Unit 4 APUSH Practice Multiple Choice Questions

Which phrase by Burleigh best addresses the motives of the largest number of immigrants coming to the United States during the years from 1816 to 1848?

"good pay for labor"

Which of the following treaties is correctly matched with its description?

Adams-Onis Treaty -- acquired Florida from Spain

Which person would most strongly disagree with Jefferson's statement, "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists'?

Alexander Hamilton

Support for the bill would have been consistent with support for which of the following?

American System

Which of the following reinforced the message that Burleigh was sending to the people who wanted to move to America?

American System

Monroe counted on which of the following European nations to be an ally if any nation challenged the Monroe Doctrine?

Britain

Tecumseh believed that which of the following would be the best way for the American Indians to respond to the desire of white settlers for land?

Forming a confederacy among all American Indians

Who was the famous black abolitionist who wrote an autobiography of his/her former life as a slave?

Frederick Douglass

The opposition to foreigners is most similar to the view that many had toward which of the following in America at this time?

Free African Americans

Jefferson's call to avoid entangling alliances is similar to the advice of?

George Washington

Based on the tone of the excerpt, which of the statements below best expresses German's position on declaring war in June of 1812?

He opposed going to war because he did not believe the country was prepared for one

Which of the following individuals would be most critical of Van Buren's economic policy as presented in this excerpt?

Henry Clay

American System by _________ consisted of____________

Henry Clay; strong banking system, easy abundant credit, protective tariff for manufacturing, network of roads and canals

Which of the following caused the movement described in the excerpt?

Immigration

As described in this excerpt, which of the following would be a benefit to business owners from having a union?

Individuals would develop better skills

During the 1840's and 1850's, which set of immigrant groups arrived in unprecedented numbers, resulting in a nativist backlash in popular culture?

Irish and Germans Explanation: Irish were escaping potato crop failures and famine. Germans were escaping economic hardships and the failure of democratic revolutions in Germany. So many immigrants were crowding the cities = backlash from native-born Americans

Which of the following statements best describes the Lowell system?

It involved using mill girls from rural areas to work in textile factories Explanation: Lowell Mill Girls used their wages to help support their families

Which of the following was NOT true about the 1820 Missouri Compromise?

It successfully kept the issue of slavery from becoming a national debate until just a few years before the Civil War Explanation: This was one of the first instigators of tension between the North and South on the issue of slavery. They basically drew a line (36°30') between slave and free states. It also incited many, many heated debates over emancipation

Which of the following best describes the Monroe Doctrine?

It was an American pronouncement to European countries not to interfere with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere Explanation: Basically, it told all the other countries not to try to colonize anything in the Western Hemisphere (i.e. North America, Central America, and South America)

Who of the following provided the strongest influence on President Monroe in the writing of the Monroe Doctrine?

John Quincy Adams

Which of the following is or are most similar to the statement in the excerpt?

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

According to Jefferson's address, which of the following should be relied on to protect equal rights for all people?

Laws

The first free public education system in the United States began in which of the following colonies?

Massachusetts

Who of the following would be most likely to agree with German's position on the war?

Merchants from New England

Which best explains why the American people were so supportive of the Monroe Doctrine?

Nationalism

As described in this excerpt, which individual or body makes the final decision on whether a law is valid in a state?

States

Which person or group most strongly advocated sending enslaved blacks to Africa as an answer to the problem of slavery?

The American Colonization Society Explanation: That was this organization's goal; remember, colonization = Africa

Which of the following movements, glorifying women's role as homemakers, resulted in part from the increasing separation between home and the workplace brought on by industrialization?

The Cult of Domesticity Explanation: When men took jobs outside the home to work for salaries in an office or factory, they were absent most of the time. The women in the household had to then become the moral leaders of the family.

Which of the following early American political parties most vocally championed the "common man," welcomed immigrants, and benefited from the expansion of voting rights to most white males?

