AH chapter 13

In the 1844 presidential election,

James K. Polk, a slaveholder, was the Democratic Party's nominee

The initial fighting of the Civil War began when

Jefferson Davis ordered batteries to fire on Fort Sumter.

The first state to secede the Union was also the state with the highest percentage of slaves in its population-

South Carolina

The Fugitive Slave Act

allowed special federal commissioners to determine the fate of alleged fugitives without the benefit of a jury trial or testimony by the accused individual

In the 1850s, two great areas of industrial production had arisen in consequence of the market revolution. These were

the Atlantic Coast from Baltimore to Boston, and the cities around the Great Lakes.

According to the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act,

the question of whether slavery would be allowed in these territories would be decided by local (white) settlers

Abraham Lincoln was a critic of the Mexican War, questioning whether the Mexicans had actually inflicted casualties on American soil.

true

For almost a decade, from the mid-1830s to 1845, the Republic of Texas was neither part of the United States nor part of Mexico.

true

John Brown and his followers murdered five supporters of slavery at Pottawatomie Creek in May 1856.

true

In response to the nomination of Stephen Douglas's Democratic candidacy, seven of the southern delegates

walked out of the convention