APUSH 2
which of the following best describes theposition on slavery of most northerners during the sectional crises of the 1850s
they were williong to accept slavery where it existed but opposed further expansion to the territories
the american colonization society was established in the early nineteenth century with the goal of...
transporting african americans to africa
the dramatic increase in the south;s slave labor force between 1810 and 1860 was due to...
the natural population increase of american-born slaves
when the emancipation proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863, its immediate effect was to...
strengthen the moral cause of the union
in the antebellum period, free african americans were...
able to accumulate some property in spite of discrimination.
the compromise of 1850 did which of the following?
enacted a stringent fugitive slave law.
all of the following contributed to the growth of the free african american population in the united states in the early nineteenth century except...
federal constitutional provisions for emancipation
in the 1850s, the south differed from the north in that the south had...
fewer european immigrants
which of the following statements about african american soldiers during the civil war is correct...
for most of the war, they were paid less than white soldiers of equal rank
prior to the civil war, a transformation occurred in the workforce of the new england textile mills as new england farm girls were replaced by...
irish immigrants
the first attempt to apply the doctrine of popular sovereignty in determining the status of slavery occurred in
kansas
the majority of white families in the antebellum south owned...
no slaves
the supreme court's decison in the dred scott case in 1857 effectively repealed the...
missouri compromise
the graph above refuted which of the following statements..
most southern families held slaves
which of the following principles was established by the dred scott decision?
national legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories
of the following, the most threatening problem for the union form 1851 through 1863 was...
possible british recognition of the confederacy
in 1861, the north wen to war with the south primarily to...
preserve the union
the goal of the american colonization society was to...
return freed slaves to africa
"let southern oppressors tremble...i shall strenuously contend for immediate enfranchisement...i will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice" ... the author of the above statement was...
stephen a. douglas
the wilmot proviso specifically provided for...
the prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from mexico in the mexican american war
which of the following provisions of the compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850s?
the strengthened fugitive slave law