The Democrats Explanation: Democrats in general because they were at one point one large group that eventually split into the National Democrats and Democratic-Republicans. Also, it was originally democrats vs federalists

Which of the following connected the Great Lakes to the East Coast and fueled the economic rise of New York City?

The Erie Canal Explanation: Think Lake Erie = Great Lakes

In which of the following areas were political debates LEAST affected by regional and sectional differences in the first half of the 19th century?

The expansion of white male suffrage Explanation: Empowerment of the common white man

Which of the following developments LEAST strengthened the increasing economic linkage of the North and the Midwest during the antebellum era?

The spread of plantation agriculture Explanation: No plantations in the North

What did the Hartford Convention, the nullification crisis, and some Marshall Court decisions all have in common?

They illustrated attempts by the federal gov't to assert greater control over the states and the resistance those attempts created Explanation: Basically, states rights vs federal rights

Which of the following groups held views most similar to the ideas expressed in this excerpt?

Transcendentalists

Which of the following groups provided the greatest support for Jackson's veto of the Bank?

Westerners

President Jackson's veto of the Bank bill would contribute most significantly to?

a financial panic

The development of which of the following best demonstrates the growing power of the nativist movement in the mid 19th century?

a political party

John C Calhoun defended slavery as

a positive good

irish immigrants settled

along the east coast

Which of the following was the immediate cause of the publication of the statement in this excerpt?

an increase in the tariff passed by Congress

Based on the excerpt, which of the following groups was President Jackson trying to help?

common individuals

The crop that best fits Downing's description as one of "the great staples" in mid 19th century America was?

cotton

concerns in Thomas Jefferson's letter to John Holmes (doc) can be best understood in the context of

debates over extension of slavery into the west

Stevens believes public education would provide support for?

democratic government

what were results of antebellum technological innovations such as textile machinery, steam engine, telegraph, interchangeable parts, etc?

expanded size and scope of domestic markets, increased industrial output and worker productivity, revolution in farming and agriculture, DID NOT heighten isolation of rural americans

Van Buren believed that the strength of the American economy was based on?

farmers and planters

Thoreau believed that a just man should be prepared to do which of the following?

go to jail for his beliefs

Thoreau challenged the government because?

he opposed war in all cases

One of the primary reasons to form a union during this period was to?

improve working conditions

what was the impact of cash crops in the south

increased political power in south because they were able to wield congress+ economic growth

Stevens disagrees with those who oppose free public education because?

it will result in increased taxes

The Indian Removal Act of 1830...

led to the infamous Trail of Tears

Tecumseh objected to the treaty selling Indian land because he thought?

no individual or single tribe had the right to sell the land

Opposition to the proposed American System of internal improvements was a result of...

regional interests overriding national concerns Explanation: The pro-states-righters argued that the federal gov't didn't have the power to fund the building of roads and canals, and it was up to each state to determine its internal improvements

what led to antebellum era reform movements

second great awakening, belief in human perfectbility, and liberal european social ideas

what was an issue in regards to western expansion

slavery

In the 1830s and 1840s, the section of the United States most affected by immigration was the?

states west of the Allegheny Mountains

Sojourner Truth saw connection between the women's rights movement and?

the antislavery movement

Which of the following is the best support for German's claim that the United States has "abundant cause for war"?

the impressment of U.S. sailors

Thomas Jefferson's letter to John Holmes (doc) was written in response to

the passage of the missouri compromise

Sojourner Truth strongly rejects criticisms of women that are based on which of the following?

the teachings of religion

Workers in the 1820s faced difficulty because of problems with?

transportation

Commercial farming expanded rapidly in the Northwest by mid century primarily because of?

transportation improvements

Based on the voting patterns shown in the chart, support for federal funding for internal improvements was strongest in?

undeveloped regions

All of the following are true of the Tariff of 1828 EXCEPT it...

was ultimately ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court Explanation: Even though there was a lot of controversy, the Supreme Court ruled the Nullification Acts unconstitutional, not the tariffs