14. How might the photograph be useful as evidence of the living conditions of slaves?
Question 16
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15. What about this source might make it less useful as evidence of the living conditions of slaves?
1. In coining phrase "Manifest Destiny," journalist John L. O'Sullivan meant that
America was certain to become an independent country sooner or later
the struggle for racial equality was the ultimate goal of America's existence
It was the destiny of America to overspread the continent
America must eventually become either all save or all free
2. What conflict did the Annexation of Texas in 1844 cause between the north and south?
Texas was added as a free state and angered the south
Northerner's worried that the annexation of Texas would lead to a war with Mexico
Texas was added as a slave state and angered the north
Both b and c
3. Why did the War with Mexico break out?
Southerner's wanted the New Mexico territory
the U.S annexed Texas
Politicians wanted to conquer Mexico
Great Britain sided with Mexico and declared war on the U.S
4. Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
slavery was permitted in the District of Columbia
Utah and New Mexico let popular sovereignty decide the issue of slavery
California admitted to the Union as a free state
new Fugitive Slave Laws
5. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act repeal the Missouri Compromise?
it stated that slavery was not permitted at all
Nebraska territory was split in two (Kansas-Nebraska)
it stated that these two states which were above 36'/30' latitude line in the Louisiana Territory, could now decide the issue of slavery with popular sovereignty
It reorganized the Republican Party
6. Which of the the following reflects the correct sequence of events
Lincoln elected president - secession of south Carolina - formation of the Confederate States of America- Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas - Lincoln elected president - secession of south Carolina - formation of Confederate States of America
Bleeding Kansas- secession of South Carolina- Lincoln elected President - formation of the Confederate states of America
Lincoln elected president - Bleeding Kansas - secession of South Carolina - formation of the Confederate States of America
7. John Brown's raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry and his subsequent trial and execution had the effect of
Making a martyr of John Brown and convincing many Southerners that secession from the Union was the only way they could prevent the increasingly abolitionist North from interfering with slavery by Northern Abolitionists.
Discrediting the abolitionist movement in the eyes of most people and convincing most Southerners that the North would not support forceful efforts to end slavery, despite verbal attacks on slavery by Northern Abolitionists
Sparking virtually a virtual civil war in the state of Nebraska over the issue of slavery
Inciting a series of slave revolts that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Southern slaves, further enraging both northern abolitionist and Southern slaveholders.
8. When Lincoln was elected president in 1860, the immediate effect was
Some southern states seceded from the union
The Confederate States of America was formed
Jefferson Davis became President of the Confederacy
All of the above
10. Dred Scott hoped the Supreme Court would set him free because he had
Worked the specified time that his contract stated
Escaped through the Underground Railroad
Resided with his master in Illinois, in the Missouri Territory, where slavery was prohibited by the Missouri Compromise
