hewittlawson1e

Chapter 12 Summative Quiz

Question

1. The small trading posts that opened up throughout the West in the mid-nineteenth century

inspired the settlement of communities nearby.

undermined western expansion and entrepreneurial spirit.

generated conflict between pioneers and local Indians.

led to an overuse of material resources in particular regions.

Question

2. What group of people was likely to make the trip west?

Free blacks and Irish immigrants

Single men without dependents

Poor families looking for opportunity

Families of middling status

Question

3. How did the gold rush affect the demographic makeup of California?

The Anglo-American population increased dramatically.

The number of foreign-born immigrants outnumbered Anglo-Americans.

The number of foreign-born immigrants outnumbered Indians and Mexicans combined.

The number of Asian Americans increased dramatically.

Question

4. Why did so many northerners ignore the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?

Northerners resented the imposition of slaveholding values on their states.

The law was passed illegally by powerful southerners.

The Fugitive Slave Act turned free states into slave states.

Northerners held less regard for the laws than southerners did.

Question

5. A growing number of northerners challenged the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on the basis of the

right of the police to arrest a white person for aiding a fugitive.

states’ rights to determine their own policies.

right of slaveholders to hire slave catchers.

federal government’s right to enforce the law.

Question

6. What was a consequence of the United States’ new alliance with Japan under Pierce’s presidency?

A shared approach to governance and defense

U.S. respect for nations with different values and lifestyles

Strained relations with China and Russia

U.S. acquisition of Formosa and other nearby territories

Question

7. What party emerged and stood against the expansion of slavery in the 1854 congressional elections?

Democrat

Republican

Whig

Democratic-Republican

Question

8. The introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 was the result of political maneuvering by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois, who

hoped to swing the balance of power in favor of the free-states by encouraging popular referendum on the issue.

was appealing to constituents who were long victims of Indian violence by aiming to strip Indians of long-held territory.

hoped to get support for his railroad from southerners by enabling slavery in the West.

was politically indebted to the Democratic party and hoped to gain favor for his next campaign.

Question

9. What enabled the Republican party to attract followers rapidly?

Their proposal for commercial development and internal improvements

Their expansionist vision for the West and South

Their willingness to advocate the complete abolition of slavery

Their successful promotion of Abraham Lincoln as an ordinary man with humble roots

Question

10. Which southern state was the first to secede from the union in the wake of Abraham Lincoln’s election as president in 1860?

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Question

11. In response to news of John Brown’s raid, capture, and execution, Quaker abolitionists

asserted Brown was wrong in that he used violence.

celebrated Brown for drawing attention to the cause of emancipation.

expressed disappointment that Brown solicited their involvement.

quickly disavowed Browns’ action for fear it would undermine their movement.

Question

12. Because of John Brown’s raid, the Republican party platform of 1860

distanced itself from the radical wing of abolition.

stood for total abolition of slavery.

defended Brown but still accepted slavery where it already existed.

embraced southerners’ rights to defend slavery in the territories.