apush final pt. 4

In their colonization of the Americas, the Spanish used the encomienda system to A) organize and regulate Native American labor B) improve trade relations with Native Americans C) draft Native Americans into the Spanish military D) limit intermarriage between Spaniards and Native Americans

A

Which of the following groups most typically created settlements like those depicted in the map? A) Migrants pursuing economic prosperity B) Colonists seeking religious independence C) Formerly enslaved people establishing new communities D) Missionaries attempting to convert Native Americans to Christianity

A

Which of the following most directly hindered the expansion of the settlement depicted on the map? A) The strength of the neighboring Native American confederation B) The lack of reliable access to European markets C) The frequent attacks by French and Dutch competitors D) The scarcity of available land to cultivate crops

A

Which of the following was a reason the United States government believed it necessary to negotiate a treaty with Great Britain following the American Revolution? A) British activities and landholdings in North America were an impediment to western settlement and peace along the frontier. B) Northerners hoped that Britain's antislavery position would pressure southern states to abolish slavery. C) The Washington administration wanted to improve relations to encourage France to sell the Louisiana Territory. D) The government wanted to mediate a better relationship between France and Britain to help bring peace to the European continent.

A

In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to A) liberate the slaves B) prevent European powers from meddling in American affairs C) preserve the Union D) average political defeats and insults inflicted by the South E) forestall a Southern invasion of the North

C

Thomas Jefferson's reaction to the Jay Treaty as expressed in the letter was most directly a reflection of ongoing debates in the United States over A) economic policy B) expansion to the west C) the impact of the French Revolution D) the return of a monarchy

C

An implication of Las Casas' argument is that a major cause of the decline of the native populations in the Americas after 1492 was the A) importation of European and African wildlife to the Americas B) large-scale clashes between native armies and the Spanish C) resistance of indigenous groups to religious conversion D) epidemics brought to the Americas by Europeans

D

The majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1821 and 1880 settled in the A) West and Midwest B) South and Midwest C) South and Northeast D) Midwest and Northeast

D

In highlighting "the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated," Jefferson was referring most directly to A) passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, which were designed to suppress criticism of the government B) Great Britain's efforts to deny colonists their political rights in the years before the American Revolution C) the use of government force to put down popular uprisings like Shays' Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion D) restrictive anti-American Indian policies that conflicted with the nation's professed political ideals

A

The excerpt best reflects which of the following? A) Conflicts over how the Constitution should be implemented and interpreted B) Fear that the United States would be overtaken by a foreign power C) Disagreement over the consequences of the French Revolution for the United States D) Secessionist pressures coming from slaveholders in the South

A

The fulfillment of the proposal in the excerpt would most immediately affect American Indians by A) prompting American Indian resistance to United States expansion and bringing about new federal government efforts focused on control B) creating an interior empire in North America in which interaction with the United States government was primarily peaceful and mutually beneficial C) providing the foundation for a new forced-labor system in which American Indians had to submit to the control of large landholders D) plowing under much of the Great Plains for the expansion of farming and reducing the buffalo herds on which many American Indians in the West relied

A

The pattern depicted in the graph in the first half of the nineteenth century most directly resulted in A) the formation of a political party that promoted nativism B) federal provision of financial assistance to immigrants C) the establishment of settlement houses D) a more unified national culture that embraced immigrants

A

Which of the following could best be used as evidence to support the argument in the excerpt that "ethnic conflict among whites rivaled sectional conflict as a major political issue" of the period? A) Growing concern about the political and cultural influence of Catholic immigrants B) Growing fear of political radicalism among southern and eastern European immigrants C) Increasing cultural influence of European Romanticism in the United States D) Increasing support for the antislavery cause among the immigrant community

A

Which of the following most directly contributed to the overall trend depicted in the graph? A) Global fluctuations in credit and stock markets B) The transformation of the United States into an industrial society C) Progressive Era reforms of social conditions in the United States D) The outbreak of global war

B

Which of the following most directly resulted from the change in the Native American population described by Las Casas? A) The Spanish introduced new crops into the Americas, altering the native diet. B) The Spanish imported Africans as a new source of labor. C) Laborers on Hispaniola launched a large-scale rebellion against their Spanish oppressors. D) The remaining native groups established alliances with the Spanish colonists.

