APUSH MCQ
In 1735 the New York City trial of editor John Peter Zenger helped establish the principle that
an editor could not be punished for seditious libel if the editor's words were accurate
Members of which of the following groups were most likely to support the Populist Party?
Sharecroppers from the South
Article 6 of the treaty most likely reflected which of the following sentiments?
A hope held by some in government that American Indians would adopt lifestyles similar to the lifestyles of White settlers
The Alien and Sedition Acts were designed to
weaken and deflect Republican criticism of the Federalists
Which of the following contributed most significantly to a surge in western settlement during the 1860s and 1870s?
The expansion of railroads made the Great Plains more accessible.
Many Americans were suspicious of the Second Bank of the United States for which of the following reasons?
They believed that it was controlled by a commercial elite.
The conflict between the Sioux nation and the United States was primarily driven by differing
claims to land
The United States went to war in 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to
prevent France from recapturing the Louisiana Territory
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, southern state governments used all of the following methods to restrict African American freedoms EXCEPT
restrictive housing covenants
A context that helps to explain the development discussed in the excerpt is that, after 1920, Americans were debating (Shall Women Be Equal Before the Law?)
the appropriate gender roles for women in society
The American Temperance Society used which of the following evidence in the excerpt to explain why it believed the temperance movement would be successful?
Its supporters held the moral and religious high ground.
A prominent leader in promoting the settlement house movement was
Jane Addams
Which of the following best explains the factor that most directly prompted United States entry into the Second World War in 1941?
Japan attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson challenged the authority of which of the following?
Puritan magistrates and ministers
Which of the following describes a difference between Rable's and Foner's arguments in the excerpts?
Rable asserts that violence in the South achieved its political goals during Reconstruction, whereas Foner asserts that this violence was suppressed at the time.
The Union's victory at Gettysburg was significant because it
halted the last major Confederate invasion of the North
Those who supported the War of 1812 advanced all of the following rationales for their positions EXCEPT the
obligation to protect Native Americans
The most important factor in Andrew Jackson's successful bid for the presidency in 1828 was his
reputation as a hero of the War of 1812
Gerry made which of the following arguments regarding amending the Constitution?
A Bill of Rights should be added before ratification.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the growth of a national market economy between 1815 and 1860 ?
A greater number of men working at home
After the Civil War, some businesspeople and newspaper editors—such as the Atlanta Constitution's Henry Grady—promoted the idea of a New South. Which of the following best describes their vision for the southern states?
A mixed economy no longer primarily dependent on cash crops
Which of the following pieces of evidence best supports the excerpt's depiction of reactions to slave rebellions?
Additional restrictions were placed on enslaved and free African Americans.
Which of the following groups would mostly likely have supported this proposed amendment?
Advocates of limiting federal powers to those specifically written into the Constitution
In the late nineteenth century, state governments in the South were largely successful in restricting
African Americans' voting rights guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment
The People's Party (Populist) advocated which of the following?
An increase in the money supply
Which of the following factors most directly contributed to the change between the two periods shown in the graph?
An expansion of political democracy for White men
The ideas expressed by John C. Calhoun and others who shared his views on slavery had which of the following effects on emerging abolitionist movements in the years leading up to the Civil War?
As many people came to see slavery as part of the Southern way of life, attitudes on both sides of the slavery argument hardened so that political compromise became difficult.
Which of the following describes a similarity between Washington's and Pillow's arguments in the excerpts?
Both believe that southern progress and prosperity depend on addressing a question of labor.
Which of the following is a similarity between Rable's and Foner's arguments in the excerpts?
Both focus on many Southerners' opposition to racial equality.
Which of the following is a similarity between how Whitman and Giddings made their arguments?
Both sought to justify their positions to international observers.
Which of the following was a long-term development that contributed to the change in Chinese immigration depicted in the graph between 1875 and 1885 ?
Chinese laborers competed with White laborers for jobs and mineral wealth during the 1850s and 1860s.
Which of the following best explains the cause of the emergence of new political parties in the early nineteenth century?
Continued debates over the proper role of the federal government
Which of the following describes a trend in exports from England to British North America between 1699 and 1749 indicated in the table?
Demand in the colonies for manufactured goods from England greatly increased.
Which of the following arguments about the United States economy during the Gilded Age could the historical situation of the excerpt best be used to support?
Economic changes produced debates over how to organize the national economy.
