AP U.S. History Prep Quiz

What was the main difference between the Whig and Democratic parties in the election of 1844?

• The Whigs were in favor of a policy of expansion while the Democrats stood for internal improvements

• The Whigs wanted to expand America while the Democrats supported the annexation of Texas

• The Whigs were sharply opposed to expansion while the Democrats were set on pushing the nation's borders ever outward

• The Whigs supported internal improvements while the Democrats wanted to keep the government out of newly added land

What did the Compromise of 1850 entail?

• Admission of California as a slave state, creation of territories of Utah and New Mexico, and popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery

• Admission of California as a free state, creation of territories of Utah and New Mexico, and popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery

• Admission of California as a slave state, creation of territories of Utah and New Mexico, and a ban on the expansion of slavery

• Admission of California as a free state, creation of territories of Utah and New Mexico, and a ban on the expansion of slavery

What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?

• It declared that enslaved people were citizens and should be granted freedom, leading to the expansion of slavery

• It declared that enslaved people were property, not citizens, and reinforced the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and Wilmot Proviso

• It declared that enslaved people were citizens and should be granted freedom, leading to the abolition of slavery

• It declared that enslaved people were property, not citizens, and nullified the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and Wilmot Proviso

What event prompted President Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation?

• The Battle of Bull Run

• The Battle of Fort Sumter

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Antietam

What was the main purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• To free all enslaved people in the Union and Confederate states

• To free all enslaved people in the Union states

• To free all enslaved people in the Confederate states

• To free all enslaved people in the border states

What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?

• It resulted in the capture of Fort Sumter, marking the beginning of the Civil War

• It forced the Confederacy to retreat, serving as a massive confidence boost for the Union

• It was the first battle fought in the East where the Union wasn't completely defeated

• It was the most northern point the Confederacy had reached at the time

Who was the leader of the Fire-Eaters, a group of radical pro-slavery Southerners?

• John C. Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert Barnwell Rhett

What did the American party, also known as the Know-Nothings, rally around?

• Hatred of foreigners (nativism)

• Abolition of slavery

• Support for immigrants

• Expansion of slavery

What was the outcome of the election of 1860?

• Abraham Lincoln won the election, carrying the North, while the South split between Douglas and Breckinridge

• Stephen Douglas won the election, carrying the North, while the South split between Lincoln and Breckinridge

• John Breckinridge won the election, carrying the South, while the North split between Lincoln and Douglas

• John Bell won the election, carrying the North, while the South split between Lincoln and Douglas

What was the main goal of the Republican Party during the 1850s?

• To maintain the balance of power in Congress

• To advocate for the expansion of the railroad

• To keep slavery out of the territories

• To expand slavery into new states