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1. What did the Wilmot Proviso of 1846 propose?

Slavery would be allowed to expand only into the area below the southern boundary of Missouri.

Any slaves taken in the area ceded by Mexico would be freed at age twenty-eight.

People living in the area ceded by Mexico could choose for themselves whether or not to permit slavery.

Slavery would be prohibited throughout the entire area ceded by Mexico.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

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2. Which issue in the debate of 1849-50 led to the Compromise of 1850?

The balance of power between the North and the South in Congress

Whether or not the nation should engage in a civil war

Stricter interstate commerce regulations

Whether or not Congress should raise taxes on imports

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

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3. Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) influence northerners' attitudes toward slavery?

It included scientific evidence of the effects of slavery on those enslaved.

It put forth a stirring moral indictment of slavery.

Stowe argued that the North was not responsible for the institution of slavery.

It suggested that northerners should pay for slaves to be sent to Africa.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is B.

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4. In 1854, Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act and included a section repealing the Missouri Compromise because

he had never supported the Missouri Compromise in the first place.

he needed southern support to pass his legislation.

he pocketed bribes from southern legislators in return for supporting their causes.

he did not think the plan would cause controversy.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is B.

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5. How did American politics change in the aftermath of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act?

The Democratic party ceased to exist.

The Whigs gained new strength and vitality.

Democrats came to dominate northern politics.

The Whig party disintegrated.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

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6. The American party, or Know-Nothings, appeared in the mid-1850s as

a reaction to large numbers of Roman Catholics coming to the United States.

a political organization designed to include all Americans.

part of the movement to unite Americans in support of slavery.

an organization advocating equal rights for all immigrants.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

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7. How did the Dred Scott decision increase sectional tension?

It lent credence to the belief in the North that a slave power conspiracy existed.

It indicated that the issue of slavery could be determined in any territory long before the moment of statehood.

It strengthened the Democratic party by unifying its northern and southern branches.

It precipitated the resignation of Supreme Court justices from the North.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

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8. What did Douglas argue in what became known as the Freeport Doctrine?

The Dred Scott decision would very likely be reversed in the near future.

Settlers could ban slavery by not passing the laws necessary to protect slave property.

The Supreme Court could not supersede the implementation of popular sovereignty.

Halting slavery would cause dire financial consequences for the United States.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is B.

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9. What was the result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

The Democrats shunned Douglas.

Douglas scored a landslide victory against Lincoln.

Lincoln became nationally known.

Lincoln defeated Douglas and became a U.S. senator.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is C.

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10. How did more moderate southern Democrats respond to the choice of John C. Breckenridge as presidential nominee?

They joined Republicans in an effort to preserve the Union.

They attempted to revive the Whig party.

They backed Breckenridge once he offered support for a federal slave code.

They organized the Constitutional Union party.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

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11. Why did the slave states of the Upper South initially reject secession?

They believed the North would quickly send invading armies to the Upper South.

They had great difficulty in getting together a quorum of legislators to debate the issue.

They feared that secession would lead to a great slave rebellion.

They did not have as great a stake in slavery as the states in the Lower South.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

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12. How did James Buchanan respond as the secession crisis loomed over the final weeks of his presidential administration?

He called several ineffective special sessions of Congress.

He remained in Washington and did nothing.

He urged the Supreme Court to rule on secession before Lincoln took office.

He prodded Congress to beef up the military in case there was a war.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is B.

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