APUSH Chapter 20 hw

The issuing of documents such as the proclamation generally had which of the following effects? A accumulating support for the theory of slavery as a positive good B encouraging armed rebellions by enslaved people in the south C Increasing the visibility of organized opposition to slavery D improving relations between native-born residents and recent Catholic immigrants

Increasing the visibility of organized opposition to slavery

Which of the following most directly undermines Calhoun's assertions? A many slaves adopted elements of Christianity B Many slaves engaged in forms of resistance to slavery C Abolitionist societies encountered difficulty organizing in Southern states D A majority of White Southerners were not slaveholders

Many slaves engaged in forms of resistance to slavery

The excerpt was likely to have found the most support among which of the following groups? A Immigrants from ireland B Members from Congress C Justices on the Supreme Court D Advocates for Women's rights

Advocates for women's rights

Which of the following was a direct effect of the trend in immigration after 1845 shown on the graph? A an increase in sectional tensions B a major economic downturn C An upsurge in nativist sentiment D the collapse of the second party system

An upsurge in nativist sentiment

The sentiments expressed in the proclamation would have been most widely condemned by White residents of A Coastal South Carolina B northern California C Western New York D western Virginia

Coastal South Carolina

Which of the following was a significant cause of the trend from 1843 to 1854 shown in the graph? A active encouragement of migration by the US government B Economic and political difficulties in Germany and Ireland C incentives offered by US companies looking to hire skilled migrants D adoption of free trade policies by European governments

Economic and political difficulties in Germany and Ireland

The migrants represented by the graph most typically settled in which of the following regions of the United States? A Northeast B Southeast C Southwest D West Coast

Northeast

Which of the following groups would have been most likely to support Calhoun's views expressed in the excerpt? A members of nativist political parties B members of the Whig party C Southern landowners D Northern industrialists

Southern landowners

Many supporters of the declaration of 1848 broke ranks with which of the following groups by the 1870s? A Social Darwinists B Supporters of Southern secession and states' rights C Supporters of the Fifteenth Amendment D Isolationists

Supporters of the Fifteenth Amendment

The main trend shown in the graph was most directly associated with which of the following processes occurring in the United States at the time? A the convergence of European and American cultures B The emergence of an industrialized economy C the displacement of American Indians from the southeast D the resurgence of evangelical protestantism

The emergence of an industrialized economy

The proclamation most clearly provides evidence for which of the following? A The spreading of violence associated with the Kansas-Nebraska act B The failure of the Compromise of 1850 to lessen sectional tensions C The abolitionist roots of the Republican Party D The absence of racism in antebellum New England

The failure of the Compromise of 1850 to lessen sectional tensions

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 B Women's support for the Social Gospel C Support for outlawing the production and sale of alcohol D A movement focused on religious revivals and personal conversion

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 B the overcultivation of land in the southeast C the efforts of the federal government to assert authority over American Indians D The economic competition that emerged during the market revolution

The idea of Manifest Destiny

Which of the following historical developments during the nineteenth century best supports Potter's argument about the underlying cause of sectional conflict? A The expansion of voting rights for White males B the increase in economic opportunities in the West C The influx of Irish and German immigrants to Northern cities D The increasing prominence of the Whig Party in national politics

The increase in economic opportunities in the west

which of the following most directly helped maintain the northern and southern parts of the United States' before the Mexican-American War referenced in the excerpt? A The federal government's policies on a national bank and tariffs B The emergence of reform movements during the Second Great Awakening C The outlawing of the international slave trade D The passage of the Missouri Compromise

The passage of the Missouri Compromise

The type of views expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from which of the following trends? A Growing nativism B opposition to industrialization C The second great awakening D support for the idea of manifest destiny

The second great awakening

A person who agreed with Garrison's views expressed in the excerpt would most likely have advocated A paying slaveholders to gradually free enslaved people B encouraging free Black people to migrate to Africa C The preservation of the Missouri Compromise D immediate emancipation of enslaved people

immediate emancipation of enslaved people

In the 1840s and 1850s, the views expressed by Calhoun most directly contributed to A the US acquision of new territory in the west B increased sectional divisions between the north and the south C the development of sharecropping and tenatn farming in the south D the rise of voluntary organizations to promote religious reform

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 A extension of trade westward toward Asia B renewed debate over the expansion of slavery C rise of anti-immigrant sentiment D decline of the Democratic party

renewed debate over the expansion of slavery

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 B Garrison was too conservative in his vision of social change C new discoveries about racial equality had made Garrison's ideas obsolete D African Americans were already guaranteed basic rights

slavery was a positive social institution and should not be changed

The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly challenged the prevailing ideal in the early nineteenth century that A women should enjoy full and equal rights B women should focus on the home and the domestic sphere C the ability of women to earn wages was a positive development D women should educated their children about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship

women should focus on the home and the domestic sphere