Deck 13: A House Divided, 1840 -1861

Question 1

MATCHING
Preston Brooks

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Answer 1

caned Charles Sumner

Question 2

MATCHING
Abraham Lincoln

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Answer 2

1860 Republican presidential candidate

Question 3

MATCHING
Stephen Douglas

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Answer 3

author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 4

MATCHING
David Wilmot

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 5

MATCHING
William Walker

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 6

MATCHING
Free Soil Party

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 7

MATCHING
Henry David Thoreau

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 8

MATCHING
Kansas-Nebraska Act

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 9

MATCHING
John Brown

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 10

MATCHING
Martin Van Buren

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 11

MATCHING
Henry Clay

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 12

MATCHING
Dred Scott

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 13

MATCHING
Fugitive Slave Act

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 14

MATCHING
Ostend Manifesto

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 15

MATCHING
Wilmot Proviso

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 16

MATCHING
Compromise of 1850

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 17

MATCHING
Know-Nothing Party

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 18

MATCHING
manifest destiny

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 19

MATCHING
John Frémont

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 20

MATCHING
John Breckinridge

A)On Civil Disobedience
B)1848 Free Soil presidential candidate
C)author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
D)tried to attach bill to war declaration to ban slavery
E)author of the Compromise of 1850
F)caned Charles Sumner
G)a slave who sued for his freedom
H)led a raid on Harpers Ferry
I)1860 Republican presidential candidate
J)1860 southern Democratic presidential candidate
K)1856 Republican presidential candidate
L)filibustering

Question 21

Who wrote "On Civil Disobedience" as a response to the U.S. war with Mexico?

A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Ralph Waldo Emerson
C) David Walker
D) David Wilmot
E) Henry David Thoreau

Question 22

MATCHING
gold rush

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 23

Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren rejected adding Texas to the United States because:

A) the Texas Republic's congress opposed joining the United States, preferring to stay independent.
B) the Mexican army's resounding victory at the Alamo made them fearful of antagonizing a powerful government.
C) the population of Texas was too small to justify it.
D) Henry Clay wanted to add it and, as the Whig leader, he was their sworn enemy.
E) the presence of slaves there would re-ignite the issue of slavery, and they preferred to avoid it.

Question 24

American settlement in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s:

A) took place without approval from the Mexican government.
B) did not exceed the Mexican population there until the United States annexed Texas in 1845.
C) led Stephen Austin to demand more autonomy from Mexican officials.
D) included no slaves, because Mexico had banned slavery in its territory.
E) was in communities whose American-born residents were called Tejanos by their Mexican neighbors.

Question 25

When Democrats demanded the "re-annexation" of Texas in 1844, they

A) implied that Texas had once been part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase.
B) were consciously appealing to northern Whigs.
C) were seeking to take the slavery issue out of the presidential campaign.
D) neglected to say anything about the status of Oregon.
E) realized their stand would not be very popular in the South.

Question 26

When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821:

A) it was much smaller in area than the United States at the time.
B) California became a major American trading partner within half a decade.
C) its Native American population was relatively large compared to its non-Indian population.
D) its leaders founded new missions in California to assure continued Catholic power.
E) Americans immediately began settling in California in large numbers.

Question 27

With the exception of Alaska, what was the last piece of territory acquired by the United States toward the solidification of its present boundaries in North America?

A) the Mexican Cession
B) California
C) Oregon
D) the Gadsden Purchase
E) Texas

Question 28

"Fifty-four forty or fight" referred to demands for American control of:

A) Texas.
B) Oregon.
C) California.
D) Mexico.
E) Kansas and Nebraska.

Question 29

Which of the following statements related to ethnicity was true in California in the 1850s?

A) Thousands of Indian children were declared orphans and treated as slaves.
B) The state recognized more than 15,000 African-Americans as slaves of whites who had moved there.
C) Men of all backgrounds, except those from China, were allowed to vote and serve on juries.
D) Indian communities prospered by renting land and selling supplies to gold miners.
E) Wealthy Mexican landowners dominated the new state government and would do so until the 1880s.

Question 30

In 1821, the opening of the Santa Fe Trail between Santa Fe and ______________ led to a reorientation of New Mexico's commerce from the rest of Mexico to the United States.

