APUSH Period 5 (1844-1877)

Refers to the Southern culture of segregation that existed for almost a century after the Civil War

• Sufferage

• Jim Crow

• Nullification

• Manifest Destiny

In Plessy v. Ferguson, the United States Supreme Court ruled:

• Impeachment of President Johnson was constitutional

• the principle of judicial review was established in the United States,

• Separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites was legal

• the legality of the national bank and a tax that that a state imposed on it.

Which senator alienated his antislavery constituents with his Seventh of March speech delivered in support of the Compromise of 1850?

• Daniel Webster

• William H. Seward

• Stephen Douglas

• John C. Calhoun

In what year was Texas annexed into the United States?

• 1836

• 1845

• 1849

• 1855

The New Mexico and _____________ Territories were organized as part of the Compromise of 1850.

• California

• Nevada

• Utah

• Arizona

One of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 was to assist ___________________ in paying its debts.

• Missouri

• California

• Texas

• Louisiana

Which president was elected in 1844 on a platform supporting expansion and Manifest Destiny?

• John Quincy Adams

• William H. Harrison

• Zachary Taylor

• James K. Polk

All of the following were western trails taken by American pioneers EXCEPT

• California

• Mormon

• Texas

• Oregon

Which president signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law?

• Millard Fillmore

• James Buchanan

• Zachary Taylor

• Franklin Pierce

Members of the Know Nothing Party feared the influence of the ___________________ religion, which they believed was a threat to republicanism.

• Methodist

• Jewish

• Catholic

• Islamic