Chapter 13 Quiz

. Which does not describe Frederick Douglass?

A settler of the West

A runaway enslaved person

A skilled caulker

An abolitionist

. Market integration in the 1840s and 1850s helped

inhibit the growth of sectionalism.

overwhelm the connections that bound the sections together.

make the North an industrial economy.

None of the above

. What is one reason farmers were able to grow and sell more crops in the 1850s?

The invention of the telegraph made it possible for farmers to talk to stores.

More Americans were living in cities and working for wages, so they had to buy food rather than grow it themselves.

There were significant improvements in the types of seeds being planted.

People were eating more.

. Why did the westward expansion of slavery cause anxiety among free farmers?

The size of free farms was restricted by the amount of labor a family could perform, so more land could be offered to those who owned enslaved people.

Northerners thought that owning enslaved people was morally wrong.

There wouldn't be enough work for wage laborers.

Enslaved people could take ownership over the land they worked.

. What was the goal of the Wilmot Proviso?

To free enslaved people

To limit the number of enslaved people that could be brought West

To preserve western lands for white settlement

To protect the property rights of those who owned enslaved people in the territories

. Who supported Clay's "Omnibus?"

Fire-eaters

Northern and Southern centrists

Free-Soilers

None of the above

. Which was one of the resolutions that Henry Clay proposed to balance the conflicting issues of the North and South?

California would be admitted as a free state and the rest of the Mexican territories would have certain conditions regarding slavery attached to their applications for statehood.

Texas was denied its full geographical scope, but the federal government would assume Texas's debt.

Slavery would not be abolished in Washington, D.C.

The federal government could interfere with interstate trafficking of enslaved people.

. Which statement is true about the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

Enslaved people who had run away in the past were certain that they would remain free.

It took the jurisdiction away from federal commissioners and gave it to the northern courts.

To refuse to catch alleged runaways was now a federal crime.

It was well received by the African American community as well as by the white abolitionists.

. Which does not describe the Kansas–Nebraska Act?

The Nebraska Territory was split into two-Kansas to the west of Missouri and Nebraska to the north of Kansas.

Both Kansas and Nebraska were to be organized on the principle of popular sovereignty.

It decreased support for antislavery politicians in the North.

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was repealed.

. Who was the Republican Party's first presidential candidate?

John C. Frémont

Abraham Lincoln

John Brown

Stephen Douglas

. Which issue held together the members of the new Republican Party?

Constructing a transcontinental railroad

Halting slavery's expansion into any western territories

Encouraging small farmers to settle the West

Creating land-grant colleges to encourage innovation in agriculture

. Who was Roger Brooke Taney?

An abolitionist Senator from Massachusetts

The Emigrant Aid Society's agent in Lawrence, Kansas

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott decision

An army surgeon from Missouri

. In the 1850s, Democrats opposed all of the following except

protective tariffs.

federal support for the building of canals, turnpikes, and railroads.

the establishment of a national bank.

central government support to protect slavery.

. What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott case?

That Scott should be legally free

That Scott was not a citizen and could never be a citizen

That Scott was not legally free, but he might become free someday

That slavery should be illegal in the territories

. In the election of 1860, Lincoln ran on a platform dedicated to

the ultimate extinction of slavery.

the separation of the North and the South.

upholding popular sovereignty.

the building of infrastructure in the West.

. What was the policy of popular sovereignty?

Western settlers would decide whether to permit slavery.

Western settlers could decide if they wanted to join the United States.

Southern and northern states would have equal representation to discuss slavery.

The United States government could make certain laws to define the future of western states.

. What did the Free-Soil party demand?

That the gag rule remain in effect

That western territories receive the rights of popular sovereignty

That new territories be allowed to permit slavery

That newly acquired territories be kept free of slavery

. Which of the following statements best describes the changes that took place in American farming between 1820 and 1860?

Farmers now sold almost all of their products in Europe due to new naval technology.

Fewer people farmed and farmers found limited markets for their goods.

More people farmed in order to supply the growing population.

Fewer people farmed, but American agriculture was productive enough to supply the growing population.

. Which of the following statements best describes the effect of cotton on the South?

It provided wealth to all classes.

It prompted a huge expansion in related industries, which drew the region even with the North.

It prompted an expansion of slavery and commerce, though the benefits accrued mostly to elites.

Popular opposition to slavery made cotton less relevant.

. Which of the following statements best describes the experience of prospectors in the West?

Much of the prospector population was made up of families, who crossed America via overland trails.

Few people were lured to the West, as it was a hard life.

It was a hard, monotonous life, and few struck it rich.

Most people had high hopes, which were fulfilled.

. Which of the following was an "internal improvement" championed during the 1850s?

Canals

Highway construction

Railroad expansion

None of the above

. How did white southern spokesmen defend slavery?

They argued that slavery provided poor whites a chance to make their fortune.

They argued that Blacks could not work beyond the South.

They argued that Blacks did not respond to free labor incentives.

All of the above

.

In the painting, a very tall John Brown stands with a long gun in one hand and a book like the bible in another hand and spreads both his hands. He stamps with his foot on the body of dead men. Men stand with guns near him. The American flag is in the background.

John Brown. The portrait illustrates which of the following historical developments?

John Brown reluctantly turned towards violent antislavery activism.

Though slaveowners feared Brown, they respected his resolve.

John Brown became an increasingly divisive figure during the 1850s.

The Compromise of 1850 solved many of the issues of American slavery.

. Frederick Douglass associated freedom with the right to earn a living.

True

False

. The development of the railroad and the invention of the telegraph integrated the United States into a single national market.

True

False

. By 1860, the number of farmers had declined.

True

False

. In 1856, proslavery settlers and antislavery settlers set up two competing governments in Kansas.

True

False

. The New England Emigrant Aid Company succeeded in overwhelming Kansas with free-state settlers who could outvote proslavery forces.

True

False

. The "fire-eaters" were temperance activists who wanted to destroy liquor supplies.

True

False

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Map shows rail road expansion in North America. Railroads in operation, in 18 50 are spread across central and east America. They cross New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Rhode island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and few parts in Mississippi and Alabama. Railroads added by 18 61 are spread across all of central and east America, except few places in Kentucky and Virginia. The roads are very thick and complex below the lakes Michigan and Erie.

Map 13-1: Railroad Expansion. The map illustrates how the internal improvements only aided northern economic development.

True

False

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