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Question 1

The Ostend Manifesto, a document intended to pressure Spain to sell Cuba to the United States, was
 
  A) denounced by the American ministers to Spain, France, and England.
  B) urged most by those who advocated the expansion of slavery.
  C) delivered to President Pierce by Secretary of State William Marcy.
  D) hailed by northerners as the solution to the sectional crisis.

Question 2

During the 1850s, William Walker was unsuccessful in his attempts to
 
  A) negotiate with Spain for the purchase of Cuba.
  B) command the first American trading expedition to Japan.
  C) purchase lands from Mexico on which to build a transcontinental railroad.
  D) capture and control new slave lands in Latin America.

Question 3

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
 
  A) won widespread support from Whigs and abolitionists.
  B) reopened the question of slavery in the territories.
  C) ensured the orderly settlement of Kansas.
  D) strengthened party lines on the issue of slavery.

Question 4

Harboring presidential ambitions, Stephen Douglas hoped to win the support of southern Democrats by recommending that the Kansas and Nebraska territories
 
  A) contain the route of a transcontinental railroad.
  B) protect the rights of slaveholders.
  C) abide by the restrictions of the Missouri Compromise.
  D) organize on the basis of popular sovereignty.

Question 5

The election of 1852 was characterized by
 
  A) a serious discussion of the issues.
  B) widely divergent political choices.
  C) voter apathy and lackluster campaigns.
  D) the decisive nomination of party candidates.



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Beatricemm

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Answer 1

Answer: B

Answer 2

Answer: D

Answer 3

Answer: B

Answer 4

Answer: D

Answer 5

Answer: C




LCritchfi

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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