FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH PERIOD 5 VOCAB

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH PERIOD 5 VOCAB

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Question 1: Sumner-Brooks Incident

Answer:

Congressman Brooks attacked Senator Sumner after a speech criticizing slavery.

Question 2: Uncle Tom's Cabin

Answer:

Anti-slavery novel exposing the injustices of slavery.

Question 3: Dred Scott vs. Sanford (1857)

Answer:

Supreme Court case ruling that African Americans were not citizens and Congress couldn't ban slavery in territories.

Question 4: Robert

• Lee

Answer:

Confederate general and commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Question 5: Manifest Destiny

Answer:

Belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the North American continent.

Question 6: Free-Soil Party

Answer:

Political party opposing the expansion of slavery into western territories.

Question 7: Abraham Lincoln

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16th U.S. president who led the Union during the Civil War.

Question 8: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

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Confederate general known for holding firm at Bull Run.

Question 9: Ku Klux Klan

Answer:

White supremacist group that used intimidation to resist Reconstruction reforms.

Question 10: Fort Sumter

Answer:

Federal fort where the Civil War's first battle occurred.

Question 11: Andrew Johnson

Answer:

17th president who clashed with Congress over Reconstruction policies.

Question 12: Gadsden Purchase

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1853 purchase of land from Mexico used to build a southern railroad route.

Question 13: Mexican Cession

Answer:

Land Mexico gave to the U.S. in 1848, including California and the Southwest.

Question 14: Underground Railroad

Answer:

Network of routes and safe houses helping enslaved people escape to freedom.

Question 15: Winfield Scott

Answer:

U.S. general who captured Mexico City, helping end the Mexican-American War.

Question 16: Pacific Railway Act

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Law supporting the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

Question 17: Ulysses S. Grant

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Union general who led major victories and later became president.

Question 18: Mexican-American War

Answer:

1846-1848 conflict between the U.S. and Mexico over Texas and western territory claims.

Question 19: Carpetbaggers

Answer:

Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction, often for political or economic opportunities.

Question 20: Fifteenth Amendment

Answer:

Protected voting rights regardless of race.

Question 21: Republican Party

Answer:

Political party founded to oppose the expansion of slavery.

Question 22: March to the Sea

Answer:

Union General Sherman's campaign destroying Confederate resources in Georgia.

Question 23: Freeport Doctrine

Answer:

Douglas's claim that territories could limit slavery by not enforcing slave codes.

Question 24: Annexation of California - Bear Flag Republic

Answer:

Short-lived 1846 uprising by American settlers declaring California independent before U.S. takeover.

Question 25: Know-Nothing Party

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Anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic political party of the 1850s.

Question 26: Jefferson Davis

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President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.

Question 27: Popular Sovereignty

Answer:

Idea that settlers in a territory should vote to decide the issue of slavery.

Question 28: Emancipation Proclamation

Answer:

Lincoln's 1863 declaration freeing enslaved people in Confederate-held areas.