APUSH Final Semester 1
One of the effects for founding New England was a
Close-knit homogenous society
Bacon's Rebellion was situated in the context of what broader tension of Chesapeake Virginia in the 1600s?
Competition for choke land between European settlers and Native Americans
The New England economy depended heavily on:
Fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce
The rights of Africans in the British Southern colonies were
Gradually restricted until slavery was both permanent and hereditary condition
New York and Pennsylvania were similar in that they both:
Had ethnically mixed populations
Iroquois leader who helped his nation revive its old customs
Handsome Lake
(15-16) The document was most likely a reaction to which of the following events
Inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Act as part of the compromise of 1850
(Dred Scott v Sanford 1857) What effect did the above ruling have on previous American legislation regarding slavery?
It declared the provisions of Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
Jefferson drew upon the concepts of
John Locke's concepts as he drafted the Declaration of Independence.
(Excerpts from the Republican Party Platform) These Republican party came into being in response to which event?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Support for the above statement on the Middle Colonies can be best seen in
Lack of state religion in Pennsylvania
(NY tribune 1856 & Fugitive Slave Act) Weyma wrote this poem in response to
Legislation that provided for popular sovereignty in the territory of Kansas
Region inhabited by Cheyenne, Crow, Blackfeet characterized
Nomadic movement of peoples seeking resources
(NY tribune 1856 & Fugitive Slave Act) The actions described in both excerpts would provide outrage from which of the following groups?
Northern abolitionists
A fundamental grievance of Bacon's was his:
Realization of widening wealth gap between landowners and former indentured servants seeking lands
(Abe Lincoln's "A House Divided") The compromise made in the Kansas-Nebraska Act served to increase sectional tensions by
Repealing the Missouri Compromise
(13-14) The subject of this handbill contributed to the emergence of which political party?
Republican
Virginia Charter guaranteed that English settlers in New World
Return rights of Englishmen
After his 1st voyage, Chris Columbus believed he had
Sailed to the East Indies
(15-16) What was the long term impact of the agitation encouraged by this poster?
Secession of South Carolina and subsequent southern states
Main purpose of alien and sedition acts
Silence and to punish federalists
(Excerpts from the Republican Party Platform) Provision 8 of the party platform reflects the Republican position that
Slavery should not be allowed to extend into new territories
Nullification "would haunt the nation later" over
South Carolina's protest of tariffs
The best example of resistance to the institution pictured above was:
Stono Rebellion
(Excerpts from the Republican Party Platform) Provision 7 of the party platform was most likely in response to which event?
The Dred Scott decision
The need for cheap labor in the colonies was created by:
The Southern colonies' dependency on cash crops
A major change occurring in religion during time period
The authority of ministers were challenged
The people in the above diagram were often sent to the new colonies because of:
A decrease in the number of indentured servants coming to American colonies from England
The rebellion that ensued following Bacon's statement led to
A distrust of former indentured servants
The movement of slaves from Africa to the British colonies expanded in the mid-1600s due to
A reduction on the number of indentured servants
(23-24) This political cartoon reflected Northern anger because they still held to the belief that the issue had been settled by which of the following?
The creation of a slavery line demarcation as part of the Missouri Compromise
(South Carolina's declaration of the causes of secession) The sentiments expressed in the excerpt above were most directly a result of which of the following?
The election of Lincoln in 1860
The preaching described in the excerpt is an example of which of the following developments in the 1700s?
The expansion of Protestant evangelism
(Dred Scott v Sanford 1857) The court's ruling in the excerpt is most indicative of which of the following developments in American society during the years leading up to the Civil War?
The growing sectionalism in the United States
King Philip's War in all of the following except:
The immediate westward march of English settlement in New England
(South Carolina's declaration of the causes of secession) The ideas expressed in the passage above most clearly show the influence of which of the following
The use of states rights for the defense of slavery
(7-9) Based on the above excerpt, what can be concluded about the political status of individuals not considered free persons?
These individuals are considered property
(Sumner Brooks) The cartoon above is best understood in the context of the
Variety of proposals leaders made that ultimately failed to reduce sectional conflict
Summoning of Virginia's House of Burgesses marked important precedent because it
Was part of many mini parliaments to flourish in america
(Excerpts from the Republican Party Platform) These provisions of the 1860 Republican party platform would most likely have appealed to members of which political party?
Whig
The increase in Irish immigration beginning in the 1840s was caused primarily
by the effects of the Irish potato famine
Thomas Paine conveys a familiar concern for many American colonists in his
condemnation of mercantilist restraint of the American economy.
