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audragclark · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

The 1854 Ostend Manifesto

A. saw several European powers denounce American slavery.

B. was part of an attempt by the United States to acquire Cuba.

C. prohibited slavery in the Hawaiian Islands.

D. enraged southern slaveowners.

E. was directed at limiting England's influence in the Caribbean.

Question 2

In the 1850s, the Young America movement

A. believed America should avoid the slavery controversy by limiting future expansion.

B. was promoted by Whigs.

C. supported the expansion of American democracy throughout the world.

D. called for a national resolution of the slave controversy.

E. called for a constitutional ban on slavery.

Question 3

In the 1850s, in an effort to undercut the Fugitive Slave Act, some northern states

A. proposed a national referendum on the slave issue.

B. passed laws preventing the deportation of fugitive slaves.

C. called for secession from the South.

D. began actively funding the underground railroad.

E. forbid fugitive slave hunters from traveling in their state.