Deck 12: Expansion, Slavery, and the Coming of the Civil War, 1848-1861

Question 1

The election of 1852 was won by

A) ​Franklin Pierce.
B) ​Martin Van Buren.
C) ​John P. Hale.
D) ​Winfield Scott.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Political machines relied on rewards to gain voter loyalty.​

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The border states seceded from the Union right after South Carolina.​

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The Free Soil Party appealed to all of the following except ​

A) ​Democrats who favored the Wilmot Proviso.
B) ​anti-slavery Whigs.
C) ​former Liberty Party Men.
D) ​pro-slavery southern Democrats.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 5

The principle of free soil promoted​

A) ​emancipation.
B) ​that free territory should be given to settlers out west who developed the land.
C) ​that Congress had the right to restrict slavery in the western territories.
D) ​that Congress did not have the right to restrict slavery in the western territories.
E) None of these are correct.​

Question 6

​ John Brown emerged from his raid on Harper's Ferry ​as a national hero and lived to see the conclusion of the Civil War.

Question 7

The principle of popular sovereignty argued that ultimately, _______________ ____  should have the power to decide whether or not there would be slavery in a particular territory.​

A) ​Congress
B) ​the president
C) ​the territory's residents
D) ​the territorial governor
E) ​the territorial legislature

Question 8

The Wilmot Proviso​

A) ​encouraged slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico.
B) ​sought to prevent slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico.
C) ​lead the South to secede.
D) ​wanted the decision on slavery in the western territories to be left up to popular sovereignty.
E) ​called for compensated emancipation of slaves.

Question 9

​Martin Delaney advanced the notion that free blacks and runaway slaves build a black homeland in Central America and West Africa.

Question 10

The Revolutions of 1848 were permanent and lead to long-established republics.​

Question 11

Americans built the first transcontinental railroad outside the nation's borders.​

Question 12

​ After the Compromise of 1850, there was a major realignment within the United States' major political parties.​

Question 13

Americans welcomed the news of the Revolutions of 1848 with massive rallies in several American cities.

Question 14

The Communist Manifesto was published by ​

A) ​Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
B) ​Louis Kossuth.
C) ​Louis Napoleon.
D) ​Nathaniel Hawthorne
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 15

The Revolutions of 1848 spread through​

A) ​the United States.
B) ​Europe.
C) ​Mexico.
D) ​Latin America.
E) ​the American South.

Question 16

The Crittenden Compromise postponed secession for two years.​

Question 17

The Revolutions of 1848 promoted​

A) ​abolitionism.
B) ​racial equality.
C) ​nationalism and republicanism.
D) imperialism.
E) ​monarchical interests.

Question 18

Young America promoted​

A) ​emancipation.
B) ​slavery.
C) ​expansion of U.S. influence.
D) ​isolationism.
E) restoration of Indian territories.

Question 19

Which of the following is true about the Compromise of 1850?​

A) ​It was highly debated in Congress.
B) ​California was admitted as a free state.
C) ​It prohibited the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
D) ​Slavery was permitted in New Mexico and Utah territories under popular sovereignty.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 20

California became so populated during the Gold Rush that it skipped territorial status and qualified for statehood.​

Question 21

A treaty of Hawaiian annexation​

A) ​was proposed in 1854.
B) ​was promoted by Americans who held key ministerial posts.
C) ​was negotiated by an envoy of President Pierce.
D) ​was never signed due to debates over the issue of slavery.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 22

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850​

A) ​added stricter restrictions than those of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.
B) ​was part of the Compromise of 1850.
C) ​strengthened the federal government's control over the capture and prosecution of runaway slaves.
D) ​denied captured suspects a trial by jury.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 23

Which of the following was a motivating factor for the expansion of United States influence in Asia?​

A) ​commercial opportunity
B) it was seen as the culminating phase in frontier expansion​
C) ​the potential spread of Protestant Christianity
D) ​the potential spread of Western science and republican institutions
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 24

Which of the following was not a principle of the Young Americans?​

A) ​championing of American literature
B) ​the promotion of railroads
C) ​the promotion of western settlement
D) opposition to the Democratic party.
E) ​support for republican movements abroad

