Study Guide: Unit 4 and 5 APUSH Exam

A typical German Immigrant in the 1840-1860s was:

A skilled worker

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

Abolitionism gained ground in the North

Briefly explain ONE major difference between Acuna's and Graebner's historical interpretations of the debated over origins of the Mexican-American war in the 1840's.

Acuna did not think Mexico was a weak country, while Graebner thought the war started because of belief that Mexico's military was weak and could easily be attacked.

The Texas uprising against Mexico was characterized by:

Alliance between America and Tejanos

Which person or group most strongly advocated sending enslaved blacks to Africa as an answer to the problem of slavery?

American Colonization Society

As whites moved westward into Indian territories in the last half of the 19th century:

American Indians themselves were often blamed for the troubles that ensued

Briefly explain ANOTHER specific historical effect that resulted from the change depicted on the graph.

Anti Catholic Movemnet

The Dred Scott decision held that:

Black persons-slave or free-were not citizens and, therefore, could not sue in a court of law.

The city most affected by Irish immigration during the 1840s was:

Boston

California was unusual in attracting large numbers of immigrants from:

China

The logic and reasoning employed by Southernersin seceding from the Union borrowed heavily from the:

Declaration of Independece

Which of the following early American political parties most vocally championed the "common man", welcomed immigrants, and benefitted from the expansion of voting rights to most white males?

Democrats

South Carolina seceded from the Union in response to:

Election of Abraham Lincoln

In which of the follwing areas were political debates LEAST affected by regional and sectional differenced in the first half of the 19th century?

Expansion of white male sufferage

The Lewis and Clark expedition was finnaced by:

Federal Government

Which of the following groups would most likely have supported the arguments in the excerpt above:

Federalists in the 1790s

Who was the famous black abolitionist who wrote an autobiography of his/her former life as a slave?

Frederick Douglass

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

Fugitive Slave Act

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

Fugitive Slave Act was repealed

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

The justification for removal of Indians to the West was:

Indians needed space where they could live and we wanted their land

By 1850, most southern leaders like Calhoun:

Insisted slavery must be national or legal in all territiories

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

International Slave Trade was highly profitable for all regions of the country

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

Irish and Germans

The belief that the United States had a special mission to expand over the entire North American continent was known as:

Manifest Destiny

What phrase did John O'Sullican coin in the 1840's?

Manifest Destiny

What actions taken by the United States would be examples of Manifest Destiny?

Mexican American War-annexation of Texas and Attemps to purchase California

Briefly explain how ONE development in the 1840s or 1850s not directly mentioned in the passages supports Graebner's argument.

Mexico increased their territory and military.

The letter above was most likely written in response to:

Missouri Compromise

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

Moderate Republican

Antebellum era reform movements such as abolitionism, temperance, and women's rights had their origins in all of the following EXCEPT

Monroe Doctorine

Briefly explain how ONE major historical factor contributed to the change depicted on the graph.

More oppurtunitites for land came about.

During the Mexican War, northern Whigs began to characterize the war as a:

Part of a southern conspiracy to expand slavery

Southern critics of slavery most often asserted that

Plantation economy made the south a colony of the North

John Brown raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in order to:

Provide arms for general slave uprising

The first real career path for a women was:

School Teaching

Briefly explain ONE specific historical effect that resulted from the change depicted on the graph.

The Growing Nativists Movement in the U.S was a result from the migration and oppurtunities for more land.

Austin's Texas colonists mainly came from:

The South

What did the forced relocation of American Indians and the internal slave trade both have in common?

They were driven by efforts to exploit nations natural resources

Which of the following statements best explains why the Mormons migrated west?

They were seeking their own New Promise Land

Describe the Monroe Doctrine.

U.S. policy opposing European interference in the Western Hemisphere

The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened Indian territory to American settlers:

Under the principle of popular sovereignty

Tammany Hall was an example of:

Urban Political Machine

Briefly explain how ONE development in the 1840s or 1850s not directly mentioned in the passage supports Acuna's argument.

War would have led to development of slavery ideas and actions

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

William Lloyd Garrison

"Temperance" crusaders were concerned about the problems of what issue?

Women had no recourse, men had complete control (obsessive drinking in homes led to abuse)

Cheif Subject of discussion at the convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, was:

Women's Rights

What was the most important reason why immigrants tended to cluster in ethnic communitites in urban areas during the Antebellum period?

allowed immigrants to retain their languages and customs to a greater degree

What did the Wilmot Proviso do?

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

A central element in the conquest and submission of the American Indians of the West was the:

destruction of the buffalo herds

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

dissolution of national political parties over sectional concerns

With regard to the Oregon Territory, in 1846, the United States:

hammered out a compromise agreement with the British Empire

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

nullification

The election of 1848 was a warning that:

political parties no longer represented a national political community

The Republican Party campaign platform of 1860 called for:

restriction of slavery from the territories

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

sought to limit the rights of immigrants

American interest and priorities with regard to Asia in the 1840s and 1850s primarily centered around:

trade and commerce