- Which country did Dem-Reps support in Foreign Affairs?
- What political party was founded in 1854, in the midst of the Kansas-Nebraska controversy?
- Which of the following was true of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin? Select all that apply.-It was a pro-slavery novel.-It was one of the most widely purchased books in nineteenth-century America.-It was based on her first-hand accounts of life on a Southern plantation.-It was an antislavery novel.
- The Know-Nothing Party of the _____ also ran on an antislavery platform.
- Why did it become necessary to begin standardizing time in the United States? Select all that apply.-to coordinate business hours between cities by telegraph-to maintain train schedules-to avoid traffic jams and collisions on the railways-to allow for simultaneous daily news broadcasts over telegraph
- In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran on a _____ platform.
- The Kansas--Nebraska Act included which of the following elements? Select all that apply.-It designated a portion of the Nebraska Territory as the permanent home for Native American nations.-The status of slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty in the Western territories at the time of their application for statehood.-The Nebraska Territory would be split into two territories: Nebraska and Kansas.-Slavery would no longer be banned north of 36°30'.
- In the 1850s, thousands of miles of train tracks were built in the United States, financed by ______.
- What were the goals of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry? Select all that apply.-seizing a federal arsenal-smuggling runaways from slavery into Canada-seizing a fleet of U.S. navy ships-securing arms for a slave insurrection
- What were the outcomes of the Dred Scott v. Sandford case? Select all that apply.-Justice Taney ruled that Scott had no right to sue or obtain citizenship as a Black person.-The Scotts obtained their freedom.-Justice Taney upheld the Missouri Compromise and the right of individual states to decide on the status of slavery.-The Scotts remained enslaved.
- What type of Constitutional interpretation didDem-Reps support?
- Following the completion of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad line in 1848, Chicago became the major destination for _____ grown north and west of the city.
- Who was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1856?
- In the 1850s, what was the most controversial feature of the new world of industrial work?
- Spurred by the need to coordinate train schedules, when did standardized time zones become official across the United States?
- What were two outcomes of the Preston Brooks' 1856 attack on Charles Sumner? Select all that apply.-Both men were re-elected to their positions.-Brooks became a hero in the North.-Sumner died of his injuries.-Sumner became a martyr in the North.
- The Kansas--Nebraska Act led to the collapse of the _____ Party and the Second Party System after Northern members of the party refused to support the act.
- By 1860, _____ was a major metropolis in large part due to its position as the bridge between the two halves of the nation's rail network.
- We survive by fishing, whaling, trading and lumbering.
- We produce primarily grains and raise livestock.