MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Chapter 15 Study Guide Name MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) In opposing the Lecompton constitution, Douglas was consistent with his principle of 1) A) Free soil. B) Principle over expediency. C) Popular sovereignty. D) The Freeport Doctrine. E) Filibuster. 2) A key element of the Compromise of 1850 was: 2) A) postponing a determination of the boundaries of Texas. B) the enactment of a Fugitive Slave Law. C) throwing open Indian Territory to slavery. D) removal of popular sovereignty over slavery from the territories. E) admission of California to the union as a slave state. 3) Which candidate for the 1860 presidential election is NOT correctly paired with his position on slavery? A) Bell/extend the Missouri Compromise line. B) Breckinridge/extension to the territories. C) Seward/abolition of slavery. D) Lincoln/exclusion from the territories. E) Douglas/popular sovereignty to decide. 3) 4) Many northerners were fearful of what they called 4) A) "The slave power." B) "The power of the purse." C) "Dixie power." D) The power of "King Cotton." E) "Southern Power." 5) By early 1861, seven states had seceded from the Union. Which one was NOT among them? 5) A) Texas. B) Mississippi. C) Virginia. D) Alabama. E) Louisiana. 6) John Brown raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in order to 6) A) Prevent slave owners from taking it. B) Provide arms for a general slave uprising. C) Prove that God was with him. D) Make a statement for slavery. E) Create and defend a giant communal farm run by ex-slaves. 1

7) When Kansas applied for statehood, President James Buchanan 7) A) Refused to consider the request at that time. B) Turned the contested matter over to the Supreme Court for resolution. C) Said the issue was a congressional one. D) Endorsed the pro-slavery constitution. E) Accepted the anti-slavery constitution. 8) America's largest export in the mid-nineteenth century was 8) A) Steel. B) Furs. C) Iron ore. D) Wheat. E) Cotton. 9) Above all, southern slave owners feared 9) A) The Underground Railroad. B) Manifest Destiny. C) Popular sovereignty. D) Being outnumbered in the U.S. Senate. E) Fugitive slaves. 10) Ironically, northerners and southerners basically agreed on certain things. Which one of the following is NOT one of them? A) American superiority. B) Basic rights. C) Liberty. D) Ideology of labor. E) Expansion. 10) 11) This state was admitted as a free state in the Compromise of 1850: 11) A) Oregon. B) California. C) Maine. D) Texas. E) Nevada. 12) Which one of the following did NOT happen in 1854? 12) A) Kansas-Nebraska Act. B) Ostend Manifesto. C) Lincoln-Douglas debates. D) Democrats lose congressional majority. E) Republican Party formed. 13) The issue of slavery in the territories came to a head when 13) A) California applied for statehood. B) Silver was discovered in Nevada. C) Kansas split on slavery. D) Lewis Cass proposed the principle of popular sovereignty. E) Arizona applied for statehood. 14) The cause of the first round of Southern states' secession in 1860-61 was: 14) A) the election of Abraham Lincoln. B) the Dred Scott decision. C) the collapse of the national Democratic Party. D) Buchanan and Lincoln's indifference to compromise plans. E) the decision to bombard Fort Sumter. 2

15) Besides the northern sates, Lincoln carried these two in the 1860 election: 15) A) Kansas and Nebraska. B) North Dakota and Washington. C) Oregon and California. D) Kentucky and Tennessee. E) Missouri and Arkansas. 16) The only southern state to pass a unanimous vote for secession was 16) A) South Carolina. B) Texas. C) Alabama. D) Mississippi. E) Virginia. 17) The "Young America" movement 17) A) Favored the annexation of Canada. B) Favored an isolationist foreign policy. C) Desired the acquisition of Cuba and Central America. D) Supported lowering the voting age. E) Favored limiting the presidency to men under the age of 50. 18) The appearance of the Know-Nothing Party reflected American 18) A) Political apathy. B) Nativist leanings. C) Disgust with intellectuals in government. D) Acceptance of the Market Revolution. E) Tolerance of diversity. 19) The 1860 election presented clear choices to the voters. Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched to his views on slavery? A) Lincoln/halt spread of slavery into the territories. B) Breckinridge/extend slavery into the territories. C) William Seward/abolition. D) Bell/free soiler. E) Douglas/popular sovereignty. 19) 20) Most of the American population lived 20) A) In large cities in 1800. B) East of the Appalachian Mountains by 1850. C) West of the Appalachian Mountains by 1800. D) West of the Appalachian Mountains by 1850. E) In large cities in 1850. 21) Which one of the following was NOT a plank in the 1860 Republican platform? 21) A) A higher tariff. B) Praise for John Brown's raid. C) The preservation of the union. D) Support for a transcontinental railroad. E) No extension of slavery. 3

