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APUSH - Period 5 through Civil War
APUSH - Period 5 through Civil War
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1
The Emancipation Proclamation had the strongest effect on ...
increasing popular support for the Republicans in the 1864 election.
strengthening the moral cause and diplomatic position of the Union.
quieting public opposition to Lincoln's war policies
reducing desertions from the Union army.
2
What is NOT true of the Dred Scott decision?
It said Black people were not citizens
It claimed founding fathers did not mean Blacks when they said "All Men..."
It was unanimous
It said the right to property was protected in the Constitution
3
John Brown used violent tactics to support abolition at...
Pottawatomie Creek and Fort Sumner
Harpers Ferry and Pottawatomie Creek
Bleeding Kansas and Bull Run
Harpers Ferry and Bull Run
4
In this speech, Lincoln stated: "that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."
Second Inaugural Address
Freeport Doctrine
First Inaugural Address
Gettysburg Address
5
The Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 effectively repealed the...
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
5th Amendment
6
This party merged with the Republicans with the purpose of opposing slavery in the new territories.
Whigs
Know Nothings
Free Soil
Radical Republicans
7
In 1857, Hinton Helper's book
The Impending Crisis of the South
took this position...
Only war would resolve the issue of slavery in the South.
Slavery damaged the South by preventing economic development and industry.
Slavery damaged the South by weakening Christian values of love and family.
Slavery was an embarrassment for the U.S. on the world's stage.
8
When did the first Southern State secede from the Union?
When Lincoln was inaugurated in 1861
When Lincoln attempted to supply Fort Sumter in 1861
When Lincoln won the presidential election in 1860
When Lincoln won the Republican nomination in 1860
9
The Know Nothing party reflects this trend in the mid 19th century:
Embracing immigrants as essential to economic development
Rising xenophobia -- fear of foreigners
A resurgence in Jeffersonian politics.
Growing discontent with the Republican party.
10
This organized territories taken from Mexico: made California a free state & popular sovereignty in Utah & New Mexico
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Compromise of 1850
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Bleeding Kansas was a direct result of this...
The Missouri Compromise
The Mexican-American War
Popular sovereignty
The American Civil War
12
All the following are true of Polk EXCEPT:
He believed in Manifest Destiny
he compromised over the Oregon border despite claiming 54'40 or fight
He was elected to a second term by a landslide
He urged Congress to declare war on Mexico
13
This Henry David Thoreau's 1849 essay protested the government, slavery and the Mexican-American War
Leaves of Grass
On Civil Disobedience
Grapes of Wrath
Walden
14
The Confederate army fired on Fort SUmter (1861) when
the fort's commander tried to evacuate his troops secretly from the fort.
Lincoln had called for thousands to form a voluntary Union army.
Lincoln had ordered the troops at the fort to patrol Charleston.
Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.
15
This total war campaign started with the capture Atlanta and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah.
Southern Blitz
Sherman's March to the Sea
Trail of Tears
Anaconda plan
16
Western expansion ultimately led to ...
Increased sectionalism over slavery
Increased industrialization in the Southwest territories
Adoption of the Monroe Doctorine
National unity and a new sense of direction
17
On the eve of the Civil War, the South enjoyed an advantage over the North in...
firearms production
total population
railroad mileage
experienced military leadership
18
This strategy used a naval blockade on the Confederacy's coast and took control the Mississippi River
Anaconda plan
Grant's "Total War"
Sherman's March to the Sea
Southern Circle
19
All the following are true of Texas EXCEPT:
Americans lot the Battle of the Alamo
It was an independent republic for 10 years after its independence
slavery was a major issue that prevented it becoming a state
Americans settled in the 1820s and 30s against the wishes of Mexico
20
Copperheads believed in this end to the Civil War.
The end to "Scorched Earth" policy
Unconditional surrender of the South
Abolitionism at any cost
An immediate negotiated peace
21
This was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War.
Lincoln’s spot resolutions
Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
Wilmot Proviso
Ostend Manifesto
22
Which of the following provisions of the Compromise of 1850 provoked the most controversy in the 1850s?
The principle of popular sovereignty in the Mexican cession
The admission of California as a free state
The strengthened Fugitive Slave Law
The continued protection of slavery in the District of Columbia
23
Two people most associated with the Underground Railroad were William Still and ....
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
24
Lincoln rejected this 1860 proposal to extend the Missouri Compromise line coast-to-coast
Corwin Amendment
Crittenden Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Ostend Manifesto
25
Fought in Maryland, this victory led to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg
Antietam
Bull Run
Fort Sumter
26
Charles Sumner's speech to Congress "Crimes Against Kansas" resulted in this...
The masssacre at Pottawatomie Creek
Passing the Kansas -Nebraska Act
A lessening of sectional tensions
Getting beaten with a cane by Preston Brooks
27
The anti-slavery newspaper
The Liberator
was published by this abolitionist.
William Lloyd Garrison
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
28
Commodore Matthew Perry’s expedition in the 1850s was intended to...
find the most direct route for the transcontinental railroad
reach the North Pole.
locate a northwest passage for international trade.
force an end to Japan’s policy of isolation and to open trade.
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The Morrill Tariff & federal funding for the Transcontinental Railroad were most directly made possible because...
The bills had the full support of John C. Calhoun
War in Europe made it necessary
Southern Democrats changed their platform to appeal to Northern voters
Southerners had resigned from Congress after their states seceded
30
TRUE or FALSE: All slaveholding states seceded from the Union during the Civil War.
True
False
