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APUSH Period 5

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

95th

2.

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

a)

Bull Run

b)

Arendelle

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Antietam

3.

Sherman's March to the Sea was famous because

a)

He captured Atlanta, which was the capital of the Confederacy.

b)

His use of scorched earth policy (equating to total war)

c)

Atlanta was in the North and had been captured by the South

d)

He failed

4.

Proposal to prohibit slavery in any land acquired in the Mexican American War. It failed.

a)

Sokovia Accords

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Wilmot Proviso

5.

The purpose of the Freedman's Bureau was to

a)

provide 40 acres and a mule for each slave.

b)

gain the vote for millions of former slaves.

c)

provide work, education, and relief for former slaves.

d)

get radical Republicans in positions of power in the South.

6.

Black Codes were created to

a)

provide farmland for former slaves

b)

guarantee equal civil rights for African Americans

c)

Support the Freedman's Bureau

d)

Restrict the rights of newly freed Black people

7.

5 bills passed by US Congress - Defused a 4 year political confrontation between slave and free states on territories acquired during Mexican American War

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Experiment 626

8.

All of the following contributed directly to the outbreak of the Civil War, EXCEPT

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

c)

Gold Rush

d)

Dred Scott Decision

9.

Legislation that separated the South into 5 military districts under direct Republican control.

a)

Reconstruction Act of 1867

b)

14th Amendment

c)

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

d)

Civil Rights Act of 1866

10.

Ways in which Radical Republicans and Lincoln expanded federal power during the Civil War.

a)

Suspending the Writ of Habeus Corpus for arrests

b)

Instituting greenbacks as currency

c)

All of these

d)

Giving land grants out West to settlers and railroad corporations

11.

All of these contributed to the end of Reconstruction except

a)

Rise of the KKK

b)

Black codes

c)

Election of 1868

d)

Election of 1876

12.

Which battle is considered the turning point and doomed the Southern Cause?

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Battle Shiloh

d)

Invasion of Jakku

13.

This gave all men regardless of race the right to vote.

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

14.
Why did the U.S. and Mexico go to war?
a)
All of these answers are correct
b)
The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over their boundary
c)
America's continued desire to achieve manifest destiny
d)
The U.S. recently annexed Texas
15.
The GREATEST strength of the North was
a)
its military leadership
b)
its navy
c)
its moral high ground
d)
its economy
16.
Which battle was fought in the North?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Vicksburg
c)
Petersburg
d)
Shiloh
17.
After which battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Shiloh
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
18.

The Emancipation Proclamation "freed" the slaves

a)
in the Border States
b)
in the South
c)
in the entire US
d)
in the West
19.
During Reconstruction, the Freedmen’s Bureau was able to
a)
distribute 40-acre plots to all ex slaves who wanted land.
b)
greatly increase the number of former slaves who could read (literate).
c)
convince many Southern whites to join the Republican Party.
d)
repress much of the violence committed against ex-slaves.
20.
An increase in which of the following was the key part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act to attract Southern support?
a)
Transportation in the South
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Representation in Congress
21.
Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision because
a)
the Court included no Republican Justices
b)
the decision allowed slavery in the territories
c)
several justices were slave owners
d)
blacks and whites were not treated equally
22.
Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?
a)
Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.
b)
Members of the abolitionist Republican Party, formed in 1844, insisted on debating slavery.
c)
President John Tyler’s antislavery policies cause a major proslavery backlash led by John C. Calhoun.
d)
As the 1848 Constitutional deadline for ending the African slave trade drew near, Americans became obsessed with s
23.
The South relied on which cash crop for almost all of its economic production?
a)
wheat
b)
corn
c)
cotton
d)
marijuana
24.
One impact of the Mexican-American War was...
a)
The United States got a large area of land in the Southwest
b)
Native Americans were given more land for reservations
c)
France no longer had colonies in North America
d)
Great Britain gave Alaska to the US
25.
Gave 160 acres of land for free if you would live on it and farm it for 5 years
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Morrill Land Grant
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
26.
What is Manifest Destiny?
a)
The belief that it was America's destiny to conquer and civilize all of North America
b)
The belief that their destiny was to manifest
c)
A religious term used to explain Christ's second coming
d)
A belief that if someone prayed for a certain destiny that they would have it
27.
True or False:  Lincoln's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War was to end slavery.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Which of the following is NOT a border state
a)
Missouri
b)
Maryland
c)
New York
d)
kentucky
29.
"To set free" is the definition of which word?
a)
Enumerate
b)
Emancipate
c)
Enunciate
d)
Encriminate
30.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Davis Crenshaw
c)
David Clark
d)
Stephen Douglas
31.
Where did the Civil War begin?
a)
Bull Run
b)
Antietam
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Gettysburg
32.
Who was the first state to secede?
a)
Virginia
b)
South Carolina
c)
North Carolina
d)
Georgia
33.
Which of the following was not a battle in the Civil War?
a)
Normandy
b)
Bull Run
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
34.
Which statement best explains what was accomplished  by the “Missouri Compromise”? 
a)
required captured slaves to be returned 
b)
allowed slavery in Maine but  not in Missouri.
c)
maintained balance between slave states and free states
d)
It made Missouri the U.S. Capital.
35.
Enforced a strict law saying runaway slaves in the North must be captured and returned to their masters.
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Slave Codes
d)
Black Codes
36.

An abolitionist is

a)

Someone who believes in slavery

b)

Someone who does not like slavery, but minds their own business.

c)

Someone who was an activist worked to end slavery

d)

Someone who believes wage slavery in the north was wrong

37.
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Black Moses
38.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a part of the
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Decision
39.
What did the Dred Scott decision say?
a)
It considered slaves to be property without rights.
b)
It outlawed slavery in all U.S. states
c)
It required that slavery not be allowed in all new states
d)
It gave slaves all the rights of U.S. citizens
40.
Why did the South secede after the election of 1860?
a)
They feared Abraham Lincoln would outlaw slavery in all states
b)
After winning the election, Abraham Lincoln forced all Southern states to leave the United States
c)
There was a tie in the election and the North and South fought over the winner
d)
Abraham Lincoln wanted to force Southern states to pay higher taxes than Northern states
41.
More factories, population, and a better navy
a)
Southern advantages
b)
Northern advantages
c)
Reasons for  Southern victory
d)
Cause of the battle of Gettysburg
42.
Better officers, defending homes, don't have to go on the attack
a)
Northern advantages
b)
reasons North won the battle of Antietam
c)
Southern advantages
d)
reasons Minecraft is fun
43.
What did the North call its strategy to blockade the South's coastline and gain control of the Mississippi River?
a)
Anaconda Plan
b)
Rattlesnake Plan
c)
Scorpion Plan
d)
Blockade Plan
44.
What group in Congress felt that Lincoln's plan was too lenient?
a)
Deciduous Democrats
b)
Radical Republicans
c)
Wistful Whigs
d)
Fancy Federalists
45.

Laws passed by southern states soon after the Compromise of 1877.  These laws legalized segregation (CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER) 

a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Black Codes
c)
Freedman's Bureau
d)
Reconstruction
46.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War. 
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Freedman's Bureau
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
47.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Richard Nixon
48.
Groups like the Ku Klux Klan that formed during Reconstruction helped freed slaves and worked to protect their rights.
a)
True
b)
False

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