--- title: "Unit 5 SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) Answers | AP US History Class Notes" description: "Review Unit 5 SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) Answers for your test on Exam Skills. For students taking AP US History" canonical: "https://fiveable.me/apush/exam-skills/unit-5-saq-slavery-1844-1865-answers/study-guide/x2VgFhzay77Bg0ztw6c0" type: "study-guide" subject: "AP US History" unit: "Exam Skills" lastUpdated: "2024-06-18" --- # Unit 5 SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) Answers | AP US History Class Notes ## Summary Review Unit 5 SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) Answers for your test on Exam Skills. For students taking AP US History ## Guide ## APUSH Short Answer Question Answers for Slavery Between 1844-1865 👋 Welcome to the [APUSH](/apush "fv-autolink") **[Unit 5](/apush/unit-5 "fv-autolink") SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) Answers**. Have your responses handy as you go through the rubrics to see how you did! ⏱ Remember, the [AP US History exam](/apush/ap-us-history-exam "fv-autolink") has a mixture of free-response questions and allotted times. For these types of questions, there will be 3 SAQs, and you will be given 40 minutes to complete the SAQ section. (This means you should **give yourself ~13 minutes** to go through each practice SAQ.) ----- ### Figure 1 ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/ug-images-study-guides/legacy-firebase/images/-Apc9VkWxAKcH.png) ###### Image courtesy of Library of Congress, 1856. ----- ### Questions with Answers & Rubric #### (a) Describe ONE point of view about slavery expressed in the image above. 🏆 **Successful answers would explain how:** - Democratic politicians such as [Stephen Douglas](/apush/key-terms/stephen-douglas "fv-autolink") were looking to allow slavery to spread by incorporating [popular sovereignty](/apush/key-terms/popular-sovereignty "fv-autolink") in the Louisiana Territory. - The new [free-soil party](/apush/key-terms/free-soil-party "fv-autolink") created after the [Mexican Cession](/apush/key-terms/mexican-cession "fv-autolink") was offended by the push to allow popular sovereignty in the territories of the Missouri Compromise. - The belief that the [Democratic party](/apush/key-terms/democratic-party "fv-autolink") wished to expand slavery in more territories such as Mexico and Cuba, causing more tension and deepening the sectionalist divide. - The belief that Buchanan’s party wished to allow the spread of slavery and supported its extension.  [](https://fiveable.me/apush/unit-5/unit-5-overview-civil-war-reconstruction/study-guide/6Upoqbpo7BMFKQIPNAn8) ----- #### (b) Briefly explain how ONE specific historical event or development during the period 1844 to 1865 that led to the event depicted in the image above. 🏆 **Successful answers would explain how:** - The Mexican American War had ended and popular sovereignty was implemented during the time to settle disputes between anti-slavery and pro-slavery forces. - [Bleeding Kansas](/apush/key-terms/bleeding-kansas "fv-autolink") had left many dead as pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces clashed over the [expansion of slavery](/apush/key-terms/expansion-of-slavery "fv-autolink") in Kansas. - Following the Mexican American War, [sectionalism](/apush/key-terms/sectionalism "fv-autolink") over the spread of slavery began to heighten and new parties developed as a result. - The growing [abolitionist movement](/apush/key-terms/abolitionist-movement "fv-autolink") opposed the spread of slavery and campaigned against its existence. - Southern states desired to add more [slave states](/apush/key-terms/slave-states "fv-autolink") in order to maintain a balance in [Congress](/apush/unit-5/reconstruction/study-guide/DiWHCM2v4Drc73iIcfDS "fv-autolink"). - [The Compromise of 1850](/apush/unit-5/compromise-1850/study-guide/SD3f1WJu48SnOd8v1RAm "fv-autolink") had allowed popular sovereignty to exist in some newly gained territories and supporters of slavery pushed for that in the territories above the 36’30” line. 📄 **Additional Resources:** - Study Guide: [Toward the Civil War & Reconstruction (1848-1877)](https://fiveable.me/apush/unit-5/unit-5-overview-civil-war-reconstruction/study-guide/6Upoqbpo7BMFKQIPNAn8) ----- #### (c) Briefly explain how ONE specific historical event or development during the period 1844 to 1865 resulted from the event depicted in the image above. 🏆 **Successful answers would explain how:** - [Abraham Lincoln](/apush/key-terms/abraham-lincoln "fv-autolink") led the [Republican party](/apush/key-terms/republican-party "fv-autolink") following the event and would campaign against the spread of slavery in any new territories. - [John Brown](/apush/key-terms/john-brown "fv-autolink") led a raid on Harper’s Ferry in an attempt to eliminate slavery in Virginia as a result of the movement to allow slavery to exist or spread. - Buchanan won the [election](/apush/key-terms/election "fv-autolink") of 1856 and tension over slavey continued to mount between Democrats, Free-Soliers and Republicans. - The [Civil War](/apush/unit-5/comparison-period-5/study-guide/F4PJCNduTfAlJJKn5VEj "fv-autolink") would result following Lincoln’s election in 1860 and slavery would later be abolished. - The Dred Scott case occurred and prohibited any U.S. territory from preventing the existence of slavery. - The Whig party would soon collapse with many of its members supporting Democrats or Republicans. ----- ### Next Steps - 🧠 Want to continue reinforcing your knowledge of Unit 5? Check out Unit 5 Trivia, either as a document or [**as a game**](https://fiveable.me/apush/unit-5/apush-unit-5-trivia/trivia/VqDJuleUsSVm44Rp6eMh). - ⏭ Ready to move on to the next topic? Take a look at the collection of [**Unit 6 Resources**](https://fiveable.me/apush/unit-6/). - - 📚 Want to review multiple units? Check out all of the APUSH [**SAQs**](https://fiveable.me/apush/saq/), [**LEQs**](https://fiveable.me/apush/leq/), and [**DBQs**](https://fiveable.me/apush/dbq/).