APUSH Unit 1-5 Progress Check: MCQ

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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? A. The autonomy of colonial legislatures from Great Britain B. The absence of colonial representation in Parliament C. The enforcement of commercial regulations by British officials D. The authority of the king over his colonial governors

"In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. Whitefield, who had made himself remarkable there as [a traveling] preacher. He was at first permitted to preach in some of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him their pulpits, and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all [members of different religious groups] that attended his sermons were enormous, and it was a matter of speculation to me . . . to observe the extraordinary influence of his oratory on his hearers, and how much they admired and respected him. . . . It was wonderful to see the change soon made in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk through the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street. "And it being found inconvenient to assemble in the open air, subject to its [harsh conditions], the building of a house to meet in was no sooner proposed . . . and the work [of erecting the building] was carried on with such spirit as to be finished in a much shorter time than could have been expected. Both house and ground were vested in trustees, expressly for the use of any preacher of any religious persuasion who might desire to say something to the people at Philadelphia." Benjamin Franklin, from his autobiography, describing events in 1739

***The events of the First Great Awakening illustrated by the excerpt led to... new denominations attracting followers who were drawn to the dynamic sermons of the new preachers

"In Carolina, the instances of Negroes murdering . . . their own masters or overseers are not rare . . . . [Runaways] escape by water, past Frederica [in Georgia] to St. Augustine [in Florida], where they receive freedom, be it war or peace [with Spain]. Many just run into the woods, get along miserably, [or] are secretly looked after by other Negroes. . . . "Those Negroes who have served the [colony of Georgia] well are bought and freed by the government, receive their own land, and enjoy the English rights. If a private party wants to release a Negro he must have the consent of the governor or get him out of the colony. For the free Negroes abuse their freedom, and it is feared they seduce others [to freedom]. . . . ". . . Mixings or marriages [between Black and White colonists] are not allowed by the laws; but . . . I have learned of 2 white women, one French and one German, who have secretly been with Negroes and have borne black children. . . . And all too common [are] white men . . . [who with Negro women] father half-black children. [The children] are perpetual slaves just like their mothers." Johann Martin Bolzius, German minister, report to a correspondent in Europe on life in Georgia and the Carolinas, 1751

***The experience of enslaved people in the southern British colonies as described in the excerpt was similar to the experience of enslaved people in the northern British colonies because... many enslaved people in both regions developed strategies to resist slavery

"The next matter I shall recommend to you is the providing more effectively for the security of your frontiers against [American] Indians, who notwithstanding the many parties of Rangers [militia, or local men who volunteered for colonial defense] have . . . killed and carried off at least twenty of our outward inhabitants and Indian allies; I have attempted by several ways to oppose those [invasions] but after some trouble and expense have only experienced that our people are not ready for warlike undertakings. . . . The [condition of our Indian allies has] of late approved themselves to be ready and faithfully allied, and I am persuaded that setting them along our frontiers without all our inhabitants . . . would be a better and cheaper safeguard to the country than the old method of Rangers." Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood, addressing the members of the House of Burgesses, 1713

***The point of view expressed by the Virginia governor in the excerpt is that he... feels a responsibility to protect White frontier settlers from violent encounters with American Indians

***The reaction to the situation described in the third paragraph represented a continuity with which of the following earlier colonial developments? A strict racial system was established that separated enslaved people from European colonists.

"The New England settlers more closely resembled the non-migrating English population than they did other English colonists in the New World. . . . While the composition of the emigrant populations in the Chesapeake and the Caribbean hindered the successful transfer of familiar patterns of social relationships, the character of the New England colonial population ensured it. The prospect of colonizing distant lands stirred the imaginations of young people all over England but most of these young adults made their way to the tobacco and sugar plantations of the South. Nearly half of a sample of Virginia residents in 1625 were between the ages of twenty and twenty-nine, and groups of emigrants to the Chesapeake in the seventeenth century consistently included a majority of people in their twenties. In contrast, only a quarter of the New England settlers belonged to this age group. "Similarly, the sex ratio of the New England emigrant group resembled that of England's population. If women were . . . scarce in the Chesapeake . . . they were comparatively abundant in the northern colonies. In the second decade of Virginia's settlement, there were four or five men for each woman; by the end of the century, there were still about three men for every two women. Among the emigrants [in New England], however, nearly half were women and girls. Such a high proportion of females in the population assured the young men of New England greater success than their southern counterparts in finding spouses." Virginia DeJohn Anderson, historian, "Migrants and Motives: Religion and the Settlement of New England, 1630-1640," published in 1985

***The second paragraph of the excerpt makes which of the following claims about the populations of men and women in the colonies? The populations of men and women in New England were roughly equal from the time of its founding.

***Which of the following best describes a purpose of the excerpt? The Virginia governor is seeking support from the colonial legislature for his plan to address conflict between settlers and American Indians in frontier areas.

***Which of the following best describes an overall argument of the excerpt? By the end of the seventeenth century, the population makeup of the British colonies resembled the population makeup of England.

The trend in the population per ce nt increase from 1790 to 1800 most likely indicates which of the following? A. The rapid movement of migrants to newly settled states such as Kentucky and Tennessee B. The increased arrival of indentured servants in established areas in Virginia and Maryland C. The restriction of the intemational slave trade to North and South Carolina D. The growth of new industrial cities in Georgia

Washington most likely wrote about political parties for which of the following purposes? A. To wam the public that political parties result in national divisions B. To explain how political parties are good for the economy C. To assert that political parties only work in democratic republics D. To argue that political parties encourage foreign interference

Which of the following best explains the depiction of George Washington in the painting? A. The development of a sense of American identity among Patriots B. The attempts of colonists to gain support for declaring independence C. The desire of colonists to commemorate conquests over Native Americans D. The tensions between northem and southern colonies during the Revolutionary War

***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 groups would most likely oppose the ideas expressed in the excerpt? Members of allied American Indian groups

***Which of the following most directly contributed to the decision in Philadelphia referenced in the excerpt to build a specific meeting house for the new preachers? Religious pluralism was more accepted in the middle colonies and particularly in the colony of Pennsylvania than elsewhere.

***Which of the following represented a change in the labor force of the southern British colonies by the 1700s as depicted in the excerpt? Slavery became more widespread than indentured servitude.

Which of the following does the author (George S. Wood) use to support his argument about the power of the states under the Confederation? A. Foundational political documents written during the American Revolution B. Journals written by leaders of the Continental Army C. Arguments eventually published as The Federalist papers D. Treaties signed with Great Britain and France

Which of the following was a piece of evidence Hamilton used to support his argument in the excerpt (Federalist papers)? A. Earlier attempts to form associations of states in Europe had failed B. The United States had the authority to mandate funding under the Articles of Confederation C. Some people believed that the states would agree to follow the congressional directives D. States sometimes needed to form alliances to achieve shared goals.

Which of the following claims is supported by the arguments made by both Levine and Langguth? A Local political tactics served to deny African Americans their rights. B White southerners accepted racial and political equality. C Republicans permanently changed the balance of political power in the South. D African Americans gained property rights while becoming self-sufficient. "Forces committed to restoring White supremacy launched a ruthless, bloody campaign of terror and intimidation against freedpeople and their White allies in the South. As young southern units of the Republican Party broke under those blows and the Republicans of the North retreated and grew more conservative, Reconstruction collapsed. With it went many . . . gains. A resurgent southern elite once again set about imposing White supremacy and tyrannical labor discipline while stripping freedpeople of many of their civic and political rights." Bruce Levine, historian, The Fall of the House of Dixie, 2013 "For many poor Whites throughout the South, Jim Crow laws alone could not ease their most persistent fear. In regions like northern Louisiana, with little but pine trees rising from its barren soil, White men found themselves competing with [formerly enslaved people], and during the dozen years of Reconstruction they had not known which race would prevail. "Such men had dropped away from the Ku Klux Klan after President Grant's crackdown, but their simmering resentments had grown. With control of the South passing again to the Democrats, powerless Whites were joining plantation owners to ensure that Black workers remained without their basic rights." A. J. Langguth, historian, After Lincoln, 2014

A Local political tactics served to deny African Americans their rights Correct. The authors agree that African Americans in the South were denied their newly won rights through intimidation, violence, and local political manipulation during the period.

"Jackson truly believed that, compared to his predecessors' combination of high-minded rhetoric, treachery, and abandonment, his Indian policy was 'just and humane.' . . . ". . . Jackson's paternalism was predicated on his assumption, then widely but not universally shared by white Americans, that all Indians . . . were [irrational] and inferior to all whites. His promises about voluntary and compensated relocation . . . were constantly undermined by delays and by sharp dealing by War Department negotiators—actions Jackson condoned. . . . Jackson tried to head off outright fraud, but the removal bill's allotment scheme invited an influx of outside speculators, who wound up buying between 80 and 90 percent of the land owned by Indians who wished to stay at a fraction of its actual worth. At no point did Jackson consider allowing even a small number of Georgia Cherokees who preferred to stay to do so in select enclaves, an option permitted to small numbers of Iroquois in upstate New York and Cherokees in western North Carolina. . . . Bereft of long-term planning and a full-scale federal commitment, the realities of Indian removal belied Jackson's rhetoric. Although the worst suffering was inflicted after he left office, Jackson cannot escape responsibility for setting in motion an insidious policy that uprooted tens of thousands of Choctaws and Creeks [from the Southeast] during his presidency." Sean Wilentz, historian, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln, published in 2005 Which of the following describes a context that most influenced the implementation of the government policy discussed in the excerpt? A. Many Americans desired the United States to expand its western land claims. B. Many Americans asserted the separation of public and private spheres. C. Some Americans were influenced by European literary and cultural models. D. Some Americans began to oppose the spread of slavery.

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

Which of the following conclusions can best be reached based on the sentiments expressed in the excerpt? A Sectional tensions erupted because most Southerners did not support Abraham Lincoln. B Sectional divisions were showing signs of diminishing. C The Compromise of 1850 prevented the outbreak of long-term conflict. D The election of 1860 was a success for the idea that territories should vote whether or not to have slavery. "What fault has there been on the part of the General Government of the United States? Why break up this Union? Will any gentleman be so kind as to particularize a single instance worthy of debate, in which the Federal Government has been derelict [negligent] in the discharge of its duty, or has failed to accomplish the purposes of its organization? . . . "I am not here . . . to defend the election of Abraham Lincoln. I believe that his election was virtually a fraud upon the people of the United States . . . nominated, as he was, by a sectional party, and upon a sectional platform, with no representation in the body which nominated him from the South; but he was nominated and elected according to the forms of law. . . . "Let us look . . . at the evils that must result from secession. The first, in my opinion, would be that our country would not only be divided into a Northern Confederacy and into Southern Confederacy, but, soon or later it would be divided into sundry [several] petty Confederacies. We would have a Central Confederacy, a Confederacy of the States of the Mississippi Valley, a Pacific Confederacy, a Western Confederacy, an Eastern Confederacy, a Northern and a Southern Confederacy. ". . . It is easy perhaps to break down this Government; but, sir, when we break it down it will not be so easy a matter to build it up. . . . Gentlemen cry out against the tyranny of their own government, and yet denounce [those opposed to secession] because we hesitate to allow ourselves to be thrust into the embraces of such a military dictatorship." Waitman T. Willey, addressing the Virginia State Secession Convention, March 4, 1861

A Sectional tensions erupted because most Southerners did not support Abraham Lincoln. Correct. The excerpt shows that Virginia was considering following the other Southern states that seceded from the United States after the election of 1860, as Lincoln won the election without any electoral college votes from the South.

People who shared the views expressed in the image most likely supported which of the following? A The extension of political opportunities to formerly enslaved people B The rejection of suffrage rights for women C The expansion of the power of Southern Democrats D The enforcement of temperance laws in the North Thomas Nast, "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner," 1869, drawn in support of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Courtesy of the Library of Congress

A The extension of political opportunities to formerly enslaved people Correct. In addition to the voting rights extended to African American men following the Fifteenth Amendment, supporters of the argument presented in the image most likely would have favored allowing those men to exert their new political power.

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? A. A decrease in the availability of jobs for recent immigrants B. An increase in the number of Americans moving west of the Appalachian Mountains C. The spread of industrialization to most cities in the South D. An increase in the production in the home of goods used by families

B An increase in the number of Americans moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

"Antebellum planters . . . were very interested in the control of black movement. They were also keen to master their slaves' senses of pleasure. Seeking to contain [African Americans] even further than laws, curfews, bells, horns, and patrols already did, some planters used plantation [parties] as a paternalist mechanism of social control. Plantation parties, which carefully doled out joy on Saturday nights and holidays, were intended to seem benevolent and to inspire respect, gratitude, deference, and importantly, obedience. . . . The most important component of paternalistic plantation parties was the legitimating presence of the master. ". . . [Yet] again and again, slaves sought out illicit, secular gatherings of their own creation. They disregarded curfews and pass laws to escape to secret parties where . . . pleasures such as drinking, eating, dancing, and dressing up were the main amusements. . . . ". . . In the context of enslavement, such exhilarating pleasure . . . must be understood as important and meaningful enjoyment, as personal expression, and as oppositional." Stephanie M. H. Camp, historian, Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South, 2004 Which of the following does the author use as evidence to support her argument that slaveholders were "keen to master their slaves' senses of pleasure"? A. Slaveholders held parties to encourage the loyalty of the enslaved. B. Slaveholders regularly listened to and sang slave spirituals. C. Enslaved African Americans held their own illicit parties. D. Enslaved African Americans regularly broke curfews and violated pass laws.

