APUSH Ch. 13

Question 1

Manifest Destiny p412 PEO

Answer 1

a) the idea that they were destined to conquer the continent
b) people expanded the country
c) got to borders we know today

Question 2

“Fifty-four forty or fight!” p418 ID

Answer 2

a) The idea U.S should defy Britain’s claims on Oregon or fight for it
b) showed that they would still defy Britain
c) got Oregon territory

Question 3

conscience Whigs p421 POL

Answer 3

a) faction of whig party known for their moral opposition of slavery
b) even more northerners against slavery
c) more people that lead to the abolishion of slavery

Question 4

Wilmot Proviso p421 POL

Answer 4

a) bill that would have banned slavery in the lands of mexican cession
b) an attempt to slow slavery and showed how many people were against it
c) caused increased tensions over slavery

Question 5

free-soil movement p421 ID

Answer 5

a) political party that argued slaves had natural rights and that aristocrats were threatening people becuase of unequal distribution
b) even more people that wanted to ban slavery
c) increased amount of abolitionists increased tensions

Question 6

squatter sovereignty p424 POL

Answer 6

a) popular sovereignty
b) main idea of Kansas-Nebraska Act
c) allowed decisions to be made by the people instead of politicians

Question 7

forty-niners p425 PEO

Answer 7

a) People that moved to California to mine gold found there
b) Brought up issue of slavery in California
c) Made population of California skyrocket

Question 8

“slavery follows the flag” p428 ID

Answer 8

a) idea that planters could take their slave property into new territories
b) idea at center of Dred Scott decision
c) idea that allowed slavery in states that banned it

Question 9

Compromise of 1850 p429 POL

Answer 9

a) Compromise that added the fugitive slave act and admitted California as a free state
b) stopped tensions for a while
c) postponed the civil war as the groups were less

Question 10

personal-liberty laws p431 POL

Answer 10

a) all residents are guaranteed a right to jury trial
b) everyone can have a trial
c) idea that we have today

Question 11

Gadsen Purchase p431 POL

Answer 11

a) The purchase of some land that is now Arizona and New Mexico. Allowed creation of railroad from New Orleans to Los Angeles
b) allowed the building of the aforementioned railroad
c) expanded the country

Question 12

Kansas-Nebraska Act p432 POL

Answer 12

a) Created Kansas and Nebraska and let the people decide by popular sovereignty
b) Nullified Missouri Compromise
c) caused “Bleeding Kanas”

Question 13

Know-Nothing Party p432 POL

Answer 13

a) Political party based around nativist ideas
b) fought against immigration
c) showed the major differences in different people

Question 14

“Bleeding Kansas” p433 PEO

Answer 14

a) The title given to Kansas due to fighting to determine if it would be a free or slave state
b) increased tensions
c) showed the ineffectiveness of Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 15

Dred Scott v Sandford p433 POL

Answer 15

a) case in which Dred Scott believed he was free because he lived in a free state for 10 years
b) ruling made all blacks not citizens
c) controversial as people now believe differently on slavery

Question 16

Freeport Doctrine p438 POL

Answer 16

a) idea proposed by Stephen Douglas that the people of a new territory could lawfully exclude slavery from existing in their territory.
b) increased tensions
c) caused problems that lead to civil war

Question 16

James K. Polk p418 POL

Answer 16

a) 11th president, was in office during war with Mexico
b) helped expand in war with Mexico
c) expanded country

Question 17

Frederick Douglass p421 PEO

Answer 17

a) escaped slave, major part of abolitionist movement
b) stopped Lincoln from winning senator spot
c) caused Lincoln to work even harder to beat him

Question 18

Frederick Douglass p421 PEO

Answer 18

a) escaped slave, major part of abolitionist movement
b) helped the continuation of abolitionist movement
c) was a major force in getting rid of slavery

Question 20

Lewis Cass p 424 POL

Answer 20

a) Major proponent of popular sovereignty
b) helped the passing of Kansas-Nebraska Act
c) caused “Bleeding Kansas”

Question 21

Stephen Douglas p431 POL

Answer 21

a) Ran against Lincoln for Senate and Presidency
b) stopped Lincoln from winning senator spot
c) caused Lincoln to work even harder to beat him

Question 22

Harriet Beecher Stowe p431 PEO

Answer 22

a) Writer of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
b) increased tensions because of reaction to the book
c) still a very popular book today

Question 23

John Brown p433 PEO

Answer 23

a) Raided Harper’s Ferry, considered a martyr by northerners
b) increased tensions again
c) showed how different people saw things differently

Question 24

Abraham Lincoln p437 POL

Answer 24

a) 16th President, freed slaves
b) helped keep the union together during the civil war
c) freed the slaves and kept the union together