Why did the public like popular sovereignty?
It fit in with the democratic tradition of self-determination.
Why did the Free Soil Party condemn the expansion of slavery?
It destroyed opportunities for white workers to rise from wage-earning dependence to independent ownership.
All of the following were true of the 1848 presidential candidates except:
Lewis Cass ran a pro-slavery campaign.
All of the following are true about the California gold rush except:
It resulted in a balance of free and slave states in the Union.
Which of the following is true of the Underground Railroad?
It consisted of an informal chain of antislavery homes.
Who gave the Seventh of March speech?
Daniel Webster
Which of the following terms of the Compromise of 1850 was a concession to the North?
The domestic slave trade (but not slavery) would be abolished in the District of Columbia.
Which was a consequence of the Fugitive Slave Law?
It inspired more northerners to take a stand against slavery.
The election of 1852 marked the effective end of which of the following?
The Whig Party
Which best describes the scheme to seize Cuba and turn it into several new slate states?
It urged that the administration offer $120 million for Cuba.
What was Commodore Matthew C. Perry best known for?
Opening Japan to U.S. trade
What was the primary purpose of the Gadsden Purchase of 1854?
To facilitate the construction of a southern transcontinental railroad
Stephen A. Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory be decided by which of the following?
Popular sovereignty or democratic vote by the white male residents of each divided territory
All of the following were true of the Republican Party during this period except:
It was generally south of the Mason-Dixon line.
What was the most durable political offspring of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The emergence of the new Republican Party