Question 4
what would occur if there were more free states?
the electoral college would favor one side.
slavery would have to end.
the republicans would never win public office.
the south would not be represented in congress.
1 points
question 5
the missouri compromise of 1850
balanced the number of slave states and free states.
added one more state to the union.
gave more land to native americans.
none of the above
1 points
question 6
who was nominated by the whigs for president?
lewis cass
zachary taylor
andrew johnson
none of the above
1 points
question 7
who was the senator from kentucky who introduced the missouri compromise?
henry clay
milliard fillmore
john c. breckenridge
james brady
1 points
question 8
this political party stressed nativism.
republican party
american federation of labor
know-nothings party
free soil party
1 points
question 9
what led to the emergence of the free soil party in 1848?
animosity felt by members of the democratic and whig parties
a belief in nativism
a strong belief in pro-slavery issues
plantation politics
1 points
question 10
pro-slavery groups would sneak into kansas to vote because
the kansas-nebraska act allowed the people to decide if the state would be a slave state.
they wanted to vote as whigs.
they wanted to vote as free soilers.
none of the above
1 points
question 11
who was president in 1857?
james buchanan
teddy roosevelt
john c. breckinridge
andrew jackson
1 points
question 12
the writers of the lecompton constitution wanted
equal rights for all.
to gain statehood.
to have women's suffrage.
to give slaves the right to read.
1 points
question 13
who replaced henry seward as the presidential nominee in 1860?
abraham lincoln
john c. calhoun
henry clay
none of the above
1 points
question 14
what occurred since the democratic party could not nominate a presidential candidate?
eight southern states seceded from the union.
there was no democratic nominee for the 1860 election.
only one candidate ran for president.
none of the above
1 points
question 15
all of these states seceded from the union except:
connecticut
georgia
north carolina
south carolina
1 points
question 16
the election of lincoln caused southern states to
secede from the union.
demand a recount of the vote.
organize a new political party.
continuously protest.
1 points
question 17
where did the start of the civil war occur?
north carolina
bull run
atlanta
fort sumter
1 points
question 18
who was the first president of the confederacy?
sherman davis
robert e. lee
james buchanan
jefferson davis
1 points
question 19
which battle forced confederate forces to retreat back into virginia on september 17, 1862?
battle of the bulge
battle of shiloh
battle of antietam
battle of bull run
1 points
question 20
who was the first commander of the union troops?
general irvin mcdowell
general robert e. lee
general douglas macarthur
none of the above