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Reading Quiz #10 American Pageant Chapters 18 & 19 [Unit 5]

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
One of Stephen Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was
a)
not securing the transcontinental railroad for the North.
b)
overestimating the protest to the bill.
c)
allowing slavery to spread into new territory
d)
underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery.
e)
believing that slavery could not survive in Kansas
2.
Stephen A. Douglas's plans for deciding the slavery question in the Kansas-Nebraska scheme required repeal of the
a)
Compromise of 1850.
b)
Fugitive Slave Act.
c)
Wilmot Proviso
d)
Northwest Ordinance
e)
Missouri Compromise
3.
Stephen A. Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas- Nebraska Territory be decided by
a)
popular sovereignty.
b)
making Kansas a free territory and Nebraska a slave territory.
c)
the Supreme Court
d)
admitting California, Kansas, and Nebraska to the Union as free states
e)
the winner of the next presidential election
4.
A southern route for the transcontinental railroad seemed the best because
a)
northern areas were organized territories.
b)
slave labor could be used to construct it.
c)
the railroad would be easier to build in this area
d)
Mexican leader Santa Anna agreed to contribute money for the project
e)
it would firmly tie southern California to the Union
5.
Most American leaders believed that the only way to keep the new Pacific Coast territories from breaking away from United States control was
a)
to allow slavery in these areas
b)
to build a canal across Central America.
c)
to grant the territories quick statehood
d)
to construct a transcontinental railroad
e)
to establish large naval bases in San Diego and Seattle
6.
A scheme to acquire Cuba from Spain in the 1850's was known as the
a)
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
b)
Wilmot Proviso.
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Gadsden Purchase
e)
Ostend Manifesto
7.
On July 3, 1844 the first formal diplomatic agreement between the United States and China was the
a)
Ostend Manifesto
b)
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
c)
Chinese Open-Door Treaty
d)
Treaty of Wanghia.
e)
Hong Kong / Chinese Treaty
8.
Some Southerners felt Cuba would be an enticing prospect for annexation for all of the following reasons except
a)
it was not controlled by any European power and would be easily acquired.
b)
it was a sugar-rich and economically productive territory
c)
it already had a large population of enslaved blacks
d)
it could be carved into several states, restoring political balance in the Senate.
e)
it was located just off the nation's southern doorstep.
9.

In 1850, rebuffed as buyers, some Southern adventurers undertook to shake the tree of Manifest Destiny by attempting to seize __________ by force.

a)

Panama.

b)

Nicaragua.

c)

Cuba.

d)

Hawaii.

e)

the Dominican Republic.

10.

The man who opened Japan to the United States was

a)

William Walker

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

Lafcadio Hearn

d)

Clayton Bulwer

e)

Matthew Perry

11.

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

a)

Nicaragua

b)

Cuba

c)

Japan

d)

El Salvador

e)

Puerto Rico

12.

The election of 1852 was significant because it

a)

saw the victory of a pro-South northerner

b)

marked the return of issues-oriented campaigning

c)

saw the rise of purely national parties

d)

marked the end of the Whig party.

e)

saw the emergence of an antislavery third party.

13.

The fatal split in the Whig party in 1852 occurred over

a)

the nomination of General Winfield Scott or Daniel Webster

b)

slavery

c)

the Gadsden Purchase

d)

homestead laws

e)

the transcontinental railroad route.

14.

In light of hindsight, it seems apparent that in the Compromise of 1850 the South made a tactical blunder by

a)

allowing a ban on the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

b)

demanding a strong fugitive-slave law

c)

not insisting on federal protection of slavery in the territories

d)

allowing the admission of California as a free state

e)

allowing popular sovereignty in Nebraska territory.

15.

Many northern states passed “personal liberty laws” in response to the Compromise of 1850's provision regarding

a)

slavery in the District of Columbia

b)

slavery in the territories

c)

restrictions on free blacks

d)

the interstate slave trade

e)

runaway slaves.

16.

The Fugitive Slave Law included all of the following provisions except

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 if officials determined blacks to be runaways

17.

The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the decision concerning

a)

slavery in the District of Columbia

b)

slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories

c)

the new Fugitive Slave Law

d)

settlement of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute

e)

continuation of the interstate slave trade

18.

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

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

19.

Southern delegates met at a convention in Nashville in the summer of 1850 to

a)

plan southern secession

b)

plan ways to acquire more slave territory

c)

propose a series of constitutional amendments

d)

denounce Daniel Webster as a traitor to the South

e)

condemn the compromises being worked out in Congress

20.