A Slaveholders held parties to encourage the loyalty of the enslaved.

Both authors would most likely suggest that the historical situation described in the excerpts contributed to which of the following? A The continued alteration of Native American culture and society B The failure of Reconstruction policies to enforce constitutional amendments C The debate over the rights of states to nullify federal laws D The controversy over the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford "It was not automatically apparent how any of the filibustering targets of the post-1848 period could 'fit' into an American republic, or even into an American empire. . . . While it seemed only logical to some to simply take all of Mexico as booty [spoils] of the war, cut Mexico up, and turn it into new territories and states, most Americans rejected this idea. They did so because central Mexico was densely populated. . . . Many Americans feared the result of the integration of Mexico's people into the United States. Critics also doubted whether Americans could be happy in the alien landscape of central and southern Mexico." Amy Greenberg, historian, Manifest Manhood and the Antebellum American Empire, 2005 "American settlers had eclipsed the Mexicans in Texas and, with ample aid from southern Whites, had rebelled and won their independence. . . . A small band of Americans, many of them merchants, lived in Mexican California when war broke out in 1846. This dispersion of hardy migrants inspired observers to insist that pioneers and not politicians won the West. . . . "Pioneers played a role in expansion, but the historical record points to politicians and propagandists as the primary agents of empire. Racial, economic, social, and political factors coalesced [combined] to make territorial and commercial expansion enticing to American leaders. . . . "Denying any parallels between earlier empires and their own, expansionists insisted that democracy and dominion were complementary, not contradictory. Since leaders intended to transform [territorial] cessions into states and their inhabitants (at least Whites) into citizens, they scoffed at misgivings about governing a vast domain." Thomas Hietala, historian, Manifest Design: American Exceptionalism and Empire, 2003

A The continued alteration of Native American culture and society Correct. The United States victory and territorial gains as a result of the Mexican-American War increased conflict between Americans and Native Americans and put increased pressure on Native American culture and society by further taking their land.

The speech given by Calhoun relates to which of the following? A The effect of regional attitudes on federal policy making B The ways in which immigration changed American culture C The efforts by national leaders to expand the Pacific trade D The widespread support for the immediate end of slavery "Mr. President, it was solemnly asserted on this floor, some time ago, that all parties in the non-slaveholding States had come to a fixed and solemn determination upon two propositions. One was that there should be no further admission of any States into this Union which permitted, by their constitutions, the existence of slavery; and the other was that slavery shall not hereafter exist in any of the territories of the United States, the effect of which would be to give to the non-slaveholding States the monopoly of the public domain. . . . The subject has been agitated in the other House [of Congress], and they have sent up a bill 'prohibiting the extension of slavery . . . to any territory which may be acquired by the United States hereafter.' At the same time, two resolutions which have been moved to extend the compromise line from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, during the present session, have been rejected by a decided majority. "Sir, there is no mistaking the signs of the times; and it is high time that the Southern States—the slaveholding States—should inquire what is now their relative strength in this Union, and what it will be if this determination is carried into effect hereafter." John C. Calhoun, senator, speech in the United States Senate, 1847

A The effect of regional attitudes on federal policy making Correct. The excerpt depicts arguments about the expansion of slavery and how regional attitudes had a profound effect on the implementation of government policies and an eventual, but temporary, compromise in 1850.

Which of the following developments was most directly connected to the collapse of the Whig Party in United States politics during the 1850s? A The escalation of tensions between proslavery and antislavery factions B Abraham Lincoln's debates with Stephen Douglas over popular sovereignty C The rejection of Manifest Destiny by a growing percentage of American people D Disagreement over the constitutionality of federal internal improvements funding

A The escalation of tensions between proslavery and antislavery factions Correct. The escalation of tensions between proslavery and antislavery factions within the United States created internal strife in the Whig Party, leading directly to its collapse as a political force in the 1850s. By the end of the decade, most party leaders and voters abandoned the Whig Party in favor of the Democrats or the newly founded Republican Party.

The expansion of suffrage to most adult White men in the early nineteenth century most directly resulted in which of the following? A. The growth of new political parties B. The abolition of slavery in the northern states C. The signing of peace treaties with Native Americans D. The employment of women in textile manufacturing

A The growth of new political parties

The expansion of suffrage to most adult White men by the 1820s and 1830s most directly contributed to the A. emergence of political rallies and events to encourage people to vote for particular parties B. increase in the autonomy of state legislatures C. expansion of labor union activism that demanded better conditions for workers D. establishment of representative democracy through the United States Constitution

A emergence of political rallies and events to encourage people to vote for particular parties

The expansion of participatory democracy in the Jacksonian era most likely influenced the Second Great Awakening by A. giving rise to individualistic beliefs B. transforming gender roles in the family C. increasing membership in the national political parties D. generating opposition to the abolitionist movement

A giving rise to individualistic beliefs

"The committee of the president and directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company [in Delaware] . . . beg leave respectfully to offer to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, the following facts and observations relative to the said canal. . . . ". . . The island of Great Britain furnishes proof of the advantages of canals, beyond any other country. That nation has now become the maritime rival, and almost controller of every commercial people; her superiority has arisen from her unbounded commerce, and the vast wealth it has introduced, the basis of which wealth is her immense manufactures . . . : the foundation of these manufactures has again been formed by her internal improvements. . . . "The United States, both from their present political and natural situation, demand from their government every aid it can furnish. . . . Her rapid increase in prosperity, has already drawn upon her the envy, the jealousy, and the hostility of other nations, which alone can be counteracted by improving her internal strength, supplying her wants as far as possible by her own [products] and manufactures, and extending her agriculture so as to gain from its surplus the wealth of other nations." The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, petition to the United States Congress, 1809 At the time the petition was produced, Congress most likely interpreted the petition's purpose as A. requesting federal funding for transportation construction projects B. rallying support to end commercial relations with Great Britain C. encouraging White settlers to use canals to migrate to new states D. promoting the development of agriculture at the expense of industry

A requesting federal funding for transportation construction projects

"On the western side of the ocean, movements of people and ideas . . . preceded the Atlantic connection. Great empires—in the Valley of Mexico, on the Mississippi River . . . —had collapsed or declined in the centuries before 1492. . . . As Columbus embarked on his first transatlantic voyage, the Mexica, or Aztecs, were consolidating their position [in Mexico]; their city was a center of both trade and military might. Tenochtitlán [the Aztec capital] . . . held 200,000 people, a population greater than in the largest city in contemporary Europe. ". . . The Mississippian culture spread east and west from its center, the city of Cahokia, on the Mississippi River near the site of modern St. Louis. It was a successor to earlier cultures, evidence of which can be seen in the great ceremonial mounds they built. Cahokia declined and was ultimately abandoned completely in the later thirteenth century. . . . Throughout the Southeast, smaller mound-building centers continued." Karen Ordahl Kupperman, historian, The Atlantic in World History, 2012 Hakluyt's call for the English to learn about Native American "language, manners, and customs" best represents which of the following developments in the 1500s? A) Native Americans and Europeans partnered for trade. B) Europeans introduced maize cultivation to the Americas. C) Native Americans were sent in large numbers into slavery in Europe. D) Europeans refused defensive military alliances with Native Americans.

A) Native Americans and Europeans partnered for trade.

"On the western side of the ocean, movements of people and ideas . . . preceded the Atlantic connection. Great empires—in the Valley of Mexico, on the Mississippi River . . . —had collapsed or declined in the centuries before 1492. . . . As Columbus embarked on his first transatlantic voyage, the Mexica, or Aztecs, were consolidating their position [in Mexico]; their city was a center of both trade and military might. Tenochtitlán [the Aztec capital] . . . held 200,000 people, a population greater than in the largest city in contemporary Europe. ". . . The Mississippian culture spread east and west from its center, the city of Cahokia, on the Mississippi River near the site of modern St. Louis. It was a successor to earlier cultures, evidence of which can be seen in the great ceremonial mounds they built. Cahokia declined and was ultimately abandoned completely in the later thirteenth century. . . . Throughout the Southeast, smaller mound-building centers continued." Karen Ordahl Kupperman, historian, The Atlantic in World History, 2012 Which of the following best characterizes the Mississippian societies described in the excerpt? A) They had mixed agricultural and hunter-gatherer economies that favored the development of permanent villages. B) They were nomadic peoples who utilized river systems to move throughout the region. C) They lived in isolated, impermanent communities and left very little trace of their presence once a settlement had been abandoned. D) They used advanced agricultural practices like irrigation to support economic growth.

A) They had mixed agricultural and hunter-gatherer economies that favored the development of permanent villages

Dickinson's desire to preserve "a certain degree of agency" for states is best explained by which of the following developments in the early United States? A. The popularity of George Washington B. The retention of regional cultural identity in conjunction with national unity C. The proposals of Alexander Hamilton to address the financial system D. The challenge of gaining support for infrastructure projects

The framers of the United States Constitution initially responded to abuses of executive authority by the British monarch in which of the following ways? A. They granted the Supreme Court the ability to veto treaties negotiated by the president. B. They established the separation of powers between the president and Congress. C. They provided for the popular election of the president by all voters. D. They guaranteed that basic rights could not be limited by the president

The percentages of White and African American populations in South Carolina shown in the table most directly suggest the A. availability of land for settlement in the Deep South B. expansion of slavery in the Deep South C. growth of textile manufacturing in southem states D. reliance on immigrant labor in southern states

Which of the following best explains why Washington warned against foreign alliances? A. No nations attempted to sign commercial agreements with the United States. B. Britain and France were at war with each other, and both threatened United States interests C. Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans forced the president to agree to a policy of neutrality. D. The power of European empires in the Americas had already begun to decline

Which of the following claims did Hamilton make in the excerpt about the powers of the United States under the Articles of Confederation? A. The United States could not engage in diplomacy with foreign countries B. The United States was not empowered to raise sufficient money for the government C. The United States could act without the unanimous consent of the states D. The United States was able to raise military forces sufficient to defend the country

Which of the following describes an overall argument of the excerpt? A. Slavery is not economically important for the northem colonies. B. Slavery is contrary to the ideals of the American Revolution. C. Enslaved Africans should be rewarded for their loyalty to Great Britain D. Enslaved Africans should be retumed to Africa.

"National gratitude—national pride—every high and generous feeling that attaches us to the land of our birth, or that [elevates] our characters as individuals, ask[s] of us that we should foster the . . . literature of our country. . . . On the other hand, it is not necessary for these purposes—it is even detrimental to bestow on mediocrity the praise due to excellence, and still more so is the attempt to persuade ourselves and others into an admiration of the faults of [our writers]. . . . "It must however be allowed, that the poetry of the United States, though it has not reached that perfection to which some other countries have carried theirs, is yet even better than it could have been expected to produce, considering that our nation has scarcely seen two centuries since its founders erected their cabins on its soil. . . . "The fondness for literature is fast increasing in our country—and if this were not the case, the patrons of literature have multiplied, of course, and will continue to multiply with the mere growth of our population. The popular English works of the day are often reprinted in our country—they are dispersed all over the union. . . . What should hinder our native works, if equal in merit, from meeting an equally favorable reception?" William Cullen Bryant, book review in the North American Review, 1818 Which of the following can be concluded about the United States based on the author's descriptions in the excerpt? A. Regional political interests dominated political debates. B. A common national culture was developing. C. Educational reforms contributed to increased literacy. D. New transportation routes made shipping books easier.

B A common national culture was developing.

"Mississippi planter and agricultural reformer M. W. Phillips, a regular contributor to the American Cotton Planter, wrote about soil exhaustion and crop rotation, and extolled the virtues of manuring and self-provisioning. In one of his most widely reproduced articles, Phillips condemned planters before whom 'everything has to bend [and] give way to large crops of cotton.' . . . "Phillips imagined the cotton economy in terms of flows of energy, nutrients, and fertility, all of which he was convinced were being expended at an unsustainable rate. He used images of human, animal, and mineral depletion to represent an onrushing ecological catastrophe. But he did so within the incised [limited] terms allowed him by his culture—the culture of cotton. Phillips was arguing that the slaveholding South needed to slow the rate at which it was converting human beings into cotton plants." Walter Johnson, historian, River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom, 2013 In the first half of the 1800s, which of the following resulted from the debates about the cotton economy described in the excerpt? A. Northerners began to frame antislavery arguments in ecological terms. B. A distinct Southern economic and cultural identity emerged. C. Large numbers of immigrants moved to Southern cities to pursue economic opportunities. D. The federal government built an extensive network of roads, canals, and railroads to support cotton agriculture.

B A distinct Southern economic and cultural identity emerged.