The quote above is an example of the rhetoric from the
Great Awakening of the 1730s
Which of the following factors can best be used to explain the Union victory in the Civil War?
Greater population and industrial development
The agreements made in the excerpt best reflect which of the following concerns in the United States during this period?
How to support western settlers beyond the Appalachian Mountains
In the 1850s, which of the following groups would have been most likely to benefit from the changes depicted on the maps?
Immigrants from western Europe
Which of the following is a correct statement about women in United States society in the years 1790-1810 ?
They were considered critical to educating good republican citizens.
Which of the following explains a similarity between the United States economy in the early 1900s depicted in the excerpt and the United States economy in the first half of the 1800s? (Rise of a New American Culture)
In both periods, new technology increasingly connected Americans to commerce and markets
The development of the Second Great Awakening can best be linked to which of the following historical situations?
Increased geographical mobility aided travel to new regions and the sharing of ideas.
To which of the following was Dickinson responding in his letters?
Increased taxation and imperial oversight following the Seven Years' War
The Second Great Awakening did which of the following?
It encouraged conversion to evangelical Christianity.
Which of the following best describes the trend in the number of enslaved Africans brought to the Carolinas and Georgia depicted in the graph?
It increased before the 1770s and then declined between 1771 and 1790.
Which of the following contexts best explains the construction of transcontinental railroads in the late 1800s?
Large-scale industrial production brought business consolidation and the needed capital to support railroad construction.
Which of the following most supported the development of the commerce described in the third paragraph?
Maize cultivation spread northward from Mexico.
Which of the following ideas contributed most directly to the territorial changes shown in the map?
Manifest Destiny
Demands for labor like that depicted in the image explains which of the following related effects? (Women doing science)
Men and women migrated from rural areas to cities in order to work in defense industries
The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments?
Popular support for the idea of Manifest Destiny
The United States gained which of the following from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ?
Possession of California and most of the Southwest
All of the following groups of non-English colonists migrated into the British North American colonies in large numbers throughout the eighteenth century EXCEPT
Russians
Based on their claims in the excerpts, Washington and Pillow would most likely have taken different positions on which of the following social questions in the 1800s?
Should immigrants be used to diversify the southern industrial labor force?
Which of the following most contributed to slaveholders such as Calhoun arguing in the 1830s and 1840s that slavery should be viewed as part of the Southern way of life?
Slave rebellions in Haiti, South Carolina, and Virginia had made many leaders in the South fear that enslaved African Americans could harm them.
Evidence in the excerpt can best be used to support which of the following arguments about the historical situation of South after the Civil War?
Some Southern leaders promoted industrialization as progress.
Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following?
Southern politicians would not abandon slavery, and they believed Lincoln was a threat to that system.
Based on their arguments in the excerpts, both Rable and Foner would most likely agree with which of the following claims?
Southern resistance hindered Reconstruction.
The excerpt most likely reflects which of the following historical situations?
States in the South had begun seceding after the presidential election.
Which of the following best explains changes in migration patterns in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s?
The Great Depression of the 1930s and the increased demand for war production in the 1940s led many Americans to migrate to cities in search of economic opportunities
Which of the following is based on the idea of states' rights?
The South Carolina Exposition and Protest
Which of the following most directly resulted from the change in the Native American population described by Las Casas?
The Spanish imported Africans as a new source of labor.
The data in the tables most likely indicate which of the following?
The Union had a larger and more diverse population of workers to enlist from than did the Confederacy.
The development depicted in the image best helps explain which of the following effects on United States foreign relations? (Women doing science)
The United States and its allies won the war in part because they had sufficient military supplies
Based on their arguments in the excerpts, Giddings would likely agree with and Whitman would likely disagree with which of the following claims about the causes of the Mexican-American War?
The United States desired to expand slavery to Mexican territory.
Which of the following most directly contributed to the change over time depicted on the two maps?
The building of canals and roads
Concerns about domestic political unrest in the early United States were lessened by which of the following developments?
The creation of a stronger central government
The change depicted on the maps most directly contributed to which of the following?
The creation of more interconnected and efficient markets for consumer goods
The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?
The creation of the Monroe Doctrine
Which of the following most likely contributed to the emergence of the Second Great Awakening?
The cultural responses to the Enlightenment
Which of the following factors best supports the argument in the excerpt?
The debates over the federal government's proper role had intensified during the early nineteenth century.
