Unit 5 APUSH Multiple Choice Test Review Topics

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts from Unit 5 of APUSH, including significant events, legislation, and figures from the period leading up to and during the Civil War, as well as Reconstruction.

Manifest Destiny

The belief that the expansion of the United States across the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

Mexican-American War

Conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848, resulting in significant territorial gains for the U.S.

Compromise of 1850

A series of laws aimed at resolving the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican-American War.

Fugitive Slave Law

A law that required the return of escaped slaves to their owners and escalated tensions between the North and South.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

An anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that depicted the harsh realities of slavery.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

1854 law that allowed for popular sovereignty in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, leading to violent conflict.

Dred Scott v. Sandford

An 1857 Supreme Court case that ruled African Americans could not be American citizens and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

Emancipation Proclamation

An executive order by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that freed slaves in the Confederate states.

Reconstruction Amendments

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments that abolished slavery and guaranteed civil rights and voting rights for African Americans.

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

The political process that led to the trial of President Johnson for violating the Tenure of Office Act.