apush first semester mcq

all of the following groups of the non-english colonist migrated into the british north american colonies in large numbers throughout the eighteenth century except a) germans b) russions c) scots d) irish

b) russians

which of the following contributed most directly to the change in the number of Africans transported to the new world after 1800? a) the emergence of a more industrial economy in the great Britain and the united states b) The outlawing of the international slave trade by Great Britain and the United States c) the increased resistance to slavery within african nations d) the influence of major slave rebellions in haiti and elsewhere

b) The outlawing of the international slave trade by Great Britain and the United States

the battle of antietam, september 17, 1862, is considered pivotal to the outcome of the civil war because it a) represented the union's deepest thrust into southern territory b) forestalled the possibility of european intervention c) resulted in the border states joining the confederacy d) marked the first use of black troops by the union army e) confirmed george mcclellan's status as the leading union general

b) forestalled the possibility of european intervention

the sons of liberty initiated the boston tea party in direct response to a) the removal of british troops from massachusetts during the french and indian war b) parliament's passage of the intolerable acts c) British efforts to protect the east India company from bankruptcy d) British attacks on colonial troops at liexington and concord e) lord hillsborough's decision to dissolve the massachusetts assembly

b) parliament's passage of the intolerable acts

the most important factor in andrew jackson's successful bid for the presidency in 1828 was his a) choice of john c. calhoun as his running mate b) reputation as a hero of the war of 1812 c) commitment to broad-based social reform d) reputation as an intellectual thinker and writer e) extensive experience in elective office

b) reputation as a war hero

the national identity described in the excerpt most strongly reflects the influence of which of the following? a) european precedents along with an american national culture b) the english feudal system in which lords and landowners dominated vassals and farmers c) independence movements and revolutions in europe and latin america d) antislavery activism in the inited stated and europe

a) european precedents along with an american national culture (lol idk)

which of the following contributed most to the american victory in the revolution a) french military and financial assistance b) the failure of loyalists to participate i military action c) a major american military victory at valley forge d) support from the french canadians

a) french military and financial assistance

a distinguishable feature of american society in the early nineteenth century was the a) increasing readership of newspapers b) lack enthusiasm for religious reform c) embrace of an aristocratic history d) creation of original forms of art and architecture e) dislike of voluntary associations

a) increasing readership of newspapers

colonial cities functioned primarily as a) mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported goods b) placed were most poor immigrants settled and worked as independent artisans c) centers where large scale financial and banking operations were conducted d) placed to whcih wage earners commuted from numerous surrounding communities e) centers of light manufacturing

a) mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported goods

the table most directly suggests which of following developments by 1749? a) native americans refused to purchase british goods in order to achieve self-sufficiency b) plantation owners began to rely on indentured servants to produce valuable cash crops c) colonists became increasingly vulnerable to the reansmission of epidemic diseases such as smallpox d) the british established increasingly extensive trade networks to provide goods to its colonies

a) native americans refused to purchase british goods in order to achieve self-sufficiency (idk lol)

which of the following factors most directly contradicted adams' theory about the revolution? a) the existence of considerable loyalist opposite to the patriot cause b) the existence of significant social and economic divisions within the colonies c) the importance of colonial militay victories in bringing about independence d) the importance of support from euoprean allies in defeating the british

a) the existence of considerable loyalist opposite to the patriot cause

anti-immigrant nativism of the 1840s and 1850s had the most in common with which of the following earlier developments? a) the passage of the alien and sedition acts (1798), which limited rights for foreign-born residents b) the conflict between patriots and loyalists during the American revolution c) the persecution of religious dissenters in the Massachusetts bay colony d) the signing of the treaty of Greenville (1794) that ended the wars between the united states and native American in the northwest territory

a) the passage of the alien and sedition acts (1798), which limited rights for foreign-born residents (idk)

which of the following is the most likely reason why adams dates the beginning of the american revolution to the 1760s? a) the renewed efforts by great britain to consolidate imperial control over the colonies b) the forging of american indian political alliances with europeans powers c) increased involvement of colonial merchants in the atlantic economy d) the expansion of the colonial population into the interior of the continent

