1852 Election, the Gadsden Purchase & Ostend Manifesto

Which of the following shows that there was a growth in abolitionist sentiment after 1850? (You can pick more than one)

• The popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Some prominent Whig politicians e.g. William Seward and Charles Sumner spoke passionately against slavery.

• Abolitionists were divided. Whig politicians Seward and Sumner favoured very different strategies.

• Many Nothern newspapers condemned slavery

• The Northern press was divided, some northern newspapers condemned the abolitionists.

Which of the following shows that there was NOT a growth in abolitionist sentiment after 1850? (You can pick more than one)

• The popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Some prominent Whig politicians e.g. William Seward and Charles Sumner spoke passionately against slavery.

• Abolitionists were divided. Whig politicians Seward and Sumner favoured very different strategies.

• Many Nothern newspapers condemned slavery

• The Northern press was divided, some northern newspapers condemned the abolitionists.

Which of the following were parties in the 1852 Presidential Election?

• Whigs

• Republicans

• Free Soil Party

• Democrats

Who won the presidential election of 1852?

• Pierce (Democrat)

• Scott (Whig)

• Hale (Free Soil Party)

What happened in 1852 that weakened the Whig Party?

• They lost control of Congress

• Two of their best-known leaders, Webster and Clay, died.

• They lost the presidential election.

What did President Pierce believe strongly in?

• The Slave Power Conspiracy

• Expansionist policies

• Abolitionism

• Maintaining slavery

Why did the Gasden Purchase cause sectional tension? (You can select more than one)

• Northerners saw it as trying to expand slavery.

• The land could be used for a southern route of the Transcontinental railway.

• Northerners saw it as needless.

• Southerners were worried slavery was going to be banned there.

Who controlled Cuba in 1852?

• Spain

• Cuba

• America

Why were Northerners unhappy with Pierce's plans to acquire Cuba? (Pick more than one){

• They saw it as another example of Southern efforts to expand slavery.

• They saw it as America trying to create a Latin American 'Slave Empire'

• They saw it as expensive.

• They wanted Cuba to be independent.

What did the secret Ostend Manifesto say?

• That if Spain refused to sell Cuba for $130 million that the USA would be justified in using force to get Cuba.

• That Cuba was rightfully American

• That Cuba should have independence from Spain.

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