APUSH FINAL STUDY MCQs
Which of the following can be concluded about the United States based on the author's descriptions in the excerpt [Bryant]?
A common national culture was developing.
Which of the following most directly contributed to the development described in the excerpt?
A belief by southern businessmen that the southern economy should focus on the export of select agricultural products
In the first half of the 1800s, which of the following resulted from the debates about the cotton economy described in the excerpt?
A distinct Southern economic and cultural identity emerged.
Changes in ideas about men's and women's gender roles in the family, resulting from the market revolution, most directly contributed to which of the following shifts in American social practices during the same period?
A new emphasis on the separation between the public and private spheres
The reaction to the situation described in the third paragraph represented a continuity with which of the following earlier colonial developments?
A strict racial system was established that separated enslaved people from European colonists.
Which of the following most directly contributed to the advanced development of both pre-Columbian American societies described in the excerpt?
Adaptation to and use of the natural environment for their own benefit
Innovations in shipping and the growth of commercial networks were most directly related to which of the following other developments of the first half of the nineteenth century?
An increase in the number of Americans moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
Which of the following claims is supported by the author's main argument in the excerpt [Wilentz]?
Andrew Jackson can be blamed for the unintended effects of Indian removal.
Which of the following best explains why Washington warned against foreign alliances?
Britain and France were at war with each other, and both threatened United States interests.
Which of the following best explains a result of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) ?
Great Britain gained a claim to land extending to the Mississippi River.
The Second Great Awakening was most directly related to which of the following other historical developments of the early nineteenth century?
Challenges to Enlightenment views of rationalism
In the excerpt, Crosby makes which of the following claims about the transmission of Old World diseases to the Americas?
It was an unintended consequence of contact between the New World and the Old World.
Which of the following pieces of evidence would help modify an argument in the excerpt about President Jackson's intentions toward American Indians?
Jackson had led United States armies that conquered American Indian peoples in the Southeast and forced land cessions.
Which of the following was a piece of evidence Hamilton used to support his argument in the excerpt?
Earlier attempts to form associations of states in Europe had failed.
Which of the following could best be used as evidence to support the argument in the third paragraph of the excerpt that enslaved people engaged in oppositional activities?
Enslaved African Americans routinely caused tools to break or worked more slowly as means of resistance.
Which of the following can be concluded about the relationship between the United States and Europe based on the situation described in the excerpt?
European styles continued to influence American society.
Which of the following developments in the 1500s is best illustrated by the excerpt?
Europeans sought new sources of wealth in the Americas.
Which of the following developments in the late 1400s and early 1500s is depicted in the excerpt?
Europeans undertook voyages across the Atlantic to the Americas in search of new sources of wealth.
Which of the following does the author use to support his argument about the power of the states under the Confederation?
Foundational political documents written during the American Revolution
Which of the following best describes Jefferson's point of view about government as expressed in the excerpt?
Government should limit interference in the lives of its citizens.
The growth of manufacturing in the United States from 1800 to 1850 was most directly connected to which of the following broader historical processes?
Large numbers of international migrants moving to northern cities
Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to modify the argument in the excerpt that many enslaved people engaged in oppositional activities?
Large-scale rebellions by enslaved African Americans in the first half of the 1800s were largely unsuccessful.
Which of the following was the most important reason that Native American relations with English settlers differed from Native American relations with other groups of European settlers in the 1600s?
Larger numbers of English colonists settled on land taken from Native Americans.
By the 1770s, to which of the following groups would Otis' argument that the colonies "must obey" Parliament most appeal?
Loyalists in New York
Supporters of Washington's comments would most likely have agreed with which of the following foreign policies?
Maintaining economic relationships
Which of the following describes a context that most influenced the implementation of the government policy discussed in the excerpt?
Many Americans desired the United States to expand its western land claims.
Which of the following groups would most likely oppose the ideas expressed in the excerpt [Spotswood]?
Members of allied American Indian groups
Which of the following is a piece of evidence used by Howe to support his claim in the third paragraph of the excerpt about religious organizations in the early nineteenth century?
Members of the Evangelical United Front employed more people than the Post Office did.
Hakluyt's call for the English to learn about Native American "language, manners, and customs" best represents which of the following developments in the 1500s?
Native Americans and Europeans partnered for trade.
Which of the following describes Crosby's overall argument in the excerpt about the reason for the change in Native American populations after 1492 ?
Native Americans had no immunity to new diseases introduced by Europeans.
Which of the following best describes evidence used by Crosby to support his argument about the change in Native American populations after 1492 ?
Native Americans who were taken to Europe as slaves experienced high mortality rates.
The share of White and African American populations in the various states shown in the table most strongly suggests which of the following?
Newly settled states such as Kentucky and Tennessee relied less on slave labor than did regions elsewhere in the South.
English colonists in North America in the 1600s and 1700s most typically sought which of the following?
