GML Chapter 13 T/F
Another name for the American Party of 1854 was the Know-Nothing Party.
True
A series of revolutions in Europe—in England, France, Italy, and Germany—succeeded in permanently making those countries republics.
False
Following the Texas Revolt of 1835-36, the newly formed Republic of Texas resisted annexation by the United States.
False
In 1860, the Republican Party platform sought to lower taxes by decreasing the tariff.
False
In his 1858 senate campaign against Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln called for the immediate abolition of slavery.
False
In the famous brawl on the floor of Congress, anti-slavery advocate Senator Charles Sumner was beat almost to death by Representative Preston Brooks over a debate regarding the legitimacy of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
False
John Brown was a Confederate hero martyred in his attempt to preserve what is now West Virginia as a slave state.
False
The Crittenden Compromise would have guaranteed the end to slavery in states where it existed already, after a seven-year cooling-off period.
False
The Free Soil party contended that the western lands should stay "free" of settlement by the United States.
False
The Know-Nothing Party was founded as a crusade against compulsory public education.
False
Under the Fugitive Slave Act no slaves were ever actually returned to the South.
False
While the Fugitive Slave Act was a symbolic victory for the pro-slavery side, it was seldom enforced.
False
A slave craftsman named Phillip Reed directed the assembly of the statue that adorns the top of the Capitol Building dome in Washington, D.C.
True
Born during George Washington's presidency, by the time James Buchanan was elected president he had served in Pennsylvania's legislature, in both houses of Congress, and as secretary of state under James K. Polk.
True
But as late as 1860, California's male population outnumbered females by nearly three to one.
True
By 1860, New York City had become the nation's financial, commercial, and manufacturing center.
True
By 1860, nearly 300,000 men, women, and children had traveled overland to Oregon and California.
True
By the 1840s, southern leaders were convinced that slavery must expand or die.
True
During the mid-1850s, Kansas witnessed a series of bloody conflicts between pro- and antislavery groups.
True
Following the Dred Scott decision by the United States Supreme Court, Scott and his wife were immediately emancipated.
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
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans had no rights that whites were compelled to recognize.
True
In their initial pronouncements, Confederate leaders stressed the preservation of white supremacy and slavery.
True
John Brown and his followers murdered five supporters of slavery at Pottawatomie Creek in May 1856.
True
Lincoln shared many of the racial prejudices of his day.
True
Margaret Garner, a slave who had escaped to Ohio, killed her own daughter rather than see her returned to slavery by federal marshals.
True
Victory over Mexico in the Mexican War added more area to the United States than had the Louisiana Purchase.
True
When the Mormons settled in Salt Lake City, Utah was part of Mexico.
True
By 1850, the South's railroad networks accounted for approximately 50 percent of the lines in the nation.
False