Quiz on APUSH Unit 5 (1844-1877)

#1 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Johnson impeached

Formed by abolitionists who wanted to ban slavery everywhere Gold was discovered in California, population skyrocketed Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster

#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)

Bleeding Kansas Reconstruction acts Anaconda plan Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Radical Republicans

Argued that slavery was a constitutional right, wanted line established in the Missouri Compromise to extend all the way westward to the Pacific. Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress Pres. Johnson violated the tenure of office act, and impeachment failed by one vote All African Americans were citizens of the United States

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Tenure of Office Act

California and New Mexico wanted to enter the union as free states. Henry Clay created compromise: New Mexico and Utah would vote on slavery, California would be admitted as a free state, Slavery would be banned in Washington D.C., and there would be a new fugitive slave act 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) A coalition of free soilers and whigs and northern democrats who's goal was to stop the spread of slavery. The contested election was decided by a Republican-leaning committee the obv chose the Republican candidate. Democrats threatened to filibuster

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

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)

Radical Republicans

Tenure of Office Act

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

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

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

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)

John Brown

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.

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