Apush Final

2. 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.

7. The acquisition of territory in the southwestern region shown in the map intensified controversies in the United States about

allowing slavery in the new territories

4. The language in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?

Nativist sentiment

2. 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.

1. Ideas expressed by Douglass in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as supporting which of the following arguments?

The war was no longer just about preserving the union of the states.

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

Westward expansion

3. Which of the following comparisons best describes Whitman's and Giddings' arguments about the Mexican-American War?

Whitman believed the United States should show patience before war, while Giddings believed the country had tolerated abuses for too long without war.

5. The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act instituted popular sovereignty to

allow people living in a territory to determine whether slavery should be permitted there

5. Lincoln's main purpose in the excerpt was to

encourage the punishment of the South

4. One key change immediately following the Civil War aimed at achieving the "racial justice" that Blight describes was the

establishment of a constitutional basis for citizenship and voting rights

6. The Union's victory at Gettysburg was significant because it

halted the last major Confederate invasion of the North

6. In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to

preserve the Union

6. The image most strongly supports the argument that Reconstruction

temporarily altered race relations in the South

6. The territorial changes shown in the southwestern region of the map most directly resulted from

the Mexican-American War

5. In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president on a Republican platform that advocated all of the following EXCEPT

the abolition of slavery throughout the United States

5. The belief by some Americans that the Civil War was "a rich man's war but a poor man's fight" was reflected in

the draft riots in New York City

1. Historians have argued that all of the following were causes of the Civil War EXCEPT

the growing power of poor Southern Whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery

5. The excerpt best supports the conclusion that in the 1850s, the United States government

was willing to intimidate Asian countries like Japan to secure economic opportunities

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

Southern Democrats

6. Which of the following was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?

The election of 1860

6. Which of the following would most likely have opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

A New England abolitionist

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

African Americans were able to exercise political rights.

4. Which of the following is a similarity between Rable's and Foner's arguments in the excerpts?

Both focus on many Southerners' opposition to racial equality.

5. Which of the following is a similarity between how Whitman and Giddings made their arguments?

Both sought to justify their positions to international observers.

1. The data in the tables indicate which of the following?

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

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

Conflict over the future of slavery

1. The excerpt best reflects which of the following historical situations?

Congressional leaders sought political compromise to resolve discord between the North and the South.

5. Which of the following most directly contributed to "the sharp increase of immigration after 1845" referenced in the excerpt?

Crop failures and revolutions in Europe

3. Which of the following best explains the reason for the reconciliation described by Blight?

Efforts to change southern racial attitudes and culture ultimately failed because of the South's determined resistance and the North's waning resolve.

6. Which of the following could best be used as evidence to support the argument in the excerpt that "ethnic conflict among whites rivaled sectional conflict as a major political issue" of the period?

Growing concern about the political and cultural influence of Catholic immigrants

3. Douglass' rhetoric in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?

His advocacy for African American equal rights

Briefly explain how ONE of the examples from Part A changed work or trade in the Americas.

Horses had a great impact on the working class as they helped with transportation and work. Horses were able to carry heavy loads of equipment and goods for long periods of time. Big changes were made to the agricultural work force.

Briefly explain ONE long-term result of the change explained in Part B on American Indians.

Horses revolutionized the natives' lives. It had affected their lifestyle as it changed the way they hunted, traveled, and

Identify THREE different crops or livestock that were introduced by the Spanish in the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Horses, sugar, pigs

2. The trend shown in the map led most directly to which of the following?

Increasing divisions between North and South because of questions about the status of slavery in new territories

2. The excerpt best serves as evidence for which of the following developments?

Lincoln sought to avoid violence over the issues that divided the country.

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

Manifest Destiny

2. Historians could best use the excerpt as an example of which of the following?

Political responses to changing demographics in the United States

2. The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments?

Popular support for the idea of Manifest Destiny

3. Which of the following describes a difference between Rable's and Foner's arguments in the excerpts?

Rable asserts that violence in the South achieved its political goals during Reconstruction, whereas Foner asserts that this violence was suppressed at the time.

4. After 1863, which of the following most fulfilled the "new birth of freedom" that the excerpt refers to?

Ratification of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments

2. Which of the following best explains Douglass' point of view in the excerpt?

Shared sacrifice would help advance African American men's claims to United States citizenship.

3. The data in the tables most likely indicate which of the following?

The Union had a larger and more diverse population of workers to enlist from than did the Confederacy.

4. Evidence in the excerpt best corroborates which of the following?

Southern politicians would not abandon slavery, and they believed Lincoln was a threat to that system.

2. Based on their arguments in the excerpts, both Rable and Foner would most likely agree with which of the following claims?

Southern resistance hindered Reconstruction.

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

Southern states sought more proslavery seats in the United States Congress.

3. The excerpt most likely reflects which of the following historical situations?

States in the South had begun seceding after the presidential election.

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

Support grew for the Republican Party.

4. Based on their arguments in the excerpts, Giddings would likely agree with and Whitman would likely disagree with which of the following claims about the causes of the Mexican-American War?

The United States desired to expand slavery to Mexican territory.

The statement above refers to conscription during which conflict?

The Civil War

2. 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.

1. The decision in the excerpt held which of the following to be unconstitutional?

The Missouri Compromise

4. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was most similar in intent to which of the following earlier legislative initiatives?

The Missouri Compromise in 1820

4. The population trend described in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following domestic developments in the nineteenth century?

The belief that it was the Manifest Destiny of the United States to control territory across the continent

Sentiments of business leaders and politicians like that expressed in the excerpt most likely contributed to which of the following?

The creation of diplomatic ties with foreign nations

1. Which of the following pieces of evidence could best be used to refute Stevens' claim in the excerpt that

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

3. Which of the following most directly contributed to the request expressed in the excerpt?

The desire for international trade and access to global markets

1. Which of the following best characterizes the "sectional reunion" Blight describes?

The federal government removed troops from the South and eliminated aid for former slaves.

5. Which of the following best describes the situation of freedom in the decade following the Civil War?

The majority entered sharecropping arrangements with former masters or other nearby planters.

3. Which of the following historical situations can best be used to explain how the excerpt would have been interpreted at the time?

The rise in immigration to the United States

6. 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

7. Arguments similar to those expressed in the excerpt were later employed to justify which of the following?

The secession of most Southern states

4. Which of the following states the principle of "popular sovereignty?"

The settlers in a given territory have the sole right to decide whether or not slavery will be permitted there.