APUSH Chapters 1-17 MC Test

African American political activism during Reconstruction differed from the political activism described in the first paragraph of the excerpt because during Reconstruction African Americans

predominantly supported the Republican Party

The excerpt most directly reflects the

public visibility of African Americans in abolitionist campaigns

Which of the following was the most immediate result of the decision in the excerpt?

support grew for the Republican Party

The image most strongly supports the argument that Reconstruction

temporarily altered race relations in the South

Which of the following was a key purpose of the excerpt?

to condemn the conflict between American ideals and practices

During Reconstruction, which of the following was a change that took place in the South?

African Americans were able to exercise political rights

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

Declaration of Independence

Which of the following developments could best be used as evidence to support Stevens' claim about African American suffrage in the last paragraph of the excerpt?

Democrats dominated the Southern states after suppressing African American voting rights.

The Anti-Federalist's view of government power during the 1780s, as described in the excerpt, is best reflected by which of the following?

The existence of many state constitutions that limited executive authority

Which of the following is a similarity between White's and Hahn's overall arguments in the excerpts abut interactions between American Indians and the United States in the late 1800s?

Both claim that the United States officials sought to restrict the authority of tribes over individuals

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

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

The data in the table indicate which of the following?

Confederate armies lost a greater proportion of its soldiers than did the Union.

Which of the following was the most significant impact of the South's expansion described in the excerpt?

Conflict over the future of slavery

The position expressed by Clay in the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following?

The acquisition of new territories created disputes over the expansion of slavery

Which of the following most directly contributed to the conflict referred to in the excerpt?

Disagreements over whether to allow slavery in new territories

Industrialists such as Pullman would most likely oppose which of the following developments?

Efforts by workers to collectively negotiate for better working conditions

The claims made by White and Hahn about United States policies toward American Indians in the late nineteenth century are similar in that they both support which of the following arguments?

Federal officials desired to encourage the adoption of White Americans lifestyles by American Indians

Which of the following polices would Carnegie most likely have supported?

Laissez-faire economics

The advice in the excerpt most directly reflects the influence of which of the following prevailing American ideas?

Manifest Destiny

Which of the following arguments most directly contradicts Grimsley's argument in the excerpt?

Many African Americans in the South felt politically empowered after the end of slavery

Which of the following can best be concluded about the late 1800s based on the situation in which the excerpt was produced?

People debated the best means for expanding education opportunities

Which of the following was a long-term response to the growing influence of industrialists in the United States economy?

Progressive reformers called for federal legislation to limit the power of corporations.

Based on the excerpt, Calhoun would also be most likely to support which of the following?

Proslavery Arguments

The events described in the excerpt best support which of the following arguments about Reconstruction?

Reconstruction created only temporary political opportunities for formerly enslaved people.

Which of the following most likely supported the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

Southern Democrats

Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following broader historical contexts?

Southern states sought more proslavery seats in the United States Congress

The data in the first table most directly indicate which of the following about the professions of soldiers in the Civil War?

The Confederacy relied more heavily on agricultural workers to fill its armies than did the Union

Which of the following best represents a continuity with pre-Civil War Southern society suggested by the events in the excerpt?

The claims to states' rights under the federal system

Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to refute Stevens' claim in the excerpt that the Union had done little for formerly enslaved people by 1867?

The creation of schools by the Freedmen's Bureau for formerly enslaved people

The excerpt best serves as evidence for which of the following developments in the late 1800s?

The emergence of arguments that wealthy people had a moral obligation to help society

The proclamation most clearly provides evidence for which of the following?

The failure of the Compromise of 1850 to lesson sectional tensions

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

The overcultivation of the soil

The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following in the early 1800s?

The political debates over economic development

The developments depicted on the map most strongly affected Americans Indians by

increasing armed conflict with United States citizens and threatening traditional ways of life

Which of the following could best be used as evidence to support the argument in the excerpt?

The requirement in many states at the time that citizens pay a tax before they could vote

Which of the following late-nineteenth-century federal actions most directly supported the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

The sale of land to settlers at low cost

The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following developments in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Westward Expansion

In the decades following the Civil War, the woman's rights movement that began at Seneca Falls focused its energies most strongly on

achieving the right to vote

During the constitutional ratification process, Anti-Federalist's concerns, as described in the excerpt, were most directly addressed by an agreement to

adopt the Bill of Rights

The sentiments expressed in the proclamation would have been most widely condemned by White residents of

coastal South Carolina

The "temporary unequal distribution of wealth" that Carnegie refers to in the excerpt resulted most directly from the

consolidation of corporations into trusts and holding companies

In the 1850s ideas such as those expressed in the excerpt most directly contributed to

controversies over expansion of slavery to new territories

Industrialists most likely created company-owned towns like the one described in the excerpt because they wanted to

create a more productive workforce

Lincoln's main purpose in the excerpt was to

gain continued support for the war effort

The developments depicted on the map most directly contributed to the

heightening of nativist feelings against foreign-born workers in the West