“I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.” –Abraham Lincoln
The “thing” that Abraham Lincoln refers to in the quote above is most likely a reference to ____________.
Western Expansion
Secession
Political compromise
Human slavery
“I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed indeed for the moment… but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.” –Thomas Jefferson
The Founding Father who provided the quote above, still alive as sectionalism began to savage the country, was most likely responding to the _________ when he made his statement.
The Mexican Cession
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
"…beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect."
The statement above can be most accurately assumed to have arisen in conjunction with the opinions of _______________.
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Roger Taney
Henry Clay
"The great principle of self-government is at stake, and surely the people of this country are never going to decide that the principle upon which our whole republican system rests is vicious and wrong." –Stephen Douglas
The senator from Illinois was most likely making his statement in reference to which of the following principles that were set out by both the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Popular Sovereignty
Private Property Ownership
Human Slavery
Federalism
"Had there been one such man in the Congress of the United States …in 1860–'61 there would, I feel sure, have been no civil war."
The statement above, considered in the light of the various compromises enacted before the Civil War, can be best considered to be referring to ______________.
Dred Scott
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Roger Taney
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1. Is Human Slavery
2. Missouri Compromise
3. Is The Supreme Court issuing the Dred Scott decision
4. Popular Sovereignty
5. Henry Clay
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so whats the answer :/
The answer to the first question, "The 'thing' that Abraham Lincoln refers to in the quote above is most likely a reference to ____________," is B. Secession. In order to arrive at this answer, you can analyze Lincoln's statement, "It will become all one thing or all the other." This suggests that Lincoln is referring to the division in the country, and he expects either the Union to become all one thing (united) or all the other (divided through secession).
The answer to the second question, "The Founding Father who provided the quote above, still alive as sectionalism began to savage the country, was most likely responding to the _________ when he made his statement," is C. Compromise of 1850. To arrive at this answer, you can analyze Jefferson's statement, "A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle... will never be obliterated." This suggests that Jefferson was referring to a specific event or decision that led to sectionalism and a geographical divide in the country. The Compromise of 1850 is a significant event in American history that involved territorial acquisitions and decisions regarding the expansion of slavery, which contributed to sectional tensions.
The answer to the third question, "The statement above can be most accurately assumed to have arisen in conjunction with the opinions of _______________," is C. Roger Taney. To arrive at this answer, you can analyze the language used in the statement, such as "beings of an inferior order," which reflects the view of African-Americans held by proponents of slavery. Roger Taney was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who delivered the Dred Scott decision in 1857, stating that African-Americans were not entitled to the rights and privileges of citizenship, thereby reinforcing the belief in racial inferiority.
The answer to the fourth question, "The senator from Illinois was most likely making his statement in reference to which of the following principles that were set out by both the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?" is A. Popular Sovereignty. To arrive at this answer, you can analyze Stephen Douglas' statement about the principle of self-government being at stake. Both the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act revolved around the concept of popular sovereignty, allowing residents of new territories to decide whether to allow slavery through a popular vote.
The answer to the fifth question, "The statement above, considered in the light of the various compromises enacted before the Civil War, can be best considered to be referring to ______________," is A. Dred Scott. To arrive at this answer, you can analyze the statement about a possible avoidance of the Civil War. The Dred Scott decision, delivered by Chief Justice Roger Taney, played a significant role in heightening sectional tensions leading up to the Civil War by denying the rights of African-Americans and declaring that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories. Therefore, the mention of one such man in Congress suggests a reference to someone who could have prevented or mitigated the tensions leading to the war.
B - no
D - no
B - no
C - no
A - no
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