APUSH MCQ Review
Changes in ideas about men's and women's gender roles in the family, resulting from the market revolution, most directly contributed to which of the following shifts in American social practices during the same period?
A new emphasis on the separation between the public and private spheres
Innovations in shipping and the growth of commercial networks were most directly related to which of the following other developments of the first half of the nineteenth century?
An increase in the number of Americans moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
Which of the following can most accurately be concluded about the broader economic conditions of the period described in the excerpt?
Businesses made use of new management structures to increase the production of goods.
The transportation development described in the excerpt had which of the following effects on agriculture in the United States?
Farmers developed cooperative organizations to limit the power of rail companies.
The excerpt best provides evidence about which of the following historical situations in the late 1840s?
Growing sectional tensions caused by the Mexican-American War
Which of the following pieces of evidence would help modify an argument in the excerpt about President Jackson's intentions toward American Indians?
Jackson had led United States armies that conquered American Indian peoples in the Southeast and forced land cessions.
Which of the following was the most important reason that Native American relations with English settlers differed from Native American relations with other groups of European settlers in the 1600s?
Larger numbers of English colonists settled on land taken from Native Americans.
Which of the following groups would most likely oppose the ideas expressed in the excerpt?
Members of allied American Indian groups
The development of the railroads as described in the excerpt had which of the following effects on westward expansion in the late 1800s?
New commercial centers and communities emerged along rail lines.
The claims in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as opposing which of the following existing federal government policies at the time?
Promoting economic development through foreign trade
Which of the following developments most directly contributed to the events described in the excerpt?
Protestant evangelism came to the colonies from Great Britain and Europe.
Which of the following resulted from the mass production of cotton described in the excerpt?
Some southerners relocated their plantations to the west of the Appalachian Mountains.
How were European economic systems in the American colonies in the 1500s and 1600s different from existing economic systems in Europe?
Spanish colonists used enslaved Africans to work on plantations.
The principle of federalism embodied in the United States Constitution had most in common with which of the following earlier aspects of British colonial government?
The autonomy of colonial legislatures from Great Britain
Which of the following best explains a key reason for rapid economic development during the Gilded Age?
The consolidation of large industries facilitated mass production.
Which of the following developments was most directly connected to the collapse of the Whig Party in United States politics during the 1850s?
The escalation of tensions between proslavery and antislavery factions
Which of the following developments most directly related to the increased sectional strife immediately prior to the election of 1860?
The legal ruling that denied African Americans rights of citizenship
Which of the following best explains a major reason for the emergence of the Second Great Awakening in the United States?
The rise of individualistic and evangelical spiritual beliefs inspired religious conversion.
The historical situation of the court ruling described in the excerpt could best be used to support which of the following claims about African Americans during the late 1800s?
They organized reform movements in order to fight for political equality.
