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Beginning in 1840, the driving force in the American economy was:
A) cotton production.
B) railroad construction.
C) gold and silver mining.
D) the production of high-grade steel.
B) railroad construction.
In the South during the 1850s:
A) Southerners advocated national policies to support economic development.
B) advocates of a "New South" established large textile factories.
C) investment in land and slaves precluded capital investment in manufacturing.
D) the falling price of cotton created a recession that impoverished many.
C) investment in land and slaves precluded capital investment in manufacturing.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act:
A) ensured that the number of free and slave states would remain equal.
B) repealed the Missouri Compromise and authorized the residents of both territories to determine the status of slavery.
C) temporarily suspended the Missouri Compromise until the Kansas Territory determined the status of slavery.
D) created the slave territory of Kansas and the free territory of Nebraska.
B) repealed the Missouri Compromise and authorized the residents of both territories to determine the status of slavery.
The Republican party advocated all the following ideas EXCEPT:
A) the Slave Power was determined to destroy the liberties of Northerners.
B) popular sovereignty was the best way to handle the question of slavery expansion.
C) slavery was morally wrong.
D) slavery would drive free labor out of the territories.
B) popular sovereignty was the best way to handle the question of slavery expansion.
The Dred Scott decision:
A) declared Congress could not prohibit slavery from a territory.
B) endorsed the Wilmot Proviso.
C) upheld the Missouri Compromise.
D) struck down the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
A) declared Congress could not prohibit slavery from a territory.
The Lecompton constitution:
A) represented a majority of the legitimate residents of Kansas.
B) tried to make Kansas a free state.
C) allowed Kansans to vote on whether they wanted slavery.
D) was the work of a proslavery minority in Kansas.
D) was the work of a proslavery minority in Kansas.
John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry:
A) was endorsed by the Republican party.
B) was ignored by Southerners because of its small size.
C) strengthened disunion sentiment in the South.
D) precipitated a slave insurrection.
C) strengthened disunion sentiment in the South.
All of the following were candidates for president in 1860 EXCEPT:
A) Abraham Lincoln.
B) Stephen A. Douglas.
C) James Buchanan.
D) John C. Breckenridge.
C) James Buchanan.
Abraham Lincoln:
A) won the presidency with less than 40 percent of the popular vote.
B) won an overwhelming popular and electoral victory in 1860.
C) was elected with only a bare majority of the popular and electoral vote.
D) was elected to the presidency by the House of Representatives.
A) won the presidency with less than 40 percent of the popular vote.
Which was NOT part of the Crittenden Compromise?
A) a congressional slave code to protect slavery in the territories
B) the admission of Kansas as a slave state.
C) establishment of the Missouri Compromise line.
D) an amendment protecting slavery in the states.
B) the admission of Kansas as a slave state.
In his first inaugural address, President Lincoln:
A) promised not to abolish slavery but vowed to preserve the Union.
B) announced the withdrawal of all Federal personnel from the South as a gesture of good will.
C) promised to abolish slavery no matter what the consequences.
D) declared that a state of war existed between the United States and the Confederacy.
A) promised not to abolish slavery but vowed to preserve the Union.
All of the following helped cause the Civil War EXCEPT:
A) inherent weaknesses in the American political system.
B) the economic independence of each section of the nation.
C) Americans' conspiratorial view of politics.
D) diverging economies in the North and the South.
B) the economic independence of each section of the nation.
Author
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16305
Card Set
History
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CH15
Updated
2010-04-26T23:17:18Z
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