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Question 1

Southern defenders of slavery made all the following arguments EXCEPT that
 
  A. blacks were inherently unfit to take care of themselves.
 
  B. the southern way of life was superior to any other in the world.
 
  C. slavery allowed whites and blacks to live together peacefully.
 
  D. southern slaves enjoyed better conditions than northern industrial workers.
 
  E. black codes protected slaves from abuse.

Question 2

In the mid-1850s, the struggle over Kansas saw
 
  A. a large antislavery posse sack the pro-slavery town of Lawrence, Kansas.
 
  B. John Brown murder several pro-slavery settlers.
 
  C. President Franklin Pierce oppose pro-slavery settlers in the territory.
 
  D. federal troops take military control of the region.
 
  E. the Missouri legislature ban its own citizens from entering Kansas.

Question 3

The political party that came into being largely in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act was the
 
  A. Know-Nothings.
 
  B. Populist Party.
 
  C. Republican Party.
 
  D. Jayhawk Party.
 
  E. Abolitionist Party.

Question 4

Which of the following statements regarding the Kansas-Nebraska Act is FALSE?
 
  A. It led to the creation of the Republican Party.
 
  B. It created two new territories.
 
  C. It divided and destroyed the Whig Party.
 
  D. It explicitly repealed the Missouri Compromise.
 
  E. It was sponsored by Henry Clay.

Question 5

The 1853 Gadsden Purchase
 
  A. cost the United States government 25 million.
 
  B. was made with England.
 
  C. advanced the cause of a southern route for the transcontinental railroad.
 
  D. fulfilled the treaty ending the Mexican War.
 
  E. temporarily calmed the rivalry between North and South.



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Answer 1

E

Answer 2

B

Answer 3

C

Answer 4

E

Answer 5

C




rl

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Excellent


mammy1697

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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