Opportunities to improve their living conditions
Which of the following best describes the context from which the ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged [Jefferson]?
Political leaders sought to encourage domestic economic development.
Which of the following most directly led to the expansion of participatory democracy in the first half of the nineteenth century?
Reduction of property ownership requirements for voting
Which of the following pieces of evidence would best refute Jackson's claim about his predecessors' policies toward American Indians, as described in the first paragraph of the excerpt?
President George Washington enforced treaties guaranteeing American Indians in New York rights to their land.
The claims in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as opposing which of the following existing federal government policies at the time[1809 Chesapeake & Delaware Company]?
Promoting economic development through foreign trade
Which of the following developments most directly contributed to the events described in the excerpt [Franklin]?
Protestant evangelism came to the colonies from Great Britain and Europe.
Which of the following best explains how the purpose of the speech in the excerpt was interpreted by federal officials?
Red Jacket sought to protect Iroquois independence from the United States.
Which of the following most directly contributed to the decision in Philadelphia referenced in the excerpt [Franklin] to build a specific meeting house for the new preachers?
Religious pluralism was more accepted in the middle colonies and particularly in the colony of Pennsylvania than elsewhere.
Which of the following does the author use as evidence to support her argument that slaveholders were "keen to master their slaves' senses of pleasure"?
Slaveholders held parties to encourage the loyalty of the enslaved.
Which of the following represented a change in the labor force of the southern British colonies by the 1700s as depicted in the excerpt?
Slavery became more widespread than indentured servitude.
Which of the following describes an overall argument of the excerpt [Petition to Massa.]?
Slavery is contrary to the ideals of the American Revolution.
Which of the following best describes a historian's likely interpretation of the situation in which the excerpt was produced in the early 1800s?
Some Americans promoted international strength through a unified national economy.
Which of the following resulted from the mass production of cotton described in the excerpt?
Some southerners relocated their plantations to the west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Which of the following best describes a context in the first half of the 1800s that influenced the development of slavery as described in the excerpt?
Southern planters used enslaved people to produce cotton for international markets.
In which of the following ways did the Spanish impose racial hierarchies in the regions of the Americas that they controlled during the 1500s and 1600s?
The Spanish created a caste system that incorporated people of European, Native American, and African descent.
How were European economic systems in the American colonies in the 1500s and 1600s different from existing economic systems in Europe?
Spanish colonists used enslaved Africans to work on plantations.
The conclusion of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) had which of the following effects on Native American societies?
The British government attempted to restrict western settlement to reduce tensions between colonists and Native Americans.
Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) had which of the following economic consequences for its American colonies?
The British government increased taxation of colonial goods to help pay off the debt created by the war.
In the excerpt, Otis was responding to which of the following developments?
The British government's attempts to pay for the costs of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)
Which of the following best describes the political situation in which Jefferson gave the address in the excerpt?
The Democratic-Republican Party had won the presidency for the first time.
Which of the following best describes an argument made by de Gante in the letter?
The Spanish should require less tribute after conquest to avoid Native American depopulation.
Which of the following overall arguments did Hamilton make about the Articles of Confederation?
The United States should abandon the Articles to form a stronger central government.
Which of the following claims did Hamilton make in the excerpt about the powers of the United States under the Articles of Confederation?
The United States was not empowered to raise sufficient money for the government.
Which of the following best describes a purpose of the excerpt [Spotswood]?
The Virginia governor is seeking support from the colonial legislature for his plan to address conflict between settlers and American Indians in frontier areas.
The ideas in the excerpt were most likely interpreted by American colonists in the 1770s as a call to reject which of the following?
The acceptance of the divine right of kings
George Washington's suggestions about United States foreign relations reflect which of the following situations?
The continued European colonial presence along United States borders
The efforts of Spanish colonists to convert Native Americans to Christianity were most directly influenced by which of the following simultaneous developments?
The extraction of gold and other wealth from the land in the Americas
The excerpt [Bryant] best serves as evidence of which of the following developments?
The creation of a unique American culture
The change in White and Black populations in the various regions shown in the table most strongly suggests the influence of which of the following?
The demand in Europe for commodities such as tobacco and sugar
Which of the following best explains the spread of images of George Washington in the United States after the American Revolution?
The desire of Americans to develop a new national culture
Which of the following best explains the depiction of George Washington in the painting?
The development of a sense of American identity among Patriots
In the third paragraph of the excerpt, which of the following pieces of evidence does de Gante use to support his argument about the emperor of Spain's obligations to Native Americans?
The emperor has benefited from the riches acquired in the Americas.
What was a major difference between the Spanish encomienda system and the Spanish caste system in the Americas?
The encomienda system was based on using Native Americans for forced labor, while the caste system was based on a diverse and racially mixed population.
The expansion of suffrage to most adult White men in the early nineteenth century most directly resulted in which of the following?
