Chapter 18 Test
What year did Republicans get a speaker of the House?
1854
Said in regard to the Kansas Nebraska the North wanted to give the pioneers in the West "a clean bed without snakes in it."
Abraham Lincoln
Who was able to push the fugitive slave act through Congress?
Henry Clay
Which free state was closest to Nebraska?
Iowa
Not only Pierce's secretary of state but also future president of the Confederacy...
Jefferson Davis
Who was the father of popular sovereignty
Lewis Cass
Who offered Cuba 100 million for Spain?
Polk
Which of the following was not something gained by the South in the Compromise of 1850?
Slave trade would be continued in Washington DC
First treaty between Us and Japan on March 31, 1854?
Treaty of Kanawaga
First formal treaty between the US and china?
Treaty of Wanghia
Which of the following is true pertaining to the underground railroad...
Underground railroad was perceived threat was more damaging than actual
All of the following pertain to Lewis Cass except...
Was the Whig candidate in 1848
Which of the following most likely influenced Taylor's decision to tell California to ask for admission as a free state?
William Seward
Who was known as "Old fuss and feathers."
Winfield Scott
Each of the following pertain the William Seward Except...
criticized by Ralph Waldo Emerson for going against abolitionists
What isn't true about the whigs in the election of 1852?
narrowly lost the election of 1852
The Polk slogan, "We Polked them in 44, we will ________ them in 52!"
pierce
What did the Mexican Session show about political parties of this time period?
showed division between both whigs and democrats
All of the following are true about the election in 1848 except...
slavery was an openly debated and the number one topic of the campaign
Kansas-Nebraska act did all of the following except... legislate a war, strengthen the fugitive slave act, increase the number of antislaverites, repeal Missouri Compromise
strengthen fugitive slave law
Which treaty in 1850 stipulated neither America or Britain would fortify or control any future isthmian waterway?
Clayton-Bulwer treaty
Coveted _______: and their Antilles
Cuba
Best conductor of the Underground Railroad who was an illiterate runaway slave from Maryland
Harriet Tubman
All of the following were Whigs except?
Franklin Pierce
Who was known as the Fainting General?
Franklin Pierce
What secured a southern transcontinental railroad through the South>
Gadsden Purchase
What would have happened to the Compromise of 1850 if Taylor didn't die
He would've most likely vetoed any compromise
The Great Pacifier
Henry Clay
Senatorial giants
Henry Clay, John C Calhoun, and Daniel Webster
All of the following were part of the Mexico Cession except...
Idaho
Who was president during the Mexican-American war?
James K Polk
Which of the following drafted the Fugitive Slave Act?
James Mason
Who was president during the MIssouri Compromise?
James Monroe
"The South! The South! Gods knows what will become of her!" last words of whom?
John C Calhoun
Who was not involved in the Gadsden Purchase?
John C calhoun
Great Nullifier
John C. Calhoun
"So Fallen! So lost the light withdrawn which once he wore! the glory his gray hairs gone for evermore!"
John Greenleaf Whittier
Which president sent Caleb Cushing to secure favorable concession with China in 1844?
John Tyler
Who was the president that took the greatest steps to make Texas a state?
John Tyler
What were two major assumptions when it came to the Kansas-Nebraska Scheme in Douglass's mind?
Kansas west of Missouri would be a slave state and Nebraska west of Iowa would be a free state
Which of the following was done to negate the Gadsden purchase?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Persuaded Japan to sign a memorable treaty for commercial interest with the US in 1854
Mathew C Perry
Treaty of Guadalupe did all the following except...
Mexico paid US 15 million
Who presided over the senate in the fall of 1849 and the Twilight of the Senatorial Giants?
Millard Fillmore
WHich of the following slave states were closest to Kansas?
Missouri
Popular Sovereignty would hit a brick wall due to what?
Missouri compromise of 1820
Which is true about the Compromise of 1850
North got the better deal
Britain gained or dominated trade with China after which of the following... Aroostook war, treaty of Wanghia, Opium War, Treaty of Kanagawa
Opium War
What was the attempt of the US to buy Cuba called?
Ostend Manifesto
"The word liberty in the mouth of Mr. Webster sounds like the word love in the mouth of a courtesan"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who said, "If a man is going to CA he announces it with some hesitation because it is a confession that he has failed at home"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who wrote, "The Fugitive (Slave) law did much to unglue the eyes of men and now the Nebraska Bill leaves us staring."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Which political party rose up out of the Kansas-Nebraska legislative blunder?
Republicans
All of the following pertaining to the South involvement with Cuba are true except?
South was able to take over part of the island and rule independently
Known as little giant and would take popular sovereignty to a new level
Stephen Douglass
Which of the following who participated in the Senatorial meeting of 1850 is incorrectly matched...
Steven Douglas the little giant was a vocal leader
All of the following pertain to Taylor except
smooth complextion
All of the following are true of the South except in regards to sectional balance in 1850 EXCEPT
south enjoyed superior numbers in the house
All of the following pertain to President Polk except...
supported by Abraham Lincoln for starting war with Mexico
Which of the following is true about Stephen Douglass?
supported popular sovereignty in Kansas-Nebraska
All of the following were signs that the US was faltering precariously due to sectionalism in 1850 EXCEPT
the judicial branch of government was made up of primarily nonslave justices
All of the following were pertaining to the events of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:
the majority of the country wanted secession
What wasn't mentioned in the textbook that was mentioned in the primary source we analyzed?
those who bring the suspect arn $5
Great Britain had a great influence in Nicaragua due to....
trade
Missouri Compromise did all of the following EXCEPT...
used popular sovereignty in the Louisiana Purchase land
All of the following are true about Zachary Taylor except...
was a slave owner and open supported of the extension of slavery
All of the following pertain to John C Calhoun except...
was an pro-expansionist when it came to the south
Which party was destroyed over the issue of slavery in 1852?
whigs
All of the following is true about the election of Taylor in 1848 except...
won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote
All of the following are true about Harriet Tubman except...
wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Ostend Manifesto was due to Spain seizing what Us ship?
Black Warrior
Who said, "Thus it puts freedom and slavery face to fac and bids them grapple. Who can doubt the result?"
Charles Sumner
Who said, "Secession! Peaceable secession! Sir, your eyes and mine are never destined to see that miracle."
Daniel Webster
Who wrote the seventh of March speech in 1850?
Daniel Webster
Who is being made fun of in the cartoon?
David Wilmot
American desire to expand into the Caribbean and into Asia revealed what weakness about the US?
lack of naval fleet and military to assert itself like Britain
All the following are true of the fugitive slave law except... more support in the north than opposition, federal commissioner got 5$ for setting a slave free, federal commissioner got 10$ for returning a black to slavery, or it was known as the Bloodhound Bill and Manstealing law
more support than opposition in the North
All of the following is true about the California Gold Rush except...
most were law-bidding citizens who wished to establish homesteads
What DIDNT happen in the north after the manstealing law was passed?
numbers of abolitionists began to drop to all time low
All of the following are true about popular sovereignty except...
part of the Democratic platform in election of 1848
What WASN'T Franklin pierce known as?
portly...
Impassioned southerners who supported slavery...
fire-eaters
Free speech, free labor, and freemen was what party's chant
free soil
Which of the following didn't occur in the 1840s... election of zachary taylor, the fugitive slave act, california gold rush, and election of Polk
fugitive slave act
Southerners like the idea of the Kansas Nebraska bill because...
gave them a chance of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
Argued earnestly that christians legislators must obey God's moral law as well as man's mundane law
William Seward
Who was considered a member of the Young Guard
William Seward
Which flat out prohibited slavery in land acquired from Mexico in the war
Wilmot Proviso 1846
Who was the Whig candidate in 1852?
Winfield Scott
What was not something the North gained in the Compromise of 1850
abolition of slavery in Washington DC
Douglass wanted a more northern railroad due to...
all on this page are true
All of the following are true except...
all supporters wanted an end to the evil institution
Treaty of Kanagawa did all of the following except?
allow US to bring slaves for cotton growing in Japan
Treaty of Wanghia between US and China did all of the following except?
allow Us to lease land for cotton growing
Greatest national impact of the CA goldrush was...
applying for statehood as a free state at the urginf of Zachary Taylor
All of the following are true about the Free Soil party except...
believed in equality of whites and blacks
Kansas-Nebraska Act did which of the following...
greased the slippery track towards war
All of the following are true about William Walker except...
had Franklin Pierce's support right up to his death
All of the following are ture about the Ostend Manifesto except...
had the support of most northerners
What is not true about Franklin Pierce...?
he served with honor and distinction in the War with Mexico