APUSH Unit 5 Semester Exam Quiz
By what means did the United States take possession of the Oregon Territory?
Great Britain ceded it to the United States as part of a negotiated treaty
In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to
preserve the Union
John C. Calhoun's plan to protect the South and slavery involved all of the following EXCEPT
prevent the spread of slavery in the California territory
The decision rendered in the Dred Scott case was applauded by
proslavery southerners
The Lecompton Constitution proposed that the state of Kansas
protect slave owners already in Kansas
Some southern slaves gained their freedom as a result of
purchasing their way out of slavery
In Lincoln's attempts to preserve the Union, he did all of the following questionable actions as president EXCEPT
refused to implement a draft, or conscription law, during the war
The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil were
Gettysburg and Antietam
During the Mexican War, the Polk administration was called on several times to respond to spot resolutions, indicating where American blood had been shed to provoke the war. The resolutions were frequently introduced by
Abraham Lincoln
The Union army's success in the capture of _______________ was probably critical to Lincoln's reelection in 1864.
Atlanta and Mobile
Arrange in chronological order the United States' acquisition of (A) Oregon, (B) Texas, and (C) California
B, A, C
The Wilmot Proviso was most likely to be supported by
Free-Soilers
All of the following are true statements of the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT
It prohibited slavery in the lands acquired as a result of the Mexican War
What was the main political position of the Republican Party when it was organized in the 1850s?
Slavery should not be allowed to exist in the new western territories
Which of the following best describes the attitudes of Southern Whites toward slavery during the mid-nineteenth century (ca. 1835-1865)?
Slavery was a benefit to both blacks and whites
The supreme test of American democracy in the nineteenth century was
The Civil War
All of the following sparked support for the abolitionist movement EXCEPT
The Conscription Act
What made the Pacific Northwest so desirable to the European nations who claimed it in the nineteenth century?
The Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest could be used as a harbor for shipping
Which of the following states the principle of "popular sovereignty?"
The settlers in a given territory have the sole right to decide whether or not slavery will be permitted there
The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, included
United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico
In the pre-Civil War South, the most uncommon and least successful form of slave resistance was
armed insurrection
Robert E. Lee decided to invade the North through Pennsylvania in order to
deliver a decisive blow that would strengthen the Northern peace movement
The Civil War was a major ideological victory for
democracy
The event that threatened to destroy the longstanding equality of free and slave states in the United States Senate was the
discovery of gold in California
Members of the planter aristocracy
dominated society and politics in the South
The greatest weakness of the South during the Civil War was its
economy
In invading Maryland, one of Lee's key objectives was to
inspire the Border States to rise up and join the Confederacy
The most pro-Union of the white southerners were
mountain whites
The Congressional "gag rule" stipulated that
no antislavery petitions would be formally received by Congress
Hinton R. Helper's book, The Impending Crisis of the South, argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were
non-slaveholding southern whites
Of the following, the most threatening problem for the Union from 1861 through 1863 was
possible British recognition of the Confederacy
The principle of "popular sovereignty" stated that
settlers in the Western territories, not Congress, would decide whether to allow slavery in their territory
The Wilmot Proviso stipulated that
slavery should be prohibited in the lands acquired as a result of the Mexican War
Most of the cotton produced in the American South after the invention of the cotton gin was
sold to England
When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in
states still in rebellion against the United States
When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863, its immediate effect was to
strengthen the moral cause of the Union
During the Civil War, Britain and the United States were nearly provoked into war by
the Trent affair, involving the removal of Southern diplomats from a British ship
The South grew increasingly worried about the future of slavery because
the admission of California might permanently tip the political balance against them
In the Compromise of 1850, Congress determined that slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories was
to be decided by popular sovereignty
To fill the army's demand for troops, prior to 1863, the North relied mainly on
volunteers
The Free Soilers argued that slavery
would cause more costly wage labor to wither away