Question 1

President Andrew Jackson did not favor the annexation of Texas.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery was wrong, but he was not an abolitionist.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What were the major consequences of the Mexican War?

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Question 4

Following John Brown's 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, many southerners were convinced that

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A)   the raid was the isolated act of an antislavery fanatic.
B)   Brown had been given the support of the Republican Party.
C)   northern politicians would use the raid as an excuse to further restrict slavery.
D)   the abolitionist movement would shortly fall into disgrace.
E)   his execution would put a stop to northern agitation over slavery once and for all.F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

The 1856 beating of Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate

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A)   was in response to a pro-slavery speech he had given.
B)   was a vicious assault carried out by a member of the House of Representatives.
C)   was strongly condemned in the South.
D)   resulted in Sumner's death from his injuries weeks later.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Lincoln and the Republicans advocated the social equality of the races.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In 1836, Texas did not immediately join the United States in part because

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A)   Congress feared that giving statehood to Texas might lead to war with Mexico.
B)   the American leadership in Texas delayed in applying for statehood.
C)   President Andrew Jackson thought that action would add to sectional tensions.
D)   England had forged its own political ties to Texas.
E)   Texas settlers overwhelmingly did not want to be part of the United States.F) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

In the end, Kansas voters rejected the Lecompton constitution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Before the early 1850s, Americans who traveled west on the overland trails were generally

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A)   relatively young people who traveled in family groups.
B)   over the age of thirty.
C)   from the eastern seaboard states.
D)   wealthy.
E)   domestic servants and prostitutes.F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 10

The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)  held that

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A)   Scott must be freed under federal law.
B)   slaves were property unless they moved to a free state.
C)   states were not allowed to abolish slavery within their borders.
D)   the freedom of a slave could not be purchased by a black person.
E)   the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 11

In 1860, John Bell was the presidential candidate of the ________ Party.

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Question 12

During the Mexican War,

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A)   President Polk considered Zachary Taylor to be his closest ally in Mexico.
B)   American settlers in California staged a revolt with the help of the United States navy.
C)   victory came more easily than President Polk had anticipated.
D)   the actual fighting was confined to Texas and Mexico.
E)   President Polk tried to placate Whigs by minimizing military offensives.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 13

Describe the territorial gains made by the United States between 1830 and 1860.

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Question 14

The United States went to war with Mexico in 1846 without a formal declaration of war.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

President James K. Polk

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A)   entered office with very few concrete plans about what he wanted to achieve.
B)   helped his candidacy for office by expressing a desire to re-annex Texas.
C)   had not held any significant electoral office before becoming president.
D)   opposed the occupation of Oregon.
E)   was generally a pacifist, but was ultimately pushed into faster occupation of the West.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

Why was the United States able to add so much new territory to its control in the 1840s?

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The United States was able to add a sign...

Question 17

In the 1850s, the issue of slavery complicated the proposal to build a transcontinental railroad, as

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A)   it raised the question of whether or not slaves would be used as railroad labor.
B)   non-slaveowning northerners and slaveowning southerners could not agree on a route.
C)   British banks refused to help fund the project as long as slavery existed in the United States.
D)   it raised the question of whether or not slaves would be used as railroad labor, and British banks refused to help fund the projects as long as slavery existed in the U.S.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

Northern states tried to stop local officials from helping southerners retrieve their runaway slaves, by passing ________ laws.

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Question 19

In The Pro-Slavery Argument (1837) , John C. Calhoun stated that slavery was

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A)   likely to be adopted by non-slave states within fifty years.
B)   a "necessary evil."
C)   a "positive good."
D)   likely to end in the United States within fifty years.
E)   the "American way of life."F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 20

Abraham Lincoln gained national recognition from his 1858 debates with Stephen ________.

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President James K. Polk

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What were the major consequences of the Mexican War?

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Lincoln and the Republicans advocated the social equality of the races.

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Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery was wrong, but he was not an abolitionist.

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The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) held that

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In 1836, Texas did not immediately join the United States in part because

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Abraham Lincoln gained national recognition from his 1858 debates with Stephen ________.

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