Question 1

The Compromise of 1850 included a Fugitive Slave Act.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

President James K.Polk

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A)   entered office with very few concrete plans about what he wanted to achieve.
B)   helped his candidacy for office by expressing a desire to re-annex Texas.
C)   had not held any significant electoral office before becoming president.
D)   opposed the occupation of Oregon.
E)   was generally a pacifist, but was ultimately pushed into faster occupation of the West.

Question 3

The Dred Scott decision represented a stunning defeat for the pro-slavery movement.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Could the Civil War have been avoided?

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Question 5

In 1836,an attack by Mexican forces on the Alamo mission

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A)   saw the American garrison executed after it had surrendered.
B)   saw the death of Davy Crockett.
C)   began the Mexican War.
D)   led Americans in Texas to proclaim their independence from Mexico.
E)   was a surprising victory for American forces in Texas.

Question 6

In 1836,Texas did not immediately join the United States in part because

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A)   Congress feared that giving statehood to Texas might lead to war with Mexico.
B)   the American leadership in Texas delayed in applying for statehood.
C)   President Andrew Jackson thought that action would add to sectional tensions.
D)   England had forged its own political ties to Texas.
E)   Texas settlers overwhelmingly did not want to be part of the United States.

Question 7

Southern defenders of slavery made all the following arguments EXCEPT that

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A)   southern slaves enjoyed better conditions than northern industrial workers.
B)   blacks were inherently unfit to take care of themselves.
C)   slavery allowed whites and blacks to live together peacefully.
D)   black codes protected slaves from abuse.
E)   the southern way of life was superior to any other in the world.

Question 8

The Chinese who came to California during the gold rush

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A)   typically planned to remain permanently in the state.
B)   usually came with their families.
C)   more often worked as merchants than miners.
D)   had aspirations similar to those of American participants.
E)   found themselves banned from working in the mines.

Question 9

________ led the raid on Harpers Ferry,Virginia,attempting to seize control of the federal arsenal.

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Question 10

The political party that came into being largely in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act was the

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A)   Republican Party.
B)   Know-Nothings.
C)   Populist Party.
D)   Abolitionist Party.
E)   Jayhawk Party.

Question 11

During the 1840s,the United States added more than one ________ square miles of new territory under its control.

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Question 12

________ stated that southerners should stop apologizing for slavery and defend it as "a good-a positive good."

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Question 13

The ideology of Free-Soil included

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A)   opposition to the expansion of slavery.
B)   a call to end slavery in the United States as soon as possible.
C)   the use of military force to suppress slavery.
D)   the argument that slavery was tremendously harmful to American blacks.
E)   an argument for black male suffrage.

Question 14

American diplomats issued the ________ Manifesto in an effort to acquire Cuba.

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Question 15

The United States and Great Britain agreed on the "joint occupation" of ________.

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Question 16

Since 1800,what were the factors in the regional development of the United States that made civil war more likely?

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Question 17

The presidential election of 1844

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A)   was a contest between Henry Clay and Martin Van Buren.
B)   was a contest between two solidly pro-expansionists.
C)   was won by a Democrat.
D)   saw a northerner win the presidency.
E)   was primarily a referendum on the leadership of John Tyler.

Question 18

The Kansas-Nebraska Act helped create the Republican Party.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Why were the Democratic presidents of the 1850s so ineffectual?

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The Democratic presidents of the 1850s, ...

Question 20

The Democrats ran two candidates in the election of 1860.

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A) True 
 B)False

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________ stated that southerners should stop apologizing for slavery and defend it as "a good-a positive good."

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