Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas engaged in a series of debates in  1858 to win nomination/election as    
 the 1860 Democratic Party presidential candidate.    
 * United States senator from Illinois.    
 Governor of Illinois.    
 Republican Party presidential candidate.    
    

From 1800 to 1850, the land area of the United States more than     
 doubled.    
 * tripled.    
 quadrupled.    
 shrunk by one half.    
    

America's largest export in the mid-nineteenth century was     
 wheat.    
 steel.    
 * cotton.    
 iron ore.    
    

By 1850, most southern leaders like Calhoun and Toombs     
 agreed to confine slavery to the South.    
 * insisted slavery must be national.    
 emphasized popular sovereignty.    
 had organized slave power groups to keep control.    
    

The vast new territories gained in the Mexican-American War     
 * provoked a new debate over the issue of slavery in the territories.    
 occasioned a gag rule in congress.    
 were off limits to new settlers until the issue of slavery could be resolved.    
 were explored by Lewis and Clark.    
    

All of the following were things northerners and southerners basically  agreed on except:    
 expansion    
 liberty    
 American superiority    
 * ideology of labor    
    

Many northerners were fearful of what they called     
 * "the power of the purse."    
 "the power of 'King Cotton.'"    
 "the slave power."    
 "Dixie power."    
    

Southerners favored American expansion into Mexico and Cuba     
 * because they felt that slavery could grow there.    
 because they were strong nationalists.    
 for strategic reasons.    
 because the North opposed it.    
    

Which of the following was a northern stereotype of the South?     
 Slavery had none of the paternalism of industrial labor.    
 The North did not benefit from the cotton trade.    
 * Poor southern whites were deprived of democratic rights.    
 Slave-owning planters cared little for rights of property.    
    

The issue of slavery in the territories came to a head when     
 * California applied for statehood.    
 Silver was discovered in Nevada.    
 Arizona applied for statehood.    
 Lewis Cass proposed the principle of popular sovereignty.    
    

Solutions proposed for the issue of slavery in the territories included all  of the following except:    
 the Wilmot Proviso    
 popular sovereignty    
 the legalization of slavery in all of the Mexican territory    
 * the legalization of slavery in California only    
    

Incidents involving Shadrach Minkins, Anthony Burns, and Thomas Sims  demonstrated that the    
 federal government had no desire to offend northern abolitionists.    
 federal government would not enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.    
 compromise on the issue of slavery was not only possible but practical.    
 * Fugitive Slave Act raised northern consciousness on slavery.    
    

Which of the following bravely spoke out on behalf of freedom?     
 * Frederick Douglass    
 Lewis Cass    
 Roger Taney    
 Pierre Soule    
    

One of the effects of the Fugitive Slave Law was to encourage this group:     
 southern moderates    
 * secessionists    
 escaped slaves    
 western settlers    
    

The election of 1852     
 still had unified parties and nominating conventions.    
 led some southern Whigs to vote for the Democratic candidate.    
 * had a drop in voter turnout.    
 resulted in the election of Buchanan.    
    

After the election of 1852, the     
 Whigs became the dominant party.    
 * Whigs never again fielded a presidential candidate.    
 Whigs adopted a pro-slavery stance.    
 Democrats never fielded another presidential candidate.    
    

The "Young America" movement     
 favored an isolationist foreign policy.    
 favored the annexation of Canada.    
 * desired the acquisition of Cuba and Central America.    
 favored limiting the presidency to men under the age of 50.    
    

The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened Indian territory to American settlers     
 * under the principle of popular sovereignty.    
 under the Wilmot Proviso.    
 if they would agree to kill all Indians on sight.    
 who were under the age of 50.    
    

The Missouri Compromise line of 1820     
 negated the Kansas-Nebraska Act.    
 was extended across the Mexican cession by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.    
 * was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.    
 was left intact by the Kansas-Nebraska Act.    
    

Stephen Douglas's action in introducing the Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854  proved to be a/an    
 * great political miscalculation.    
 step closer to the presidency for him.    
 brilliant political move.    
 insignificant political act.    
    

Which of the following Indian peoples sold their lands in Kansas to whites?     
 Cheyenne    
 Shawnee    
 * Delaware    
 Kickapoo    
    

Lawrence and Pottawatomie Creek are indicative of     
 * armed bands roaming the Kansas community.    
 stations on the Underground Railroad.    
 sites of popular sovereignty conventions.    
 locations on the proposed Transcontinental Railroad.    
    

The appearance of the Know-Nothing Party reflected American     
 tolerance of diversity.    
 * Nativist leanings.    
 acceptance of the market revolution.    
 political apathy.    
    

In the election of 1856, the three candidates were     
 * James Buchanan, John C. Fremont, Millard Fillmore.    
 James Buchanan, John C. Fremont, Stephen Douglas    
 James Buchanan, Stephen Douglas, Millard Fillmore.    
 John C. Fremont, Millard Fillmore, Stephen Douglas    
    

Many members of the Know-Nothing Party pretended to know nothing when asked     
 where a fugitive slave might be hidden.    
 how rifles got to Kansas as "books."    
 * information about their party.    
 whether slavery should extend to the territories.    
    

