Author Question: Members of the American Party feared Catholic immigrants of the 1840s and 1850s would A) give ... (Read 93 times)

laurencescou · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Radical abolitionist John Brown

A) beat Senator Sumner senseless with his cane.
B) delivered The Crime Against Kansas speech.
C) led a massacre at Pottawatomie Creek.
D) directed the sacking of Lawrence.

Question 2

The election of a proslavery territorial legislature in Kansas in 1855

A) resulted from wholesale election fraud.
B) helped delay secession of the South.
C) was nullified by President Pierce.
D) accurately reflected popular sentiments.

Question 3

Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854

A) opened the way for antislavery and proslavery forces to meet physically and compete for territory.
B) determined that slavery would exist in Kansas, but not Nebraska.
C) quickened westward expansion.
D) quieted sectional conflict temporarily.

Question 4

The majority of Republicans in the 1850s supported a government policy to

A) abolish slavery immediately throughout the United States.
B) grant equal rights for free northern blacks.
C) prevent the expansion of slavery in the territories.
D) extend and protect slavery in the territories.

Question 5

Members of the American Party feared Catholic immigrants of the 1840s and 1850s would

A) give their highest loyalty to the pope.
B) refuse to work for low wages.
C) continue to support revolutionary causes in Europe.
D) favor legislation restricting personal behavior.