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Instructions: ∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the ∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -President James K. Polk

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Instructions: ∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the ∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -the presidential election of 1852

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Which of the following was a major problem associated with the idea of popular sovereignty?


A) Proponents of the idea refused to say whether or not slaves would be counted in determining the population of a territory.
B) Northern Democrats explained the idea to their constituents in one way, while southern Democrats explained it to their constituents in a different way.
C) The idea of popular sovereignty allowed Congress to determine qualifications for voting in a particular territory.
D) Those who supported the idea disagreed among themselves over whether or not free blacks would have equality under the law in the territories.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Instructions: ∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the ∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -Exposition and Protest

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Which of the following was a consequence of the Wilmot Proviso?


A) It transformed the debate over the War with Mexico into a debate over the expansion of slavery.
B) It led to the annexation of Texas by joint resolution of Congress.
C) Its stipulations further fed northern fears of the Slave Power.
D) It caused southerners to become outspoken opponents of the War with Mexico.

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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The 1836 Specie Circular provided that only gold or silver would be accepted as payment for federal


A) lands sold to speculators.
B) loans extended to corporations.
C) tariffs imposed on luxury items.
D) taxes owed by individuals.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Discuss the ideology of southern Democrats, and explain the appeal of this ideology to both nonslaveholders and former Whig slaveholders in the South.

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The most critical question that emerged in the aftermath of the War with Mexico was


A) what course the South would take if northerners continued to press the slavery question.
B) what to do about slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico.
C) how to limit the president's vaguely defined war powers.
D) how much to pay Mexico for the territory acquired by force.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Map Exercise 12-2 You will need pens of five different colors to complete this exercise. On the first outline map that follows and using the map in the text entitled "The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Slavery Expansion, 1854" and an historical atlas as guides: Map Exercise 12-2 You will need pens of five different colors to complete this exercise. On the first outline map that follows and using the map in the text entitled The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Slavery Expansion, 1854 and an historical atlas as guides: -Refer to Map Exercise 12-2. Label the map: THE COMPROMISE OF 1850. -Refer to Map Exercise 12-2. Label the map: THE COMPROMISE OF 1850.

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Instructions: ∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the ∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -the Webster-Hayne debate

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The radical, new southern position on the territories espoused by John C. Calhoun in 1846 contradicted the


A) Missouri Compromise.
B) Monroe Doctrine.
C) Polk Doctrine.
D) three-fifths compromise.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Which of the following is most likely to have been a Democrat in the 1840s?


A) A native-born evangelical Protestant
B) A free black man
C) A Congregationalist
D) An Irish Catholic

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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As a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act,


A) northern states threatened to hold special state conventions for the purpose of declaring the act unconstitutional and thus null and void.
B) a coalition of northern Democrats withdrew from the Democratic party and formed the American Party.
C) the Whig Party broke into northern and southern wings and was no longer able to operate as a national party.
D) southerners became more convinced than ever that Congress had become the puppet of antislavery advocates.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following is true of the Jacksonian Democrats?


A) They were generally proponents of high protective tariffs.
B) They favored government action to stimulate economic growth.
C) They believed in strong central government that actively promoted religious reform.
D) They sought to foster the Jeffersonian concept of an agrarian society.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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With regard to the doctrine of nullification, John C. Calhoun asserted that federal legislation could be overruled by a


A) state governor.
B) state court.
C) special state convention.
D) state referendum.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following is true of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?


A) It cleared up the confusion that surrounded popular sovereignty.
B) It prohibited slavery in the two organized territories created by the law.
C) It had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise.
D) It extended the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The overriding issue in the presidential election of 1848 was


A) tariff rates.
B) the conduct of the War with Mexico.
C) slavery in the territories.
D) the independent treasury bill.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following was the decisive campaign in the War with Mexico?


A) General Zachary Taylor's assault against Monterey
B) The taking of Santa Fe by Colonel Stephen Kearny
C) The taking of Palo Alto by General Zachary Taylor
D) General Winfield Scott's campaign against Mexico City

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Instructions: ∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the ∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -the Slave Power

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Instructions: ∙ Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when. Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the ∙ item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item? -the presidential election of 1824

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