decision invalidated the Missouri Compromise.
100
What argument did President Abraham Lincoln use against the secession of the Southern states?
a)slavery was not profitable
b)the government was a union of people and not of states.
c)the southern states did not permit their people to vote on secession.
d)as the commander in chief, he had the duty to defend the US against foreign invasion.
b) the government was a union of the people and not of the states.
While Lincoln opposed the spread of slavery he was willing to permit the continuance of slavery if it kept the Union together. Southern states were convinced he would abolish slavery altogether if elected and seceded after his election.
100
American settlers first came to Mexico in the early 1830s
a) to avenge the attack on the Alamo
b)for political reasons; most who came were disenchanted with American policy toward the Native Americans
c) out of personal loyalty to Davey Crockett or Jim Bowie.
d) because they could receive a large plot of land for next to nothing.
D) because they could receive a large plot of land for next to nothing.
Settlers who came and became Mexican citizens and Catholics could receive very large plots of land for almost nothing. The incident at the Alamo did not occur until 1836.
100
Which view was held by southerners in the secession crisis of 1860-1861?
a)revolution against properly elected officials is never justified.
b) since the union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.
c)the union was formed by the American people and not by individual states.
d) because of their economic connections with the North, secession would be disastrous
B) since the union was created by the states, they could leave it at any time.
This view contrasted greatly with that of Lincoln, who saw the union as a union of people rather than states.
200
All of the following encouraged American expansion between 1800 and 1848 EXCEPT
a) the growth of American industrial power, in search of new markets.
b)the rise of American nationalism
c)notions of racial and cultural supremacy over the Native Americans and Mexicans
d)an interest in competing with threats of the expansion of British, Mexican, or Spanish influence in North America.
A) the growth of American industrial power, in search of new markets.
The US did not industrialize until after the Civil War, however its desire for economic and territorial gain and its hopes of being the dominant one on the North American continent led the country to expand time and again.
200
The Crittenden Proposal
a) forbade slavery west of the Mississippi River
b) would have granted the Southern states their independence if they abolished slavery.
c)would have lowered the protective tariff in return for abolishing the Fugitive Slave Act
d)would have guaranteed slaveholders the right to own slaves south of the 36* 30' line.
d) would have guanrateed slaveholders the right to own slaves south of the 36* 30' line.
A last attempt to forestall the civil war and would have essentially returned to the US to the status quo of 1820 and the Missouri Compromise.
200
Boston abolitionists reacted to the Fugitive Slave Act by
a)complying with orders to recapture runaway slaves
b)warning residents to stay away from potential slave catchers
c)joining the Underground Railroad
d)hiding all of the city's African Americans
B) warning residents to stay away from potential slave catchers
Being deeply entrenched in the North, Boston was predominantly an abolitionist city and greatly upset by the expansions to the Fugitive Slave Act after the Compromise of 1850.
200
According to the concept of Manifest Destiny,
a) it was primarily economic factors that caused Americans to expand westward.
b) it was primarily political factors that caused Americans to expand westward.
c)westward expansion was the fulfillment of America's destiny.
d) overpopulation on the eastern seaboard forced westward expansion.
C) westward expansion was the fulfillment of America's destiny.
the concept of Manifest Destiny states that social, political, and economic factors all came together to encourage western expansion, and that western expansion was actually "God's plan" for America.
200
The abolitionist movement, the women's suffrage movement, and the 1960s civil rights movement are all examples of reform efforts that
a)succeeded without causing major controversy
b)developed significant popular support
c) achieved their goals without government action
d)failed to affect the nation as a whole.
b) developed significant popular support.
300
Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement regarding the North in antebellum period?
a) its industrial development was greater than the other two regions
b)the textile industry was important to several of the states in the this region.
c)the planter class was dominant in most of the states in the region.
d)Northerners favored a high protective tariff.
C) the planter class was dominant in most of the states in the region.
The planter class (called the planter elites) were the dominant social, economic, and political class in the antebellum South.
300
In the election of 1860,
a)most Southerners refused to vote in protest against Lincoln's candidacy.
b)the Republicans gained control of the executive branch for the first time.
c)the tariff was the most controversial issue.
d)the vast majority of southerners voted for the compromise candidate, John Bell.
b) The Republicans gained control of the executive branch for the first time.