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. The rise of widespread support for women's right to vote in national elections B. A new emphasis on the separation between the public and private spheres C. Calls for mothers to guide their children's education in republican values and citizenship D. The growth of a political culture blending European and uniquely American elements

B A new emphasis on the separation between the public and private spheres

Which of the following can be concluded based on the situation in which Calhoun gave this speech? A The United States attempted to establish trade with western American Indian nations. B Americans debated how to integrate conquered territories into the United States. C Americans wanted to access natural resources in the western North America. D The United States sought to gain markets for its manufactured goods in East Asia. "Mr. President, it was solemnly asserted on this floor, some time ago, that all parties in the non-slaveholding States had come to a fixed and solemn determination upon two propositions. One was that there should be no further admission of any States into this Union which permitted, by their constitutions, the existence of slavery; and the other was that slavery shall not hereafter exist in any of the territories of the United States, the effect of which would be to give to the non-slaveholding States the monopoly of the public domain. . . . The subject has been agitated in the other House [of Congress], and they have sent up a bill 'prohibiting the extension of slavery . . . to any territory which may be acquired by the United States hereafter.' At the same time, two resolutions which have been moved to extend the compromise line from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, during the present session, have been rejected by a decided majority. "Sir, there is no mistaking the signs of the times; and it is high time that the Southern States—the slaveholding States—should inquire what is now their relative strength in this Union, and what it will be if this determination is carried into effect hereafter." John C. Calhoun, senator, speech in the United States Senate, 1847

B Americans debated how to integrate conquered territories into the United States. Correct. Calhoun's speech discussing the status of slavery in territories provides evidence to help conclude that Americans debated how the United States could integrate territories conquered from Mexico during the Mexican-American War.

"Antebellum planters . . . were very interested in the control of black movement. They were also keen to master their slaves' senses of pleasure. Seeking to contain [African Americans] even further than laws, curfews, bells, horns, and patrols already did, some planters used plantation [parties] as a paternalist mechanism of social control. Plantation parties, which carefully doled out joy on Saturday nights and holidays, were intended to seem benevolent and to inspire respect, gratitude, deference, and importantly, obedience. . . . The most important component of paternalistic plantation parties was the legitimating presence of the master. ". . . [Yet] again and again, slaves sought out illicit, secular gatherings of their own creation. They disregarded curfews and pass laws to escape to secret parties where . . . pleasures such as drinking, eating, dancing, and dressing up were the main amusements. . . . ". . . In the context of enslavement, such exhilarating pleasure . . . must be understood as important and meaningful enjoyment, as personal expression, and as oppositional." Stephanie M. H. Camp, historian, Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South, 2004 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? A. Slaveholders allowed some enslaved African Americans to work unsupervised. B. Enslaved African Americans routinely caused tools to break or worked more slowly as means of resistance. C. Abolitionists criticized slaveholders for separating enslaved children from their parents. D. Enslaved African Americans assigned to plantation homes had easier working conditions than those who worked in the fields.

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

"Let us, then, with courage and confidence, pursue our own Federal and [Democratic-] Republican principles, our attachment to union and representative government. Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe; too high-minded to endure the degradations of the others; possessing a chosen country, with room enough for our descendants . . . ; entertaining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties, to the acquisitions of our own industry, to honor and confidence from our fellow citizens, resulting not from birth, but from our actions and their sense of them; enlightened by a benign religion . . . —with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow citizens—a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government; and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities." President Thomas Jefferson, first inaugural address, 1801 Which of the following best describes Jefferson's point of view about government as expressed in the excerpt? A. The federal government should financially support internal improvements. B. Government should limit interference in the lives of its citizens. C. Governments should provide economic assistance to all citizens. D. State governments should have more authority than the federal government.

B Government should limit interference in the lives of its citizens.

Which of the following arguments about the Mexican-American War do the excerpts best support? A It resulted in the first efforts at western expansion. B It generated debates over citizenship. C It ended sectional tensions between the North and South. D It contributed to the elimination of the domestic slave trade. "It was not automatically apparent how any of the filibustering targets of the post-1848 period could 'fit' into an American republic, or even into an American empire. . . . While it seemed only logical to some to simply take all of Mexico as booty [spoils] of the war, cut Mexico up, and turn it into new territories and states, most Americans rejected this idea. They did so because central Mexico was densely populated. . . . Many Americans feared the result of the integration of Mexico's people into the United States. Critics also doubted whether Americans could be happy in the alien landscape of central and southern Mexico." Amy Greenberg, historian, Manifest Manhood and the Antebellum American Empire, 2005 "American settlers had eclipsed the Mexicans in Texas and, with ample aid from southern Whites, had rebelled and won their independence. . . . A small band of Americans, many of them merchants, lived in Mexican California when war broke out in 1846. This dispersion of hardy migrants inspired observers to insist that pioneers and not politicians won the West. . . . "Pioneers played a role in expansion, but the historical record points to politicians and propagandists as the primary agents of empire. Racial, economic, social, and political factors coalesced [combined] to make territorial and commercial expansion enticing to American leaders. . . . "Denying any parallels between earlier empires and their own, expansionists insisted that democracy and dominion were complementary, not contradictory. Since leaders intended to transform [territorial] cessions into states and their inhabitants (at least Whites) into citizens, they scoffed at misgivings about governing a vast domain." Thomas Hietala, historian, Manifest Design: American Exceptionalism and Empire, 2003

B It generated debates over citizenship. Correct. As a result of the war, the United States added to its territorial holdings, raising questions about the status of enslaved people, Native Americans, and Mexicans in the newly acquired land.

"Let us, then, with courage and confidence, pursue our own Federal and [Democratic-] Republican principles, our attachment to union and representative government. Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe; too high-minded to endure the degradations of the others; possessing a chosen country, with room enough for our descendants . . . ; entertaining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties, to the acquisitions of our own industry, to honor and confidence from our fellow citizens, resulting not from birth, but from our actions and their sense of them; enlightened by a benign religion . . . —with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow citizens—a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government; and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities." President Thomas Jefferson, first inaugural address, 1801 Which of the following best describes the context from which the ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged? A. Popular opinion supported intervention in Europe against France. B. Political leaders sought to encourage domestic economic development. C. Voters pressured state governments to drop property restrictions on voting. D. Religious revivals encouraged the widespread development of reform movements.

B Political leaders sought to encourage domestic economic development.

"Jackson truly believed that, compared to his predecessors' combination of high-minded rhetoric, treachery, and abandonment, his Indian policy was 'just and humane.' . . . ". . . Jackson's paternalism was predicated on his assumption, then widely but not universally shared by white Americans, that all Indians . . . were [irrational] and inferior to all whites. His promises about voluntary and compensated relocation . . . were constantly undermined by delays and by sharp dealing by War Department negotiators—actions Jackson condoned. . . . Jackson tried to head off outright fraud, but the removal bill's allotment scheme invited an influx of outside speculators, who wound up buying between 80 and 90 percent of the land owned by Indians who wished to stay at a fraction of its actual worth. At no point did Jackson consider allowing even a small number of Georgia Cherokees who preferred to stay to do so in select enclaves, an option permitted to small numbers of Iroquois in upstate New York and Cherokees in western North Carolina. . . . Bereft of long-term planning and a full-scale federal commitment, the realities of Indian removal belied Jackson's rhetoric. Although the worst suffering was inflicted after he left office, Jackson cannot escape responsibility for setting in motion an insidious policy that uprooted tens of thousands of Choctaws and Creeks [from the Southeast] during his presidency." Sean Wilentz, historian, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln, published in 2005 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? A. President James Madison used the federal army to defeat an American Indian confederacy in the Northwest Territory. B. President George Washington enforced treaties guaranteeing American Indians in New York rights to their land. C. President James Monroe forced American Indians in Florida to move to a reservation after the First Seminole War. D. President Thomas Jefferson suggested purchasing territory from indebted American Indian groups.

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

The claims in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as opposing which of the following existing federal government policies at the time? A. Financing a national banking system B. Promoting economic development through foreign trade C. Acquiring western Native American land D. Levying tariffs on imported manufactured goods

B Promoting economic development through foreign trade

"Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great [land]. . . . Your forefathers crossed the great water and landed upon this [land]. Their numbers were small. They found friends, not enemies. They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men, and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, we granted their request, and they sat down amongst us. We gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison in return. ". . . Our seats were once large and yours were small. You have now become a great people, and we have scarcely a place left to spread our blankets. You have got our country, but are not satisfied; you want to force your religion upon us. . . . ". . . The Great Spirit has made us all, but he has made a great difference between his white and red children. . . . Since he has made so great a difference between us in other things, why may we not conclude that he has given us a different religion according to our understanding? The Great Spirit does right. He knows what is best for his children; we are satisfied." Red Jacket, Iroquois American Indian chief in New York, speech to a missionary from Massachusetts and a United States diplomat, 1805 Which of the following best explains how the purpose of the speech in the excerpt was interpreted by federal officials? A. Red Jacket wanted to increase Iroquois commerce with the United States. B. Red Jacket sought to protect Iroquois independence from the United States. C. Red Jacket desired to abandon traditional Iroquois religious practices for Christianity. D. Red Jacket wished to help United States migrants form new settlements on Iroquois land.

B Red Jacket sought to protect Iroquois independence from the United States.

"Mississippi planter and agricultural reformer M. W. Phillips, a regular contributor to the American Cotton Planter, wrote about soil exhaustion and crop rotation, and extolled the virtues of manuring and self-provisioning. In one of his most widely reproduced articles, Phillips condemned planters before whom 'everything has to bend [and] give way to large crops of cotton.' . . . "Phillips imagined the cotton economy in terms of flows of energy, nutrients, and fertility, all of which he was convinced were being expended at an unsustainable rate. He used images of human, animal, and mineral depletion to represent an onrushing ecological catastrophe. But he did so within the incised [limited] terms allowed him by his culture—the culture of cotton. Phillips was arguing that the slaveholding South needed to slow the rate at which it was converting human beings into cotton plants." Walter Johnson, historian, River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom, 2013 Which of the following resulted from the mass production of cotton described in the excerpt? A. Southern planters eventually sought to diversify the crops they grew. B. Some southerners relocated their plantations to the west of the Appalachian Mountains. C. A cotton gin was developed that processed raw cotton more quickly. D. Southerners supported protective tariffs to stimulate the United States economy.

B Some southerners relocated their plantations to the west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Which of the following developments most directly led to the activities described in the excerpt? A A prohibition on the northern extent of slavery in territories west of the Mississippi River B The acquisition of significant territory following the Mexican-American War C The vetoing of the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States D The completion of the first transcontinental railroad to the Pacific Ocean "No roads marked the way to the traveler in California then: but, guided by the sun and well-known mountain peaks, we proceeded on our journey. . . . Some forty or fifty men were at work with the cradle machines, and were averaging about eight ounces [of gold] per day to the man. But a few moments passed before I was knee deep in water, with my wash-basin full of dirt, plunging it about endeavoring to separate the dirt from the gold. After washing some fifty pans of dirt, I found I had realized about four bits' worth of gold. Reader, do you know how [one] feels when the gold fever heat has suddenly fallen to about zero? I do. . . . The Indians who were working for Capts. Sutter and Weber gave them leading information, so that they were enabled to know the direction in which new discoveries were to be made. . . . "The morals of the miners of '48 should here be noticed. No person worked on Sunday at digging for gold. . . . We had ministers of the gospel amongst us, but they never preached. Religion had been forgotten, even by its ministers, and instead of their pointing out the narrow way which leads to eternal happiness . . . they might have been seen, with pick-axe and pan, traveling untrodden [untraveled] ways in search of . . . treasure . . . or drinking good health and prosperity with friends." James H. Carson, describing life in the early California gold fields, 1848

B The acquisition of significant territory following the Mexican-American War Correct. The United States gained control of California from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American War, which enabled Americans, primarily, to profit from the gold rush activities described in the excerpt.

The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was intended to resolve debates about which of the following issues in the 1850s? A The increase in immigration B The expansion of slavery C The fate of the Second Party system D The growth of low-wage factory labor

B The expansion of slavery Correct. The United States Congress intended the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 to resolve the national debates about the expansion of slavery by allowing popular sovereignty to determine the status of slavery in the newly established territory. Ultimately, the law only further increased sectional tensions and strife by overturning the precedent set by the Missouri Compromise.

The failure of the Articles of Confederation resulted in which of the following changes in the government of the United States? A. The immediate end to property qualifications for White male suffrage B. The ban on women's political participation under the ideas of republican motherhood C. The ratification of a constitution that established a stronger central government D. The enactment of the Northwest Ordinance, which outlined the admission process for new states

Rhetoric in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following? A The creation of societies to send formerly enslaved people to Africa B The immediate end to the practice of slavery through legal reform C The expansion of slavery in new territories through popular sovereignty D The encouragement of enslaved people to take up arms and revolt "I know not how to thank you for the deep and lively interest you have been pleased to take in the cause of . . . the emancipation of a people, who, for two long centuries, have endured, with the utmost patience, a bondage, one hour of which . . . is worse than ages of that which your fathers rose in rebellion to oppose. "It is such indications on the part of the press—which, happily, are multiplying throughout all the land—that kindle up within me an ardent hope that the curse of slavery will not much longer be permitted to make its iron foot-prints in the lacerated [deeply cut] hearts of my . . . brethren. . . . I am called, by way of reproach, a runaway slave. As if it were a crime—an unpardonable crime—for a man to take his inalienable rights! "But why [you,] a New-York editor, born and reared in the State of Maine, far removed from the contaminated . . . atmosphere of slavery, should pursue such a course [supporting abolition], is not so apparent. I will not, however, stop here to ascertain the cause, but deal with fact. . . . "The object . . . is simply to give such an exposition of the degrading influence of slavery upon the master and his [supporters] as well as upon the slave—to excite such an intelligent interest on the subject of American slavery—as may react upon that country, and tend to shame her out of her adhesion to a system which all must confess to disagree with justice. . . . "I am earnestly and anxiously laboring to wipe off this foul blot from the . . . American people, that they may accomplish in behalf of human freedom that which their exalted position among the nations of the earth amply fits them to do." Frederick Douglass to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, 1846

B The immediate end to the practice of slavery through legal reform Correct. In the excerpt Douglass advocates for bringing to light the issues surrounding slavery as a means to convince both Northerners and Southerners to end the system. Douglass' language in the excerpt does not call for mass rebellion or bloodshed to end the system of slavery, but rather appeals to sentiments that slavery was immoral and unjust, indicating his arguments better aligned with bringing about an end to slavery through legal means.

