Quiz on APUSH Unit 5 (1844-1877)

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Johnson impeached

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. Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific. Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.

#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)

Gold rush Compromise of 1877 Reconstruction acts Election of 1844

#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

Compromise of 1877 Radical Republicans John Brown Gold rush

#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)

Battle of Vicksburg Tenure of Office Act White supremacy Gold rush

#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 A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery. 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. All African Americans were citizens of the United States

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

Battle of Vicksburg

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

True

False

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

Election of 1860

Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.

True

False

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

Dred Scott case

James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.

True

False

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

Anaconda plan

Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.

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

Johnson impeached

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

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

Election of 1860

Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific.

Dred Scott case

James k. Polk was a big believer in manifest destiny. He got the Oregon territory and started the Mexican-American River.

Anaconda plan

Many northerners opposed the expansion of slavery, and abolitionists despised the law. There were often riots when Southerners would try to bring back a runaway slave.

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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