APUSH UNIT 4
The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the United States?
It disrupted American shipping.
The map shows the United States as it appeared in
1821
Which of the following was NOT a result of the growth of a national market economy between 1815 and 1860 ?
A greater number of men working at home
Which of the following evidence did the American Temperance Society in the excerpt use to support its argument about the need for the temperance movement?
Alcohol consumption damaged people's physical and emotional well-being.
The issuance of the Monroe Doctrine did which of the following?
Asserted American independent in the realm of foreign policy.
Which of the following best explains the cause of the emergence of new political parties in the early nineteenth century?
Continued debates over the proper role of the federal government
The language and themes of the excerpt were most directly inspired by the
Declaration of Independence
The development of the Second Great Awakening can best be linked to which of the following historical situations?
Increased geographical mobility aided travel to new regions and the sharing of ideas.
Which of the following statements about the "American System" is correct?
It was designed to meet the nation's need for economic progress and self-sufficiency.
Based on the excerpt, which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose Henry Clay's ideas?
Members of the Democratic Party
The majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1821 and 1880 settled in the
Midwest and Northeast
Support for slavery in the Southern states was based on all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
Most White families owned slaves.
The theme of individualism is most evident in the writings of
Ralph Waldo Emerson
President Andrew Jackson's creation of a monetary system based on state-chartered banks most likely contributed to which of the following?
The Panic of 1837
The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?
The creation of the Monroe Doctrine
Which of the following most likely contributed to the emergence of the Second Great Awakening?
The cultural responses to the Enlightenment
Which of the following factors best supports the argument in the excerpt?
The debates over the federal government's proper role had intensified during the early nineteenth century.
Which of the following aspects of life in the United States in the early nineteenth century most likely influenced Adams' recollection of Revolutionary events?
The development of a national culture and national identity
The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments?
The development of regional cultures increasingly defined by the presence of enslaved people
The excerpt best reflects which of the following historical situations in the early 1800s?
The emergence of a new and distinctive American culture
Which of the following statements would an abolitionist claim supported the ideas expressed in the excerpt?
The immorality of slavery had a widespread corrupting effect on Southern culture.
Actions like Vanderbilt's most directly built upon which of the following?
The market revolution
People who shared the views expressed in the excerpt most likely opposed which of the following?
The use of federal government funding for internal improvements
Which of the following broader ideas did Jefferson most directly seek to advance through his administration's policies?
The vision of the United States as an agricultural republic
The economic growth of the South relied primarily on the export of goods to which of the following?
europe
The most unpopular and least successful of President Thomas Jefferson's policies was his
adherence to neutrality in dealing with England and France
In the 1850's, the South differed from the North in that the South had
fewer European immigrants
A major reason why Thomas Jefferson was interested in purchasing Louisiana from France was that he
hoped to preserve an agricultural society by making abundant lands available to future generations
In Marbury v. Madison, the United Stated Supreme Court affirmed
its right to determine the constitutionality of congressional enactments
Those who supported the War of 1812 advanced all of the following rationales for their positions EXCEPT the
obligation to protect Native Americans
The Southern economy before the Civil War increasingly
produced more cotton and other crops but did not develop much industry
The National Road was constructed primarily for the purpose of
promoting trade and communication with the Old Northwest
Most of the Irish immigrants who came to the United States following the potato famine of the 1840s settled in
urban areas of the North
