Unit 4 AP Classroom Questions APUSH

Waitman T. Willey, addressing the Virginia State Secession Convention, March 4, 1861 Which of the following conclusions can best be reached based on the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?

Sectional tensions erupted because most Southerners did not support Abraham Lincoln.

Which of the following groups would most likely have supported secession from the United States after the 1860 presidential election? Responses Northern abolitionists Members of the Free Soil Party Southern Democrats Northern Democrats

Southern Democrats

Waitman T. Willey, addressing the Virginia State Secession Convention, March 4, 1861 Evidence in the excerpt most strongly suggests which of the following?

Southern voters viewed the presidential election with contempt.

Which of the following describes a trend in sectional development by 1860 reflected in the data in the graph?

The North was becoming more diverse in its economic activities than the South.

Which of the following differences between the North and the South during the Civil War is depicted in the graph?

The South relied more on plantation agriculture than the North.

James H. Carson, describing life in the early California gold fields, 1848 Which of the following developments most directly led to the activities described in the excerpt?

The acquisition of significant territory following the Mexican-American War

Thomas Nast, "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner," 1869, drawn in support of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Courtesy of the Library of Congress Which of the following developments could best refute the argument expressed in the image?

The conclusion of the Civil War stirred debates over citizenship.

Thomas Hietala, historian, Manifest Design: American Exceptionalism and Empire, 2003 Both authors would most likely suggest that the historical situation described in the excerpts contributed to which of the following?

The continued alteration of Native American culture and society

The industrial resources of the North during the Civil War most likely accounted for which of the following? Responses The Southern reliance on cotton production and export, along with the system of enslaved labor The Confederate strategy that focused on the western theater of operations during the war The willingness of African Americans to fight for the Union cause in the conflict The disadvantage of the Confederacy in access to arms, munitions, and other supplies

The disadvantage of the Confederacy in access to arms, munitions, and other supplies

John C. Calhoun, senator, speech in the United States Senate, 1847 The speech given by Calhoun relates to which of the following?

The effect of regional attitudes on federal policy making

Which of the following developments was most directly connected to the collapse of the Whig Party in United States politics during the 1850s? Responses The escalation of tensions between proslavery and antislavery factions Abraham Lincoln's debates with Stephen Douglas over popular sovereignty The rejection of Manifest Destiny by a growing percentage of American people Disagreement over the constitutionality of federal internal improvements funding

The escalation of tensions between proslavery and antislavery factions

The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was intended to resolve debates about which of the following issues in the 1850s? Responses The increase in immigration The expansion of slavery The fate of the Second Party system The growth of low-wage factory labor

The expansion of slavery

Thomas Nast, "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner," 1869, drawn in support of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Courtesy of the Library of Congress People who shared the views expressed in the image most likely supported which of the following?

The extension of political opportunities to formerly enslaved people

The political party of the era that supported nativist policies was the

- Know-Nothing Party

American settlers first came to Mexico in the early 1830's

- because they could receive a large plot of land for nothing

The Battle of Vicksburg was an important victory for the Union because

- it gave the union virtual control of the Mississippi River

The North held many advantages at the beginning of the Civil war except

- the North occupied more territory than the South

The military draft was unpopular to many in the North because

- the draft allowed those drafted to hire "replacements"

Northerners approved all of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 except:

- the section of the document concerning the Fugitive Slave Act

According to the concept of Manifest Destiny

- westward expansion was the fulfillment of America's destiny

John C. Calhoun, senator, speech in the United States Senate, 1847 Which of the following can be concluded based on the situation in which Calhoun gave this speech?

Americans debated how to integrate conquered territories into the United States.

Which of the following developments in labor systems in the United States before the Civil War is reflected by the data in the graph?

An internal trade in enslaved people spread throughout the South.

Radical Republicans favored all of the following except: a. the governing of the South by military generals b. the impeachment of Andrew Johnson c. the return of former Confederate leaders to the positions of power in teh South d. the election of newly enfranchised blacks to positions in Southern state legislatures

C. the return of former Confederate leaders to the positions of power in the South

President Abraham Lincoln, letter to James Conkling explaining why he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 Lincoln's rhetoric in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following arguments?

Changing the purpose of the war would strengthen the Union cause.

Copperheads were

Democrats in the North who opposed the war

Frederick Douglass to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, 1846 Ideas in the excerpt would most likely have influenced which of the following?

