AP Exam Period 4 1800-1848

Which of the following historical developments of the time period is best reflected in this painting?

(B) The expansion of belief in Manifest Destiny

Which of the following historical developments during the nineteenth century best supports Potter's argument about the underlying cause of sectional conflict?

(B) The increase in economic opportunities in the West

In the 1840s and 1850s, the views expressed by Calhoun most directly contributed to

(B) increased sectional divisions between the North and the South

The "acquisition of a new empire" referenced in the excerpt most directly fostered sectional division through the

(B) renewed debate over the expansion of slavery

This style of painting is representative of

(B) the growth of a national aesthetic, blending European mechanics with American themes.

Which of the following developments in the second half of the nineteenth century best represented the continuation of the ideas expressed in the declaration?

(A) The formation of voluntary organizations and reform efforts

Which of the following most directly contributed to the decision by the United States to fight the Mexican-American War?

(A) The idea of Manifest Destiny

Which of the following explains why young women were such a significant part of the labor force as described in this passage?

(A) They could work for low wages.

Opponents of Garrison's ideas expressed in the excerpt would most likely have argued that

(A) slavery was a positive social institution and should not be changed

Which of the following events could best be interpreted as reflecting the exercise of power depicted in the image?

(B) American Indian removal despite the Supreme Court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia

The ideology that supported the trend depicted in the map is most similar to the ideology that supported which of the following?

(B) Involvement in the Spanish-American War

The creator of the image would most likely agree with which of the following statements?

(B) Jackson's political actions were unconstitutional.

Which of the following most directly undermines Calhoun's assertions?

(B) Many slaves engaged in forms of resistance to slavery.

The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly challenged the prevailing ideal in the early nineteenth century that

(B) women should focus on the home and the domestic sphere

The trend shown in the map led most directly to which of the following?

(C) Increasing divisions between North and South because of questions about the status of slavery in new territories

Which of the following groups would have been most likely to support Calhoun's views expressed in the excerpt?

(C) Southern landowners

Many supporters of the declaration in 1848 broke ranks with which of the following groups by the 1870s?

(C) Supporters of the Fifteenth Amendment

The type of views expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from which of the following trends?

(C) The Second Great Awakening

Which of the following changes in American society during the first half of the nineteenth century is best reflected in this passage?

(C) The transition among many Americans from agricultural to industrial work

The growth of production methods as described in the passage most directly contributed to conflicts between

(C) the working class and emerging business leaders.

All of the following groups would have been likely to agree with the image's depiction of Andrew Jackson EXCEPT

(C) western farmers who opposed the national bank

The excerpt was likely to have found the most support among which of the following groups?

(D) Advocates for women's rights

In the mid-nineteenth century, the process shown in the map was advocated by supporters of which of the following ideologies?

(D) Manifest Destiny

Which of the following was a common justification in the United States for the trend depicted in the map?

(D) The belief in White cultural and political superiority

Which of the following most directly helped maintain the "balance between the northern and southern parts of the United States" before the Mexican-American War referenced in the excerpt?

(D) The passage of the Missouri Compromise

As the prevalence of a manufacturing system described in the passage increased, middle-class women

(D) found their role at home glorified and increasingly separated from their family's economic interests.

A person who agreed with Garrison's views expressed in the excerpt would most likely have advocated

(D) immediate emancipation of enslaved people