History ch 15
In the 1850s, the flowering of American works of fiction and poetry was called A) The Great Awakening. B) The Enlightenment. C) The Age of Letters D) The Age of Reason. E) The American Renaissance.
The American Renaissance.
The South was insulted by all of the following EXCEPT: A) Northern protests against the Fugitive Slave Law. B) The rejection of the Lecompton constitution. C) Northern support for John Brown's raid. D) The Dred Scott decision. E) The dissemination of abolitionist tracts in the South.
The Dred Scott decision.
After the election of 1852, A) The Whigs became the dominant party. B) The Whigs never again fielded a national presidential candidate. C) The Democratic-Republicans became dominant again. D) The Whigs adopted a pro-slavery stance. E) The Democrats never fielded another presidential candidate.
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: A) The Wilmot Proviso. B) Popular Sovereignty. C) The legalization of slavery in all of the Mexican territory. D) The legalization of slavery in California only. E) A stronger fugitive slave law passed.
The legalization of slavery in California only.
Significant black leaders like Frederick Douglass did not support John Brown because A) Brown was white. B) Of the Pottawatomie massacres. C) Of his obvious mental illness. D) Brown was not a Christian. E) They believed his plan would fail.
They believed his plan would fail.
What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Kansas-Nebraska Territories? A) More of it was granted to Indian reservation areas. B) They were open to slavery via popular sovereignty. C) Much of their southern territory was added to Texas. D) The Missouri Compromise line was extended through them. E) None, the law was quickly struck down by the Supreme Court.
They were open to slavery via popular sovereignty.
The Election of 1856 was A) Two separate contests for the North and South. B) A return to power of the Whig Party. C) A victory for Fillmore. D) A setback for Democrats. E) National in scope for the Republicans
Two separate contests for the North and South.
The best-selling novel of the mid 19th Century was A) Moby Dick. B) Leaves of Grass. C) Uncle Tom's Cabin. D) The Inebriate. E) Walden, Or Life in the Woods.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened Indian territory to American settlers A) As slave territories. B) Under the Wilmot Proviso. C) If they would agree to kill all Indians on sight. D) Who were under the age of fifty. E) Under the principle of popular sovereignty.
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 A) The 1860 Democratic Party presidential candidate. B) A member of the U.S. House from Illinois. C) Governor of Illinois. D) Republican Party presidential candidate. E) United States senator from Illinois.
United States senator from Illinois.
By early 1861, seven states had seceded from the Union. Which one was NOT among them? A) Mississippi. B) Alabama. C) Louisiana. D) Texas. E) Virginia.
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 A) Texas. B) Virginia. C) Florida. D) Missouri. E) Tennessee.
Virginia.
The major dilemma that the Confederate States of America confronted throughout the Civil War was how to A) Emancipate the slaves without losing face. B) Wage a war that required a centralized power. C) How to protect against slave uprisings. D) Fund a military effort without the central authority to collect taxes. E) Coax an apathetic population into fighting.
Wage a war that required a centralized power.
An essay by Henry David Thoreau indicative of transcendental literature was A) Walden, or Life in the Woods. B) Nature. C) Moby Dick. D) Leaves of Grass. E) The Scarlet Letter.
Walden, or Life in the Woods.
The Missouri Compromise line of 1820 A) Negated the Kansas-Nebraska Act. B) Was extended across the Mexican cession by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. C) Was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. D) Had nothing to do with the Kansas-Nebraska Act. E) Was left intact by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
The Republican victory in 1860 A) Was won by a landslide. B) Was the immediate cause for the first southern states to secede. C) Was the party's last for 12 years. D) Was acclaimed by north and south alike. E) Provided the validity of the Electoral College.
Was the immediate cause for the first southern states to secede.
By the 1848 election, the national parties A) Remained staunchly national. B) Managed to keep social divisions from occurring. C) Had detested sectional problems. D) Were already eroded by sectionalism. E) Were stronger than ever.
Were already eroded by sectionalism.
Most of the American population lived A) West of the Appalachian Mountains by 1800. B) East of the Appalachian Mountains by 1850. C) In large cities in 1800. D) In large cities in 1850. E) West of the Appalachian Mountains by 1850.
West of the Appalachian Mountains by 1850.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act: A) convinced many northern Whigs that compromise with the South was impossible. B) resulted in the relocation of many Indians from their land. C) spurred white settlement in the new territory. D) set the stage for conflict between pro- and antislavery activists. E) all of the above.
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.
Roger Taney's opinion for the majority of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case: A) ended the national debate over the expansion of slavery B) refuted the Southern states'-rights position C) denied that African Americans could be U.S. citizens D) overturned the Fugitive Slave Law E) increased respect for the Court in the North
denied that African Americans could be U.S. citizens
America's largest export in the mid-nineteenth century was A) Wheat. B) Steel. C) Cotton. D) Furs. E) Iron ore.
