APUSH Midterm Final

The US Constitution attempted to protect citizens against the excesses of the mob. Which of the following was NOT one of these protections?

The Constitution was based on the consent of the governed. (correct answer, your response)

Marshall's decisions in Fletcher vs Peck and Dartmouth College vs Woodward dealt with the

protection of contracts from violation by state governments (correct answer, your response)

The Quakers rejected all of the following religious and philosophic concepts EXCEPT

sexual equality

White settlers migrating to the West gave the Plains Indians

smallpox and other communicable diseases

FW Woolworth was one of the first to found a store that

sold discounted general merchandise at prices which undercut the competition (correct answer, your response)

The Pendleton Act required appointees to public office to

take a competitive examination to show they were qualified for the job. (correct answer, your response)

For James, the Duke of York, to take possesion of the colony granted to him by his brother, Charles II, he had to use military force against

the Dutch

In Native North American cultures along the eastern seaboard, the Three Sisters would most accurately refer to

the sustainable agricultural technique of growing maize, beans, and squash.

In general, women in the mining areas had all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

they could not find any work as wage laborers in mining towns

One immediate result of the Emancipation Proclamation was that

Great Britain chose not to recognize the Confederacy

The Compromise of 1850 was pushed through by

Henry Clay

"an immediate and earnest effort ought to be made by the government of the US to purchase Cuba from Spain at any price for which it can be obtained"

Ostend Manifesto

Which of the following about the New York City draft riots in 1863 is true? I. Irish immigrants led many of the violent actions. II. President Lincoln had to dispatch troops to keep order. III. Blacks were the targets of much of the violence. IV. New Yorkers were angered by a Congressional authorization of a draft to raise Union troops.

All of the statements are true. (correct answer, your response)

The labor union that emerged during the period immediately following the Civil War and had the greatest longevity was the

American Federation of Labor

When the Interstate Commerce Act was passed in 1887, it marked the first time that

Federal regulatory agency was established (correct answer, your response)

Which of the following battles, fought near Washington DC, costs 4500 Union lives and proved that the war would neither be quick nor easy?

First Bull Run

During the 1700s, the most powerful group of Native Americans in North America was the • Apaches • Iroquois (correct answer) • Hurons • Algonquin • Creoles

Iroquois

"In the 1500s, Native Americans possessed a wide range of complex cultures." Each of the following gives evidence to support this statement EXCEPT • the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. • the organization of Incan society. • the Maya calendar. • Native Americans' susceptability to disease. (correct answer)

Native Americans' susceptability to disease. (correct answer)

Which of the following colonies in the seventeenth century would have been the most ethnically diverse?

New York

Which of the following colonies is NOT correctly paired with the primary reason for its founding?

New York - to provide land to farmers who had been forced off the land by the enclosure movement

Which of the following most likely increased Mexican suspicion of United States territorial objectives in the 1830's and 1840's?

Rhetoric on "manifest destiny" in the American press (correct answer, your response)

Why did the New England states not support cheap land prices in the western territories?

They felt that development of the West would draw labor from their factories. (correct answer, your response)

Which was NOT an advantage of the British during the American Revolution?

They successfully instigated slave revolts in the South.

Which of the following is correct about the tariffs passed during the period 1816-1828?

They were the first tariffs whose major purpose was protection

Lincoln's decision to announce the Emancipation Proclamation came immediately after • an agreement with the border states to remain in the union • a military victory at Antietam (correct answer) • a promise from Great Britain and France to support the union • his 1861 inauguration • the first battle of the Civil War

a military victory at Antietam (correct answer)

"Acres of Diamonds" refers to

a speech.sermon by a Baptist preacher praising the rich and the Gospel of Wealth

All of the following were characteristic of the various Native American tribes EXCEPT

a strong religious hierarchy controlled all aspects of human behavior (correct answer, your response)

Most people traveling along the Oregon Trail

all of the above

In 1494, Pope Alexander's Treaty of Tordesillas established the line of demarcation granting

all of the lands west of the line to the Spanish and east to the Portuguese. (correct answer, your response)

The Declaration of Independence did all of the following EXCEPT

call for the abolition of the slave trade

In his policy toward the American colonies, Prime Minister George Grenville maintained that the colonists should be

compelled to pay part if the cost of administering and defending the empire (correct answer, your response)

The election of 1828 was characterized by the

emergence of a new two-party system

In its early years, Pennsylvania was characterized by having

good relations with the Indians

President Jefferson was reluctant to accept the treaty for purchasing the Louisiana Territory because

he doubted that he had constitutional authority for such a purchase (correct answer, your response)

In part, President Lincoln refrained from taking action to emancipate slaves until the Civil War had been in progress for almost two years because:he sought to retain the loyalty of the border states (correct answer, your response)

he sought to retain the loyalty of the border states (correct answer, your response)

Overall, the Second Great Awakening resulted in

increased belief in salvation attained through faith and good works (correct answer, your response)

This lithograph by Nathaniel Currier depicts

inevitable results of alcohol consumption

According to the Wilmot Proviso,

no slavery would be permitted in the Mexican Cession

"Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the governed" is most closely associated with which of the following events?

the adoption of the Declaration of Independence

Alexander Hamilton believed in all of the following ideas EXCEPT

the national government should reward only those people who had originally loaned it money during the Revolution (correct answer, your response)

The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 resulted in all of the following agreements EXCEPT

the national government would be prohibited from exercising any powers not specifically granted to it

The dramatic increase in the South's slave labor force between 1810 and 1860 was due to: • the acquisition of Louisiana. • the importation of slaves from the West Indies. • the natural population increase of American-born slaves. (correct answer) • an increase in the African slave trade. • an increase in the severity of fugitive slave laws.

the natural population increase of American-born slaves. (correct answer)

The election of 1800 has been referred to as constituting "another revolution" because:

the party in power stepped down after losing the election (correct answer, your response)

An important concept for the new republic was that of the "republican mother." It meant that

women were expected to raise their children to be good citizens