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

Reconstruction acts Johnson impeached Dred Scott case Radical Republicans

#2 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)

Reconstruction acts Fugitive slave act Compromise of 1850 Battle of Vicksburg

#3 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress

Radical Republicans Bleeding Kansas White supremacy Civil rights act of 1866

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Tenure of Office Act

Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city. 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. 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)

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Civil rights act of 1866

Lincoln campaigned on halting the expansion of slavery. He won without a single Southern electoral vote, prompting the south to realize they no longer any voice in the future of slavery in america Established the southern border of the United States and granted a huge portion of land known as the Mexican cession which included California and new Mexico All African Americans were citizens of the United States Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed

#6 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Battle of Vicksburg

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

True

False

#7 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Election of 1860

Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people

True

False

#8 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

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.

True

False

#9 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

Anaconda plan

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

True

False

#10 Determine if the following combination is true or false.

John Brown

Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

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

Divided the south into 5 zones under military occupation. Increased requirements for rejoining (also ratify 14th amendment and have universal suffrage)

Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress

Tenure of Office Act

Civil rights act of 1866

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

Restricted the civil rights of african americans in the south. Made it harder to vote, own property, even banned them from testifying against white people

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

Disputes over the Texas border sparked the conflict. American troops made it all the way to Mexico city.

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