APUSH Period 5

Which period was the peak of manifest destiny?

1842-1853

President Lincoln delayed issuing an Emancipation Proclamation because of his concern that it would?

cause the border states to secede

Which of the following did Winthrop offer as a final way to settle the Oregon question?

the two countries should submit their claims to arbitration

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

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"

To issue an Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln felt that he needed which of the following?

A military victory

The victor in the 1876 presidential election was decided by?

A special electoral commission

To which politicians is Clay directing the last line of the excerpt?

Southerners who were threatening to secede.

President Polk accepted a compromise with Britain on the Oregon dispute because?

The United States was facing problems with Mexico

Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision because?

The decision allowed slavery in the territories

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

Which of the following statements best describes the states in dark gray?

They had a strong military tradition

Which of the following statements best describes the states in medium gray?

They included most of the country's population

One attempt to prevent slavery in the territories was the?

Wilmot Proviso

According to this diary entry, President Polk felt pressure to accept the treaty with Mexico for which of the following reasons?

He believed the Whigs would not support more aggressive expansion

President Polk was motivated to reject the treaty with Mexico because of which of the following?

Many Southerners wanted the United States to get larger gains in territory

By going to war, the United States gained the territory labeled as the?

Mexican Cession

Which of the following acts of Congress was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision?

Missouri compromise of 1820

Which of the following describes a reason not mentioned by Strong in this excerpt that ultimately stopped Britain from recognizing the Confederacy?

Opposition from the British working class

Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the South?

Passing a new Fugitive Slave Law

Winthrop suggests that Polk's slogan of "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" was based mainly on which of the following attitudes?

Polk hoped to get political benefit

An increase in which of the following was the key part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act to attract Southern support?

Popular sovereignty

Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the North?

Admitting California as a free state

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

The Union was most disturbed because they believed that Britain was supporting the Confederates by doing which of the following?

Building warships

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

Strong's statement that the British feared "diminishing the supply of breadstuffs on which her operatives depend" explains why he thinks the British?

Depended as much on trade with the Union as with the Confederacy

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

Chief Justice Taney's basic ruling in the Dred Scott case was based on which of the following principles?

Since slaves were property, they could not sue

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"?

Popular sovereignty