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title: "Unit 5 SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) | AP US History Class Notes"
description: "Review Unit 5 SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) for your test on Exam Skills. For students taking AP US History"
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subject: "AP US History"
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# Unit 5 SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) | AP US History Class Notes

## Summary

Review Unit 5 SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) for your test on Exam Skills. For students taking AP US History

## Guide

## AP US History Short-Answer Question on Slavery Between 1844-1865



👋 Welcome to the **[APUSH](/apush "fv-autolink") [Unit 5](/apush/unit-5 "fv-autolink") SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865)**. These are shorter questions, but you'll still want to grab some paper and a pencil, or open up a blank page on your computer. After you finish, you can see how you did with [**Unit 5 SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) Answers**](https://fiveable.me/apush/saq/unit-5-saq-slavery-1844-1865-answers/study-guide/x2VgFhzay77Bg0ztw6c0).



⏱ 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.)



- 🤔 Need a quick refresher of the unit as a whole? Check out the [**Unit 5 Overview**](https://fiveable.me/apush/unit-5/unit-5-overview-1848-1877/study-guide/6Upoqbpo7BMFKQIPNAn8).
- - 😩 Getting stumped halfway through answering? Look through all of the available [**Unit 5 Resources**](https://fiveable.me/apush/unit-5/).
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### Figure 1



![](https://storage.googleapis.com/ug-images-study-guides/legacy-firebase/images/-fmgBtm1yFwwI.png)

###### Image courtesy of Library of Congress, 1856.



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### Questions



(a) **Describe** ONE point of view about slavery expressed in the image above. 



(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. 



(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.



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### Answers & Rubric



💯 Ready to see how you did? Take a look at the [**Unit 5 SAQ (Slavery Between 1844-1865) Answers**](https://fiveable.me/apush/saq/unit-5-saq-slavery-1844-1865-answers/study-guide/x2VgFhzay77Bg0ztw6c0).



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