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18 Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

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1Democratic politicians and others attempted to avoid the issue of slavery in the territories by saying ti should be left to "popular sovereignty"?
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2The doctrine of popular sovereignty, as embraced in the mid-nineteenth century, is best defined as:
1. Aplacing the power of the federal government above that of the states
2. Bgiving the people of a territory or state the right to decide the slavery issue for themselves
3. Cthe notion that government is subject to the will of the people
4. Dallowing Congress to decide the issue of slavery prior to admitting a new state
5. Eputting the good of the majority ahead of individual desires
3The Free Soil party consisted of a small, unified band of radical abolitionists
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4Who were the Free-Soilers?
1. AA political faction in the South that embraced slavery in the territories
2. BA political group supporting the rights of squatters to keep the land they developed in the West
3. CA northern-based political party that supported the Wilmot Proviso and banning slavery in the territories
4. DAn abolitionist political party that sought the immediate end of slavery and the granting of land plots to freedmen
5. EA political coalition of farmers that sought to curb the excesses of industrial development
5The California Gold Rush of 1849 diverted the nation's attention from slavery
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6Which of these statements is NOT true about the California Gold Rush of 1849?
1. AIt made many "forty-niners" rich
2. BIt fueled lawlessness in the California territory
3. CIt led California to seek rapid admission as a state
4. DIt sent tens of thousands of people into the territory and overwhelmed state government and resources
5. EIt re-ignited the slavery debate
7Southerners demanded a more efficient fugitive slave law to stop the "Underground Railroad" from running escaped slaves to Canada
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8The Underground Railroad is best defined as a:
1. Agroup of businessmen seeking monopoly control over the burgeoning railroad industry
2. Bsecret network of slave owners, banding together to recapture runaway slaves
3. Cblack market for trade goods designed to circumvent protective tariffs
4. Dnetwork of safe places that hid runaway slaves on their journey north to freedom
5. Esystem for illegally smuggling slaves from Africa into the United States after 1808
9In the Senate debate of 1850, Calhoun spoke for compromise, while Clay and Webster each defended his own section's interests.
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10Which of the agreements was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850, which kept the Union together?
1. ACalifornia was admitted as a free state
2. BNew Mexico and Utah were allowed to decide the slave question independently
3. CA more severe fugitive slave law was enacted
4. DTexas received $10 million from the federal government for ceding some of its land to New Mexico
5. ESlavery was abolished in the District of Columbia

11The provision of the Compromise of 1850 that aroused the fiercest northern opposition was the Fugitive Slave Law.
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12The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 was hated in the North for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
1. Ait denied slaves the right to testify on their own behalf
2. Bnortherners who helped slaves escape could receive heavy fines and jail terms
3. Csoutherners could require compensation from the federal government for runaway slaves that were not found
4. Dnortherners could be required to help recapture runaway slaves
5. Ecommissioners would receive more compensation for declaring a runaway slave a "fugitive" than they would receive if they declared them "free"
13The Whig Party disappeared because its northern and southern wings were too deeply split over the Fugitive Slave Law and other sectional issues
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14What was the major significance of the presidential election of 1852?
1. Ait proved a triumph for the Compromise of 1850
2. Bit marked the beginning of the end for the Whig party
3. CIt put America's first "dark horse" candidate in the White House
4. DIt launched a new Era of Good Feelings across the nation
5. EIt pitted two war heroes against each other as candidates for America's highest office.`
15The Pierce administration's expansionist efforts in Central America, Cuba, and the Gadsden Purchase were basically designed to serve southern proslavery interests
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16The United States and New Grenada (Columbia) signed a vital treaty in 1848 that:
1. Agave the United States the right to travel across the isthmus in exchange for its military neutrality
2. Bprovided the United States with exclusive use of the isthmus in exchange for military defense of New Grenada
3. Cbroke ground on what would become the Panama Canal
4. Dunited the two countries against incursions into Central America by England and other European powers.
5. Ewelcomed U.S. expansion into Central America in exchange for assistance with new transportation systems.
17What made the Ostend Manifesto so controversial?
1. AIt represented an attempt at U.S. expansion into Asian territory
2. BIt demonstrated northern interest in blocking the further acquisition of slave territories
3. CIt was a secret plan by the United States to buy or take Cuba
4. DIt had the backing of Spain, France, and England
5. EIt was a declaration of war if Spain did not release the captured American ship Black Warrior
18The importance of the Treaty of Wanghia (1844) was that it:
1. Agave the United States access to Japanese markets
2. Bbanned tariffs on U.S. imports to Japan and China
3. Cgranted the United States coaling rights in Japan
4. Dgave China the right to try Americans accused of crimes in China in Chinese courts
5. Ewas the first formal treaty and trad agreement between China and the United States
19Why was the Gadsden Purchase such a contentious issue?
1. AThe $5 million purchase price was outrageously high
2. BIt furthered southern designs for locating a trans-continental railroad there
3. CIt would add a new slave territory and ultimately tip the balance between free and slave states.
4. DIt sparked a renewed debate about the process for admitting new territories and staes
5. EIt further eroded U.S. and Mexico relations
20The main push behind the discussions about building a transcontinental railroad in the mid 1800's was the:
1. Aneed to boost the southern economy
2. Bneed to create jobs and pull the nation out of an economic depression
3. Cgoal of connecting the Pacific Coast territories with the rest of the nation
4. Ddesire for new markets for northern manufactured goods
5. Egoal of stimulating Midwestern development
21The Kansas-Nebraska Act heightened sectional tensions between the North and South in all the following ways EXCEPT that it:
1. Arepealed the Missouri Compromise
2. Bdivided Nebraska into two territories that would decide the slavery question independently
3. Cheightened antislavery fervor in the North
4. Dled northerners to resist further compromise with the South
5. Eled to further enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act in the North
22Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the rise of the Republican party in the mid-1850's?
1. AThe bulk of its support was below the Mason-Dixon Line
2. BIt drew dissatisfied Whigs, Democrats, Free-Soilers, and Know-Nothings
3. CIt symbolized the increasing sectionalism that was leading the nation toward civil war
4. DThe party first emerged in the Midwest to protest against the Kansas-Nebraska Act
5. EWithin two years, the party held the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives.
23Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska act was intended to organize western territories so that a transcontinental railroad could be built along a northern route
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24The Kansas-Nebraska Act wrecked the Compromise of 1850 and created deep divisions within the Democratic Party
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25The Republican Party was initially organized as a northern protest against Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act
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