Period 4 APUSH Questions
Which of the following most directly contributed to the development described in the excerpt? (Cotton Agriculture)
A belief by southern businessmen that the southern economy should focus on the export of select agricultural products (Cotton Agriculture)
Which of the following can be concluded about the United States based on the author's descriptions in the excerpt? (Book Review)
A common national culture was developing (Book Review)
In the first half of the 1800s, which of the following resulted from the debates about the cotton economy as described in the excerpt? (Cotton Agriculture)
A distinct Southern economic and cultural identity emerged (Cotton Agriculture)
Changes in ideas about men's and women's gender roles in the family, resulting from the market revolution, most directly contributed to which of the following shifts in American social practices during the same period?
A new emphasis on the separation between the public and private spheres
Innovations in shipping and the growth of commercial networks were most directly related to which of the following other developments of the first half of the nineteenth century?
An increase in the number of Americans moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
Which of the following claims is supported by the author's main argument in the excerpt? (Jackson Indian Removal)
Andrew Jackson can be blamed for the unintended effects of the Indian removal (Jackson Indian Removal)
The Second Great Awakening was most directly related to which of the following other historical developments of the early nineteenth century?
Challenges to Enlightenment views of rationalism
The expansion of suffrage to most adult White men by the 1820s and 1830s most directly contributed to the
Emergence of political rallies and events to encourage people to vote for particular parties
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? (Southern Slavery)
Enslaved African Americans routinely caused tools to break or worked more slowly as means of resistance (Southern Slavery)
Which of the following can be concluded about the relationship between the United States and Europe based on the situation described in the excerpt? (Book Review)
European styles continued to influence American society (Book Review)
The expansion of participatory democracy in the Jacksonian era most likely influenced the Second Great Awakening by
Giving rise to individualistic beliefs
Which of the following best describes Jefferson's point of view about government as expressed in the excerpt? (Jefferson Inauguration)
Government should limit interference in the lives of its citizens (Jefferson Inauguration)
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 (Reforms and Awakenings)
Intended to use prisons to rehabilitate criminals (Reforms and Awakenings)
Which of the following pieces of evidence would help modify an argument in the excerpt about President Jackson's intentions toward American Indians? (Jackson Indian Removal)
Jackson had led United States armies that conquered American Indian peoples in the Southeast and forced land cessions (Jackson Indian Removal)
The growth of manufacturing in the Uniyed States from 1800 to 1850 was most directly connected to which of the following broader historical processes?
Large numbers of international migrants moving to northern cities
Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to modify the argument in the excerpt that many enslaved people engaged in oppositional activities? (Southern Slavery)
Large-scale rebellions by enslaved African Americans in the first half of the 1800s were largely unsuccessful (Southern Slavery)
Which of the following describes a context that most influenced the implementation of the government policy discussed in the excerpt? (Jackson Indian Removal)
Many Americans desired the United States to expand its western land claims (Jackson Indian Removal)
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? (Reforms and Awakenings)
Members of the Evangelical United Front employed more people than the Post Office did (Reforms and Awakenings)
Which of the following best describes the context from which the ideas expressed in the excerpt emerged? (Jefferson Inauguration)
Political leaders sought to encourage domestic economic development (Jefferson Inauguration)
Which of the following pieces of evidence would best refute Jackson's claim about his predecessors' policies towards American Indians, as described in the first paragraph of the excerpt? (Jackson Indian Removal)
President George Washington enforced treaties guaranteeing American Indians in New York rights to their land (Jackson Indian Removal)
The claims in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as opposing which of the following existing federal government policies at the time? (Canal Petition)
Promoting economic development through foreign trade (Canal Petition)
Which of the following best explains how the purpose of the speech in the excerpt was interpreted by federal officials? (Red Jacket Speech)
Red Jacket sought to protect Iroquois independence from the United States (Red Jacket Speech)
Which of the following most directly led to the expansion of participatory democracy in the first half of the nineteenth century?
Reduction of property ownership requirements for voting
At the time the petition was produced, Congress most likely interpreted the petition's purpose as (Canal Petition)
Requesting federal funding for transportation construction projects (Canal Petition)
The excerpt could best be used by historians studying the (Red Jacket Speech)
Resistance against the expansion of United States influence (Red Jacket Speech)
Which of the following does the author use as evidence to support her argument that slaveholders were "keen to master their slaves' sense of pleasure"? (Southern Slavery)
Slaveholders held parties to encourage the loyalty of the enslaved (Southern Slavery)
Which of the following best describes a historian's likely interpretation of the situation in which the excerpt was produced in the early 1800s? (Canal Petition)
Some Americans promoted international strength through a unified national economy (Canal Petition)
Which of the following resulted from the mass production of cotton described in the excerpt? (Cotton Agriculture)
Some southerners relocated their plantations to the west of the Appalachian Mountains (Cotton Agriculture)
Which of the following best describes a context in the first half of the 1800s that influenced the development of slavery as described in the excerpt? (Southern Slavery)
Southern planters used enslaved people to produce cotton for international markets (Southern Slavery)
Which of the following best describes the political situation in which Jefferson gave the address in the excerpt? (Jefferson Inauguration)
The Democratic-Republican Party had won the presidency for the first time (Jefferson Inauguration)
The excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following developments? (Book Review)
The creation of a unique American culture (Book Review)
The expansion of suffrage to most adult White men in the early nineteenth century most directly resulted in which of the following?
The growth of new political parties
The petition could best be used as evidence by historians studying which of the following? (Canal Petition)
The ideas that led some Americans to advocate for improved transportation (Canal Petition)
Which of the following best explains a major reason for the emergence of the Second Great Awakening in the United States?
The rise of individualistic and evangelical spiritual beliefs inspired religious conversion
Which of the following describes a piece of evidence used by Howe to support his overall argument about the motivations of religious reformers? (Reforms and Awakenings)
They desired to teach people personal autonomy (Reforms and Awakenings)
Which of the following was most likely a main purpose of Jefferson's inaugural address? (Jefferson Inauguration)
To summarize his beliefs about the ideal political system (Jefferson Inauguration)
