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APUSH Period 5 FINAL

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did the Morrill Land Grant Act (1862) promote?

a)

Urban development in the North

b)

Industrial growth in the South

c)

Public education in the West

d)

Railroad expansion to California

2.

Which state’s annexation was a key issue in the lead-up to the Mexican-American War?

a)

New Mexico

b)

California

c)

Texas

d)

Arizona

3.

What concept most directly opposed the Wilmot Proviso?

a)

States’ rights

b)

Free-labor ideology

c)

Popular sovereignty

d)

Manifest Destiny

4.

The Compromise of 1850 attempted to:

a)

End all slavery in the United States

b)

Address the status of slavery in new territories

c)

Secure the annexation of California

d)

Promote industrialization in the North

5.

What was the main goal of the Free-Soil Party?

a)

Abolition of slavery nationwide

b)

Ban on slavery in new territories

c)

Support for popular sovereignty

d)

Expansion of westward settlements

6.

The election of 1860 resulted in:

a)

The abolition of slavery

b)

The secession of Southern states

c)

A compromise to prevent civil war

d)

An immediate Union victory

7.

The Confederate strategy relied heavily on:

a)

Winning quick, decisive victories in the North

b)

Securing recognition and aid from European nations

c)

Destroying Union naval power

d)

Abolishing slavery to gain international support

8.

Why was the Union blockade of Confederate ports significant?

a)

It encouraged foreign intervention on behalf of the Confederacy

b)

It crippled the Southern economy by preventing exports of cotton

c)

It forced Confederate troops to retreat from northern territories

d)

It allowed the Union to capture Richmond

9.

The end of Reconstruction led to:

a)

African Americans gaining full equality in Southern society

b)

Southern Democrats regaining control of state governments

c)

Increased support for Radical Republican policies

d)

The abolition of Jim Crow laws

10.

Which of the following was a major limitation of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

a)

It only operated in the Northern states

b)

It lacked sufficient funding and support to achieve its goals

c)

It actively worked against African American voting rights

d)

It exclusively supported white Republican Southerners

11.

What was the main goal of the Free-Soil Movement?

a)

Ban slavery in newly acquired territories

b)

Expand slavery into the western states

c)

Establish reservations for Native Americans

d)

Promote Southern industrialization

12.

Nativism during the mid-19th century was characterized by:

a)

Support for increasing immigration quotas

b)

Hostility toward non-Protestant immigrants

c)

Promotion of civil rights for freed slaves

d)

Advocacy for the annexation of Mexico

13.

The Fifteenth Amendment:

a)

Abolished Black Codes in the South

b)

Prohibited voting discrimination based on race

c)

Guaranteed citizenship for all freed slaves

d)

Provided economic reparations to African Americans

14.

The Compromise of 1877 resulted in:

a)

The withdrawal of federal troops from the South

b)

An end to sharecropping in the South

c)

The abolition of Jim Crow laws

d)

The implementation of military Reconstruction

15.

Admission of the Republic of Texas to the Union as a state was significantly delayed by which of the following issues?

a)

Cherokee claims to sovereignty over the rebellious province of Texas

b)

Many northern members of Congress feared that admitting Texas as a slave state would disrupt the Missouri Compromise of 1820

c)

Objections of southern planters who did not want competition with Texas grown cotton

d)

American guilt over Manifest Destiny and seizure of lands belonging to another nation

16.

What did the Compromise of 1850 include?

a)

The admission of California as a free state

b)

The end of the slave trade in Washington D.C.

c)

A stricter Fugitive Slave Law

d)

All of the above

17.

This compromise admitted California as a free state a year after the gold rush:

a)

The Missouri Compromise

b)

The Compromise of 1850

c)

The Nullification Crisis

d)

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

18.

Who proposed the Compromise of 1850 to deal with the crisis over slavery.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Stephen Douglas

19.
What state entered as a Free state in the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Missouri
b)
California 
c)
Maine
d)
Florida
20.
The war with Mexico BEGAN with
a)
California's rebellion
b)
a border dispute in Texas
c)
the Battle of Buena Vista
d)
a US invasion of Mexico City
21.

What was the main cause of the Mexican/American War?

a)

The Mexican government thought the compromise of 1850 was unnecessary

b)

Americans wanted to steal land from Mexico

c)

The Mexican government saw Texas as an invasion to their territory when Texas accepted the the invitation to join the U.S.

d)

America and Mexico agreed to accept Texas as a free state

22.
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
23.

