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5 Written Questions

1. Group heavily influenced by the abolitionist crusade, who condemned slavery on moral grounds. They wanted to end slavery not for the well being of African Americans but for the new job opportunities for other Americans.
2. Polk’s goals, which he successfully achieved in less than four years, to lower tariff, restore the independent treasury, acquire California, and to settle the Oregon dispute. Polk’s persistent efforts resulted in a massive tract of land being added to America through the acquisition of California and found a reasonable middle ground on the Oregon dispute, while avoiding bloodshed and maintaining peace.
3. An after-thought Vice President to William Henry Harrison in the election of 1840. He was a democrat but switched over to the Whig Party because he didn't like Andrew Jackson. After Harrison died after a month in office, Tyler took over office and because he was a Democrat in his principle he was against many of the things the Whigs tried to do. He became the first Vice President to take office because of a presidents death. __________ essentially became a president without a party which made for an interesting term, as many of the laws purposed by his own party were vetoed by him. By the end of his term neither the Democrats nor the Whigs supported him and he eventually became a member of the Confederate Congress during the Civil War which is interesting for a former president of the U.S.
4. Elected governor in 1838, he entered the U.S. Senate in 1849 and established himself as a promoter of America's mission in the world and was a leading opponent of slavery. He lost the primary Republican nomination for president to Abraham Lincoln, but continued in politics in hope that one day it would lead to presidency. In 1850, he appealed to a “higher law than the Constitution” in condemning slavery, and in 1858, by then a Republican, spoke of an “irrepressible conflict” between freedom and slavery.
5. Known as Isabella. Held her audiences spellbound with her deep resonant voice and religious pass. She condemned the sin of slavery with her speeches, and influenced opinions.

5 Matching Questions

1. "All we ask is to be left alone"
2. Dethroning King Cotton
3. John Bell
4. Election of 1860
5. Stephan A. Douglas (the "Little Giant")

1. a A squat, bull-necked, heavy-chested, self-made man. Supported the democratic concept of dividing Nebraska into Kansas and Nebraska, the issue of slavery in each state determined by popular sovereignty. He delivered a counterstroke to offset the Gadsden thrust for souther expansion westward.
2. b Because of the surplus of cotton exported in the prior years the demand was high. After the abolishment of slavery cotton could no longer be rapidly produced. This lead to King corn and King wheat which were new exports.
3. c Virtually 2 elections. One in the North and one in the south. An election Where Lincoln had victory in the southern states. The issue depended on slavery because the North and South had different opinions.
4. d Senator for Tennessee and although he owned many slaves he was opposed to the idea of expanding slavery. Voted against Kansas Nebraska act and ran against Breckenridge.
5. e The famous quote that Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, declared to his congress. Reflected the South’s lack of desire to fight. They believed that the North would just let them secede because they lacked the will and/or ability to fight, and their economy was dependant on southern agriculture.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A major Canadian Franciscan friar that founded the mission chain in California. He was a great promoter of the spread of Christianity because of his missions.
   1. The Merrimack
   2. The Monitor
   3. Father Junipero Serra
   4. Fredericksburg
2. This was the idea presented by Crass to leave it up to new territories on deciding whether or not they wanted to enter as slave states, however this contradicted the Missouri compromise which restricted slaver over the 36 30 line. This angered many people as it directly contradicted the Missouri Compromise, however it did settle some of the disputes between the majority of the slave states vs. free states. It gave the Free states a better opportunity to outnumber the slave states, but many conflicts still arose.
   1. “Bayonet Vote”
   2. “Popular Sovereignty”
   3. “Little Mac”
   4. “Snobacracy”
3. American ministers in Spain, England, and France had a confidential meeting attempting to acquire Cuba for $120,000,000. This secret quickly leaked and Northerners rose against manifesto of Brigands. Helped territorial expansion.
   1. Oregon Fever
   2. The Liberator
   3. Greenbacks
   4. Ostend Manifesto
4. The theory that had Lincoln lived, he too would have been impeached by members of his own party as Andrew Johnson was. However Lincoln’s victorious nature, powers of leadership, reasonableness, and common sense, all of which the hot-tempered Johnson lacked, would have yielded a quite different outcome. This implication suggests that Johnson took the bullet for Lincoln, however it is highly implausible that two completely different men could have possibly prompted congress to impeach them.
   1. John Breckenridge
   2. The Crucifixion Thesis
   3. The Monitor
   4. Frederick Douglass
5. Name given to the election of 1864. Northern soldiers were furloughed home to support Lincoln at the polls. Without this, the election could have been much closer. McClellan lost the electoral vote by 212 to 21, but received a healthy 45 percent of the vote.
   1. “Little Mac”
   2. “Bayonet Vote”
   3. “Black Belt”
   4. “Snobacracy”

5 True/False Question

1. California Gold → Senator for Tennessee and although he owned many slaves he was opposed to the idea of expanding slavery. Voted against Kansas Nebraska act and ran against Breckenridge.
   

   True        False

2. William Tecumseh Sherman → The fifteenth president of the U.S., _______ was highly influenced by the South. Regime’s legacy relied heavily on the notorious Lecompton Constitution. Buchanan’s antagonizing of the Douglas Democrats in the North divided the once-powerful Democratic Party. This left the door open for the Republicans, who would gather behind Abraham Lincoln.
   

   True        False

3. Dred Scott Decision → Douglas’s response to Lincoln’s question regarding people voting on slavery and being overruled by the Supreme Court. It stated that no matter how the court ruled, slavery will stay down if the people vote it down. This response in the Lincoln-Douglas trials resulted in Douglas defeating Lincoln for Senate in Illinois.
   

   True        False

4. Henry Clay → This was battle fought by Grant in an attempt to capture the railroad of the South. The battle was fought in the west prevented the north from obtaining an easy victory. However, the Confederates strong resistance showed that they would not go quietly and the war was far from over.
   

   True        False

5. General George C. McClellan → He was the “on again off again” general of the Union army and a WestPoint Graduate. He was known for his brilliant organization skills and beloved by his troops for his willingness to be conservative in an effort to save lives. __________’s conservativism prevented him from having as much as an effect as Lincoln hoped for as he never did a good enough job. This led to him being fired and reinstated multiple times until he was permanently replaced by Grant.
   

   True        False