10.3
The Vice-President of the Confederate States of America, Alexander Stephens, claimed that the cornerstone of the Confederacy was...
"The great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man."
Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Republican Party also experienced an internal split.
False
Individuals who opposed the expansion of slavery into the territories because they feared its effect on the labor system were known as...
Free-Soilers.
By 1858, the Republicans enjoyed majorities in every Northern state and therefore controlled the electoral votes in the 1860 presidential election.
True
The early Republican party was composed of both Abolitionists and racist whites who feared economic competition from blacks.
True
Northern Democrats, such as Stephen Douglas, believed that the slavery issue should be decided by...
a popular vote in the territories.
All of the following were parts of John Crittenden's last-ditch-effort to prevent a Civil War EXCEPT...
filing a petition to the Supreme Court that would invalidate the election of Abraham Lincoln.
The Republican platform for the Election of 1860 included all of the following positions EXCEPT...
free press, free religion, and free guns.
Which of the following contributed to the demise of the Whig Party?
the Compromise of 1850 - sectional differences the death of Daniel Webster in 1852 the death of Henry Clay in 1852 the Kansas-Nebraska Act - sectional differences
The first significant effort to create a broadly based sectional party addressing itself to voters' concerns about the extension of slavery was...
the Free-Soil Party.
Which political party was known for its anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic positions?
the Know-Nothing Party
In the 1860 Presidential Election, the worsening divide among Democrats led to...
the nomination of two separate presidential candidates - which helped Republicans win the Presidency.