AP U.S. History / Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877
5.1 Contextualizing Period 5
Notes
Period 5 (1844–1877): expansion (Manifest Destiny), the Mexican-American War, rising sectional conflict over slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Practice
Period 5 ends with:
1844–1877.
The central issue of Period 5:
Sectionalism.
Which war is in Period 5?
1861–1865.
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