The growth of new political parties
The petition could best be used as evidence by historians studying which of the following [Chesapeake & Delaware Company]?
The ideas that led some Americans to advocate for improved transportation
The excerpt from Locke's Two Treatises of Government could best be used as evidence by historians studying which of the following topics?
The impact of the Enlightenment on Revolutionary political thought
Which of the following evidence is used by the author to support his argument about state independence?
The inability of the central government to carry out many laws
Which of the following best describes an overall argument of the excerpt [Anderson]?
The makeup of emigrant populations led to greater reconstruction of English family life in New England than it did in the Chesapeake.
Interpretations of Locke's assertions regarding a "state of freedom" and a "state also of equality" most directly influenced which of the following?
The political rhetoric of Patriots during the American Revolution
The second paragraph [Anderson] of the excerpt makes which of the following claims about the populations of men and women in the colonies?
The populations of men and women in New England were roughly equal from the time of its founding.
The trend in the population percent increase from 1790 to 1800 most likely indicates which of the following?
The rapid movement of migrants to newly settled states such as Kentucky and Tennessee
The failure of the Articles of Confederation resulted in which of the following changes in the government of the United States?
The ratification of a constitution that established a stronger central government
Dickinson's desire to preserve "a certain degree of agency" for states is best explained by which of the following developments in the early United States?
The retention of regional cultural identity in conjunction with national unity
Which of the following best explains a major reason for the emergence of the Second Great Awakening in the United States?
The rise of individualistic and evangelical spiritual beliefs inspired religious conversion.
The trend from 1660 to 1710 depicted in the table most strongly indicates which of the following?
The rise of the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved Africans
The first paragraph [Anderson] of the excerpt makes which of the following claims?
The settlers of New England varied in age more than emigrants to the Chesapeake did.
Dickinson's concern for the "mischiefs" in the states is best understood in the context of which of the following?
The threat to state governments from popular uprisings
Which of the following describes a piece of evidence used by Howe to support his overall argument about the motivations of religious reformers?
They desired to teach people personal autonomy.
The framers of the United States Constitution initially responded to abuses of executive authority by the British monarch in which of the following ways?
They established the separation of powers between the president and Congress.
Which of the following best characterizes the Mississippian societies described in the excerpt?
They had mixed agricultural and hunter-gatherer economies that favored the development of permanent villages.
Which of the following was a major purpose of Otis' pamphlet?
To encourage opposition to Parliament's regulation of colonial commerce
Which of the following was most likely a main purpose of Jefferson's inaugural address?
To summarize his beliefs about the ideal political system
Washington most likely wrote about political parties for which of the following purposes?
To warn the public that political parties result in national divisions
Which of the following contributed most significantly to the population trend in pre-Columbian Mexico described in the excerpt?
Trade and settlement resulting from maize cultivation
The second paragraph of the excerpt proposes that the Massachusetts legislature should
abolish slavery and release enslaved African Americans upon adulthood
The first paragraph of the excerpt makes the claim that [Petition to Massachusetts]
all people should have the same inherent liberties
Hamilton claimed in the excerpt that state sovereignty
allowed states to ignore the requests of the central government
One piece of evidence that de Gante used in the excerpt to support his overall argument about the treatment of the people of Mexico is that Native Americans
did not have enough supplies to support their families
The expansion of suffrage to most adult White men by the 1820s and 1830s most directly contributed to the
emergence of political rallies and events to encourage people to vote for particular parties
The percentages of White and African American populations in South Carolina shown in the table most directly suggest the
expansion of slavery in the Deep South
The point of view expressed by the Virginia governor in the excerpt is that he
feels a responsibility to protect White frontier settlers from violent encounters with American Indians
The expansion of participatory democracy in the Jacksonian era most likely influenced the Second Great Awakening by
giving rise to individualistic beliefs
The principle of federalism embodied in the United States Constitution had most in common with which of the following earlier aspects of British colonial government?
he autonomy of colonial legislatures from Great Britain
A piece of evidence used by Howe in the second paragraph of the excerpt to support his argument about the goals of prison reform was that prison reformers
intended to use prisons to rehabilitate criminals
The experience of enslaved people in the southern British colonies as described in the excerpt was similar to the experience of enslaved people in the northern British colonies because
many enslaved people in both regions developed strategies to resist slavery
The White and Black populations in New England shown in the table most directly suggest the
minimal use of enslaved labor in New England compared to other regions
During the period of the American Revolution, Locke's point of view in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting a form of government based on
natural rights
The events of the First Great Awakening illustrated by the excerpt [Franklin] led to
new denominations attracting followers who were drawn to the dynamic sermons of the new preachers
At the time the petition was produced, Congress most likely interpreted the petition's purpose as
requesting federal funding for transportation construction projects
The excerpt [Red Jacket] could best be used by historians studying the
resistance against the expansion of United States influence
