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- President-elect Abraham Lincoln, speaking at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, February 22, 1861Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following?ResponsesASouthern politicians would not abandon slavery, and they believed Lincoln was a threat to that system.BSectional divisions were not as deep as many thought, and there was agreement about gradual abolition.CPolitical leadership in previous administrations had successfully limited sectional conflict.DLincoln viewed foreign influences as serious threats to the stability of the United States.
- Anti-immigrant nativism of the 1840s and 1850s had the most in common with which of the following earlier developments?AThe passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts (1798), which limited rights for foreign-born residentsBThe conflict between Patriots and Loyalists during the American RevolutionCThe persecution of religious dissenters in the Massachusetts Bay ColonyDThe signing of the Treaty of Greenville (1794) that ended wars between the United States and Native Americans in the Northwest Territory
- Which of the following comparisons best describes Whitman's and Giddings' arguments about the Mexican-American War?AWhitman believed the United States should show patience before war, while Giddings believed the country had tolerated abuses for too long without war.BWhitman argued that the war was intended to deter bad behavior, while Giddings argued that the war represented aggression by the United States.CGiddings asserted that the nation entered the war as a last resort, while Whitman asserted that the war was unnecessary to achieve the goals of the United States.DGiddings claimed that the war had popular support in the United States, while Whitman claimed that most Americans opposed the war.
- Text from a poster announcing a meeting of the American Republican Party, later renamed the American Party, Philadelphia, 1844Historians could best use the excerpt as an example of which of the following?
- Asa Whitney, merchant, "National Railroad, Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean," memorial to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, 1845The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments?
- Based on their arguments in the excerpts, Giddings would likely agree with and Whitman would likely disagree with which of the following claims about the causes of the Mexican-American War?AThe United States sought the repayment of Mexican debts.BMexico had killed Americans during a previous conflict in Texas.CThe United States desired to expand slavery to Mexican territory.DMexico had sent soldiers across the southern border of the United States
- The United States Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) represented a departure from earlier practices in which of the following ways?AIt established the principle of judicial review, the practice in which the Supreme Court has the authority to evaluate whether laws are consistent with the Constitution.BIt introduced the idea of popular sovereignty, the arrangement in which residents of a federal territory could vote whether that territory would allow slavery.CIt expanded fugitive slave laws that permitted slaveholders to recover formerly enslaved people even if they had escaped to free states.DIt held that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States
- Which of the following is a similarity between how Whitman and Giddings made their arguments?ResponsesABoth used examples of Mexico's behavior to support their points.BBoth sought to justify their positions to international observers.CBoth drew on principles from the Constitution to make claims.DBoth made religious appeals to prove their assertions.
- Proclamation addressed "To the Yeomanry of New England," Boston, 1854The issuing of documents such as the proclamation generally had which of the following effects?ResponsesAAccumulating support for the theory of slavery as a positive goodBEncouraging armed rebellions by enslaved people in the SouthCIncreasing the visibility of organized opposition to slaveryDImproving relations between native-born residents and recent Catholic immigrants
- Elliott West, historian, The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado, 1998The developments described in the excerpt were most directly a response to which of the following?ResponsesAAmerican Indian competition for land with miners, farmers, and settlersBUnited States efforts to explore and map new territoryCChristian missionary campaigns directed at American IndiansDShifting alliances among American Indians and European imperial nations
- Proclamation addressed "To the Yeomanry of New England," Boston, 1854The proclamation most clearly provides evidence for which of the following?ResponsesAThe spreading of violence associated with the Kansas-Nebraska ActBThe failure of the Compromise of 1850 to lessen sectional tensionsCThe abolitionist roots of the Republican PartyDThe absence of racism in antebellum New England
- Senator Henry Clay, speech in the United States Senate, 1850The excerpt best reflects which of the following historical situations?
- Proclamation addressed "To the Yeomanry of New England," Boston, 1854The sentiments expressed in the proclamation would have been most widely condemned by White residents ofResponsesAcoastal South CarolinaBnorthern CaliforniaCwestern New YorkDwestern Virginia
- Senator Henry Clay, speech in the United States Senate, 1850Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following broader historical contexts?
- Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, letter to R. L. Sanderson, 1871Which of the following late-nineteenth-century federal actions most directly supported the ideas expressed in the excerpt?
- Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, letter to R. L. Sanderson, 1871The advice in the excerpt most directly reflects the influence of which of the following prevailing American ideas?
- Senator Henry Clay, speech in the United States Senate, 1850The position expressed by Clay in the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following?
- James M. McPherson and James K. Hogue, historians, Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction, 2010Which of the following most directly contributed to “the sharp increase of immigration after 1845” referenced in the excerpt?
- which cities experienced the greatest population increase due to growth in popularity of the automobile
- after radios became popular, what broadcasts had the greatest effect on Americas culture