chapter 13

In the 1844 presidential election, a. James K. Polk, a slaveholder, was the Democratic Party's nominee. b. James G. Birney was Henry Clay's vice president. c. Martin Van Buren won election narrowly on the slogan, "fifty-four forty or fight." d. Henry Clay won the election by a narrow margin.

James K. Polk, a slaveholder, was the Democratic Party's nominee.

The first state to secede the Union was also the state with the highest percentage of slaves in its population- a. Georgia. b. Louisiana. c. South Carolina. d. Virginia.

South Carolina

The Fugitive Slave Act a. allowed special federal commissioners to determine the fate of alleged fugitives without the benefit of a jury trial or testimony by the accused individual. b. ended the decisive controversy surrounding fugitive slaves. c. forbid individual citizens to assist in the capture of fugitive slaves but rather to contact the federal agents involved. d. allowed local authorities to interfere with the capture of fugitives only if the individuals were from the same state.

allowed special federal commissioners to determine the fate of alleged fugitives without the benefit of a jury trial or testimony by the accused individual.

In the 1850s, two great areas of industrial production had arisen in consequence of the market revolution. These were a. the West Coast, especially near San Francisco, and the region around northern Virginia. b. the Atlantic Coast from Baltimore to Boston, and the cities around the Great Lakes. c. the new state of Texas and the region from Atlanta to Savannah. d. the Cotton Belt and the Corn Belt.

the Atlantic Coast from Baltimore to Boston, and the cities around the Great Lakes.

TRUE OR FALSE Abraham Lincoln was a critic of the Mexican War, questioning whether the Mexicans had actually inflicted casualties on American soil.

true

TRUE OR FALSE John Brown and his followers murdered five supporters of slavery at Pottawatomie Creek in May 1856.

true

The initial fighting of the Civil War began when a. Jefferson Davis ordered batteries to fire on Fort Sumter. b. a shot was fired at Bunker Hill by an unknown soldier, which started fighting on both sides. c. Lincoln sent troops to Tennessee and Arkansas in an effort to prevent their joining the Confederacy, which subsequently ended in combat. d. Abraham Lincoln made his "Emancipation Proclamation" speech.

Jefferson Davis ordered batteries to fire on Fort Sumter.

According to the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, a. blacks had no claim to the rights of American citizens. b. Kansas would be admitted to the union as a slave state, and Nebraska as a free state. c. fugitive slaves arriving in Kansas or Nebraska would thereafter be free. d. the question of whether slavery would be allowed in these territories would be decided by local (white) settlers.

the question of whether slavery would be allowed in these territories would be decided by local (white) settlers.

TRUE OR FALSE For almost a decade, from the mid-1830s to 1845, the Republic of Texas was neither part of the United States nor part of Mexico.

true

In response to the nomination of Stephen Douglas's Democratic candidacy, seven of the southern delegates a. felt it would be foolhardy to divide the party and reluctantly accepted Douglas. b. walked out of the convention. c. plotted an assassination attempt that, when uncovered, found three delegates behind bars. d. demanded the convention was a farce and went outside to picket what they perceived to be oppressive politics on the slave states.

walked out of the convention.