Mid term review apush

The Mexican-American War led most directly to which of the following?

A northern majority in the legislative branch

Passage of Hugh Jones - "The Negroes are very numerous, some gentlemen having hundreds of them...." - Hugh Jones, The Present State of Virginia, 1724 The ideas expressed in the passage above most clearly show the influence which of the following?

A strong belief in British cultural superiority

Federal Edifice Image The previous image most directly reflects the belief held by many in 1788 that

A strong central government was a positive step

Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York, Fourth Annual Report, 1829 7. The above account best reflects what growing reform sentiment during the period 1820 to 1848?

Belief in the perfectibility of man

N.F. Thompson, Testimony before the Industrial Commission on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor, 1900 - "Labor organizations are to-day the greatest menace to this Government that exists..." 12. The previous passage was a reaction to which challenge?

Big business and their government allies' inability to create a unified industrial nation

Virtual Representation, 1775, Cartoon Which of the following turning points set the stage for the controversy depicted in the cartoon above?

Britain's victory over France in North America

N.F. Thompson, Testimony before the Industrial Commission on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor, 1900 - "Labor organizations are to-day the greatest menace to this Government that exists..." Critics of the arguments expressed in the excerpt above

Challenged the dominant corporate ethic in the United States

"We assert that fourteen of the states have.." South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession, December 24, 1860 9. The logic and reasoning employed by Southerners in seceding from the Union borrowed heavily from

Declaration of Independence

Maps of the Election of 1796 and 1800 The election of 1800 is historically and politically significant because it

Demonstrated that political parties could, in fact, bring about a peaceful revolution in a republican form of government

"These are the times that try men's souls..." - Thomas Paine, "The American Crisis," December 19, 1776. Which of the following BEST explains the challenge faced by Patriots as described in the excerpt?

Early military struggles against the British army

The completion of the transcontinental railroad led to

Economic growth and the expansion of Asian markets

Passage of William Warren - "In the early part of the seventeenth the Ojibways..." - William Warren, History of the Ojibway People, 1885 Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the fur trade described in the previous quote?

European traders rarely intermarried with native peoples.

Alfred R. Waud, "The Freedmen's Bureau," 1868 25. The situation depicted in the image best serves as evidence of the

Expansion of federal power

Between 1860 and 1900, railroads in the United States were

Given government subsidies to open new markets

The original mill girls mentioned above were subsequently replaced by which of the following groups?

Immigrant women

All of the following were major elements of the Union strategy for victory in the Civil War EXCEPT

Impressing ex-slaves into the Union Army

"Well, I hardly know which to take first" - Imperialist Cartoon with McKinley and Uncle Sam/United States 23. American support for the perspective illustrated by the cartoon contributed to

Increased American access to economic resources and markets

Daniel W. Howe, historian, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 2007 "As [political leader Henry] Clay envisioned... just as farms provided a market for manufactured products." Which of the following most directly made possible the ideas described in the excerpt?

Innovations including textile machinery, steam engines, and interchangeable parts

'All the fresh air that ever enters these stairs..." - Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives, 1890 16. As 19th-century American cities grew in both size and number, the greatest attention to the stark contrast between urban wealth and working-class poverty resulted from

Journalists and the print media

"11. That Kansas should, of right, be immediately admitted..." - Republican Party Platform, 1860 4. The Republican Party platform of 1860 was an indication that the party

Maintaining the fundamental principles on which it was founded

Donald Scott, "Mormonism and the Mainstream," 2004 The developments described by Scott could best be used to argue that during the antebellum period in the United States

Many Americans advanced their ideals by working independently of government institutions

The Republican Party platform of 1860 attempted to broaden its appeal to include

Northern manufacturing interests

Political Cartoon of the Rowdy Townspeople Political protests of the 1760s, such as the one depicted in the engraving, flourished for all the following reasons EXCEPT

Parliament's adoption of a policy of salutary neglect after the Seven Years War

Map of the Status of Slavery in the United States Following the AMerican Revolution Which of the following most directly contributed to the status of Indiana and Ohio Territories as shown on the map?

Passage of the Northwest Ordinance

Harriet Hanson Robinson, Loom and Spindle, 1898 13. The above account best represents a departure from which of the following beliefs about the role of women in the early nineteenth century?

