Untitled spreadsheet - Sheet1 (8) Flashcards
Q: Which of the following resulted from arguments made by Southern politicians, such as the one in the excerpt, in the years prior to the Civil War?,
A: Slaveholders became more insistent on that maintaining the slave system was essential to protecting the South and its way of life.
Which of the following was among the reasons that Calhoun argued slavery was a “positive good”?
Using Native Americans as slaves would be too costly for the operation of profitable plantations in the South.
Which of the following views [held by some of the Framers of the Constitution] on slavery did Calhoun reject in the above excerpt?
Slavery was a necessary evil.
The position expressed by Clay in the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following?
The acquisition of new territories created disputes over the expansion of slavery.
Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following events? - Senator Henry Clay, speech in the United States Senate, 1850
Southern states sought more proslavery seats in the United States Congress.
The excerpt best reflects which of the fofiowing historical situations? - Senator Henry Clay, speech in the United States Senate, 1850
Congressionar teaders sought political compromise to resolve discord between the North and South.
Declaration of Rights and Sentiments (Seneca Falls Convention), 1848
What other “righteous cause” would participants in the Seneca Falls Convention have been most likely to support?
Abotitionism
Declaration of Rights and Sentiments (Seneca Falls Convention), 1848
The language and themes of the excerpt were most directly inspired by which of the following?
Decleration of Independence
The proclamation most clearly provides for which of the following?
The failure of the Compromise of 1850 to lessen sectional tensions
The issuance of documents such as the proclamation generally had which of the following effects?
Increasing the visibility of organized opposition to slavery
The trend shown in the map led most directly to which of the following? - map of growth in the united states 1783-1855
Increasing divisions between North and South because of questions about the status of slavery in new territories
In the mid-nineteenth century, the process shown on the map was advocated by supporters of which of the following ideologies?
Manifest Destiny
Which of the following was the most significant impact of South’s expansion described in the excerpt?
Conflict over the future of slavery
Bar graph - The pattern depicted in the graph in the first half of the nineteenth century most directly resulted in:
the formation of a political party that promoted nativism
Which Political Party opposed the large pumbers of Irish Catholic immigrants in the nineteenth century?
The Know-Nothing Party
The language in the poster was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?
Nativist sentiment:
Which of the following evidence did the American Temperance Society use in its argument about the need for the temperance movement?
Alcohol damaged people’s physical and emotional well-being.
Which of the following people would be the most likely to be a member of the American Temperance Society in 1835?
A middle-class protestant woman from New York
Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the perspective of Frederick Douglass in the excerpt?
Northern abolitionists
What is the mest libely reason that Frederick Douglas viewed the Declaration of Independence as a “great doctrine”?
That the Decleration declared all men to be equal
The language used in both excerpts most directly reflects the influence of which of the following?
The Second Great Awakening
The excerpt from James Henry Hammond is most clearly an example of which of the following developments in the mid-nineteenth century?
The growing tendency among Southern slaveholders to justify slavery as a positive good
Which of the following comparisons best describes Whitman’s and Giddings’ arguments about the Mexican -American War?
© Whitman argued that the war was intended to deter bad behavior, while Giddings argued that the war represented aggression by the United State»
Based on their argumente in the excerpts, Giddings would likely agree with and Whitman would likely disagree with which of the following claims about the causes of the Mexican-American war?
Kansas-Nebraska Act - 1854 -The future of slavery in the yellow portion of the map above marked “Kansas-Territory” would be determined by:
Popular Sovereignty
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act as illustrated on the map “nullify” the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas Nebraska Act
According to Justice Taney in the excerpt above, Dred Scott was not entitled to his freedom because:
Dred Scott was the property of his (White) owner.
What provision of the United States Constitution was Justice Taney referring to when he wrote that “the right to traffic in it [slavery)” was guaranteed for twenty years?
• The Constitutional guarantee of a minimum time for the trans-Atlantic slave trade to remain lawful
The above “Wilmot Proviso” was most likely rejected by Southern senators because the proposed law would:
Prohibit territorial expansion of slavery in property acquired from Mexico.
Which of the following is the most likely reason that Henry David Thoreau called John Brown a “crucified hero”?
Brown sacrificed his life for the cause of abolitionism.
How did the majority of Southerners most likely view Brown’s Raid at Harper’s Ferry?
With condemnation, because Brown was praised by many Northern antislavery activists.
Why would a Southern plantation owner most likely support the annexation of Texas?
The Texas Constitution adopted after Texas became independent from Mexico protected slavery
How did Texas racially classify “Spanish” Mexicans who occupied important social positions?
White
