APUSH Unit 5 Practice Exam Questions & Answers

(Excerpt A): ...In the meantime we have tried every effort at reconciliation. The cup of forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil. She has proclaimed that hostilities have commenced, and that the two nations are now at war. As war exists, and, notwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights, and the interests of our country. -President James K. Polk, War Message to Congress, May 11, 1846 Expansionist sentiments like those expressed by President Polk were motivated by all of the following factors EXCEPT: A. Claims of white racial superiority B. Sense of American cultural superiority C. Assertion of U.S. power in the Western Hemisphere D. Respect of Mexican sovereignty

D

(Excerpt C) The excerpt was likely to have found the most support among which of the following groups? A. Southern planters seeking to preserve slavery B. White yeoman farmers who fought for the Confederacy C. Northern abolitionists wanting the immediate end to slavery D. Supporters of the Union seeking added purpose to the Civil War

D

(Excerpt C) The statement above comes from the A. Kansas-Nebraska Act B. Missouri Compromise C. Thirteenth Amendment D. Emancipation Proclamation

D

(Excerpt D): ...Disloyalty...of any kind was a punishable offense...If a newspaper promulgated disloyal sentiments, the paper was suppressed and the editor imprisoned. If a clergyman was disloyal in prayer or sermon, or if he failed to utter a prescribed prayer, he was liable to be treated in the same manner, and was sometimes so treated. A learned and eloquent Lutheran clergyman came to me for advice because he had been summoned before the provost marshal for saying that a nation which incurred a heavy debt in the prosecution of war laid violent hands on the harvests of the future; but his offense was condoned, because it appeared that he had referred to the "Thirty Years' War" and had no direct reference to the debt of the United States, and perhaps for a better reason - that he had strong Republican friends among his congregation. -Baltimore and the Nineteenth of April, 1861: A study of the War by George William Brown, Chief Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore and Mayor of the City in 1861 The situations described in the passage most clearly relate to A. Support for Radical Reconstruction planning B. The success of Confederate strategy in mobilizing popular support C. Republican support for the Confederate cause D. Union concern over the allegiance of the border states

D

The change depicted in the map had which of the following effects? A. Rejecting the will of the people in determining the extension of slavery B. Affirming the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson C. Resolving all subsequent debate regarding the extension of slavery D. Reversing key components of the Missouri Compromise

D

(Excerpt A) Polk's statement in the excerpt most directly led to which of the following controversies? A. Conflicts over the potential expansion of slavery in newly-acquired territories from war B. Resistance to an aggressive policy of industrial development in the South C. Widespread calls for civil rights for those living in the contested territories D. Disputes over the environmental harms resulting from war

A

(Excerpt B): The next question propounded to me by Mr. Lincoln is, can the people of a Territory in any lawful way, against the wishes of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from their limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution? I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer a hundred times from every stump in Illinois, that in my opinion the people of a Territory can, by lawful means, exclude slavery from their limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution...no matter what the decision of the Supreme Court may be on that abstract question, still the right of the people to make a slave Territory or a free Territory is perfect and complete under the Nebraska bill. I hope Mr. Lincoln deems my answer satisfactory on that point. -Stephen Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois, "Freeport Doctrine," 1858 Stephen Douglas's views expressed in the excerpt most directly supported which of the following? A. The right of citizens within a territory to determine the future status of slavery B. The right of slavery to exist anywhere in the United States C. The need to abolish slavery in newly-acquired territories D. Advocacy of the non-extension of slavery

A

(Excerpt C) Which of the following developments after the Civil War best represented continuation of the ideas expressed in the statement? A. Passage of the Thirteenth Amendment B. Passage of the Fourteenth Amendment C. Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment D. End of Reconstruction

A

(Excerpt D) The aforementioned events most clearly reflect which of the following continuities in United States history? A. Tensions between liberty and authority B. The changing relationship among the branches of the federal government C. The competition for territory and resources D. The expansion of religious freedom and toleration

A

(Excerpt E): And be it further enacted, That when a person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the United States, has heretofore or shall hereafter escape into another State or Territory of the United States, the person or persons to whom such service or labor may be due, or his, her, or their agent or attorney, duly authorized, by power of attorney, in writing, acknowledged and certified under the seal of some legal officer or court of the State or Territory in which the same may be executed, may pursue and reclaim such fugitive person, either by procuring a warrant from some one of the courts, judges, or commissioners aforesaid, of the proper circuit, district, or county, for the apprehension of such fugitive from service or labor, or by seizing and arresting such fugitive, where the same can be done without process, and by taking, or causing such person to be taken, forthwith before such court, judge, or commissioner, whose duty it shall be to hear and determine the case of such claimant in a summary manner... -Fugitive Slave Act, 1850 One of the immediate effects of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was A. The passage of "personal liberty laws" in northern state B. The pronouncement by Senator John Calhoun that slavery was a "necessary good" C. The beginning of "Bleeding Kansas" D. The start of the Underground Railroad

A

Which of the following groups would have most likely support the change reflected in the map? A. Northern Democrats B. White wage workers C. White yeoman farmers D. Abolitionists

A

(Excerpt A) Polk's message was likely to have found the most support among which of the following groups? A. Northern Whigs opposed to the extension of slavery B. Southern planters seeking increased access to arable soil C. White industrial workers seeking greater economic opportunities D. Abolitionists seeking expansion of non-slave territory

B

(Excerpt B) The views expressed by Douglas most directly emerged from which of the following trends? A. Weakened loyalties to the two major parties over the issue of tariff B. Strengthened support for the second party system because of clear contrast over the issue of slavery C. Weakened support for the second party system over the issues of slavery and anti-immigrant nativism D. The decline of sectional parties that could not find supporters regarding the controversies over slavery and anti-immigrant nativism

B

(Excerpt B) What long-term trend was most directly influenced by the views expressed by Douglas? A. The demise of the Democratic Party B. The emergence of the Republican Party C. The resurgent support of the Whig Party D. The return of the Federalist Party

B

(Excerpt C): And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons. -Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863 Which of the following was the most immediate result of the statement above? A. Abolition of slavery throughout the United States B. Ending of slavery in those territories under Confederate control C. Arming of all escaped slave D. Ending of slavery in those territories under Union control

B

The pattern depicted in map is the direct political result of: A. Dred Scott decision B. Kansas-Nebraska Act C. Compromise of 1850 D. Missouri Compromise

B

(Excerpt D) The controversy highlighted in the passage above most directly led to A. Improvements in the Union's military leadership B. Enlisting African Americans in the Union Army C. The establishment of martial law in some areas D. The opening of political opportunities for former slaves

C

(Excerpt E) Reaction in the North to the Fugitive Slave Act was similar to American reaction to which of the following? A. Pronouncement of the Monroe Doctrine B. The outcome of Bacon's Rebellion C. The passage of the Stamp Act D. The Glorious Revolution

C

(Excerpt E) Which of the following was written as a response to the Fugitive Slave Act and raised awareness of the treatment of slaves in the South? A. The Liberator by William Lloyd Garrison B. An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World by David Walker C. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe D. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

C