Question 1

To broaden its appeal in 1860, the Republicans endorsed a number of traditionally Whig Party ideas.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

During the 1858 Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas debates, it became clear that Lincoln

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A)   believed slavery was morally acceptable under certain conditions.
B)   was an abolitionist
C)   believed racial equality was feasible at the time if certain concessions were made to southern elites.
D)   believed slavery was morally wrong, but was not an abolitionist.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B) D

Question 3

Why did the United States go to war with Mexico in 1846?

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Question 4

The Compromise of 1850 was the product of broad agreement on common national ideals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following towns served as a major departure point for migrants traveling west on the overland trails?

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A)   Independence, Missouri
B)   Cedar Rapids, Iowa
C)   Ames, Iowa
D)   St. Louis, Missouri
E)   Kansas City, MissouriF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 6

The Democratic platform of 1844 called for the reoccupation of ________ and the re-annexation of Texas.

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Question 7

Assess the ideology known as Manifest Destiny. Looking back, was it more helpful or hurtful?

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Question 8

In the election of 1852,

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A)   neither party endorsed the Compromise of 1850.
B)   the Free-Soil Party gained strength.
C)   the Democrats selected a war hero as their candidate.
D)   the Whigs were united.
E)   the Free-Soil Party endorsed the Compromise of 1850.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C) B

Question 9

In the mid-1850s, the struggle over Kansas saw

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A)   President Franklin Pierce oppose pro-slavery settlers in the territory.
B)   John Brown murder several pro-slavery settlers.
C)   the Missouri legislature ban its own citizens from entering Kansas.
D)   federal troops take military control of the region.
E)   a large antislavery posse sack the pro-slavery town of Lawrence, Kansas.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 10

The political party that came into being largely in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act was the

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A)   Republican Party.
B)   Know-Nothings.
C)   Populist Party.
D)   Abolitionist Party.
E)   Jayhawk Party.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

Most travelers going west found the experience both exhilarating and solitary.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 12

As a result of his 1858 debates with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln

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A)   gained many new supporters outside of Illinois.
B)   won election to the United States Senate.
C)   came to be regarded by southerners as an antislavery fanatic.
D)   was appointed to the leadership of the Republican Party.
E)   was appointed to an open House seat by the Republican governor of Illinois.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

The Dred Scott decision endorsed the Missouri Compromise.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Chinese who came to California during the gold rush

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A)   typically planned to remain permanently in the state.
B)   usually came with their families.
C)   more often worked as merchants than miners.
D)   had aspirations similar to those of American participants.
E)   found themselves banned from working in the mines.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 15

The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

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A)   intensified the debate over slavery.
B)   upset southerners as much as northerners.
C)   was readily accepted by northerners in the spirit of compromise.
D)   upset southerners as much as northerners, but was readily accepted by northerners in the spirit of compromise.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

When it came to the issue of the extension of slavery, President James K. Polk favored

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A)   an extension of the Missouri Compromise.
B)   popular sovereignty.
C)   free soil.
D)   abolitionism.
E)   the Wilmot Proviso.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 17

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was supported by the Republican Party.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Since 1800, what were the factors in the regional development of the United States that made civil war more likely?

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Question 19

Advocates of Manifest Destiny conceived of an American "empire of ________."

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Question 20

Under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States

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A)   officially acquired only Texas.
B)   gave up rights to California (for a time)  in exchange for New Mexico and Texas.
C)   established an open border with Mexico.
D)   established an American protectorate over Mexico.
E)   agreed to pay millions to Mexico.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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