Cotton.
John Brown's punishment for seizing the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia was A) Five years in prison. B) Death by firing squad. C) Life in prison. D) Twenty years in prison. E) Death by hanging
Death by hanging
Republicans characterized Fremont's performance in 1856 as "victorious defeat" because: A) he carried most of the states of the North. B) he helped to popularize the antislavery cause. C) he won a majority of the popular, but not the electoral, vote. D) he built the Republican Party into a national party. E) the Democrats fractured as a result of his candidacy.
he carried most of the states of the North.
The cause of the first round of Southern states' secession in 1860-61 was: A) the election of Abraham Lincoln. B) the collapse of the national Democratic Party. C) the decision to bombard Fort Sumter. D) the Dred Scott decision. E) Buchanan and Lincoln's indifference to compromise plans.
he election of Abraham Lincoln.
The "Young America" movement A) Favored an isolationist foreign policy. B) Favored the annexation of Canada. C) Desired the acquisition of Cuba and Central America. D) Supported lowering the voting age. E) Favored limiting the presidency to men under the age of 50
Desired the acquisition of Cuba and Central America.
Which one of the following authors is NOT correctly matched to their writing? A) Dickinson/Leaves of Grass. B) Thoreau/Walden, Or Life in the Woods. C) Hawthorne/The House of Seven Gables. D) Melville/Moby Dick. E) Douglass/Narrative of the Life.
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: A) Keeping power in the Senate with equal numbers of slave and free states. B) Provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law. C) Circumstances of the Dred Scott decision. D) Discovery of the "secret six" funds. E) The arguments of John C. Calhoun.
Discovery of the "secret six" funds.
A key element of the Compromise of 1850 was: A) throwing open Indian Territory to slavery. B) postponing a determination of the boundaries of Texas. C) admission of California to the union as a slave state. D) the enactment of a Fugitive Slave Law. E) removal of popular sovereignty over slavery from the territories.
the enactment of a Fugitive Slave Law.
Incidents involving Shadrach Minkins, Anthony Burns, and Thomas Sims demonstrated that the A) Federal government had no desire to offend northern abolitionists. B) Federal government would not enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. C) Compromise on the issue of slavery was not only possible but practical. D) Fugitive Slave Act raised northern consciousness on slavery. E) Fugitive Slave Act would help sooth sectional passions.
Fugitive Slave Act raised northern consciousness on slavery.
The election of 1852 20) A) Still had unified parties and nominating conventions. B) Split the immigrant vote. C) Made James Buchanan President. D) Elected Abraham Lincoln President setting in motion the events leading to war. E) Had a decrease in voter turnout.
Had a decrease in voter turnout.
Moby Dick, a classic of American fiction, was written by A) Nathaniel Hawthorne. B) A. Bronson Alcott C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Walt Whitman. E) Herman Melville.
Herman Melville.
Ironically, northerners and southerners basically agreed on certain things. Which one of the following is NOT one of them? A) Expansion. B) Liberty. C) American superiority. D) Ideology of labor. E) Basic rights.
Ideology of labor.
Much of the Know-Nothings were called that because they pretended to know nothing when asked A) Where a fugitive slave might be hidden. B) How rifles got to Kansas as "BOOKS." C) How they were funded. D) Whether slavery should extend to the territories. E) Information about their party.
Information about their party.
By 1850 most southern leaders like Calhoun and Toombs A) Agreed to confine slavery to the south. B) Insisted slavery must be national. C) Said slavery was slowly on its way out. D) Emphasized popular sovereignty. E) Had organized slave power groups to keep control.
Insisted slavery must be national.
John Brown's raid shocked the South because A) It aroused the South's great fear of a slave rebellion. B) They did not realize that whites cared this much about slavery. C) It was so successful. D) Brown was tried and hanged; he was recovering from wounds suffered in the raid. E) So many people died in vain.
It aroused the South's great fear of a slave rebellion.
Which of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three? A) Stephen Douglas. B) John C. Breckenridge. C) John Bell. D) Abraham Lincoln. E) John C. Fremont.
John C. Fremont.
Which one of the following did NOT happen in 1854? A) Ostend Manifesto. B) Kansas-Nebraska Act. C) Republican Party formed. D) Democrats lose congressional majority. E) Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Both the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision invalidated this agreement: A) Tallmadge Amendment. B) Compromise of 1850. C) Three-fifths compromise. D) Wilmot Proviso. E) Missouri Compromise.
Missouri Compromise.
