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Inquisitive Chapter 13 APUSH, Exams of Advanced Education

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Inquisitive Chapter 13 APUSH
Senator Stephen Douglas hoped to apply the principle of popular sovereignty to the
Kansas-Nebraska Act. Identify what "popular sovereignty" means and how it was
used in Douglas's reasoning. - correct answer Correct answers:
-Popular sovereignty is the principle that people should rule, and as such the status
of slavery should be determined by the votes of local settlers and not Congress
-Popular sovereignty was seen as a political middle ground on the issue of slavery.
Match the terms relating to the territorial expansion of the United States in the
1840s to their correct definitions. - correct answer Correct Answers:
- Commodore Matthew Perry: Opened Japan to American trade
-Sam Houston: President and military leader of the Republic of Texas
-The Gadsden Purchase: Parcel of land purchased from Mexico in 1853
-Gold Rush: Caused massive influx of settlers to California
Which of the following events that took place between 1855 and 1856 helped fuel
the rise of the Republican Party? - correct answer Correct Answers:
-Stephen Douglas's policy of "popular sovereignty" was discredited by "Bleeding
Kansas."
-the brutal caning of Charles Sumner
The Dred Scott decision challenged the very heart of the Republican Party platform.
What events occurred as a result of the Dred Scott decision? - correct answer
Correct Answers:
-Slavery, according to President Buchanan, henceforth existed in all the territories
"by virtue of the Constitution."
-Dred Scott was bought by a new master and immediately emancipated along with
his family.
The Know-Nothing Party swept the 1854 state elections. Fill in the blanks to
complete the passage describing the Know-Nothing Party's political stance on
immigration. - correct answer Correct Answers:
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Senator Stephen Douglas hoped to apply the principle of popular sovereignty to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Identify what "popular sovereignty" means and how it was used in Douglas's reasoning. - correct answer Correct answers: -Popular sovereignty is the principle that people should rule, and as such the status of slavery should be determined by the votes of local settlers and not Congress -Popular sovereignty was seen as a political middle ground on the issue of slavery. Match the terms relating to the territorial expansion of the United States in the 1840s to their correct definitions. - correct answer Correct Answers:

  • Commodore Matthew Perry: Opened Japan to American trade -Sam Houston: President and military leader of the Republic of Texas -The Gadsden Purchase: Parcel of land purchased from Mexico in 1853 -Gold Rush: Caused massive influx of settlers to California Which of the following events that took place between 1855 and 1856 helped fuel the rise of the Republican Party? - correct answer Correct Answers: -Stephen Douglas's policy of "popular sovereignty" was discredited by "Bleeding Kansas." -the brutal caning of Charles Sumner The Dred Scott decision challenged the very heart of the Republican Party platform. What events occurred as a result of the Dred Scott decision? - correct answer Correct Answers: -Slavery, according to President Buchanan, henceforth existed in all the territories "by virtue of the Constitution." -Dred Scott was bought by a new master and immediately emancipated along with his family. The Know-Nothing Party swept the 1854 state elections. Fill in the blanks to complete the passage describing the Know-Nothing Party's political stance on immigration. - correct answer Correct Answers:

1.)Anti-slavery 2.)Catholics 3.)Temperance 4.)White 5.)Vote When John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry failed and he was tried for treason, his last words before he was executed on December 2, 1859, were, "I... am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood." What did his quotation foreshadow? - correct answer Correct Answers: -The Civil War The first part of Mexico to be settled by large numbers of Americans was Tijuana. - correct answer Correct Answers: -False John Brown raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in the hopes of starting a slave revolt. Brown became a public figure and conducted himself with great courage and dignity, winning admiration even from those who opposed his violent deeds. Which of the following statements about John Brown are true? - correct answer Correct Answers: -Brown was executed by the state of Virginia. -During the Kansas civil war, Brown murdered five proslavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek in revenge for the attack on free soil. -Brown's force that attacked Harper's Ferry on October 16, 1859, numbered only twenty-one men, five of whom were black. The Mexican-American War was the first war fought by the United States entirely on foreign soil, leading to the occupation of a foreign capital. The war was seen by its detractors as a war of aggression. Identify why the following American public figures opposed the Mexican War. - correct answer Correct Answers: -Ulysses S Grant: This leader served with distinction in the Mexican War but referred to the conflict as "one of the most unjust (wars) ever waged by a stronger nation against a weaker nation."

