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APUSH AMSCO UNIT 5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Name: Score:168 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 168
helped escaped slaves reach freedom in the North or in Canada; was neither well-organized
nor dominated by white abolitionists as it is sometimes believed.
Harriet Tubman
Underground Railroad
Popular Sovereignty
Secession
Definition 2 of 168
southern adventurer William Walker's grandiose scheme to develop a proslavery Central
American empire; he succeeded in taking over Nicaragua, but was defeated by a coalition of
Central American countries and executed by Honduran authorities
Walker Expedition
Bull Run
Wilmot Proviso
Mexican Cession
Definition 3 of 168
a vast territory on the Pacific Coast that originally stretched as far north as the Alaskan border;
was claimed by four different nations (Spain, Russia, Britain, and the US) at one point; finally,
Britain and America divided it at the 49th parallel, and the US took the southern half
Mexican cession
Fort sumter
Wilmot proviso
Oregon territory
,Definition 4 of 168
During the Civil War women played a critical role as military nurses. (p. 282)
women in the workplace
wilmot proviso
segregated black troops
women in nursing
Definition 5 of 168
at which the Union army was surprised by Confederates, but held its ground and forced them
to retreat after terrible losses on both sides
Shiloh
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Definition 6 of 168
in which a Union warship captured two Confederate diplomats (James Mason and John Slidell),
who were on a mission to gain British recognition and aid; Lincoln gave in to British demands
to release the prisoners of war
Emancipation Proclamation
Copperheads
Trent Affair
Fort Sumter
,Definition 7 of 168
Lincoln's use of his power without congressional approval; he used it to (1) call for volunteers
to put down the "insurrection" in the South, (2) authorize spending for the war, and (3) suspend
the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
Fort Sumter
executive power
Wilmot Proviso
John C. Fremont
Definition 8 of 168
Admiral of the Union Navy during the Civil War. Led the daring attack on New Orleans the led
to the Union's control of the Mississippi River.
Jefferson Davis
Winfield Scott
Ulysses S. Grant
David Farragut
Definition 9 of 168
a black Senator sent by the South to Congress
Blanche K. Bruce
Thaddeus Stevens
Hiram Revels
Rutherford B. Hayes
, Definition 10 of 168
a self-taught tailor who rose in Tennessee politics by championing the interests of poor whites
in their economic conflict with rich planters; the only Senator from a Confederate state who
remained loyal to the Union; became president after Lincoln, and clashed with Republicans in
Congress
Rutherford B. Hayes
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Austin
Andrew Johnson
Definition 11 of 168
backed only by a few dozen soldiers, a few navy officers, and American citizens, overthrew
Mexican rule in northern California and proclaimed it to be an independent republic--the Bear
Flag Republic
Zachary Taylor
John C. Fremont
James Buchanan
Winfield Scott
Definition 12 of 168
championed civil rights for blacks; many endorsed other liberal causes like women's suffrage,
rights for labor unions, and civil rights for northern blacks
Scalawags
Republican Party
Radical Republicans
Freedmen's Bureau
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