15 Questions
Which organization provided guns and other goods for pioneers willing to go to Kansas and establish the territory as antislavery through popular sovereignty?
The New England Emigrant Aid Company
In the year 1855, which movement briefly took advantage of the Whig collapse and nearly stole the energy of the anti-administration forces by channeling its frustrations into fights against immigrants in American cities?
The Know-Nothing Party
What did the Know-Nothing Party call themselves, due to their tendency to pretend ignorance when asked about their activities?
Know-Nothings
Which political party was formed in 1854, coalescing the antislavery political movements?
Republican Party
Who violently beat Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane on the floor of the Senate chamber?
Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina
What accusation did Senator Charles Sumner make against Senator Andrew Butler of South Carolina, which led to the violent beating?
Defending slavery to have sexual access to Black women
Which region of the United States did the Know-Nothing Party make impressive gains in 1854 and 1855?
New England and the Middle Atlantic
Who did the Republican Party select as their candidate for the 1856 presidential election?
John Charles Frémont
Who appealed to more radical members of the coalition within the Republican Party?
Jessie Benton Frémont
Which state did Abraham Lincoln deliver his speech at Peoria in 1854?
Illinois
How many of the sixteen free states did John Charles Frémont win in the 1856 presidential election?
Eleven
Who did Ulysses S. Grant vote for in the 1856 presidential election?
James Buchanan
What was the concern of Ulysses S. Grant regarding the Republican Party and John Charles Frémont?
Potential disunion
What did some African Americans consider following John Charles Frémont's defeat?
Emigration and colonization
Who did African Americans believe had sealed their fate as permanent noncitizens?
None of the above
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