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

24.

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

25.

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.

26.

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.

27.

The Free Soil Party, like many northerners:

a)

was focused largely on the sole issue of preventing the expansion of slavery into new territory

b)

did not believe Avatar Aang could defeat the Fire Lord

c)

was powerful enough to convince James Polk not to seek reelection.

d)

strongly opposed the Wilmot Proviso but agreed to let it pass as part of a compromise.

28.

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

29.

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

30.

Carpetbaggers purportedly moved South to

a)

Help Republican policies get passed

b)

Stop violence against Black people

c)

Take advantage of southern economic conditions

d)

Watch Moana restore the heart of Te Fiti

31.

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)

Passing the Alien and Sedition Acts

d)

Giving land grants out West to settlers and railroad corporations

32.

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)

Passing the Alien and Sedition Acts

d)

Giving land grants out West to settlers and railroad corporations

33.

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

34.

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

35.

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

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

19th Amendment

36.

Advantage of the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War.

a)

Larger population

b)

King Cotton Complex

c)

Expansive railroad system

d)

Fairy Godmother

37.

The first Black US senator was

a)

Thaddeus Stevens

b)

Frederick Douglas

c)

Hiram Revels

d)

Shirley Chisholm

38.

Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:

a)

disliked visiting Gotham City.

b)

promised during his 1860 campaign that he would support slavery's expansion.

c)

feared losing the support of the slaveholding border states within the Union.

d)

did not want to support the policies of the Radical Republicans.

39.
All of the following statements about the Fourteenth Amendment are true EXCEPT:
a)
It was vehemently opposed by President Johnson.
b)
It guaranteed all citizens the equal protection of the law.
c)
It permitted former high-ranking Confederates to hold office.
d)
It declared that all persons born in the United States were citizens.
40.
The GREATEST strength of the North was
a)
its military leadership
b)
its navy
c)
its moral high ground
d)
its economy
41.
After which battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Shiloh
c)
Antietam
d)
Vicksburg
42.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820:
a)
the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones.
b)
Congress banned slavery in any new territory that might ever be added to the United States.
c)
Missouri agreed to gradual emancipation of slavery in exchange for admission to the Union.
d)
Ohio became a free state to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state.
43.
The slogan “Manifest Destiny” referred to the conviction of Americans in the 1840s that the United States had a(n)
a)
God-Given right to exist as a nation.
b)
opportunity to replace greed with benevolence
c)
obligation to spread across the continent.
d)
mission to free slaves.
44.
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
45.
The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks:
a)
showed the extreme violence of which northern abolitionists were capable.
b)
actually helped the new Republican Party.
c)
was denounced by most southerners as barbaric.
d)
was unusual because both men were proslavery Democrats.
46.
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
47.
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
48.
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
49.
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
50.
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Davis Crenshaw
c)
David Clark
d)
Stephen Douglas
51.
This forbid slavery above the 38030' except for Missouri
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise of 1820
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
The Underground Railroad
52.
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
53.
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Black Moses
54.
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
55.
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
56.
What was Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War?
a)
to abolish slavery
b)
to end British control of the Western territories
c)
to make a profit selling war supplies
d)
to preserve the Union
57.
Commander of the Union Army at the end of the Civil War
a)
William T. Sherman
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
Stonewall Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
58.
Scalawags were
a)
Southern Republicans
b)
Southern Democrats
c)
Northerners who moved south
d)
Johnson supporters
59.
How were carpetbaggers viewed by the South?
a)
Unwanted
b)
Welcomed
c)
Heroes
d)
God figures
60.
These were laws that made it illegal for African Americans to live or work in certain areas and allowed whites to arrest African Americans who were not working.  Once arrested they would be forced to work for white landowners. 
a)
Freedman's Bureau
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow Laws
61.
Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as:
a)
Wade-Davis Bill
b)
14th Amendment
c)
Ten Percent Plan
d)
Radical Republican Reunification
62.

The industrial resources of the North during the Civil War most likely accounted for which of the following?

a)

The Southern reliance on cotton production and export, along with the system of enslaved labor

b)

The Confederate strategy that focused on the western theater of operations during the war

c)

The willingness of African Americans to fight for the Union cause in the conflict

d)

The disadvantage of the Confederacy in access to arms, munitions, and other supplies

63.

