AP History Test 5

Which of the following would most likely have opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A New England abolitionist

In response to the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, by Border Ruffians, John Brown

Attacked the Pottawatomie community, killing 5 pro slave state men

Lasting from 1863 to 1866, ______ was a failure because neither Lincoln nor Johnson was in agreement with the Radical Republicans in Congress.

Presidential Reconstruction

Amendment XV

Prohibited the disenfranchisement of males on the basis of race, color, and previous servitude

All of the following were part of The Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT: A. The Fugitive Slave Act B. California admitted as a free state C. Kansas admitted as a slave state D. Popular Sovereignty in New Mexico Territory

C. Kansas admitted as a slave state

The day after giving his "Rape of Kansas" speech, Massachusetts Senator ______ was beaten by _______.

Charles Sumner, Preston Brooks

The Midterm elections of 1866 is the event that started ________, because Radical Republicans won seats in both houses of Congress.

Congressional Reconstruction

Amendment XIV

Reversed the Dred Scott decision, granting citizenship to blacks and former slaves

On April 14, 1865 _______ was shot in the head while at Ford's Theater watching a play with his wife.

President Abraham Lincoln

The _________ was instrumental in sobering both the Union and the Confederacy from their unreasonable expectations about the war.

First Battle of Bull Run

Stephen A. Douglas promoted the Kansas-Nebraska Act because

He wanted the transcontinental railroad to run through Chicago

All of the following were a direct consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act: EXCEPT: A. "Bleeding Kansas" C. Border Ruffians C. The Republican Party D. John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

Well known actor, ______ assassinated the President and escaped on horseback, but was killed 12 days later.

John Wilkes Booth

When South Carolina seceded from the Union, ________, the U.S. officer at Ft. Moultrie moved his soldiers to the island fort, Fort Sumter.

Major Robert Anderson

Amendment XIII

Outlawed and forbid slavery of any person in the United States and its territories

"Bleeding Kansas" was caused by applying the idea of ________ to the Kansas Territory

Popular sovereignty

The commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, ________ was a great battlefield commander, but he could not see the whole war, just his native Virginia.

Robert E. Lee

The grand purpose of John Brown's raid in 1859 was to

Start a slave insurrection that would spread throughout the South

In 1866 Radical Republicans, led by ________ formed the Joint Committee on Reconstruction to review Presidential Reconstruction and make recommendations.

Thaddeus Stevens

Robert E. Lee went on the offensive in the Battle of Antietam for two reasons:

To relieve Virginia of the war and to encourage Great Britain to ally itself with the Confederacy

The famous novel, ________ was written by an abolitionist, and was credited by Lincoln as helping start the war.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

On July 4, 1864, Congress passed the ________, which challenged President Lincoln's reconstruction plan.

Wade-Davis Bill

The primary reason Dred Scott did not win his freedom, according to the Supreme Court decision,

Was because he was not a citizen, and therefore could not bring suit in state or federal court

The final step for the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River

Was the conquest of Vicksburg

In 1847 David Wilmot proposed the Wilmot Proviso, which sought to

exclude slaves from the territory acquired in the Mexican Cession