AP Ch five
For future Supreme Courts, one of the key points of the 14th Amendment would be which of the following?
"nor deny ... equal protection of the laws"
The victor in the 1876 presidential election was decided by?
A special electoral commission
In July of 1861, President Lincoln was particularly concerned about how his policies on slavery would affect which areas?
The states in white because they were slave states that remained in the Union (See picture in book)
Which of the following statements best describes the states in medium gray?
They included most of the country's population
PRESIDENT POLK WAS MOTIVATED TO REJECT THE TREATY WITH MEXICO BECAUSE OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?
a) Many Southerners wanted the U.S. to get larger gains in territory
THE FIRST FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES BEGAN IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COLONIES?
a) Massachusetts
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ACTS OF CONGRESS WAS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN THE DRED SCOTT DECISION
a) Missouri Compromise of 1820
TO WHICH POLITICIANS IS CLAY DIRECTING THE LAST LINE OF THE EXCERPT?
a) Southerners who were threatening to secede
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DID WINTHROP OFFER AS A FINAL WAY TO SETTLE THE OREGON QUESTION?
a) The two countries should submit their claims to arbitration
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 WAS THE MOST APPEALING TO THE NORTH?
a) admitting California as a free state,
PRESIDENT POLK ACCEPTED A COMPROMISE WITH BRITAIN ON THE OREGON DISPUTE BECAUSE
a) the U.S. was facing problems with Mexico
Democrats agreed to accept Rutherford B. Hayes as president in 1876 in part if he agreed to which of the following?
to remove federal troops from the South
THOREAU BELIEVED THAT A JUST MAN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO DO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?
d) go to jail for his beliefs
CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY'S BASIC RULING IN THE DRED SCOTT CASE WAS BASED ON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES?
d) since slaves were property they could not sue
Which of the following would in part cause Douglass's view that for African Americans, "citizenship is but a sham"?
Black Codes
Which of the following developed during Reconstruction to provide direct support and support self-determination for those freed from slavery?
Black churches
Which best provides an example of how the "Constitution and its righteous laws," according to Douglass, provide hope for the "colored people of this country'?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
In proclaiming that all persons born in the United States were citizens, the 14th Amendment directly repudiated which of the following?
Dred Scott Decision
by the 1876 presidential election, federal troops remained in which of the following Southern states?
Florida
ACCORDING TO THIS DIARY ENTRY, PRESIDENT POLK FELT PRESSURE TO ACCEPT THE TREAT WITH MEXICO FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS?
b) He believed the Whigs would not support more aggressive expansion
THOREAU CHALLENGED THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE
b) he opposed war in all cases
STEVENS DISAGREES WITH THOSE WHO OPPOSE FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION BECAUSE
b) it will result in increased taxes
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 WAS THE MOST APPEALING TO THE SOUTH?
b) passing a new Fugitive Slave Law
AN INCREASE IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS THE KEY PART OF THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT TO ATTRACT SOUTHERN SUPPORT?
b) popular sovereignty
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IDEAS IS DOUGLAS APPEALING TO WHEN HE SAYS, "WHETHER THE PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORIES SHALL BE ALLOWED TO DO AS THEY PLEASE UPON THE QUESTION OF SLAVERY"?
b) popular sovereignty
SOJOURNER TRUTH SAW CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND
b) the antislavery movement
NORTHERNERS WERE MOST UPSET BY THE SUPREME COURT'S DRED SCOTT DECISION BECAUSE
b) the decision allowed slavery in the territories
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS HELD VIEWS MOST SIMILAR TO THE IDEAS EXPRESSED IN THIS EXCERPT?
b) transcendentalists
WINTHROP SUGGESTS THAT POLK'S SLOGAN OF "FIFTY FOUR FORTY OR FIGHT!" WAS BASED MAINLY ON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ATTITUDES?
c) Polk hoped to get political benefit
SOJOURNER TRUTH STRONGLY REJECTS CRITICISMS OF WOMEN THAT ARE BASED ON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?
c) the teachings of religion
WHICH PERIOD WAS THE PEAK OF MANIFEST DESTINY? a) 1776-1783, b) 1803-1810, c) 1819-1841, d) 1842-1853
d) 1842-1853
BY GOING TO WAR, THE U.S. GAINED THE TERRITORY LABELED AS THE
d) Mexican Cession
ONE ATTEMPT TO PREVENT SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES WAS THE
d) Wilmot Proviso
STEVENS BELIEVES PUBLIC EDUCATION WOULD PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR
d) democratic government
Which of the following statements best describes the states in dark gray?
hey had strong military tradition