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Mrs. Gates - 11th Grade U.S. History
Chapter 13 Test
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11th Grade
03/06/2013

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Yes or No

 

Crittenden's compromise failed to pass the Republican-controlled Congress.

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Yes
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Yes or No

 

Lincoln won the election of 1860 with over sixty percent of the popular vote.

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No
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Yes or No

 

Abraham Lincoln believed Congress should abolish slavery in the south.

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No
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Yes or No

 

Stephen A. Douglas almost sacrificed his political career when he courageously opposed a fraudulent proslavery constitution in Kansas.

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Yes
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Yes or No

 

In an attempt to divert attention from the sectional controversy, Buchanan tried to wage war against the Mormons in Utah.

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Yes
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Yes or No

 

Chief Justice Roger Taney argued that the Constitution did not recognize blacks as citizens, even if they were free.

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Yes
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Yes or No

 

Anger over the Pottawatomie Massacre helped to rally support for abolition.

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No
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Yes or No

 

Abolitionists were primarily responsible for the violence in "Bleeding Kansas."

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No
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Yes or No

 

Southerners were outraged when a Southern representative beat up a Northern senator in the Senate chamber.

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No
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Yes or No

 

During the presidential elections in the 1850s most voters favored compromise on the slavery issue.

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Yes
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Yes or No

 

Throughout the 1850s the Democrats appealed only to the South.

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No
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Yes or No

 

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is largely responsible for the cirtual civil war in "Bleeding Kansas."

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Yes
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Yes or No

 

The Republican party's appeal was limited to the North.

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Yes
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Yes or No

 

By 1860 nearly half of all white Southerners owned slaves.

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No
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Yes or No

 

The purpose of the Underground Railroad was to escort fugitive slaves safely through the South to the North.

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No
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Yes or No

 

Over two million slaves received freedom through the Underground Railroad.

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No
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Yes or No

 

Thousands of slaves were returned to their owners under the unpopular Fugitive Slave Law.

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No
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Yes or No

 

The Democrats lost the election of 1852 by a landslide because they supported the Compromise of 1850.

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No
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Yes or No

 

Most forty-niners remained in California even though their search for instand wealth proved fruitless.

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Yes
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Yes or No

 

The discovery of gold on Sutter's rance made him an instant millionaire.

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No
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Yes or No

 

The South opposed the right of new states to ban slavery.

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No
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Yes or No

 

The South used its power in the Senate to block the Wilmot Proviso each time it passed in the House.

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Yes
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Yes or No

 

The Civil War was an "irrepressible conflict" that grew naturally out of the divisions of the 1850s.

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No
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Where was the first shot fired in the Civil War?
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Fort Sumter
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What term refers to a state's leaving the Union?
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secession or secede
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What state unanimously passed the Ordinance of Secession?
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South Carolina
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What party was created in 1860 by conservative Northerners and Southerners who wanted to preserve the Union?
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Constitutional Union party
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What fanatic became an abolitionist "martyr" when he was hanged for treason?
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John Brown
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What federal arsenal was attacked in 1859 in hopes of sparking a slave revolt?
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Harpers Ferry
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What two Illinois politicians held seven influential debates on the issue of slavery?
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Lincoln and Douglas
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Who masterminded the Pottawatomie Massacre?
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John Brown
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During what infamous episode did a Southern representative beat an antislavery senator in the Senate chamber?
Definition
Brooks-Sumner episode
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What free-state town in Kansas was sacked by proslavery ruffians?
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Lawrence
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What territory was subjected to bloody fighting between antislavery "free-staters" and proslavery "border ruffians"?
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Kansas
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What sectional party appealed to a broad following by opposing slavery and supporting tariffs and inexpensive land?
Definition
Republican party
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What do we call the radical Southerners who believed that secession was the only way to protect their way of life?
Definition
Fire-Eaters
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What powerful novel aroused public opinion against slavery?
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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What escape route did fugitive slaves use to pass through the Northern states?
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Underground Railroad
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What compromise was necessary before California could be admitted as a free state?
Definition
Compromise of 1850
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What rich region attracted so many people that it applied for statehood without becoming a territory?
Definition
California
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What were the gold-seekers called who first arrived in California?
Definition
forty-niners
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What party had the slogan "Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men"?
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Free Soil party
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What even caused the upper South to secede?
Definition
Lincoln's call for troops
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What event caused the lower South to secede?
Definition
election of Lincoln
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Who was not among the candidates for president in the crucial election of 1960?
Definition
James Buchanan
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What was probably the greatest factor in Lincoln's election?
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a split within the Democratic party
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According to Lincoln, what was at the heart of his debate with Douglas?
Definition
immorality of slavery
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Whose famous speech quoted Christ's words that "a house divided against itself cannot stand?"
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Abraham Lincoln
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What was the basic position of the Freeport Doctrine?
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Territories can prohibit slavery by refusing to adopt laws that establish it.
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Which event was not associated with "Bleeding Kansas"?
Definition
Brooks-Sumner incident
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Proslavery forces were responsible for the...
Definition
sack of Lawrence
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Which of the following men was an abolitionist?

-John Brown

-Henry Clay

-Jefferson Davis

-Roger Taney

Definition
John Brown
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Which of the following was not a standard Republical position?

-antislavery

-protarrif

-inexpensive land

-popular sovereignty

Definition
popular sovereignty
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What party became the real successor of the Whig party?
Definition
Republican party
Term
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced to...
Definition
ensure that the transcontinental railroad would benefit  Illinois
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What was provavly the most effective propaganda tool for abolition?
Definition
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 actually worsened tensions between the North and the South?
Definition
Fugitive Slave Act
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According to Daniel Webster, why was the debate over slavery in the new territories needless?
Definition
The climate of the new territories cannot support slavery.
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Who was the strongest opponent of the Comprovise of 1850?
Definition
Zachary Taylor
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What was not a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
Definition
passage of the transcontinental railroad through Illinois
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What state was admitted to the Union as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
Definition
California
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The South resisted the admission of California as a state because Southerners...
Definition
feared the loss of power in the Senate
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What were forty-niners?
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early gold hunters in California
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What was the greatest spur to American settlement of California?
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gold rush
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What short-lived party arose in 1848 to oppose the spread of slavery?
Definition
Free Soil party
Term
What position was offered as a compromise between the abolitionists and proslavery Southerners?
Definition
popular sovereignty
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Popular sovereignty said that slavery...
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can be banned in a territory only by a vote of the people.
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The Calhoun Resolutions said that slavery...
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cannot be banned until a territory becomes a state
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The Wilmot Proviso said that slavery...
Definition
must be banned in all new territories
Term
What was the earliest controversy in the steady slide toward civil war?
Definition
Wilmot Proviso
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What caused the lower South to secede?

What caused the upper South to secede?

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p. 280/282
Term
What were the basic positions of Lincoln and Douglas in their famous debates?
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p. 276-77
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Why was the Dred Scott decision significant?
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p. 273/275
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What three events in 1856 helped to focus national attention on "Bleeding Kansas"?
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p. 272-73
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Why was the Kansas-Nebraska Act proposed?

What were its effects?

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p. 269-70
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What were the abolitionists' primary sources of propaganda during the 1850s?
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p. 267-69, 272-73, 278-79
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List four of the five provisions of the Compromise of 1850.
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p. 265
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What were the three most common views of the status of slavery in the territories?
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p. 262
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