The 1857 Lecompton (Kansas) constitution was
A. twice rejected by a majority of Kansas voters
B. rejected, then approved by Kansas voters
C. antislavery
D. written by Stephen Douglas
E. approved and later reaffirmed by Kansas voters
Answer: A
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WHS AP US History Chapter 13
- In the election of 1860,
- In the 1860 elections, the political party most deeply divided over slavery was
- As a result of his 1858 debates with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln
- In the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates,
- The Supreme Court held in the case of "Dred Scott v. Sanford" (1857)
- The first Republican candidate for president was
- Southern defenders of slavery made all of the following arguments EXCEPT
- The 1856 beating of Charles Sumner on the floor of the U.S. Senate
- The political party that came into being largely in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act was
- The 1853 Gadsden Purchase
- The 1854 Ostend Manifesto
- In the 1850s, in an effort to undercut the Fugitive Slave Act, some Northern states
- The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
- During the debate on the Compromise of 1850,
- In 1849, President Zachary Taylor favored admitting California
- The Chinese who came to California during the gold rush
- In the 1848 elections, the new party that emerged as a political force was the
- The Wilmot Proviso
- When President Polk received the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, he
- The key to victory for the United States in the Mexican War was
- The Mexican War resulted from
- As president, James K. Polk
- The presidential election of 1844
- Which of the following towns served as a major departure point for migrants traveling west on the overland trails?