APUSH Ch. 14

The supporters of "free soil" in the territories made all of the following arguments EXCEPT that: A) the growing slave power of the South had to be restrained. B) blacks should be granted equality and allowed to seek western lands. C) slavery was a moral evil and should not be extended. D) western land should be preserved for the white race. E) northern white farmers could not compete with large-scale slave labor.

According to South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, Congress lacked the power to: A) prohibit the importation of slaves. B) increase the tariff above a nominal rate. C) exclude slavery north of the Missouri Compromise line. D) impose a "gag rule" on the antislavery debate. E) exclude slavery from the territories.

The provisions of the Compromise of 1850: A) established one of the largest slave markets in the nation's capital. B) allowed New Mexico to enter the union as a slave state. C) left unresolved the status of territories in the Mexican Cession. D) upset the balance between free and slave states in the Union. E) allowed for lax enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.

Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to Zachary Taylor's victory in the election of 1848? A) long record of political participation and leadership B) heroic military exploits during the Mexican War C) Taylor's assertion that he was a "no party" man above politics D) successful evasion of the controversial slavery issue E) Democratic defections to the Free Soil Party

According to the doctrine of "popular sovereignty," the decision whether to permit slavery in a territory would be made by the: A) Missouri Compromise line. B) local territorial legislature. C) Supreme Court. D) Congress of the United States. E) president of the United States.

Northerners were offended by the provision of the Fugitive Slave Act that: A) created a panel of commissioners to decide special cases. B) restricted northern citizens from assisting in the capture or return of fugitive slaves. C) allowed southerners to seek escaped slaves in the western territories. D) accorded a jury trial to the alleged fugitive. E) designated a higher fee for commissioners deciding to return rather than free a fugitive.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854: A) strengthened party lines on the issue of slavery. B) reopened the question of slavery in the territories. C) finally put the question of slavery to rest. D) won widespread support from Whigs and abolitionists. E) ensured the orderly settlement of Kansas.

The Ostend Manifesto, a document intended to pressure Spain to sell Cuba to the United States, was: A) denounced by the American ministers to Spain, France, and England. B) hailed by northerners as the solution to the sectional crisis. C) delivered to President Pierce by Secretary of State William Marcy. D) popular throughout the United States because Americans wanted more land. E) urged most by those who advocated the expansion of slavery.

During the 1850s, William Walker was unsuccessful in his attempts to: A) purchase lands from Mexico on which to build a transcontinental railroad. B) negotiate with Spain for the purchase of Cuba. C) capture and control new slave lands in Latin America. D) extend slavery into Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. E) command the first American trading expedition to Japan.

During the early 1850s, political parties lost influence because of the: A) general decline in national economic prosperity. B) parties' sharp differences in moral tone and values. C) standardization of various state political and economic procedures. D) nomination of dynamic, independent political leaders. E) failure of political leaders of both parties to appeal to the common man.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852): A) enraged President Lincoln as dangerous propaganda. B) had little impact in the North or South. C) pictured slaves as basically happy and content. D) achieved enormous popular success and impact. E) glorified northerners and vilified southerners.

As a consequence of the Compromise of 1850: A) more serious sectional conflict was avoided. B) political parties realigned along sectional lines. C) several states invalidated "personal liberty laws." D) the idea of popular sovereignty as a solution for the slave question took hold. E) ideas like "secession" and "abolitionism" were repudiated.

Members of the American Party feared Catholic immigrants of the 1840s and 1850s would: A) continue to support revolutionary causes in Europe. B) slavishly obey their priests and threaten democracy. C) turn Americans into a bunch of drunkards. D) refuse to work for low wages. E) favor legislation restricting personal behavior.

The majority of Republicans in the 1850s supported a government policy to: A) split the country into two separate nations. B) extend and protect slavery in the territories. C) abolish slavery immediately throughout the United States. D) grant equal rights for free northern blacks. E) prevent the expansion of slavery in the territories.

Radical abolitionist John Brown: A) argued that slavery should be extended all the way to the Pacific. B) directed the sack of Lawrence. C) beat Senator Sumner senseless with his cane. D) delivered "The Crime Against Kansas" speech. E) led a massacre at Pottawatomie Creek.

Northerners supported all of the following EXCEPT: A) the rights of free labor. B) policies favoring industrial growth and development. C) immigration and trade restrictions. D) respect for the rights of people. E) public education and temperance laws.

The election of a proslavery territorial legislature in Kansas in 1855: A) was one of three territorial legislatures in Kansas. B) accurately reflected popular sentiments. C) helped delay secession of the South. D) was nullified by President Pierce. E) resulted from wholesale election fraud.

Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854: A) quieted sectional conflict temporarily. B) opened the way for antislavery and proslavery forces to meet physically and compete for territory. C) determined that slavery would exist in Kansas, but not Nebraska. D) quickened westward expansion. E) built a transcontinental railroad from San Francisco to Chicago.

In contrast to northerners, southerners emphasized the: A) importance of public education. B) values of economic enterprise. C) sovereignty of the federal government. D) genteel life of an ordered society. E) importance of respecting individual rights.

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that: A) Congress could not ban slavery in a territory. B) the Missouri Compromise was constitutional. C) blacks were entitled to sue in federal courts. D) slaves taken to free territories became free citizens. E) blacks and whites were equal before the law.

In the Freeport debate against Lincoln, Stephen Douglas argued that slavery: A) could not exist without favorable local legislation. B) represented a moral and social evil. C) would not spread where it was unprofitable. D) was a positive good. E) should be protected in the territories.

South Carolina seceded from the Union in late 1860 in reaction to the: A) election of a Republican candidate as president. B) secession of other southern states. C) upward revision of the tariff by the North. D) northern military attack on Fort Sumter. E) selection of an antislavery speaker of the House.

In response to the crisis at Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln: A) abandoned northern control of the fort. B) sent a relief expedition of provisions only. C) appealed to England for help. D) launched a military invasion of the South. E) demanded the surrender of federal property.

For the election of 1860, the Democrats: A) stood for the abolition of slavery in the territories. B) named two candidates in two separate conventions. C) resolved intraparty and intersectional disputes. D) attracted former Whig and border-state nativists. E) carried the banner of the proslavery South.

The Republican platform of 1860 called for support of all of the following EXCEPT: A) a homestead bill. B) tariff protection. C) subsidized internal improvements. D) the Dred Scott decision. E) free labor.

In his raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, John Brown intended to: A) capture weapons and execute all slaveholders. B) kill all the slaveholders of the region. C) free all blacks from the state prison. D) burn the stockpile of federal weapons. E) provoke a general uprising of slaves.

Abraham Lincoln believed that: A) the nation could remain half slave and half free. B) there should be immediate abolition of slavery. C) blacks were equal to whites and deserved equal rights. D) slavery should be placed on a course of ultimate extinction. E) separation of the races would have harmful long-term implications.

The rejection of the Lecompton Constitution in 1858 meant that: A) Kansas would be split into two states. B) Kansas would enter the Union as a free state. C) Kansas would remain a territory. D) its sponsors lost political prestige in the North. E) slavery would be abolished in Kansas.