a) the renewed efforts by great britain to consolidate imperial control over the colonies

the pattern depicted on the graph from 1450 to 1800 best serves as evidence of which of the following? a) the replacement of indigenous labor and indentured servitude by enslaved african in new world colonies b) the development of varied system of racial categorization in european colonies c) the effectiveness of the abolitionist movement in europe and the americans d) the susceptibility of enslaved population to the new world diseases

a) the replacement of indigenous labor and indentured servitude by enslaved african in new world colonies

the compromise of 1877 resulted in a) the withdrawal of federal troops from the south b) apportionment of seats in the house of representatives c) the implementation of the first income tax

a) the withdrawal of federal troops from the south

the belief by some americans that the civil war was a "rich man's war but a poor man's fight" was reflected in a) sherman's march to atlanta b) the draft riots in new york city c) lincoln's suspensions of habeas corpus in the south d) thoreau's denunciation of the war e) john brown's raid on harpers ferry

b) the draft riots in new york city

which of the following statements would an abolitionist claim supported the ideas expressed in the expert a) southern states had the authority to restrict free african americans from owning firearms b) the immortality of slavery had a widespread corrupting effect on southern culture c) the constitution held that enslaved people were legally considered property d) southern interests depended on the labor of enslaved people, while the contributions of poor white citizens were minimal

b) the immortality of slavery had a widespread corrupting effect on southern culture

The belief by some Americans that the Civil War was "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight" was reflected in

b?

an important consequence of the "tariff of abominations" (1828) is that it led to the a) taxation of consumer items b) reelection of andrew jackson c) enunciation of the doctrine of nullification d) alliance of southern planters and western farmers e) expansion of the new england textile industry

c) enunciation of doctrine of nullification

the map above shows the united states immediately following the a) passage of the northwest ordinance b) negotiation of the adams-onis treaty c) passage of the missouri compromise d) settlement of the meixican war e) passage of the compromise of 1850

c) passage of the missouri compromise

which of the following aspects of life in the united states in the early nineteenth century most likely influenced adams' recollection of the revolutionary events? a) the rapid development of the market revolutions b) the development of national culture and national identity c) the growing popularity of the manifest destiny d) the rapid growth of a mass democracy

c) the growing popularity of the manifest destiny (idk)

as originally ratified, the United States Constitution provided for a) political parties b) a president candidate c) the direct election of senators d) an electoral college e) a two-term presidential limit

d

which of the following was the outcome of the columbian exchange? a) the life expectancy of the native americans increased b) horses and smallpox were introduced in europe c) sugar and rice were introduced in africa d) the diets of europeans improved e) the population of europe decreased

d) the diets of europeans improved

in which of the following british north american colonies was slavery legally established by the early 1700s? a) the southern colonies only b) the middle and southern colonies only c) the tobacco and rice-growing colonies only d) all colonies except pennsylvania and the new england colonies e) all the colonies

e) al the colonies

which of the following statements about african american soldiers during the civil war is correct? a) they were primarily engaged in military campaigns west of the mississippi b) they were limited to noncombat duty c) they were barred from receiving awards for valor in combat d) for most of the war, they were paid less than white soldiers of equal rank e) for most of the war, they were led by african american offices

e) for most of the war, they were led by african american offices

which of the following statements about conditions under slavery is best supported by the passage above? a) slaves had no opportunity to develop their own culture and society b) slaves commonly formed settlements of their own away from the plantations c) slaves lived entirely independently of their masters d) slaves frequently associated with free black people e) slaves maintained social networks among kindred and friends despite forced separations

e) slaves maintained social networks among kindred and friends despite forced separations

which of the following factors contributed most directly to the views expressed in the excerpt a) the limitations placed on the federal government by the articles of confederation b) the fear of excessive centralized authority c) the efforts made to increase economic growth in the new nation d) the desire to settle new territory controlled by american indians

lol b? the fear of excessive centralized authority

the author argues that emancipation in norhtern states occurred a) as a result of supreme court rulings b) through amendments to the state constitutions c) over a long period of time d) in response to widespread protests

lol c? over a long period of time