The Fourteenth Amendment emerged from which of the following contexts?

a)

Abolitionists’ fears that African Americans would be barred from voting

b)

Expectations that formerly enslaved people would run for political office

c)

Republican concerns that African Americans would be denied citizenship rights

d)

Former Confederate leaders’ support for multiple new amendments to the Constitution

64.

Which territory did the United States gain most directly by going to

war?

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Oregon Country

d)

Mexican Cession

65.

Which of the following was NOT true about the beginning of the Civil War?

a)

the South tried to fight a defensive battle

b)

the North was at a great advantage in terms of population and resources

c)

the strategy of the North was to split the South into parts

d)

the Union army had better commanders than the Confederacy

66.

The Black Codes passed in Southern states after the Civil War intended to

a)

place limits on the socioeconomic opportunities open to Black people

b)

close public schools to the children of former slaves

c)

enable Black citizens to vote in federal elections

d)

further the integration of Blacks into Southern society

67.

The Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

a)

established judicial review

b)

expanded fugitive slave laws

c)

held that the federal government could not regulate slavery in the territories

d)

introduced the idea of popular sovereignty in the territories

68.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act introduced popular sovereignty to

a)

prohibit slavery above Missouri's southern border

b)

allow people living in a territory to determine whether slavery would be permitted there

c)

assure that Congress had the right to establish or abolish slavery in the territories

d)

admit Kansas as a slave state and Nebraska as a free state

69.

During Reconstruction, a major economic development in the South was the

a)

emergence of sharecropping

b)

emergence of the cotton economy

c)

rise of large-scale commercial farming

d)

creation of large commercial and banking centers

70.

Which Amendment guaranteed the right to vote for all males?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

16th

71.

Which of the following was designed to prevent the expansion of slavery in the territories?

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Missouri Compromise

c)

Wilmot Proviso

d)

Compromise of 1850

72.

Which of the following established schools for former enslaved people during Reconstruction?

a)

Old Deluder Act

b)

Force Bill

c)

Freedman's Bureau

d)

No Child Left Behind Act

73.

Whihch factor best explains the territorial expansion of slavery in the mid-1800s?

a)

The belief in Manifest Destiny encouraged settlers to move to the West

b)

The growing nativist movement that sought to restrict the behavior of immigrants

c)

The Mexican-American War incorporated extensive new lands into the US

d)

The rise of industry in the South prompted a population shift to the West

74.

The Gettysburg address

a)

was designed to solidify support for the war

b)

was Lincoln's speech announcing the end of slavery

c)

was delivered upon the end of the siege of Vicksburg

d)

was Lincoln's last attempt to compromise with the South

75.

Which of the following was the first all volunteer African American Company from Massachusetts?

a)

The 54th

b)

The Sons of Liberty

c)

The Avengers

d)

The Army of Northern Virginia

76.

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

a)

Battle of Antietam

b)

Siege of Vickburg

c)

Appomattox Courthouse

d)

Battle of Gettysburg

77.

What effects did the Civil War have on women and African Americans?

a)

Their situation got worse

b)

Their opportunities expanded

c)

They helped the Confederacy win

d)

Their rights were taken away

78.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Confederacy had?
a)
More Troops
b)
Home Field Advantage
c)
Better Weapons
d)
Better Transportation
79.
Which of the following was an advantage that the Union had?
a)
Smarter Generals
b)
Defensive Strategy
c)
More Troops
d)
Highly Motivated
80.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
81.
Where did the south finally surrender unconditionally?
a)
Antietam
b)
Gettysburg
c)
Richmond
d)
Appomatox
82.

The North's victory at Antietam allowed President Lincoln to

a)

keep General McClellan as commander of the Union forces.

b)

force the Border States to remain in the Union.

c)

seek military assistance from Great Britain.

d)

issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

83.

As a theorist of warfare, General William T. Sherman was

a)

a pioneer of the strategy of total warfare aimed at destroying civilian morale.

b)

insistent on maintaining strict military discipline among his troops.

c)

a believer in siege warfare.

d)

careful to avoid "collateral damage" to civilian lives and property.

84.

Lincoln broke Constitutional rules when he denied people this...

a)

Writ of Habeas Corpus

b)

Freedom

c)

Slavery

d)

Natural Rights

85.

More soliders actually died of THIS instead of battle

a)

infection

b)

amputation

c)

fatigue

d)

hunger