Question 1

Why was Abraham Lincoln chosen as the Republican presidential candidate for the 1860 election over front-runner Senator William H. Seward?

Accepted Answer

A)   Lincoln could carry his home state of Kentucky.
B)   Seward strongly supported nativism.
C)   Lincoln came from a prosperous, well-known family.
D)   Seward was seen as too radical.
E)   Abraham Lincoln pledged to end slavery.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B) D

Question 2

The radical abolitionist________	burned a copy of the Constitution to protest slavery.

Accepted Answer

A)   William Lloyd Garrison
B)   Abraham Lincoln
C)   Henry Clay
D)   David Wilmot
E)   Stephen DouglasF) A) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 3

Between 1856 and 1860, the explosive tensions between________	led to a growing sense that the two groups could no longer coexist in the same nation.

Accepted Answer

A)   blacks and whites
B)   northerners and southerners
C)   immigrants and native-born citizens
D)   farmers and factory owners
E)   southerners and former slavesF) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 4

What best explains the rapid growth of the Republican Party in the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)   sympathy toward immigrants
B)   support of agricultural expansion
C)   position on slavery in the territories
D)   support of the Catholic Church
E)   support of progressive labor lawsF) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

Why did the Whig Party's candidate fail overwhelmingly in the 1852 presidential campaign?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Compromise of 1850 strengthened the political differences between Whigs and Democrats.
B)   The Whigs did not succeed in rallying public interest in a major political issue.
C)   The Whigs alienated immigrants by actively seeeking the nativist vote.
D)   The Whig platform did not address the economic problems facing the nation.
E)   The Whig nominee lost southern support by allying himself with the antislavery wing of the party.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 6

The most outrageous component of the Compromise of 1850 was the________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   admission of California as a free state
B)   opening of New Mexico and Utah territories to slavery under popular sovereignty
C)   reduction of Texas to its present boundaries
D)   enactment of the new Fugitive Slave Law
E)   prohibition of slavery in the District of ColumbiaF) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 7

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, involved________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   white and black men seizing a federal arsenal in an unsuccessful attempt to start an uprising against slavery
B)   a slave rebellion that resulted in the deaths of 18 whites and all of the slaves
C)   a group of white men raiding a southern abolitionist office and killing five white and black antislavery protestors
D)   white men and women seizing 18 slaves in order to forcibly emancipate them in Mexico
E)   a group of white and black abolitionists killing three slave owners and wounding five othersF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

Northern evangelicalism focused on________	, while southern evangelicalism focused on

Accepted Answer

A)   self-discipline and social reform, personal piety
B)   personal piety, philanthropy
C)   the virtues of the family unit, helping the poor
D)   philanthropy, self-discipline
E)   conversion of the poor, personal pietyF) None of the above
G) C) and D) A

Question 9

As a result of the revised Fugitive Slave Law in the Compromise of 1850, it became________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   easier for escaped slaves to stay free
B)   easier to kidnap and enslave free African Americans
C)   easier for slaves to sue for their freedom
D)   easier for slaves to purchase their freedom
E)   more difficult for plantation owners to reclaim their escaped slavesF) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

In the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision, the court ruled that________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   an African American could not be a citizen of the United States
B)   Congress had the power to prohibit slavery in federal territories
C)   the Missouri Compromise was constitutional
D)   the Democratic platform was unconstitutional
E)   African Americans could sue through the court systemF) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

When the House voted on the Wilmot Proviso, the vote was split along________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   party lines
B)   sectional lines
C)   religious lines
D)   socioeconomic lines
E)   gender linesF) A) and B)
G) All of the above B

Question 12

Why did Uncle Tom's Cabin have such an emotional impact Americans in the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)   It portrayed southerners as greedy, immoral barbarians.
B)   It portrayed northern abolitionists as heroic defenders of morality.
C)   It showed that slaves were just as evil as the slave owners.
D)   It portrayed slavery as a necessary evil that needed to be preserved.
E)   It portrayed slavery as a threat to the family and the Cult of Domesticity.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

In the 1850s, the most important example of literary abolitionism was________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   Uncle Tom's Cabin
B)   The Impending Crisis of the South
C)   Tom Sawyer
D)   Up from Slavery
E)   Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlF) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

The growing division between North and South during the 1840s and 1850s________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   was primarily expressed in political terms
B)   was entirely expressed in legal, constitutional terms
C)   had little impact on the common man
D)   was increasingly seen in cultural and intellectual terms
E)   had reached an uneasy but peaceful stalemate by 1860F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

The political party known especially for its anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic philosophy was the

Accepted Answer

A)   Free-Soil Party
B)   Whig Party
C)   Know-Nothing Party
D)   Democratic Party
E)   Liberty PartyF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 16

The Republican Party's nominating convention for the presidential election revealed that it

Accepted Answer

A)   received broad-based support throughout the nation
B)   was primarily a sectional party
C)   was a party of farmers and laborers
D)   was the party of southern planters
E)   struggled in its first years of existenceF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

A smaller conflict over slavery, which prefigured the American Civil War, was fought in which state during the late 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)   Missouri
B)   Kansas
C)   South Carolina
D)   Tennessee
E)   TexasF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 18

In the Pottawatomie Massacre,________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   John Brown and his followers killed five Native Americans in a land dispute
B)   a mob of angry settlers attacked and killed five escaped slaves
C)   an escaped slave killed a family of five white settlers
D)   John Brown killed eight abolitionists in Kansas
E)   John Brown and his followers killed five proslavery settlers in cold bloodF) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 19

Nativists disliked Irish and German immigrants because so many of the immigrants were

Accepted Answer

A)   communists
B)   illiterate
C)   Jewish
D)   Roman Catholic
E)   atheistsF) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 20

The first broad, sectional, antislavery party was the________	.

Accepted Answer

A)   Free-Soil Party
B)   Whig Party
C)   Republican Party
D)   Democratic Party
E)   Know-Nothing PartyF) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Exam 14: The Sectional Crisis, 1846-1861

Why was Abraham Lincoln chosen as the Republican presidential candidate for the 1860 election over front-runner Senator William H. Seward?

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The radical abolitionist________ burned a copy of the Constitution to protest slavery.

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Between 1856 and 1860, the explosive tensions between________ led to a growing sense that the two groups could no longer coexist in the same nation.

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What best explains the rapid growth of the Republican Party in the 1850s?

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Why did the Whig Party's candidate fail overwhelmingly in the 1852 presidential campaign?

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The most outrageous component of the Compromise of 1850 was the________ .

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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, involved________ .

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Northern evangelicalism focused on________ , while southern evangelicalism focused on

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As a result of the revised Fugitive Slave Law in the Compromise of 1850, it became________ .

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In the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision, the court ruled that________ .

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When the House voted on the Wilmot Proviso, the vote was split along________ .

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Why did Uncle Tom's Cabin have such an emotional impact Americans in the 1850s?

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In the 1850s, the most important example of literary abolitionism was________ .

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The growing division between North and South during the 1840s and 1850s________ .

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The political party known especially for its anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic philosophy was the

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The Republican Party's nominating convention for the presidential election revealed that it

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A smaller conflict over slavery, which prefigured the American Civil War, was fought in which state during the late 1850s?

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In the Pottawatomie Massacre,________ .

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Nativists disliked Irish and German immigrants because so many of the immigrants were

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The first broad, sectional, antislavery party was the________ .

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