APUSH Chapter 19 Quiz Study Guide

Term for an official (especially the president) in the final period of office, after the election of a successor

"lame-duck"

Term for the name given to the breech loading Sharps rifles that were supplied to the anti-slavery combatants in Kansas

Beecher's Bible

What did the writer Ralph Waldo Emerson conclude about John Brown's raid?

Brown's execution would make him a martyr for the abolitionist cause

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Dred Scott decision, (B) Lincoln-Douglas debates, (C) Kansas-Nebraska Act, and (D) Harpers Ferry Raid

C, A, B, D

Name of the abolitionist senator whose verbal attack on the South provoked a physical assaulted that severely injured him

Charles Sumner

As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates...

Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate

Name of the black slave whose unsuccessful attempt to win his freedom deepened the sectional controversy

Dred Scott

Name of "the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war"

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Name of the southern-born author whose book attacking slavery's effects on whites aroused northern opinion

Hinton R. Helper

What was the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin?

It pushed many waverers to an aggressive antislavery stance

Who won the 1856 presidential election?

James Buchanan

Name of the former United Stated senator who, in 1861, became the president of what called itself a new nation

Jefferson Davis

Name of Buchanan's vice president, nominated for president by breakaway southern Democrats in 1860

John Breckinridge

Name of the fanatical and bloody-minded abolitionist martyr admired in the North and hated in the South

John Brown

Name of the romantic western hero and the first Republican candidate for president

John C. Fremont

Which territory had two competing governments in the 1850s?

Kansas

Senator John J. Crittenden's attempts at compromise failed because...

Lincoln refused to compromise on the extension of slavery into the territories

Name of the Southern congressman whose bloody attack on a northern senator fueled sectional hatred

Preston Brooks

The first southern state to secede from the Union was...

South Carolina

Name of the leading northern Democrat whose presidential hopes fell victim to the conflict over slavery

Stephen Douglas

As a result of the 1858 Illinois senatorial election...

Stephen Douglas lost crucial political support in the southern states

What did the Know-Nothing Party argue?

The U.S. should be rid of immigrant and Catholic political influence

Arabian Sea

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Aral Sea

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Caspian Sea

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Indian Ocean

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Afghanistan

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Bangladesh

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Bhutan

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India

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Kyrgyzstan

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Uncle Tom's Cabin may be described as...

a powerful political force

Which of the following is true of Charles Sumner and Preston Brooks? a) They were symbolic of just how emotional the political issue of slavery had become by 1856 b) By supporting the Lecompton Constitution in Kansas, they sought a peaceful moderate solution to the Kansas crisis c) They demonstrated that Northern and Southern moderates could still work together for the national interest d) Their treatise against slavery on economic grounds caused an increase in antislavery sentiment among Northerners e) They represented civility in government

a) They were symbolic of just how emotional the political issue of slavery had become by 1856

Term for a written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, for use as evidence in court

affidavit

In 1856, the breaking point over slavery in Kansas came with...

an attack on Lawrence by a gang of proslavery raiders

Nativists in the 1850s were known for their...

anti-Catholic and anti-foreign attitudes

Term for the determination of the proportional number of members each US state sends to the House of Representatives, based on population figures

apportionment

In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court...

argued that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the federal territories

In the election of 2860, the Constitutional Union party was formed...

as a middle-of-the-road party fearing for the break up of the Union

South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks...

beat Senator Charles Sumner with a cane

As a result of the panic of 1857, the South...

believed that it was economically superior to the North

Term for having or revealing an obstinate belief in the superiority of one's own opinions and a prejudiced intolerance of the options of others

bigoted

In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe...

brought the issue of slavery home to many who had never before given it much thought

Which of the following was convincing evidence that the Buchanan administration was attempting to impose its will on the people of Kansas? a) Buchanan's support for Nebraska b) Buchanan's deployment of federal troops to Kansas c) Buchanan's actions in relation to the Lecompton Constitution d) Buchanan's lobbying of Supreme Court justices e) Buchanan's improper use of presidential power in the Lincoln-Douglas senatorial race

c) Buchanan's actions in relation to the Lecompton Constitution

Why did Abraham Lincoln win the 1860 presidential election? a) He obtained over half of the popular vote throughout the country b) Since no candidate won a clear majority, the House of Representatives selected Lincoln c) He took advantage of the split in the Democratic Party and won a plurality of the vote d) He won all of the southern vote e) None of these choices

c) He took advantage of the split in the Democratic Party and won a plurality of the vote

Which of the following candidates ran as Democrats in the 1860 election? a) John Breckinridge and John Bell b) Abraham Lincoln and John Bell c) John Breckinridge and Stephen Douglas d) Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln e) John Breckinridge and Abraham Lincoln

c) John Breckinridge and Stephen Douglas

Secessionists supported leaving the Union for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: a) They were tired of abolitionist attacks b) They were dismayed by the success of the Republican party c) They believed that Republicans had been infiltrating their political ranks d) The political balance seemed to be tipping against them e) They believed that the North would not oppose their departure

c) They believed that Republicans had been infiltrating their political ranks

In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to...

