Period 5

The excerpt above was most likely a reaction to which of the following historical trends?

Regional economic and demographic changes between the North and South

One reason for southern dissatisfaction concerning the Missouri Compromise was:

belief that future states established in new territory would upset the balance of power in Congress

The ideas expressed in the passage above most directly led to political controversies in the 1870s and 1880s over

new definitions of citizenship

The Republican Party Platform of 1860 attempted to broaden its appeal to include

northern manufacturing interests

Which of the following was a motivating factor behind Manifest Destiny?

A sense of American cultural superiority and exceptionalism.

Which of the following was most likely the intended audience of the excerpt above?

Agriculturalists of the Southeast and Southwest

Which of the following most directly supports the assertion expressed in the excerpt above?

Attempts by abolitionists to campaign against slavery

The sentiments such as those depicted in the cartoon above most directly contributed to which of the following? (Sumner-Brooks)

Breakdown in trust between sectional leaders

Which of the following provides the best evidence in support of the argument in the excerpt?

Changes in voting patterns and office holding that occurred during Reconstruction

To decide the fate of slavery in the territories, Stephen Douglas' Kansas-Nebraska bill applied the same concept that had been used in the

Compromise of 1850

The ideas expressed in the passage above most clearly show the influence of which of the following?

Concepts of republican self-rule found in the Declaration of Independence

The ideas expressed in the cartoon above most directly reflect which of the following continuities in the United States?

Debates about access to voting rights

Which event was a catalyst to the ideas expressed in the passage above?

Declaration of Independence

In the above passage, Emerson is critical of which act as being "this filthy enactment"?

Federal law requiring states to assist in the capture and return of all slaves

Starting with the Emancipation Proclamation and progressing through the Reconstruction period, Constitutionally African Americans were

Granted freedom from slavery and citizenship and male voting rights

What effect did the above ruling have on previous American legislation regarding slavery?

Indicate the provisions of the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

Lincoln felt the need to delay the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation after a key military victory in part because

Issuing the document while the war was going poorly would be viewed as an act of desperation by his critics

Which of the following groups would most likely to support the perspective of the cartoon?

Radical Republicans

Weyman wrote this poem in response to

Legislation that provided for popular sovereignty in the territory of Kansas

Which group was most likely the intended audience of the cartoon above? (Sumner-Brooks)

Members of the Republican Party

The actions described in both excerpts would provide outrage from which of the following groups

Northern abolitionists

As a result of the freedoms granted by the Emancipation Proclamation and later the 13th Amendment in 1865, African Americans in the South fell into an exploitive agricultural system known as

Sharecropping

The most immediate result of Lincoln's election in 1860 was that

South Carolina seceded from the Union

President Lincoln would agree with all of the following statements EXCEPT

The causes of emancipation and preserving the Union are independent of each other.

Which of the following actions of the Lincoln administration best exemplified the belief expressed in the quotation above?

The decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Which of the following was a result of westward expansion depicted in the cartoon?

The diminished population of American Indians living in California

In the presidential campaign of 1860, which of the following positions was asserted by the Republican Party platform with respect to slavery?

The extension of slavery to the United States territories should be prohibited by the federal government, but slavery should be protected in the states where it already existed

The Court's ruling in the excerpt is most indicative of which of the following developments in American society during the years leading up to the Civil War?

The growing sectionalism in the United States.

Which of the following most directly contributed to the decision by the United States to fight the Mexican-American War?

The idea of Manifest Destiny

Which of the following historical developments during the nineteenth century best supports Potter's argument about the underlying cause of sectional conflict?

The increase in economic opportunities in the west

The sentiments expressed in the cartoon above most directly contributed to which of the following?

The passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments

Which of the following most directly helped maintain the "balance between the northern and southern parts of the United States" before the Mexican-American War referenced in the excerpt?

The passage of the Missouri Compromise

Which future development in regards to slavery would invalidate both provisions of the Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas Nebraska Act?

The requirement for all states to ratify the 13th and 14th amendment

Which of the following was most likely influenced by the trend in the mid 19th century shown in the image above?

The rise of major nativist movements caused by immigration into newly acquired territories

Which of the following most closely reflects the meaning Lincoln hoped listeners would derive from his Gettysburg Address?

The survival of American experiment in self-government and equality is at stake in the war

Which of the following contributed most directly to the end of Reconstruction?

The waning commitment to reform in the North

The act referenced above was part of a compromise to

allow California to enter the Union as a free state

The controversy highlighted in the cartoon above most directly led to the

emergence of more vigorous Southern resistance to African American rights

The process described in the passage above most directly led to political controversies in the 1840s and 1850s over the

expansion of slavery into the newly acquired territories

The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Reconstruction Amendments drew great criticism from the women's right movement because they

granted civil and voting rights to freedmen but denied those rights to all women

The Republican Party Platform of 1860 was an indication that the party

maintained the fundamental principles on which it was founded

The "acquisition of a new empire" referenced in the excerpt most directly fostered sectional division through the

renewed debate over the expansion of slavery

The overarching ideals from the above image led to the formation of

the Know Nothing Party

The event depicted in the image above resulted in convinced political parties all of the following except (Sumner-Brooks)

they could no longer discuss their vast differences of opinion

What was the unfinished task President Lincoln presented to the American people in the Gettysburg Address?

to establish the principles of the Declaration of Independence

The cartoon above is best understood in the context of the (Sumner-Brooks)

variety of proposals leaders made that ultimately failed to reduce sectional conflict.

The above passage could be construed as encouraging northern states to

violate federal laws