APUSH Period 5: 1848-1877

Question 1

Manifest Destiny

Answer 1

Belief that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. Imperialism

Question 2

Mexican-American War

Answer 2

1846-1848

annexation of Texas, which mexico considered part of its territory.

Question 3

Nativist Movement

Answer 3

opposition to immigrants

Question 4

Compromise of 1850

Answer 4

political confrontation between free and slave states regarding acquired territories during Mexican-American War. California free state, slave trade banned in Washington DC

Question 5

Kansas Nebraska Act

Answer 5

1854
Created territories of Kansas and Nebraska ope for settlement. repealed Missouri Compromise allowing white male settlers in territory to determine through popular sovereignty to allow slavery or not

Question 6

Election of 1860

Answer 6

Views on slavery, civil war, Lincoln

Question 7

Free Soil Party

Answer 7

1848-1852

“free soil, free speech, free labor, free men.” Viewed slavery as economically inefficient.

Question 8

Civil War

Answer 8

1861-1865

Originally started for the fight for Confederacy back, underlying meaning was slavery.

Question 9

Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 9

1863
“all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.” showed civil war was actually about slavery.

Question 10

13th Amendment

Answer 10

ONE THREE SLAVES ARE FREE - slavery is abolished

Question 11

14th Amendment

Answer 11

ONE FOUR CITIZENS GALORE - African Americans are given citizenship and due process of law is affirmed.

Question 12

15th Amendment

Answer 12

ONE FIVE THE VOTE’S ARRIVED - Black males are given the right to vote.

Question 13

Sharecropping

Answer 13

landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land.

Question 14

Reconstruction

Answer 14

1865-1877

Reconstructing the US tried to bring south back to normal as quickly as possible.