In opposing the Lecompton constitution, Douglas was consistent with his principle of A) Free soil. B) Principle over expediency. C) The Freeport Doctrine. D) Filibuster. E) Popular sovereignty.
Popular sovereignty.
Which one of the following was NOT a plank in the 1860 Republican platform? A) Praise for John Brown's raid. B) The preservation of the union. C) Support for a transcontinental railroad. D) A higher tariff. E) No extension of slavery.
Praise for John Brown's raid.
The Republican platform in the 1860 presidential election A) Supported a lowering of the protective tariff. B) Advocated social equality for blacks. C) Proposed free western lands for homesteaders. D) Affirmed that ending slavery was more important than even the union. E) Focused solely on the issue of slavery.
Proposed free western lands for homesteaders.
John Brown raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in order to A) Make a statement for slavery. B) Provide arms for a general slave uprising. C) Create and defend a giant communal farm run by ex-slaves. D) Prevent slave owners from taking it. E) Prove that God was with him.
Provide arms for a general slave uprising.
The vast new territories gained in the Mexican War A) Were explored by Lewis and Clark. B) Proved to be not as valuable as once was hoped. C) Led to a "gag rule" in Congress. D) Were off limits to new settlers until the issue of slavery could be resolved. E) Provoked a new debate over the issue of slavery in the territories.
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? A) Promotion of slave rebellion. B) Financial support from northern elite. C) Extent of northern mourning. D) Republican Party praise for Brown. E) Evidence of the extent of northern hostility to slavery.
Republican Party praise for Brown.
The Compromise of 1850 settled the borders of A) Kansas and Nebraska. B) Utah and Nevada. C) Oklahoma and Missouri. D) Indian Territory. E) Texas and New Mexico.
Texas and New Mexico.
Many northerners were fearful of what they called A) "The power of the purse." B) The power of "King Cotton." C) "The slave power." D) "Southern Power." E) "Dixie power."
"The slave power."
Which one of the following gives the CORRECT order of these events? (1) South Carolina secedes. (3) Lincoln takes office. (2) Confederacy formed. (4) Lincoln elected. A) 4, 1, 2, 3 B) 4, 3, 1, 2 C) 1, 2, 3, 4 D) 4, 3, 2, 1 E) 4, 2, 3, 1
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) A great political miscalculation. B) His most honorable stand. C) A step closer to the presidency for him. D) A brilliant political move. E) An insignificant political act.
A great political miscalculation.
Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the election of 1856? A) The Kansas-Nebraska Act had divided for the Democratic Party. B) James Buchanan was the compromise Democratic candidate. C) The Republicans could claim "victorious defeat." D) A sectional candidate had triumphed for the first time. E) Really there were two elections, one in the north and one in the South.
A sectional candidate had triumphed for the first time.
Southerners favored American expansion into Mexico and Cuba A) Because they felt that slavery could grow there. B) Because they wanted to spread the American ideology of liberty. C) Because they were strong nationalists. D) For strategic reasons. E) Because the North opposed it.
Because they felt that slavery could grow there.
Above all, southern slave owners feared A) The Underground Railroad. B) Manifest Destiny. C) Fugitive slaves. D) Popular sovereignty. E) Being outnumbered in the U.S. Senate.
Being outnumbered in the U.S. Senate.
Which candidate for the 1860 presidential election is NOT correctly paired with his position on slavery? A) Breckinridge/extension to the territories. B) Lincoln/exclusion from the territories. C) Douglas/popular sovereignty to decide. D) Bell/extend the Missouri Compromise line. E) Seward/abolition of 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? A) Breckinridge/extend slavery into the territories. B) Douglas/popular sovereignty. C) Bell/free soiler. D) William Seward/abolition. E) Lincoln/halt spread of slavery into the territories.
Bell/free soiler.
The Dred Scott decision held that A) Black persons-slave or free-were not citizens and, therefore, could not sue in a court of law. B) Slaves had property rights, but only if they were not themselves property. C) Slaves were citizens but could not sue in a court of law. D) Slaves had no rights before the law. E) The Kansas-Nebraska Act was unconstitutional.
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 A) Buchanan. B) Fremont. C) Fillmore. D) Birney. E) Cass.
Buchanan.
The issue of slavery in the territories came to a head when A) California applied for statehood. B) Kansas split on slavery. C) Silver was discovered in Nevada. D) Arizona applied for statehood. E) Lewis Cass proposed the principle of popular sovereignty.
California applied for statehood.
This state was admitted as a free state in the Compromise of 1850: A) California. B) Oregon. C) Maine. D) Texas. E) Nevada.
California.
