Question 1

The issue of runaway slaves was important to most southerners because

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A)  the South was losing a significant and irreplaceable portion of its labor force.
B)  the overwhelming success of the Underground Railroad posed critical and immediate threat to the southern way of life.
C)  while the overall loss of property was relatively insignificant, the loss of honor and the passing of moral judgments by northerners were felt more.
D)  escaped slaves would likely organize a black army to stage armed rebellions against white southern planters and their plantations.
E)  escaped slaves would travel North or to Canada and quickly undermine the legitimacy of southerners' racial superiority theories among political leaders of the North and the South.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William H. Seward

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Question 3

Congress Legislates a Civil War
 
-____ Washington, D.C.

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Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-popular sovereignty

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Question 5

For a short time in the 1850s, William Walker, an American adventurer, seized political and military control of

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A)  Nicaragua.
B)  Cuba.
C)  Japan.
D)  El Salvador.
E)  Puerto Rico.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E) A

Question 6

The United States' victory in the Mexican War resulted in all of the following except

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A)  renewed controversy over the issue of extending slavery into the territories.
B)  a possible split in the Whig and Democrat parties over slavery.
C)  the cession by Mexico of an enormous amount of land to the United States.
D)  a rush of settlers to new American territory in California.
E)  acquisition of the Oregon territory.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 7

An event that helped prompt the congressional enactment of the Compromise of 1850 was when President Zachary Taylor

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A)  led an invasion of Texas to halt its attempts to take part of New Mexico.
B)  supported fellow southerner John C.Calhoun's plan for union.
C)  died suddenly and a conciliatory Millard Fillmore became president.
D)  resigned the presidency and a conciliatory James Buchanan became president.
E)  decided not to run for re-election.F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 8

The Wilmot Proviso, if adopted, would have

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A)  prevented the taking of any territory from Mexico.
B)  required California to enter the Union as a slave state.
C)  overturned the Fugitive Slave Law.
D)  prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War.
E)  authorized slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War.F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 9

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The political consequences of the Kansas-Nebraska Act included the

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A)  organization of the Know-Nothing party.
B)  splitting of the Democratic party.
C)  revival of a unified Whig party in the North and South.
D)  swift organization and popular rise of the Republican party in the North and West.
E)  rise of the Free Soil party.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E) B, D

Question 10

Historians have attributed all of the following to Douglas's motives for championing the Kansas-Nebraska Act except

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A)  a possible presidential bid in 1856.
B)  political recklessness and impulsivity on the part of Douglas.
C)  his inability to recognize and appreciate that Northerners did feel deeply about extending slavery into the western territories.
D)  he had financially invested in railroad stock that would appreciate with the construction of a transcontinental railroad passing through Kansas and Nebraska territories to be organized following enactment of this law.
E)  his deep passion and long-standing commitment to addressing and solving the vexing slavery issue in the United States.F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 11

Senator John C. Calhoun's plan to protect the South and slavery and maintain the Union involved all of the following except

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A)  maintain the legality of slavery where it existed in states and certain western territories.
B)  return runaway slaves back to their slaveowners in the South.
C)  an impractical, unwieldy political scheme of electing two presidents, one from the North and one from the South, each possessing an executive veto.
D)  restore the political balance in the Senate of free states and slave states.
E)  prevent the spread of slavery in the California territory.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 12

Which of the following was not among the issues that concerned southerners in 1849-1850?

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A)  The political balance in the Senate might tip against them.
B)  The admission of California as a free state might set a precedent for Utah and New Mexico.
C)  Northern abolitionists were agitating against slavery in the District of Columbia.
D)  The loss of runaway slaves through the Underground Railroad.
E)  There was a growing chance that a constitutional amendment would abolish slavery.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 included all of the following provisions except

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A)  the requirement that fugitive slaves be returned from Canada.
B)  denial of a jury trial to runaway slaves.
C)  denial of fleeing slaves' right to testify on their own behalf.
D)  the penalty of imprisonment for northerners who helped slaves to escape.
E)  a higher payment to the federal official responsible for determining the case of a fugitive if the official determined that the fugitive was a slave and not a free black person.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Opium War

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Question 15

Congress Legislates a Civil War
 
-____ Nashville

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-____ Nashville...

Question 16

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Presidential candidates in the 1848 election included

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A)  Martin Van Buren.
B)  Henry Clay.
C)  Lewis Cass.
D)  Zachary Taylor.
E)  Winfield Scott.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

The American military leader whose strategic military and diplomatic mission opened Japan up to the United States in 1853-1854 was

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A)  William Walker.
B)  Winfield Scott.
C)  Lafcadio Hearn.
D)  Clayton Bulwer.
E)  Matthew Perry.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 18

In the Compromise of 1850, Congress determined that slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories was

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A)  to be banned.
B)  protected by federal law.
C)  to be decided by popular sovereignty.
D)  to be ignored until either territory applied for admission to statehood.
E)  to be decided by the Supreme Court.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above C

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

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Question 20

To what extent was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 a serious mistake for southern interests?

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Exam 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

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Which of the following was not among the issues that concerned southerners in 1849-1850?

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The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 included all of the following provisions except

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Opium War

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Congress Legislates a Civil War -____ Nashville

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

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