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