Chapter 13

Who questioned President Polk's right to declare war by introducing a resolution to Congress requesting that the president specify the precise spot where blood had first been shed?

Abraham Lincoln

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821:

its Indian population was relatively large compared to its non-Indian population.

In 1854, the Know-Nothings won all the congressional races as well as the governorship in:

Massachusetts.

Which of the following countries did NOT go through some kind of popular upheaval in 1848?

Russia

Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?

Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.

In the 1860 election, how many different presidential candidates won electoral votes?

four

Who wrote On Civil Disobedience as a response to the U.S. war with Mexico?

Henry David Thoreau

Which of the following puts these events in the proper chronological order, from first to last? I. Virginia seceded from the Union. II. Abraham Lincoln was elected president. III. Confederate States of America formed. IV. South Carolina seceded from the Union.

II, IV, III, I