Which of the following most directly contributed to the request expressed in the excerpt?
The desire for international trade and access to global markets
Which of the following contributed to reducing the conflict that article 11 and similar provisions of other treaties were designed to address?
The destruction of nearly the entire population of buffalo
Which of the following was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?
The election of 1860
The rise in manufacturing beginning in the early 1800s eventually resulted in which of the following by 1848?
The emergence of a larger middle class in the North
Emerson's remarks in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following developments during the early nineteenth century?
The emergence of a national culture
The sentiments described in the excerpt best reflect which of the following developments?
The emergence of reform movements during the Second Great Awakening
The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments during the first half of the nineteenth century?
The formation of new political parties
Which of the following best explains the depiction of George Washington in the third verse of the song?
The popular image in national culture of Washington as a virtuous leader
Gerry made which of the following arguments in the excerpt about the Articles of Confederation?
The problems of the Articles could not be fixed by the state delegates.
The concern in the petition about the effect of taxation is best understood in continuity with which of the following earlier developments?
The revolt against British imperial control of the North American colonies
Which of the following claims best aligns with the evidence in the excerpt about the relationship between enslaved African Americans and White Southern citizens?
The slave system gave poor White citizens the feeling of social superiority over free and enslaved African Americans in a culture where African Americans held little power.
The author makes which of the following arguments in the excerpt about the perceptions Whites maintained regarding emancipated people in the North?
They believed that emancipated people were unable to take care of themselves.
Which of the following was typical of agreements such as the Fort Laramie Treaty between the United States government and American Indians in the post-Civil War West?
They usually lasted a short time before being broken by settlers' incursions onto American Indian reservations.
Which of the following of Jackson's policies undermined his position as described in the excerpt?
Using federal power to forcibly relocate American Indian groups
The rhetorical purpose expressed in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following?
Using international commerce to expand United States influence
Which of the following comparisons best describes Whitman's and Giddings' arguments about the Mexican-American War?
Whitman argued that the war was intended to deter bad behavior, while Giddings argued that the war represented aggression by the United States.
The cartoon above is intended to express
a critique of Reconstruction
William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society were known for
advocating immediate and uncompensated emancipation
The Quakers were unique among the religious groups that settled in North America during the seventeenth century because they
allowed women to speak publicly in their religious meetings and to be missionaries
The acquisition of territory in the southwestern region shown in the map intensified controversies in the United States about
allowing slavery in the new territories
The author of the statement above was
an African American journalist in the 1890s
The point of view of the excerpt could best be used by a historian to support the claim that the concept of the New South
embodied the embrace of Northern models of society
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was designed to
limit western expansion of colonial settlement
Shays' Rebellion is significant because it
strengthened the movement for a new constitution
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president on a Republican platform that advocated all of the following EXCEPT
the abolition of slavery throughout the United States
The nullification crisis of 1832 arose over the issue of
protective tariffs
The statement above expressed the ideas of
Booker T. Washington
The speech in the excerpt was delivered in which of the following historical situations during the mid-1700s?
Competition between European empires for Native American allies
Which of the following statements best summarizes the views of Andrew Johnson on Reconstruction?
He believed that Reconstruction was an executive branch matter and sought the rapid restoration of the former Confederate states to the Union.
Which of the following was a core belief of the transcendentalists of the early nineteenth century?
Individual conduct should be guided by truths found in the individual conscience.
Which of the following was true of the South in the post-Civil War period?
Landowners widely adopted sharecropping and tenant farming.
The ideas of the Populist Party, as expressed in the excerpt, had the most in common with the ideas of the
Progressive movement
Which of the following best describes a major purpose of the proposed amendment?
