Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Lincoln-Douglas debates

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Question 2

The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by

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A)   abolitionists.
B)   Republicans.
C)   popular-sovereignty proponents.
D)   proslavery southerners.
E)   conservative unionists.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Secessionists supported leaving the Union for all of the following reasons except

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A)   they were dismayed by the success of the Republican party.
B)   they believed that the North would not oppose their departure.
C)   the political balance seemed to be tipping against them.
D)   they were tired of abolitionist attacks.
E)   they believed that Republicans had been infiltrating their political ranks.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

In declaring their independence,the Confederate States relied heavily on the example of the

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A)   nullification crisis in South Carolina.
B)   principles of self-determination of the Declaration of Independence.
C)   Texas declaration of independence from Mexico.
D)   French Revolution.
E)   Protestant Reformation against the Catholic Church.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 5

Stephen A.Douglas argued,in his Freeport Doctrine,during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that

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A)   the Dred Scott decision was unconstitutional.
B)   slavery would stay down if the people voted it down no matter what the Supreme Court said.
C)   no matter what the people wanted, the Supreme Court was law.
D)   Congress should reopen the Atlantic slave trade.
E)   a new version of the Missouri Compromise was needed.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Match each figure below with his role in the 1856 presidential campaign.

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A)   A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
B)   A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
C)   A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
D)   A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
E)   A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

As a result of the panic of 1857,the South

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A)   became more economically dependent on the North.
B)   became hostile to Wall Street and the stock market.
C)   believed that it was economically superior to the North.
D)   began planning for an independent southern nation.
E)   saw the need to develop manufacturing.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 8

In his raid on Harpers Ferry,John Brown intended to

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A)   call upon the slaves to rise and establish a black free state.
B)   arouse the South to secede from the Union.
C)   stir West Virginia to break away from Virginia as a free state.
D)   demonstrate that blacks could fight for their freedom.
E)   seize weapons to start a guerrilla war against the federal government.F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 9

To what extent was the Crittenden Compromise a way to avoid Civil War? What modifications might have made it more attractive to both Lincoln and the South?

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Question 10

Assess the validity of the following statement,"Kansas provided a horrible example of the working of popular sovereignty."

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Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Beecher's Bibles"

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Question 12

As late as 1856,many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican because

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A)   of innate liberalism.
B)   the Democrats presented excellent candidates.
C)   many did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South.
D)   the Democrats were the only national party.
E)   All of theseF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-James Buchanan

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Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Harpers Ferry raid

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Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New England Immigrant Aid Society

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Question 16

In 1857,the Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that

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A)   slavery was inconsistent with the constitution and must be abolished.
B)   protection of slavery was guaranteed in all the territories of the West.
C)   slavery would be constitutional only in those areas that were already slave territories.
D)   abolition of slavery would be done only in those areas in which it is already abolished.
E)   slavery was constitutional, but the slave trade was unconstitutional.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Crittenden Compromise

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Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jefferson Davis

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Question 19

As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin,many northerners

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A)   found the book's portrayal of slavery too extreme.
B)   vowed to halt British and French efforts to help the Confederacy.
C)   rejected Hinton Helper's picture of the South and slavery.
D)   would have nothing to do with the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law.
E)   sent guns to antislavery settlers in Kansas ("Beecher's Bibles") .F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Freeport Doctrine

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New England Immigrant Aid Society

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To what extent was the Crittenden Compromise a way to avoid Civil War? What modifications might have made it more attractive to both Lincoln and the South?

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Beecher's Bibles"

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -James Buchanan

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