1. How did the Whig party originate?
A. Over southern anger at the Dred Scott decision
B. Ove...
History, 14.10.2020 21:01, josebienka
1. How did the Whig party originate?
A. Over southern anger at the Dred Scott decision
B. Over opposition to Andrew Jackson
C. Over opposition to John C. Calhoun
D. As a result of the nullification crisis
2. By 1850, most southern leaders like John C. Calhoun:
A. Agreed to confine slavery to the South
B. Insisted slavery must be legal in all the territories
C. Believed slavery was slowly on its way out
D. Emphasized popular sovereignty
3. Why did slavery become a politically important issue by the 1840s?
A. The Methodist Churchâthe nationâs largest denominationâcalled on all members to free their slaves
B. President John Tylerâs antislavery policies caused a major proslavery backlash
C. The constitutional deadline for ending the international slave trade was drawing near and would officially end in 1848
D. Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands in the West should be free or slave
4. What did the âBleeding Kansasâ conflict originate over?
A. A loyalist revolt
B. The Missouri militia massacring Kansas civilians
C. Kansas being a free or slave state
D. John Brownâs raid at Harperâs Ferry
5. In the 1850s, more northerners became paranoid over what they dubbed:
A. âThe power of the purse.â
B. âThe power of King Cotton.â
C. âThe slave power.â
D. âSouthern power.â
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