The excerpt best reflects the development of which of the following? A The emergence of an abolitionist movement in the western territories B The widely held belief that the United States had a right to expand westward C The increasing importance of cotton exports to the United States economy D The debates about Native Americans and Mexican nationals dispossessed of land in California "No roads marked the way to the traveler in California then: but, guided by the sun and well-known mountain peaks, we proceeded on our journey. . . . Some forty or fifty men were at work with the cradle machines, and were averaging about eight ounces [of gold] per day to the man. But a few moments passed before I was knee deep in water, with my wash-basin full of dirt, plunging it about endeavoring to separate the dirt from the gold. After washing some fifty pans of dirt, I found I had realized about four bits' worth of gold. Reader, do you know how [one] feels when the gold fever heat has suddenly fallen to about zero? I do. . . . The Indians who were working for Capts. Sutter and Weber gave them leading information, so that they were enabled to know the direction in which new discoveries were to be made. . . . "The morals of the miners of '48 should here be noticed. No person worked on Sunday at digging for gold. . . . We had ministers of the gospel amongst us, but they never preached. Religion had been forgotten, even by its ministers, and instead of their pointing out the narrow way which leads to eternal happiness . . . they might have been seen, with pick-axe and pan, traveling untrodden [untraveled] ways in search of . . . treasure . . . or drinking good health and prosperity with friends." James H. Carson, describing life in the early California gold fields, 1848

B The widely held belief that the United States had a right to expand westward Correct. As part of the idea of Manifest Destiny, many Americans in the nineteenth century believed that the United States had the right and responsibility to expand control across the North American continent to the Pacific.

"Let us, then, with courage and confidence, pursue our own Federal and [Democratic-] Republican principles, our attachment to union and representative government. Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe; too high-minded to endure the degradations of the others; possessing a chosen country, with room enough for our descendants . . . ; entertaining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties, to the acquisitions of our own industry, to honor and confidence from our fellow citizens, resulting not from birth, but from our actions and their sense of them; enlightened by a benign religion . . . —with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow citizens—a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government; and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities." President Thomas Jefferson, first inaugural address, 1801 Which of the following was most likely a main purpose of Jefferson's inaugural address? A. To advocate and explain the constitutionality of certain laws B. To summarize his beliefs about the ideal political system C. To warn European countries against renewing conflicts with the United States D. To justify the cost of the Louisiana Purchase

B To summarize his beliefs about the ideal political system

Which of the following arguments about Reconstruction policies would both authors most likely disagree with? A White Southerners across all economic classes rejected Reconstruction policies. B With Republicans in retreat, Southern Democrats grew more supportive of Reconstruction policies. C Reconstruction policies failed to prevent the spread of violence against formerly enslaved people. D Unfair labor conditions in the South persisted despite Reconstruction policies. "Forces committed to restoring White supremacy launched a ruthless, bloody campaign of terror and intimidation against freedpeople and their White allies in the South. As young southern units of the Republican Party broke under those blows and the Republicans of the North retreated and grew more conservative, Reconstruction collapsed. With it went many . . . gains. A resurgent southern elite once again set about imposing White supremacy and tyrannical labor discipline while stripping freedpeople of many of their civic and political rights." Bruce Levine, historian, The Fall of the House of Dixie, 2013 "For many poor Whites throughout the South, Jim Crow laws alone could not ease their most persistent fear. In regions like northern Louisiana, with little but pine trees rising from its barren soil, White men found themselves competing with [formerly enslaved people], and during the dozen years of Reconstruction they had not known which race would prevail. "Such men had dropped away from the Ku Klux Klan after President Grant's crackdown, but their simmering resentments had grown. With control of the South passing again to the Democrats, powerless Whites were joining plantation owners to ensure that Black workers remained without their basic rights." A. J. Langguth, historian, After Lincoln, 2014

B With Republicans in retreat, Southern Democrats grew more supportive of Reconstruction policies. Correct. In the excerpts, both authors argue that declining Republican influence resulted in the dismantling of gains made during Reconstruction. Neither author supports the claim that Southern Democrats began to support Reconstruction policies in the vacuum created by Republican withdrawal.

The first paragraph of the excerpt (blacks like all men have natural and inalienable rights) makes the claim that A. slavery should encourage religious conversion to Christianity B. concepts of independence should apply only to White men C. all people should have the same inherent liberties D. the ideals of the American Revolution should also apply to other nations

The excerpt best serves as evidence that, in 1861, A citizens in the Northern states did not want Abraham Lincoln as president B citizens in the Southern states were deeply divided over secession C citizens in the Northern states were prepared to accommodate slavery D citizens in the Northern states would not accept a Confederate government What fault has there been on the part of the General Government of the United States? Why break up this Union? Will any gentleman be so kind as to particularize a single instance worthy of debate, in which the Federal Government has been derelict [negligent] in the discharge of its duty, or has failed to accomplish the purposes of its organization? . . . "I am not here . . . to defend the election of Abraham Lincoln. I believe that his election was virtually a fraud upon the people of the United States . . . nominated, as he was, by a sectional party, and upon a sectional platform, with no representation in the body which nominated him from the South; but he was nominated and elected according to the forms of law. . . . "Let us look . . . at the evils that must result from secession. The first, in my opinion, would be that our country would not only be divided into a Northern Confederacy and into Southern Confederacy, but, soon or later it would be divided into sundry [several] petty Confederacies. We would have a Central Confederacy, a Confederacy of the States of the Mississippi Valley, a Pacific Confederacy, a Western Confederacy, an Eastern Confederacy, a Northern and a Southern Confederacy. ". . . It is easy perhaps to break down this Government; but, sir, when we break it down it will not be so easy a matter to build it up. . . . Gentlemen cry out against the tyranny of their own government, and yet denounce [those opposed to secession] because we hesitate to allow ourselves to be thrust into the embraces of such a military dictatorship." Waitman T. Willey, addressing the Virginia State Secession Convention, March 4, 1861

B citizens in the Southern states were deeply divided over secession Correct. In the excerpt, Willey argues that despite his severe disagreements with developments in the Northern states, he does not see how Virginia seceding from the Union would bring a better outcome. He warns that secession would likely be disastrous.

The laity [church members] . . . saw to it that the Second Great Awakening exerted much of its influence through purposeful voluntary associations, typically headed by boards of directors on which laypersons appeared prominently. . . . "Contemporaries called the interlocking, interdenominational directorates of these organizations "the Evangelical United Front" or "the Benevolent Empire." . . . "The social reforms embraced by the Evangelical United Front characteristically involved creating some form of personal discipline serving a goal or redemption. Prison reform serves as an example: No longer would the prison be intended only as a place to hold persons awaiting trial, coerce debt payment, or inflict retributive justice. Reformers reconceived the prison as corrective function, as a 'penitentiary' or 'reformatory,' in the vocabulary they invented. Besides prisoners, other people who did not function as free moral agents might become objects of the reformers' concern: alcoholics, children, slaves, the insane. The goal of the reformers in each case was to substitute for external constraints the inner discipline of morality. Some historians have interpreted the religious reformers as motivated simply by an impulse to impose 'social control,' but it seems more accurate to describe their concern as redemptive, and more specifically the creation of responsible personal autonomy. Liberation and control represented two sides of the redemptive process as they conceived it. Christians who had achieved self-liberation and self-control through conversion not surprisingly often turned to a concern with the liberation and discipline of others. . . . "The religious awakenings of the early nineteenth century marshaled powerful energies in an age when few other social agencies in the United States had the capacity to do so. [The] Evangelical United Front organized its voluntary associations on a national, indeed international, level, at a time when little else in American society was organized, when there existed no nationwide business corporation save the Second Bank of the United States and no nationwide government bureaucracy save the Post Office. Indeed, the four major evangelical denominations together employed twice as many people, occupied twice as many premises, and raised at least three times as much money as the Post Office." Daniel Walker Howe, historian, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, published in 2007 A piece of evidence used by Howe in the second paragraph of the excerpt to support his argument about the goals of prison reform was that prison reformers A. saw prisons primarily as a form of punishment B. intended to use prisons to rehabilitate criminals C. sought to expand prisons to force debt repayments D. thought prisons were only to hold people before trial

B intended to use prisons to rehabilitate criminals

"The isolation of the [native peoples] of the Americas . . . from Old World germs prior to the last few hundred years was nearly absolute. Not only did very few people of any origin cross the great oceans, but those who did must have been healthy or they would have died on the way, taking their pathogens with them. . . . [Native Americans] were not without their own infections, of course. [But Native Americans] seem to have been without any experience with such Old World maladies as smallpox [and] measles. . . . "Indications of the susceptibility of [Native Americans] . . . to Old World infections appear almost immediately after the intrusion of the whites. In 1492, Columbus kidnapped a number of [Arawak Indians] to train as interpreters and to show to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Several of them seem to have died on the stormy voyage to Europe [in 1493]. . . . In 1495, Columbus . . . sent 550 [Arawak] slaves . . . off across the Atlantic. . . to be put to work in Spain. The majority of these soon were also dead. . . . ". . . What killed the Arawaks in 1493 and 1495? . . . Columbus certainly did not want to kill his interpreters, and slavers and slaveholders have no interest whatever in the outright slaughter of their property. . . . The most likely candidates for the role of exterminator of the first [Native Americans] in Europe were those that killed so many other Arawaks in the decades immediately following: Old World pathogens." Alfred W. Crosby, historian, Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, published in 1986 In the excerpt, Crosby makes which of the following claims about the transmission of Old World diseases to the Americas? A) It had minimal effect on Native Americans. B) It was an unintended consequence of contact between the New World and the Old World. C) It was significant in the centuries prior to Columbus' arrival in the Americas. D) It was a deliberate act on the part of Columbus.

B) It was an unintended consequence of contact between the New World and the Old World.

"On the western side of the ocean, movements of people and ideas . . . preceded the Atlantic connection. Great empires—in the Valley of Mexico, on the Mississippi River . . . —had collapsed or declined in the centuries before 1492. . . . As Columbus embarked on his first transatlantic voyage, the Mexica, or Aztecs, were consolidating their position [in Mexico]; their city was a center of both trade and military might. Tenochtitlán [the Aztec capital] . . . held 200,000 people, a population greater than in the largest city in contemporary Europe. ". . . The Mississippian culture spread east and west from its center, the city of Cahokia, on the Mississippi River near the site of modern St. Louis. It was a successor to earlier cultures, evidence of which can be seen in the great ceremonial mounds they built. Cahokia declined and was ultimately abandoned completely in the later thirteenth century. . . . Throughout the Southeast, smaller mound-building centers continued." Karen Ordahl Kupperman, historian, The Atlantic in World History, 2012 Which of the following contributed most significantly to the population trend in pre-Columbian Mexico described in the excerpt? A) Migration in pursuit of fertile lands B) Trade and settlement resulting from maize cultivation C) Low birth rates and high death tolls as a result of European diseases D) Internal conflict between groups causing political instability

B) Trade and settlement resulting from maize cultivation

The share of White and African American populations in the various states shown in the table most strongly suggests which of the following? A. African American migrants were moving from the southern to the northern states B. Small subsistence farms dominated older, more established states such as Virginia and Maryland C. Newly settled states such as Kentucky and Tennessee relied less on slave labor than did regions elsewhere in the South D. The use of slave labor was declining throughout the South by 1800.

Which of the following best explains the spread of images of George Washington in the United States after the American Revolution? A. The republican belief that political power should be inherited B. The embrace of political party campaigning by electoral candidates C. The desire of Americans to develop a new national culture D. The refusal of former Loyalists to accept the outcome of the war

George Washington's suggestions about United States foreign relations reflect which of the following situations? A. The need to establish industries to export more goods B. The desire to encourage immigration from northern and western Europe C. The continued European colonial presence along United States borders D. The challenge of spreading American revolutionary ideals abroad

Lincoln's rhetoric in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following arguments? A Allowing slavery to exist was still a political option. B Maintaining the blockade of Southern states was difficult. C Changing the purpose of the war would strengthen the Union cause. D Achieving the Confederacy's unconditional surrender was the Union's main objective. "There are those who are dissatisfied with me. To such I would say: You desire peace; and you blame me that we do not have it. But how can we attain it? . . . "But to be plain, you are dissatisfied with me about the Negro. . . . You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional—I think differently. I think the Constitution invests its commander-in-chief, with the law of war, in time of war. The most that can be said, if so much, is, that slaves are property. Is there—has there ever been—any question that by the law of war, property, both of enemies and friends, may be taken when needed? And is it not needed whenever taking it, helps us, or hurts the enemy? . . . "You say you will not fight to free Negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you. . . . I issued the proclamation on purpose to aid you in saving the Union. . . . Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motive—even the promise of freedom. And the promise being made, must be kept." President Abraham Lincoln, letter to James Conkling explaining why he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863

C Changing the purpose of the war would strengthen the Union cause. Correct. After a series of victories by the Confederate armies in the first two years of the war, Northern support was beginning to wane. Lincoln, realizing he needed more troops and looking to redefine the purpose of the war, issued the Emancipation Proclamation in part to encourage enslaved people and free African Americans to join the Union army and fight for the permanent abolition of slavery.