Efforts at assisting enslaved people in escaping from the South

John C. Calhoun, senator, speech in the United States Senate, 1847 The excerpt best provides evidence about which of the following historical situations in the late 1840s?

Growing sectional tensions caused by the Mexican-American War

President Abraham Lincoln, letter to James Conkling explaining why he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 The phrase in the excerpt "Some of them seem willing to fight for you" could most likely be interpreted as having which of the following purposes?

Highlighting the enlistment of formerly enslaved people into the Union army

President Abraham Lincoln, letter to James Conkling explaining why he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?

How Lincoln used executive powers to initiate wartime policy

Thomas Hietala, historian, Manifest Design: American Exceptionalism and Empire, 2003 Which of the following arguments about the Mexican-American War do the excerpts best support?

It generalizes debates over citizenship

Which of the following claims is supported by the arguments made by both Levine and Langguth?

Local political tactics served to deny African Americans their rights.

A. J. Langguth, historian, After Lincoln, 2014 Levine's argument about Reconstruction in the excerpt differs from that of Langguth in that Levine argues

Northern Republicans gradually withdrew their support for Reconstruction policies

James H. Carson, describing life in the early California gold fields, 1848 Which of the following developments resulted most directly from the gold rush described in the excerpt?

People from America, Europe, and Asia migrated to the region.

The Fourteenth Amendment emerged from which of the following contexts? Responses Abolitionists' fears that African Americans would be barred from voting Expectations that formerly enslaved people would run for political office Republican concerns that African Americans would be denied citizenship rights Former Confederate leaders' support for multiple new amendments to the Constitution

Republican concerns that African Americans would be denied citizenship rights

Black Codes were instituted to a. increase black participation in Southern politics during Reconstruction b. increase the effectiveness of the Freedmen's Bureau c. prevent blacks from having certain jobs d. maintain slavery in some sections of the Deep South

c. prevent blacks from having certain jobs

The Fifteenth Amendment a. allowed Southern states to reenter the union b. outlawed slavery c. stated that a person could not be denied the vote because of his color d. said that former Confederate officials could not hold public office.

c. stated that a person could not be denied the vote because of his color

Waitman T. Willey, addressing the Virginia State Secession Convention, March 4, 1861 The excerpt best serves as evidence that, in 1861,

citizens in the Southern states were deeply divided over secession

Thomas Hietala, historian, Manifest Design: American Exceptionalism and Empire, 2003 Greenberg's argument most differs from Hietala's in that Greenberg claims that

most Americans believed that Mexicans in the new territories could not assimilate

Thomas Nast, "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner," 1869, drawn in support of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Courtesy of the Library of Congress The change in society claimed by the artist in the image was most challenged by

the end of Reconstruction

Frederick Douglass to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, 1846 The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?

The growth of the abolition movement in the United States

Frederick Douglass to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, 1846 Rhetoric in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following?

The immediate end to the practice of slavery through legal reform

Which of the following developments most directly related to the increased sectional strife immediately prior to the election of 1860? Responses The addition of territory to the United States through the annexation of California The rise of nativist political groups in Northern urban areas The differing viewpoints over the use of the tariff to protect domestic industry The legal ruling that denied African Americans rights of citizenship

The legal ruling that denied African Americans rights of citizenship

James H. Carson, describing life in the early California gold fields, 1848 The excerpt best reflects the development of which of the following?

The widely held belief that the United States had a right to expand westward

A. J. Langguth, historian, After Lincoln, 2014 Which of the following arguments about Reconstruction policies would both authors most likely disagree with?

With Republicans in retreat, Southern Democrats grew more supportive of Reconstruction policies.

The official reason for impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson was a. he had violated the Tenure of Office Act b. he had violated the Reconstruction Act c. his Reconstruction policies were much too lenient to the South d. he had failed to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1866

a. he had violated the Tenure of Office Act

During the presidential election of 1860

all of the above

European states did not diplomatically recognize the Confederacy in the Civil War because

all of the above

Reconstruction ended as a result of the Compromise of 1877 because a. a presidential mandate ordered that Reconstruction end b. by the provisions of the compromise, the US Army was removed from Southern states c. the new president, Rutherford B Hayes was strongly against the existing Reconstruction policy d. many blacks were now in positions of power in the South, and Reconstruction policies were no longer needed.

b. by the provisions of the compromise, the US Army was removed from Southern states