Historyyyy 200

In 1853-1854, President Millard Fillmore dispatched American warships to Japan under the command of Commodore Matthew Perry in an effort to A) force a trade treaty with an outright demand that the Japanese deal with the United States. B) sway the Japanese in becoming trade partners by offering gold from the Pacific shores of California. C) seize the island chains surrounding Midway. D) partner with the Japanese against the Chinese.

A) force a trade treaty with an outright demand that the Japanese deal with the United States.

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

B) Jefferson Davis ordered batteries to fire on Fort Sumter.

Which of the following was not a feature of the rise of southern nationalism during the late 1850s? A) a growing vision of a southern empire, extending to the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America B) a high-level conspiracy to take over the federal government through a military coup C) initiatives within the South to fortify the system of slavery and to narrow the access of slaves to freedom D)a growing movement for southern secession from the United States

B) a high-level conspiracy to take over the federal government through a military coup

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

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

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 A) admitted Kansas but not Nebraska as a slave state. B) established the principal of popular sovereignty whereby the status of slavery would be determined. C) never became law because of Stephen A. Douglass's opposition to it. D) admitted Nebraska but not Kansas as a slave state.

B) established the principal of popular sovereignty whereby the status of slavery would be determined.

Which was not part of the Irish experience on their arrival in the United States in the late 1840s and 1850s? A) As Roman Catholics, the Irish experienced severe discrimination. B Most Irish did not align themselves with the temperance and antislavery movements. C) Soon after their arrival, most Irish became strong proponents of the Republican Party. D)Nativists asserted that the Irish's subservience to the Catholic Church threatened the nation's democratic institutions.

C) Soon after their arrival, most Irish became strong proponents of the Republican Party.

When California became a state in 1850, A) John Sutter became its first governor. B) it entered the Union as a free state. C) it entered the Union as a slave state. D) it entered the Union under the provision the state would wait a year, then a vote would decide if slavery would exist in the state.

C) it entered the Union as a slave state.

The population rush into California in 1848 was a result of A) the discovery of silver. B) abolition of slavery. C) the discovery of gold. D) free health care.

C) the discovery of gold.

The Republican Party, founded in 1854, A) was dedicated to the expansion of slavery. B) ran Abraham Lincoln for president in 1856. C) was a coalition of antislavery Democrats, northern Whigs, Know-Nothings, and Free Soilers. D) found equal support from voters in the North and South.

C) was a coalition of antislavery Democrats, northern Whigs, Know-Nothings, and Free Soilers.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848 A)was never ratified by the Senate. B) ensured Spanish domination of Mexico for a century. C) granted Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Kansas to the United States. D) ended the Mexican War.

D) ended the Mexican War.

The first American conflict to be fought primarily on foreign soil and the first in which American troops occupied a foreign capital was A) the American Revolutionary War. B) the American Civil War. C) the War of 1812. D) the Mexican War.

D) the Mexican War.

According to the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, A) Kansas would be admitted to the union as a slave state, and Nebraska as a free state. B) blacks had no claim to the rights of American citizens. 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.

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

In the Compromise of 1850, A)California entered the Union as a state in which popular sovereignty would determine the future of slavery in the state. B) slavery was allowed in the nation's capital. C) the status of slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico was to be determined by the U.S. Congress. D) the slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia.

D) the slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia.

In his 1858 Senate campaign against Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln called for the immediate abolition of slavery. True or False

False

As late as 1860, California's population of men outnumbered women by nearly three to one. True or False

True

By 1840, California was already commercially linked with the United States. True or False

True

By 1860, nearly 300,000 men, women, and children had traveled overland to Oregon and California. True or False

True

During the mid-1850s, Kansas witnessed a series of bloody conflicts between pro- and antislavery groups. True or False

True

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans had no rights that whites were compelled to recognize. True or False

True

In their initial pronouncements, Confederate leaders stressed the preservation of white supremacy and slavery. True or False

True