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U.S. A Narrative History
Quiz 15: The Union Broken 1850-1861
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Question 21
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Identify four major sectional events of the period 1854-1856. Which of these events aided the Republican Party?
Question 22
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Why did the Know-Nothing Party arise when it did? Why did the Republican Party eventually surpass it?
Question 23
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How did the violence in Kansas and the caning of Charles Sumner help the Republicans?
Question 24
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What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott decision? Why did the decision fail to settle the slavery expansion issue?
Question 25
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How did the Panic of 1857 worsen the sectional conflict?
Question 26
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"Ever since the Revolution, when Americans accused the king and Parliament of deliberately plotting to deprive them of their liberties, Americans were on the watch for political conspiracies."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.
Question 27
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How did economic and social developments of the 1850s contribute to the growing sectional strain between North and South? Do you feel that these factors were more or less important than the political events of the decade? Explain why.