An event which helped the cause of compromise in 1850, was when President Zachary Taylor

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 Millard Fillmore became president

d)

ushered in a second Era of Good Feelings

e)

decided not to run for re-election.

21.

During the debate of 1850, ___________ argued that there was a “higher law” than the Constitution that compelled him to demand the exclusion of slavery from the territories.

a)

William H. Seward

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Daniel Webster

d)

Stephen A. Douglas

e)

Zachary Taylor

22.

In the debates of 1850, Senator William H. Seward, as a representative of the northern Young Guard, argued that

a)

the Constitution must be obeyed

b)

John C. Calhoun's compromise plan must be adopted to preserve the Union

c)

Christian legislators must obey God's moral law

d)

compromise must be achieved to preserve the Union

e)

African Americans should be granted their own territory.

23.

The Young Guard from the North

a)

regarded preserving the Union as their top priority

b)

agreed fully with the Old Guard on the issue of slavery

c)

saw expansionism as a solution to the slavery question

d)

gave support to John C. Calhoun's plan for rescuing the Union

e)

were most interested in purging and purifying the Union.

24.

For his position in his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webster was viciously condemned by

a)

northern Unionists

b)

northern banking and commercial interests

c)

abolitionists

d)

Henry Clay

e)

John C. Calhoun

25.

In his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webster

a)

attacked Henry Clay's compromise proposals

b)

urged reasonable concessions to the South

c)

advocated a congressional ban on slavery in the territories

d)

proposed a scheme for electing two presidents, one from the North and one from the South, each having veto power

e)

became a hated figure in the South

26.

Daniel Webster's famed Seventh of March speech in 1850 resulted in a shift toward compromise in the North.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

John C. Calhoun's plan to protect the South and slavery involved repealing the president's veto power.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

During the 1850s, slaves probably gained their freedom most frequently by self-purchase.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Harriet Tubman gained fame as an African American antislavery novelist.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

By 1850, the South was relatively well off, politically and economically.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The Free Soilers argued that slavery would cause more costly wage labor to wither away.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The Free Soilers condemned slavery because

a)

of the harm it did to blacks

b)

of moral principles

c)

it destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise to self-employment

d)

it was the only way they had of combating the appeal of the Democratic party

e)

it damaged the national economy

33.

Of those people going to California during the gold rush...

a)

the majority had come from foreign nations.

 

b)

slaves constituted a sizable minority.

c)

the majority gained considerable financial rewards.

d)

most were interested in free-soil farming.

 

e)

a distressingly high proportion were lawless men.

34.

When the people of Britain and France read Uncle Tom's Cabin, their governments realized that intervention in the Civil War on behalf of the South would not be popular.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The event that brought turmoil to the administration of Zachary Taylor was the attempt to acquire Cuba.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The key focus for the major parties in the 1848 presidential election was slavery

a)

True

b)

False

37.

The public liked popular sovereignty because it fit in with the democratic tradition of self-determination.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

In the 1848 presidential election, the Democratic and Whig parties

a)

addressed the issue of slavery

b)

remained silent on the issue of slavery

c)

abandoned the tactic of nominating military leaders

d)

were divided on the issue of admitting California

e)

lost to the Free Soil party

39.

The debate over slavery in the Mexican Cession threatened to split national politics along North-South lines.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

The Wilmot Proviso, if adopted, would have prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War

a)

True

b)

False

41.

According to the principle of “popular sovereignty,” the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by

a)

the people in any given territory.

b)

a Supreme Court decision

c)

the most popular national leaders

d)

a national referendum.

e)

congressional legislation.

42.

In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity, party leaders often engaged in public discussion of slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Uncle Tom's Cabin may be described as a firsthand account of slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

In 1848, the Free Soil party platform advocated giving women the right to vote.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

The United States' victory in the Mexican War resulted in...

choose all that apply

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.

46.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin

a)

intended to show the cruelty of slavery

b)

was prompted by passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

c)

comprised the recollections of a long-time personal witness to the evils of slavery.

d)

received little notice at the time it was published but became widely read during the Civil War.

47.

As a result of reading Uncle Tom's Cabin, many northerners

a)

found the book's portrayal of slavery too extreme

b)

vowed to halt British and French efforts to help the Confederacy

c)

rejected Hinton Helper's picture of the South and slavery

d)

would have nothing to do with the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law

48.