The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following? A What prevented European powers from supporting the South B What motivated African Americans during the war C How Lincoln used executive powers to initiate wartime policy D How Confederate strategy prevented a rapid Union victory "There are those who are dissatisfied with me. To such I would say: You desire peace; and you blame me that we do not have it. But how can we attain it? . . . "But to be plain, you are dissatisfied with me about the Negro. . . . You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional—I think differently. I think the Constitution invests its commander-in-chief, with the law of war, in time of war. The most that can be said, if so much, is, that slaves are property. Is there—has there ever been—any question that by the law of war, property, both of enemies and friends, may be taken when needed? And is it not needed whenever taking it, helps us, or hurts the enemy? . . . "You say you will not fight to free Negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you. . . . I issued the proclamation on purpose to aid you in saving the Union. . . . Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motive—even the promise of freedom. And the promise being made, must be kept." President Abraham Lincoln, letter to James Conkling explaining why he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863

C How Lincoln used executive powers to initiate wartime policy Correct. As Lincoln explains in the excerpt, he believed the Constitution gave the president broad powers during wartime. Lincoln sought to use these powers to frame the Emancipation Proclamation as necessary to achieving victory in the Civil War.

"Jackson truly believed that, compared to his predecessors' combination of high-minded rhetoric, treachery, and abandonment, his Indian policy was 'just and humane.' . . . ". . . Jackson's paternalism was predicated on his assumption, then widely but not universally shared by white Americans, that all Indians . . . were [irrational] and inferior to all whites. His promises about voluntary and compensated relocation . . . were constantly undermined by delays and by sharp dealing by War Department negotiators—actions Jackson condoned. . . . Jackson tried to head off outright fraud, but the removal bill's allotment scheme invited an influx of outside speculators, who wound up buying between 80 and 90 percent of the land owned by Indians who wished to stay at a fraction of its actual worth. At no point did Jackson consider allowing even a small number of Georgia Cherokees who preferred to stay to do so in select enclaves, an option permitted to small numbers of Iroquois in upstate New York and Cherokees in western North Carolina. . . . Bereft of long-term planning and a full-scale federal commitment, the realities of Indian removal belied Jackson's rhetoric. Although the worst suffering was inflicted after he left office, Jackson cannot escape responsibility for setting in motion an insidious policy that uprooted tens of thousands of Choctaws and Creeks [from the Southeast] during his presidency." Sean Wilentz, historian, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln, published in 2005 Which of the following pieces of evidence would help modify an argument in the excerpt about President Jackson's intentions toward American Indians? A. Some representatives of Jackson profited by purchasing land from American Indians who were forcibly relocated. B. Some of Jackson's agents encouraged American Indians from Ohio and Florida to leave their homelands as well. C. Jackson had led United States armies that conquered American Indian peoples in the Southeast and forced land cessions. D. Jackson believed that relocating American Indians was the only action that would enable them to preserve their way of life.

C Jackson had led United States armies that conquered American Indian peoples in the Southeast and forced land cessions.

"Antebellum planters . . . were very interested in the control of black movement. They were also keen to master their slaves' senses of pleasure. Seeking to contain [African Americans] even further than laws, curfews, bells, horns, and patrols already did, some planters used plantation [parties] as a paternalist mechanism of social control. Plantation parties, which carefully doled out joy on Saturday nights and holidays, were intended to seem benevolent and to inspire respect, gratitude, deference, and importantly, obedience. . . . The most important component of paternalistic plantation parties was the legitimating presence of the master. ". . . [Yet] again and again, slaves sought out illicit, secular gatherings of their own creation. They disregarded curfews and pass laws to escape to secret parties where . . . pleasures such as drinking, eating, dancing, and dressing up were the main amusements. . . . ". . . In the context of enslavement, such exhilarating pleasure . . . must be understood as important and meaningful enjoyment, as personal expression, and as oppositional." Stephanie M. H. Camp, historian, Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South, 2004 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? A. When possible, enslaved African Americans sought to escape to the North. B. Some enslaved African Americans learned to read in spite of laws banning it. C. Large-scale rebellions by enslaved African Americans in the first half of the 1800s were largely unsuccessful. D. Many enslaved African Americans maintained family units, even with spouses and children on other plantations.

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

Levine's argument about Reconstruction in the excerpt differs from that of Langguth in that Levine argues A African Americans were held in a perpetual state of slavery B White Southerners willingly worked alongside the emancipated population C Northern Republicans gradually withdrew their support for Reconstruction policies D White plantation owners conceded to Republican policies in the South "Forces committed to restoring White supremacy launched a ruthless, bloody campaign of terror and intimidation against freedpeople and their White allies in the South. As young southern units of the Republican Party broke under those blows and the Republicans of the North retreated and grew more conservative, Reconstruction collapsed. With it went many . . . gains. A resurgent southern elite once again set about imposing White supremacy and tyrannical labor discipline while stripping freedpeople of many of their civic and political rights." Bruce Levine, historian, The Fall of the House of Dixie, 2013 "For many poor Whites throughout the South, Jim Crow laws alone could not ease their most persistent fear. In regions like northern Louisiana, with little but pine trees rising from its barren soil, White men found themselves competing with [formerly enslaved people], and during the dozen years of Reconstruction they had not known which race would prevail. "Such men had dropped away from the Ku Klux Klan after President Grant's crackdown, but their simmering resentments had grown. With control of the South passing again to the Democrats, powerless Whites were joining plantation owners to ensure that Black workers remained without their basic rights." A. J. Langguth, historian, After Lincoln, 2014

C Northern Republicans gradually withdrew their support for Reconstruction policies Correct. According to Levine, the Southern Republicans retreated under the campaign of terror and intimidation in the South, while the Northern wing of the Republican Party abandoned Reconstruction and its many gains as the party became more focused on economic development.

Which of the following developments resulted most directly from the gold rush described in the excerpt? A An anti-Catholic movement arose in western mining communities. B Plantation agriculture spread from the South to the Pacific coast. C People from America, Europe, and Asia migrated to the region. D The West Coast became a major industrial center for the United States. "No roads marked the way to the traveler in California then: but, guided by the sun and well-known mountain peaks, we proceeded on our journey. . . . Some forty or fifty men were at work with the cradle machines, and were averaging about eight ounces [of gold] per day to the man. But a few moments passed before I was knee deep in water, with my wash-basin full of dirt, plunging it about endeavoring to separate the dirt from the gold. After washing some fifty pans of dirt, I found I had realized about four bits' worth of gold. Reader, do you know how [one] feels when the gold fever heat has suddenly fallen to about zero? I do. . . . The Indians who were working for Capts. Sutter and Weber gave them leading information, so that they were enabled to know the direction in which new discoveries were to be made. . . . "The morals of the miners of '48 should here be noticed. No person worked on Sunday at digging for gold. . . . We had ministers of the gospel amongst us, but they never preached. Religion had been forgotten, even by its ministers, and instead of their pointing out the narrow way which leads to eternal happiness . . . they might have been seen, with pick-axe and pan, traveling untrodden [untraveled] ways in search of . . . treasure . . . or drinking good health and prosperity with friends." James H. Carson, describing life in the early California gold fields, 1848

C People from America, Europe, and Asia migrated to the region. Correct. The gold rush drew migrants from the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Asia, dramatically increasing the population of California and setting the territory on a rapid path to statehood in the United States.

Which of the following most directly led to the expansion of participatory democracy in the first half of the nineteenth century? A. Development of a canal system connecting different parts of the country B. Encouragement of citizens to settle the western territories C. Reduction of property ownership requirements for voting D. Threats by South Carolina to nullify federal laws it deemed unconstitutional

C Reduction of property ownership requirements for voting

The Fourteenth Amendment emerged from which of the following contexts? A Abolitionists' fears that African Americans would be barred from voting B Expectations that formerly enslaved people would run for political office C Republican concerns that African Americans would be denied citizenship rights D Former Confederate leaders' support for multiple new amendments to the Constitution

C Republican concerns that African Americans would be denied citizenship rights Correct. The Fourteenth Amendment specifically grants African Americans citizenship, ensuring their equal protection under the law. It was deemed necessary by Radical Republicans and abolitionists, who feared that Southern white politicians would pass local laws restricting African American rights.

"The committee of the president and directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company [in Delaware] . . . beg leave respectfully to offer to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, the following facts and observations relative to the said canal. . . . ". . . The island of Great Britain furnishes proof of the advantages of canals, beyond any other country. That nation has now become the maritime rival, and almost controller of every commercial people; her superiority has arisen from her unbounded commerce, and the vast wealth it has introduced, the basis of which wealth is her immense manufactures . . . : the foundation of these manufactures has again been formed by her internal improvements. . . . "The United States, both from their present political and natural situation, demand from their government every aid it can furnish. . . . Her rapid increase in prosperity, has already drawn upon her the envy, the jealousy, and the hostility of other nations, which alone can be counteracted by improving her internal strength, supplying her wants as far as possible by her own [products] and manufactures, and extending her agriculture so as to gain from its surplus the wealth of other nations." The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, petition to the United States Congress, 1809 Which of the following best describes a historian's likely interpretation of the situation in which the excerpt was produced in the early 1800s? A. Political leaders agreed on policies for developing the economy. B. Most Americans sought to turn away from European influences. C. Some Americans promoted international strength through a unified national economy. D. Business leaders argued that the Constitution limited federal spending.

C Some Americans promoted international strength through a unified national economy.

Which of the following groups would most likely have supported secession from the United States after the 1860 presidential election? A Northern abolitionists B Members of the Free Soil Party C Southern Democrats D Northern Democrats

C Southern Democrats Correct. Southern Democrats would have been most likely to support secession from the United States owing to their support for maintaining and expanding slavery, which was in opposition to the Republican goal of limiting slavery. Southern Democrats strongly influenced South Carolina's decision to secede in 1860 following the election of Abraham Lincoln.

"Antebellum planters . . . were very interested in the control of black movement. They were also keen to master their slaves' senses of pleasure. Seeking to contain [African Americans] even further than laws, curfews, bells, horns, and patrols already did, some planters used plantation [parties] as a paternalist mechanism of social control. Plantation parties, which carefully doled out joy on Saturday nights and holidays, were intended to seem benevolent and to inspire respect, gratitude, deference, and importantly, obedience. . . . The most important component of paternalistic plantation parties was the legitimating presence of the master. ". . . [Yet] again and again, slaves sought out illicit, secular gatherings of their own creation. They disregarded curfews and pass laws to escape to secret parties where . . . pleasures such as drinking, eating, dancing, and dressing up were the main amusements. . . . ". . . In the context of enslavement, such exhilarating pleasure . . . must be understood as important and meaningful enjoyment, as personal expression, and as oppositional." Stephanie M. H. Camp, historian, Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South, 2004 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? A. The United States expanded its participation in the international slave trade. B. Northern business leaders sought enslaved people as laborers for transportation projects. C. Southern planters used enslaved people to produce cotton for international markets. D. Protestant religious revivalists encouraged the growth of antislavery movements.

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

Evidence in the excerpt most strongly suggests which of the following? A Southern opinions regarding slavery were changing. B Southern businesses rejected paying federal taxes. C Southern voters viewed the presidential election with contempt. D Southern politicians were anxious to form alliances with European countries. "What fault has there been on the part of the General Government of the United States? Why break up this Union? Will any gentleman be so kind as to particularize a single instance worthy of debate, in which the Federal Government has been derelict [negligent] in the discharge of its duty, or has failed to accomplish the purposes of its organization? . . . "I am not here . . . to defend the election of Abraham Lincoln. I believe that his election was virtually a fraud upon the people of the United States . . . nominated, as he was, by a sectional party, and upon a sectional platform, with no representation in the body which nominated him from the South; but he was nominated and elected according to the forms of law. . . . "Let us look . . . at the evils that must result from secession. The first, in my opinion, would be that our country would not only be divided into a Northern Confederacy and into Southern Confederacy, but, soon or later it would be divided into sundry [several] petty Confederacies. We would have a Central Confederacy, a Confederacy of the States of the Mississippi Valley, a Pacific Confederacy, a Western Confederacy, an Eastern Confederacy, a Northern and a Southern Confederacy. ". . . It is easy perhaps to break down this Government; but, sir, when we break it down it will not be so easy a matter to build it up. . . . Gentlemen cry out against the tyranny of their own government, and yet denounce [those opposed to secession] because we hesitate to allow ourselves to be thrust into the embraces of such a military dictatorship." Waitman T. Willey, addressing the Virginia State Secession Convention, March 4, 1861

C Southern voters viewed the presidential election with contempt. Correct. As shown in the excerpt, Southern voters, including Willey, did not vote for Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860 and often viewed his victory as a fraud. Willey, however, argued that despite their differences, Virginia must not secede from the Union.

