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Pregunta 1
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In the above passage (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1851), Emerson is critical of which act as being "this filthy enactment"?
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The designation of an arbitrary dividing line between slave and free states
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An act allowing Congress to upset the balance of power in the Senate in favor of slave states
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Federal law requiring states to assist in the capture and return of slaves
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A Supreme Court decision that prevent Congress from banning slavery in the territories
Pregunta 2
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The above passage (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1851) could be construed as encouraging northern states to
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emancipate slaves
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violate federal law
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oppose the restrictions on the discussion of slavery in the U.S. House of Representatives
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violate personal liberty laws
Pregunta 3
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The act referenced above (Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1851) was part of a compromise to
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allow Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state.
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allow a southern route for a transcontinental railroad.
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allow California to enter the Union as a free state.
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end the threat of southern states nullifying the protective tariff.
Pregunta 4
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The above letter (Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley) helps to best explain which of the following?
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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The ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment
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The establishment of the Freedmens' Bureau
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Congressional Reconstruction
Pregunta 5
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The Emancipation Proclamation was most designed to
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free all slaves
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prevent a British alliance with the Confederacy
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spur on enlistments in the Union army
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end slavery in the border states
Pregunta 6
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Which of the following was NOT a result of the Civil War?
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The theory of perpetual union was validated.
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The South became the industrial center of the nation by 1877.
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Wartime legislation encourage westward expansion.
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The Republican Party dominated the presidency until 1884.
Pregunta 7
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The Mexican-American War resulted in
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Texas being annexed by the United States
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the elimination of slavery west of the Mississippi.
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the breaking of U.S. diplomatic relations with Spain.
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renewed debate over the expansion of slavery
Pregunta 8
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The territory that the United States gain as a result of the Mexican-American War
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led to the division of Kansas and Nebraska into separate territories.
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entered the Union slave free as a result of the Wilmot Proviso.
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was largely unsuited to slavery.
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put to rest the idea that popular sovereignty was a workable means of governing the extensions of slavery into the territories
Pregunta 9
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The Mexican-American War and its aftermath led most directly to which of the following?
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A northern majority in the legislative branch
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Completion of the transcontinental railroad
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An easing of sectional tension
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Secession of South Carolina from the Union
Pregunta 10
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The Republican Party platform of 1860 was an indication that the party
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supported the abolition of slavery.
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sought to broaden its appeal to include southerners.
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maintained the fundamental principles on which it was founded.
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was moving toward a more nativist stance.
Pregunta 11
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The Republican Party platform of 1860 attempted to broaden its appeal to include
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northern manufacturing interests.
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a southern route for a transcontinental railroad.
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support for filibustering expeditions into Latin America.
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Know-Nothing supporters who had cost them the election of 1856.
Pregunta 12
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The most immediate result of Lincoln's election in 1860 was that
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attempts at compromise were abandoned.
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the Civil War began.
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South Carolina seceded from the Union.
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the Emancipation Proclamation was made public.
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