Marbles 1 (1-27)

23.Wilentz would most agree that the more powerful issue accounting for the differences in the views of the North and South over slavery was

A struggle over the pursuit of happiness for the white american

18.Which sectional political ideology of mid-nineteenth century America is most directly expressed through the legislation shown here?

American democracy meant the right of citizens to own property and control their own destinies

12.This letter offers evidence of which of the following consequences of the significant political development referred to in the letter, which contributed to the North's victory?

The confederacy was prevented from gaining full support from european powers

17.How did the issues surrounding the Civil War most likely influence the passage of this legislation?

The absence of southern interest in congress allowed for national efforts to cevelop free lands in the west

5.Which Constitutional change was most necessary to allow for the group shown above?

The affirming of arican american citizenship under the 14th amendment

6.Which of the following Reconstruction actions implemented in the South was most responsible for the political developments illustrated in the picture?

A congressional action which initially allowed only adult black males and those white males who had not taken part in the rebellion to vote

7.The events depicted in the graph most likely gave rise to which of the following movements?

A strong nativist, which included a strong anti-catholic sentiment

13.Which of the following best describes how the political development alluded to in the letter directly affected the role of African Americans in the Civil War?

African American enlistment and recruitment into the Union army and navy increased rapidly

26.How does the idea of "free labor," as referenced in the above excerpt, connect to the pro-union stance of the northern states?

Break up of the union threatned the central vision of american economic progress and national power

27.Which was the heart of the ideology of the Republican Party that immediately arose from the demise of the party system referenced in the above excerpt?

Free labor

15.Which of the following groups of the mid-1800s in the U.S. had most in common with the writers of the above letter?

Free laborers promoting ideals of individualism and advancement

3.Which of the following developments most directly fostered the evolution of the political parties and the sectionalism by the mid-19th century as shown on the map?

Increases European migration, with the northeast mainly serving as the entry point, and the south shifting to growing short staple cotton

22.Which event most immediately accelerated the demise of the political system Wilentz is referring to?

Kansas Nebraska act

16.Which of these mid-nineteenth century goals did the government policy given here mostly support?

Support for rapid economic development of the west

25.Which of the following best describes the free-labor stance of the North?

Slavery threatened americas democratic principle of social mobility

8.Which of the following best describes reasons why many in the (old) northwestern states of the time (now the Midwest) generally welcomed the events shown by the graphs during this time period?

Some regions courted immigrants hoping that the increase in their population would help develope their economies, as well as increase the political influence of their region

4.Which of the following was the most immediate result of the election outcome shown on the map?

Southern states begin seceeding from the union

24.Wilentz's interpretation most supports which statement regarding the political stance of the South in the increasingly bitter conflict over slavery?

Southerners argued that the heart of the matter was one of states rights

11.Which of the following developments from the post-WWI era most closely resembles the reaction of some in the mid-1800s (particularly in the urban northeast) to the events depicted in the graphs?

The formation of the Ku Klux Klan groups against Catholics, jews and other foreigners

14.Which of the following best describes the South's strategy on which it depended to gain overseas support, in contrast to the above letter?

The supplying of southern cotton to the british and french textile industries

1. The pattern of political party support shown on this map mostly reflects ongoing sectional divisions of the early- and mid-1800s over which issue?

expansion of slavery into the new western territories

19.The lyrics of this song point to which strategy of the Abolition movement?

aiding escaped slaves through a systematic network

2.Which of the following conclusions about U.S. politics in the mid-19th century is best supported by the information presented on the map?

by 1860, sectional tension had divided the united states into disaparate and conflicting regional factions

20.Which of the following most likely explains the creation and use of this song?

enslaved people and recently escaped slaves changed the lyrics to an existing song to secretly pass along escape routes to the north

21.Abolitionists' actions and the results in relation to the above song most directly led to which of the following points of contention between the free and slave states?

increased pressure by the south for the return of fugitive slaves

10.A typical sentiment of a nativist living in a U.S. northeastern city in the mid- to late- 1800s would most likely be

that irish immigrants were stealing jobs and were selling their votes to democrats

9.Which of the following best describes the influence of the migration patterns within America of immigrants of the mid-nineteenth century on regional development

upon their arrival, most german immigrants moved to the old northwest, where they became farmers or built buisinessess, while most irish immigrants settled in the eastern cities, where they joined the unskilled labor force