To give Congress additional constitutional powers
In the first half of the nineteenth century, a major consequence of United States expansionism was
increased sectional discord, accompanied by the growing failure of compromise
The difference in slave populations depicted in the graphs most directly resulted from differences in
climate and geographic conditions for cash crop agriculture
During the American Revolution, many women contributed to the cause of independence by
collecting money, medicine, and food to supply the Continental Army
Most young women who worked in the Lowell, Massachusetts, textile mills during the 1830s experienced all of the following EXCEPT
continued employment after marriage
By the late 1600s, slavery in North America became institutionalized in part because of the
decline of indentured labor
The major goal of the Social Gospel movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was to
draw the attention of Protestant churches to the plight of the urban poor
President Jefferson sought the protections described in the excerpt most likely for the purpose of
establishing trade routes
Politics in the antebellum United States changed dramatically because
expanded White male suffrage broadened participation in elections
A significant result of the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 was that the United States
experienced increasing tension over the issue of slavery
On the eve of the Civil War, the South enjoyed an advantage over the North in
experienced military leadership
The concept of republican motherhood, which historians have used to describe the roles of women in the early nineteenth century, emphasized the
idea that mothers were responsible for instilling good citizenship values in children
Jane Addams began the settlement house movement with her Hull House in Chicago, which provided social services primarily to
immigrants
Arguments for creating a stronger federal government arose primarily as the result of long-term concerns about the
inability of the national government to maintain order under the Articles
Britain attempted to pay for the debt resulting from the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) by
increasing taxes on goods bought and sold in the colonies
The most important factor that enabled the Spanish to conquer native peoples in Mexico and New Spain in the sixteenth century was the
introduction of European diseases to which native peoples were not resistant
A direct result of European exploration of North America during the 1500s and early 1600s was the
introduction of new animals and crops to North America
Although the Sherman Antitrust Act was originally intended to inhibit the growth of business monopolies, courts initially used its provisions successfully against
labor unions
One piece of evidence Bouton uses to support his argument about why some United States political leaders sought to replace the Articles of Confederation in 1787 was that they
opposed the economic policies that some state legislatures pursued
The author argues that emancipation in northern states occurred
over a long period of time
The Proclamation of 1763 sought to
prevent conflicts with American Indians on the colonial frontier
The labor system described in the first paragraph of the excerpt was most similar to the labor system used for
producing sugar in the Caribbean
In the 1760s many English colonists in North America reacted to imperial governance by
protesting a lack of representation in Parliament
The government of the Articles of Confederation was successful in resolving the problem of how to
provide for statehood for western territories
The economy of the Middle Colonies differed from the economy of Virginia described in the excerpt in that the Middle Colonies more often
relied on enslaved labor in cities
The Stono rebellion of 1739 in South Carolina was a
slave insurrection
The territorial changes shown in the southwestern region of the map most directly resulted from
the Mexican-American War
The views expressed in the excerpt contributed most directly to
the addition of the Bill of Rights shortly after the Constitution was adopted
In the seventeenth century, the earliest British colonies in Virginia were saved from economic ruin by
the introduction of tobacco cultivation
At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, pro-Union sentiment was strong in western Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and western North Carolina primarily because
there were relatively few slaves or large plantations in these regions
Based on the excerpt, the most likely purpose of Dickinson's letters was to
use Enlightenment rhetoric to encourage American autonomy
The introduction of tobacco during the early 1600s in the Virginia colony led to the
use of indentured servants, and later enslaved Africans, for agricultural labor
The ideas expressed in the excerpt best reflect which of the following developments? (Woodrow Wilson Speech)
Debates emerged over the proper role of the United States in the world
Which of the following factors most directly contradicted Adams' theory about the Revolution?
The existence of considerable Loyalist opposition to the Patriot cause
The excerpts from Anne Hutchinson best represent which of the following developments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s?
Growing challenges by dissenters to civil authorities
Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to support the argument made in the excerpt? (Returning Soldiers)
The United States experienced persistent racial violence throughout the early twentieth century
William Lloyd Garrison established a newspaper that advocated which of the following issues?
Abolition of slavery
Which of the following was an outcome of the Columbian Exchange?
The diets of Europeans improved.
The excerpt best reflects which of the following historical situations in the early 1800s?
The emergence of a new and distinctive American culture
Which of the following best describes an overall trend depicted in the graph for the time period between 1751 and 1800 ?
The number of enslaved Africans brought to the United States decreased.
Moctezuma's statement that the Mexica "were not the aborigines of the country" most likely refers to which of the following developments?
The presence of different and complex societies before European contact
The illustration above was most likely meant to symbolize which of the following?
The principles of republican agrarianism
Which of the following most directly contributed to the development depicted in the image?
