Us History Chapter 13 Quiz

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“Fifty-four forty or fight” referred to demands for American control of:

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Oregon.

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According to John L. O’Sullivan’s Democratic Review, what was the key to the history of nations and the rise and fall of empires?

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race

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American settlement in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s:American settlement in Texas in the 1820s and 1830s:

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led Stephen Austin to demand more autonomy from Mexican officials.

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By 1840, California was already linked commercially with the United States, and __________ ships were trading with the region.

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New England

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By 1856, the Republican Party included individuals who had been, until rather recently, members of each of the following political groups EXCEPT:

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Federalists.

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During his debate with Abraham Lincoln in Freeport, Illinois, Stephen Douglas:

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insisted that popular sovereignty was compatible with the Dred Scott decision.

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During the 1850s, 80 percent of the world’s gold came from two places that experienced gold rushes at about the same time, California and:

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Australia.

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During the Mexican War:

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American forces occupied a foreign capital.

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During the secession winter of 1860–1861, who offered the most widely supported compromise plan in Congress, which allowed the westward extension of the Missouri Compromise line?

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John Crittenden

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In 1846, Congressman David Wilmot proposed to:

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prohibit slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico.

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In 1860, which state became the first to pass an ordinance of secession and declare itself separated from the Union?

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South Carolina

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In the 1850s, Tennessee-born William Walker became famous for:

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filibustering expeditions in Central America.

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In the 1860 election, how many different presidential candidates won electoral votes?

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four

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In the presidential election of 1860, the two candidates who received the most votes in the southern states were:

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John Breckinridge and John Bell.

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James Polk had four clearly defined goals when he entered the White House. Which of the following was NOT one of his goals?

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settle the slavery dispute

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On matters related to citizenship, the U.S. Supreme Court declared in Dred Scott that:

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only white persons could be U.S. citizens.

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Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren rejected adding Texas to the United States because:

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the presence of slaves there would reignite the issue of slavery, and they preferred to avoid it.

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Stephen Douglas’s motivation for introducing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to:

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boost efforts to build a transcontinental railroad.

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The 1860 Republican platform stated all of the following EXCEPT that:

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slavery should be abolished in the nation’s capital.

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The American Civil War began in April 1861, when:

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Confederate forces fired upon and captured Fort Sumter.

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The California gold rush:

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resulted in laws that discriminated against “foreign miners.”

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The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks:

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actually helped the new Republican Party.

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The Democratic Party split in 1860 over the question of whether to:

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protect slavery in the territories or allow popular sovereignty in them.

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The Dred Scott decision of the U.S. Supreme Court:

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declared Congress could not ban slavery from territories.

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The famous Lincoln-Douglas debates took place during the campaign for:

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U.S. senator from Illinois in 1858.

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The Free Soil Party:

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demonstrated that antislavery sentiment had spread far beyond abolitionist ranks.

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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:

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gave new powers to federal officers to override local law enforcement.

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The Lecompton Constitution was the:

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proslavery constitution proposed for Kansas.

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The opponents of the Compromise of 1850:

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received a boost from President Zachary Taylor.

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The Republican free labor ideology:

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led to the argument by William Seward that free labor and slave labor were essentially incompatible.

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The Republican presidential candidate in 1856 was:

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John Frémont.

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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848 provided for:

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U.S. control of all of the Oregon Country.

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What 1854 document called for the United States to seize Cuba?

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the Ostend Manifesto

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What American naval officer negotiated a treaty that opened two Japanese ports to U.S. ships in 1854?

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Matthew Perry

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What attracted voters to the Know-Nothing Party?

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its denunciation of Roman Catholic immigrants

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When Democrats demanded the “reannexation” of Texas in 1844, they:

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implied that Texas had once been part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase.

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When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1821:

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its Native American population in California was relatively large compared to its non-Indian population.

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Which one of the following countries did NOT go through some kind of popular upheaval in 1848?

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Russia

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Which one of the following is an example of the political impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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The Whig Party collapsed, and many disgruntled northerners joined the new Republican Party.

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Which one of the following puts these events in the proper chronological order, from first to last?I. Virginia seceded from the Union.II. Abraham Lincoln was elected president.III. Confederate States of America formed.IV. South Carolina seceded from the Union.

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II, IV, III, I

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Which one of the following statements related to ethnicity was true in California in the 1850s?

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Thousands of Indian children were declared orphans and treated as slaves.

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Which one of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

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The territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada would be created.

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Which two political figures agreed to keep the issue of annexing Texas out of the 1844 presidential campaign if possible?

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Henry Clay and Martin Van Buren

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Who questioned whether the Mexicans had actually inflicted casualties on American soil, as President Polk claimed?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Who was responsible for the 1856 Pottawatomie Creek Massacre in Kansas and led the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859?

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John Brown

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Who wrote On Civil Disobedience as a response to the U.S. war with Mexico?

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Henry David Thoreau

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Why did Mississippi politician Jefferson Davis object in the 1850s to the original design of the Statue of Freedom that now adorns the U.S. Capitol dome?

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Its use of an ancient Roman liberty cap on “Freedom” raised a touchy matter about slaves’ longing for freedom.

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Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?

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Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.

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With the exception of Alaska, what was the last piece of territory acquired by the United States toward the solidification of its present boundaries in North America?

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the Gadsden Purchase