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In what year was Texas annexed to the United States?
1844
1845
1846
1848
1845
Who published the newspaper, the Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Fredrick Jackson Turner
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Lloyd Garrison
What were the men from Missouri who prevented anti-slavery supporters from voting called?
Lecomptons
Border Ruffians
Fire-eaters
Grangers
Border Ruffians
What was Lincoln’s position on slavery during the the 1860 election?
Gradual emancipation
Post-nati emancipation
Prevent expansion in territories
Abolition of slavery
Prevent expansion in territories
What was the only state where African-Americans formed a plurality of the electorate?
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
What event temporarily united the North and South?
British sinking of the USS Maine
Death of President Harrison
Dred Scott Decision
Mexican-American War
Mexican-American War
According to Northerners, who would buy land if slavery was allowed in the West?
Gold Miners
Wealthy plantation owners
Southern yeoman farmers
Northern farmers
Wealthy plantation owners
Why did the Wilmot Proviso fail in the Senate?
“dough face” senators
Northerners were still not abolitionists
Southerners had enough seats to filibuster
The Senate passed the legislation but the House of Representatives did not.
“dough face” senators
What was the name of the fourth party in the election of 1860?
American
Whigs
Know-Nothing
Constitutional Union
Constitutional Union
What was the name of Southern-born white Republicans?
Scalawag
Carpetbagger
Yankees
Stalwarts
Scalawag
According to Free Soilers, what did southern congressmen refuse to advance that hurt the Market Revolution?
Free Trade agreements
Homestead exemptions
National programs for internal improvement
Personal Liberty laws
National programs for internal improvement
What occupation were most slaves?
Housekeepers
Field hands
Mill worker
Collier
Field hands
Where were slave auctions made illegal by the Compromise of 1850?
All western territories
Washington, D.C.
All ports with foreign trade
Utah
Washington, D.C.
Why did Republicans oppose the Crittenden Compromise?
They did not want to renege on campaign promises
They believed southern states who seceded should be punished
They wanted to lower the number of slave states to be admitted
They wanted to move the Missouri Compromise line further south
They did not want to renege on campaign promises
What percent of the southern whites lived in sharecropping families?
75%
50%
85%
90%
50%
What was the name for a northerner who supported southern interests?
Carpetbagger
Doughface
Fire eater
Scoundrel
Doughface
Who led a slave rebellion in 1831?
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
John Brown
Preston Brooks
Nat Turner
How was the issue of the slavery to be determined by Kansas-Nebraska Act?
According to the Missouri Compromise
Popular Sovereignty
Kansas would be slave and Nebraska would be free
Congress would decide at time of admittance to the Union
Popular Sovereignty
How many volunteers did Lincoln call for to put down the southern rebellion?
10,000
25,000
50,000
75,000
75,000
What was the name of the scandal involving President Grant’s personal secretary?
Credit Mobilier
Whiskey Ring
Tea Pot Dome
Tammany Hall
Whiskey Ring
Who was the favorite for the Democratic nomination in 1860?
John Breckinridge
Stephen Douglas
Preston Brooks
John Bell
Stephen Douglas
Why did Northern Democrats support the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Maintain status quo of slavery
To build a transcontinental railroad
To ensure Southern support for a new tariff
To prevent Whigs from gaining a majority in the West
To build a transcontinental railroad
What law was ruled unconstitutional by the Dred Scot decision?
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Northwest Ordinance
Missouri Compromise
What was the population of the North at the time of the Civil War?
16 million
22 million
26 million
31 million
22 million
What caused a split in the Republican Party?
Differences over ending Reconstruction
Corruption
Economic Conditions
Loyalty to President Johnson
Corruption