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APUSH Chapter 19 Reading Quiz

Quiz by Joel Tjarks

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  • Q1
    Uncle Tom’s Cabin may be described as:
    Having little effect on the start of the Civil War.
    A powerful political force.
    A success only in the United States.
    A firsthand account of slavery.
    30s
  • Q2
    Hinton H. Helper’s book The impending Crisis of the South argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were:
    Northern Republican Abolitionists.
    African-Americans.
    Southern Planters.
    Nonslaveholding southern whites.
    30s
  • Q3
    The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas
    Hold a popular referendum on slavery.
    Allow slavery but prohibit slave auctions.
    Be free of all slavery.
    Have black bondage regardless of whether the document was approved or not.
    30s
  • Q4
    The situation in Kansas in the mid-1850’s indicated the impracticality of ___________________ in the territories.
    Popular Sovereignty
    Cotton Growing
    Free Soil
    Abolitionism
    30s
  • Q5
    The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed
    The division between the House and the Senate over slavery.
    The importance of honor to northerners.
    The seriousness of political divisions in the North.
    The fact that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South.
    30s
  • Q6
    Match each candidate in the 1856 election below with the correct party: A. John C. Fremont 1. Democratic B. Millard Fillmore 2. Republican C. Martin Van Buren 3. Know-Nothing D. James Buchanan
    A-2, B-3, D-1
    A-3, C-1, D-2
    B-1, C-2, D-3
    A-1, B-3, C-2
    30s
  • Q7
    The central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election was:
    Popular Sovereignty
    Nativism
    Expansionism
    Proslavery
    30s
  • Q8
    As late as 1856, many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican because:
    Of innate liberalism.
    Many did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South.
    The Democrats were the only national party.
    The Democrats presented excellent candidates
    30s
  • Q9
    Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Dred Scott decision, (B) Lincoln-Douglas debates, (C) Kansas-Nebraska Act, (D) John Brown’s attack on Harpers Ferry
    A,C, B,D
    A,C,D,B
    D,B,A,C
    C,A,B,D
    30s
  • Q10
    As a result of the panic of 1857, the South
    Believed that “cotton was king.”
    Saw the need to develop manufacturing.
    Saw the weakness of its economic system.
    Backed away from secession.
    30s
  • Q11
    The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by
    Republicans
    Abolitionists
    Conservative unionists
    Proslavery southerners
    30s
  • Q12
    As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,
    Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate.
    Lincoln’s national stature was diminished.
    Illinois rejected the concept of popular sovereignty.
    Douglas increased his chances of winning the presidency.
    30s
  • Q13
    Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates that:
    A new version of the Missouri Compromise was needed.
    The Dred Scott decision was unconstitutional.
    Congress should reopen the Atlantic slave trade.
    Action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.
    30s
  • Q14
    In his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown intended to:
    Make Kansas a free state
    Foment a slave rebellion.
    Overthrow the federal government.
    Force the North and South to compromise on the slavery issue.
    30s
  • Q15
    Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican party presidential nomination in part because he:
    Had never taken a stand on the issue of slavery in the territories.
    Had more political experience than his opponents.
    Had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward.
    Was a longtime supporter of Stephen Douglas.
    30s

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