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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A He called several ineffective special sessions of Congress.
B He denied that the southern states had the right to secede from the Union, but did nothing to stop it.
C He urged the Supreme Court to rule on secession before Lincoln took office.
D He prodded Congress to beef up the military in case there was a war.
Question #2
A were a group of southerns who formed a secret society that condemned slavery
B were also known as the Peace and Freedom Party
C were a labor union that protested accusations that they knew nothing about politics
D were a group of American born Protestant natives who opposed the expansion of slavery and protested the immigration of Catholics
Question #3
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #4
A weakness of the Democratic party in the South.
B fundamental flaws in the electoral college system.
C indifference of southern voters.
D strength of the new Republican party.
Question #5
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #6
A Southerners who could not afford to relocate their plantations to the West
B Northerners who wanted to reserve new lands for white settlers
C Northerners and southerners who were morally opposed to slavery
D Southerners who had concluded that slavery could not flourish in the West
Question #7
A strengthened his presidential prospects
B might allow slavery in Kansas and Nebraska
C showed his enthusiastic support of slavery
D strengthened the Missouri Compromise
Question #8
A He supported high tariffs.
B He was good friends with powerful Democrats.
C His extreme racial views appealed to antislavery southerners.
D He represented the crucial state of Illinois.
Question #9
A freed Dred and Harriet Scott from slavery because they had lived in a free territory
B extended the 36/30 line (Missouri Compromise) line all the way to the Pacific Coast
C endorsed the free soil policy of the Republicans
D declared Congress could not ban slavery from the territories because slaves are personal property, thus protected by the U.S. Constitution
Question #10
A They took comfort in knowing the federal government defended slavery. They took comfort in knowing no slave flocked to Brown’s case. They took comfort in knowing that slaveholders and non-slaveholders united to fight of the invaders.
B They took comfort in knowing no slave flocked to Brown’s case.
C They took comfort in knowing the federal government defended slavery.
D They took comfort in knowing that slaveholders and non-slaveholders united to fight of the invaders.
Question #11
A divide the unorganized western territory into Nebraska and Kansas
B proclaim slavery issues needed to be decided by popular sovereignty
C repeal the Missouri Compromise
D provide federal funds for a transcontinental railroad to run through Kansas
Question #12
A the US government wanted to control and profit from the distribution of land in Texas
B Texas desired to be annexed into the Union as a slave state
C the border dispute between Texas and New Mexico needed to be settled
D Texas was under constant attack from Mexico and the United States needed to make a provision to protect the Texas border
Question #13
A Arizona
B New Mexico
C Utah
D California
Question #14
A It indicated that the issue of slavery could be determined in any territory long before the moment of statehood.
B It precipitated the resignation of Supreme Court justices from the North.
C It lent credence to the belief in the North that a slave power conspiracy existed.
D It strengthened the Democratic party by unifying its northern and southern branches.
Question #15
A invaded Kansas to control the election through fraud and intimidation.
B saw that the cause was lost and retreated from the contest.
C initiated the first orderly implementation of popular sovereignty.
D got no support from the presidential administration of Millard Fillmore.
Question #16
A The balance of power between the North and the South in Congress
B Whether or not Congress should raise taxes on imports
C Whether or not the nation should engage in a civil war
D Stricter interstate commerce regulations
Question #17
A he needed southern support to pass his legislation.
B he pocketed bribes from southern legislators in return for supporting their causes.
C he had never supported the Missouri Compromise in the first place.
D he did not think the plan would cause controversy.
Question #18
A liked the idea of introducing slaves into the mine fields to ease their own workloads
B established their own republic and independently governed themselves until 1852
C did not want to compete with slave labor and proposed a ban on slavery in Calfornia
D did not have an issue with slavery because slave owners were not bringing slaves to California
Question #19
A Delegates nominated Jefferson Davis for the presidency
B Delegates nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency
C Southern delegates walked out
D Northern delegates walked out
Question #20
A He was deported to Canada.
B He was tried, convicted, and executed.
C He was pardoned by the Republican governor.
D He escaped to Massachusetts.