APUSH Midterm

In the excerpt, Crevecoeur's description of America has the most in common with which of the following?

Thomas Jefferson's vision of a nation of independent farmers

Which provision of the Constitution best exemplifies Hall's argument in the excerpt?

Three-Fifiths Compromise

The image of Washington's reception en route to his inauguration best serves as evidence of which of the following?

Washington's election to the presidency was based on his military leadership in the American Revolution

The image suggests that which of the following contributed most directly to consolidation of public support for the new American government

Washington's personal prestige

One direct effect of the treaty Pinckney negotiated with Spain was that

Western farmers could ship their goods down the Mississippi River to world markets instead of transporting them across mountains

These provisions of the 1860 republican party platform would most likely have appealed to members of which political party?

Whig

Which of the following groups would be most likely to support Corwin's argument against Manifest Destiny?

Whigs

John Calhoun was most likely responding to criticism by which of the following figures?

William Loyd Garrison

The image best serves as evidence of which of the following?

Women replaced absent skilled male workers during the Civil War

the image depicts the tarring and feathering, a ritual of public humiliation, of which one of the following?

a Loyalist tax collector

The map most directly reflects which of the following?

by 1830, there was more of a transportation network in the south than in the northeast

According to the excerpt, how did the northern states most directly fail to fulfill their constitutional obligations?

by refusing to return fugitive slaves to their owners

The steam engine did not provide steam power for which of the following?

clipper ships

According to Calhoun, how is slavery a "positive good" for slaves?

compared to free-wage laborers, slaves are taken care of for life

Calhoun justified slavery by pointing to which of the following nineteenth century developments?

conflicts between laborers and capitalists

which of the following was a direct effect of the trend in the mid-19th century shown in the image above?

controversy over allowing or forbidding slavery in the newly acquired territories

Thomas Corwin refers in the excerpt to Bunker Hills, Saratogas, and Yorktowns in order to do which of the following

convey that the US was carrying the torch of liberty to the Southwest by listing the key battles of the American Revolution

Great Britain and the US settled their dispute over the Oregon Territory by which of the following?

dividing it at the 49th parallel

The split in opinion over Hamilton's economic policies most directly led to the

emergence of two political parties, the federalists and the Democratic Reublicans

The cartoon was intended to...

express colonial resentment of British imperial attempts to reassert control over its colonies

Which of the following groups was not entirely excluded from voting during the 1820s in the US?

free black men

One direct effect of the publication of Uncle Toms Cabin was that it

galvanized Northern public opinion against slavery

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the bestselling novel Uncle Tom's Cabin prompted by which of the following?

her outrage at the Fugitive Slave Act

Which of the following would most directly prompt Abigail Adams' husband to disregard his wife's plea for full citizenship rights?

his belief that women, like children, slaves, and non-propertied men, lacked the independence required of republican citizens

Opposition to the federal prohibition of ocean-borne commerce conducted by Americans during the years 1807-1809 was centered

in New England

Marshall's opinion in Marbury v Madison would most directly lead to

increased power of the judicial branch because of judicial review

The farmer above argued that slavery...

is the condition many Americans live in under the current system of British taxation

Which of the following was the most direct effect of the Erie Canal?

it greatly reduced the cost and time needed to transport people and goods between the east and the midwest

A significant effects of the steam engine on transportation was that

it increased speed in traveling and decreased travel time

The Republican Party was considered a sectional party for which of the following reasons?

its presidential candidate won without a single electoral vote from a slave state

According to the map, which of the following was west of the Proclamation Line of 1763?

land reserved for the tribes that had supported the British in the French and Indian War

One significant result of the value of cotton exports was that it

led to the rapid development of cotton growing areas such as Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi

which of the following contributes most directly to "Oregon Fever"?

letters from Protestant missionaries who praised the land's beauty and fertility

According to the excerpt, the construction of the Erie Canal would accomplish which of the following?

link the Hudson River to the Great Lakes and give farmers and manufacturers a way to ship goods to distant markets

Which of the following US denominations grew the most as a result of the revival movement?

methodists and baptists

The compromise made in the Kansas Nebraska Act served to increase sectional tensions by

repealing the Missouri compromise

the eighteenth-century political cartoon most directly reflects which of the following?

several forms of colonists resistance to British taxes

Provision 8 of he party platform reflects the Republican position that

slavery should not be allowed to extend into new territories

Redeemers in the South sought to do which of the following?

terrorize white republican political leaders and all blacks

Nile's opinion of the Erie Canal most directly reflects which of the following beliefs, common in the 19th century?

that technological innovation in infrastructure was improving the economy of the US

One direct long-term effect of the Proclamation Line's prohibition of colonial settlement west of the Appalachians was

the American Revolution because land-hungry colonists resented the king's ban

The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following developments?

the American Revolution created an increased awareness of inequalities in society among some women

Which of the following promoted the national government's funding of roads and canals?

the American System

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was one of the most significant accomplishments of which of the following?

the Articles of Confederation Congress

Within the context of Jackson's presidency, the many-headed monster most likely represents

the Bank of the US

According to the excerpt which of the following most directly supported the establishment of the national bank?

the Constitution's necessary and proper clause

Provision 7 of the party platform was most likely in response to which event?

the Dred Scott decision

which of the following was NOT one of the causes of the War of 1812?

the Federalists' commercial hostility towards Great Britain

which of the following contributed most directly to the battle between free-soilers and pro-slavery people in Kansas?

the Kansas Nebraska act's principle of popular sovereignty

The image of the Northwest Territory most directly reflects which of the following development in the eighteenth century?

the Northwest Ordinance's orderly procedure for the creation of new states

This justification of the emotioal tenor of revivalism is most clearly an example of which of the following nineteenth-century developments?

the Second Great Awakening

The excerpt from Pinckney's Treaty most directly reflects which of the following?

the Spanish agreement to open up the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans to US commerce

The Cherokee Indians' memorial most directly reflects which of the following?

the Supreme Court's decision Worcester v Georgia that Cherokees must vacate their ancestral lands

which of the following most directly precipitated the crisis that led to the Missouri Compromise?

the Tallmadge Amendment

The background scene of Boston colonists dumping material off of a ship suggests that they were reacting to

the Tea Act of 1773

The 14th amendment changed which part of the Constitution?

the Three Fifths Clause

Which of the following contributed most directly to the Treaty of Greenville?

the US Army's victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers

One direct effect of the Mexican-American War was

the US acquisition of more than 500,000 square miles of land in the Southwest

Which of the following contributed most directly to the Union victory?

the Union's greater industrial output

According to Crevecoeur, which of the following factors most directly contributed to American's freedom?

the absence of a rigid social class system

Which of the following developments in the nineteenth century represented a continuatio of the ideas expressed in the painting?

the annexation of Texas

The map of the Missouri Compromise Line most directly reflects which of the following?

the balance that was maintained between the number of free states and slave states

Which of the following most directly reflects the reason for the effectiveness of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

the book transformed an abstract political issue into a personal tragedy of family separation

One significant result of the Treaty of Greenville was

the ceding of most of the ancestral Indian land in the Northwest to white settlement

The description of the Boston Massacre best serves as evidence of which of the following?

the colonists' view that the British military had fired unfairly upon an unarmed crowd

the feelings expressed by Thoreau in this letter illustrate the belief of many that

the country had initiated a war of expansion against the wishes of the North

One direct effect of the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord was

the creation of a Continental Army to fight the American revolution

Crevecoeur's portrayal of Americans is most clearly an example of which of the following developments in the eighteenth century?

the creation of a multi ethnic national identity

which of the following was a direct effect of the Kansas Nebraska Act?

the creation of the Republican party

Great Britain's increasing taxation on the colonists, like the farmer above, was a response to

the debts they had incurred during and after the Seven Years War

Which of the following was the most direct effect on women of the new nation's need for an informed citizenry?

the development of the ideology of republican motherhood

Which of the following was another significant result of the treaty with Spain?

the expansion of the southern and western boundaries of the US

the excerpt most directly reflects which of the following?

the experience of settlers who came west on the Oregon Trail

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided

the first national limitation upon the expansion of slavery

The point of contention illustrated in the political cartoon above centered on the shifting ideological views of the political parties of the Jefferson period on

the growth and use of federal power

The creator of the illustration would most likely have supported which of the following?

