AP Success - AP US History: Terms and Concepts from Period 5 (1844-1877)

For each of the following terms, briefly define the term and describe its significance within historical context.

Question 1

Short answer

13th Amendment

Question 2

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14th Amendment

Question 3

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15th Amendment

Question 4

Short answer

American First Transcontinental Railroad

Question 5

Short answer

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 6

Short answer

Civil War

Question 7

Short answer

Compromise of 1850

Question 8

Short answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 9

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Question 10

Short answer

Gettysburg Address

Question 11

Short answer

Homestead Act

Question 12

Short answer

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Question 13

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Jim Crow Laws

Question 14

Short answer

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 15

Short answer

Reconstruction

Question 16

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Reconstruction Amendments

Question 17

Short answer

Secession of Southern States

Question 18

Short answer

Sharecropping

Question 19

Short answer

Sherman's March to the Sea

Question 20

Short answer

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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