Apush Chapter 6 Test

Which of the following most directly contributed to the development described in the excerpt?

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

In the first half of the 1800s, which of the following resulted from the debates about the cotton economy described in the excerpt?

A distinct Southern economic and cultural identity emerged.

Which of the following factors influenced German immigration in American during the mid-19th century?

A political revolution in Germany in 1848 increased immigration to the US.

Which of the following can be concluded based on the situation in which Calhoun gave this speech?

Americans debated how to integrate conquered territories into the United States.

Which of the following developments was most directly connected to the collapse of the Whig Party in United States politics during the 1850s?

Disagreement over the constitutionality of federal internal improvements funding

Ideas in the excerpt would most likely have influenced which of the following?

Efforts at assisting enslaved people in escaping from the South

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?

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

The excerpt best provides evidence about which of the following historical situations in the late 1840s?

Growing sectional tensions cause by Mexican American war

Which of the following statements best summarizes John Brown's attitude towards efforts to abolish slavery through moral suasion?

He disagreed with these efforts because he wanted faster action.

Which of the following arguments about the Mexican-American War do the excerpts best support?

It generated debates over citizenship

What consequences did Manifest Destiny have in the mid-19th century?

It led to conflict with Mexico.

What was an important consequence of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

It temporarily silenced debate but ultimately failed to resolve the controversy over slavery.

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?

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

What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the debate about slavery?

Manifest Destiny reignited concern about the status of slavery in western territories.

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?

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

Greenberg's argument most differs from Hietala's in that Greenberg claims that

Most Americans believed that Mexicans in the new territories could not assimilate

Did all regions of the country benefit from the industrialization depicted in Robinson's memoir?

No — the South had less capital to invest and focused on agricultural economic activity.

What attitude did the contemporary Republican Party have towards the outbreak of the Civil War?

Republicans supported the war because they thought the Union could not be dissolved.

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"?

Slaveholders held parties to encourage the loyalty of the enslaved.

Which of the following resulted from the mass production of cotton described in the excerpt?

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

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 planters used enslaved people to produce cotton for international markets.

How did the Free Soil party reflect the growing sectional differences of the North and South?

The Free Soil party highlighted the growing economic differences in the North and South resulting from unequal industrialization.

How did the Japanese respond to Commodore Perry's attempt to open trade with the United States?

The Japanese resented foreign influence and only acquiesced under force of arms.

What, if any, political implications did the Market Revolution have in the early 19th century?

The consequences of the Market Revolution played a key role in defining the Second Party System.

Both authors would most likely suggest that the historical situation described in the excerpts contributed to which of the following?

The continued alteration of Native American culture and society

The speech given by Calhoun relates to which of the following?

The effect of Reggio always attitudes on federal policy making

The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was intended to resolve debates about which of the following issues in the 1850s?

The expansion of slavery

The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?

The growth of the abolition movement in the United States

Rhetoric in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following?

The immediate end to the practice of slavery through legal reform

What consequences did Irish immigration have in America during the mid-19th century?

The influx of Irish immigrants caused a nativist backlash.

Which of the following describes a piece of evidence used by Howe to support his overall argument about the motivations of religious reformers?

They desired to teach people personal autonomy.

How much support did Garrison's message find amongst Americans in the 19th century?

Very little — most Americans were indifferent to slavery or supported it.

In what ways, if any, did women participate in the Market Revolution?

Women worked in unskilled or semi-skilled jobs for little pay.

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

intended to use prisons to rehabilitate criminals

"Popular sovereignty" was the idea that

the people of a territory should determine for themselves whether or not to permit slavery