22) Which one of the following describes the correct chronological order of these events? (1) Dred-Scott decision. (3) Kansas-Nebraska Act. (2) Lincoln-Douglas Debates. (4) John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid. A) 2, 3, 1, 4 B) 3, 1, 4, 2 C) 3, 1, 2, 4 D) 1, 2, 4, 3 E) 4, 2, 3, 1 22) 23) The westward migration of American population between 1800 and 1850 23) A) Was concentrated in an arc from Cincinnati to Chicago to Detroit. B) Moved evenly through adjacent areas. C) Moved in a general north to south direction. D) Leapfrogged quickly to the West Coast. E) Was diverted south to Texas. 24) Both the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision invalidated this agreement: 24) A) Missouri Compromise. B) Tallmadge Amendment. C) Three-fifths compromise. D) Compromise of 1850. E) Wilmot Proviso. 25) The election of 1852 25) A) Made James Buchanan President. B) Still had unified parties and nominating conventions. C) Elected Abraham Lincoln President setting in motion the events leading to war. D) Had a decrease in voter turnout. E) Split the immigrant vote. 26) Lawrence and Pottawatomie Creek are indicative of 26) A) Armed bands roaming the Kansas community. B) Sites of popular sovereignty conventions. C) The model communities established by the Emigrant Aid Society. D) Stations on the Underground Railroad. E) Locations on the proposed Transcontinental Railroad. 27) Which one of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850? 27) A) Texas would cede land to New Mexico Territory. B) California would be a free state. C) New Mexico could be a slave state. D) Slave trade ended in the District of Columbia. E) A stronger fugitive slave law. 28) The vast new territories gained in the Mexican War 28) A) Provoked a new debate over the issue of slavery in the territories. B) Proved to be not as valuable as once was hoped. C) Were explored by Lewis and Clark. D) Were off limits to new settlers until the issue of slavery could be resolved. E) Led to a "gag rule" in Congress. 4

29) Republicans characterized Fremont's performance in 1856 as "victorious defeat" because: 29) A) he helped to popularize the antislavery cause. B) the Democrats fractured as a result of his candidacy. C) he won a majority of the popular, but not the electoral, vote. D) he built the Republican Party into a national party. E) he carried most of the states of the North. 30) After the election of 1852, 30) A) The Whigs became the dominant party. B) The Whigs never again fielded a national presidential candidate. C) The Democrats never fielded another presidential candidate. D) The Democratic-Republicans became dominant again. E) The Whigs adopted a pro-slavery stance. 31) The best-selling novel of the mid 19 th Century was 31) A) Uncle Tom's Cabin. B) Moby Dick. C) Walden, Or Life in the Woods. D) The Inebriate. E) Leaves of Grass. 32) An essay by Henry David Thoreau indicative of transcendental literature was 32) A) Walden, or Life in the Woods. B) The Scarlet Letter. C) Moby Dick. D) Leaves of Grass. E) Nature. 33) The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened Indian territory to American settlers 33) A) As slave territories. B) Under the principle of popular sovereignty. C) Under the Wilmot Proviso. D) If they would agree to kill all Indians on sight. E) Who were under the age of fifty. 34) Incidents involving Shadrach Minkins, Anthony Burns, and Thomas Sims demonstrated that the 34) A) Compromise on the issue of slavery was not only possible but practical. B) Fugitive Slave Act would help sooth sectional passions. C) Fugitive Slave Act raised northern consciousness on slavery. D) Federal government would not enforce the Fugitive Slave Act. E) Federal government had no desire to offend northern abolitionists. 35) Moby Dick, a classic of American fiction, was written by 35) A) Walt Whitman. B) A. Bronson Alcott C) Nathaniel Hawthorne. D) Herman Melville. E) Edgar Allan Poe. 5

36) The Dred Scott decision held that 36) A) Slaves had property rights, but only if they were not themselves property. B) Slaves had no rights before the law. C) Slaves were citizens but could not sue in a court of law. D) Black persons slave or free were not citizens and, therefore, could not sue in a court of law. E) The Kansas-Nebraska Act was unconstitutional. 37) The Election of 1856 was 37) A) A victory for Fillmore. B) A setback for Democrats. C) A return to power of the Whig Party. D) National in scope for the Republicans. E) Two separate contests for the North and South. 38) The Scarlet Letter, a work of social criticism, was written by 38) A) Nathaniel Hawthorne. B) Herman Melville. C) Walt Whitman. D) Ralph Waldo Emerson E) Edgar Allan Poe. 39) The Compromise of 1850 settled the borders of 39) A) Indian Territory. B) Oklahoma and Missouri. C) Utah and Nevada. D) Kansas and Nebraska. E) Texas and New Mexico. 40) The Republican victory in 1860 40) A) Was the immediate cause for the first southern states to secede. B) Provided the validity of the Electoral College. C) Was acclaimed by north and south alike. D) Was won by a landslide. E) Was the party's last for 12 years. 41) Which one of the following was NOT a state that waited to secede until after Ft. Sumter? 41) A) South Carolina. B) North Carolina. C) Virginia. D) Arkansas. E) Tennessee. 42) Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the election of 1856? 42) A) A sectional candidate had triumphed for the first time. B) James Buchanan was the compromise Democratic candidate. C) Really there were two elections, one in the north and one in the South. D) The Kansas-Nebraska Act had divided for the Democratic Party. E) The Republicans could claim "victorious defeat." 6

43) The Missouri Compromise line of 1820 43) A) Was extended across the Mexican cession by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. B) Was left intact by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. C) Was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. D) Had nothing to do with the Kansas-Nebraska Act. E) Negated the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 44) The major dilemma that the Confederate States of America confronted throughout the Civil War was how to A) Wage a war that required a centralized power. B) How to protect against slave uprisings. C) Emancipate the slaves without losing face. D) Coax an apathetic population into fighting. E) Fund a military effort without the central authority to collect taxes. 44) 45) What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Kansas-Nebraska Territories? 45) A) They were open to slavery via popular sovereignty. B) None, the law was quickly struck down by the Supreme Court. C) Much of their southern territory was added to Texas. D) More of it was granted to Indian reservation areas. E) The Missouri Compromise line was extended through them. 46) Which one of the following authors is NOT correctly matched to their writing? 46) A) Dickinson/Leaves of Grass. B) Thoreau/Walden, Or Life in the Woods. C) Douglass/Narrative of the Life. D) Melville/Moby Dick. E) Hawthorne/The House of Seven Gables. 47) The Lincoln-Douglas debates resulted in: 47) A) Lincoln becoming nationally famous as a speaker. B) An increase in abolitionist sentiment. C) Douglas's nomination as president in 1860. D) Acceptance of Douglas's pro-union views. E) Lincoln's election to the United States Senate. 48) Solutions proposed for the issue of slavery in the territories included all of the following EXCEPT: 48) A) A stronger fugitive slave law passed. B) Popular Sovereignty. C) The Wilmot Proviso. D) The legalization of slavery in all of the Mexican territory. E) The legalization of slavery in California only. 49) Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens were selected as president and vice president of the Confederacy because they both: A) Were outspoken "fire-eaters." B) Had military experience. C) Expressed moderate or cooperationist views. D) Were charismatic campaigners. E) Advocated popular sovereignty and states rights. 49) 7

50) Every seceding southern state except South Carolina was divided on secession along up-country-low-country lines. This became a particularly extreme problem in A) Virginia. B) Texas. C) Florida. D) Tennessee. E) Missouri. 50) 51) Southerners favored American expansion into Mexico and Cuba 51) A) Because they were strong nationalists. B) Because they felt that slavery could grow there. C) Because the North opposed it. D) Because they wanted to spread the American ideology of liberty. E) For strategic reasons. 52) The population of the U.S. went from 5.3 million in 1800 to this in 1850: 52) A) 13 million. B) 23 million. C) 46 million. D) 10 million. E) 31 million. 53) Roger Taney's opinion for the majority of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case: 53) A) refuted the Southern states'-rights position B) denied that African Americans could be U.S. citizens C) overturned the Fugitive Slave Law D) ended the national debate over the expansion of slavery E) increased respect for the Court in the North 54) If you were a northerner who argued that "slave power" really existed, you would NOT use this argument in your favor: A) Circumstances of the Dred Scott decision. B) The arguments of John C. Calhoun. C) Discovery of the "secret six" funds. D) Provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law. E) Keeping power in the Senate with equal numbers of slave and free states. 54) 55) John Brown's punishment for seizing the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia was 55) A) Death by firing squad. B) Life in prison. C) Death by hanging. D) Twenty years in prison. E) Five years in prison. 56) From 1800 to 1850, the land area of the United States 56) A) Remained unchanged. B) More than doubled. C) More than quadrupled. D) Shrunk by one-half. E) More than tripled. 8