A nativist was concerned over the increases in immigration shown in the chart above about immigration to the US from 1820 to 1860 would likely call the following arguments except
illegal immigration was hurting America
Declaration of Independence
invoked the natural rights of humankind to justify revolt.
Financial means for England; first permanent colonization in America were provided by
joint-stock companies
The federal government's purchase of the Louisiana territory
most strongly contradicted the ideas expressed in Jefferson's statement
Supreme Court decisions in the early nineteenth century
most supported the ideas expressed by Hamilton
The government removal policies in the 1830s in relation to the tribal lands shown in the southeastern Indian were most directly due to the
regional development in the New South for growing cash crops, particularly, short- staple cotton
The power of judicial review
resulted from the supreme court case Marbury v. Madison
German immigrants typically
settled in the Midwest while Irish immigrants settled in northeastern cities accurately compares German and Irish immigrants in the US
The argument offered by some Americans against removal the tribes are shown in the southeastern Indian lands map of 1830 was that
some of them had adopted American ways
President James Madison in his decision to veto the 1817 Federal Public Works bill, expressed concerns most closely parallels
the control point of contention in the debates over the establishment of the first national bank of the early days of the new US.
The table about Immigration to the US from 1820 to 1860 provides evidence for
the largest number of immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century from Ireland
The consequent actions of the northern states and the southern states were different in relation to the general subject matter of the legislation in James Madison's decision to veto the 1817 Public Works Bill
the northern states invested heavily in building a transportation infrastructure , while the South continued to move their agricultural goods to market through natural waterways.
The amendments proposed by James M. Banner at the Hartford convention were intended
to limit the power of the federal government
Westward movement by whites and resulting economic development
was a major reason for the drafting of the legislation referred to in President James Madison decision to veto the 1817 Federal Public Works bill
The development of the first political party system in American politics
was the most direct result of the ideas expressed in the quotes by Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.
To portray William Henry Harrison as a common man
was the purpose behind the publication of the 1840 illustration about William Henry Harrison
The strengthening of the federal government
was the result of the Supreme Court decisions made under Chief Justice John Marshall between 1801 and 1835.
The image of King Andrew the first reflected the view of Andrew Jackson by the
whigs and national Republicans
Declaration of Independence's purpose was to explain
why the colonists had revolted.
President Madison was himself involved in expressing the idea of nullification
with the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Stamp Act Congress success and support for the non-importation agreements demonstrate the greatest continuity of the colonists
with the sentiments expressed in Thomas Paine's Common Sense.
(13-14) A social group that would be sympathetic to the message advanced by this handbill is
Advocates of free labor
One of the themes of the time period depicted in the quote is the belief that
All people could be saved if they confessed and God accepted their grace
Institution of the encomienda system
Allowed European government to give Indians to colonists if they promised to Christianize them
The reason for founding Southern colonies led to
An African majority of the population in some colonies
(Sumner Brooks) The sentiments such as those depicted in the cartoon above most directly contributed to which of the following?
Breakdown in trust between sectional leaders
(Abe Lincoln's "A House Divided") The excerpt was written in response to
Decision of Dred Scott v Sanford and the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Size and sophistication of Native American civilization in Mexico and South American can be attributed to
Development of agriculture
(7-9) The above opinion is a response to which Supreme court case?
Dred Scott v Sanford
Result of 2nd Anglo Powhatan War
Ending any chance of assimilating natives into societies
What was the underlying issue from the statements above?
Oppression of western Virginian farmers by the governor and the plantation elite
Not describe mestizos
Pagan slaves of Cortes
(23-24) The above cartoon further reflected the deficiency in which plank of the Democratic Party platform?
Popular sovereignty
(Abe Lincoln's "A House Divided") The decision by the Supreme Court in Dred Scott v Sanford supported
Pro-slavery groups in agreeing that slaves could not be citizens
Winthrop's sermon was direct at what specific group of people?
Puritans who were migrating to North America
(7-9) What was Taney's justification for excluding rights of citizenship to a particular group?
This particular group was not taken into consideration when important documents were drafted
Columbian exchange
Transfer of plants, animal diseases between Old and New World
The tribes in the Southeastern Indian lands of 1830 had established societies on their tribal lands by the 1830s, which can be characterized
as economically successful farming communities
The ideas about government expressed in Common Sense by Thomas Paine in Common Sense of 1776 and by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence
best account for the relatively limited powers of the Articles of Confederation.
His refusal to uphold certain Supreme Court rulings
best reflected Jackson's abuses of executive power
