Quiz for:
Overview of Period 5 in History

Question 1

What was the result of the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision in 1857?

Question 2

How did Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction differ from that of the Radical Republicans?

Question 3

Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War?

Question 4

What event is marked as the official start of the Civil War?

Question 5

Which provision was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?

Question 6

What event spurred significant westward expansion in 1848?

Question 7

Which campaign was part of General Sherman’s total war strategy?

Question 8

Who coined the term Manifest Destiny?

Question 9

What was a failure of the Reconstruction Era?

Question 10

Which amendment defined American citizenship?

Question 11

What was the significance of the Gettysburg Address?

Question 12

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify?

Question 13

What was the purpose of the Wilmot Proviso?

Question 14

Which publication heightened Northern opposition to slavery?

Question 15

What was the slogan '54°40' or fight' associated with?