B

The activities Jefferson advocates in the message represent a departure from his earlier views on the A) tariff in the national economy B) extent of federal government authority C) continuation of slavery D) French Revolution

B

The fulfillment of Jefferson's proposal in the excerpt would be used to support which of the following executive acts? A) The use of federal funds for the building of the National Road B) The purchase of the Louisiana territory from France C) The acquisition of Florida from Spain D) The securing of navigation rights on the Mississippi River

B

The immediate diplomatic goal Jefferson sought through his proposal in the excerpt was most likely A) encouraging support for United States annexation of Alaska B) extending United States influence over North America C) warning Americans about the dangers of permanent foreign alliances D) making a case for a federal navy to patrol domestic and international waters

B

The map best illustrates which of the following? A) Widespread intermarriage between Native Americans and Europeans B) European anxieties about conflict with Native Americans C) Imperial competition in North America between European nation-states D) The shift of Native Americans from hunting and gathering to permanent farming

B

Which of the following issues of the period was Jefferson most likely concerned with in the excerpt? A) The growth of slave labor B) The creation of political parties C) The expansion of the right to vote D) The growth of various Protestant religious groups

B

Which of the following most directly contributed to "the sharp increase of immigration after 1845" referenced in the excerpt? A) The Second Great Awakening B) Crop failures and revolutions in Europe C) Removal of American Indians from the Southeast D) Tariff policies during Andrew Jackson's administration

B

The conflict described in the excerpt is most similar to conflict in what other period? A) The period from after the Seven Years' War through the 1760s B) The period from after the War of 1812 through the 1820s C) The period from after the First World War through the 1920s D) The period from after the Second World War through the 1950s

C

The purpose of the survey above was to A) implement the transfer of land in the Quebec Act B) help finalize the terms of the Treaty of Paris ending the French and Indian War C) encourage settlement and to facilitate the sale of land sold in 640-acre lots D) divide up the area explored by Lewis and Clark E) facilitate the further expansion of slavery

C

Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to support the argument in the excerpt? A) A record of deeds and land titles held by widows during the American Revolution B) Statistics showing the changes in average family size before and after the Revolution C) Correspondence between husbands and wives involved in Revolutionary politics D) Studies comparing the literacy rates for men and women during the Revolutionary era

C

The 1796 letter to a Philadelphia newspaper quoted above refers to which of the following? A) The Democratic-Republicans' opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts B) The Federalists' quasi-war against France C) The Federalists' failure to counter political opposition D) The Democratic-Republicans' condemnations of John Adams' administration E) The Democratic-Republicans' enthusiasm for the French Revolution

E

As it evolved in the seventeenth century, the region illustrated in the map came to A) encourage a variety of religious traditions B) lack a significant cash crop to export C) rely on relatively few enslaved laborers D) develop influential institutions of self-government

D

The quotation above contains ideas typical of A) the Enlightenment B) the Anti-Federalists C) Quakerism D) the Great Awakening E) antinomianism

D

The women described in the excerpt would have most typically engaged in which of the following activities during the Revolutionary era? A) Writing plays in support of independence B) Campaigning for the right to vote as a wartime measure C) Joining militias so that they could fight on the front lines of battle D) Producing goods for the Patriot cause

D

Which of the following broader ideas did Jefferson most directly seek to advance through his administration's policies? A) The plan for the United States to develop industry comparable to Britain's B) The hope for the United States to acquire overseas territories C) The objective of expanding slavery in the United States D) The vision of the United States as an agricultural republic

D

Which of the following was an important consequence of the debate over the Jay Treaty? A) The United States adopted a policy of isolationism. B) Sectional tensions between the West and the South increased. C) Federalists introduced legislation in Congress to establish a constitutional monarchy on the British model. D) Strong disagreements over policy promoted the development of political parties.

D