The Dred Scott decision held that     
 * slaves were not citizens and, therefore, could not sue in a court of law.    
 slaves were citizens but could not sue in a court of law.    
 slaves had no rights before the law.    
 the Kansas-Nebraska Act was unconstitutional.    
    

The Election of 1856 was     
 * two separate contests for the North and South.    
 a victory for Fillmore.    
 a setback for Democrats.    
 national in scope for the Republicans.    
    

John Brown raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in order to     
 make a statement for slavery.    
 * provide arms for a general slave uprising.    
 prevent slave owners from taking it.    
 prove that God was with him.    
    

Significant black leaders like Frederick Douglass did not support John Brown  because    
 Brown was white.    
 of the Pottawatomie massacres.    
 * they believed his plan would fail.    
 Brown was not a Christian.    
    

Northern mourning for the death of John Brown     
 was minimal.    
 * shocked southerners because of its extent.    
 proved his raid was righteous.    
 was limited to New England.    
    

John Brown's raid shocked the South because     
 * it aroused the South's great fear of a slave rebellion.    
 it was so successful.    
 Brown was tried and hanged; he was recovering from wounds suffered in the raid.    
 so many people died in vain.    
    

When Kansas applied for statehood, President James Buchanan     
 * endorsed the pro-slavery constitution.    
 refused to consider the request at that time.    
 accepted the antislavery constitution.    
 turned the contested matter over to the Supreme Court for resolution.    
    

The South was insulted by all of the following except:     
 northern protests against the Fugitive Slave Law    
 the rejection of the Lecompton constitution    
 northern support for John Brown's raid    
 * the Dred Scott decision    
    

The Republicans won the election of 1860 largely because     
 their platform had universal appeal.    
 of Lincoln's popularity in the South.    
 * the Democratic Party split into northern and southern wings.    
 they appealed to the "Common Man."    
    

The Republican victory in 1860     
 was won by a landslide.    
 * was the immediate cause for the first southern states to secede.    
 was acclaimed by north and south alike.    
 provided the validity of the electoral college.    
    

John Brown's purpose in seizing the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry,  Virginia was to    
 protest the Dred Scott decision.    
 arm southern abolitionists in Virginia.    
 distract attention from fugitive slave hearings in Maryland.    
 * spark a slave uprising in Virginia.    
    

All of the following were shocks to southerners in relation to John Brown's  raid except:    
 promotion of slave rebellion    
 financial support from northern elite    
 extent of northern mourning    
 * Republican Party praise for Brown    
    

Which one of the following has the LEAST in common with the other three?     
 Stephen Douglas    
 John C. Breckinridge    
 John Bell    
 * John C. Fremont    
    

All of the following were planks in the 1860 Republican platform except:     
 * praise for John Brown's raid    
 support for a transcontinental railroad    
 a higher tariff    
 no extension of slavery    
    

The Republican platform in the 1860 presidential election     
 supported a lowering of the protective tariff.    
 advocated social equality for blacks.    
 * proposed free western lands for homesteaders.    
 focused solely on the issue of slavery.    
    

The 1860 election presented clear choices to the voters. All of the  following are correctly matched to his views on slavery except:    
 Breckinridge / extension to territories    
 Douglas / popular sovereignty    
 * Bell / extension south of Missouri    
 Lincoln / abolition of slavery    
    

The only southern state to pass a unanimous vote for secession was     
 Texas.    
 * South Carolina.    
 Alabama.    
 Mississippi.    
    

What was the major miscalculation of the secessionists?     
 They had no need to form a nation.    
 * They could bluff the North into compromising.    
 They could leave the Union peacefully.    
 They could expand slavery into the territories.    
    

Which one of the following gives the CORRECT order of these events? (1) 	South Carolina secedes  (2) 	Confederacy formed   (3) 	Lincoln takes office  (4) 	Lincoln elected    
 * 4, 1, 2, 3      
 4, 3, 1, 2    
 1, 2, 3, 4    
 4, 3, 2, 1    
    

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in     
 1845.    
 * 1851.    
 1855.    
 1867.    
    

Most of the American population lived     
 west of the Appalachians in 1800.    
 * west of the Appalachians in 1850.    
 in large cities in 1800.    
 in large cities in 1850.    
    

The westward migration of the American population between 1800 and 1850     
 moved evenly through adjacent areas.    
 * leapfrogged quickly to the West Coast.    
 was diverted south to Texas.    
 rarely, if ever, took place.    
    

The Compromise of 1850 settled the borders of     
 Kansas and Nebraska.    
 Utah and Nevada.    
 * Texas and New Mexico.    
 Indian Territory.    
    

The only candidate in the Election of 1856 to carry states nationally  instead of sectionally was    
 * Buchanan.    
 Fremont.    
 Fillmore.    
 Birney.    
    

Which one of the following was NOT a state that waited to secede until after  Ft. Sumter?    
 * South Carolina    
 Virginia    
 Florida    
 Missouri    
    

Every seceding southern state except South Carolina was divided on secession  along up-country/low-country lines. This became a particularly extreme problem in    
 Texas.    
 * Virginia.    
 Florida.    
 Missouri.