The Free Soil Party

Buchanan30. In 1848, the Free Soil society platform counsellord all of the following except A free g everyplacenment homesteads for settlers. B internal improvements. C an end to bondage in the District of Columbia. D support of the Wilmot Proviso. E antagonist to slaveholding in the territories. 31. According to the principle of popular sovereignty, the question of thrall in the territories would be determined by A the most popular internal leaders. B a Supreme tourist court decision. C congressional legislation. D the vote of the people in any bookn territory. E a national referendum. 2. The key sheer for the major parties in the 1848 presidential preference was A expansion. B personalities. C Indian removal. D slavery.E the economy. 33. The Free Soilers condemned slavery because A of moral principles. B it damaged the national economy. C of the harm it did to blacks. D it destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise to self-employment. E it was the only way they had of combating the appeal of the Democratic party. 34. Harriet Tubman gained fame A as an African-American antislavery novelist. B in the gold fields of California. C by urging white women to oppose slavery. D as an advocate of the Fugitive hard worker Law. E by helping slaves to escape to Canada. 35. Daniel Websters famed Seventh of March obstetrical delivery in 1850 resulted in A a shift toward compromise in the North. B Senate rejection of a fugitive-slave law. C a movement to draft copy him for the presidency. D condemnation by blue commercial interests. E charges of accepting bribes. 36. In the meditates of 1850, Senator William H. Seward, as a representative of the northern Young Guard, argued that A John C.Calhouns compromise plan must(prenominal) be adopted to preserve the Union. B Christian legislators must obey Gods moral law. C the Constitution must be obeyed. D compromise must be achieved to preserve the Union. E African-Americans should be granted their own terr itory. 37. In the Compromise of 1850, Congress determined that slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories was A to be decided by popular sovereignty. B to be banned. C protected by federal law.D to be ignored until either territory applied for admission to statehood. E to be decided by the Mormon Church. 38. The Fugitive Slave Law included all of the following provisions except A self-control of fleeing slaves right to testify on their own behalf. B denial of a jury trial to runaway slaves. C a higher payment if officials determined blacks to be runaways. D the requirement that fugitive slaves be travel byed from Canada. E the penalty of imprisonment for northerners who helped slaves to escape. 39. The option of 1852 was significant because it A saw the rise of purely national parties. B saw the victory of a pro-South northerner. C marked the return of issues-oriented campaigning. D saw the emergence of an antislavery third party. E marked the end of the Whig party. 40. The p rime objective of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s was A Nicaragua. B Panama. C Hawaii. D Cuba. E the Dominican Republic. 41. The prime objective of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s was A Nicaragua. B Panama. C Hawaii.D Cuba. E the Dominican Republic. 42. Stephen A. Douglass plans for deciding the slavery question in the Kansas-Nebraska scheme required repeal of the A Northwest Ordinance. B Missouri Compromise. C Compromise of 1850. D Fugitive Slave Act. E Wilmot Proviso. 43. One of Stephen Douglass mis take for granteds in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act was A allowing slavery to spread into new territory. B underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery. C believing that slavery could not survive in Kansas. D overestimating the protest to the bill. E not securing the transcontinental railroad line for the North. 44. The clash between Preston S. Brooks and Charles Sumner revealed A the division between the House and the Senate over slavery. B the occurrence that, despite divisions over slavery, the House of Representatives would unite to expel a member for bad conduct. C the seriousness of political divisions in the North. D the fact that passions over slavery were becoming dangerously inflamed in both North and South. E the importance of prize to northerners. 45. Match each candidate in the 1856 election below with the correct party. ___ A. John C. Fremont ___ B. Millard Fillmore ___ C. Martin Van Buren ___ D. throng Buchanan 1. Democratic 2. Republican 3. Know-Nothing A A-2, B-3, D-1 B A-3, C-1, D-2 C A-1, B-3, C-2 D B-1, C-2, D-3 E A-2, B-3, C-1 46. In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court A held that slaveowners could not take slaves into free territories.B expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the territories. C hoped to stimulate further debate on the slavery issue. D supported the concept of popular sovereignty. E reunited the Democratic party. 47. The political career of Abraham Lincoln could vanquish be described as A marred by early political opportunism. B transgress by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. C hurt by his marriage. D characterized by a rapid rise to power. E slow to get off the ground. 48. As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, A Lincolns national stature was diminished. B Lincoln was elected to the Senate. C Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate. D Illinois spurned the concept of popular sovereignty.E Douglas increased his chances of winning the presidency. 49. Match each presidential candidate in the 1860 election below with his partys position on the slavery question. ___ A. Abraham Lincoln ___ B. Stephen Douglas ___ C. John Breckenridge ___ D. John cost 1. xtend slavery into the territories 2. ban slavery from the territories 3. preserve the Union by compromise 4. enforce popular sovereignty A A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4 B A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2 C A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 D A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 E A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3 50. When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential elec tion, people in South Carolina A waited to see how other southern states would act. B vowed to give their loyalty to Stephen Douglas. C were very upset because they would have to secede from the Union. D rejoiced because it gave them an excuse to secede. E none of these.