Which one of the following would NOT have been regarded as a northern "insult" by southerners in 1859? A) Armed protests against the Fugitive Slave Law. B) Rejection of the Lecompton constitution. C) Acceptance of the Dred Scott decision. D) Support of John Brown's raid. E) The degree of mourning over the death of John Brown.
Acceptance of the Dred Scott decision.
Lawrence and Pottawatomie Creek are indicative of A) Locations on the proposed Transcontinental Railroad. B) The model communities established by the Emigrant Aid Society. C) Stations on the Underground Railroad. D) Sites of popular sovereignty conventions. E) Armed bands roaming the Kansas community
Armed bands roaming the Kansas community
Which one of the following describes the correct chronological order of these events? (1) Dred-Scott decision. (3) Kansas-Nebraska Act. (2) Lincoln-Douglas Debates. (4) John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid. A) 3, 1, 2, 4 B) 3, 1, 4, 2 C) 1, 2, 4, 3 D) 2, 3, 1, 4 E) 4, 2, 3, 1
3, 1, 2, 4 Kansas-Nebraska Act. Dred-Scott decision. Lincoln-Douglas Debates. John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid.
The population of the U.S. went from 5.3 million in 1800 to this in 1850: A) 10 million. B) 13 million. C) 23 million. D) 31 million. E) 46 million.
23 million.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in A) 1847. B) 1851. C) 1855. D) 1859. E) 1863.
1863.
When Kansas applied for statehood, President James Buchanan A) Endorsed the pro-slavery constitution. B) Said the issue was a congressional one. C) Refused to consider the request at that time. D) Accepted the anti-slavery constitution. E) Turned the contested matter over to the Supreme Court for resolution.
Endorsed the pro-slavery constitution.
Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens were selected as president and vice president of the Confederacy because they both: A) Had military experience. B) Were outspoken "fire-eaters." C) Expressed moderate or cooperationist views. D) Advocated popular sovereignty and states rights. E) Were charismatic campaigners.
Expressed moderate or cooperationist views.
The westward migration of American population between 1800 and 1850 A) Moved evenly through adjacent areas. B) Leapfrogged quickly to the West Coast. C) Was diverted south to Texas. D) Moved in a general north to south direction. E) Was concentrated in an arc from Cincinnati to Chicago to Detroit.
Leapfrogged quickly to the West Coast.
The Lincoln-Douglas debates resulted in: A) Lincoln's election to the United States Senate. B) Douglas's nomination as president in 1860. C) Lincoln becoming nationally famous as a speaker. D) An increase in abolitionist sentiment. E) Acceptance of Douglas's pro-Union views
Lincoln becoming nationally famous as a speaker.
From 1800 to 1850, the land area of the United States A) More than doubled. B) More than tripled. C) More than quadrupled. D) Shrunk by one-half. E) Remained unchanged
More than tripled.
The Scarlet Letter, a work of social criticism, was written by A) Herman Melville. B) Edgar Allan Poe. C) Walt Whitman. D) Nathaniel Hawthorne. E) Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nathaniel
The appearance of the Know-Nothing Party reflected American A) Tolerance of diversity. B) Nativist leanings. C) Disgust with intellectuals in government. D) Acceptance of the Market Revolution. E) Political apathy.
Nativist leanings.
Which one of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850? A) California would be a free state. B) New Mexico could be a slave state. C) Slave trade ended in the District of Columbia. D) Texas would cede land to New Mexico Territory. E) A stronger fugitive slave law.
New Mexico could be a slave state.
Besides the northern sates, Lincoln carried these two in the 1860 election: A) Kentucky and Tennessee. B) Missouri and Arkansas. C) Kansas and Nebraska. D) North Dakota and Washington. E) Oregon and California.
Oregon and California.
Northern mourning for the death of John Brown A) Was minimal. B) Was insincere and politically motivated. C) Proved his raid was righteous. D) Was limited to New England. E) Shocked southerners because of its extent.
Shocked southerners because of its extent.
The first state to secede from the Union was A) South Carolina. B) Alabama. C) Mississippi. D) Georgia. E) Maryland.
South Carolina.
The only southern state to pass a unanimous vote for secession was A) Texas. B) Virginia. C) Alabama. D) Mississippi. E) South Carolina.
South Carolina.
Which one of the following was NOT a state that waited to secede until after Ft. Sumter? A) North Carolina. B) Virginia. C) Tennessee. D) Arkansas. E) South Carolina.
South Carolina.
Which of the following was a reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law?: A) the spread of abolitionism to the South. B) a radicalization of antislavery sentiment in the North. C) rising protest against slavery in France and England. D) the growth of a new biracial society in Canada. E) Northern states attempting to nullify the law.
a radicalization of antislavery sentiment in the North.