"Let us, then, with courage and confidence, pursue our own Federal and [Democratic-] Republican principles, our attachment to union and representative government. Kindly separated by nature and a wide ocean from the exterminating havoc of one quarter of the globe; too high-minded to endure the degradations of the others; possessing a chosen country, with room enough for our descendants . . . ; entertaining a due sense of our equal right to the use of our own faculties, to the acquisitions of our own industry, to honor and confidence from our fellow citizens, resulting not from birth, but from our actions and their sense of them; enlightened by a benign religion . . . —with all these blessings, what more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people? Still one thing more, fellow citizens—a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government; and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities." President Thomas Jefferson, first inaugural address, 1801 Which of the following best describes the political situation in which Jefferson gave the address in the excerpt? A. Federalists sought compromise with Democratic-Republican politicians. B. The Federalist Party remained more powerful than the Democratic-Republicans. C. The Democratic-Republican Party had won the presidency for the first time. D. Democratic-Republicans had gained increased support from wealthy merchants.

C The Democratic-Republican Party had won the presidency for the first time.

Which of the following describes a trend in sectional development by 1860 reflected in the data in the graph? A The South was becoming less dependent on exports to foreign markets than the North. B The North and the South were becoming more connected through railroads. C The North was becoming more diverse in its economic activities than the South.

C The North was becoming more diverse in its economic activities than the South. Correct. The North's predominance in railroad mileage, iron and steel production, and number of factories, as indicated in the graph, reflects the trend of economic diversification by 1860.

Which of the following developments most likely influenced the argument expressed in the image? A The Mexican-American War resulted in the expansion of United States territories. B The continued westward movement of settlers increased agricultural production. C The conclusion of the Civil War stirred debates over citizenship. D The invention of new sailing technologies made international trade easier. Thomas Nast, "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner," 1869, drawn in support of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Courtesy of the Library of Congress Which of the following developments most likely influenced the argument e

C The conclusion of the Civil War stirred debates over citizenship. Correct. Through its depiction of people from around the world gathering at a Thanksgiving table, the image indicates the artist's support for the expansion of citizenship rights in the period immediately following the Civil War.

"National gratitude—national pride—every high and generous feeling that attaches us to the land of our birth, or that [elevates] our characters as individuals, ask[s] of us that we should foster the . . . literature of our country. . . . On the other hand, it is not necessary for these purposes—it is even detrimental to bestow on mediocrity the praise due to excellence, and still more so is the attempt to persuade ourselves and others into an admiration of the faults of [our writers]. . . . "It must however be allowed, that the poetry of the United States, though it has not reached that perfection to which some other countries have carried theirs, is yet even better than it could have been expected to produce, considering that our nation has scarcely seen two centuries since its founders erected their cabins on its soil. . . . "The fondness for literature is fast increasing in our country—and if this were not the case, the patrons of literature have multiplied, of course, and will continue to multiply with the mere growth of our population. The popular English works of the day are often reprinted in our country—they are dispersed all over the union. . . . What should hinder our native works, if equal in merit, from meeting an equally favorable reception?" William Cullen Bryant, book review in the North American Review, 1818 The excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following developments? A. The termination of cultural connections with Great Britain B. The popularization of the belief in human perfectibility C. The creation of a unique American culture D. The foundation of a trans-Atlantic print culture

C The creation of a unique American culture

The artist who created the image would have most likely opposed which of the following developments? A The creation of the Republican Party B The construction of canals and railroads C The ending of Reconstruction D The passage of laws promoting economic development in the West Thomas Nast, "Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner," 1869, drawn in support of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Courtesy of the Library of Congress

C The ending of Reconstruction Correct. Because the end of Reconstruction resulted in the undoing of many policies advocated in the image such as the protection of civil rights, the artist most likely would have disapproved of that development.

"The committee of the president and directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company [in Delaware] . . . beg leave respectfully to offer to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, the following facts and observations relative to the said canal. . . . ". . . The island of Great Britain furnishes proof of the advantages of canals, beyond any other country. That nation has now become the maritime rival, and almost controller of every commercial people; her superiority has arisen from her unbounded commerce, and the vast wealth it has introduced, the basis of which wealth is her immense manufactures . . . : the foundation of these manufactures has again been formed by her internal improvements. . . . "The United States, both from their present political and natural situation, demand from their government every aid it can furnish. . . . Her rapid increase in prosperity, has already drawn upon her the envy, the jealousy, and the hostility of other nations, which alone can be counteracted by improving her internal strength, supplying her wants as far as possible by her own [products] and manufactures, and extending her agriculture so as to gain from its surplus the wealth of other nations." The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, petition to the United States Congress, 1809 The petition could best be used as evidence by historians studying which of the following? A. The effects of new transportation links on industry in the Northeast B. The lives of immigrant laborers constructing new infrastructure C. The ideas that led some Americans to advocate for improved transportation D. The reasons that regional interests opposed internal improvements

C The ideas that led some Americans to advocate for improved transportation

Which of the following best explains a major reason for the emergence of the Second Great Awakening in the United States? A. The expansion of participatory democracy fostered popular engagement in religion as well. B. The arrival of large numbers of immigrants from Europe brought new religious ideas to the United States. C. The rise of individualistic and evangelical spiritual beliefs inspired religious conversion. D. The proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere created a sense of spiritual independence.

C The rise of individualistic and evangelical spiritual beliefs inspired religious conversion.

"The isolation of the [native peoples] of the Americas . . . from Old World germs prior to the last few hundred years was nearly absolute. Not only did very few people of any origin cross the great oceans, but those who did must have been healthy or they would have died on the way, taking their pathogens with them. . . . [Native Americans] were not without their own infections, of course. [But Native Americans] seem to have been without any experience with such Old World maladies as smallpox [and] measles. . . . "Indications of the susceptibility of [Native Americans] . . . to Old World infections appear almost immediately after the intrusion of the whites. In 1492, Columbus kidnapped a number of [Arawak Indians] to train as interpreters and to show to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Several of them seem to have died on the stormy voyage to Europe [in 1493]. . . . In 1495, Columbus . . . sent 550 [Arawak] slaves . . . off across the Atlantic. . . to be put to work in Spain. The majority of these soon were also dead. . . . ". . . What killed the Arawaks in 1493 and 1495? . . . Columbus certainly did not want to kill his interpreters, and slavers and slaveholders have no interest whatever in the outright slaughter of their property. . . . The most likely candidates for the role of exterminator of the first [Native Americans] in Europe were those that killed so many other Arawaks in the decades immediately following: Old World pathogens." Alfred W. Crosby, historian, Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, published in 1986 Which of the following describes Crosby's overall argument in the excerpt about the reason for the change in Native American populations after 1492 ? A) Slaveholders overworked enslaved Native Americans in silver and gold mines. B) King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella commanded Native Americans to immigrate to Spain. C) Native Americans had no immunity to new diseases introduced by Europeans. D) Christopher Columbus pursued a policy of genocide against Native Americans.

C) Native Americans had no immunity to new diseases introduced by Europeans.

Greenberg's argument most differs from Hietala's in that Greenberg claims that A race was a defining factor in the tensions leading up to the Mexican-American War B pioneers, not politicians, were a major factor in building the American empire C most Americans believed that Mexicans in the new territories could not assimilate D the granting of citizenship to people in the territories was welcomed by many Americans after the war "It was not automatically apparent how any of the filibustering targets of the post-1848 period could 'fit' into an American republic, or even into an American empire. . . . While it seemed only logical to some to simply take all of Mexico as booty [spoils] of the war, cut Mexico up, and turn it into new territories and states, most Americans rejected this idea. They did so because central Mexico was densely populated. . . . Many Americans feared the result of the integration of Mexico's people into the United States. Critics also doubted whether Americans could be happy in the alien landscape of central and southern Mexico." Amy Greenberg, historian, Manifest Manhood and the Antebellum American Empire, 2005 "American settlers had eclipsed the Mexicans in Texas and, with ample aid from southern Whites, had rebelled and won their independence. . . . A small band of Americans, many of them merchants, lived in Mexican California when war broke out in 1846. This dispersion of hardy migrants inspired observers to insist that pioneers and not politicians won the West. . . . "Pioneers played a role in expansion, but the historical record points to politicians and propagandists as the primary agents of empire. Racial, economic, social, and political factors coalesced [combined] to make territorial and commercial expansion enticing to American leaders. . . . "Denying any parallels between earlier empires and their own, expansionists insisted that democracy and dominion were complementary, not contradictory. Since leaders intended to transform [territorial] cessions into states and their inhabitants (at least Whites) into citizens, they scoffed at misgivings about governing a vast domain." Thomas Hietala, historian, Manifest Design: American Exceptionalism and Empire, 2003

C most Americans believed that Mexicans in the new territories could not assimilate Correct. According to Greenberg's excerpt, many Americans opposed Mexican integration because they were fearful of the influence of foreign cultures and believed that assimilation would be difficult or impossible.

"On the western side of the ocean, movements of people and ideas . . . preceded the Atlantic connection. Great empires—in the Valley of Mexico, on the Mississippi River . . . —had collapsed or declined in the centuries before 1492. . . . As Columbus embarked on his first transatlantic voyage, the Mexica, or Aztecs, were consolidating their position [in Mexico]; their city was a center of both trade and military might. Tenochtitlán [the Azteterm-4c capital] . . . held 200,000 people, a population greater than in the largest city in contemporary Europe. ". . . The Mississippian culture spread east and west from its center, the city of Cahokia, on the Mississippi River near the site of modern St. Louis. It was a successor to earlier cultures, evidence of which can be seen in the great ceremonial mounds they built. Cahokia declined and was ultimately abandoned completely in the later thirteenth century. . . . Throughout the Southeast, smaller mound-building centers continued." Karen Ordahl Kupperman, historian, The Atlantic in World History, 2012 Which of the following most directly contributed to the advanced development of both pre-Columbian American societies described in the excerpt? A) Creation of military forces stronger than those of most rival societies B) Access to waterways to transport goods and trade with other societies C) Adaptation to and use of the natural environment for their own benefit D) Transfer of power through inheritance, which reinforced spiritual claims to authority

C) Adaptation to and use of the natural environment for their own benefit

"On the western side of the ocean, movements of people and ideas . . . preceded the Atlantic connection. Great empires—in the Valley of Mexico, on the Mississippi River . . . —had collapsed or declined in the centuries before 1492. . . . As Columbus embarked on his first transatlantic voyage, the Mexica, oterm-3r Aztecs, were consolidating their position [in Mexico]; their city was a center of both trade and military might. Tenochtitlán [the Aztec capital] . . . held 200,000 people, a population greater than in the largest city in contemporary Europe. ". . . The Mississippian culture spread east and west from its center, the city of Cahokia, on the Mississippi River near the site of modern St. Louis. It was a successor to earlier cultures, evidence of which can be seen in the great ceremonial mounds they built. Cahokia declined and was ultimately abandoned completely in the later thirteenth century. . . . Throughout the Southeast, smaller mound-building centers continued." Karen Ordahl Kupperman, historian, The Atlantic in World History, 2012 Which of the following developments in the 1500s is best illustrated by the excerpt? A) European settlers faced resistance from Native Americans. B) Europeans transported enslaved Africans to the Americas to produce sugar. C) Europeans sought new sources of wealth in the Americas. D) European missionaries traveled to the Americas seeking religious converts.

C) Europeans sought new sources of wealth in the Americas.

Which of the following evidence is used by the author (George S. Wood) to support his argument about state independence? A. The ability of state govemments to nullify the laws of other states B. The ability of the central government to declare war C. The inability of state governments collect taxes D. The inability of the central government to carry out many laws

Which of the following overall arguments did Hamilton make about the Articles of Confederation? A. The United States should invite other countries to ally with it under the terms of the Articles B. Americans should adopt the Artidles as the constitution of the United States. C. Americans should donate money to Congress because of flaws in the Articles. D. The United States should abandon the Articles to form a stronger central government.

"The isolation of the [native peoples] of the Americas . . . from Old World germs prior to the last few hundred years was nearly absolute. Not only did very few people of any origin cross the great oceans, but those who did must have been healthy or they would have died on the way, taking their pathogens with them. . . . [Native Americans] were not without their own infections, of course. [But Native Americans] seem to have been without any experience with such Old World maladies as smallpox [and] measles. . . . "Indications of the susceptibility of [Native Americans] . . . to Old World infections appear almost immediately after the intrusion of the whites. In 1492, Columbus kidnapped a number of [Arawak Indians] to train as interpreters and to show to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Several of them seem to have died on the stormy voyage to Europe [in 1493]. . . . In 1495, Columbus . . . sent 550 [Arawak] slaves . . . off across the Atlantic. . . to be put to work in Spain. The majority of these soon were also dead. . . . ". . . What killed the Arawaks in 1493 and 1495? . . . Columbus certainly did not want to kill his interpreters, and slavers and slaveholders have no interest whatever in the outright slaughter of their property. . . . The most likely candidates for the role of exterminator of the first [Native Americans] in Europe were those that killed so many other Arawaks in the decades immediately following: Old World pathogens." Alfred W. Crosby, historian, Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, published in 1986 Which of the following best describes evidence used by Crosby to support his argument about the change in Native American populations after 1492 ? A) The Spanish sought to use Native Americans as laborers on encomiendas. B) Columbus trained Native Americans as translators and guides. C) Native Americans who were taken to Europe as slaves experienced high mortality rates. D) Some diseases affecting Native Americans originated in the Americas.

C) Native Americans who were taken to Europe as slaves experienced high mortality rates.

