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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

The Union Broken (1850-1861)

Multiple Choice


1	Beginning in 1840, the driving force in the American economy was:
		A)	cotton production.
		B)	gold and silver mining.
		C)	railroad construction.
		D)	the production of high-grade steel.


2	In the South during the 1850s:
		A)	the falling price of cotton created a recession that impoverished many.
		B)	advocates of a "New South" established large textile factories.
		C)	investment in land and slaves precluded capital investment in manufacturing.
		D)	Southerners advocated national policies to support economic development.


3	The Kansas-Nebraska Act:
		A)	ensured that the number of free and slave states would remain equal.
		B)	repealed the Missouri Compromise and authorized the residents of both territories to determine the status of slavery.
		C)	temporarily suspended the Missouri Compromise until the Kansas Territory determined the status of slavery.
		D)	created the slave territory of Kansas and the free territory of Nebraska.


4	The Republican party advocated all the following ideas EXCEPT:
		A)	slavery would drive free labor out of the territories.
		B)	the Slave Power was determined to destroy the liberties of Northerners.
		C)	slavery was morally wrong.
		D)	popular sovereignty was the best way to handle the question of slavery expansion.


5	The Dred Scott decision:
		A)	declared Congress could not prohibit slavery from a territory.\
		B)	struck down the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
		C)	endorsed the Wilmot Proviso.
		D)	upheld the Missouri Compromise.


6	The Lecompton constitution:
		A)	allowed Kansans to vote on whether they wanted slavery.
		B)	represented a majority of the legitimate residents of Kansas.
		C)	tried to make Kansas a free state.
		D)	was the work of a proslavery minority in Kansas.


7	John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry:
		A)	was endorsed by the Republican party.
		B)	precipitated a slave insurrection.
		C)	was ignored by Southerners because of its small size.
		D)	strengthened disunion sentiment in the South.


8	All of the following were candidates for president in 1860 EXCEPT:
		A)	James Buchanan.
		B)	John C. Breckenridge.
		C)	Stephen A. Douglas.
		D)	Abraham Lincoln.


9	Abraham Lincoln:
		A)	won an overwhelming popular and electoral victory in 1860.
		B)	was elected with only a bare majority of the popular and electoral vote.
		C)	won the presidency with less than 40 percent of the popular vote.
		D)	was elected to the presidency by the House of Representatives.


10	Which was NOT part of the Crittenden Compromise?
		A)	establishment of the Missouri Compromise line.
		B)	an amendment protecting slavery in the states.
		C)	the admission of Kansas as a slave state.
		D)	a congressional slave code to protect slavery in the territories


11	In his first inaugural address, President Lincoln:
		A)	announced the withdrawal of all Federal personnel from the South as a gesture of good will.
		B)	declared that a state of war existed between the United States and the Confederacy.
		C)	promised to abolish slavery no matter what the consequences.
		D)	promised not to abolish slavery but vowed to preserve the Union.


12	All of the following helped cause the Civil War EXCEPT:
		A)	inherent weaknesses in the American political system.
		B)	the economic independence of each section of the nation.
		C)	diverging economies in the North and the South.
		D)	Americans' conspiratorial view of politics.

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