Lincoln, the first Republican to win the presidency, was elected with only 39% of the popular vote. The Democrats had two candidates one from the North (Stephen Douglas), one from the South (John Breckinridge). Southerners did vote, but primarily for Breckinridge. The tariff was a point of tension between the North and South but was not the most controversial issue in the 1860 election.
300
The Fugitive Slave Act angered northerners because
a) they didn't believe the federal government should interfere in their daily lives.
b)they believed that all races were equal
c) the act's enforcement seemed to allow slavery throughout the nation.
d) it harmed factory owners opportunities to secure cheap labor.
c) the act's enforcement seemed to allow slavery throughout the nation.
Fines and penalties could be imposed on northerners who did not help agents enforce these laws even if they were morally opposed to it or were simply bystanders during an arrest.
300
The political party of the era that supported nativist policies was the
a)Free-Soil party
b)Democratic Party
c)Know-Nothing Party
d) Whig Party
C) Know-Nothing Party
The Know-Nothing Party, a popular party in the early 1850s, supported a number of anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic policies.
300
Popular sovereignty was the idea that
a) the government of each new territory should be elected by the people.
b)the American public should vote on whether to admit states with or without slavery.
c)it was for the citizens of a territory to decide if their territory would enter the US as a slave state or a free state.
d)the US should assume popular control of the territory acquired from Mexico.
C) it was for the citizens of a territory to decide if their territory would enter the US as a slave state or a free state.
400
The Compromise of 1850
a) allowed California to enter as a free state.
b)ended the Fugitive Slave law.
c) gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas
d)banned slavery in Washington, DC.
A) allowed to California to enter as a free state.
California as free state was a major concession of the South. Slavery was not banned in Washington DC, the slave trade was. The Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened and the territory acquired from Mexico was divided into two territories (Utah and New Mexico).
400
Which states entered the Union as a result of the Compromise of 1820?
a)California and Utah
b)Kansas and Nebraska
c) Washington and Oregon
d) Maine and Missouri
Maine and Missouri
400
Compromises like that of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act failed to resolve the nation's sectional hostilities because
a)people in the territories opposed the practice of popular sovereignty
b) the compromises made no concessions to the South
c)the mandates in each compromise led to additional sectional differences.
d)states' borders were constantly changing.
C) the mandates in each compromise led to additional sectional differences.
Provisions in the compromises like the Fugitive Slave Law or the concept of popular sovereignty while intended to alleviate tensions created additional problems instead.
400
Which of the following did Stephen Douglas support in his speech?
a)Wilmot Proviso
b)Ostend Manifesto
c)Freeport Doctrine
d) Dred Scott decision
Freeport Doctrine allowed local laws to prevent or allow slavery as the local community saw fit.
400
Which of the following was a major achievement in the settling and development of hte West during the Civil War?
a)Missouri Compromise
b)Wilmot Proviso
c)Homestead Act
d)Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
C) the Homestead Act of 1862 authorized Congress
The Homestead Act authorized Congress to sell 160 acres of western land to settlers who agreed to live on that property for at least five years. It was an integral feature of western settlement.
500
Robert C. Winthrop quote and questions.
Answer 2/3 correctly to receive the 500 points.
c) Polk wanted political benefit. the Fifty-four forty or fight! was Polk's campaign slogan and referred to expansion of Oregon Territory's boundary with Great Britain. The slogan was ready for violence to occur over it, but by 1846 (when this speech was) a treaty was underway to establish the boundary at the 49th parallel, instead of all the way to the 54-40.
A) annexation of Texas
A) US faced problems with Mexico
500
Map and questions. answer 2/3 correctly to receive the 500 points.
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4. Multiple candidates from the Democratic Party split their votes and allowed Lincoln to take the election even though he only had 39% of the popular vote.
4.
500
Uncle Tom's Cabin quote and questions.
answer 2/3 to receive the 500 points.
1,2,2
500
Caning of Senator Sumner cartoon and questions.
answer 2/3 to receive the 500 points.
3. (Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner with a cane to defend his family's and his state's honor.)
2. Sumner blamed slaveholders and southern views for the violence in Kansas.
C. Violence in the halls of government indicated that, like in Bleeding Kansas, this issue would not be settled peacefully.
500
Kansas-Nebraska Bill quote and questions.
answer both correctly to receive the 200 points.
b) popular sovereignty
b) popular sovereignty.
the idea of popular sovereignty allowed slavery to expand into territories it was previously barred in, an attractive option for the South and a reason to support the Kansas-Nebraska Act