Question 25

The Ostend Manifesto​

A) ​called for the United States to purchase or seize Cuba.
B) ​was written in 1854.
C) was addressed to President Pierce.​
D) ​led to the purchase of Cuba making its way onto the Democratic Party platform.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 26

The Kansas-Nebraska​ Act

A) ​divided the unorganized Louisiana Purchase territories into the Kansas and Nebraska.
B) ​left the issue of slavery up to popular sovereignty.
C) ​fueled sectional division.
D) ​overturned the territorial restrictions on slavery established by the Missouri Compromise.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 27

​The North Star promoted

A) ​slavery.
B) ​abolitionism.
C) ​missionary efforts abroad.
D) ​imperialism.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 28

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written in​

A) ​1845.
B) ​1847.
C) ​1850.
D) ​1852.
E) ​1854.

Question 29

The Taiping Rebellion​

A) ​left more than 20 million people dead.
B) ​took place in China.
C) ​took place from 1850-1864.
D) ​was the century's bloodiest civil war.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 30

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in ​

A) ​1848.
B) ​1850.
C) ​1852.
D) ​1854.
E) ​1856.

Question 31

_______________ ____  proposed organizing the Louisiana Purchase territories ​west of the Missouri River.

A) ​Henry Clay.
B) ​Stephen Douglass.
C) ​Abraham Lincoln.
D) ​Franklin Pierce.
E) ​John C. Calhoun.

Question 32

The "Great Hunger" was a potato famine that took place in ​

A) ​England.
B) ​Ireland.
C) ​France.
D) Spain.​
E) Italy.

Question 33

​The Ostend Manifesto was addressed to

A) ​Cuba.
B) ​Spain.
C) ​the United States.
D) ​Mexico.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 34

The Treaty of Kanagawa​

A) ​was signed in 1854.
B) ​was a treaty between the United States and Japan.
C) ​was an unequal treaty.
D) ​provided protection for shipwrecked crews on American vessels.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 35

In 1855, William Walker, through the use of military force, declared himself the president of ​

A) ​Mexico.
B) ​Panama.
C) ​Nicaragua.
D) ​Baja California.
E) ​Colombia.

Question 36

Which of the following is not true about Harriet Beecher Stowe? ​

A) ​She was an abolitionist.
B) ​She had never seen a slave plantation.
C) ​Her family had harbored runaway slaves in their home.
D) ​She and her family were from Georgia.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 37

The Underground Railroad​

A) ​helped slaves escape to the North.
B) ​helped return escaped slaves to their owners.
C) ​helped recruit anti-slavery voters for territorial elections.
D) ​was a political party.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 38

​Uncle Tom's Cabin

A) ​was a sentimental tale about slaves and slavery.
B) ​sold 250,000 copies in its first year of publication.
C) ​was condemned by Southerners as misleading propaganda.
D) ​was accepted by Northerners as an accurate portrayal of slavery.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 39

The most famous of the Underground Railroad conductors was ​

A) ​Harriet Tubman.
B) ​Stephen Douglass.
C) ​Dred Scott.
D) ​William Lloyd Garrison.
E) ​Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Question 40

The main purpose behind organizing the Louisiana Purchase territory west of the Missouri River was

A) ​the resolve the issue of slavery.
B) ​to resolve the issue of resettling Native Americans.
C) ​to enable the building of a transcontinental railroad.
D) ​to encourage the establishment of abolitionist governments in the region.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 41

The Civil War began in ​

A) ​1859.
B) ​1860.
C) ​1861.
D) ​1862.
E) ​1863.

Question 42

Southern slaveholders​

A) ​rejected compensated emancipation.
B) ​wanted to expand slavery into the frontier.
C) ​formed a sectional block since slavery was concentrated in one region of the country.
D) ​imagined the Confederacy as a successful independent nation due to world-wide demand for cotton.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 43

The Know-Nothings were a(n) _______________ ____  political party.​

A) ​anti-immigrant
B) ​anti-slavery
C) ​pro-slavery
D) ​pro-immigration
E) ​pro-Native American rights

Question 44

Bleeding Kansas was a conflict between​

A) ​Native Americans and white settlers.
B) ​slaves and slave owners.
C) ​settlers and tax collectors.
D) ​pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 45

Besides the United States, the only other nation where abolition came as a result of warfare was​

A) ​Haiti.
B) ​Cuba.
C) ​Brazil.
D) ​Panama.
E) ​Colombia.

