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

Dred Scott case Johnson impeached Battle of Vicksburg Tenure of Office Act

#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)

Compromise of 1850 Reconstruction acts Reconstruction acts Johnson impeached

#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

Election of 1844 Radical Republicans White supremacy Fugitive slave act

#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)

Wilmot Proviso Tenure of Office Act Black codes Fugitive slave act

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Civil rights act of 1866

Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. An amendment to a law in congress that stipulated that any land gained in the Mexican-American war wouldn't be ineligible for the spread of slavery. Symbolized the growing tension over westward expansion and slavery. Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half All African Americans were citizens of the United States

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

Battle of Vicksburg

Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.

True

False

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

Election of 1860

All African Americans were citizens of the United States

True

False

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

Dred Scott case

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)

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

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

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

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)

Civil rights act of 1866

Section 2: True/false questions

Battle of Vicksburg

Americans had been settling in Texas since the 1820s. The southerners outnumbered actual Mexicans and had brought their slaves. The Mexican government outlawed slavery and mandated catholicism.

Election of 1860

All African Americans were citizens of the United States

Dred Scott case

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)

Anaconda plan

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

John Brown

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

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