Prevalence of the concept of the "cult of domesticity¨

Picture of a Debtor, attached to a Chain, Next to a Tombstone - "The Result of Interest Bearing Bonds and Sherman" 17. This illustration was likely created in support of

Reform politics and creating strong government oversight of the economy

One major change in the United States politics from the 1820s to the mid-1850s was the

Rise of political parties defined largely by regional interests

Unnamed Passage (About Economic Policy and Hamilton) The controversy over Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's 1790 proposal for the federal government to assume state debts that dated from the Revolutionary War period demonstrates that

Sectional interest between North and South were evident from the very early years of the united states

Which of the following groups would be most likely to support of the Populist party?

Sharecroppers

which of the following was the largest slave rebellion in the British North American colonies prior to the American Revolution?

Stono Rebellion

Which of the following most significantly contributed to the defeat of the British in the Revolutionary War?

The American public's willingness to endure economic shortages and inflation

Virtual Representation, 1775, Cartoon The British political cartoon above can best be seen as depicting

The British government constraining colonial rights

Which part of the Federalist program did Jefferson first stop enforcing and then eliminate?

The Sedition Acts

Federal Edifice Image Which of the following most directly addressed reservations about the process depicted in the image?

The addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

Storming of Fort Wagner, July 8th, 1863 16. The image above best serves as evidence of which of the following?

The changing purpose of the Civil War

"The widespread ownership of property is perhaps the most important single fact about the Americans of the Revolutionary period..." - Edmund Morgan, The Birth of the Republic: 1763-1789, 1992 Which of the following most likely resulted in the period from 1754 to 1776 from the trend described in the previous excerpt?

The colonies began to unite after perceived constraints on the political and economic activities.

"Four score and seven years ago.." - President Abraham Lincoln, Gettsburg Address, July 1863 17. Which of the following actions of the Lincoln administration best exemplified in the quotation above?

The decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Which of the following historical developments contributed most directly to the market revolution?

The emergence of new forms of transportation

Sean Wilentz Historian, "Society, Politics, and the Market Revolution. 1815-1848," published in 1997 10. Which of the following cultural trends and social shifts resulted most directly from the trends described in the excerpt?

The emergence of new ideas about the proper roles of husbands and wives

Henry Knox to George Washington, in American State Papers, Class II: Indian Affairs, July 7, 1789 "The national dignity and justice... should be their friends and fathers." The excerpt above is most clearly a response to

The failure of the Constitution to define the relationship between American Indian tribes and the federal government

Passage from Richard Frethorne, a letter to his parents This letter would be most useful to historians analyzing

The focus on the colonies gaining new sources of labor

"There is every reason to believe, from present appearances..." - Virginia newspaper article from The Staunton Spectator, November 4, 1862 The previous passage was most likely in response to

The greater resources possessed by the North

"The widespread ownership of property is perhaps the most important single fact about the Americans of the Revolutionary period..." - Edmund Morgan, The Birth of the Republic: 1763-1789, 1992 The passage would be most useful as a source of information about which of the following?

The impact of Enlightenment ideas on colonial society.

Testimony of Robert Bent, Colorado rancher, before a US Senate Committee investigating the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, 1867 4. The excerpt above best serves as evidence of which of the following?

The increasing conflict between the US government and American Indians as the country expanded territorially

"There is every reason to believe, from present appearances..." - Virginia newspaper article from The Staunton Spectator, November 4, 1862 12. The previous passage best serves as evidence of which of the following?

The mobilization of economy and society to wage the Civil War

The term "redemption" as used in the Reconstruction era refers to

The post-Reconstruction return of the South to white rule

Passage from Bartolome de Las Casas, 1552 Which of the following MOST DIRECTLY resulted from the change in the Native American population described by Las Casas?

The spanish imported Africans as a new labor source of labor

Map of British- and American-controlled trade, 1750 Based on the map, Which of the following best describes the role of Britain's more northern colonies in the global trade?

They had an export economy based on food products and raw materials.

Between the 16th and 17th centuries which aspect of American Indian and European cultures was most similar

Trade and commerce

During the 1700s, which of the following was the most difficult challenge for most American Indian groups?

Treaty disputes and the seizure of Indian lands

Passage from Richard Frethorne, a letter to his parents Which group of individuals that came to the New World would Richard Frethorne belong?

Unemployable youth sent by his parents

Mexican-American War Land Map 25. The territory that the United States gained as a result of the Mexican-American War

Was largely unsuited to slavery

Seneca Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, 1848 17. The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly challenged the prevailing ideal in the early nineteenth century that

Women should focus on the home and the domestic sphere

The Founding Fathers believed slavery:

Would eventually run its course and die out as an institution.

The cartoonist most likely supported (balloon pic)

government policies favoring corporations