Quiz on APUSH Unit 5 (1844-1877)

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote

15th amendment Johnson impeached White supremacy Johnson impeached

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Reconstruction acts

divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise! The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage) Led a small raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. His goal was to arm the southern slave population and incite a slave rebellion

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Radical Republicans

Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery.

#4 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)

Reconstruction acts Tenure of Office Act Wilmot Proviso Texan independence

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote

Reconstruction acts

Radical Republicans

Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)

All African Americans were citizens of the United States

Section 2: True/false questions

Battle of Vicksburg

Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half

Election of 1860

Stopped the president from removing a member of their cabinet without congressional approval (Johnson had tried to remove his secretary of war, who was a radical Republican)

Dred Scott case

A slave in Missouri was taken to live in free Wisconsin, for two years, and he sued for his freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves aren't citizens, and they are property so nobody can be deprived of their property without due process.

Anaconda plan

Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river

John Brown

divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise!

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