APUSH Chapter 4
Which of the following was NOT a factor in theformation of the New England Confederation?
A desire to suppress religious dissent
Reconstruction legislation passed by congress included allof the following EXCEPT the
Black Codes
After the election of 1824, the president's choice of HenryClay as secretary of state resulted in
Charges of a corrupt bargain with John Q. Adams
The leading Radical Republican in Congress included
Charles Sumner Thaddeus Stevens
In 1865, a number of southern states passed Black Codesin order
Control movement and provide a stable workforce for the plantations
Which of the following was NOT provided for African-Americans by congressional Reconstruction?
Distribution of confiscated Confederate farmlands
All of the following were part of the initial Union strategyto win the Civil War EXCEPT
Emancipation of slaves in the seceded states
The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?
Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law
The purpose of Lincoln's and Johnson's for Reconstruction was to
Encourage rapid readmission of ex-Confederatestates into the Union
All of the following figured prominently in debates over the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT the
Extension of slavery into Kansas and Nebraskaterritories
The Confederate government was able to achieve whichof the following goals?
Frequent victories over Union armies
A political effect of the fighting in Kansas in 1855 and1856 was to
Further divide the Democratic Party
Northern advantages in the Civil War included all of thefollowing EXCEPT
General agreement over was aims
President Lincoln was reluctant to emancipate the slavesin the first year of the Civil War because
He feared that emancipation would drive the border states out of the Union
The Lincoln-Douglas debates resulted in all of thefollowing EXCEPT
Increased support for Douglas in the South
The Seneca Falls Convention was significant because it
Issued a historic declaration of women's rights
Which of the following best describes the policy of thegovernment of Mexico toward Texas?
It encouraged American settlement in Texas in the1820's and early 1830's.
Which of the following is a correct statement about theWilmot Proviso
It forbade the introduction of slavery into territoryacquired from Mexico
Which of the following is true of Lincoln's Ten PercentPlan?
It provided for the restoration of theloyal governments for the erstwhile Confederatestates now under Union control.
Which of the following statements about the Dred Scottdecision is correct?
It stated that Black people were not citizens of theUnited States.
Which of the following was a major factor in the declineof the Whig party in the 1850's?
Know-Nothing movement
All of the following statements about the election of 1860are accurate EXCEPT:
Lincoln won election because of the split in theDemocratic Party
Which of the following would most likely have expressedopposition to the idea of Manifest Destiny?
Members of the Whig party in Congress during theMexican War
The slave states that remained in the Union included
Missouri, Kentucky and Delaware
Which of the following is a correct statement about theUnited States at the beginning of the Era of GoodFeelings?
Nationalism strongly influencedAmerican culture and politics
The main reason for the U.S. delay in annexing Texas wasthe
Opposition in Congress to adding slave states
The Republican Party originated in the mid-1850s as asectional party committed to which of the following?
Opposition to the further expansion of slavery intothe territories
The Freedmen's Bureau provided all of the followingEXCEPT
Protection from sharecropping agreementsd
The economic impact of the Civil War included all of thefollowing EXCEPT
Reduced rate of industrial production in the North
The Republican Reconstruction governments in the Southaccomplished all of the following EXCEPT
Reducing waste and corruption in local and stategovernments
The supreme court's decision in the Dred Scott caseoutraged public opinion in the North chiefly because it
Removed restrictions against the spread of slaveryinto the Western Territories
President Andrew Johnson was impeached for
Removing a Radical Republican from his cabinet
The Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 increased sectionaltension because it
Reopened the issue of slavery in a territory North of 36, 30
An analysis of the election of 1868 best supports toconclusion that
Republican victory depended on the votes of AfricanAmericans
All of the following were factors in the defeat of theSouth in 1865 EXCEPT
Slave uprisings against Southern plantations
In the 1860 election, what was the position of Lincoln andthe Republican Party on slavery?
Slavery should not be allowed to expand into theterritories
What happened to Southern interest in slavery after NatTurner's Rebellion in 1831?
Southern states made it increasingly difficult for masters to free their slaves
John Brown's primary purpose in attacking Harpers Ferrywas to
Start a slave rebellion in Virginia
The "redeemers" in the South supported
States' rights and white supremacy
Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877
The Republican and Democratic parties effected acompromise agreement after the 1876 presidentialelection.
Which of the following best describes an immediate effectof the Emancipation Proclamation?
The abolition of slavery in confederate territory became one of the North's war goals
The Halfway Covenant provide for which of thefollowing?
The baptism of children of baptized but unconvertedPuritans
John Marshall's Supreme Court decision in the case of Marbury vs. Madison established
The principle for Judicial review
In the early years of reconstruction, an important functionof the Freedmen's Bureau was
The protection of the economic rights of former slaves
Which of the following states the principle of "popular sovereignty?"
The settlers in a given territory have the sole right todecide whether or not slavery will be permitted there.
Which of the following is LEAST useful in arguing thatterritorial expansion was motivated by a desire to spreadslavery?
The slogan "Fifty-four Forty of Fight"
Which of the following most accurately describes theStephen Douglas' idea of popular sovereignty?
The status of slavery in a territory would bedetermined by the voters in the territory
Which of the following was NOT a major consequence of the U.S. war with Mexico?
U.S. annexation of Texas
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel which brought home theevils of slavery to many in the North was
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Dred Scott decision held that a slave
Was a private property even in a free territory
The disputed boundary between Maine and Canada wassettle by the
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
By the end of Reconstruction, most blacks in the South
Worked on farms as renters and sharecroppers
The provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgoincluded all of these EXCEPT:
Yield the Mesilla Valley of theArizona to the United States
The long-range plan of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to
achieve colonial unity and commondefense against the French threat
The results of the Mexican-American War included
acquisition of California by the United States important military experience that would be put touse in the Civil War
Manifest Destiny was based on all of the following ideasEXCEPT
conquest of new territory would prove American military superiority
Harvard College and Yale College were established primarily to
ensure an adequate supply of ministers
For the period from the end of Reconstruction to 1900,the position of the Supreme Court toward civil rights is best characterized as
establishing the constitutionally of segregation
In the 1850's, the South differed from the North in
fewer European immigrants
During the Civil War, African-Americans in the North
fought in segregated regiments
A major reason why Thomas Jefferson was interested in purchasing Louisiana from France was that he
hoped to preserve an agricultural society by makingabundant lands available to future generations
The civil rights act of 1866 was significant because
it meant that congress rather than the President woulddetermine Reconstruction policies it was the first major legislation that became law over a presidential veto
All of the following were provisions of Clay's "AmericanSystem" EXCEPT
low tariffs and state support of internal improvements
The financial programs of Alexander Hamilton includedall of the following EXCEPT
nullification of all private debts to the states
In response to southern intransigence in the face of President Andrew Johnson's mild reconstruction plan,Congress did all of the following EXCEPT
order the arrest and imprisonment of former Confederate leaders
The most common form of resistance on the part of black Americans slaves prior to the Civil War was
passive resistance, including breaking tools and slightly slowing the pace of work
The Black Codes passed in a number of southern statesafter the Civil War were intended to
place limits on the socioeconomic opportunities opento Black people
Of the following, the most threatening problem for theUnion from 1861 through 1863 was
possible British recognition of the Confederacy
Which of the following was the LEAST important issuein the election of 1844?
rechartering the Bank of the United States
In his Essay, Resistance to Civil Government, HenryDavid Thoreau claimed that an individual should
refuse to obey unjust laws.
All of the following were parts of Andrew Johnson's planfor Reconstruction EXCEPT
requiring payment of monetaryreparations for the damage caused by the war
Senator Stephen A. Douglas managed to engineer theCompromise of 1850 by
securing passage of the different parts of theCompromise as separate laws
The Proclamation of 1763 did which of the following?
set a boundary along the crest of the Appalachians beyond which the English colonists were forbidden tosettle
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions took the positionthat
the authority of state governments included the power to decide whether or not an act of Congresswas constitutional
Which of the following BEST reflected the idea of manifest destiny?
the campaign platform of James Polk in 1844
The dramatic increase in the South's slave labor force between 1810 and 1860 was due to
the natural population increase of American-bornslaves
"Forty acres and a mule" refers to
the proposal to make freed slaves small-scalefarmers
In the Nullification Controversy, some Southernerstook the position that
the states had the right to nullify acts of thefederal government they deemed to beunconstitutional
All of the following contributed to the conflict betweenMexico's government and settlers in Texas in the early1830's EXCEPT
the support for annexation by John Tyler and JamesPolk
When President Andrew Johnson removed Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton without the approval of theSenate, contrary to the terms of the recently passedTenure of Office Act, he
was impeached and came within onevote of being removed from office