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AP United States History Unit 5 SFI |
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Antebellum
Ans: Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
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"Fire-Eaters"
Ans: Refers to a group of extremist pro-slavery politicians from the South
who urged the separation of southern states into a new nation, which
became known as the Confederate States of America.
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Copperheads
Ans: A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and
sympathized with the South during the Civil War
Compromise of 1850
Ans: (1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and
popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New
Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade
abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay
and Stephen A. Douglas
Popular Sovereignty
Ans: A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
Ostend Manifesto (1854)
Ans: Secret Franklin Pierce administration proposal to purchase or, that
failing, to wrest militarily Cuba from Spain. Once leaked, it was quickly
abandoned due to vehement opposition from the North.
Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
Ans: Whig
Domestic Affairs:
, 2
Pushed for Compromise of 1850
Hard stance on secession
Gold Rush
Died of food poisoning after party
Foreign Affairs:
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Clayton-Bulwer Treaty-Canal across Nicaragua (agreement with Britain)
William Seward
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Territory from Russia. By purchasing Alaska, he expanded the territory of
the country at a reasonable price.
Republican Party (1854)
Ans: Formerly the Free-Soilers, this party was the first sectional party. It
was created as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and attempted to keep
slavery out of the territories.
Crittenden Compromise
Ans: an unsuccessful proposal to permanently enshrine slavery in the
United States Constitution, and thereby make it unconstitutional for
future congresses to end slavery.
Commodore Perry
Ans: After arriving with a fleet of warships, he gets Japan to sign the
Treaty of Kanagawa (1854) opening some ports to America. Helps to end
Japanese isolation
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Ans: Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the life of a slave.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Ans: 1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people
in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through
popular sovereignty.
AP United States History Unit 5 SFI |
Cerbone Questions and Answers
(100% Correct Answers) Already
Graded A+
Antebellum
Ans: Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
© 2026 Assignment
"Fire-Eaters"
Ans: Refers to a group of extremist pro-slavery politicians from the South
who urged the separation of southern states into a new nation, which
became known as the Confederate States of America.
Guru01 - Stuvia
Expert
Copperheads
Ans: A group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and
sympathized with the South during the Civil War
Compromise of 1850
Ans: (1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and
popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New
Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade
abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay
and Stephen A. Douglas
Popular Sovereignty
Ans: A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
Ostend Manifesto (1854)
Ans: Secret Franklin Pierce administration proposal to purchase or, that
failing, to wrest militarily Cuba from Spain. Once leaked, it was quickly
abandoned due to vehement opposition from the North.
Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
Ans: Whig
Domestic Affairs:
, 2
Pushed for Compromise of 1850
Hard stance on secession
Gold Rush
Died of food poisoning after party
Foreign Affairs:
© 2026 Assignment
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty-Canal across Nicaragua (agreement with Britain)
William Seward
Guru01 - Stuvia
Ans: Secretary of State who was responsible for purchasing Alaskan
Expert
Territory from Russia. By purchasing Alaska, he expanded the territory of
the country at a reasonable price.
Republican Party (1854)
Ans: Formerly the Free-Soilers, this party was the first sectional party. It
was created as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and attempted to keep
slavery out of the territories.
Crittenden Compromise
Ans: an unsuccessful proposal to permanently enshrine slavery in the
United States Constitution, and thereby make it unconstitutional for
future congresses to end slavery.
Commodore Perry
Ans: After arriving with a fleet of warships, he gets Japan to sign the
Treaty of Kanagawa (1854) opening some ports to America. Helps to end
Japanese isolation
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Ans: Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the life of a slave.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Ans: 1854 - Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people
in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through
popular sovereignty.