In 1850, California applied to join the Union as a free state. This resulted in a crisis that led to the Compromise of 1850. - correct answer Correct Answers: -True Analyze the map. What does this map reveal about the U.S. railroad network in the 1850s? - correct answer Correct Answers: -The North had the highest concentration of railroad mileage in the United States. -Four trunk lines linked eastern industrial centers with western farming and commercial centers. Identify the statements that describe westward migration and the factors that contributed to the movement in the 1840s. - correct answer Correct Answers: -A severe economic depression in 1837 sparked a large migration westward in search of opportunity. -It is estimated that by 1860 nearly 300,000 men, women, and children had emigrated to Oregon and California. The Know-Nothing Party believed that only native-born Americans should hold office and the "aggression" of the Catholic Church needed to be halted. - correct answer Correct Answers: -True As the Union unraveled, most political leaders sought for possible solutions to resolve the crisis. Among them, Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky offered a widely supported compromise plan. Identify the elements of Crittenden's plan to save the Union. - correct answer Correct Answers: -It would extend the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific, dividing territory "now held, or hereafter acquired" between slavery and free soil states. -It guaranteed slavery in states where it already existed. The Texas Revolt of 1835 was a chaotic affair that eventually led to the independent Republic of Texas in 1836. Identify the main battles and protagonists in relation to the Texas Revolt. - correct answer Correct Answers: -Battle of San Jacinto: Texan victory over Santa Anna

-Sam Houston: First president and general of the Republic of Texas -Battle of the Alamo: Mexican victory over the forces of Texas -General Antonio López de Santa Ann: Resident and general of the Mexican Republic Identify the statements that describe the impacts of the Gold Rush and the Civil War on the Native American population of California. - correct answer Correct Answers: -Some 20,000 Indians in California worked in Catholic missions in virtual slavery, and after these missions were dismantled they gained little freedom. -By the end of the Civil War, the Indian population had been reduced from 150, to only 30,000. Why did Abraham Lincoln oppose Crittenden's plan to save the Union? - correct answer Correct Answers: -Lincoln feared that Crittenden's reference to land "hereafter acquired" offered the South a thinly veiled invitation to demand the acquisition of Cuba, Mexico, and other territory suited to slavery. -Lincoln refused to compromise on the issue of the expansion of slavery. Read this excerpt from the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Why does Lincoln believe the nation cannot exist forever half slave and half free? - correct answer Correct Answers: -Lincoln believed that the United States needed to serve as a model for the world to ensure that all men could find homes and improve their lives. Analyze these images. In what ways do the painting and engraving provide different viewpoints of the nation on the verge of civil war? - correct answer Correct Answers: -The painting of the three women represents a harmonious balance between two very different regions—the North and the South. -The engraving of the rally in Savannah shows an uncompromising southern crowd demanding rights for their slave state.

Identify the statements that describe the U.S. railroad system in the 1850s. - correct answer Correct Answers: -Between 1848 and 1860, railroad workers added more than 25,000 miles of new tracks. -By 1860, 60 million bushels of western wheat passed through Buffalo, New York, on the railroad on its way to eastern and world markets. -Most of the new construction in the 1850s occurred in Ohio, Illinois, and other states in the Old Northwest Territory. Before Lincoln assumed office on March 4, 1861, seven northern states had formed the Confederate States of America, adopted a constitution, and chose a new president. - correct answer Correct Answers: -False Identify the arguments made by these American political figures during the Great Debate that led to the Compromise of 1850. - correct answer Correct Answers: -Daniel Webster: Wanted to abandon the Wilmot Proviso if it meant sectional peace -John C Calhoun: Rejected any idea of compromise on slavery -William H. Seward: Argued that a "higher law" than the Constitution—the law of morality—condemned slavery, and so southerners had no right to claim that abolition was a violation of their constitutional rights In June of 1858, Abraham Lincoln accepted the Illinois Republican Party's nomination to run against Senator Stephen Douglas. The Senate race turned the unknown Lincoln into a national political figure as he challenged, arguably, the most powerful senator in the United States. Which of the following statements describe Lincoln and his platform? - correct answer Correct Answers: -Lincoln began running for public office at the age of twenty-one and served four terms as a Whig in the state legislature and one term in Congress. -While Lincoln did not think blacks were the equal of white men, he believed they deserved to enjoy the fruits of their labor. -Lincoln hated slavery but was not an abolitionist.