APUSH TRI 2 EXAM
With the emergence of the factory system also came the emergence of the wooers union one of the primary reasons for the early workers union was
champion for better working conditions
Which of the following was the most popular destination for late 19th century immigrants to the US
cities and rural and "boomtown" areas of the West
The speech above by Booker T. Washington attempts to
convince blacks to make the best of their prescribed place in society
Which change in American society most directly led to the situation described in the Supreme Court case
corruption in urban politics
The reasoning expressed in the court's decision most directly reflects which of the following continuities in the US history
debates over the role of government in regulating the economy
Stevens believes public education would provide support for
democratic government
Lincoln thought that slavery would
die out
Populist party developed as a reaction to the growth of corporate power in agriculture and
economic instability in the farming sector
The primary goal of the government policy cited above in the Dawes Act was to
end tribal identities
The violent conflict during the second half of the 19th century between the US and American Indians was most influenced by the
failure of the US to adhere to previously signed treaties
With regard to the Oregon Territory, in 1846, the US
hammered out a compromise, through diplomatic relations, agreement with the British Empire setting the northern border
Which of the following connected the Great Lakes to the East Coast and fueled the conic rise of New York City?
Erie Canal
What became the most controversial element of the Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the US Supreme Court found no relevance whatsoever in the plaintiff's interpretation of
13th amendment
Which of the following was NOT a result or consequence of the Dred Scott decision of 1857?
The Fugitive Slave Act was repealed
Which person or group most strongly advocated sending enslaved blacks to Africa as an answer to the problem of slavery
American Colonization Society
During the antebellum era, which of the following groups shared the most similar experience to that described in the excerpt above?
American Indians
Which of the following best explains why many state governments in the North continued to restrict African American citizenship during the antebellum era?
Anti-black sentiments persisted in popular politics and culture
The sentiments as those depicted in the cartoon of Sumner-Brooks most directly contributed to which of the following?
Breakdown in trust between sectional leaders
Which of the following was LEAST associated with the "Gilded Age"
Conservation of natural resources
Which of the following movements glorifying women's role as homemakers, resulted in part from the increasing separation between home and the workplace brought on by industrialization?
Cult of Domesticity
The main organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention and one of the most outspoken advocates of women's rights was
Elizabeth C. Stanton
The opening of canals and new roads in the US, as depicted in the map above, had the LEAST impact on which of the following?
European immigration to the US
Who was the famous black abolitionist who wrote an autobiography of his/her former life as a slave?
Frederick Douglass
Which of the following resulted form the sentiments expressed in the excerpt above?
Increasingly bitter national debates over the institution of slavery
Which of the following was the MOST important reason why immigrants tended to cluster in ethnic communities in urban areas during the antebellum period?
It allowed immigrants to retain their languages and customs to a greater degree
Which of the following statements best describes the Lowell System?
It involved using mill girls form rural areas to work in textile factories
Harlan's opinion goes against the majority opinion on the Supreme Court that
Jim Crow laws wer a violation of the Constitution
The belief that the US had a special mission to expand over the entire North American continent was known as
Manifest Destiny
Who advocated for the immediate and uncompensated release of all salves held in the US?
William Lloyd Garrison
Which group was most likely the intended audience of the Sumner-Brooks cartoon
Members of the Republican Party
During the late 19th century, western Native American life was most affected by
Post-Civil War migrations of whites
The concerns articulated by Dorthea Dix in the excerpt above were most similar to those of
Progressives in the early 1900s
He is considered the father of the Industrial Revolution in America after his espionage acts in english factories brought over plan to recreate the same factory in the US
Samuel Slater
The view of the poor in the quote above from the Gospel of Wealth is most consistent with the ideology of
Social Darwinism
Which 19th century reform movement was most closely associated with the activities described above
Social Gospel
Which of the following represented a strong challenge to the 19th century corporate ethic
Social Gospel
To which politicians is Clay directing in the last line of the Compromise of 1850
Southerners who were threatening to secede
A decade after the speech above, segregation policies were reinforced by
Supreme Court
Antebellum era reform movements such as abolitionism, temperance, and women's rights had their origins in all of the following EXCEPT
The Monroe Doctrine
As shown in the map above , the national system of roads and canals most closely linked which regions' economies together
The east and the midwest
The maps above most clearly demonstrate which of the following antebellum-era historical processes?
The free and forced migration of peoples across the continent
Which of the following was NOT a result of antebellum technological innovations such as textile machinery, the steam engine, the telegraph, and the use of interchangeable parts?
The heightened isolation of rural Americans
The expansion of the US transportation network by 1837, as shown in the map above, benefitted MOST from which of the following technological advances?
the steam engine
Which of the following antebellum-era historical developments was least likely to have spurred efforts such as those described in the excerpt above?
The progress toward a unified new national culture
Which of the following developments LEAST strengthened the increasing economic linkage of the North and the Midwest during the antebellum era?
