Question

question 34

the ________ was established in hopes of making abolitionism a political movement.

• north star party
• republican party
• whig party
• liberty party

question 35

the panic of 1837 refers to a nativist movement which expressed itself in anti-catholicism and a hostility towards irish immigrants.

• true
• false

question 36

the missouri compromise was a political agreement meant to solve a dispute over transportation issues and had little to do with the issue of slavery.

• true
• false

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Political Abolitionism and Sectionalism
How 19th-century political parties and compromises shaped the debate over slavery.

Step 1: Analyze Question 34

The question asks which political party was established to turn abolitionism into a political movement.

• Liberty Party: Formed in 1840, this was the first political party in the United States to run on an explicitly anti-slavery platform. Its founders believed in using the electoral system and the Constitution to fight slavery, distinguishing themselves from moral suasionists like William Lloyd Garrison who avoided party politics.
• North Star Party: Not a historical political party (though The North Star was Frederick Douglass's famous abolitionist newspaper).
• Whig Party / Republican Party: While both had members opposed to the expansion of slavery, the Whigs were a broad coalition not founded solely for abolitionism, and the Republican Party was founded later (1854) on a "free soil" platform rather than immediate abolitionism.

Thus, the correct choice is the Liberty Party.

Step 2: Analyze Question 35

The statement asserts that the "Panic of 1837 refers to a nativist movement which expressed itself in anti-Catholicism and a hostility towards Irish immigrants."

• The Panic of 1837 was a major financial and economic crisis in the United States that led to a deep depression, bank failures, and high unemployment. It was not a nativist movement.
• Nativist movements and anti-Catholic hostility during this era were associated with groups like the "Know-Nothings" (the American Party), not the Panic of 1837.

Therefore, the statement is False.

Step 3: Analyze Question 36

The statement claims that the "Missouri Compromise was a political agreement meant to solve a dispute over transportation issues and had little to do with the issue of slavery."

• The Missouri Compromise (1820) was entirely about the expansion of slavery. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance of power in the Senate, and it banned slavery in the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory north of the \(36^\circ 30'\) parallel.
• It had nothing to do with transportation issues.

Therefore, the statement is False.

Answer:

• Question 34: Liberty Party
• Question 35: False
• Question 36: False