APUSH Unit 5

The last of the Reconstruction era amendments to pass was the

15th

As a result of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852,

Abolitionism gained ground in the North

Which of the following was most likely the intended audience of the excerpt above? (Hinton R. Helper)

Agriculturalists of the Southeast and Southwest

President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction

Aimed at swift restoration of the southern states after a few basic conditions were met

During the antebellum era, which of the following groups shared the most similar experience to that described in the excerpt above? (David Walker Appeal)

American Indians

The ultimate consequence of the sharecropping system for the South was

An increase in poverty for both blacks and whites

The sentiments such as those depicted in the cartoon above most directly contributed to which of the following?

Breakdown in trust between sectional leaders

The south believed that Britain would come to its aid during the Civil War because

Britain was dependent on Southern cotton

The Wilmot Proviso

Called for American annexation of lands conquered from Mexico as free territory

The logic and reasoning employed by Southerners in seceding from the Union borrowed from the

Declaration of Independence

By 1860, most slaves in the South were concentrated in the "black belt" located in the

Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana

The controversy highlighted in the cartoon above was most directly a result of (KKK)

Determined Southern resistance to Northern efforts to change its culture

Of all the hardships faced by the soldiers during the Civil War, the greatest was

Disease

In terms of politics, the 1850s were noteworthy because they witnessed the

Dissolution of national political parties over sectional concerns

All of the following were major elements of the Union strategy for victory in the Civil War EXCEPT

Impressing ex-slaves into the Union army

The majority of Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s settled

In cities along the east coast

One impact of the widespread cultivation of cotton and other cash crops in the South was the

Increased political power the South was able to wield in Congress

Which of the following resulted from the sentiments expressed in the excerpt above? (David Walker Appeal)

Increasingly bitter national debates over the institution of slavery

During the 1840s and 1850s, which set of immigrant groups arrived in unprecedented numbers, resulting in a nativist backlash in popular culture?

Irish and Germans

The North's victory at Antietam allowed President Lincoln to

Issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Which of the following refers to the Southern culture of segregation that existed for almost a century after the Civil War?

Jim Crow

Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter when they learned that

Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort

Which group was most likely the intended audience of the cartoon above? (Sumner-Brooks Caning)

Members of the Republican Party

Which of the following groups was most likely the intended audience of the cartoon above? (KKK)

Moderate Republicans

The theory that individual states do not necessarily have to carry out any federal laws with which they disagree with is known as

Nullification

Stephen Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the territories be decided by

Popular Sovereignty

Which of the following groups would most strongly have supported the sentiments in the excerpt above? (David Walker Appeal)

Radical Republicans in the 1860s and 1870s

The excerpt above was most likely a reaction to which of the following historical trends? (Hinton R. Helper)

Regional economic and demographic changes between the North and South

The American or "Know-Nothing" Party of the 1850s

Sought to limit the rights of immigrants

At the outset of the war, which of the following was the greatest advantage possessed by the Confederacy?

Superior military leadership

Which of the following movements, glorifying women's role as homemakers, resulted in part from the increasing separation between home and the workplace brought on by industrialization?

The Cult of Domesticity

What became the most controversial element of the Compromise of 1850?

The Fugitive Slave Act

Which of the following was NOT a result or consequence of the Dred Scott decision of 1857?

The Fugitive Slave Act was repealed

The passage above best serves as evidence of which of the following? (Gettysburg Address)

The changing purpose of the Civil War

Which of the following actions of the Lincoln administration best exemplified the belief expressed in the quotation above? (Gettysburg Address)

The decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

The sentiments expressed in the excerpt above were most directly a result of which the following? (South Carolina Declaration)

The election of Lincoln in 1860

The arguments in the excerpt above are best understood in the context of (David Walker Appeal)

The emergence of African American abolitionist movements

In the 19th century, Southerners used all of the following arguments to justify slavery EXCEPT

The international slave trade was highly profitable for all regions of the country

The term "redemption" as used in the Reconstruction era refers to

The post-Reconstruction return of the South to white rule

The Republican Party campaign platform of 1860 called for

The restriction of slavery from the territories

The ideas expressed in the passage above most clearly show the influence of which of the following? (South Carolina Declaration)

The use of states' rights for the defense of slavery

The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because

They could not afford to purchase one

The cartoon above is best understood in the context of the (Sumner-Brooks Caning)

Variety of proposals leaders made that ultimately failed to reduce sectional conflict

President Andrew Johnson was impeached as a result of his

Violation of the Tenure of Office Act

To fill the army's demand for troops prior to 1863, the North relied mainly on

Volunteers

Who advocated for the immediate and uncompensated release of all slaves held in the United States?

William Lloyd Garrison