AP U.S.

History; Guided Reading: 18-20

Directions: Using your AP U.S. History Textbook, American Pageant (online textbook is on my
Schoology Page) answer the following questions (1-20). Answer, each question below. Upload your
COMPLETED answer sheet on Schoology when finished. [5 POINTS EACH= 100%]
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Chapter 18: Renewing The Sectional Struggle (1848-1854):

1. What was The Wilmot Proviso (From Ch. 17 – p. 388)

A bill that restricted slavery in territories that had been aquired from mexico

2. What was the main objective of The Free-Soil Party? (pp. 391-392)

To contest the expansion of slavery, especially in western territories

3. According to p. 379, what were the main provisions of The Compromise of 1850:

North Received: California entered as a free state

South Received: Slavery permitted in Washington DC, new western states (New Mexico and Utah)
could decide whether or not to enter as slave or free, citizens must assist in the apprehension of
slaves

4. Why was The Fugitive Slave Law (Act) called “The Bloodhound Bill”? (p. 398)

The act allowed for slave hunts that would use bloodhounds

5. Why did The Whig Party lose political power before The Civil War? (p. 401)

The issue of slavery divided the party between North and South

6. Why did The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty fail in 1850? (p. 402)

There was a disagreement between the US and the UK over who owned Honduras

7. What did The Ostend Manifesto (1854) propose? (p. 404)

The US should take ownership of Cuba, either through a purchase or an invasion

8. How did Stephen Douglas’ Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) cause a national dilemma? (pp. 405-408)

The North and the South did not appreciate “Popular Sovereignty” which allowed settlers to
decide whether the state would become slave or free

Chapter 19: Drifting Towards Disunion (1854-1861):

9. How did H.B. Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin add to the issue of slavery becoming a moral
matter? (pp. 409-410)

The emotional story convinced readers to take a stance against slavery

10. What was John Brown’s role in Bleeding Kansas? (p. 413)

John Brown led the abolitionist side in the battle against pro-slavery

11. What were three (3) outcomes in The Dred Scott decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford-1857)?
(pp. 417-418)

a. slaves were property and were unable to use the legal justice system

b. the 36-30 compromise was unconstitutional

c. the North and South’s division grew

12. Why was The Election of Abraham Lincoln (Election of 1860) the immediate cause of The Civil
War? (p. 425+)

The South suspected that Lincoln would abolish slavery, so when he was elected the tension that
had been growing since the nation’s creation was released in the civil war.

13. Explain one (1) similarity between Abraham Lincoln, and King George the III, ...according to
the South. (p. 431)

Lincoln lead an “empire” that ruled over a nation seeking independence

Chapter 20: Girding For War The North and The South (1861-1865):

14. What was Secretary of State, William Seward’s, crazy plan for reuniting The Union? (p. 435)

Start a war with a European power and gain the South as an ally and return

15. What happened on April 12 th, 1861 at Fort Sumter? (pp. 435-436)

South Carolina army (the confederacy) sieged the Union’s base Fort Sumpter

16. What was The Trent Affair? (p. 442)

An incident when the US took a UK steamer to capture confederate soldiers

17. How did France violate The Monroe Doctrine in 1863? (p. 444)

France attempted to seize Mexico

18. What were three (3) actions, taken by President Lincoln, that could be viewed as an abuse of his
presidential powers? (pp. 445-446)

a. He suspended the writ of habeas corpus

b. He increased the size of the Federal army

c. He advanced 2 million for the military without appropriation

19. Why was there a Draft Riot in New York City in 1863? (pp. 445-446)

Working class immigrants grew upset with the power of the authority to send them to lore

20. What was the main provision of The Morrill Tariff (1861)? (p. 447)

Imports to the US were now taxed heavily