Chapter 13

In the mid-1850s, the Republican Party sought:

A series of revolutions in Europe—in England, France, Italy, and Germany—succeeded in permanently making those countries republics.

By the 1840s, southern leaders were convinced that slavery must expand or die.

When the Mormons settled in Salt Lake City, Utah was part of Mexico.

In 1860, the Republican Party platform sought to lower taxes by decreasing the tariff.

During the mid-1850s, Kansas witnessed a series of bloody conflicts between pro- and antislavery groups.

In the term "popular sovereignty," define "sovereignty."

In the 1844 presidential election:

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans had no rights that whites were compelled to recognize.

The expansionist spirit of the early nineteenth century that God intended the American nation to reach all the way to the Pacific Ocean was called:

The Know-Nothing Party was founded as a crusade against compulsory public education.

The Free Soil Party contended that the western lands should stay "free" of settlement by the United States.

Victory over Mexico in the Mexican War added more area to the United States than had the Louisiana Purchase.

Another name for the American Party of 1854 was the Know-Nothing Party.

From 1840 to 1860, immigration:

Which of the following was not a conviction embraced by the newly formed Republican Party of the mid-1850s?

In their initial pronouncements, Confederate leaders stressed the preservation of white supremacy and slavery.

Born during George Washington's presidency, James Buchanan had served in Pennsylvania's legislature, in both houses of Congress, and as secretary of state under James K. Polk by the time he was elected president.

By 1850, the South's railroad networks accounted for approximately 50 percent of the lines in the nation.

John Brown was a Confederate hero martyred in his attempt to preserve what is now West Virginia as a slave state.

For almost a decade, from the mid-1830s to 1845, the Republic of Texas was neither part of the United States nor part of Mexico.

Within months of the Dred Scott decision by the United States Supreme Court, Scott and his wife were emancipated.

Which was not part of Lincoln's appeal to northern voters in the 1860 election?

Which was not true of the Alamo?

In the Compromise of 1850:

Which of the following was not a feature of the rise of southern nationalism during the late 1850s?

John Brown and his followers murdered five supporters of slavery at Pottawatomie Creek in May 1856.

Which of the following was not a significant feature of gold-rush California?

Under the Fugitive Slave Act, no slaves were ever actually returned to the South.

In the 1850s, two great areas of industrial production had arisen in consequence of the market revolution. These were:

In the presidential election of 1848:

Which of the following pieces of the statue atop the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. was part of a controversy concerning slavery?

Margaret Garner, a slave who had escaped to Ohio, killed her own daughter rather than see her returned to slavery by federal marshals.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854:

In the famous brawl on the floor of Congress, antislavery advocate Senator Charles Sumner was beat almost to death by Representative Preston Brooks over a debate regarding the legitimacy of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Following the Texas Revolt of 1835-36, the newly formed Republic of Texas resisted annexation by the United States.

"David Wilmot proposed a resolution in Congress prohibiting slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico." Define "prohibiting."

According to the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act:

By 1860, New York City had become the nation's financial, commercial, and manufacturing center.

While the Fugitive Slave Act was a symbolic victory for the proslavery side, it was seldom enforced.

Which was not part of the Irish experience on their arrival in the United States in the late 1840s and 1850s?

In the Dred Scott decision of 1857, the word "Dred" was used because:

When California became a state in 1850:

By 1860, nearly 300,000 men, women, and children had traveled overland to Oregon and California.

Lincoln shared many of the racial prejudices of his day.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848:

Which of the following was not a significant theme of public protest against America's war on Mexico?

A slave craftsman named Phillip Reed directed the assembly of the statue that adorns the top of the Capitol building dome in Washington, D.C.

The Free Soil Party's platform called for:

The Republican Party, founded in 1854:

Henry Clay lost the 1844 election because:

As late as 1860, California's population of men outnumbered women by nearly three to one.

In his 1858 Senate campaign against Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln called for the immediate abolition of slavery.

The Crittenden Compromise would have guaranteed the end to slavery in states where it existed already, after a seven-year cooling-off period.

When Texas declared itself independent of Mexico, its new constitution:

One of the leading figures of the Democratic Party in the 1850s was:

Define "secede."

Which of the following territories did not come to the United States as a result of its victory in the Mexican War?

The population rush into California in 1848 was a result of: