Exam 13: A House Divided, 1840-1861

A) Thousands of Indian children were declared orphans and treated as slaves.
B) The state recognized more than 15,000 African-Americans as slaves of whites who had moved there.
C) Men of all backgrounds, except those from China, were allowed to vote and serve on juries.
D) Indian communities prospered by renting land and selling supplies to gold miners.

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A) implied that Texas had once been part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase.
B) were consciously appealing to northern Whigs.
C) were seeking to take the slavery issue out of the presidential campaign.
D) neglected to say anything about the status of Oregon.

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A) Texas.
B) Oregon.
C) California.
D) Mexico.

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A) Mexican cattle ranchers
B) the Indian inhabitants
C) U.S.-born immigrants
D) any individual

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A) Japan created its own minstrel shows.
B) Other nations wanted to carve up Japanese territory.
C) Japan became a modernized military power.
D) The United States became much less interested in China.

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A) The Supreme Court ruled the compromise unconstitutional.
B) Fighting over slavery had begun to spread into new territories.
C) The South took great liberties in the enforcement of the fugitive slave law.
D) The slavery issue had not been adequately resolved by the compromise.

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A) The Methodist Church, the nation's largest denomination, called on all its members to free their slaves.
B) Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.
C) Members of the abolitionist Republican Party, formed in 1844, insisted on debating slavery.
D) President John Tyler's antislavery policies caused a major proslavery backlash led by John C. Calhoun.

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A) antislavery constitution adopted in Nebraska.
B) proslavery constitution proposed for Kansas.
C) pro-secession constitution of North Carolina.
D) Missouri constitution preferred by Abraham Lincoln.

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The ideological and economic differences between the North and South during the period 1844 to 1860 were significant factors that led to political conflict between the two regions. Ideologically, the North and South had differing views on the issue of slavery. The North was increasingly opposed to the institution of slavery, viewing it as morally wrong and incompatible with the principles of freedom and equality. On the other hand, the South relied heavily on slavery for its agricultural economy, and many in the region defended the institution as essential to their way of life. Economically, the North was experiencing rapid industrialization and urbanization, leading to a more diverse and dynamic economy. In contrast, the South's economy was primarily based on agriculture, particularly cotton production, and relied heavily on slave labor. This economic disparity led to conflicting interests between the two regions, particularly in terms of trade policies and tariffs. These ideological and economic differences manifested in political conflicts over a range of issues, including the expansion of slavery into new territories, the balance of power in Congress, and the rights of states to determine their own laws regarding slavery. The Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 were attempts to address these conflicts, but ultimately only served to further polarize the North and South. The growing tensions eventually led to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. The political conflict between the North and South during this period was rooted in deep-seated ideological and economic differences, and ultimately culminated in a devastating and transformative conflict in American history.

A) Abraham Lincoln.
B) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
C) Henry David Thoreau.
D) David Wilmot.

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A) were shared by many people in the North and West as well.
B) were ignored by the incoming Lincoln administration.
C) had been debated by politicians for several decades, resulting in a series of compromises.
D) had been dismissed as insignificant following the demise of the Whig Party.

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A) declared that Congress could not ban slavery from territories.
B) endorsed the free soil policy of the Republicans.
C) backed the idea of popular sovereignty.
D) freed Dred and Harriet Scott.

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A) There were revolutions against monarchies.
B) The unification of Germany occurred.
C) Italian kingdoms reunified.
D) Napoleon escaped, created an army, and attacked England.

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A) convinced northerners that Catholic immigrants posed a more significant threat than the southern slave power.
B) led to the argument by Abraham Lincoln and William Seward that free labor and slave labor were essentially incompatible.
C) owed its origins to Abraham Lincoln's reemergence in the wake of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
D) accepted southerners' point that slavery protected their liberty, but explained that the economic benefits of free labor would outweigh the damage abolition would do to southern liberty.

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A) Frederick Douglass.
B) Joseph Lane.
C) John Brown.
D) Henry Ward Beecher.

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A) Race.
B) Democracy.
C) Economic freedom.
D) Slavery.

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A) those who wished to remain isolationist
B) northerners who wanted to preserve the union
C) those who wished to abolish slavery
D) southerners who wanted to protect their interests

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A) The Monroe Doctrine.
B) The Ostend Manifesto.
C) The Wilmot Proviso.
D) The Webster-Ashburton Treaty.

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