APUSH CH. 14 – Flashcards
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The term "second party system" describes
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B. the vigorous competition between Whigs and Democrats
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Northern attempts to attack slavery were limited by
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A. the absence of federal authority to regulate slavery
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During the 1840s, most northerners
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D. both A and B
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The Wilmot Proviso won support from northern Democrats who were upset about each of the following EXCEPT
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D. Polk's insistence on claiming the entire Oregon Country in 1846
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The Free Soil Movement supported the exclusion of slavery from the territories because of
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D. racial prejudice and fear of labor competition from slaves
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Which one of the following individuals was most responsible for coming up with the idea of popular sovereignty
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B. Lewis Cass
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According to the principle of popular sovereignty
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C. settlers would determine whether a territory would have slavery
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The first significant effort to create a broadly sectional party,adressing itself to voters' concerns about the extension of slavery, was the
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B. Free Soil Party
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The key organizer of the Compromise of 1850 was
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B. Henry Clay
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The Compromise of 1850
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A. abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia
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The most outrageous component of the Compromise of 1850 was the
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D. enactment of the new Fugitive Slave Law
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The failure of the political parties to develop distinctive issues in the election of 1852
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D. led to voter disenchantment with the major parties
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The major reason for Winfield Scott's defeat in 1852 was his
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A. alignment with the antislavery wing of the Whig Party
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The anticipated economic stimulus which would help the development of Kansas and Nebraska was
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C. the railroad
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To gain southern support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act Douglas had to support
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D. the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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A. was a catastrophe for sectional harmony
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What bothered nativists about the Irish and German immigrants was that so many of them were
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C. Roman Catholics
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Among the reasons why the Know-Nothings became popular was that
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A. they appealed to native-born workers who feared competition from low paid immigrants
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The Know- Nothing party failed because of each of the following factors EXCEPT
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E. most immigrants proved to be loyal Americans
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Which of the following, more than anything else, gave birth to the Republican Party in the North?
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C. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Underlying the rapid growth of the Republican Party was its
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C. Position on slavery in the territories
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Popular sovereignty failed in the 1854 Kansas elections because of
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B. illegal voting by Missouri residents
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A smaller civil war, which was a rehearsal for the later political disaster in the United States, was fought in which state during the late 1850s?
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B. Kansas
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Southerners viewed the election of James Buchanana in 1856
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A. with a temporary sense of relief
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The growing division between the North and South during the 1840s and 1850s
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D. was increasingly seen in culture and intellectual terms
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Between 1856 and 1860, the sectional quarrel
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C. became virtually irreconcilable
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In the 1850s, the most important example of literary abolitionism was
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A. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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In the Dred Scott case, the first question faced by the Supreme Court was
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D. whether slaves could be taken across state lines
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The Dred Scott decision
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B. reinforced the principles of the Missouri Compromise
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The Lecompton constitution
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A. represented the interest of most of Kansas
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In his debate with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln
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D. took radical position on the issue of sectional conflict
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The Republicans were successful in the election of 1860 because
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B. they were able to win decisively in the North
