1. In The Emigrant’s Guide to Oregon and California (Document 13-1), Lansford Hasting characterized life on the West Coast as
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2. John D. Sloat’s announcement “To the Inhabitants of California” (Document 13-2) presents the U.S. annexation of California as a result of which of the following?
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3. Francisco Mejia, in “A Proclamation at Matamoros” (Document 13-2), attributes the cause of the 1846 war to what factor?
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4. In his 1850 speech on the question of slavery (Document 13-3), John Calhoun asked whether it was possible to reach an agreement that would terminate agitation and save the Union. Answering his own question, he said, “Yes, easily; not by the weaker party, for it can of itself do nothing—not even protect itself—but by the stronger.” The stronger party that Calhoun refers to in this passage was which of the following?
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5. After delivering the speech excerpted in Document 13-4, Charles Sumner was savagely beaten on the floor of the U.S. Senate, sustaining injuries that incapacitated him for years. How do Sumner’s speech and the response to it reflect the broader historical context of the 1850s?
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6. How would the southerners known as “fire-eaters” have responded to Chief Justice Roger B. Taney’s opinion in Dred Scott v. Sanford (Document 13-5)?
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7. According to the views she expressed in her 1860–1861 diary (Document 13-6), Keziah Goodwin Hopkins Brevard viewed her slaves as
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8. Based on the documents in this chapter, historians would be most likely to identify the period from 1844 to 1860 as a coherent period in U.S. history characterized by which of the following developments?
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