APUSH Test

All of the following accurately describe Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France EXCEPT:

It ended the threat of American Indian raids on western settlements

Which of the following pieces of evidence best supports the excerpt's depiction of reactions to slave rebellions?

Additional restrictions were placed on enslaved and free African Americans

Which of the following factors best explains the increase in White male suffrage in the early nineteenth century?

Changes to property ownership requirements

Which of the following was an interpretation of the speech by opponent of the goals Clay expressed in the excerpt?

Clay's manufacturing plan would benefit one section of the country more than others

The graph above refutes which of the following statements?

Most Southern families held slaves

People who shared the views expressed in the excerpt most likely opposed which of the following?

The use of federal government funding for internal improvements

Which of the following political changes most likely influenced the Second Great Awakening?

A participatory democracy expanded belief in the importance of the individual

William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society were known for

Advocating immediate and uncompensated emancipation

The main goal of the American Colonization Society was to promote colonization in

Africa by free Black persons and former slaves

Of the following, which was the principal issue on which the United States sought settlement with Great Britain at the outset of the War of 1812?

An end to impressment

The United States went to war in 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to

Appease members of Congress who advocated war

Andrew Jackson vetoed the recharter of the Bank of the United States partly because he believed that the bank

Concentrated too much power in the hands of a few people

The excerpt best reflects which of the following?

Conflicts over how the Constitution should be implemented and interpreted

Which of the following best explains the cause of the emergence of new political parties in the early nineteenth century?

Continued debates over the proper role of the federal government

The language and themes of the excerpt were most directly inspired by the

Declaration of Independence

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

Develop a national economy by improving transportation

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

Enunciation of the doctrine of nullification

The economic growth of the South relied primarily on the export of goods to which of the following?

Europe

The Monroe Doctrine maintained that

European powers should not pursue any future colonization in the Americas

the national identity described in the excerpt most strongly reflects the influence of which of the following?

European precedents along with an American national culture

The Missouri Compromise was a victory for antislavery advocates because it

Excluded slavery from all territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River

All of the following contributed to the growth of the free African American population in the United States in the early nineteenth century EXCEPT

Federal constitutional provisions for emancipation

In the 1850's, the South differed from the North in that the South had

Fewer European immigrants

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

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

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

Increased rights for women

Which of the following was a core belief of the transcendentalists of the early nineteenth century?

Individual conduct should be guided by truths found in the individual conscience

Which of the following most directly made possible the ideas described in the excerpt?

Innovations including textile machinery, steam engines, and interchangeable parts

In addition to the cotton gin, Eli Whitney's major contribution to American Technology was his

Introduction of interchangeable parts

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

It disrupted American shipping

The Second Great Awakening did which of the following?

It encouraged conversion to evangelical Christianity

Which of the following is true of John Marshall's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland?

It increased federal authority by invoking the doctrine of implied powers

Members of the Hudson River School were best known for their paintings of

Landscapes

Based on the excerpt, which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose henry clays ideas?

Members of the Democratic Party

Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the perspective of Frederick Douglass in the excerpt?

Northern abolitionists

During the first half of the nineteenth century, some women increasingly "bolster[ed] the household income," as described in the excerpt, by

Obtaining positions in textile mills

The map above shows the United States immediately following the

Passage of the Missouri Compromise

Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that

Political participation by the common man should be increased

The Louisiana Purchase proved politically troubling for Thomas Jefferson because of his

Previous support for a strict interpretation of the Constitution

The Southern economy before the Civil War increasingly

Produced more cotton and other crops but did not develop much industry

The National Road was constructed primarily for the purpose of

Promoting trade and communication with the Old Northwest

The nullification crisis of 1832 arose over the issue of

Protective tariffs

The Jefferson administration advocated which of the following changes as a means of restoring republican ideals?

Reducing the scope of activities of the federal government

The ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from a larger intellectual debate over the

Relationship between the federal government and the states

Henry Clay's "American System" called for all of the following EXCEPT

Sale of federal lands to finance higher education

Which of the following most contributed to slaveholders such as Calhoun arguing in the 1830s and 1840s that slavery should be viewed as part of the Southern way of life?

Slave rebellions in Haiti, South Carolina, and Virginia had made many leaders in the South fear that enslaved African Americans could harm them

Which of the following resulted from arguments made by Southern politicians, such as the one in the excerpt, in the years prior to the Civil War?

Slaveholders became more insistent that maintaining the slave system was essential to protecting the South and its way of life

The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, the Hartford Convention, and the South Carolina Exposition and Protest were similar in that all involved a defense of

States' Rights

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

The Panic of 1837

The Supreme Court established which of the following by its ruling in Marbury v. Madison?

The Supreme Court has the authority to determine the constitutionality of congressional acts

In the first half of the 19th century, Cherokee efforts to retain their tribal lands in Georgia received direct support from

The United States Supreme Court

The ideas expressed in the excerpt contributed most directly to which of the following?

The adoption of plans for gradual emancipation in the North

The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments?

The development of regional cultures increasingly defined by the presence of enslaved people

The rise in manufacturing beginning in the early 1800s eventually resulted in which of the following by 1848?

The emergence of a larger middle class in the North

Emerson's remarks in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following developments during the early nineteenth century?

The emergence of a national culture

The sentiments described in the excerpt best reflect which of the following developments?

The emergence of reform movements during the Second Great Awakening

Which of the following best describes the historical situation in which the amendment was proposed?

The federal government sought to acquire more western land in North America

The expansion of a market economy in the early nineteenth century is reflected in which of the following?

The improvement of transportation and availability of goods

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

The party in power stepped down after losing the election

Andrew Jackson supported all of the following EXCEPT

The right of nullification

Which of the following best explains a change in migration in United States society during the early 1800s?

The rise in manufacturing in the North coincided with an increase of immigration from abroad to these urban areas

Which of the following claims best aligns with the evidence in the excerpt about the relationship between enslaved African Americans and White Southern citizens?

The slave system gave poor White citizens the feeling of social superiority over free and enslaved African Americans in a culture where African Americans held little power

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

Working slowly and breaking tools

In the early 1830's, the majority of workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were

Young unmarried women from rural New England