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APUSH Period 1-5 Review Part 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
As a result of the Hartford Convention following the War of 1812,
a)
the Federalist party lost credibility and eventually died out
b)
the Constitution was amended to limit the president to two terms in office
c)
the New England states threatened to secede
d)
Congress passed the War Powers Act, limiting future presidents from gaining too much power during wartime, as Madison had
2.
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Black Moses
3.
The South had an advantage over the North in
a)
a larger population
b)
better military commanders
c)
more industry
d)
more transportation
4.
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
5.
The President that Congress tried to impeach during Reconstruction was:
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
d)
Richard Nixon
6.
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
7.
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
8.

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

9.

Which was not a popular mode of transportation in the 1800s?

a)

steam engines

b)

railroads

c)

early autombiles

d)

canals

10.
The controversy over the tariff during the late 1820s and early 1830s demonstrated that
a)
New Englanders were more radical than Southerners, as they had been since the days of the American Revolution
b)
Andrew Jackson favored states' rights over federal supremacy
c)
the system of checks and balances was flawed
d)
economic sectionalism was a serious threat to national unity
11.
The GREATEST strength of the North was
a)
its military leadership
b)
its navy
c)
its moral high ground
d)
its economy
12.

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

13.
As proclaimed by Monroe in his message of 1823, the Monroe Doctrine asserted that
a)
only the United States had a right to intervene to promote democracy in Latin America
b)
the British and Americans would act together to prevent further Russian expansion on the Pacific coast
c)
the United States would not tolerate further European intervention or colonization in the Americas
d)
the United States would support the Greeks in their fight for independence against Turkey
14.

What was the first official two-party system?

a)

Federalists and Anti-federalists

b)

Democrats and Whigs

c)

Whigs and Democratic-Republicans

d)

Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

15.
Thomas Jefferson's "Revolution of 1800" was remarkable in that it
a)
moved the United States away from its democratic ideals.
b)
marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties.
c)
occurred after he left the presidency.
d)
was in no way a revolution.
16.

Five bills passed by US Congress defused 4 years of political tension 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

17.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a part of the
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Decision
18.

Sharecropping was a way to limit the new freedoms African Americans gained and create a cheap labor system.

a)

True

b)

False

19.
The concept nullification became an issue during Period 4 when
a)
South Carolina nullified congressional tariff bills
b)
Southern representatives to the Electoral College switched their votes in the 1824 election
c)
Virginia nullified congressional legislation concerning slavery
d)
South Carolina nullified congressional legislation concerning the removal of Native Americans
20.

Which amendment officially ended slavery in the United States?

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

95th

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