A) Houston, Texas
B) San Diego, California
C) New Orleans, Louisiana
D) Omaha, Nebraska
E) Independence, Missouri

Question 31

During the Mexican War:

A) Mexican troops occupied much of Texas after winning at the Alamo.
B) the bulk of the fighting occurred in California.
C) for the first time, the U.S. troops occupied a foreign capital.
D) an American revolt in California led briefly to a monarchy.
E) Whigs strongly supported Polk's policies.

Question 32

The term "Californios" referred in the 1830s and 1840s to ____________ in California.

A) Mexican cattle ranchers
B) the Indian inhabitants
C) U.S.-born immigrants
D) any individual
E) American merchants

Question 33

Why did Mississippi politician Jefferson Davis object in the 1850s to the original design of the Statue of Freedom that now adorns the U.S. Capitol dome?

A) He disliked the fact that the sculptor was a former slave who had won acclaim for his talent, thus suggesting blacks were as gifted as whites.
B) The use of a soldier as the key figure made the nation appear too militaristic.
C) It portrayed "Freedom" as a nude woman, which he saw as inappropriate.
D) Its use of an ancient Roman liberty cap on "Freedom" raised a touchy matter about slaves' longing for freedom.
E) He believed using "freedom" in the statue's name was a subtle attack on slave states, so he preferred using "justice" instead.

Question 34

MATCHING
appeal of the Independent Democrats

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 35

According to John L. O'Sullivan's Democratic Review, what was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires?

A) race
B) democracy
C) economic freedom
D) slavery
E) printing

Question 36

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 provided for all of the following EXCEPT:

A) the transfer of California to the United States.
B) guaranteeing to male citizens in the Mexican Cession "their liberty and property."
C) payment of $15 million to Mexico by the United States.
D) U.S. control of all of the Oregon Country.
E) confirmation of the U.S. annexation of Texas.

Question 37

James Polk had four clearly defined goals when he entered the White House. Which was NOT one of his goals?

A) reduce the tariff
B) settle the slavery dispute
C) settle the Oregon dispute
D) bring California into the Union
E) reestablish the Independent Treasury system

Question 38

MATCHING
Californios

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 39

The California gold rush:

A) actually had only a small impact on California's population because its rich farmlands already attracted thousands of new settlers each year.
B) attracted almost equal numbers of men and women.
C) resulted in laws that discriminated against "foreign miners."
D) made considerable wealth for average miners because gold mining demanded no real investment of capital.
E) hurt the development of San Francisco because gold discoveries shifted interest to areas outside of town.

Question 40

MATCHING
filibustering

A)issued by antislavery congressmen
B)suggested the United States buy or seize Cuba
C)returned runaway slaves to their master
D)America's mission to settle the West
E)Mexican cattle ranchers
F)sudden increase in California's population
G)voided the Missouri Compromise
H)no slavery in land acquired by Mexico
I)expedition to Central America
J)opponents to the expansion of slavery
K)anti-immigrant political party
L)California's entry into the Union as a free state

Question 41

What attracted voters to the Know-Nothing Party?

A) its desire to dissolve the Missouri Compromise
B) its move to annex Cuba for the expansion of American slavery
C) its call for immediate emancipation of all slaves
D) its opposition to the Dred Scott decision
E) its denunciation of Roman Catholic immigrants

Question 42

The Republican presidential candidate in 1856 was:

A) John Breckinridge.
B) Abraham Lincoln.
C) Charles Sumner.
D) John Frémont.
E) James Buchanan.

Question 43

On matters related to citizenship, the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Dred Scott that:

A) free African-Americans could vote.
B) anyone a state considered to be a citizen was a U.S. citizen.
C) free-born blacks were U.S. citizens, but those born into slavery and later freed could not be citizens.
D) citizenship was limited to males.
E) only white persons could be U.S. citizens.

Question 44

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:

A) won the grudging support of Ralph Waldo Emerson as a necessary compromise.
B) gave new powers to federal officers to override local law enforcement.
C) was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case.
D) angered southerners by weakening an earlier law on fugitive slaves.
E) convinced Abraham Lincoln to retire briefly from political life.

Question 45

During the 1850s, 80 percent of the world's gold came from two places that experienced gold rushes at about the same time, California and:

A) Canada.
B) Argentina.
C) South Africa.
D) Australia.
E) Congo.

