APUSH practice ch. 18 & 19
During the debate of 1850,..., argued that there was a "higher law" than the Constitution that compelled him to demand the exclusion of slavery from the territories.
A. William H. Seward
Match each presidential candidate in the 1860 election below with his party's position on slavery
Abraham Lincoln - ban slavery from all territories Stephen Douglas - enforce popular sovereignty John Breckenridge - extend slavery into the territories John Bell - preserve the Union by compromise
In 1856, the breaking point over slavery in Kansas came with
An attack on Lawrence by a gang of proslavery raiders
Nativists in the 1850s were known for their
Anti-Catholic and anti foreign attitudes
In the election of 1860, the Constitutional Union Party was formed
As a middle-of-the-road party fearing for the break up of the union
Daniel Webster's famed Seventh of March speech in 1850 resulted in
B. A shift toward compromise in the North.
In lights of future evidence, it seems apparent that in the Compromise of 1850 the South made a tactical blunder by
B. Demanding a strong fugitive-slave law.
In 1848, the Free Soil party platform advocated all of the following except
B. Federal aid for internal improvements
The public liked popular sovereignty because it
B. Fit in with the democratic tradition of self-determination
Many northern states passed "personal liberty laws"" in response to the Compromise of 1850's provision regarding
B. Slavery in the territories.
In his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webster
B. Urged reasonable concessions to the South.
The Free Soldiers argues that slavery
B. Would cause more costly wage labor to wither away.
As a result of the panic of 1857, the South
Believed that "cotton was king."
Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Dred Scott decision, (B) Lincoln-Douglas debates, (C) Kansas-Nebraska Act, (D) Harpers Ferry raid
C, A, B, D
For his position in his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webster was viciously condemned by
C. Abolitionists
In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity, party leaders
C. Avoided public discussionof slavery
In the debates of 1850, Senator William H. Seward, as a representative of the northern Young Guard, argued that
C. Christian legislators must obey God's moral law.
The Free Soldiers condemned slavery because
C. It destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise to self-employment
The man who opened Japan to the United States was
C. Lafcadio Hearn
Southern delegates met at a convention in Nashville in the summer of 1850 to
C. Propose a series of constitutional amendments.
In the 1848 presidential election, the Democratic and Whig parties
C. Remained silent on the issue of slavery
In the Compromise of 1850, Congress determined that slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories was
C. To be decided by popular sovereignty
Most American leaders believed that the only way to keep the new Pacific Coast territories from breaking away from United States control was
C. To grant the territories quick statehood.
The panic of 1857 resulted in
Clamor for a higher tariff
A scheme to acquire Cuba from Spain in the 1850's was known as the
D. Garden Purchase
The fatal split in the Whig party in 1852 occurred over
D. Homestead laws.
Stephen A. Douglas's plans for deciding the Alavert question in the Kansas-Nebraska scheme required repeal of the
D. Northwest Ordinance
The Wilmot Proviso, if adopted, would have
D. Prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War
By 1850, the South
D. Was relatively well off, politically and economically.
As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,
Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate
Of those people going to California during the gold rush,
E. A distressingly high proportion were lawless men.
The Fugitive Slave Law included all of following provisions except
E. A higher payment if officials determined blacks to be runaways
An event which helped the cause of compromise in 1850, was when President Zachary Taylor
E. Decided not to run for re-election.
The event that brought turmoil to the administration of Zachary Taylor was the
E. Discovery of gold in California
For a short time in the 1850's William Walker, an American adventurer, seized control of
E. Puerto Rico
During the 1850s, slaves probably gained their freedom most frequently by
E. Self-purchase
In 1850, rebuffed as buyers, some Southern adventurers undertook to shake the tree of Manifest Destiny by attempting to seize ... by force.
E. The Dominican Republic
John C. Calhoun's plan to protect the South and Slavery involved
E. The election of two presidents, one from the North and one from the South
According to the principle of "popular sovereignty," the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by
E. The people in any given territory
Stephen A. Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory be decided by
E. The winner of the next presidential election.
The United States' scheme to gain control of Cuba was stopped when
E. U.S. Adventurers bungled their invasion
The You g Guard from the North
E. Were more interested in purging and purifying the Union.
In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the US Supreme Court
Expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the territories
In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to
Foment a slave rebellion
Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican party presidential nomination in part because he
Had made fewer enemies than the front-runner William Seward
President James Buchanan declined to use force to keep the South in the Union for all of the following reasons except that
He believed that the Constitution allowed secession
Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because
He had been elected on a platform that opposed the extension of slavery
The panic of 1857
Hit hardest among grain growers of the Northwest
President James Buchanan's decision on Kansas's Lecompton Constitution
Hopelessly divided the Democratic party
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
Intended to show the cruelty of slavery
The presidential candidate of the new Constitutional Union party in 1860 was
John Bell
As late as 1856, many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican because
Many did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South
The government of the Confederate States of America was first organized in
Montgomery, Alabama
The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election was
Nativism
Hinton R. Helper's book The Impending Crisis of the South argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were
Nonslaveholding southern whites
The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed
Passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South
The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of _________________ in the territories
Popular sovereignty
The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by
Proslavery southerners
The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas
Protect slave owners already in Kansas
When the people of Britain and France read Uncle Tom's Cabin, their governments
Realized that the intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular
When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina
Rejoiced because it gave them an excuse to secede
The immense debt owed to northern creditors by the South was
Repudiated by the South
In 1855, proslavery southerners regarded Kansas as
Slave territory
Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that
Slavery would stay down if the people voted it down
The political career of Abraham Lincoln could best be described as
Slow to get off the ground
The Republicans lost the 1856 election in part because of
Southern threats that a Republican victory would be a declaration of war
"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that
The Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union
In "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s, _____________ was/were identified with the proslavery element, and __________________ was/were associated with the antislavery free-soilers.
The Lecompton Constitution; the New England Immigrant Aid Society
After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that
The North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republicans
Secessionists supported leaving the Union because
They were dismayed by the success of the Republican party, they believed that the North would not oppose their departure, the political balance seemed to be tipping against them, they were tired of abolitionist attacks (all of the above)
James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1856 because he
Was not associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act
As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many northerners
Would have nothing to do with the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law
The United States victory in the Mexican War resulted in
e. All of the above
For a majority of northerners, the most outrageous part of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case was
that Congress had never had the power to prohibit slavery in any territory
Uncle Tom's Cabin may be described as
A powerful political force
Match each candidate in the 1856 election below with the correct party A. John C. Fremont B. Millard Fillmore C. Martin Van Buren D. James Buchanan 1. Democratic 2. Republican 3. Know-Nothing
A-2 B-3 D-1
Harriet Tubman gained fame
A. By helping slaves to escape to Canada
A southern route for the transcontinental railroad seemed the best because
A. Northern areas were organized territories.
The key focus for the major parties in the 1848 presidential election was
A. Personalities.
The election of 1852 was significant because it
A. Saw the victory of a pro-South northerner.
The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the decision concerning
A. Slavery in the District of Columbia
The debate over slavery in the Mexican Cession
A. Threatened to split national politics along North-South lines