Hinton R. Helper's book The Impending Crisis of the South argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were African Americans.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

In 1855, proslavery southerners regarded Kansas as slave territory.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

President James Buchanan's decision on Kansas's Lecompton Constitution

hopelessly divided the Democratic party.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

In 1856, the breaking point over slavery in Kansas came with

a)

an attack on Lawrence by a gang of proslavery raiders

b)

the passage of the Lecompton Constitution

c)

the establishment of evangelical abolitionist churches.

d)

the influx of a large number of slaves

52.

The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas protect slave owners already in Kansas.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

James Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1856 because he was not associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

Nativists in the 1850s were known for their anti-Catholic and antiforeign attitudes.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed...

a)

the seriousness of political divisions in the North

b)

the importance of honor to northerners

c)

despite divisions over slavery, the House of Representatives would unite to expel a member for bad conduct.

d)

passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South

e)

the division between the House and the Senate over slavery.

56.

The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election

a)

expansionism

b)

abolitionism 

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

nativism

57.

The Republicans lost the 1856 election in part because

southern threats that a Republican victory would be a declaration of war

a)

True

b)

False

58.

As a result of the panic of 1857, the South saw the need to develop manufacturing.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

As late as 1856, many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican because

a)

the Democrats presented excellent candidates

b)

many did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South

c)

the Democrats were the only national party

60.

In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court

a)

hoped to stimulate further debate on the slavery issue

b)

expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the territories

c)

reunited the Democratic party

d)

supported the concept of popular sovereignty

61.

The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by

a)

proslavery southerners.

b)

popular-sovereignty proponents.

c)

Republicans

d)

abolitionists

62.

For a majority of northerners, the most outrageous part of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case was...

a)

that slaveowners had the right to flood into territories so as to control popular sovereignty.

b)

that Congress had never had the power to prohibit slavery in any territory.

c)

that Scott did not automatically become free when his owner took him through free states and territories.

d)

that as a slave Scott had no right to sue in federal court.

e)

that the Bill of Rights did not apply even to free African Americans.

63.

The panic of 1857 resulted in a clamor for a lower tariffs.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, many in the South concluded that the North was dominated by “Brown-loving” Republicans.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

The political career of Abraham Lincoln could best be described as

a)

characterized by a rapid rise to power.

b)

hurt by the Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

slow to get off the ground

66.

As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates...

a)

Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate

b)

Illinois rejected the concept of popular sovereignty

c)

Douglas increased his chances of winning the presidency

d)

Lincoln was elected to the Senate

67.

In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to

a)

overthrow the federal government

b)

make Kansas a free state

c)

force the North and South to compromise on the slavery issue.

d)

foment [start] a slave rebellion.

e)

discredit abolitionists

68.

When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina accepted the democratic process and vowed to support Lincoln.

a)

True

b)

False

69.

Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican party presidential nomination in part because he...

a)

had been a strong supporter of William Seward.

b)

had never taken a stand on the issue of slavery in the territories.

c)

had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward.

 

d)

had more political experience than his opponents.

e)

was a longtime supporter of Stephen Douglas.

 

70.

The government of the Confederate States of America was first organized in Atlanta, Georgia.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

“Lame-duck” President James Buchanan believed that the Constitution did not authorize him to force southern states to stay in the Union.

a)

True

b)

False

72.

President James Buchanan declined to use force to keep the South in the Union because...

choose all that apply

a)

northern public opinion would not support it

b)

the army was needed to control Indians in the West

c)

he believed that the Constitution allowed secession

d)

he was surrounded by pro-southern advisers

73.

Secessionists supported leaving the Union because

a)

they were dismayed by the success of the Republican party.

b)

they believed that the North would not oppose their departure.

c)

the political balance seemed to be tipping against them.

d)

they were tired of abolitionist attacks

74.

Abraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because

a)

he had been elected on a platform that opposed the extension of slavery

b)

its adoption might provoke Kentucky to leave the Union.

c)

it permitted slavery in Utah territory.

 

d)

it allowed the doctrine of popular sovereignty to be overridden once statehood was achieved.

75.
The United States' scheme to gain control of Cuba was stopped when
a)
Spain threatened war.
b)
northern free-soilers fiercely protested the effort
c)
U.S. leaders signed the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
d)
Cuba refused to go along with the plan.
e)
U.S. adventurers bungled their invasion