Question 46

By 1856, the Republican Party included individuals who had been, until rather recently, members of each of the following political groups EXCEPT:

A) northern Whigs.
B) Free Soilers.
C) Know-Nothings.
D) antislavery Democrats.
E) Federalists.

Question 47

The Republican free labor ideology:

A) convinced northerners that Catholic immigrants posed a more significant threat than the southern slave power.
B) won Republicans significant support from non-slaveholders in the South in 1856.
C) owed its origins to Abraham Lincoln's reemergence in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
D) accepted southerners' point that slavery protected their liberty, but explained that the economic benefits of free labor would outweigh the damage abolition would do to southern liberty.
E) led to the argument by Abraham Lincoln and William Seward that free labor and slave labor were essentially incompatible.

Question 48

The Lecompton Constitution was the:

A) antislavery constitution adopted in Nebraska.
B) proslavery constitution proposed for Kansas.
C) pro-secession constitution of North Carolina.
D) Missouri constitution preferred by Abraham Lincoln.
E) compromise offered in 1861 to end the secession crisis.

Question 49

The controversy over the arrest of Anthony Burns in 1854 shows:

A) the problematic nature of the Dred Scott decision.
B) that abolitionists were definitely declining in influence.
C) the unpopularity of the Fugitive Slave Act in parts of the North.
D) the popularity of the Whig party in the South.
E) that the gag rule had serious consequences well into the 1850s.

Question 50

Which of the following countries did NOT go through some kind of popular upheaval in 1848?

A) Hungary
B) Great Britain
C) France
D) Russia
E) Italy

Question 51

The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court:

A) declared Congress could not ban slavery from territories.
B) endorsed the "free soil" policy of the Republicans.
C) backed the idea of "popular sovereignty."
D) freed Dred and Harriet Scott.
E) extended the Missouri Compromise line to California.

Question 52

Stephen Douglas's motivation for introducing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to:

A) boost efforts to build a transcontinental railroad.
B) spread slavery.
C) win the position of speaker of the House of Representatives.
D) pacify southerners who strongly supported the idea of popular sovereignty.
E) help Franklin Pierce win a second term as president.

Question 53

What American naval officer negotiated a treaty that opened two Japanese ports to U.S. ships in 1854?

A) Oliver H. Perry
B) John Paul Jones
C) Alfred Mahan
D) Chester Nimitz
E) Matthew Perry

Question 54

Which of the following is an example of the political impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A) A strong, united Whig Party won the White House in the next presidential election.
B) Nearly half of northern Democrats joined the patriotic American Party.
C) The Whig Party collapsed, and many disgruntled northerners joined the new Republican Party.
D) Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln decided to become running mates for the presidential election of 1856.
E) The new Free Soil Party strongly endorsed the Act and won new congressional seats in several Upper South districts.

Question 55

During his debate with Abraham Lincoln in Freeport, Illinois, Stephen Douglas:

A) called for the free soil principle to determine the status of slavery in the West.
B) denounced popular sovereignty as a fraud.
C) praised the temperance movement and other key social reforms.
D) insisted that popular sovereignty was compatible with the Dred Scott decision.
E) argued that slaveholders had a constitutional right to take their slaves anywhere.

Question 56

The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks:

A) showed the extreme violence of which northern abolitionists were capable.
B) actually helped the new Republican Party.
C) was denounced by most southerners as barbaric.
D) occurred because Sumner praised the attack on Lawrence, Kansas.
E) was unusual because both men were proslavery Democrats.

Question 57

The Free Soil Party:

A) demonstrated that antislavery sentiment had spread far beyond abolitionist ranks.
B) cost Henry Clay the presidency by siphoning off votes from him in New York.
C) was powerful enough to convince James Polk not to seek reelection.
D) strongly opposed the Wilmot Proviso but agreed to let it pass as part of a compromise.
E) nominated Zachary Taylor for president.

Question 58

The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates took place during the campaign for:

A) U.S. president in 1856.
B) U.S. president in 1860.
C) governor of Illinois in 1858.
D) a congressional seat from Illinois in 1856.
E) U.S. senator from Illinois in 1858.

Question 59

In 1854, the Know-Nothings won all the congressional races as well as the governorship in:

A) Louisiana.
B) South Carolina.
C) Ohio.
D) Massachusetts.
E) Georgia.

