A) Franklin Pierce
B) William Seward
C) John Frémont
D) Abraham Lincoln
E) James Buchanan
G) None of the above
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A) It banned slavery even though an overwhelming majority of residents supported it.
B) It banned slavery but provided an exception to existing resident slave owners.
C) It legalized slavery even though a majority of residents opposed it.
D) It allowed each county in Kansas to vote on the legality of slavery.
E) It advocated for Kansas independence rather than statehood.
G) C) and E)
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B) False
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A) the idea that Congress should refuse to interfere with slavery in the states or territories
B) the repeal of both the Fugitive Slave Act and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
C) much of the agenda of the former Whigs, including the idea of slavery as barbaric
D) the reinstitution of the Missouri Compromise
E) federal funding for a transcontinental railroad and western expansion
G) None of the above
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A) The Free-Soilers divided both the Democratic vote and the Whig vote on the state-level in such a way that Taylor-who was a slave owner but opposed slavery in the West-won nationwide.
B) Because none of the candidates wanted to alienate possible supporters, their campaigns managed to avoid the topic of slavery in the western territories altogether, ultimately prolonging the issue.
C) The Democrats would take control of the White House, the Congress, and the Supreme Court in a showdown that guaranteed endorsement of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
D) The vote was decided in the House of Representatives after a tie between the Democrats and the Whigs, which resulted in an outcry by the public on the validity of the election.
E) The election broke up the Whig party to such an extent that it would never again have a candidate in future American elections and its platform would be subsumed under the other parties.
G) All of the above
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A) became by far the worst depression in American history.
B) ended sectional bickering for a time as groups came together to restore the economy.
C) greatly weakened the confidence of southerners in their cotton economy.
D) was triggered by the violence in Kansas as residents feared for their lives.
E) inspired southerners to insist northerners should embrace slavery to avoid white workers voting.
G) B) and E)
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A) renominated Buchanan.
B) was silent on the issue of slavery.
C) condemned the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
D) was dominated by southern extremists.
E) broke up into warring northern and southern wings.
G) C) and D)
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A) was a presidential candidate for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 election and ran on a highly vague platform
B) was one of the most experienced presidents but had limited ability, facing events such as the Dred Scott decision early on that resulted in his undoing
C) was Franklin Pierce's friend and secretary of war who was later elected president of the Confederacy
D) was a reluctant Whig presidential candidate in 1848 who had previously had no party affiliation
E) was a South Carolina congressman who openly campaigned for a pro-slavery Kansas and caned Charles Sumner
F) was the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed and saw it as a way to stop the slavery debate
G) argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H) was the chief justice for Dred Scott case who was from Maryland and supported the South
I) was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate, which was unique because he had already been president as part of a different party
J) was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and who had inherited the office rather than running for it
L) H) and J)
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A) appealing to fear.
B) sweeping the free states.
C) carrying the biggest states in both the North and South.
D) massive voter fraud.
E) changing his position on slavery.
G) All of the above
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A) John Calhoun bitterly opposed any compromise.
B) President Taylor resigned because of irreconcilable differences within his party.
C) Stephen Douglas pushed for California to be a slave state.
D) Jefferson Davis emerged as a voice of moderation.
E) Daniel Webster made an impassioned argument for secession.
G) D) and E)
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A) It was written to convince readers of the benefits of slavery, but few copies were sold.
B) It demonstrated how the brutal realities of slavery harmed everyone associated with it.
C) It convinced many poor southern whites to oppose slavery.
D) Its publication, despite its censorship, sparked the onset of the first battle of the Civil War.
E) It was an objective description of life under slavery, especially in its combinations of characters.
G) A) and D)
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A) He had married a free woman.
B) The physical abuse he suffered was illegal.
C) He argued that slavery was unconstitutional.
D) He claimed that living for extended periods in areas where slavery was forbidden
Made him free.
E) His father was a free man.
G) A) and B)
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A) Slaves who were taken to free states would be considered free.
B) Slaves who were taken to free territories would be considered free.
C) The Missouri Compromise was still legally binding.
D) Blacks did not have citizenship and therefore lacked legal standing.
E) State bans on slavery did not violate the property rights of masters.
G) B) and C)
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A) started a brief war with Russia due to competition for resources.
B) improved relations with Native Americans and led to preservation of their lands.
C) encouraged American dreams of a Pacific commercial empire linked to Asia.
D) resulted in a massive economic recession because the gold standard was worth less.
E) caused the population of cities such as San Francisco to be predominantly white.
G) None of the above
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A) was a presidential candidate for the Constitutional Union party in the 1860 election and ran on a highly vague platform
B) was one of the most experienced presidents but had limited ability, facing events such as the Dred Scott decision early on that resulted in his undoing
C) was Franklin Pierce's friend and secretary of war who was later elected president of the Confederacy
D) was a reluctant Whig presidential candidate in 1848 who had previously had no party affiliation
E) was a South Carolina congressman who openly campaigned for a pro-slavery Kansas and caned Charles Sumner
F) was the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed and saw it as a way to stop the slavery debate
G) argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H) was the chief justice for Dred Scott case who was from Maryland and supported the South
I) was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate, which was unique because he had already been president as part of a different party
J) was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850 and who had inherited the office rather than running for it
L) E) and G)
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