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| 1041831773 | In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity, | party leaders avoided public discussion of slavery | |
| 1041831775 | The United States' victory in the Mexican War resulted in: | a. Renewed controversy over the issue of extending slavery into the territories b. A possible split in the Whig and Democratic parties over slavery c. The cession by Mexico of an enormous amount of land to the United States d. A rush of settlers to new American territory in California | |
| 1041831777 | The Wilmot Proviso, if adopted, would have prohibited slavery in | any territory acquired in the Mexican War | |
| 1041831779 | The debate over slavery in the Mexican Cession threatened to | split national politics along North-South lines. | |
| 1041831782 | in 1848, the Free Soil Party platform advocated the following: | a. Support of the Wilmot Proviso b. Federal aid for internal improvements c. Free government homesteads for settlers d. Opposition to slavery in the territory | |
| 1041831785 | According to the principle of "Popular Sovereignty", the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by | the vote of the people in any given territory | |
| 1041831787 | The public liked popular sovereignty because | it fit in with the democratic tradition of self-determination | |
| 1041831790 | In the 1848 presidential election, the Democratic and Whig parties remained silent on the issue of | slavery | |
| 1041831792 | The key focus for the major parties in the 1848 presidential election was | personalities | |
| 1041831794 | The event that brought turmoil to the administration of Zachary Taylor was | the discovery of gold in California | |
| 1041831796 | The Free Soilers argued that slavery would | cost more costly wage labor to wither away | |
| 1041831797 | Of the people going California during the gold rush, a distressingly high proportion were | lawless men | |
| 1041831798 | The Free Soilers condemned slavery because | it destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise to self-employment | |
| 1041831799 | By 1850, the South was relatively well off, | politically and economically | |
| 1041831800 | Harriet Tubman gained fame by | helping slaves escape to Canada | |
| 1041831801 | During the 1850s, slaves probably gained their freedom most frequently by | self-purchase | |
| 1041831802 | John C. Calhoun's plan to protect the South and slavery involved the election of two presidents, one from the _____ and one from the _____ | North, South | |
| 1041831803 | Daniel Webster's famed Seventh of March speech in 1850 resulted in | a shift toward compromise in the North | |
| 1041831804 | In his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webster | urged reasonable concession to the South | |
| 1041831805 | For his position in his Seventh of March Speech, Daniel Webster | was viciously condemned by abolitionists | |
| 1041831806 | The Young Guard from the North were most interested in | purging and purifying the Union | |
| 1041831807 | In the debates of 1850,Senator William h. Seward, as a representative of the northern Young Guard, argued that | Christian legislators must obey God's moral law | |
| 1041831808 | During the debate of 1850, William H. Seward argued that there was a "higher law" than the Constitution that compelled him to | demand the exclusion of slavery from the territories | |
| 1041831809 | An event which helped the cause of compromise in 1850, was when President Zachary Taylor died suddenly and | Millard Fillmore became president | |
| 1041831810 | Southern delegates met at convention In Nashville in the summer of 1850 to | condemn the compromises being worked out in Congress | |
| 1041831811 | In the Compromise of 1850, Congress determined that slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories was to be decided by | popular sovereignty | |
| 1041831812 | The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was | the decision concerning the new Fugitive Slave Law | |
| 1041831813 | The Fugitive Slave Law included the following: | a. Denial of a jury trial to runaway slaves b. Denial of fleeing slaves' right to testify on their own behalf c. The penalty of imprisonment for northerners who helped slaves to escape d. A higher payment if officials determined blacks to be runaways | |
| 1041831814 | Many Northern states passed "Personal Liberty Laws" in response to the Compromise of 1850's provision regarding | runaway slaves | |
| 1041831815 | In light of future evidence, it seems apparent that in the Compromise of 1850, the South made a tactical blunder by | demanding a strong fugitive slave law | |
| 1041831816 | The fatal split in the Whig part in 1852 occurred over | slavery | |
| 1041831817 | The election of 1852 was significant because | it marked the end of the Whig party | |
| 1041831818 | For a short time in the 1850s, William Walker, an American adventurer, seized control of | Nicaragua | |
| 1041831819 | The man who opened Japan to the United States was | Mathew Perry | |
| 1041831820 | in 1850, rebuffed as buyers, some Southern adventurers undertook to shake the tree of Manifest Destiny by attempting to | seize Cuba by force | |
| 1041831821 | The United States scheme to gain control of Cuba was stopped when | northern free-soilers fiercely protested the effort. | |
| 1041831822 | Some Southerners felt Cuba would be an enticing prospect for annexation for the following reasons: | a. It was a sugar-rich and economically productive territory b. It already had a large population of enslaved blacks c. It could be carved into several states, restoring political balance in the Senate d. It was located just off the nation's doorstep | |
| 1041831823 | On July 3, 1844, the first formal diplomatic agreement between the United States and China was the | Treaty of Wanghia | |
| 1041831824 | A scheme to acquire Cuba from Spain in the 1850's was known as the | Ostend Manifest | |
| 1041831825 | Most American leaders believe that the only way to keep the new Pacific Coast territories from breaking away from the United States was to | construct a transcontinental railroad | |
| 1041831826 | A Southern route for the transcontinental railroad seemed the best because | the railroad would be easier to build in this area | |
| 1041831827 | Stephen A. Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory be decided by | popular sovereignty | |
| 1041831828 | Stephen A. Douglas's plans for deciding the slavery question in the Kansas-Nebraska scheme required repeal of the | Missouri Compromise | |
| 1041831829 | One of Stephen Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was | underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery. |