57) The Lincoln-Douglas debates occurred because Lincoln challenged Douglas to them in their campaign to win nomination/election as A) United States senator from Illinois. B) Governor of Illinois. C) Republican Party presidential candidate. D) A member of the U.S. House from Illinois. E) The 1860 Democratic Party presidential candidate. 57) 58) Much of the Know-Nothings were called that because they pretended to know nothing when asked 58) A) Where a fugitive slave might be hidden. B) Whether slavery should extend to the territories. C) How rifles got to Kansas as "BOOKS." D) Information about their party. E) How they were funded. 59) Which of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three? 59) A) John C. Fremont. B) Stephen Douglas. C) John C. Breckenridge. D) John Bell. E) Abraham Lincoln. 60) Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 60) A) 1859. B) 1855. C) 1851. D) 1863. E) 1847. 61) By the 1848 election, the national parties 61) A) Had detested sectional problems. B) Managed to keep social divisions from occurring. C) Were stronger than ever. D) Were already eroded by sectionalism. E) Remained staunchly national. 62) Northern mourning for the death of John Brown 62) A) Shocked southerners because of its extent. B) Was insincere and politically motivated. C) Was limited to New England. D) Was minimal. E) Proved his raid was righteous. 63) Stephen Douglas' action in introducing the Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854 proved to be 63) A) His most honorable stand. B) A step closer to the presidency for him. C) A brilliant political move. D) A great political miscalculation. E) An insignificant political act. 64) Which one of the following gives the CORRECT order of these events? (1) South Carolina secedes. (3) Lincoln takes office. (2) Confederacy formed. (4) Lincoln elected. A) 4, 1, 2, 3 B) 1, 2, 3, 4 C) 4, 3, 1, 2 D) 4, 2, 3, 1 E) 4, 3, 2, 1 64) 9

65) The Kansas-Nebraska Act: 65) A) convinced many northern Whigs that compromise with the South was impossible. B) spurred white settlement in the new territory. C) set the stage for conflict between pro- and antislavery activists. D) resulted in the relocation of many Indians from their land. E) all of the above. 66) Which of the following was a reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law?: 66) A) the spread of abolitionism to the South. B) a radicalization of antislavery sentiment in the North. C) rising protest against slavery in France and England. D) Northern states attempting to nullify the law. E) the growth of a new biracial society in Canada. 67) Which one of the following was NOT a shock to southerners in relation to John Brown's raid? 67) A) Financial support from northern elite. B) Extent of northern mourning. C) Republican Party praise for Brown. D) Evidence of the extent of northern hostility to slavery. E) Promotion of slave rebellion. 68) The Republican platform in the 1860 presidential election 68) A) Affirmed that ending slavery was more important than even the union. B) Focused solely on the issue of slavery. C) Advocated social equality for blacks. D) Proposed free western lands for homesteaders. E) Supported a lowering of the protective tariff. 69) Significant black leaders like Frederick Douglass did not support John Brown because 69) A) They believed his plan would fail. B) Of the Pottawatomie massacres. C) Brown was not a Christian. D) Of his obvious mental illness. E) Brown was white. 70) The first state to secede from the Union was 70) A) Alabama. B) Maryland. C) South Carolina. D) Georgia. E) Mississippi. 71) The South was insulted by all of the following EXCEPT: 71) A) The dissemination of abolitionist tracts in the South. B) Northern protests against the Fugitive Slave Law. C) The rejection of the Lecompton constitution. D) Northern support for John Brown's raid. E) The Dred Scott decision. 10

72) Which one of the following would NOT have been regarded as a northern "insult" by southerners in 1859? A) Rejection of the Lecompton constitution. B) Acceptance of the Dred Scott decision. C) Armed protests against the Fugitive Slave Law. D) The degree of mourning over the death of John Brown. E) Support of John Brown's raid. 72) 73) In the 1850s, the flowering of American works of fiction and poetry was called 73) A) The Age of Reason. B) The Great Awakening. C) The American Renaissance. D) The Enlightenment. E) The Age of Letters 74) The only candidate in the Election of 1856 to carry states nationally instead of sectionally was 74) A) Fremont. B) Fillmore. C) Buchanan. D) Birney. E) Cass. 75) By 1850 most southern leaders like Calhoun and Toombs 75) A) Had organized slave power groups to keep control. B) Insisted slavery must be national. C) Agreed to confine slavery to the south. D) Emphasized popular sovereignty. E) Said slavery was slowly on its way out. 76) John Brown's raid shocked the South because 76) A) So many people died in vain. B) They did not realize that whites cared this much about slavery. C) It aroused the South's great fear of a slave rebellion. D) It was so successful. E) Brown was tried and hanged; he was recovering from wounds suffered in the raid. 11

Answer Key Testname: CHP 15 STUDY GUIDE 1) C 2) B 3) A 4) A 5) C 6) B 7) D 8) E 9) D 10) D 11) B 12) C 13) A 14) A 15) C 16) A 17) C 18) B 19) D 20) D 21) B 22) C 23) D 24) A 25) D 26) A 27) C 28) A 29) E 30) B 31) A 32) A 33) B 34) C 35) D 36) D 37) E 38) A 39) E 40) A 41) A 42) A 43) C 44) A 45) A 46) A 47) A 48) E 49) C 50) A 12

Answer Key Testname: CHP 15 STUDY GUIDE 51) B 52) B 53) B 54) C 55) C 56) E 57) A 58) D 59) A 60) D 61) D 62) A 63) D 64) C 65) E 66) B 67) C 68) D 69) A 70) C 71) E 72) B 73) C 74) C 75) B 76) C 13