Key Concepts of APUSH Period 5: Focus on 5.2

The video explores APUSH Period 5 Key Concept 5.2, focusing on the growing sectional tensions between the North and South in the 1840s and 1850s. It discusses the impact of territorial expansion, the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott decision. The rise of the Republican Party and Lincoln's election are highlighted as key events leading to secession. Economic and cultural differences between the North and South, along with the abolitionist movement and Southern defense of slavery, further fueled distrust and sectionalism.

What concept justified the expansion westward and heightened the slavery debate?

• Missouri Compromise

• Nullification

• Popular Sovereignty

• Manifest Destiny

Which state's annexation directly led to conflict with Mexico?

• Kansas

• Texas

• Oregon

• California

What was the main purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

• To support the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• To repeal the Missouri Compromise

• To address the issue of slavery in new territories

• To end the Civil War

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act decide?

• The Fugitive Slave Law was repealed

• California would enter as a free state

• Slavery was banned in all territories

• Slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty

What was the outcome of the Dred Scott decision?

• Slaves were declared free in all states

• Congress could not ban slavery from the territories

• Kansas entered the Union as a free state

• The Missouri Compromise was upheld

Who led a raid hoping to spark a slave revolt in 1859?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• Charles Sumner

• John Brown

What was a key difference between the North and South's economy?

• Both relied heavily on slave labor

• The North relied on agriculture

• The South was industrializing

• The North was based on manufacturing

Which party formed in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Know-Nothing Party

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Whig Party

What was a major cause of the Civil War?

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The annexation of Oregon

• The Gadsden Purchase

• The Alien and Sedition Acts

Which act was seen as an attack on the southern way of life by southerners?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Compromise of 1850