Slavery in the United States

America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.) Chapter 14 The Sectional Crisis 14.1 Multiple-Choice Questions 1) In 1856, Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, almost beat Senator ________ of Massachusetts to death. A) Thaddeus Stevens B) John C. Calhoun C) Charles Sumner D) Zachary Taylor E) William Graham Sumner Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: 330 [Factual] 2) The term "second party system" describes A) the splinter parties of the 1840s and 1850s. B) the vigorous competition between Whigs and Democrats. C) the creation of a new, third, political party. D) the political party not in power in government. E) a total shift in American politics. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 332 [Factual]

Chapter Three Society and Culture in Provincial America Multiple Choice Questions 1. Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were A. aristocrats. B. religious dissenters. C. laborers. commercial agents. landowners. Ans: C Page: 62 2. In the seventeenth century, the great majority of English immigrants who came to the Chesapeake region were A. slaves. B. women. C. convicts. indentured servants. religious dissenters. Ans: D Page: 62 3. All of the following were characteristics of the English indenture system EXCEPT A. most indentured servants received land upon completion of their contracts. B. contracts for indenture generally lasted four to five years.