APUSH Unit4

26. In the history of American transportation, the canal era occurred during which of the following periods?

1820-1850

24. In which year would the population of an Atlantic seacoast city most likely have appeared as follows?

1850

5. The American Transcendentalists may best be characterized as which of the following?

A group of Northern intellectuals who shared a belief in the value of human intuition, the presence of divinity in nature, and an emotional comprehension of God

193. Which of the following was a feature of the Compromise of 1850?

A new fugitive slave act was passed by Congress

167. Noah Webster's contribution to developing an educated and enlightened citizenry was

A simplified and Americanized system of spelling

187. One reason that the annexation of Texas became a complicated political issue was that

Abolitionists opposed adding another slave state

33. In the pre-Civil War era, the railroad's most important impact on the economy was the

Accessibility to Eastern urban markets provided to Midwestern farmers

101. The immediate effect of Andrew Jackson's attack on the Second Bank of the United States in 1834 was

An expansion of credit and speculation

98. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, American agriculture was characterized by

An increase in acres under cultivation

165. Which of the following men became a national hero as a result of the Battle of New Orleans?

Andrew Jackson

209. At the time of the Gold Rush, the richest land in California was owned by

Californios

59. All of the following statements about pre-Civil War American slavery are true EXCEPT:

Because of the relative ease with which slaves could gain their freedom by manumission or by purchase, the proportion of freedmen to slaves was almost equal in many areas of the South.

201. The migration of Americans to the west coast between 1848 and 1850 affected the pattern of settlement along the Pacific coast by

Changing the final point of destination for most migrants from Oregon to California

227. The Sioux leaders at the Battle of Little Big Horn included Sitting Bull and

Crazy Horse

173. The status of slavery was influenced in 1832 when the state of Virginia

Debated the abolition of slavery

175. From 1830 to 1860, the percentage of white southern families owning slaves

Declined steadily

168. One characteristic of the nation's economy during the period from 1800-1860 was that per capita income

Doubled and the price of goods fell

22. "...the descendants of African who were imported into this country, and sold as slaves...are not included, and were not indented to be included, under the word 'citizens' in the Constitution, and can there fore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States." This passage is from which of the following?

Dred Scott v. Sanford

171. The most important industry in the nation during the two decades before the Civil War was

Textile manufacturing

94. The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?

Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law.

164. During the first decade of the 19th Century, two Shawnee leaders, Tecumseh and the Prophet, worried the leaders of the United States because they

Engaged in a reign of terror on the frontier

53. The nullification controversy of 1832-1833 was significant, in part, because it

Enhanced Andrew Jackson's reputation as a strong president

75. President Jackson resisted the admission of Texas into the Union in 1836 primarily because he

Feared that debate over the admission of Texas would ignite controversy about slavery

93. All of the following contributed to the growth of the free African American population in the United States in the early nineteenth century EXCEPT

Federal constitutional provisions for emancipation

80. Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?

For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank.

194. The Kansas-Nebraska Act profoundly influenced the national discussion of slavery by

Formally repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820

225. In its Declaration of Causes of Secession of December 1860, South Carolina charged that fourteen states "have deliberately refused for years past to fulfill their constitutional obligations." The part of the Constitution to which the South Carolina Declaration referred was the

Fugitive-slave clause

179. During the first thirty years of the 19th Century, which of the following occupations employed an increasingly large number of working women?

Government clerk

174. In an attempt to make the governments of southern states more responsive to the interests of yeoman farmers, reformers instituted all of the following EXCEPT

Gradual emancipation of slaves

34. The North's advantages over the South at the outbreak of the Civil War included all of the following EXCEPT

Greater agreement over war aims

32. The "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" issued by the Seneca Falls Convention demanded

Greater rights for women

163. Between 1800 and 1820, the land policy of the United States government

Halted the sale of western land to ordinary people

186. "I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—and I will be heard." The quotation expresses the sentiment of which group interested in the subject of slavery?

Immediate abolitionists

76. The Republican Party originated in the mid-1850s as a sectional party committed to which of the following?

Immediate emancipation of the slaves

180. Between 1820 and 1860, the largest number of immigrants to the United States migrated from

Ireland

81. Prior to the Civil War, a transformation occurred in the work force of the New England textile mills as New England farm girls were replaced by

Irish immigrants

190. Members of the Free Soil party were devoted to

Keeping slavery out of the territories

184. The American Female Moral Reform Society led an important crusade in the 1830s to

Lobby for actions against men who led woman into prostitution

207. Which of the following women was both a leading abolitionist and an organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention in the late 1840s?

Lucretia Mott

203. Which statement accurately reflects the status of manufacturing by 1860?

Manufacturing accounted for one-third of the nation's total production

181. One reason why German immigrants in the early 19th Century were accepted more readily than Irish immigrants was that

Many Germans were middle class

183. In 1837, Mary Lyon established the first college for women called

Mt. Holyoke Seminary

196. John Brown first came to the attention of the American public when he

Murdered pro-slavery settlers in Kansas

91. Which of the following principles was established by the Dred Scott decision?

National legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories.

169. In Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837), the Supreme Court influenced the direction of the economy by ruling that

New enterprises could not be restrained by old charters

197. All of the following are accurate statements about the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision of 1857 EXCEPT

No precedent existed which allowed the federal government to regulate slavery in a territory.

