AP US HISTORY AMSCO CHAPTER 13 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS|GUARANTEED SUCCESS

D 1. Which of the following most accurately describes Stephen Douglas' idea of popular sovereignty? (A) A section of western land would be given free to anyone who would homestead it for a certain number of years. (B) Only citizens of the United States would be permitted to settle territories acquired from Mexico. (C) Public lands in the new territories would be open on a first-come first-served basis. (D) The status of slavery in a territory would be determined by the voters in the territory. (E) New territories would be closed to both slaves and free blacks. E 2. All of the following figured prominently in debates over the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT the (A) provision for a new Fugitive Slave Law (B) slave trade in the District of Columbia (C) admission of California into the Union as a free state (D) future of slavery in the Mexican Cession territories (E) extension of slavery into Kansas and Nebraska territories D 3. Which of the following was a major factor in the decline of the Whig party in the 1850s? (A) death of John Calhoun (B) election of Zachary Taylor (C) Lincoln-Douglas debates (D) Know-Nothing movement (E) "bleeding Kansas" A 4. A political effect of the fighting in Kansas in 1855 and 1856 was to (A) further divide the Democratic party (B) cause the founding of the Republican party (C) gain increased congressional support for proslavery forces in Kansas (D) unite northern and southern Democrats against Republicans (E) elect a Republican president in 1856 C 5. The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case outraged public opinion in the North chiefly because it (A) declared the Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional (B) guaranteed citizenship to free blacks (C) removed restrictions against the spread of slavery into the western territories (D) failed to abolish slavery in the South (E) challenged California's status as a free state B 6. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectional tension because it (A) enriched northern railroad investors at the expense of the South (B) reopened the issue of slavery in a territory north of 36°30' (C) supported proslavery state constitutions in Kansas and Nebraska (D) repealed the Compromise of 1850 (E) persuaded the Whig party to side with the South B 7. The Lincoln-Douglas debates resulted in all of the following EXCEPT (A) Lincoln's emergence as a national political figure (B) increased support for Douglas in the South (C) Douglas' reelection to the Senate (D) Douglas' attempt to reconcile popular sovereignty with the Dred Scott decision (E) increased public awareness of slavery as a moral issue C 8. John Brown's primary purpose in attacking Harpers Ferry was to (A) gain contributions from northern abolitionists (B) take revenge for the death of antislavery settlers in Kansas (C) start a slave rebellion in Virginia (D) open up a new path for the underground railroad (E) destroy the federal arsenal in Virginia B 9. In the 1860 election, what was the position of Lincoln and the Republican party on slavery? (A) Slavery was immoral and should be abolished immediately. (B) Slavery should not be allowed to expand into the territories. (C) Popular sovereignty would be allowed in the new territories north of 36°30'. (D) The Dred Scott decision should be supported in the territories but not in the states. (E) The federal government should act to bring about the gradual emancipation of slaves in the South. D 10. All of the following statements about the election of 1860 are accurate EXCEPT: (A) The Republicans won control of the presidency but not Congress. (B) No candidate received a majority of the popular vote. (C) The popular and electoral votes were divided among four candidates. (D) Lincoln won election because of the split in the Democratic party. (E) A major consequence of the election was that several southern states seceded from the Union.