The search for new sources of wealth in the Caribbean
Five of the thirteen states voted for ratification of the Constitution only after
they were assured that a Bill of Rights would be added shortly after ratification
A limitation of using the speech excerpted to study opposition to the League of Nations is that the speech (Woodrow Wilson Speech)
was given before the Treaty of Versailles was concluded
The purpose of the speech in the excerpt best supports which of the following arguments about United States foreign policy in the 1910s? (Woodrow Wilson Speech)
Political leaders advocated applying democratic principles to relationships between countries
The situation depicted in the excerpt was most significant because it led to which of the following outcomes? (History of the Standard Oil Company)
Progressive Era reformers sought federal legislation and court action to help regulate economic markets
Which of the following conflicts resulted in the successful expulsion of Europeans from the upper Rio Grande region of North America for nearly a decade?
The Pueblo Revolt
Developments such as that depicted in the image most directly led to which of the following?
The importation of enslaved Africans to the Caribbean
Historical developments such as that depicted in the image helped advance which of the following?
The spread of Spanish influence in the Western Hemisphere
The expansion of European settlement in the Americas most directly led to which of the following developments?
The use of enslaved Native Americans and Africans to meet the labor demands of colonial agricultural production
Which of the following is true of the Virginia and the New Jersey plans that were presented at the Constitutional Convention?
They illustrated the struggle between states for representation and power in the creation of the new government.
What was the purpose behind the publication of the 1840 illustration above?
To portray William Henry Harrison as a common man
Which of the following contexts helps to explain the economic changes that contributed to the production of the excerpt? (Shall Women Be Equal Before the Law?)
Women experienced growing opportunities to earn wages
The excerpt makes the overall argument that the Atlantic economy
drove long-lasting economic shifts across Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Which of the following would have been most likely to agree with the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?
Merchants in New England
The opinion expressed in the excerpt would most likely have been held by
an Anti-Federalist
The government under the Articles of Confederation consisted of
only a unicameral legislature
The role of women expressed in the cult of domesticity had its roots in
republican motherhood
The point of view expressed in the excerpt most directly contributes to a historical understanding of which of the following issues? (Yalta Conference Agreement)
The role of the United States in the establishment of postwar peace settlements
Which of the following best explains the main cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s?
Episodes of credit and market instability undermined the financial system
Which of the following developments during the mid-to-late 1910s could best be used as evidence to refute the argument made in the excerpt? (Returning Soldiers)
The economic situation of many African Americans in urban areas improved
Which of the following contexts between 1900 and 1919 best helps to explain the developments in the excerpt? (Returning Soldiers)
Global conflicts led to new United States foreign policy to protect national security
In the decade following the publication of the image, which of the following groups expressed the most opposition to the exercise of power by the national government?
Democratic-Republicans
The trend depicted in the table most directly contributed to which of the following developments in British North America?
Disagreement over the enforcement of mercantilist restrictions
The demographics of the lower South colonies in 1750 most directly contributed to which of the following conditions for enslaved people?
Relative autonomy to preserve and adapt African traditions
The development described in the excerpt represented which of the following long-term trends in Virginia?
The hardening of racial divisions
In which of the following ways did slavery change in the late 1700s?
The ideals of the American Revolution prompted some individuals and groups to call for the abolition of slavery.
The excerpt best explains which of the following historical situations during the late nineteenth century? (Soldier letter from the Philippines)
The increased involvement of the United States in Asia and the Pacific
The development by the early 1900s depicted in the excerpt represented a continuation of which of the following earlier developments? (Rise of a New American Culture)
The growth of the middle class during the Gilded Age
Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to modify the argument made in the excerpt? (Returning Soldiers)
Population growth in the South slowed as many people moved to the North and West
Which of the following statements about conditions under slavery is best supported by the passage above?
Slaves maintained social networks among kindred and friends despite forced separations.
The events described in the excerpt resulted in which of the following developments in the British North American colonies?
Protestant evangelicalism furthered the Anglicization of the colonies.
Which of the following social contexts best helps to explain the development discussed in the excerpt? (Shall Women Be Equal Before the Law?)
The United States population shifted from rural to urban areas
The excerpt can best be used to explain which of the following situations that resulted from the Spanish-American War? (Soldier letter from the Philippines)
The emergence of nationalist movements in areas under United States control
Which of the following was a primary feature of social relations established in the Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere?
The emergence of racially mixed populations mingling European settlers, Native Americans, and Africans
The excerpt could best be used to explain which of the following postwar situations? (Yalta Conference Agreement)
The emergence of the United States as a global superpower
Which of the following was a major difference between the encomienda system and slave labor in the Spanish colonies?
The encomienda system exploited the labor of Native Americans, whereas slavery more typically extracted labor from enslaved Africans.
