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1
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In August 1846 what representative proposed an addition to a war appropriations bill?

A

David Wilmont

2
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What amendment proposed that any territory the United States gained from Mexico would not permit slavery?

A

Wilmont Proviso

3
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Who prepared a series of revolutions to counter the Wilmont Proviso, but it never came to a vote?

A

John C. Calhoun

4
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Which senator from Michigan proposed popular sovereignty?

A

Lewis Cass

5
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With the 1848 election approaching the Whigs chose whom to run for president?

A

Zachary Taylor

6
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What were the two types of Northern Whigs?

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Conscience Whigs, and Cotton Whigs

7
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The free-soil party was made of what groups?

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Antislavery Democrats, Conscience Whigs, members of Liberty Party

8
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Who won the 1848 election?

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Zachary Taylor

9
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What state applied for statehood as a “free state”? in 1849

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California

10
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Who tried to find a compromise that would enable California to join the Union?

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Henry Clay

11
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How many resolutions did Henry Clay offer for California?

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Eight

12
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Who wrote a response saying that Clay’s compromise would not save the union?

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John C. Calhoun

13
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Who succeeded president Taylor after he died?

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Vice President Millard Fillmore

14
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What compromise broke down the orignal compromise and ended up getting all parts passed?

A

Compromise of 1850

15
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Under what act did a person claiming that an African American had escaped from slacery had only to point out that person as a runaway to take him or her into custody?

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Fugitive Slave Act

16
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Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?

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Harriet Tubman

17
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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

18
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The opening of Oregon and the admission of California to the Union had convinced Americans that a what should be built?

A

Transcontinental Railroad

19
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In 1853 Mexico accepted $10 million for the what purchase, that would allow the railroad to apss through Northern Mexico?

A

Gadsen Purchase

20
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Douglas proposed that he would undo the what?

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Missouri Compromise

21
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Despite Douglas’ proposition what act was passed?

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

22
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What senator delivered a speech accusing pro-slavery senators of forcing Kansas into the ranks of slave states?

A

Charles Sumner

23
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During Charles Sumner’s speech he singled out who? Who then beat Sumner with a cane for doing this?

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Andrew P. Butler, Preston Brooks

24
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Former Whigs, members of the free-soil party, and a few antislavery Democrats made what party?

A

Republican Party

25
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Eventually the Republican Party absorbed what other group?

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The Northern Know Nothings

26
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Republican elected who to run in the 1856 election?

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John C. Fremont

27
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Who did the Democrats nominate for the 1856 election?

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James Buchanan

28
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Who did the American party nomiate for the 1856 election?

A

Millar Fillmore

29
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Who ended up winning the 1856 election?

A

James Buchanan

30
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What chief Justice ruled against Scott and was extremely racist in the Dred Scott case?

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Roger B. Taney

31
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What group voted to accept the Lecompton Constitution?

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The Senate, (the house blocked it)

32
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IN 1858 who was the republican candidate chosen to run for the Senate?

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Abraham Lincoln

33
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Who was the democrat thatdebated with Abraham Lincoln

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Stephen A. Douglas

34
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During a deate with Lincoln, Douglas tried to avoid the dilemma of slavery by formulating an answer that became known as what?

A

Freeport Doctrine

35
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Who planned to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry?

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John Brown

36
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Who was the democratic candidate in 1860?

A

John C. Breckinridge

37
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The Constitutional Unionists chose whom as their candidate in 1860?

A

John Bell

38
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The Republicans chose who for the 1860 election?

A

Abraham Lincoln

39
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What was the first state to vote for an Ordinance of Secession?

A

South Carolina

40
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What was the one island stronghold that reamined out of Southern hands?

A

Fort Sumter

41
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Lincoln asked Republicans to stand firm so what compromise would not pass?

A

Crittenden’s Compromise

42
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What was the name of the seceeded states?

A

Confederate State of America

43
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Confederate forces bombarded what fort for 33 hours?

A

Fort Sumter

44
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Presiden Lincoln called for how many volunteers?

A

75,000

45
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Lincoln imposed what in Baltimore, where mobs had already attacked federal troops?

A

Martial Law

46
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What state stayed Neutral until 1861

A

Kentucky

47
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Which state stayed with the Union despite it’s location?

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Missouri