American History Homework Five Answers - Student Ten

JessieH -in progress-

1. Imagine that someone by the name of Joe Biden lived in 1858. Imagine also that he belonged to the "Know Nothing Party." The following would be true about Mr. Biden EXCEPT: (B) He would have been afraid that the country was being overpowered by immigrants.

(a) He knew nothing about airplanes and automobiles. (b) He welcomed immigrants into the United States. (c) He belonged to a relatively new political party. (d) He was probably not a member of the Republican Party. (e) He could have lived in the State of California.

2. Identify at least two key positions of the Whig Party. For one they generally leaned for towards the north, in siding against slavery, remembering that that they went against almost everything that the Democratic party were proponents of. And that leads to the second key belief, that they pretty much believed everything the Democrats didn't. But when the Whig party broke, half sided with the Republicans, and half sided with the Democrats, proving that not all whigs were completely against the Democrats.

3. What caused and what ended the Mexican War? What started it, I think was a mixture of things. I think all of the border arguments played a part, and the fight that spilled blood on either mexican territory, or american territory, which is still disputed over today. And what ended it, was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

4. Who do you think was the most important person in the period 1840-1860, and why?

5. Explain what "Bleeding Kansas" was.

6. Explain the cartoon, and what you think the cartoonist's view was. The woman's quote begins, "You have been a bad boy, Steve, ever since you had anything to do with that Nebraska Bill ...."

7. Do you think it was possible to avoid the Civil War? Explain.