front 1 Why did the public like popular sovereignty? | back 1 It fit in with the democratic tradition of self-determination. |
front 2 Why did the Free Soil Party condemn the expansion of slavery? | back 2 It destroyed opportunities for white workers to rise from wage-earning dependence to independent ownership. |
front 3 All of the following were true of the 1848 presidential candidates except: | back 3 Lewis Cass ran a pro-slavery campaign. |
front 4 All of the following are true about the California gold rush except: | back 4 It resulted in a balance of free and slave states in the Union. |
front 5 Which of the following is true of the Underground Railroad? | back 5 It consisted of an informal chain of antislavery homes. |
front 6 Who gave the Seventh of March speech? | back 6 Daniel Webster |
front 7 Which of the following terms of the Compromise of 1850 was a concession to the North? | back 7 The domestic slave trade (but not slavery) would be abolished in the District of Columbia. |
front 8 Which was a consequence of the Fugitive Slave Law? | back 8 It inspired more northerners to take a stand against slavery. |
front 9 The election of 1852 marked the effective end of which of the following? | back 9 The Whig Party |
front 10 Which best describes the scheme to seize Cuba and turn it into several new slate states? | back 10 It urged that the administration offer $120 million for Cuba. |
front 11 What was Commodore Matthew C. Perry best known for? | back 11 Opening Japan to U.S. trade |
front 12 What was the primary purpose of the Gadsden Purchase of 1854? | back 12 To facilitate the construction of a southern transcontinental railroad |
front 13 Stephen A. Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory be decided by which of the following? | back 13 Popular sovereignty or democratic vote by the white male residents of each divided territory |
front 14 All of the following were true of the Republican Party during this period except: | back 14 It was generally south of the Mason-Dixon line. |
front 15 What was the most durable political offspring of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | back 15 The emergence of the new Republican Party |