APUSH Unit 5

Question 1

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 1

16th president, played a key role in the 13th amendment, goal of the war was to preserve union

Question 2

Compromise of 1850

Answer 2

California came as a free state, UT and NM would decide whether they were a free or slave state, and defined the TX and NM boundary, made it easier for slave holders to catch runaway slaves

Question 3

Dred Scott Decision

Answer 3

Dred Scott was a slave and his owner took him to a free state. Scott argued he should be free since he was taken to a free state. This was taken to the Supreme Court and they said being taken there did not entitle freedom. He was ruled as not being a citizen and he was not allowed to sue in federal court.

Question 4

Election of 1860

Answer 4

Demonstrated divisions between the US before the Civil War broke out. Lincoln won the election, a surprise to him.

Question 5

Fugitive slave act

Answer 5

act required slaves to be returned to owners, even if they were in a free state. made the government responsible for finding and returning escaped slaves.

Question 6

Gold rush

Answer 6

gold and silver were discovered in California, sudden population increase

Question 7

harper’s ferry

Answer 7

John Brown brought a group of people to the US Armory and Arsenal in hope to seize the weapons and free slaves in the area. However, they got caught before they were able to do so.

Question 8

John Brown

Answer 8

American abolitionist leader, tried to get his point across through violence

Question 9

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 9

repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, allowed for popular sovereignty, produced the “Bleeding Kansas.”

Question 10

manifest destiny

Answer 10

the idea that Americans were destined to expand into the West and cultivate and civilize the country from coast to coast

Question 11

Mexican war

Answer 11

fought between the US and Mexico. stemmed from the annexation of Texas and the war lasted two years. US got Texas territory, as well as NM and CA territory. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed.

Question 12

popular sovereignty

Answer 12

government based on consent of the people. basically let state the people control what happened. Popular at the time for the issue of slave/anti-slave

Question 13

Stephen A. Douglas

Answer 13

he believed states should decide whether they wanted slavery or not. created the idea of popular sovereignty.

Question 14

Texas annexation

Answer 14

Texas was its own country for 10 years before it decided to join the US in 1845 and no longer be a part of Mexico. This was in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the end of the Mexican War.

Question 15

The alamo

Answer 15

The battle of the alamo was fought here and it symbolized Texans’ resistance to oppression and their struggle for independence, which they won later on

Question 16

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 16

basically doubled the size of the US by giving it Texas, California, and New Mexico.

Question 17

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 17

a document prohibiting the expansion of slavery into any of the territories the US got from Mexico (CA, NM, TX)

Question 18

Battle of Antietam

Answer 18

Union victory, one day battle (bloodiest in US history), led to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

Question 19

appomattox court house

Answer 19

Associated with the final battle of the Civil War, this is where General Lee surrenders to General Grant

Question 20

Battle of Bull Run

Answer 20

Confederate victory, shocked the union