APUSH Period 5 Review

Which term best describes Manifest Destiny?

• When the British Parliament ignored the colonies

• Belief that it was America's God-Given right to expand from coast to coast

• The idea that the British Parliament should tax the colonies

• Belief that Native Americans were destined to rule the land

How was the Mexican American War a turning point in American History? (select all that apply)

• Growth of Abolitionist movement

• Increased Sectional tensions

• Issue of Popular Sovereignty

• Spread of slavery out west

What were reasons for westward migration? (select all that apply)

• Access to natural mineral resources

• Economic opportunities

• Religious refuge

• The land in the west was vacant (empty of people)

The Homestead Act....

• Granted American citizens 160 acres of land for a cheap fee

• Gave Native Americans land for a cheap price

• Prohibited settlers from homesteading in the West

• Encouraged settlement in the Northeastern part of the United States

Nativists... (select all that apply)

• Were Anti-Catholic

• Created policies that favored native inhabitants as opposed to immigrants

• Sought to limit the power of immigrants

• Wanted to give more power to Native Americans

Select the statement that best describes the Free Soil Movement

• Gave all slaves a plot of free soil

• Aimed to stop the expansion of slavery in new territories

• Encouraged freed slaves to move to new land

• Made it illegal to purchase land

True or False: Prior to the Civil War, many Southerners defended slavery, claiming it was a "positive good"

• True

• False

What was the Significance of Dred Scott v. Sanford?

• The ruling declared Dred Scott a free man

• The ruling declared Congress could not stop the expansion of slavery

• The ruling declared Congress must stop the expansion of slavery

• The ruling declared Dred Scott did not have to listen to his master

Who won the presidential election of 1860? (The Civil War started in 1861...think about it)

• Andrew Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Adams

• Richard Nixon

What year did the Mexican American War end?

• 1865

• 1800

• 1848

• 1820