the ideal of "republican motherhood"

Which of the following contributed most directly to the rapid growth of US cotton production?

the invention of the cotton gin that sped up the removal of seeds

in the 1840s, Manifest Destiny was considered by expansionists to be

the natural fulfillment of progress by the US

The political cartoon most directly reflects which of the following?

the possible extension of slavery though the Kansas Nebraska Act

Which of the following best reflects historian Gene Dattel's thesis?

the profitable production of cotton made slave labor more essential and slave-owners more determined to defend slavery

The excerpt from Morse is most clearly an example of which of the following nineteenth-century developments?

the protestant revival of religious fervor in the US

Which of the following contributed most directly to the Boston Massacre?

the stationing of British troops in Boston to assert Parliament's authority

One direct effect of the war of 1812 was

the stimulus of domestic manufacturing and increased American self sufficiency

Marshall's opinion in McCulloch v Maryland serves as evidence of

the supreme court's belief in loose construction of the Constitution

According to the excerpt the danger of eliminating property-holding qualifications for voting is which of the following?

the tendency of the landless majority to infringe on the minority's property rights

The Nast political cartoon most directly depicts which of the following?

the terror and violence used by groups such as the KKK to restore white rule in the South

One direct effect of President Jackson's Indian policy was

the trail of tears

The list of superstitions by Ralph Waldo Emerson most directly reflects which of the following?

the transformation of nineteenth century America by steam-powered technology

Which of the following most directly reflects Morse's concern about Catholic immigrants?

their obedience to church hierarchy will subvert their independent participation in a democracy

which of the following was the most significant new role for women during the Civil War?

their work as nurses

the excerpt most clearly reflects which of the following motives for Joseph Warren's account?

to gain British inhabitant's sympathy and understanding of the colonists' plight

which of the following groups would most likely support the views expressed in the excerpt?

Abolitionists

The ideas expressed in the cartoon most directly led to

An independence movement based on arguments over the rights of British subjects

One significant result of the event described in the excerpt was that the

Boston Massacre became a crucial element of anti-British propaganda in the colonies

Nile's point of view would have led him toward which political idea in the early 19th century?

Clay's American System

The illustration most directly reflects which of the following?

Contact between Native Americans and the US Army in the Northwest led to the Treaty of Greenville

The excerpt was written in response to the

Decision of Dred Scott V Sanford and the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act

Which of the following did the 14th amendment overrule?

Dred Scott v Sanford

which of the following contributed most directly to the convening of the Hartford Convention in 1814?

Federalists' objections to the War of 1812, which devastated New England shipping

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

General Gage's sending of troops to seize the weapons stored by colonists at Concord

The larger controversy between Secretary of Treasury Hamilton and Secretary of State Jefferson concerned which of the following?

Hamilton's vision of an urban commercial nation versus Jefferson's vision of a nation of independent farmers

which of the following political figures was most directly involved in crafting the Missouri Compromise?

Henry Clay

which of the following was President Jackson's response to the Cherokee's assimilation efforts?

Indian Removal Act

which of the following best describes the artist's point of view as expressed through the image?

Jackson was a war hero and defender of the common man against the elite

which of the following groups would be most likely to support the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?

Know Nothing Party

The election of Lincoln to the presidency precipitated secession for whch of the following reasons?

Lincoln's goal to prohibit the institution of slavery in the territories

Which of the following groups would have most likely challenged the views of the cartoonist?

Loyalists

The excerpt most directly relates to which of the following continuous political issues during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Maintaining the balance of free and slave states

According to Calhoun, which period of time being described is classified as a dangerous concept?

Manifest Destiny

The unanimous election of Washington to the presidency most directly reflects which of the following?

Most of the founders of the nation opposed the idea of political parties

According to Calhoun, what was the problem with democracy?

Most people don't have the capacity to successfully participaye

Which of the following events most directly contributed to the establishment of the Proclamation Line of 1763?

Pontiac's Rebellion

which of the following was not a contributing factor to the nation's weariness with federal intervention in the South?

President Grant's refusal to use military troops in the South

The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following?

President Jackson's warning that no state could nullify federal law and the US government would use force to assert its authority

which of the following figures was disappointed and angered by the 15th amendment?

Sojourner Truth