"I . . . write an account to Your Majesty as the first [person] to come among these natives. . . . "These Indian people of New Spain [Mexico] are vassals of Your Majesty. . . . I dare plead with you for a remedy because, for their people to be saved, they are in great need of relief in order to devote themselves at least somewhat to matters of Faith. After all, it is the struggle for their salvation that justifies their discovery. . . . "I firmly believe that if the decrees Your Majesty sent here for their benefit were implemented, and if the governors and judges did more than pretend to do so, great good would have come to these people. Even more firmly I believe that Your Majesty's intention is that they be saved and that they know God. For this to happen, they must have some relief, so that with the moderate labor needed to meet their tribute obligation, they can still give themselves wholeheartedly to our teachings. . . . Otherwise, God will have good reason to complain, for Spaniards came to this land and have taken their property for their own benefit, and Your Majesty has extracted great benefit from them, too. . . . ". . . Your Majesty . . . should know that the Indians who are required to labor for a master in Mexico City in domestic service and bring firewood, fodder, and chickens leave their pueblo for a month at a time. . . . And the poor Indians often have to buy these things because they are not to be found in their pueblos. . . . Take pity on them and consider what is happening to the poor Indian woman who is in her house with no one to support her and her children, for her husband is hard pressed to meet his tribute requirement. . . . ". . . I advise you that if Your Majesty does not establish that . . . [the Indians] be required to pay tribute only from what they have, within thirty years these parts will be as deserted as the [Caribbean] islands, and so many souls will be lost." Fray (Friar) Pedro de Gante, Spanish Catholic friar and missionary, letter to Emperor Charles V, king of Spain, 1552 In the third paragraph of the excerpt, which of the following pieces of evidence does de Gante use to support his argument about the emperor of Spain's obligations to Native Americans? A) Native Americans have their own religious practices. B) Native American workers were eager to fulfill the emperor's wishes. C) The emperor has benefited from the riches acquired in the Americas. D) The royal governors have followed the crown's decrees in the Americas.

C) The emperor has benefited from the riches acquired in the Americas.

The growth of manufacturing in the United States from 1800 to 1850 was most directly connected to which of the following broader historical processes? A. Abolitionists advancing moral arguments to bring an end to slavery B. Political parties debating about the need for a national bank C. Supreme Court decisions confirming the primacy of federal laws over state laws D. Large numbers of international migrants moving to northern cities

D Large numbers of international migrants moving to northern cities

"The laity [church members] . . . saw to it that the Second Great Awakening exerted much of its influence through purposeful voluntary associations, typically headed by boards of directors on which laypersons appeared prominently. . . . "Contemporaries called the interlocking, interdenominational directorates of these organizations "the Evangelical United Front" or "the Benevolent Empire." . . . "The social reforms embraced by the Evangelical United Front characteristically involved creating some form of personal discipline serving a goal or redemption. Prison reform serves as an example: No longer would the prison be intended only as a place to hold persons awaiting trial, coerce debt payment, or inflict retributive justice. Reformers reconceived the prison as corrective function, as a 'penitentiary' or 'reformatory,' in the vocabulary they invented. Besides prisoners, other people who did not function as free moral agents might become objects of the reformers' concern: alcoholics, children, slaves, the insane. The goal of the reformers in each case was to substitute for external constraints the inner discipline of morality. Some historians have interpreted the religious reformers as motivated simply by an impulse to impose 'social control,' but it seems more accurate to describe their concern as redemptive, and more specifically the creation of responsible personal autonomy. Liberation and control represented two sides of the redemptive process as they conceived it. Christians who had achieved self-liberation and self-control through conversion not surprisingly often turned to a concern with the liberation and discipline of others. . . . "The religious awakenings of the early nineteenth century marshaled powerful energies in an age when few other social agencies in the United States had the capacity to do so. [The] Evangelical United Front organized its voluntary associations on a national, indeed international, level, at a time when little else in American society was organized, when there existed no nationwide business corporation save the Second Bank of the United States and no nationwide government bureaucracy save the Post Office. Indeed, the four major evangelical denominations together employed twice as many people, occupied twice as many premises, and raised at least three times as much money as the Post Office." Daniel Walker Howe, historian, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, published in 2007 Which of the following is a piece of evidence used by Howe to support his claim in the third paragraph of the excerpt about religious organizations in the early nineteenth century? A. Religious voluntary associations were limited to focusing on local efforts. B. Many religious reformers also worked for large nationwide corporations. C. The Second Bank of the United States was one of many national federal organizations. D. Members of the Evangelical United Front employed more people than the Post Office did

D Members of the Evangelical United Front employed more people than the Post Office did.

Dickinson's concern for the "mischiefs" in the states is best understood in the context of which of the following? A. Popular support in the states for making George Washington king B. The extensive power of the executive in state governments C. Continued warfare between some states and Great Britain D. The threat to state governments from popular uprisings

Hamilton claimed in the excerpt that state sovereignty A. increased the unity of the United States B. guaranteed Americans the protection of their liberties C. encouraged Americans to pursue the common good in politics D. allowed states to ignore the requests of the central government

Supporters of Washington's comments would most likely have agreed with which of the following foreign policies? A. Forming a large military B. Expanding territorial control C. Establishing mutual defense alliances D. Maintaining economic relationships

The second paragraph of the excerpt proposes that the Massachusetts legislature (that gives rights to all men) should A. allow enslaved Africans to serve in the state's militia B. find a way to resolve its conflicts with Britain peacefully C. write a constitution explaining how natural rights apply to enslaved people D. abolish slavery and release enslaved African Americans upon adulthood

"Mississippi planter and agricultural reformer M. W. Phillips, a regular contributor to the American Cotton Planter, wrote about soil exhaustion and crop rotation, and extolled the virtues of manuring and self-provisioning. In one of his most widely reproduced articles, Phillips condemned planters before whom 'everything has to bend [and] give way to large crops of cotton.' . . . "Phillips imagined the cotton economy in terms of flows of energy, nutrients, and fertility, all of which he was convinced were being expended at an unsustainable rate. He used images of human, animal, and mineral depletion to represent an onrushing ecological catastrophe. But he did so within the incised [limited] terms allowed him by his culture—the culture of cotton. Phillips was arguing that the slaveholding South needed to slow the rate at which it was converting human beings into cotton plants." Walter Johnson, historian, River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom, 2013 Which of the following most directly contributed to the development described in the excerpt? A. The introduction of enslaved Africans in the 1600s into what is now the United States B. The election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency and his decision to enforce tariff collections C. A series of slave insurrections and rebellions in the first half of the 1800s D. A belief by southern businessmen that the southern economy should focus on the export of select agricultural products

D A belief by southern businessmen that the southern economy should focus on the export of select agricultural products

Which of the following developments in labor systems in the United States before the Civil War is reflected by the data in the graph? A Indentured servants replaced wage laborers in the North. B Women laborers performed less industrial work in the North. C Large numbers of immigrants moved to urban areas in the South. D An internal trade in enslaved people spread throughout the South.

D An internal trade in enslaved people spread throughout the South. Correct. The export economy and number of large farms engaged in agriculture in the South, as indicated by the graph, reflect the growth of an internal slave trade to supply labor for plantations producing cotton for export.

"Jackson truly believed that, compared to his predecessors' combination of high-minded rhetoric, treachery, and abandonment, his Indian policy was 'just and humane.' . . . ". . . Jackson's paternalism was predicated on his assumption, then widely but not universally shared by white Americans, that all Indians . . . were [irrational] and inferior to all whites. His promises about voluntary and compensated relocation . . . were constantly undermined by delays and by sharp dealing by War Department negotiators—actions Jackson condoned. . . . Jackson tried to head off outright fraud, but the removal bill's allotment scheme invited an influx of outside speculators, who wound up buying between 80 and 90 percent of the land owned by Indians who wished to stay at a fraction of its actual worth. At no point did Jackson consider allowing even a small number of Georgia Cherokees who preferred to stay to do so in select enclaves, an option permitted to small numbers of Iroquois in upstate New York and Cherokees in western North Carolina. . . . Bereft of long-term planning and a full-scale federal commitment, the realities of Indian removal belied Jackson's rhetoric. Although the worst suffering was inflicted after he left office, Jackson cannot escape responsibility for setting in motion an insidious policy that uprooted tens of thousands of Choctaws and Creeks [from the Southeast] during his presidency." Sean Wilentz, historian, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln, published in 2005 Which of the following claims is supported by the author's main argument in the excerpt? A. White settler demand for land was the principal cause of Indian removal policies. B. Partnerships between White settlers and American Indians prevented most removals. C. Andrew Jackson planned Indian removal to punish American Indians after conflicts. D. Andrew Jackson can be blamed for the unintended effects of Indian removal.

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

The Second Great Awakening was most directly related to which of the following other historical developments of the early nineteenth century? A. Innovations in manufacturing technology and agricultural equipment B. Opposing political views on the powers of the federal government C. Celebrations of American patriotism and national culture D. Challenges to Enlightenment views of rationalism

D Challenges to Enlightenment views of rationalism

Ideas in the excerpt would most likely have influenced which of the following? A Arguments supporting defining slavery on the grounds of states' rights B Claims that the United States should occupy all Mexican territory C Attempts to convince plantation owners to stop farming cash crops D Efforts at assisting enslaved people in escaping from the South "I know not how to thank you for the deep and lively interest you have been pleased to take in the cause of . . . the emancipation of a people, who, for two long centuries, have endured, with the utmost patience, a bondage, one hour of which . . . is worse than ages of that which your fathers rose in rebellion to oppose. "It is such indications on the part of the press—which, happily, are multiplying throughout all the land—that kindle up within me an ardent hope that the curse of slavery will not much longer be permitted to make its iron foot-prints in the lacerated [deeply cut] hearts of my . . . brethren. . . . I am called, by way of reproach, a runaway slave. As if it were a crime—an unpardonable crime—for a man to take his inalienable rights! "But why [you,] a New-York editor, born and reared in the State of Maine, far removed from the contaminated . . . atmosphere of slavery, should pursue such a course [supporting abolition], is not so apparent. I will not, however, stop here to ascertain the cause, but deal with fact. . . . "The object . . . is simply to give such an exposition of the degrading influence of slavery upon the master and his [supporters] as well as upon the slave—to excite such an intelligent interest on the subject of American slavery—as may react upon that country, and tend to shame her out of her adhesion to a system which all must confess to disagree with justice. . . . "I am earnestly and anxiously laboring to wipe off this foul blot from the . . . American people, that they may accomplish in behalf of human freedom that which their exalted position among the nations of the earth amply fits them to do." Frederick Douglass to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, 1846

D Efforts at assisting enslaved people in escaping from the South Correct. Douglass' argument asserts that enslaved people maintained inalienable rights and that one of those included the right to attempt to obtain their freedom by running away.

"National gratitude—national pride—every high and generous feeling that attaches us to the land of our birth, or that [elevates] our characters as individuals, ask[s] of us that we should foster the . . . literature of our country. . . . On the other hand, it is not necessary for these purposes—it is even detrimental to bestow on mediocrity the praise due to excellence, and still more so is the attempt to persuade ourselves and others into an admiration of the faults of [our writers]. . . . "It must however be allowed, that the poetry of the United States, though it has not reached that perfection to which some other countries have carried theirs, is yet even better than it could have been expected to produce, considering that our nation has scarcely seen two centuries since its founders erected their cabins on its soil. . . . "The fondness for literature is fast increasing in our country—and if this were not the case, the patrons of literature have multiplied, of course, and will continue to multiply with the mere growth of our population. The popular English works of the day are often reprinted in our country—they are dispersed all over the union. . . . What should hinder our native works, if equal in merit, from meeting an equally favorable reception?" William Cullen Bryant, book review in the North American Review, 1818 Which of the following can be concluded about the relationship between the United States and Europe based on the situation described in the excerpt? A. American writing was considered more refined than European writing. B. European artists traveled to the United States for inspiration. C. Most American literature was written for European consumption. D. European styles continued to influence American society.

D European styles continued to influence American society.

The excerpt best provides evidence about which of the following historical situations in the late 1840s? A Increased conflict between urban immigrants and nativists B Compromises between the Supreme Court and national leaders C The expanding influence of the Northern abolitionist movement D Growing sectional tensions caused by the Mexican-American War "Mr. President, it was solemnly asserted on this floor, some time ago, that all parties in the non-slaveholding States had come to a fixed and solemn determination upon two propositions. One was that there should be no further admission of any States into this Union which permitted, by their constitutions, the existence of slavery; and the other was that slavery shall not hereafter exist in any of the territories of the United States, the effect of which would be to give to the non-slaveholding States the monopoly of the public domain. . . . The subject has been agitated in the other House [of Congress], and they have sent up a bill 'prohibiting the extension of slavery . . . to any territory which may be acquired by the United States hereafter.' At the same time, two resolutions which have been moved to extend the compromise line from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, during the present session, have been rejected by a decided majority. "Sir, there is no mistaking the signs of the times; and it is high time that the Southern States—the slaveholding States—should inquire what is now their relative strength in this Union, and what it will be if this determination is carried into effect hereafter." John C. Calhoun, senator, speech in the United States Senate, 1847

D Growing sectional tensions caused by the Mexican-American War Correct. The aftermath of the Mexican-American War led to heated controversies over whether to allow slavery in the newly acquired territories, which increased sectional tensions between the North and the South.