call upon the slaves to rise and establish a black free state

James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1856 because he...

could distance himself and the Democrats from the Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Lecompton Constitution was written so that Kansas...

could only apply for statehood by permitting slavery

As late as 1856, many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican because: a) of innate liberalism b) the Democrats were the only national party c) the Democrats presented excellent candidates d) many did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South e) All of these

d) many did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South

The proposal for popular sovereignty called for deciding the issue of slavery in the territories through a...

decision by the residents in each territory

In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that... a) Slaves were not citizens; therefore, they could not sue in federal courts b) Like all blacks, including those who were free, slaves could not become citizens of the United States c) Residence in a free territory did not make a slave free d) None of these choices e) All of these choices

e) All of these choices

Which of the following constitutional arguments was designed to protect the institution of slavery? a) Slave states are afforded special privileges under the Constitution b) The Fugitive Slave laws must not be enforced c) The Union is the result of a compact among the people of the nation d) The Constitution should be interpreted loosely so that the central government may assume as much power as possible e) Slaveholders may take their slaves into the territories, because the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees that no person may be denied his property without due process of law

e) Slaveholders may take their slaves into the territories, because the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees that no person may be denied his property without due process of law

Which statement best describes the Republican party position in the election of 1860? a) There should be immediate emancipation of slaves in the South b) The constitutionality of slavery should be decided by the Supreme Court c) A program of gradual compensated emancipation should be started d) The principle of popular sovereignty should be honestly applied in the remaining territories e) There should be no further extension of slavery into the territories

e) There should be no further extension of slavery into the territories

The roots of Harriet Beecher Stowe's antislavery sentiments lay in the...

evangelical religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening

The southern demand that slavery be allowed to expand into the territories seems to have been motivated by the...

fear that free territories could be used as bases for spreading abolitionism into the South

The American Party of the mid-1850s (the Know-Nothings) drew its primary support from those who feared...

foreigners

The real significance of the election of 1856 was that it...

foreshadowed an ominous sectional clash over slavery in the election of 1860

In the North, the panic of 1857 created calls for...

free homesteads and higher protective tariffs

In Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe took on the pro-slavery position by contending that...

good intentions of some owners cannot make up for an evil institution

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republical party presidential nomination in part because he...

had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward

Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because...

he had been elected on a platform that opposed the extension of slavery

The panic of 1857...

hit hardest among grain growers of the Northwest

President James Buchanan's decision on Kansas's Lecompton Constitution...

hopelessly divided the Democratic party

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin...

intended to show the cruelty of slavery

In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president with...

less than a majority of popular votes and a majority of electoral votes

Term for a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs

martyr

The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election was...

nativism

Hinton R. Helper's book, The Impending Crisis of the South, argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were...

nonslaveholding southern whites

The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed...

passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South

The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of _______ in the territories

popular sovereignty

In declaring their independence, the Confederate States relied heavily on the example of the...

principles of self-determination of the Declaration of Independence

The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by...

proslavery southerners

The Lecompton Constitution...

protected the property rights of slaveholders already living in Kansas and provided for a referendum on whether to admit more slaves

In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that...

protection of slavery was guaranteed in all the territories of the West

Term for the state of belonging or being available to the public as a whole, and therefore not subject to copyright

public domain

Term for a government which is endowed with the outward symbols of authority but in which direction and control are exercised by another power

puppet government

When the people of Britain and France read Uncle Tom's Cabin, their governments...

realized that intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular

When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina...

rejoiced because it gave them an excuse to secede

In 1855, proslavery southerners regarded Kansas as...

slave territory

Stephen A. Douglas argued, in his Freeport Doctrine, during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that...

slavery would stay down if the people voted it down

The Republicans lost the 1856 election in part because of...

southern threats that a Republican victory would be a declaration of war

Term for (of a group or organization) separate into smaller units, typically as a result of disagreement

splintering

At its 1860 convention, the Democratic Party...

split into northern and southern wings, each nominating a different presidential candidate

Stephen Douglas angered southern Democrats by...

taking a public stand against the Lecompton Constitution

"Lame-duck" President James Buchanan believed that...

the Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union

In "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s, ______ was/were identified with the proslavery element, and _____ was/were associated with the antislavery free-soilers

the Lecompton Constitution; the New England Immigrant Aid Society

After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded that...

the North was dominated by "Brown-loving" Republicans

Term for a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance

vassalage

Match each figure below with his role in the 1856 presidential campaign: A) John C. Fremont B) Millard Fillmore C) Stephen A. Douglas D) James Buchanan 1) Democratic nominee for president 2) Republican nominee for president 3) Know-Nothing (American Party) nominee for president 4) Too tainted by Kansas-Nebraska Act to obtain Democratic nomination

A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

Match each presidential candidate in the 1860 election below with his party's position on the slavery question: A) Abraham Lincoln B) Stephen Douglas C) John Breckenridge D) John Bell 1) extend slavery into the territories 2) ban slavery from the territories 3) preserve the Union by compromise 4) enforce popular sovereignty

A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3