AP US History Possible MC Semester 1 Final
Which of the following best explains the impact of the system depicted here on African Americans?
African Americans continued to experience social and economic exploitation
Which groups most strongly opposed Washington's point of view?
Democratic-Republicans
Which of the following factors affected Native Americans is directly implied but not stated in this excerpt?
European diseases were killing millions of Native Americans
What was the major impact of the introduction of sugar in the New world?
It led to the development of race based-labor system
Based on the excerpt, what US president would Thoreau have opposed politically?
James Polk
Which is or are most similar to the statement in the excerpt?
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Which US Supreme Court ruling, though not yet handed down, would most constitutionalize black's second-class status?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Winthrop suggests that Polk's slogan "Fifty-four Forty or Fight was based mainly on which of the following attitudes?
Polk hoped to get political benefit
To which politicians is Clay directing the last line of the excerpt?
Southerns who were threatening to secede
Which one of the following best explains why the colonists created this document in 1765?
The British made renewed efforts to consolidate their rule of the colonies and reap the economic benefits of imperial control
Ultimately Henry Clay's omnibus version failed to pass thru congress. Why?
a majority of senators and representatives could find at least some things they opposed in the bill, so they voted against it entirely
The passage above most directly reveals the impact of colonial thinking of ideas based on
a republican form of government as celebrated by enlightenment philosophers
Which part of the compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the North?
admitting California as a free state
Horses, which came to the New World in the Columbian Exchange,
allowed Spanish conquerors to easily prevail over the Native Americans they encountered
What was the immediate cause of the publication of the statement in his excerpt?
an increase in the tariff passed by congress
Which of the following developed during Reconstruction to provide direct support and support self-determination for those freed from slavery?
black churches
Which of the following would in part cause douglass' view that for African- Americans citizenship os but a sham"?
black codes
the passage above reveals that
colonial merchants and officials resisted royal barriers of free trade
the passage above most directly reflects which attempted by England toward colonies?
controlling and regulating trade thru mercantilist laws
The concerns expressed by Washington were a response to the
controversy regarding support for the revolutionary government of France
Which of the following best explains the underlying cause of the Spanish actions described by Las Casas?
desire for wealth
What was the primary impact of the decision delivered by Justice Bradley included above?
efforts to promote social equality stalled for nearly a century
TO what amendment does Justice Bradley refer in this passage?
fourteenth amendment
Thoreau believed that just man should be prepared to do which of the following
go to jail for his beliefs
Which of the following most strongly contributed to the problems that led to actions described in this passage?
government support for transportation monopolies
the seventeenth-century trade regulations referenced in the passage above were passed as a result of which of the following
growing competition from European colonial powers
Which of the following documents encouraged church membership in the Massachusetts Bay colony?
halfway covenant
How did President Jackson react to South Carolina's motion
he supported the passage of the Force Bill
In harmony with sentiments expressed in the excerpt above which of the following does NOT represent the view of Prime Minister Grenville after the French and Indian War?
he wanted to reward the colonies through his extension of "salutary neglect"
The sugar act of 1764 represented a major shift in British policy toward the colonies that,
levied taxes aimed at raising revenue rather than regulating trade
the passage above reveals that, by 1765 most colonists
maintained allegiance to the British crown
Which of the following conflicts of the 1840s is most directly revealed by the cartoon above?
nativists sought to limit the political power of immigrants, whom they saw as a debasing influence on society
which of the following strategies would prove to be the most effective for the group described in the passage?
organized political parties
Henry Clay believed
passage of the compromise would protect people's rights and make the union stronger
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the South?
passing a new fugitive slave Law
The puritans believed that freedom to practice religion should be extended to
puritans only
Which of the following groups would disagree most with Justice Bradley's opinion?
radical republicans
Which best describes an example of how the "constitution and its righteous laws." according to Douglass, provide hope for the "colored people of this country"?
reconstruction act of 1867
As described, what makes the final decision on whether a law is valid in a state ?
states
This scene was caused most directly by
the North's lack of resolve to protect social and economic rights for Africa Americans
What was the major environmental effect of the transfer of livestock, such as pigs
the animals sparked deadly epidemics because of the diseases they carried
Which of the following was the most dramatic demographic effect of the Columbian Exchange on the New World?
the destruction of 90% of the Natives because of disease
strong support in the South for the arguments made by Pinkey in this passage would most immediately lead to
the growth of a distinctive, regional identity based partly on ideas about slavery
The primary audience that Las Casas hoped to influence by his writing was
the monarch of spain
Based on the context of his remarks, Col. Mason would most likely receive support for his position on this issue in
the north
Puritan emigration from England came to near halt between the years 1649 and 1660 because, during that period
the puritans controlled the English government
consistent with the excerpt above, Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay in 1636 for advocating
the separation of church and state
The persistence of the economic system depicted here can be explained by
the social condition of the south
Which of the following best explains like the one revealed by the cartoonist's perspective were more common in the nineteenth century?
the surge in international migrants and their settlement in major cities increased the hostility of nativists.
Which of the following details would most greatly have magnified the sentiments depicted in the cartoon?
the tendency among immigrants to live in concentrated ethnic communities
Which of the following did Winthrop offer as a final way to settle the Oregon question?
the two countries should submit their claims to arbitration
President Polk accepted compromise with Britain on the Oregon dispute because
the united states was facing problems with Mexico
which group held views most similar to the ideas expressed by thoreau
transcendentalists