Question 1

The first shots of the Civil War were fired when

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A)   South Carolina seceded.
B)   the Confederate States of America was established.
C)   Lincoln decided to hold a fort on southern soil.
D)   northern forces invaded Virginia.

Question 2

To what does "Bleeding Sumner"refer?

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A)   violence in a small town in Kansas
B)   violence on the floor of the U.S. Senate
C)   the agonized pleas on behalf of free labor made by a New York editor
D)   the threats of secession and armed defense of southern rights made by a southern Congressman

Question 3

Consider this statement: "Ever since the Revolution, when Americans accused the king and Parliament of deliberately plotting to deprive them of their liberties, Americans constantly looked for conspiracies and suspected the motives of political opponents."Give examples of the way in which northerners feared that the Slave Power was conspiring against them and southerners worried about the plots of the Black Republicans.

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Question 4

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott decision? Why did the decision fail to settle the slavery expansion issue?

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Question 5

Abraham Lincoln first won national prominence in a series of senatorial campaign confrontations known as the ________ debates.

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Question 6

The Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in

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A)   the restoration of the Missouri Compromise.
B)   the destruction of the Whig Party.
C)   the formation of the new Republican Party in the South.
D)   a virtual civil war in Kansas.

Question 7

The most important component of the ideology of the Republican Party at its founding was

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A)   a nationalist approach to economic development.
B)   free labor.
C)   immigration restriction.
D)   a repudiation of the Revolution and its acceptance of slavery.

Question 8

Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that was quickly adapted into a play, had a significant impact on northern opinion because it

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A)   took advantage of the fact that influential middle-class Americans were regular playgoers.
B)   introduced ordinary Americans to the literary classics.
C)   conveyed a moral condemnation of slavery.
D)   presented for the first time a factual account of the actual conditions of slavery in the South.

Question 9

The chapter introduction tells the stories of Lawrence and Pottawatomie, Kansas, to make the point that

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A)   westward migration continued despite the distractions of sectional strife.
B)   it was deliberate, violent acts by an extremist minority that sucked Americans into civil war.
C)   the ability of settlers in Kansas to disagree, yet still get along, shows that the Civil War was not necessarily inevitable.
D)   violence in Kansas discredited popular sovereignty, the only remaining compromise solution to the growing sectional split.

Question 10

Why did southern anxiety increase in the 1850s? What contributed to the South's sense of being beleaguered?

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Question 11

The first shot of the Civil War was fired by South Carolinians on Union forces at ________.

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Question 12

In his Freeport Doctrine, Douglas defended popular sovereignty despite the Dred Scott ruling by arguing that

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A)   the Scott case was not valid constitutional interpretation.
B)   if the people of a territory refused to pass a slave code, slavery would never be established there.
C)   Americans would stand behind congressional legislation to reverse the decision.
D)   strategic river cities that chose to ban slavery within their city limits would set the tone for the whole territory.

Question 13

The Republican Party

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A)   quickly won solid voter support in the elections of 1854 and 1855.
B)   prospered because of northern outrage over "Bleeding Sumner" and "Bleeding Kansas."
C)   won the presidency the first time it fielded a national ticket.
D)   advocated popular sovereignty to defuse the issue of slavery in the territories.

Question 14

Stephen Douglas pushed for the organization of territorial governments in the Louisiana Purchase in order to

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A)   slow down the opening of the West for the sake of economic development.
B)   accelerate the process of bringing the Plains Indians under federal control.
C)   fulfill his desire that the eastern terminus of the transcontinental railroad would be Chicago.
D)   help fulfill the aims of the Whig Party.

Question 15

In what order did the following states secede from the Union?

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A)   South Carolina; Virginia; Kentucky; Alabama
B)   Alabama; Virginia; South Carolina
C)   South Carolina; Alabama; Virginia
D)   Virginia; South Carolina; Kentucky; Alabama

Question 16

Why was the Kansas-Nebraska Act so controversial?

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A)   Because it worked to the advantage of Douglas's home state, southerners felt betrayed.
B)   Because it overturned a policy on slavery already in place, northerners felt betrayed.
C)   Because it did not provide for land grants along with territorial government, westerners felt betrayed.
D)   Because it would attract immigrants who would vote Democrat, Whigs felt betrayed.

Question 17

Known as the Know-Nothings, the American Party was strongly anti-immigrant and, because of the church's "undemocratic"hierarchy, anti-________.

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The answer of Known as the Know-Nothings, the American Party...

Question 18

Which of the following does NOT characterize the American economy in the 1840s and 1850s?

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A)   Transportation improvements on land and water, especially the rise of the railroad, transformed the American economy.
B)   Agriculture remained largely unaffected by technology, and thus diminished in importance as a component of the market economy.
C)   The maturing factory system employed a growing industrial workforce, increasingly foreign-born.
D)   Water power was increasingly being replaced by steam power.

Question 19

What group was particularly susceptible to the appeal of the Know-Nothing Party?

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A)   southern Whigs
B)   western farmers
C)   young, native-born workers
D)   the elderly

Question 20

The presidential election of 1860 was really two contests in one: Breckinridge versus Bell in the South; and Lincoln versus ________ in the North.

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