The industrial resources of the North during the Civil War most likely accounted for which of the following? A The Southern reliance on cotton production and export, along with the system of enslaved labor B The Confederate strategy that focused on the western theater of operations during the war C The willingness of African Americans to fight for the Union cause in the conflict D The disadvantage of the Confederacy in access to arms, munitions, and other supplies

D The disadvantage of the Confederacy in access to arms, munitions, and other supplies Correct. The industrialization of the North allowed for greater production of war materials for the Union army. In contrast, the Southern economy was more agrarian and did not have the resources to mobilize and adequately supply the Confederate army.

The phrase in the excerpt "Some of them seem willing to fight for you" could most likely be interpreted as having which of the following purposes? A Authorizing the policy of total war by Union generals in fighting in the South B Addressing the difficulties of feeding runaway enslaved people at military encampments C Acknowledging the shuffling of commanding officers in the Union army D Highlighting the enlistment of formerly enslaved people into the Union army "There are those who are dissatisfied with me. To such I would say: You desire peace; and you blame me that we do not have it. But how can we attain it? . . . "But to be plain, you are dissatisfied with me about the Negro. . . . You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional—I think differently. I think the Constitution invests its commander-in-chief, with the law of war, in time of war. The most that can be said, if so much, is, that slaves are property. Is there—has there ever been—any question that by the law of war, property, both of enemies and friends, may be taken when needed? And is it not needed whenever taking it, helps us, or hurts the enemy? . . . "You say you will not fight to free Negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you. . . . I issued the proclamation on purpose to aid you in saving the Union. . . . Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If they stake their lives for us, they must be prompted by the strongest motive—even the promise of freedom. And the promise being made, must be kept." President Abraham Lincoln, letter to James Conkling explaining why he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863

D Highlighting the enlistment of formerly enslaved people into the Union army Correct. With the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln sought to redefine the purpose of the Civil War. Lincoln defended the proclamation's aims and supported the enlistment of tens of thousands of African Americans into the Union army.

The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following? A The development of new transportation technologies B The emergence of nativist political parties C The relocation of Native Americans from the South D The growth of the abolition movement in the United States "I know not how to thank you for the deep and lively interest you have been pleased to take in the cause of . . . the emancipation of a people, who, for two long centuries, have endured, with the utmost patience, a bondage, one hour of which . . . is worse than ages of that which your fathers rose in rebellion to oppose. "It is such indications on the part of the press—which, happily, are multiplying throughout all the land—that kindle up within me an ardent hope that the curse of slavery will not much longer be permitted to make its iron foot-prints in the lacerated [deeply cut] hearts of my . . . brethren. . . . I am called, by way of reproach, a runaway slave. As if it were a crime—an unpardonable crime—for a man to take his inalienable rights! "But why [you,] a New-York editor, born and reared in the State of Maine, far removed from the contaminated . . . atmosphere of slavery, should pursue such a course [supporting abolition], is not so apparent. I will not, however, stop here to ascertain the cause, but deal with fact. . . . "The object . . . is simply to give such an exposition of the degrading influence of slavery upon the master and his [supporters] as well as upon the slave—to excite such an intelligent interest on the subject of American slavery—as may react upon that country, and tend to shame her out of her adhesion to a system which all must confess to disagree with justice. . . . "I am earnestly and anxiously laboring to wipe off this foul blot from the . . . American people, that they may accomplish in behalf of human freedom that which their exalted position among the nations of the earth amply fits them to do." Frederick Douglass to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, 184

D The growth of the abolition movement in the United States Correct. The excerpt addresses the actions and writings of those, like Douglass, who had been formerly enslaved, aimed at ending the practice and institution of slavery in the United States. The excerpt also highlights the participation of people like Greeley in the abolition or antislavery movement.

Which of the following developments most directly related to the increased sectional strife immediately prior to the election of 1860? A The addition of territory to the United States through the annexation of California B The rise of nativist political groups in Northern urban areas C The differing viewpoints over the use of the tariff to protect domestic industry D The legal ruling that denied African Americans rights of citizenship

D The legal ruling that denied African Americans rights of citizenship Correct. The 1857 Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case ruled that enslaved people were property and that African Americans did not have a Constitutional claim to rights of citizenship. This ruling further inflamed sectional tensions prior to 1860 by overturning earlier laws that had banned the expansion of slavery into certain territories and allowing slavery to stand as an institution in any territory in the United States.

"The laity [church members] . . . saw to it that the Second Great Awakening exerted much of its influence through purposeful voluntary associations, typically headed by boards of directors on which laypersons appeared prominently. . . . "Contemporaries called the interlocking, interdenominational directorates of these organizations "the Evangelical United Front" or "the Benevolent Empire." . . . "The social reforms embraced by the Evangelical United Front characteristically involved creating some form of personal discipline serving a goal or redemption. Prison reform serves as an example: No longer would the prison be intended only as a place to hold persons awaiting trial, coerce debt payment, or inflict retributive justice. Reformers reconceived the prison as corrective function, as a 'penitentiary' or 'reformatory,' in the vocabulary they invented. Besides prisoners, other people who did not function as free moral agents might become objects of the reformers' concern: alcoholics, children, slaves, the insane. The goal of the reformers in each case was to substitute for external constraints the inner discipline of morality. Some historians have interpreted the religious reformers as motivated simply by an impulse to impose 'social control,' but it seems more accurate to describe their concern as redemptive, and more specifically the creation of responsible personal autonomy. Liberation and control represented two sides of the redemptive process as they conceived it. Christians who had achieved self-liberation and self-control through conversion not surprisingly often turned to a concern with the liberation and discipline of others. . . . "The religious awakenings of the early nineteenth century marshaled powerful energies in an age when few other social agencies in the United States had the capacity to do so. [The] Evangelical United Front organized its voluntary associations on a national, indeed international, level, at a time when little else in American society was organized, when there existed no nationwide business corporation save the Second Bank of the United States and no nationwide government bureaucracy save the Post Office. Indeed, the four major evangelical denominations together employed twice as many people, occupied twice as many premises, and raised at least three times as much money as the Post Office." Daniel Walker Howe, historian, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, published in 2007 Which of the following describes a piece of evidence used by Howe to support his overall argument about the motivations of religious reformers? Which of the following describes a piece of evidence used by Howe to support his overall argument about the motivations of religious reformers? A. They believed that they should focus their efforts only on the United States. B. They sought to compete with other churches for religious converts. C. They viewed reform mainly as a means of social control. D. They desired to teach people personal autonomy.

D They desired to teach people personal autonomy.

"Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great [land]. . . . Your forefathers crossed the great water and landed upon this [land]. Their numbers were small. They found friends, not enemies. They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men, and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat. We took pity on them, we granted their request, and they sat down amongst us. We gave them corn and meat; they gave us poison in return. ". . . Our seats were once large and yours were small. You have now become a great people, and we have scarcely a place left to spread our blankets. You have got our country, but are not satisfied; you want to force your religion upon us. . . . ". . . The Great Spirit has made us all, but he has made a great difference between his white and red children. . . . Since he has made so great a difference between us in other things, why may we not conclude that he has given us a different religion according to our understanding? The Great Spirit does right. He knows what is best for his children; we are satisfied." Red Jacket, Iroquois American Indian chief in New York, speech to a missionary from Massachusetts and a United States diplomat, 1805 The excerpt could best be used by historians studying the A. origins of the Second Great Awakening B. effects of the market revolution on family roles C. colonization of eastern North America by English settlers D. resistance against the expansion of United States influence

D resistance against the expansion of United States influence

"The isolation of the [native peoples] of the Americas . . . from Old World germs prior to the last few hundred years was nearly absolute. Not only did very few people of any origin cross the great oceans, but those who did must have been healthy or they would have died on the way, taking their pathogens with them. . . . [Native Americans] were not without their own infections, of course. [But Native Americans] seem to have been without any experience with such Old World maladies as smallpox [and] measles. . . . "Indications of the susceptibility of [Native Americans] . . . to Old World infections appear almost immediately after the intrusion of the whites. In 1492, Columbus kidnapped a number of [Arawak Indians] to train as interpreters and to show to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Several of them seem to have died on the stormy voyage to Europe [in 1493]. . . . In 1495, Columbus . . . sent 550 [Arawak] slaves . . . off across the Atlantic. . . to be put to work in Spain. The majority of these soon were also dead. . . . ". . . What killed the Arawaks in 1493 and 1495? . . . Columbus certainly did not want to kill his interpreters, and slavers and slaveholders have no interest whatever in the outright slaughter of their property. . . . The most likely candidates for the role of exterminator of the first [Native Americans] in Europe were those that killed so many other Arawaks in the decades immediately following: Old World pathogens." Alfred W. Crosby, historian, Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, published in 1986 Which of the following developments in the late 1400s and early 1500s is depicted in the excerpt? A) Native Americans adapted to diverse geographical environments and developed complex societies. B) Alliances with Europeans aided some Native American societies in their efforts to conquer rival powers. C) Europeans persecuted for their religious beliefs established new separatist settlements in the Americas. D) Europeans undertook voyages across the Atlantic to the Americas in search of new sources of wealth.

D) Europeans undertook voyages across the Atlantic to the Americas in search of new sources of wealth.

"I . . . write an account to Your Majesty as the first [person] to come among these natives. . . . "These Indian people of New Spain [Mexico] are vassals of Your Majesty. . . . I dare plead with you for a remedy because, for their people to be saved, they are in great need of relief in order to devote themselves at least somewhat to matters of Faith. After all, it is the struggle for their salvation that justifies their discovery. . . . "I firmly believe that if the decrees Your Majesty sent here for their benefit were implemented, and if the governors and judges did more than pretend to do so, great good would have come to these people. Even more firmly I believe that Your Majesty's intention is that they be saved and that they know God. For this to happen, they must have some relief, so that with the moderate labor needed to meet their tribute obligation, they can still give themselves wholeheartedly to our teachings. . . . Otherwise, God will have good reason to complain, for Spaniards came to this land and have taken their property for their own benefit, and Your Majesty has extracted great benefit from them, too. . . . ". . . Your Majesty . . . should know that the Indians who are required to labor for a master in Mexico City in domestic service and bring firewood, fodder, and chickens leave their pueblo for a month at a time. . . . And the poor Indians often have to buy these things because they are not to be found in their pueblos. . . . Take pity on them and consider what is happening to the poor Indian woman who is in her house with no one to support her and her children, for her husband is hard pressed to meet his tribute requirement. . . . ". . . I advise you that if Your Majesty does not establish that . . . [the Indians] be required to pay tribute only from what they have, within thirty years these parts will be as deserted as the [Caribbean] islands, and so many souls will be lost." Fray (Friar) Pedro de Gante, Spanish Catholic friar and missionary, letter to Emperor Charles V, king of Spain, 1552 Which of the following best describes an argument made by de Gante in the letter? A) The Catholic Church should abandon conversion efforts in the Americas. B) The emperor should sponsor voyages to discover new American kingdoms. C) De Gante should be rewarded for his missionary work in the Americas. D) The Spanish should require less tribute after conquest to avoid Native American depopulation.

D) The Spanish should require less tribute after conquest to avoid Native American depopulation.

"I . . . write an account to Your Majesty as the first [person] to come among these natives. . . . "These Indian people of New Spain [Mexico] are vassals of Your Majesty. . . . I dare plead with you for a remedy because, for their people to be saved, they are in great need of relief in order to devote themselves at least somewhat to matters of Faith. After all, it is the struggle for their salvation that justifies their discovery. . . . "I firmly believe that if the decrees Your Majesty sent here for their benefit were implemented, and if the governors and judges did more than pretend to do so, great good would have come to these people. Even more firmly I believe that Your Majesty's intention is that they be saved and that they know God. For this to happen, they must have some relief, so that with the moderate labor needed to meet their tribute obligation, they can still give themselves wholeheartedly to our teachings. . . . Otherwise, God will have good reason to complain, for Spaniards came to this land and have taken their property for their own benefit, and Your Majesty has extracted great benefit from them, too. . . . ". . . Your Majesty . . . should know that the Indians who are required to labor for a master in Mexico City in domestic service and bring firewood, fodder, and chickens leave their pueblo for a month at a time. . . . And the poor Indians often have to buy these things because they are not to be found in their pueblos. . . . Take pity on them and consider what is happening to the poor Indian woman who is in her house with no one to support her and her children, for her husband is hard pressed to meet his tribute requirement. . . . ". . . I advise you that if Your Majesty does not establish that . . . [the Indians] be required to pay tribute only from what they have, within thirty years these parts will be as deserted as the [Caribbean] islands, and so many souls will be lost." Fray (Friar) Pedro de Gante, Spanish Catholic friar and missionary, letter to Emperor Charles V, king of Spain, 1552 One piece of evidence that de Gante used in the excerpt to support his overall argument about the treatment of the people of Mexico is that Native Americans A) were not subjects of the Spanish crown B) were first encountered by de Gante himself C) had sufficient time to learn about Christianity D) did not have enough supplies to support their families

D) did not have enough supplies to support their families

Which of the following differences between the North and the South during the Civil War is depicted in the graph? A The South engaged in more international trade than the North. B The South relied more on plantation agriculture than the North. C The North had less developed transportation infrastructure than the South. D The North had fewer people available for labor and the military than the South.

The South relied more on plantation agriculture than the North. Correct. The graph indicates that the South had more large farms (84 percent) than the North (16 percent) which was because it relied more on plantation agriculture.

The settlers of New England varied in age more than emigrants to the Chesapeake did.

APUSH Unit 1-5 Progress Check: MCQ

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