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19 Drifting Toward DisUnion, 1854-1861

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American Pageant; Chapter 19
Shari Anderson
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Question 1

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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin proved to be the most influential publication in arousing the northern and European public against the evils of slavery
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  • True
  • False

Question 2

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All of the following are true statements about Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel EXCEPT:
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  • it helped spark the Civil War
  • it was inspired by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
  • Stowe claimed that God wrote the book
  • it sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the United States and beyond
  • it relied on Stowe's many personal experiences and firsthand knowledge of slavery

Question 3

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Pro-Southern Kansas pioneers brought numerous slaves with them in order to guarantee that Kansas would not become a free state.
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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Why was the Lecompton Constitution considered a sly maneuver?
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  • It included provisions for allowing slavery in Kansas even if the people voted against slavery
  • It was an attempt to make Kansas a free state, despite earlier agreement that Kansas would be admitted as a slave state
  • It resolved competing land claims in favor of slaveholders
  • It sought to bypass normal preconditions for moving from territory status to statehood
  • It led to the establishment of two different governments in Kansas - one supporting slavery and the other supporting the abolitionist cause.

Question 5

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The violence in Kansas was provoked by both radical abolitionists and militant pro-slavery forces
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  • True
  • False

Question 6

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What was Preston Brooke's claim to fame?
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  • He was a pro-slavery congressman who staunchly defended his home state of South Carolina's position on including slavery in the new territories
  • He badly beat Senator Charles Sumner over a provocative speech against popular sovereignty and slavery
  • He challenged Sumner to a duel for having insulted his countrymen and a distant cousin
  • He was expelled from the House or Representatives for his violent outbursts
  • He staged an attack on Kansas that came to be known as Bleeding Kansas

Question 7

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By opposing the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution in Kansas, Senator Stephen A. Douglas was able to unite the Democratic party.
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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The Know-Nothing party, which first appeared oon teh political scene during the 1856 election, was so named because:
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  • of its hard line stand supporting new immigrants
  • of the secretive nature of the party
  • it chose as its presidential candidate a man who many joked did not know much about politics
  • it was a band of armed ruffians who secretly staged violent attacks on groups it disliked
  • it was known for planting negative stories about opposing candidates in newspapers and slinging mud behind the scenes

Question 9

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Both South Carolina and Massachusetts defiantly re-elected the principal figure in the Brooks-Sumner beating incident.
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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Which of the following was NOT part of the Supreme Court's ruling in the landmark Dred Scott case ?
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  • A slave could be taken into any state and remain a slave, regardless of whether the state itself was slave or free
  • The Compromise of 1820 was never constitutional
  • Northern states could be held legally accountable and required to offer compensation to slaveholders for not returning runaway slaves.
  • Dred Scott and his wife were to retain their slave status for life, unless their owner determined to set them free
  • As a slave, Dred Scott could not sue in federal courts

Question 11

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Although the Republican candidate (Fremont) lost to Buchanan, the election of 1856 demonstrated the growing power of the new antislavery party
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  • True
  • False

Question 12

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The economic crash of 1857 was caused by all of the following EXCEPT:
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  • inflated currency values
  • feverish land speculation
  • overproduction of grain
  • rapid decline in cotton prices overseas
  • the collapse of hundreds of businesses

Question 13

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The Dred Scott decision upheld the doctrine of popular sovereignty that the people of each territory should determine whether or not to permit slavery.
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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Why was Abraham Lincoln nicknamed "Honest Abe"?
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  • Because he emerged from humble circumstances to champion the cause of the common man
  • Because he worked hard, earned an education, and achieved everything on his own merits
  • Because, as a lawyer, he would decline cases that went against his conscience
  • Because of his impassioned and eloquent response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • Because he offered simple humble statements of his political principles when running for office

Question 15

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In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln's criticisms forced Douglas to back away from his support for popular sovereignty.
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  • True
  • False

