History 14
All of the following might have joined the Free-Soil party EXCEPT:
"cotton Whigs"
All of the following statements about John Brown are true EXCEPT:
He was fanatically committed to fight to protect the institution of slavery.
During the great congressional debate over the Compromise of 1850:
Henry Clay pushed for the compromise and national harmony
Why did Kansas's Lecompton Constitution become so controversial?
It allowed slavery even though a majority of residents opposed it.
Why did the new Fugitive Slave Act outrage abolitionists?
It offered a strong temptation to kidnap free blacks in northern free states.
Why did Uncle Tom's Cabin outrage slave owners?
It showed how the brutal realities of slavery harmed everyone associated with it.
What was the impact of President Taylor's death?
It strengthened the chance for compromise over slavery in 1850.
The Republican party platform supported all of the following in 1860 EXCEPT:
John Brown's raid
How did passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act impact the settlement of Kansas?
Popular sovereignty encouraged violence-prone supporters and opponents of slavery to flood Kansas.
Which of the following is NOT true of Zachary Taylor?
The "conscience Whigs" were his strongest supporters.
Why did so many northerners, including the so-called Independent Democrats, oppose the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The act repealed the Missouri Compromise.
Why did the Whig party collapse?
The strain of the Kansas-Nebraska Act pushed northern and southern members toward joining different parties.
All of the following were presidential nominees in 1860 EXCEPT:
William Seward
The Lincoln-Douglas debates:
bolstered Lincoln's presidential prospects in 1860
As the election of 1860 approached, the Democratic party:
broke up into northern and southern wings
The Republican party reflected a combination of all of the following groups EXCEPT:
cotton Whigs
The discovery of gold in California did all of the following EXCEPT:
create a population with an equal balance of men and women
In 1856, the Republicans:
declared their opposition to slavery
In response to secession, President Buchanan:
did practically nothing
The Crittenden Compromise proposed to:
guarantee continuance of slavery in the states where it then existed
The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision:
implied that the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional
The Free-Soil party stance on slavery:
infuriated John C. Calhoun
John Brown targeted Harpers Ferry, Virginia, because:
it was the site of a federal arsenal
Preston Brooks's caning of Charles Sumner:
made Brooks a hero in much of the South
Stephen Douglas's proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act:
might allow slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
Abraham Lincoln:
opposed the further spread of slavery
Author Harriet Beecher Stowe's background was indicative of the abolitionist movement's:
powerful religious underpinnings
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was intended to:
provoke slave insurrections
John Brown's raid:
set off a panic throughout the slaveholding South
The Panic of 1857:
strengthened southern confidence in its cotton economy
The Compromise of 1850:
strengthened the fugitive slave law
What position did both the Democrats and Whigs support in the 1852 presidential election?
support of the Compromise of 1850
Lincoln won the election of 1860 by:
sweeping the free states
A major reason the Democrat James Buchanan won the 1856 election was that:
the Democrats were the only remaining national party
Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was a victory for:
the concept of popular sovereignty
In the 1856 election, the Democrats supported all of the following EXCEPT:
the reinstitution of the Missouri Compromise
The states of the Confederate States of America seceded after Lincoln's election because:
the southern secessionists were convinced that Lincoln would move against slavery despite his assurances otherwise
John C. Calhoun believed that the Wilmot Proviso:
violated property rights
The election of 1852:
was won by Franklin Pierce
The 1848 presidential election:
was won by Zachary Taylor
President Zachary Taylor wanted to admit California as a state immediately because he:
wished to bypass the divisive issue of slavery in the territories
The idea of popular sovereignty:
would allow people in the territories to decide whether or not to permit slavery
The Wilmot Proviso:
would prohibit slavery in any lands acquired from Mexico
What did the Supreme Court rule in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Blacks did not have citizenship and therefore lacked legal standing.
In late 1849, Zachary Taylor proposed:
California's immediate entry as a free state
On what legal basis did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?
He claimed that living for extended periods in areas where slavery was forbidden made him free.
Given the bitterness of the congressional debate, why was Stephen Douglas successful in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed?
He split the issues into separate bills.
Why did President Buchanan support the Lecompton Constitution?
He was dependent on southern congressmen, who also supported the constitution.