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Test your knowledge on the key events and concepts related to American expansion, war, and sectional crisis during the mid-nineteenth century.
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Chapter 13:Expansion, War, and Sectional Crisis, 1844–1860 i>Clicker Questions
1. What connection did John L. O'Sullivan's term "manifest destiny" have to American expansion of the mid-nineteenth century? a. The phrase motivated American expansion. b. The phrase embodied the dreams of American expansionists. c. It was the motivation behind the Kansas-Nebraska Act. d. It was based on a vision of the equality of all peoples.
2. What was the cause of "Oregon fever"? a. British withdrawal from the territory b. The Democratic campaign for "fifty-four forty or fight." c. Reports of potential harbors and fertile soil in Oregon d. John L. O'Sullivan's creation of "manifest destiny"
3. Why did President James K. Polk retreat from his demand for "fifty-four forty or fight"? a. He had used the slogan only for election purposes. b. Britain had threatened a full-scale war against the United States. c. Russia had threatened to go to war against the United States over the claim. d. He had begun a war with Mexico and wanted to avoid a simultaneous one with Britain.
4. Why did the free-soil concept achieve significant popular support? a. Southerners saw it as less threatening than the Wilmot Proviso. b. It stressed protection of white economic opportunity. c. It appealed to abolitionists who focused on the sin of slavery. d. It celebrated acquisition of land from Mexico after the war.
5. Why did the discovery of gold in California affect the national debate on slavery? a. California sought statehood as a free state in 1850, which would have blocked slavery in the West. b. The California constitution allowed slavery, but only in the gold fields. c. President Zachary Taylor opposed California's petition for statehood. d. Southerners rushed to California, bringing thousands of slaves with them.
6. Why did the idea of popular sovereignty on the slavery question appeal to so many Americans in 1850? a. Northerners felt this was the surest way to prevent the expansion of slavery. b. Southerners felt this was a sure way to expand slavery. c. Popular sovereignty would permit slave owners and free-soilers to coexist in the same state. d. It linked the resolution of the sectional conflict to republican ideology.
7. Why was Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin so successful with readers? a. It took a sober look at slavery without taking sides on the issue. b. It explored the cruelty of slavery with the techniques of social realism. c. It highlighted the cruelty of slavery with heartrending power. d. It drew on the true events surrounding the court case of Dred Scott v. Sanford.
8. In the Dred Scott decision, Chief Justice Taney ruled that which of the following was unconstitutional? a. The Missouri Compromise b. The Fugitive Slave Act c. The Compromise of 1850 d. The admission of Texas
9. Which statement describes James Buchanan, who was elected president in 1856? a. He tried to stand firmly between North and South. b. His unabashed southern sympathies came with crude country mannerisms. c. He enjoyed widespread support in the North but not the South. d. His actions in Kansas raised fears that he was part of a slave owners' conspiracy.
10. After losing reelection to the House of Representatives and withdrawing from politics, opposition to what event led Abraham Lincoln to return to politics? a. The Mexican War b. The Compromise of 1850 c. The Dred Scott decision d. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Answer Key 1. The answer is b. 2. The answer is c. 3. The answer is d. 4. The answer is b. 5. The answer is a. 6. The answer is d. 7. The answer is c. 8. The answer is a. 9. The answer is d. 10. The answer is d.
