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18 Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Question 1 of 25

1

Democratic politicians and others attempted to avoid the issue of slavery in the territories by saying ti should be left to "popular sovereignty"?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 2 of 25

1

The doctrine of popular sovereignty, as embraced in the mid-nineteenth century, is best defined as:

Select one of the following:

  • placing the power of the federal government above that of the states

  • giving the people of a territory or state the right to decide the slavery issue for themselves

  • the notion that government is subject to the will of the people

  • allowing Congress to decide the issue of slavery prior to admitting a new state

  • putting the good of the majority ahead of individual desires

Explanation

Question 3 of 25

1

The Free Soil party consisted of a small, unified band of radical abolitionists

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 25

1

Who were the Free-Soilers?

Select one of the following:

  • A political faction in the South that embraced slavery in the territories

  • A political group supporting the rights of squatters to keep the land they developed in the West

  • A northern-based political party that supported the Wilmot Proviso and banning slavery in the territories

  • An abolitionist political party that sought the immediate end of slavery and the granting of land plots to freedmen

  • A political coalition of farmers that sought to curb the excesses of industrial development

Explanation

Question 5 of 25

1

The California Gold Rush of 1849 diverted the nation's attention from slavery

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 6 of 25

1

Which of these statements is NOT true about the California Gold Rush of 1849?

Select one of the following:

  • It made many "forty-niners" rich

  • It fueled lawlessness in the California territory

  • It led California to seek rapid admission as a state

  • It sent tens of thousands of people into the territory and overwhelmed state government and resources

  • It re-ignited the slavery debate

Explanation

Question 7 of 25

1

Southerners demanded a more efficient fugitive slave law to stop the "Underground Railroad" from running escaped slaves to Canada

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 25

1

The Underground Railroad is best defined as a:

Select one of the following:

  • group of businessmen seeking monopoly control over the burgeoning railroad industry

  • secret network of slave owners, banding together to recapture runaway slaves

  • black market for trade goods designed to circumvent protective tariffs

  • network of safe places that hid runaway slaves on their journey north to freedom

  • system for illegally smuggling slaves from Africa into the United States after 1808

Explanation

Question 9 of 25

1

In the Senate debate of 1850, Calhoun spoke for compromise, while Clay and Webster each defended his own section's interests.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 25

1

Which of the agreements was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850, which kept the Union together?

Select one of the following:

  • California was admitted as a free state

  • New Mexico and Utah were allowed to decide the slave question independently

  • A more severe fugitive slave law was enacted

  • Texas received $10 million from the federal government for ceding some of its land to New Mexico

  • Slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia

Explanation

Question 11 of 25

1

The provision of the Compromise of 1850 that aroused the fiercest northern opposition was the Fugitive Slave Law.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 25

1

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was hated in the North for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Select one of the following:

  • it denied slaves the right to testify on their own behalf

  • northerners who helped slaves escape could receive heavy fines and jail terms

  • southerners could require compensation from the federal government for runaway slaves that were not found

  • northerners could be required to help recapture runaway slaves

  • commissioners would receive more compensation for declaring a runaway slave a "fugitive" than they would receive if they declared them "free"

Explanation

Question 13 of 25

1

The Whig Party disappeared because its northern and southern wings were too deeply split over the Fugitive Slave Law and other sectional issues

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 25

1

What was the major significance of the presidential election of 1852?

Select one of the following:

  • it proved a triumph for the Compromise of 1850

  • it marked the beginning of the end for the Whig party

  • It put America's first "dark horse" candidate in the White House

  • It launched a new Era of Good Feelings across the nation

  • It pitted two war heroes against each other as candidates for America's highest office.`

Explanation

Question 15 of 25

1

The Pierce administration's expansionist efforts in Central America, Cuba, and the Gadsden Purchase were basically designed to serve southern proslavery interests

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 25

1

The United States and New Grenada (Columbia) signed a vital treaty in 1848 that:

Select one of the following:

  • gave the United States the right to travel across the isthmus in exchange for its military neutrality

  • provided the United States with exclusive use of the isthmus in exchange for military defense of New Grenada

  • broke ground on what would become the Panama Canal

  • united the two countries against incursions into Central America by England and other European powers.

  • welcomed U.S. expansion into Central America in exchange for assistance with new transportation systems.

Explanation

Question 17 of 25

1

What made the Ostend Manifesto so controversial?

Select one of the following:

  • It represented an attempt at U.S. expansion into Asian territory

  • It demonstrated northern interest in blocking the further acquisition of slave territories

  • It was a secret plan by the United States to buy or take Cuba

  • It had the backing of Spain, France, and England

  • It was a declaration of war if Spain did not release the captured American ship Black Warrior

Explanation

Question 18 of 25

1

The importance of the Treaty of Wanghia (1844) was that it:

Select one of the following:

  • gave the United States access to Japanese markets

  • banned tariffs on U.S. imports to Japan and China

  • granted the United States coaling rights in Japan

  • gave China the right to try Americans accused of crimes in China in Chinese courts

  • was the first formal treaty and trad agreement between China and the United States

Explanation

Question 19 of 25

1

Why was the Gadsden Purchase such a contentious issue?

Select one of the following:

  • The $5 million purchase price was outrageously high

  • It furthered southern designs for locating a trans-continental railroad there

  • It would add a new slave territory and ultimately tip the balance between free and slave states.

  • It sparked a renewed debate about the process for admitting new territories and staes

  • It further eroded U.S. and Mexico relations

Explanation

Question 20 of 25

1

The main push behind the discussions about building a transcontinental railroad in the mid 1800's was the:

Select one of the following:

  • need to boost the southern economy

  • need to create jobs and pull the nation out of an economic depression

  • goal of connecting the Pacific Coast territories with the rest of the nation

  • desire for new markets for northern manufactured goods

  • goal of stimulating Midwestern development

Explanation

Question 21 of 25

1

The Kansas-Nebraska Act heightened sectional tensions between the North and South in all the following ways EXCEPT that it:

Select one of the following:

  • repealed the Missouri Compromise

  • divided Nebraska into two territories that would decide the slavery question independently

  • heightened antislavery fervor in the North

  • led northerners to resist further compromise with the South

  • led to further enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act in the North

Explanation

Question 22 of 25

1

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the rise of the Republican party in the mid-1850's?

Select one of the following:

  • The bulk of its support was below the Mason-Dixon Line

  • It drew dissatisfied Whigs, Democrats, Free-Soilers, and Know-Nothings

  • It symbolized the increasing sectionalism that was leading the nation toward civil war

  • The party first emerged in the Midwest to protest against the Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Within two years, the party held the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Explanation

Question 23 of 25

1

Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska act was intended to organize western territories so that a transcontinental railroad could be built along a northern route

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 25

1

The Kansas-Nebraska Act wrecked the Compromise of 1850 and created deep divisions within the Democratic Party

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 25

1

The Republican Party was initially organized as a northern protest against Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation