Chapter 15 APUSH

In the 1850s, the flowering of American works of fiction and poetry was called

The American Renaissance.

The South was insulted by all of the following EXCEPT:

The Dred Scott decision.

After the election of 1852,

The Whigs never again fielded a national presidential candidate.

Solutions proposed for the issue of slavery in the territories included all of the following EXCEPT:

The legalization of slavery in California only.

Significant black leaders like Frederick Douglass did not support John Brown because

They believed his plan would fail.

The Election of 1856 was

Two separate contests for the North and South.

The best-selling novel of the mid 19th Century was

Uncle Tom's Cabin

The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened Indian territory to American settlers

Under the principle of popular sovereignty.

The Lincoln-Douglas debates occurred because Lincoln challenged Douglas to them in their campaign to win nomination/election as

United States senator from Illinois.

By early 1861, seven states had seceded from the Union. Which one was NOT among them?

Virginia.

Every seceding southern state except South Carolina was divided on secession along up-country-low-country lines. This became a particularly extreme problem in

Virginia.

The major dilemma that the Confederate States of America confronted throughout the Civil War was how to

Wage a war that required a centralized power.

An essay by Henry David Thoreau indicative of transcendental literature was

Walden, or Life in the Woods.

The Missouri Compromise line of 1820

Was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

The Republican victory in 1860

Was the immediate cause for the first southern states to secede.

By the 1848 election, the national parties

Were already eroded by sectionalism.

Most of the American population lived

West of the Appalachian Mountains by 1850.

Roger Taney's opinion for the majority of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case:

denied that African Americans could be U.S. citizens

America's largest export in the mid-nineteenth century was

Cotton.

Republicans characterized Fremont's performance in 1856 as "victorious defeat" because:

he carried most of the states of the North.

John Brown's punishment for seizing the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia was

Death by hanging

The cause of the first round of Southern states' secession in 1860-61 was:

he election of Abraham Lincoln.

The "Young America" movement

Desired the acquisition of Cuba and Central America.

Which one of the following authors is NOT correctly matched to their writing?

Dickinson/Leaves of Grass.

If you were a northerner who argued that "slave power" really existed, you would NOT use this argument in your favor:

Discovery of the "secret six" funds.

A key element of the Compromise of 1850 was:

the enactment of a Fugitive Slave Law.

Incidents involving Shadrach Minkins, Anthony Burns, and Thomas Sims demonstrated that the

Fugitive Slave Act raised northern consciousness on slavery.

The election of 1852 20)

Had a decrease in voter turnout.

Moby Dick, a classic of American fiction, was written by

Herman Melville.

Ironically, northerners and southerners basically agreed on certain things. Which one of the following is NOT one of them?

Ideology of labor.

Much of the Know-Nothings were called that because they pretended to know nothing when asked

Information about their party.

By 1850 most southern leaders like Calhoun and Toombs

Insisted slavery must be national.

John Brown's raid shocked the South because

It aroused the South's great fear of a slave rebellion.

Which of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three?

John C. Fremont.

Which one of the following did NOT happen in 1854?

Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Both the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision invalidated this agreement:

Missouri Compromise.

In opposing the Lecompton constitution, Douglas was consistent with his principle of

Popular sovereignty.

Which one of the following was NOT a plank in the 1860 Republican platform?

Praise for John Brown's raid.

The Republican platform in the 1860 presidential election

Proposed free western lands for homesteaders.

John Brown raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in order to

Provide arms for a general slave uprising.

The vast new territories gained in the Mexican War

Provoked a new debate over the issue of slavery in the territories.

Which one of the following was NOT a shock to southerners in relation to John Brown's raid?

Republican Party praise for Brown.

Many northerners were fearful of what they called

"The slave power."

Which one of the following gives the CORRECT order of these events?

4, 3, 1, 2 Lincoln elected. Lincoln takes office. South Carolina secedes Confederacy formed

Stephen Douglas' action in introducing the Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854 proved to be

A great political miscalculation.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the election of 1856?

A sectional candidate had triumphed for the first time.

Southerners favored American expansion into Mexico and Cuba

Because they felt that slavery could grow there.

Above all, southern slave owners feared

Being outnumbered in the U.S. Senate.

Which candidate for the 1860 presidential election is NOT correctly paired with his position on slavery?

Bell/extend the Missouri Compromise line.

The 1860 election presented clear choices to the voters. Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched to his views on slavery?

Bell/free soiler.

The Dred Scott decision held that

Black persons-slave or free-were not citizens and, therefore, could not sue in a court of law.

The only candidate in the Election of 1856 to carry states nationally instead of sectionally was

Buchanan.

The issue of slavery in the territories came to a head when

California applied for statehood.

Which one of the following would NOT have been regarded as a northern "insult" by southerners in 1859?

Acceptance of the Dred Scott decision.

Lawrence and Pottawatomie Creek are indicative of

Armed bands roaming the Kansas community

Which one of the following describes the correct chronological order of these events?

3, 1, 2, 4 Kansas-Nebraska Act. Dred-Scott decision. Lincoln-Douglas Debates. John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in

1863.

The population of the U.S. went from 5.3 million in 1800 to this in 1850:

23 million.

When Kansas applied for statehood, President James Buchanan

Endorsed the pro-slavery constitution.

Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens were selected as president and vice president of the Confederacy because they both:

Expressed moderate or cooperationist views.

The westward migration of American population between 1800 and 1850

Leapfrogged quickly to the West Coast.

The Lincoln-Douglas debates resulted in:

Lincoln becoming nationally famous as a speaker.

From 1800 to 1850, the land area of the United States

More than tripled.

The Scarlet Letter, a work of social criticism, was written by

Nathaniel

The appearance of the Know-Nothing Party reflected American

Nativist leanings.

Which one of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

New Mexico could be a slave state.

Northern mourning for the death of John Brown

Shocked southerners because of its extent.

The Compromise of 1850 settled the borders of

Texas and New Mexico.

The first state to secede from the Union was

South Carolina.

The only southern state to pass a unanimous vote for secession was

South Carolina.

Which one of the following was NOT a state that waited to secede until after Ft. Sumter?

South Carolina.

Which of the following was a reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law?:

a radicalization of antislavery sentiment in the North.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act:

all of the above. convinced many northern Whigs that compromise with the South was impossible. Resulted in the relocation of many Indians from their land. Spurred white settlement in the new territory. Set the stage for conflict between pro- and antislavery activists.