US Presidential History Quiz: Whig Party, Free-Soil Party & Franklin Pierce
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Who was the presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1849?

  • John C. Calhoun
  • James Polk
  • John Brown
  • Zachary Taylor (correct)

    • What was the main belief of the Free-Soil Party?

  • Maintaining the status quo of slavery in territories
  • Supporting slavery in all states
  • Supporting the expansion of slavery
  • Opposing the expansion of slavery into western territories (correct)

    • What did the Wilmot Proviso try to ban?

  • Slavery in territories acquired from Mexico (correct)
  • Trade with Mexico
  • Immigration from Mexico
  • Territorial expansion

    • What was the view of John Brown on slavery?

    <p>Thought slavery was bad and needed to end</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Missouri Compromise do?

    <p>Admit a slave state and a free state based on an invisible line</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Franklin Pierce intend to do when he became president?

    <p>Enforce the Fugitive Slave Act</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was John C. Calhoun's idea about territories?

    <p>To leave the issue of slavery in territories to local governments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main belief of the secessionists?

    <p>States' rights</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Freeport Doctrine propose?

    <p>States should decide on the issue of slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Missouri Compromise establish?

    <p>A line dividing where slavery could and couldn't exist in the new territories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Wilmot Proviso aim to ban?

    <p>Slavery in territories acquired from Mexico</p> Signup and view all the answers

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