Which of the following best explains changes in the federal government resulting from the Great Depression?
Policymakers developed a limited welfare state to reduce the effects of mass unemployment and social upheavals
The point of view of the first two paragraphs of the excerpt can best be used to support which of the following historical arguments? (William Jennings Bryan Speech)
Some political leaders pointed to traditions of self-determination when making foreign policy
Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense attacked which of the following?
The king of England and the principle of monarchy
Which of the following can be concluded based on the historical context in which the excerpt was produced? (History of the Standard Oil Company)
Americans were uncertain how to deal with the transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy
Which of the following would most likely be considered a significant limitation of the excerpt resulting from its purpose? (History of the Standard Oil Company)
Because the excerpt suggests that the Standard Oil Company was undemocratic and unethical, it overlooks the benefits of economic consolidation
Which of the following best explains a connection between policies intended to address the Great Depression and earlier Progressive Era reform policies?
Both sought to create a stronger financial regulatory system
One important reason for the United States unfavorable balance of trade with Great Britain in the mid-1780s was the
British dumping of manufactured goods on the United States market
The Sons of Liberty initiated the Boston Tea Party in direct response to
British efforts to protect the East India Company from bankruptcy
Which of the following characterizes the relationship between church and state for the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century?
Church membership was required for voting and holding public office.
Which of the following contributed to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War) in North America?
Intensified competition between France and Britain over colonies
Which of the following best explains a long-term political change resulting from the New Deal?
Political alignments shifted as African Americans came to support the Democratic Party
Which of the following best explains the policy of the United States toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s?
Strong isolationist sentiments after the First World War left many Americans wary of involvement in another European conflict
The table most directly suggests which of the following developments by 1749 ?
The British established increasingly extensive trade networks to provide goods to its colonies.
Which statement is true of the United States Constitution?
The Constitution's checks and balances helped establish a stable government.
In which of the following ways did the New Deal mark a departure from previous government practices?
The New Deal actively used government power to stimulate economic recovery
Which of the following most directly addressed reservations about the process depicted in the image?
The addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution
Which of the following is a limitation of using Bryan's speech to study the differences between imperialism and anti-imperialism in the early 1900s? (William Jennings Bryan Speech)
The anti-imperialist idea in the speech about the racial differences between Filipinos and White Americans was similar to the racial theories of imperialists
The ideas expressed in the excerpts have the most in common with which of the following?
The antislavery movement of the 1840s, when women asserted their right to speak on behalf of the cause
The speech could best be used by a historian studying which of the following historical situations related to the First World War? (Woodrow Wilson Speech)
The changes in traditional ideas about United States noninvolvement in Europe
Which of the following long-term developments in the second half of the 1800s best helps to explain the change in United States culture depicted in the excerpt? (Rise of a New American Culture)
The creation of new manufacturing methods allowed factories to greatly increase production
The publication of the excerpt most likely had which of the following purposes? (Soldier letter from the Philippines)
To increase opposition to the United States annexation of the Philippines
Which of the following explains the most likely reason why English colonists wanted to come to North America?
To seek economic opportunity and improved living conditions
Colonists from which of the following European nations generally had the most cooperative relations with American Indians?
France
Which of the following best explains how the United States sought to engage in world affairs in the 1920s and 1930s, the decades immediately following the First World War?
The United States used peace treaties and select military intervention to promote international order
Which of the following factors contributed most directly to the views expressed in the excerpt?
The fear of excessive centralized authority
The excerpt could best be used by a historian studying which of the following historical developments? (William Jennings Bryan Speech)
The persistence of popular isolationist sentiment in the United States in the early 1900s
Evidence from the excerpt could best be used to support which of the following arguments about journalists during the Progressive Era? (History of the Standard Oil Company)
They feared that unfair corporate practices were undermining smaller companies and promoting economic inequality
Which of the following groups would have most likely supported the agreements made in the excerpt?
White farmers in Kentucky
Which of the following best explains the cause of the historical development depicted in the image? (Women doing science)
Workforce shortages led to calls for women to perform jobs previously reserved for men
The Federalist papers were written in order to
attain ratification of the Constitution
In the period 1650-1750, all of the following contributed to British North American colonists' sense of identity as British subjects EXCEPT the
expansion of the colonies into western frontier regions
Other world leaders most likely interpreted the excerpt as indicating that the United States was (Yalta Conference Agreement)
taking a leading role in world diplomacy