199. The Financial Crash of 1857 was particularly damaging to

Northern grain producers

120. Slave owners drew on the African skills of their slaves in all of the following areas EXCEPT

Plantation management

64. Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that

Political participation by the common man should be increased

2. The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) heightened the sectional crisis because it

Repealed the Missouri Compromise

89. The goal of the American Colonization Society was to

Return freed slaves to Africa

198. When Stephen Douglass proposed the Freeport Doctrine during the debates with Abraham Lincoln in 1858, he was trying to

Revive the idea of popular sovereignty

45. Which of the following most likely increased Mexican suspicion of United States territorial objectives in the 1830's and 1840's?

Rhetoric on "manifest destiny" in the American press

182. Of the "Five Civilized Tribes" forced to move west in the 1830s, the tribe which resisted relocation the most successfully was the

Seminoles

177. One of the major reasons for the persistent mass violence in the 1830s and 1840s was

Social and economic tensions in society

195. In 1860, the Republican Party attracted large numbers of voters from all of the following constituencies EXCEPT

Southern Democrats

189. When abolitionists warned the nation about "Slave Power," they referred to a group of

Southern slave holders intent on controlling the nation

170. Between 1815 and 1860, almost three-quarters of the money invested in canals was supplied by

State governments

214. In the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln announced that as of January 1st, 1863, he would free slaves in

States in rebellion against the United States

58. The Whigs of the 1830's and 1840's differed from the Jacksonian Democrats in that the Whigs

Supported the American System of Henry Clay

95. Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, women reformers were most active in the cause of

Temperance

176. Between 1800 and 1860, the region with the fastest growing urban population was

The Middle Atlantic states

206. In 1853, Congress expanded the size of the United States by purchasing land in which area?

The Southwest

205. During the year 1860, all of the following occurred EXCEPT:

The Supreme Court issued its decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford

55. "From the beginning of the settlement of America, the frontier regions have exercised a steady influence toward democracy...American democracy is fundamentally the outcome of the experience of the American people in dealing with the West..." These statements are part of a historical theory known as

The Turner thesis

191. In the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, which ended the war with Mexico, the United States agreed to which of the following?

The United States would pay Mexico $15 million

200. All of the following are accurate statements about the era of the California Gold Rush EXCEPT

The environment was unaffected by mining

47. In the presidential campaign of 1860, which of the following positions was asserted by the Republican party platform with respect to slavery?

The extension of slavery to United States territories should be prohibited by the federal government, but slavery should be protected in the states where it already existed.

43. The term "cult of domesticity" refers to

The idealization of women in their roles as wives and mothers during the nineteenth century

204. In 1850, Henry Clay and other senators negotiated a compromise which balanced sectional views on all of the following EXCEPT:

The importation of slaves into the US

166. In 1808, the status of slavery was changed significantly when

The importation of slaves was ended

84. The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for

The prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War

208. Which statement accurately reflects the conditions of antebellum white women in the South?

The rate at which they gave birth was one-third greater than the national average

21. President Jackson's Native American policy resulted in which of the following?

The removal of the Cherokee from the Southeast to settlements across the Mississippi

192. The idea of popular sovereignty was based on the assumption that

The residents of a territory should determine the status of slavery

246. The Civil Service movement of the 1880s was designed specifically to challenge

The spoils system

99. Which of the following statements about Africans brought as slaves to the British North American colonies is true?

They maintained cultural practices brought from Africa.

9. Which of the following best characterizes the response of Great Britain and France to the American Civil War?

They saw advantages in a divided Union, but pursued cautious policies toward both sides.

51. Which of the following is correct abut the tariffs passed during the period 1816-1828?

They were the first tariffs whose major purpose was protection.

66. Which of the following transportation developments opened the West to settlement and trade between 1790 and 1830?

Turnpikes and canals

213. When President Lincoln first advocated an end to slavery, he recommended all of the following EXCEPT:

United States citizenship for freed slaves

172. By 1850, free African-Americans generally

Were descendants of slaves emancipated in the 1780s and 1790s

222. Beginning in the late 1860s, the influence of African-American voters and black officials decreased largely do to

White violence against black political activists

104. "Let Southern oppressors tremble...I shall strenuously contend for immediate enfranchisement...I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice." The author of the statement above was

William L. Garrison

31. A proposal for the uncompensated emancipation of American slaves was advanced by

William Lloyd Garrison in The Liberator in 1831

228. The first mass political movement of American women was the

Woman's Christian Temperance Union

188. Which of the following arguments did opponents against the Second Bank of the United States use?

i. It did not distribute tax money throughout the nation ii. It checked the growth of local banks iii. It had too much power iv. It was unresponsive to financial crises v. It was undemocratic

13. Which of the following provided sources of revenue for the federal government in the period form 1800 to 1860?

iii. Customs duties iv. Land sales

202. "Rise, sisters of temperance!-we must not delay- Our mission is bold, and we must away; We'll gird on our armor tho' frail it may be, And trust that the "Maine Law" will soon set us free" In the above quotation from 1855, the "Maine Law" refers to a law affecting

sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages