APUSH End of the Year

The decision excerpted most directly reflected the growing belief after the Second World War that the power of the federal government should be used to... (speech overturning plessy vs ferguson in Brown vs Board of Edu.) revitalize cities foster economic opportunity defend traditional visions of morality promote greater racial justice

promote greater racial justice

The excerpts were written in response to the... "Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanwserably follows that whatever from thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others... Here too is the design and end of government, Freedom and Security." (Common Sense by Thomas Paine) "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers formt the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Govnerment becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likley to effect their Safety and Happiness." (Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson) (A) British government's attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies (B) British government's failure to protect colonists from attacks by American Indians (C) colonial governments' failures to implement mercantilist policies (D) colonial governments' attempts to extend political rights to new groups

A

Which of the following factors most directly contributed to the economic trend that Patterson describes? "Economic growth was indeed the most decisive force in the shaping of attitudes and expectiation in the postwar era. The prosperity period broadened gradually in the late 1940's, acclerated in the 1950's, and soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960's. By then it was a boom that astonished observers. One economist, writing about the twenty-five years follwoing WWII, put it simply by saying that this was a 'quarter century of sustained growth of the highest rates in recored history.' Former Prime Minister Edward Health of Great Britain agreed, observing that the United States at the time was enjoying 'the greatest prosperity the word has ever known.'" A surge in the national birthrate The expansion of voting rights for African Americans Challenges to conformity raised by intellectuals and artists The gradual emergence of detente with the Soviet Union

A surge in the national birthrate

Which of the following was a direct effect of the trend in immigration after 1845 shown on the graph? An increase in sectional tensions A major economic downturn An upsurge of nativist sentiment The collapse of the second party system

An upsurge of nativist sentiment

Reagan's speech best reflects which of the following developments in United States foreign policy? "I believe that it must be the policy of the Untied States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorites or by outside pressures. I believe we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes." (President Harry Truman speech before Truman Doctrine) "We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace... General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" (Ronald Reagan) Caution resulting from earlier setbacks in international affairs Assertions of U.S. opposition to communism The expansion of peacekeeping efforts The pursuit of free trade worldwide

Assertions of U.S. opposition to communism

Which of the following evidence would best support Ngai's argument in the excerpt? "The system of quotas... was the first major pillar of the Immigration Act of 1924. The second provided for the exclusion of persons ineligible to citizenship... Ineligibility to citizenship and exclusion applied to the peoples of all the nations of East and South Asia. Nearly all Asians had already been excluded from immigration... The exclusion of persons ineligible to citizenship in 1924... completed Asiatic exclusion. ... Moreover, it codified the principle of racial exclusion into the main body of American immigration and naturalization law." Census data showing the changing percentages of the foreign-born population from 1920 to 1930 Narratives describing the challenges of immigrant family life in the 1920s Diplomatic correspondence reflecting the increasing isolationism of United States foreign policy in the 1920s and 1930s Census data revealing the Great Migration of African Americans to cities in the North and West in the 1920s

Census data showing the changing percentages of the foreign-born population from 1920 to 1930

Truman issued the doctrine primarily in order to... "I believe that it must be the policy of the Untied States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorites or by outside pressures. I believe we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes." (President Harry Truman speech before Truman Doctrine) "We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace... General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" (Ronald Reagan) (A) support decolonization in Asia and Africa (B) support United States allies in Latin America (C) protect United States interests in the Middle East (D) bolster noncommunist nations, particularly in Europe

D

Which of the following was a significant cause of the trend from 1843 to 1854 shown in the graph? Active encouragement of migration by the United States govenrment. Economic and political difficulties in Germany and Ireland. Incentives offered by United States companies looking to hire skilled migrants. Adoption of free trade policies by European governments.

Economic and political difficulties in Germany and Ireland.Economic and political difficulties in Germany and Ireland.

Which of the following represents a later example of the change highlighted in the poster? https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/elcWQndm73hv4ah-CFLHAXUINDzbZK-5TT2r4qn6EN63_x8a2jUEwBXU5J2t_C09jSQUvZDVTg=w367 The growing protests against United States military engagements abroad in the 1970s The increasing ability of the manufacturing sector to create jobs for women in the 1970s and 1980s The growing popular consensus about appropriate women's roles in the 1980s and 1990s Feminist challenges to sexual norms in the 1970s

Feminist challenges to sexual norms in the 1970s

Which of the most directly undermines Calhoun's assertions? "The condition of the African race throughout all the States where the ancient relation between the two (races) has been retained enjoys a degree of health and comfort which may well compare with that of the laboring population of any country in Christendom; and it may be added that in no other condition, or in any other age or country, has the Negro race ever attained so high an elevation in morals, intelligence, or civilization" Many slaves adopted elements of Christianity Abolitionist societies encountered difficulty in organizing in Southern states A majority of White Southerners were not slaveholders Many slaves engaged in forms of resistance to slavery

Many slaves engaged in forms of resistance to slavery

The Brown decision reversed which of the following earlier decisions? Marbury v. Madision, which established judicial review Worcester v. Georgia, which established that the federal government rather than individual states had authority in American Indian affairs Dred Scott v. Sanford, which proclaimed that slaves could not be citizens Plessy v Ferguson, which endorsed racial segregation laws

Plessy v Ferguson, which endorsed racial segregation laws

The trends described by Taylor most directly illustrate which of the following major historical developments in the Atlantic world? "The colonizers brought along plants and animals new to the Americans, some by design and others by accident. Determined to farm in a European manner, the colonists introduced their domesticated livestock-honeybees, pigs, horses, mules, sheep, and cattle-and their domesticated plants, including wheat, barley, rye, oats, grasses, and grapevines. But the colonists also inadvertently carried pathogens, weeds, and rats... In sum, the remaking of the American was a team effort by a set of interdependent species led and partially managed (but never fully controlled) by European people." The growth of mercantile empires that stretched across the Atlantic The increasing anglicization of the English colonies The rise of the trans-Atlantic slave trade The phenomenon known as the Columbian Exchange

The phenomenon known as the Columbian Exchange

The statements of both Truman and Reagan share the same goal of... "I believe that it must be the policy of the Untied States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorites or by outside pressures. I believe we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes." (President Harry Truman speech before Truman Doctrine) "We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace... General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" (Ronald Reagan) restraining communist military power and ideological influence creating alliances with recently decolonized nations reestablishing the principle of isolationism avoiding a military confrontation with the Soviet Union

restraining communist military power and ideological influence

One significant result of the economic trend described in the excerpt was the... "Economic growth was indeed the most decisive force in the shaping of attitudes and expectiation in the postwar era. The prosperity period broadened gradually in the late 1940's, acclerated in the 1950's, and soared to unimaginable heights in the 1960's. By then it was a boom that astonished observers. One economist, writing about the twenty-five years follwoing WWII, put it simply by saying that this was a 'quarter century of sustained growth of the highest rates in recored history.' Former Prime Minister Edward Health of Great Britain agreed, observing that the United States at the time was enjoying 'the greatest prosperity the word has ever known.'" rise of the sexual revolution in the United States decrease in the number of immigrants seeking entry to the United States rise of the Sun Belt as a political and economic force decrease in the number of women in the work force

rise of the Sun Belt as a political and economic force