APUSH CHAPTER 18-19

The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?

Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law

The trend shown in the map led most directly to which of the following?

Increasing divisions between North and South because of questions about the status of slavery in new territories

The issuing of documents such as the proclamation generally had which of the following effects?

Increasing the visibility of organized opposition of slavery

Historians could best use the excerpt (Text from American Party poster) as an example of which of the following?

Political responses to changing demographics in the United States

Based on the excerpt (Conquest of Mexico), Calhoun would also be most likely to support which of the following?

Pro-slavery arguments

The position expressed by Clay in the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following?

The acquisition of new territories created disputes over the expansion of slavery

Which of the following provisions of the Compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850's?

The strengthened Fugitive Slave Law

The primary objective of the founders of the Know-Nothing party was the

restriction of the rights of immigrants

Members of the American (Know-Nothing) Party of the 1850s typically supported

restrictions on Catholics' holding public office