Question 16

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The major significance of the famed Lincoln-Douglas Debate in 1858 was that it:
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  • led to Lincoln's victory against Douglas in the Illinois senate race
  • helped Lincoln's star to rise in the political arena, while Douglas's began to fall
  • led to passage of the Freemont Doctrine
  • was the first time two presidential candidates held a public debate
  • inspired Lincoln's nomination for vice president on the ticket with John Fremont

Question 17

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John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry failed to set off a slave uprising but succeeded in inflaming passions in both North and South
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  • True
  • False

Question 18

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Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
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  • He was not the abolitionist the South thought him to be
  • He was a majority president
  • His election gave South Carolina the excuse it needed to secede
  • His election was due to northern voters
  • He was not the first choice for the Republican party candidate

Question 19

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Lincoln's victory should not have caused fear in the South over slavery because:
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  • the Supreme Court was evenly split in terms North-South political views
  • the nation remained so politically divided that no majority will could have prevailed
  • there were more slave states than free states
  • Southern Democrats' control of the House would offset Northern Republicans' control of the Senate
  • It would require a constitutional amendment to end slavery in slave states, and there were enough votes to quash such an effort.

Question 20

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Lincoln made a strong effort to get the South to accept the Crittenden Compromise in order to avoid a civil war.
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  • True
  • False

Question 21

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Which of these states was NOT among the half-dozen that joined South Carolina in seceding within just six weeks?
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  • Alabama
  • Mississippi
  • Florida
  • Missouri
  • Texas

Question 22

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Lame duck President Buchanan did not move to block Southern states from seceding mainly because he:
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  • considered the move a bluff
  • hoped to negotiate a peace with the South
  • did not believe states could secede
  • was a pacifist and did not want to use force
  • did not want the North calling the shots

Question 23

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Which of the following were NOT among Southern justifications for secession
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  • They were exerting their majority political status and clout
  • They were inspired by nationalist movements around the globe
  • They thought they had voluntarily entered the Union and could voluntarily withdraw
  • They saw parallels between their own experience and that of the colonists and King George
  • They feared that the rise of the Republican Party signaled their eventual domination by the North

Question 24

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Hinton R. Helper's "The Impending Crisis of the South" contented that:
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  • slavery violated the essential principles of the U.S. Constitution
  • slavery was contrary to the religious values held by most Americans
  • slavery did great harm to the poor whites of the South
  • slavery violated the human rights of African-Americans

Question 25

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As presented to Congress, the Lecompton Constitution provided for:
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  • the admission of Kansas as a free state
  • a statewide referendum on slavery to be held after Kansas's admission to the Union
  • a prohibition against either New England or Missouri involvement in Kansas politics
  • the admission of Kansas as a slave state

Question 26

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The fanatical abolitionist John Brown made his first entry into violent antislavery politics by:
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  • killing 5 pro-slavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
  • organizing a slave rebellion in Missouri
  • leading an armed raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia
  • organizing an armed militia of blacks and whites to conduct escaped slaves to Canada

Question 27

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The Panic of 1857 encouraged the South to believe that:
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  • its economy was fundamentally stronger than that of the North
  • it ought to take new steps to develop its own banking and manufacturing institutions
  • it would be wise to support the Homestead Act
  • its economic future was closely tied to that of the North

Question 28

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A key issue in the Lincoln-Douglas debates was whether:
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  • secession from the Union was legal
  • the people of a territory could prohibit slavery in light of the Dred Scott decision
  • Illinois should continue to prohibit slavery
  • whether Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a slave or a free state

Question 29

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In the campaign of 1860, the Democratic Party
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  • tired to unite around the compromise "popular sovereignty" views of Stephen A. Douglas
  • campaigned on a platform of restoring the compromises of 1820 and 1850
  • split in two, with each faction nominating its own presidential candidate
  • threatened to support secession if the sectional-based Republicans won the election

Question 30

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Lincoln won the presidency
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  • with an electoral majority derived only from the North
  • with a majority of both the electoral and popular vote
  • primarily because of the divisions in the Democratic Party
  • with an electoral majority evenly derived from all sections of the nation.
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