The spread of plantation agriculture
Opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act most likely supported
a Free Soil position
The Wilmot Proviso
called for American annexation of lands conquered from Mexico as free territory
As a result of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852
abolitionism gained ground in the North
which of the following was most likely the intended audience of the excerpt above
agriculturalists of the southeast and southwest
Horace Mann, another education supporter and reformer, believed an effective republic needed
an educated people that understands the functions of society
The author's sentiments in the ,Slavery Argument, in the excerpt above can best be understood as
an expression of Southern pride in the institution of slavery
The main purpose of the Seneca Falls convention was to
assert the rights of women as equals to men morally, socially, and politically
The efforts described in the excerpt above can best be understood in the context of
attempts to match democratic political ideals with social realities
Why did Tom's owner, Legree, believe that Tom should flog the slave girl
because Tom was his slave
The principle reason the US went to war with Mexico was
because of disputed territory in Texas claimed by the US and Mexico, but also with an eye on gaining California
Women gained more rights during the Second Great Awakening through all of the following except
being elected to political offices to allow them to advocate for more rights and privileges
The most resented form of the 19th century government corruption was in
big business
By the eve of the Civil War, sentiments such as those expressed in the excerpt above most clearly formed the basis for
the Southern defense of slavery as a positive good
Much of the urban reform described above was carried out by
middle-class women challenging their prescribed "place"
The completion of the transcontinental railroads through the American West contributed most to the
migration of settlers to the West
For the strength of his political machine, Boss Tweed relied on
newly arrived immigrants
The greatest priority of western railroad development as illustrated above was to
open new markets
Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the South
passing a new Fugitive Slave Law
Which of the following groups or movements most opposed the process of the expansion of railroads?
populists
The growth and profitability of Southern cotton did all of the following EXCEPT
promote national and international economic ties
To entice urban residents to support Tammany Hall, the machine
provided services including job to potential voters
Many 19th century industrialists chose to blunt criticism regarding their wealth by
pursing philanthropy
The Plessy v. Ferguson ruling upheld
racial segregation
In the late 19th century, farmers had to adapt to new realities requiring a greater dependence on
railroads
The excerpt above was most likely a reaction to which of the following historical trends?
regional economic and demographic changes between the north and south
In regards to the US, Lincoln
saw a great Civil War on the horizon/saw the nation reminding intact
From 1870 to 1890, new migration form Asia and Southern and Eastern Europe led to
segregated ethnic communities and distinct migrant enclaves in cities
Which of the following illustrated the limitations of the "New South" economy revitalization plan
sharecropping
Chief Justice Taney's basic ruling in the Dred Scott case was based on which of the following principles
since slaves were property, they could not sue
and anguishing feature of slavery that Stowe points out in the passage was that
slaves were often whipped/slave drivers had to inflict punishment on fellow slaves
Late 19th century critics of the ideology expressed in the quote above would most likely argue that
societal good could be advanced through the Social Gospel
The American or "Know-Nothing" Party of the 1850s
sought to limit the rights of immigrants
Between 1880 and 1900, the largest group of immigrants to the US came from
southern and eastern europe
The reference that Corwin makes to the "Bunker HIlls, Saratogas, and Yorktown" in Against the Mexican War indicates what about the US going to war with Mexico
that Mexico fought bravely for its independence and the US should respect it sovereignty
Historically, struggles between American Indian drives and the federal government have stemmed from
the Constitution's failure to precisely define the relationship between American Indian drives and the national government
The Republican Party campaign platform of 1860 called for
the restriction of slavery from the territories
In terms of society, the Supreme Court ruled
the US Constitution had no place to ensure social equality
The excerpt above was most likely a response to which of the following?
the abolitionist criticism of the treatment of slaves in the South
Sojourner Truth saw connection between the women's rights movement and
the antislavery movement
Sojourner Truth strongly rejects criticism of women that are based on which of the following ?
the cult of domesticity
Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision because
the decision allowed slavery in the territories
The sentiments expressed in the excerpt above were most directly a result of which of the following?
the election of Lincoln 1860
The arguments in the excerpt above in, Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, are best understood in the context of
the emergence of African American abolitionist movements
The most divisive issue in regards to western expansion during the antebellum era was
the extension of slavery
Which of the following most directly supports the assertion expressed in the exempt, The Impending Crisis of the South
the intensified sectionalism of the 1840s and 1850s
In the 19th century, Southerners used all of the following arguments to justify slavery EXCEPT
the international slave trade was highly profitable for all regions of the country
What contributed most to the process illustrated in the maps above? (Increased slave population and cotton production
the over cultivation of arable land in the Southeast
Which of the following was NOT party of the Populist platform
the preservation of wilderness areas
Which of the following did Winthrop offer as a final way to settle the Oregon question
the two countries should submit their claims to arbitration
The ideas expressed in the passage, South Carolina Declaration of the Causes of Secession, above most clearly show the influence of which of the following?
the use of states' rights for the defense of slavery
The cartoon above is best understood in the context of the
variety of proposals leaders made that ultimately failed to reduce sectional conflict
In preparing his speech, Lincoln
was determined to stop the spread of slavery
Harlan's opinion on Plessy v. Ferguson was consistent with beliefs expressed by the
writer W.E.B. Du Bois
The early factory workers in Lowell, Massachusetts were mostly whom?
young women