APUSH 1
The idea that it is America's God given right and duty to spread American people and ideals from sea to shining sea.
Manifest Destiny
The idea that it is America's God given right and duty to spread American people and ideals from sea to shining sea.
What is manifest destiny?
States that maintained slaves but also sided with the North during the Civil War were called this.
What is border states?
13th amendment said
Slavery is illegal (except for prisoners)
Which of the following was a consequence of the shift to sharecropping and the crop lien system in the late 19th century South?
A) a major redistribution of land ownership
B) a diversification of crops
C) a cycle of debt and depression for Southern tenant farmers
D) a rise of cotton yields per acre from antebellum production levels
E) the termination of the control exerted by White landowners of former slaves
C) a cycle of debt and depression for Southern tenant farmers
The Fugitive Slave Act was the MOST controversial aspect of this legislative decision regarding California statehood.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The passage of the 14th amendment reversed what decision?
The Dred Scott case
Originally proposed by a Democrat from Michigan that allowed the decision of slavery within a territory to be decided upon by the settlers of the area.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
All of the following led Congress to impose Radical Reconstruction measures EXCEPT:
A) enactment of Black Codes by southern legislatures
B) outbreak of race riots in New Orleans and Memphis
C) massive exodus of former slaves from the South
D) election of former Confederates to Congress
E) response of southern legislatures to the 14th Amendment
What is massive exodus of former slaves from the South
The primary goal of the Constitutional Union Party was
To unify the country-To create a more perfect union
Historians have argued that all of the following were causes of the Civil War EXCEPT:
A) the clash of economic interests between agrarian and industrializing regions
B) the actions of irresponsible politicians and agitators in the North and South
C) differences over the morality and future of slavery
D) the growing power of poor Southern Whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery
E) a constitutional crisis pitting states' rights against federal power
What is the growing power of poor Southern Whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery?
???Which part of the Compromise of 1850 did the South like best?
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 did the North like best?
Passing new fugitive slave laws
Adding California as a free state
??Why was Lincoln hesitant to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Was afraid it would cause the border states to secede
Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?
A) the freed slaves had been successfully integrated into Southern society
B) the treaty ending the Civil War had set such a time limit
C) most of the politically active Black people had left the South for Northern cities
D) The Republican and Democratic parties effected a compromise agreement after the 1876 election
E) the US needed the troops stationed in the South to confront the French in Mexico
D) the Republican and Democratic parties effected a compromise agreement after the 1876 election
What does the 14th amendment say?
Citizenship to people (1) born in the US (2) naturalized. (Except Native Americans)
Equal protection for everyone under the law.
How will the Mexican cession lead to growing tensions between the North & the South?
Most of the new territory is below the 36°30' line
???What was the decision in the Dred Scott case?
1. Dred Scott couldn't sue in court because he wasn't a citizen
2. The gov can't deprive people of their "property"
3. The decision allowed slavery in the territories
This 1846 proposed resolution would prohibit slavery from all territory acquired from Mexico and highlighted the increased sectional tension of the time
What is the Wilmot Proviso?
What legislation protected the citizenship and protection of African Americans? (Hint: it was vetoed by Johnson, but overridden by Congress)
Civil Rights Act of 1866
Which of the following factors best explains the territorial expansion of slavery in the middle of the 19th century?
A) the belief in Manifest Destiny encouraged settlers to move to the West
B) The Mexican-American War incorporated extensive new lands to the US
C) the rise of industry in the North created more demand for raw materials suc as cotton
D) the growing nativist movement sought to place restrictions on new immigrants
B) The Mexican-American War incorporated extensive new lands to the US
The Union's victory at Gettysburg was significant because it
Which of the following statements best summarizes the views of Andrew Johnson on Reconstruction?
A) he believed that Reconstruction was an executive branch matter and sought the rapid restoration of the former Confederate states to the Union
B) He supported the idea of the president and Congress sharing power and believed in a stringent plan of Reconstruction
C) He believed that both secession and Reconstruction should be dealt with by the Supreme Court
D) He slowly moved to a Radical Republican position on Reconstruction and supported increased rights for African Americans
E) He refused to take a position on Reconstruction, prompting Republicans to impeach him
A) he believed that Reconstruction was an executive branch matter and sought the rapid restoration of the former Confederate states to the Union
Which act gave territories Popular Sovereignty over the issue of slavery?
What is the Kansas-Nebraska act?
How do Black Codes support the claim of "citizenship but a sham"
Laws passed to limit the Black community
-Can't borrow money to rent/buy
-Literacy Tests
-Poll Taxes
-Can't sue whites in court
What was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?
the election of 1860