APUSH Unit 4 Test Review
Which of the following was NOT a factor in the formation of the New England Confederation?
A desire to suppress religious dissent
Reconstruction legislation passed by congress included all of the following EXCEPT the
Black Codes
In 1865, a number of southern states passed Black Codes in order
Control movement and provide a stable workforce for the plantations
Which of the following was NOT provided for African Americans by congressional Reconstruction?
Distribution of confiscated Confederate farmlands
President Andrew Johnson was impeached for
Removing a Radical Republican from his cabinet
Which of the following BEST reflected the idea of manifest destiny?
the campaign platform of James Polk in 1844
After the election of 1824, the president's choice of HenryClay as secretary of state resulted in
Charges of a corrupt bargain with John Q. Adams
All of the following were part of the initial Union strategy to win the Civil War EXCEPT
Emancipation of slaves in the seceded states
The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?
Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law
The purpose of Lincoln's and Johnson's plan for Reconstruction was to
Encourage rapid readmission of ex-Confederate states into the Union
All of the following figured prominently in debates over the Compromise of 1850 EXCEPT the...
Extension of slavery into Kansas and Nebraska territories
The Confederate government was able to achieve which of the following goals?
Frequent victories over union armies
A political effect of the fighting in Kansas in 1855 and 1856 was to...
Further divide the Democratic Party
Northern advantages in the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT
General agreement over war's aims
President Lincoln was reluctant to emancipate the slaves in the first year of the Civil War because
He feared that emancipation would drive the border states out of the Union
The leading Radical Republican in Congress included
I. Charles Sumner IV. Thaddeus Stevens
The results of the Mexican-American War included
I. acquisition of California by the United States II. important military experience that would be put to use in the Civil War
The civil rights act of 1866 was significant because
I. it meant that congress rather than the President would determine Reconstruction policies III. it was the first major legislation that became law over a presidential veto
The Lincoln-Douglas debates resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
Increased support for Douglas in the South
The Seneca Falls Convention was significant because it
Issued a historic declaration of women's rights
Which of the following best describes the policy of the government of Mexico toward Texas?
It encouraged American settlement in Texas in the 1820's and early 1830's.
Which of the following is a correct statement about the Wilmot Proviso?
It forbade the introduction of slavery into territory acquired from Mexico
Which of the following is true of Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan?
It provided for the restoration of the loyal governments for the erstwhile Confederate states now under Union control.
Which of the following statements about the Dred Scott decision is correct?
It stated that Black people were not citizens of the United States.
Which of the following was a major factor in the decline of the Whig party in the 1850's?
Know-Nothing movement
All of the following statements about the election of 1860 are accurate EXCEPT
Lincoln won election because of the split in the Democratic Party
Which of the following would most likely have expressed opposition to the idea of Manifest Destiny?
Members of the Whig party in Congress during the Mexican War
The slave states that remained in the Union included
Missouri, Kentucky and Delaware
Which of the following is a correct statement about the United States at the beginning of the Era of Good Feelings?
Nationalism strongly influenced American culture and politics
The main reason for the U.S. delay in annexing Texas was the
Opposition in Congress to adding slave states
The Republican Party originated in the mid-1850s as a sectional party committed to which of the following?
Opposition to the further expansion of slavery into the territories
The most threatening problem for the Union from 1861 through 1863 was
Possible British recognition of the Confederacy
The Freedmen's Bureau provided all of the following EXCEPT
Protection from sharecropping agreements
The economic impact of the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT
Reduced rate of industrial production in the North
The Republican Reconstruction governments in the South accomplished all of the following EXCEPT
Reducing waste and corruption in local and state governments
The supreme court's decision in the Dred Scott case outraged public opinion in the North chiefly because it
Removed restrictions against the spread of slavery into the Western Territories
The Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 increased sectional tension because it
Reopened the issue of slavery in a territory North of 36, 30
An analysis of the election of 1868 best supports the conclusion that
Republican victory depended on the votes of African Americans
All of the following were factors in the defeat of the South in 1865 EXCEPT
Slave uprisings against southern plantations
In the 1860 election, what was the position of Lincoln and the Republican Party on slavery?
Slavery should not be allowed to expand into the territories
What happened to Southern interest in slavery after Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831?
