APUSH Period 4 Test

The Missouri Compromise did which of the following?

Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state.

During the antebellum era, which of the following groups shared the most similar experience to that described in the excerpt above? (slaves)

American Indians

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 resulted from the sentiments expressed in the excerpt above? (David Walker color citizens)

Growing national support among Whigs and Democrats for abolition

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

The 1828 electoral map shown above most directly serves as evidence of:

Increasing sectional or regional differences

The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the United States?

It disrupted American shipping.

Which of the following best describes the policy of the government of Mexico toward Texas?

It encouraged American settlement in Texas in the 1820's and early 1830's.

Which of the following best describes a historian's likely interpretation of the situation in which the excerpt was produced in the early 1800s?

Some Americans promoted international strength through a unified national economy

Which of the following best describes a context in the first half of the 1800s that influenced the development of slavery as described in the excerpt?

Southern planters used enslaved people to produce cotton for international markets.

In arguing for the continuation of slavery, Southerners: (universal law of slavery)

Stressed the happiness of the slave

Which of the following groups would have been most likely to applaud the sentiments expressed by Calhoun?

Supporters of nullification

The image above is best understood within the context of: (pic of woman with kids)

The Cult of Domesticity

The idea of separate spheres and the development of the process depicted in the image most directly resulted from:

The movement of paid labor from within the home to outside the home

Which of the following did NOT result from the Supreme Court ruling above or similar rulings by the Supreme Court in the early 1800s?

The promotion of regional interests over national concerns

The expansion of the U.S. transportation network by 1837, as shown in the map above, benefited MOST from which of the following technological advances?

The steam engine

The opinion expressed in the excerpt is best understood within the context of: (henry clay - jackson has all the power)

The transformation to a more participatory democracy

The arguments in the excerpt above are best understood in the context of (David Walker - black people are lesser)

continued restrictions on African American citizenship in Northern states.

A key purpose of Henry Clay's American System was to

develop a national economy by improving transportation

An important consequence of the "tariff of abominations" (1828) is that it led to the

enunciation of the doctrine of nullification

Which of the following would be most likely to share the perspective of the author?

White Southern slave owner

During the 1800s, the most common form of resistance to slavery by slaves themselves was:

Working slowly and breaking tools.

Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to modify the argument in the excerpt that many enslaved people engaged in oppositional activities?

arge-scale rebellions by enslaved African Americans in the first half of the 1800s were largely unsuccessful.

Which of the following can be concluded about the United States based on the author's descriptions in the excerpt? (William Bryant north American review)

A common national culture was developing.

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

Which of the following describes "the Lowell system" in early nineteenth-century New England?

A plan to promote and expand textile manufacturing activities

Which of the following claims is supported by the author's main argument in the excerpt?

Andrew Jackson can be blamed for the unintended effects of Indian removal.

Which of the following best describes Jefferson's point of view in the excerpt? (first inaugural address)

As the newly elected president, Jefferson believes government should limit interference in the lives of its citizens.

The deciding type of voter in the election of 1828 was the:

Common man

The excerpt best reflects which of the following? (Jefferson's inaugural address)

Conflicts over how the Constitution should be implemented and interpreted

The ideas expressed by the document above would find the most significant support from which of the following?

Followers of religious revival movements

The passage above best serves as evidence of: (henry clay - Jackson has all the power)

Debates over the authority of different branches of the federal government

Which of the following could best be used as evidence to support the argument in the third paragraph of the excerpt that enslaved people engaged in oppositional activities?

Enslaved African Americans routinely caused tools to break or worked more slowly as means of resistance.

The opening of canals and new roads in the United States, as depicted in the map above, had the LEAST impact on which of the following?

European immigration to the United States

Which of the following groups would most likely have supported the arguments in the excerpt above? (McCullogh v Maryland)

Federalists in the 1790s

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.

The growth of manufacturing in the United States from 1800 to 1850 was most directly connected to which of the following broader historical processes?

Large numbers of international migrants moving to northern cities

Which of the following describes a context that most influenced the implementation of the government policy discussed in the excerpt?

Many Americans desired the United States to expand its western land claims.

Which of the following pieces of evidence would best refute Jackson's claim about his predecessors' policies toward American Indians, as described in the first paragraph of the excerpt?

President George Washington enforced treaties guaranteeing American Indians in New York rights to their land.

Which of the following most directly led to the expansion of participatory democracy in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Reduction of property ownership requirements for voting

As shown in the map above, the national system of roads and canals most closely linked which regions' economies together?

The East and the Midwest

Which of the following groups most directly challenged the depiction of women in the image during the same period?

The Lowell girls

President Andrew Jackson's creation of a monetary system based on state-chartered banks most likely contributed to which of the following?

The Panic of 1837

Which of the following movements was the catalyst for all of the others?

The Second Great Awakening

Prior to Calhoun's speech, the idea of state's rights was expressed in:

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Which of the following broader contexts most directly contributed to the conflict described in the excerpt?

The creation of a national market with increased regional interdependence

The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following? (Thomas Jefferson talking about power)

The creation of the Monroe Doctrine

Which of the following cultural and social shifts resulted most directly from the trends described in the excerpt?

The emergence of new ideas about the proper roles of husbands and wives

The expansion of suffrage to most adult White men in the early nineteenth century most directly resulted in which of the following?

The growth of new political parties

Under Chief Justice John Marshall, Supreme Court decisions tended to

promote business enterprise

The expansion of participatory democracy in the Jacksonian era most likely influenced the Second Great Awakening by

giving rise to individualistic beliefs

A major reason why Thomas Jefferson was interested in purchasing Louisiana from France was that he

hoped to preserve an agricultural society by making abundant lands available to future generations

The Declaration of Sentiments (1848), issued at Seneca Falls, New York, called for

increased rights for women

The excerpt could best be used by historians studying the

resistance against the expansion of United States influence

The ideas expressed in the excerpt above can best be understood in the context of debates over

the relationship between the federal government and state governments.