Question 60

In 1846, Congressman David Wilmot proposed to:

A) prohibit slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico.
B) allow voters to decide the status of slavery in new territories.
C) divide the Oregon Country between Great Britain and the United States.
D) annex Cuba in order to avoid southern secession.
E) allow slavery to expand into California and New Mexico.

Question 61

The Democratic Party split in 1860 over the question of whether to:

A) re-nominate President James Buchanan for a second term.
B) protect slavery in the territories or allow popular sovereignty in them.
C) impeach Chief Justice Roger Taney for the Dred Scott decision.
D) endorse the acquisition of Cuba by the United States, thus increasing slave territory.
E) immediately bring Kansas and Nebraska into the Union as slave states.

Question 62

What 1854 document called for the United States to seize Cuba?

A) the Monroe Doctrine
B) the Ostend Manifesto
C) the Wilmot Proviso
D) the Webster-Ashburton Treaty
E) the Frémont Manifesto

Question 63

In the 1850s, Tennessee-born William Walker became famous for:

A) creating a utopian community in northern California.
B) his proslavery novels that heightened sectionalism.
C) breeding the "Tennessee Walker," a horse prominent in westward expansion.
D) seeking to establish himself as ruler of a slaveholding Nicaragua.
E) defying fellow whites in his native region and becoming a prominent abolitionist.

Question 64

Which of the following puts these events in the proper chronological order, from first to last? I. Virginia seceded from the Union
II) Abraham Lincoln was first elected president
III) Confederate States of America formed
IV) South Carolina seceded from the Union

A) IV, I, III, II
B) III, I, IV, II
C) II, I, III, IV
D) I, II, III, IV
E) II, IV, III, I

Question 65

The Texas independence movement was sparked in part because the Mexican government, alarmed that its grip on the area was weakening, annulled existing land contracts and barred future emigration from the United States in 1830.

Question 66

Unlike most previous presidents, James Polk was not a slaveholder.

Question 67

During the secession winter of 1860-1861, who offered the most widely supported compromise plan in Congress, which allowed the westward extension of the Missouri Compromise line?

A) Abraham Lincoln
B) John Crittenden
C) Jefferson Davis
D) Zachary Taylor
E) Andrew Johnson

Question 68

The explosive population growth and competition for gold brought cooperation among California's many racial and ethnic groups as they worked together for wealth.

Question 69

In 1860, which state became the first to pass an ordinance of secession and declare itself separated from the Union?

A) Virginia
B) Kentucky
C) Georgia
D) South Carolina
E) Tennessee

Question 70

In the 1860 election, how many different presidential candidates won electoral votes?

A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
E) none, because the electoral college was suspended for that election

Question 71

The city of Melbourne in Australia prospered because of a gold rush, much as San Francisco did and at about the same time.

Question 72

It is ironic that the South supported the Fugitive Slave Act because that law gave enormous power to the federal government to override local authorities, which is something that the South had traditionally opposed.

Question 73

The 1860 Republican platform stated all of the following EXCEPT:

A) The Dred Scott decision was invalid.
B) Slavery should be abolished in the nation's capital.
C) Slavery should not be allowed to expand.
D) The government should help build a transcontinental railroad.
E) The government should grant free homesteads in the West.

Question 74

Abraham Lincoln fully supported President Polk's justification for declaring war against Mexico in1846.

Question 75

The Wilmot Proviso was an attempt to annex Cuba.

Question 76

In spite of the controversy over the Statute of Freedom, Thomas Crawford refused to change his original design of the statue

Question 77

In the presidential election of 1860, the two candidates who received the most votes in the southern states were:

A) John Breckinridge and John Bell.
B) Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
C) Abraham Lincoln and John Breckinridge.
D) William Seward and John Bell.
E) Roger Taney and Stephen Douglas.

Question 78

The American Civil War began in April 1861, when:

A) Confederate forces fired upon and captured Fort Sumter.
B) U.S. naval vessels bombarded the city of Wilmington, North Carolina.
C) Confederate and Union cavalry clashed in disputed territory in Texas.
D) General William Sherman led Union soldiers on a devastating march through Georgia.
E) Confederate infantry attacked Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Question 79

The issue of Texas annexation was hotly linked to slavery and affected the nominations of presidential candidates in the 1840s.

Question 80

Oliver Perry led the contingent of U.S. warships that helped to open Japan to American trade in 1854.