Question 46

The Civil War began in ​

A) ​Fort Anderson.
B) ​Harpers' Ferry.
C) ​Fort Sumter.
D) ​Richmond.
E) ​Pensacola.

Question 47

John Brown's Raid took place in

A) ​Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
B) ​Richmond, Virginia.
C) ​Charleston, South Carolina.
D) ​Raleigh, North Carolina.
E) ​New Orleans, Louisiana.

Question 48

Which of the following is true about the election of 1860?​

A) ​It was a four-way race.
B) ​Lincoln won every northern state except New Jersey.
C) ​Lincoln won a plurality in the popular vote.
D) ​Lincoln won a decisive victory in the electoral college.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 49

The main issue of the Republican Party platform was ​

A) ​advocating for the rights of slaveholders.
B) ​stopping the spread of slavery into the western territories.
C) ​stopping the flow of immigrants into the United States.
D) ​encouraging American expansionism abroad.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 50

The first state to pass an ordinance of secession was ​

A) ​Georgia.
B) ​South Carolina.
C) ​Mississippi.
D) ​North Carolina.
E) ​Florida.

Question 51

The fire eaters defended

A) ​factory laborers in the Northeast.
B) ​the rights of slaves.
C) ​the interest of slave owners.
D) ​the rights of immigrants.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 52

Most of the immigrants who came to the United States from 1831-1860 came from

A) ​Italy.
B) ​Germany.
C) ​Ireland.
D) ​England.
E) ​China.

Question 53

The Crittenden Compromise was intended to ​

A) ​fuel secession.
B) ​stop secession.
C) ​fuel abolitionism.
D) contest the results of the 1860 election.
E) ​punish the southern states that sought to secede.

Question 54

Which of the following is not true about the Dred Scott decision?​

A) ​It was passed in 1857.
B) ​It stated that blacks were ineligible for citizenship.
C) ​It granted Dred Scott his freedom.
D) It declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 55

Bleeding Kansas took place in ​

A) ​1845.
B) 1846.​
C) ​1848.
D) ​1852.
E) ​1856.

Question 56

The Republican Party was formed in

A) ​1845.
B) ​1847.
C) ​1848.
D) ​1854.
E) ​1858.

Question 57

John Brown's Raid took place in

A) ​1849.
B) ​1852.
C) ​1854.
D) ​1859.
E) ​1860.

Question 58

After the battle at Fort Sumter,​

A) ​Lincoln called for seventy-five thousand Union militiamen.
B) ​Four more states seceded.
C) ​The Confederate capital was moved to Richmond.
D) ​Both sides in the war formed definitively.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 59

Lecompton Constitution

A) ​was a proslavery constitution.
B) ​was not ratified by Congress.
C) ​was written for Kansas.
D) ​was drafted in 1857.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 60

​Which of the following was not a border state?

A) ​Maryland.
B) ​Missouri.
C) ​Tennessee.
D) ​Delaware.
E) ​Kentucky.

Question 61

Talk About:  Stephen Douglass​

Question 62

Talk About:  Henry Clay​

Question 63

Talk About:  John C. Calhoun​

Question 64

Talk About:  Young America​

Question 65

Talk About:  free soil​

Question 66

Talk About:  Treaty of Kanagawa​

Question 67

Talk About:  Louis Napoleon

Question 68

Talk About:  Franklin Pierce

Question 69

Talk About:  popular sovereignty ​

Question 70

Talk About:  spheres of influence ​

Question 71

Talk About:  Ostend Manifesto​

Question 72

Talk About:  Lewis Cass​

Question 73

Talk About:  unequal treaties​

Question 74

Talk About:  William Walker​

Question 75

Talk About:  Compromise of 1850​

Question 76

Talk About:  Clayton-Bulwer Treaty​

Question 77

Talk About: Wilmot Proviso​

Question 78

Talk About:  Revolutions of 1848

Question 79

Talk About:  Taiping Rebellion​

Question 80

Talk About:  Narciso López