APUSH unit 2 practice test questions

Which of the following was the primary reason for Hamiltons call for African-American soldiers

The British were recruiting African-Americans

The area settled by the Northwest ordinance of 1787 was important because it

Forbade slavery in the territory allowed citizens to on the legality of slavery one statehood had been established

Which of the following did Washington believe was very important for the United States to avoid

Foreign alliances

Hamiltons constitutional argument was based on which of the following types power

Implied

Which of the following was the primary cause of the territorial changes depicted in the Maps above?

A major war between the French and British

In his speech, Patrick Henry response to opposing viewpoints by

Admitting that the members of the House of burgesses were patriotic, and worthy of their positions

Locke believed that political society was based on

Agreement of the majority

Which group would most likely have supported the sentiments expressed in the passage above? (letter from a Pennsylvania farmer)

Backcountry rebels in the 1780s in the 1790s

Patrick Henry statement of a British guard will be stationed in every house was a reference to the British practice of quartering that was the tested by the colonials and was later outlawed in the

Bill of rights

The passage above was written in response to (letter from a Pennsylvania farmer)

British efforts to tax the colonies

The excerpts were written in response to the (common sense-Thomas Paine)

British governments attempt to assert greater control over the north American colonies

The American patriot succeeded in winning Independence despite the overwhelming military and financial advantages of the British. Which of the reasons they succeeded is best illustrated by this document?

Ideological commitment

The concerns expressed by Washington were a response to the

Controversy regarding support for the revolutionary government of France

To encourage African-Americans to fight, Hamilton suggested in excerpt that they should be promised

Emancipation from slavery

The speech above best reflects which of the following continuities in the United States history

Debates over the proper role of political parties

Which of the following groups most strongly oppose Washington's point of view in the address

Democratic Republicans

Which of the following groups would be most in favor of your Stabley Schomann of the bill of rights as a part US Constitution?

Democratic Republicans

Which individual or group among the following would be the strongest supporter for the Kentucky resolution

Democratic republicans

Which of the following most directly prompted arguments in the speech above

Disagreements over the French revolution in foreign-policy

According to the passage the final decision on whether a federal law or action was legal should be made by

Each state

Which of the following was the most immediate result of the territorial changes in the Maps above?

Increase tensions and fighting with Indians in the Ohio River Valley

Which of the following documents would be most closely associated with the formation of the Bill of Rights?

John Locke's two treaties of government

Which of the following did Locke see as the original limit on human freedom?

Law of nature

What is the calamity that the authors are seeking to prevent?

Loss of individual rights

Which of the following benefited most directly from the bank that Hamilton strongly supported

Manufacturers

The Northwest ordinance spurred the westward movement of American settlers because it

Overturned the colonial idea that you settle band would be subservient to the established areas

The speech is credited with having single-handedly convince the Virginia House of burgesses to (patrick henry)

Pass a resolution delivering the Virginia trips to the revolutionary war

The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions were issued in reaction to the

Passage of alien and sedition acts

What was the most significant impact on the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain resulting from the territorial changes depicted in the Maps above?

Renewed effort to consolidate imperial control and collect taxes

The idea of God rising up friends to fight our battles for us had been a major part of what earlier ideology that saw Providence as guiding the colonies?

Sinners in the hands of an angry God

Which of the following groups in the colonies in the late 17th century would be the most critical of Locke's ideas?

Slaveowners

The settlement and administration of the land settled by Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut in the map above established which precedent

The admission of new states into the union

The selling of land help finance national government because of limited taxation was under

The articles of Confederation

The ideas about government expressed by Paine and Jefferson are most consistent with which of the following?

The ideas of the enlightenment

Which of the following historical developments most directly precipitated the conditions leading to the argument in the passage above? (letter from a Pennsylvania farmer)

The large British debt incurred from seven years war

The principles expressed by Paine and Jefferson best account for which of the following features of the United States during and immediately after the American Revolution?

The relatively limited powers of the articles of confederation

The above passage mentions of rebellion against the import or introduction of tea as a direct result of Great Britain's efforts to consolidate imperial control over the north American markets to help elevate their acquired debt from which of the following?

The seven years war

Who of the following would be most critical of Hamilton's position on the bank

Thomas Jefferson