Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
within two years of the compromise of 1850, all the following members of the congressional old
guard were dead except - CORRECT ANSWER - stephen douglas
the primary conductor for the undergound railroad, who enabled many fugitive slaves to find
freedom in north and in canada was - CORRECT ANSWER - harriet tubman
president polk provoked war with mexico by - CORRECT ANSWER - sending soliders
into disputed territory
the slogan 54 40 or fight involved which one of these territories - CORRECT ANSWER -
oregon
which one of these philosophies has been used to describe slavery - CORRECT
ANSWER - cradle to grave, peculiar institution, positive good
when americans moved to texas in the 1820's, which of these were required by the mexican
governemt - CORRECT ANSWER - conversion to catholicism, no slavery was allowed,
the spanish language must be learned
which former slave learned to read and write and gave eloquent lectures across the country
against the atrocities of slavery - CORRECT ANSWER - fredrick douglas
who was the founder of mormonism - CORRECT ANSWER - joseph smith
a politician, usually a northerner, who could take multiple sides on each issue when speaking to
different audiences was known as - CORRECT ANSWER - doughface
, the nat turner rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER - led to the development of further slave
codes, which restricted slaves freedoms
the wilmot proviso - CORRECT ANSWER - forbade slavery in all lands taken from
mexico, was opposed in the south, passed the house of rep., but failed in the senate
the gadsden purchase - CORRECT ANSWER - was undertaken to build the possible
southern route of the trans-continental railroad
the ostend manifesto - CORRECT ANSWER - involved in the potential purchase of cuba
from spain, occurred during the franklin pierce administration, saw one of the three ministers to
europe threaten a duel
Support for abolitionists came from which of the following regions? - CORRECT
ANSWER - northeast
the term manifest destiny refers to the belief that - CORRECT ANSWER - god had
destined the american continent to be dominated by the united states
the mexican commander who granted texas independence from mexico was - CORRECT
ANSWER - santa anna
the american colonizations society was established to - CORRECT ANSWER - enable
former slaves and freedmen to emigrate to africa
in retaliation to the lawrence raid, john brown and his men - CORRECT ANSWER -
butchered pro-slavery settlers at pottwattomie creek
the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo - CORRECT ANSWER - authorized the united states to
pay 15 million to texas, fixed the texas boarder at the rio grande, ended the united states war with
mexico