Quiz on APUSH Unit 5 (1844-1877)

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Johnson impeached

Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote divided Nebraska territory into 2 sections, Kansas and Nebraska. Put slavery to a vote in each new state. Effectively overturned the Missouri compromise! 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 Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote

#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 Free Soil Party Tenure of Office Act White supremacy

#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

Republican party formed Mexican-American war Reconstruction acts Radical Republicans

#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)

Black codes Tenure of Office Act Battle of Vicksburg Compromise of 1877

#5 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Civil rights act of 1866

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 All African Americans were citizens of the United States Plan to completely cut off the south by blockading southern ports and eventually the Mississippi river Americans believed they had a God-given right to have a nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

#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

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

#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

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

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

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

Election of 1860

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.

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

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

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