APUSH Periods 1-5 Midterm Study Set Quizs

What compromise admitted California as a free state?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Wilmot Proviso

What was a major advantage of the Confederacy?

• Strong military leadership and defensive strategy

• Superior industrial resources

• Larger population for troop recruitment

• Access to international support

What did the Wilmot Proviso propose?

• Banning slavery in the Mexican Cession

• Allowing slavery in all territories

• Establishing a new state for free blacks

• Promoting the expansion of slavery into new territories

What did the Emancipation Proclamation accomplish?

• Freed enslaved people in rebelling states and changed the war’s purpose

• Established a new government in the South

• Granted women the right to vote

• Ended the Civil War immediately

What ideology believed women should stay in the home to raise moral citizens?

• The Cult of Domesticity

• Feminism

• Socialism

• Libertarianism

Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

• The Battle of Antietam

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Bull Run

• The Battle of Vicksburg

What movement argued for immediate, uncompensated emancipation?

• Abolitionism

• Gradualism

• Colonization

• Reconstruction

What amendment established birthright citizenship and equal protection?

• The 12th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

• The 19th Amendment

Which event triggered the Mexican-American War?

• The dispute over the Texas–Mexico border

• The annexation of California

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Gadsden Purchase

What system rewarded political supporters with government jobs?

• The spoils system

• Merit-based system

• Patronage system

• Civil service system