Southern states made it increasingly difficult for masters to free their slaves
John Brown's primary purpose in attacking Harper's Ferry was to
Start a slave rebellion in Virginia
The "redeemers" in the South supported
States' rights and white supremacy
Why did Congressional Reconstruction end in 1877?
The Republican and Democratic parties effected a compromise agreement after the 1876 presidential election.
Which of the following best describes an immediate effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
The abolition of slavery in confederate territory became one of the North's war goals
The Halfway Covenant provide for which of the following?
The baptism of children of baptized but unconverted Puritans
John Marshall's Supreme Court decision in the case of Marbury vs. Madison established
The principle for Judicial review
In the early years of reconstruction, an important functionof the Freedmen's Bureau was
The protection of the economic rights of former slaves
What is the principle of "Popular sovereignty" in U.S. territories?
The settlers in a given territory have the sole right to decide whether or not slavery will be permitted there.
Which of the following is LEAST useful in arguing that territorial expansion was motivated by a desire to spread slavery?
The slogan "Fifty-four Forty of Fight"
Which of the following most accurately describes Stephen Douglas' idea of popular sovereignty?
The status of slavery in a territory would be determined by the voters in the territory
Which of the following was NOT a major consequence of the U.S. war with Mexico?
U.S. annexation of Texas
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel which brought home the evils of slavery to many in the North was
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Dred Scott decision held that a slave
Was a private property even in a free territory
The disputed boundary between Maine and Canada was settled by the
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
By the end of Reconstruction, most blacks in the South
Worked on farms as renters and sharecroppers
The provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo included all of these EXCEPT:
Yield the Mesilla Valley of the Arizona to the United States
The long-range plan of the Albany Congress in 1754 wasto
achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat
Manifest Destiny was based on all of the following ideas EXCEPT
conquest of new territory would prove American military superiority
Harvard College and Yale College were established primarily to
ensure an adequate supply of ministers
For the period from the end of Reconstruction to 1900,the position of the Supreme Court toward civil rights is best characterized as
establishing the constitutionally of segregation
In the 1850's, the South differed from the North in...
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
All of the following were provisions of Clay's "American System" EXCEPT
low tariffs and state support of internal improvements
The financial programs of Alexander Hamilton included all of the following EXCEPT
nullification of all private debts to the states
In response to southern intransigence in the face of President Andrew Johnson's mild reconstruction plan, Congress did all of the following EXCEPT
order the arrest and imprisonment of former Confederate leaders
The most common form of resistance on the part of black Americans slaves prior to the Civil War was
passive resistance, including breaking tools and slightly slowing the pace of work
The Black Codes passed in a number of southern states after the Civil War were intended to
place limits on the socioeconomic opportunities open to Black people
Which of the following was the LEAST important issue in the election of 1844?
rechartering the Bank of the United States
In his Essay, Resistance to Civil Government, HenryDavid Thoreau claimed that an individual should
refuse to obey unjust laws.
All of the following were parts of Andrew Johnson's planfor Reconstruction EXCEPT
requiring payment of monetary reparations for the damage caused by the war
Senator Stephen A. Douglas managed to engineer the Compromise of 1850 by
securing passage of the different parts of the Compromise as separate laws
The Proclamation of 1763 did which of the following?
set a boundary along the crest of the Appalachians beyond which the English colonists were forbidden to settle
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions took the position that
the authority of state governments included the power to decide whether or not an act of Congress was constitutional
The dramatic increase in the South's slave labor force between 1810 and 1860 was due to
the natural population increase of American-born slaves
"Forty acres and a mule" refers to
the proposal to make freed slaves small-scale farmers
In the Nullification Controversy, some Southerners took the position that
the states had the right to nullify acts of the federal government they deemed to beunconstitutional
All of the following contributed to the conflict between Mexico's government and settlers in Texas in the early 1830's EXCEPT
the support for annexation by John Tyler and James Polk
When President Andrew Johnson removed Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton without the approval of the Senate, contrary to the terms of the recently passed Tenure of Office Act, he
was impeached and came within one vote of being removed from office
During the Civil War, African-Americans in the North
were not allowed to join the Union Army
