APUSH 1st semester final
In the history of American transportation, the canal era occurred during which of the following periods
1820-1850
The international incident known as the XYZ Affair involved
A French foreign minister's demand for a bribe before he would meet with American envoys
Which of the following describes the "Lowell Girls" in early 19th century New England?
A plan to promote and expand textile manufacturing activities
By the time of the Revolution, the American colonists had generally come to believe that creation of a republic would solve the problems of monarchial rule because a republic would establish
A small, limited government responsible to the people
The Missouri Compromise did which of the following?
Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the United States decision to declare war against Great Britain in 1812?
American military and economic preparedness of war
"The duties of all public officers are, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple that more is lost by the long continuance of men in office than is generally to be gained by their experience." This statement best reflects the views of
Andrew Jackson
Which of the following is true of the American transcendentalists?
Argued for the importance of human intuition and individualism
The abolitionist movement had the effect of
Bringing the issue of slavery to the forefront of the reform movement
Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, introduced a new element into the debate with Britain by
Calling for complete independence for the colonies and attacking not only King George III but also the idea of monarchy
After the election of 1824, the president's choice of Henry Clay as secretary of state resulted in
Charges of a corrupt bargain with John Q. Adams
The Federalist Papers were written in support of the
Constitution
President George Washington's Farewell Address set a course for the nation by
Discouraging permanent alliances with foreign nations
President Andrew Jackson's Maysville Road veto dealt with
Federally financed internal improvements
The tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy were distinctive in that they
Formed the most important Native American political organization to confront the colonists
General Charles Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown resulted largely from the
French fleet winning control of the Chesapeake Bay
Which of the following contributed most to the American victory in the American Revolution?
French military and financial assistance
"Let me warn you in the most solemn manner against the ruinous effects of the spirit of party. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension... is itself a frightful despotism." This statement reflected which of the following political positions?
George Washington's concern about the development of political parties during his administration.
The "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" issued by the Seneca Falls Convention demanded
Greater rights for women
The second Great Awakaening was characterized by all of the following Except:
Growing unity among the Protestant churches
Thomas Jefferson opposed some of Alexander Hamilton's Programs because Jefferson believed that
Hamilton's programs favored wealthy financial interests
The leading spokesperson for the tax-supported public school movement was
Horace Mann
William Lloyd Garrison and the American Antislavery Society supported:
Immediate emancipation of slaves without compensation or emigration
Which of the following best describes changes in the American economy in the 1820's?
Improved transportation in the West, industrialization in the North
The major purpose of England's mercantilist policy was to
Increase England's prosperity
The Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 were notable accomplishments because they
Initiated a territorial policy that provided for the orderly creation of new states
Which of the following had the greatest impact on the institution of slavery in the United States in the first quarter of the nineteenth century?
Invention of the cotton gin
Who supplied the largest number of immigrants to the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century?:
Ireland
The hostility of the Know-Nothing party was directed primarily against
Irish and German Catholic immigrants
The Seneca Falls Convention was significant because it
Issued a historic declaration of women's rights
All of the following were weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation government EXCEPT:
It could no compel the states to abide by the terms of the international treaties it had made
All of the following accurately describe Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France EXCEPT
It ended the threat of American Indians raids on Western Settlements
Which of the following is a correct statement about the use of slave labor in colonial Virginia?
It spread rapidly in the late seventeenth as Blacks displaced White indentured servants in the tobacco fields
Which of the following was true of the United States Constitution as adopted at the Constitutional Convention?
It was built on a series of compromises
All of the follomg were true of the temperance movement EXCEPT:
It was largely restricted to the southern states
Marbury v. Madison (1803) is famous for establishing the principle of
Judicial review
In his contract theory of government, John Locke asserted that
Life, liberty, and property are the inalienable rights of every individual.
The Navigation Acts were part of the British policy known as
Mercantilism
( Look at the map on your study guide) The map above shows the United States immediately following the
Missouri Compromise
Deists of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries believed that
Natural laws, set by the Creator, govern the operation of universe
The English colony at Jamestown
Nearly collapsed because the colonists refused to cooperate, searched for gold instead of planting crops, and antagonized the Indians.
The Hartford Convention was manifestation of
New England Federalist opposition to the War of 1812
The argument between Great Britain and it American colonies during the 1760's and 1770's over "virtual representation" concerned
Parliament's ability to reflect colonial interests
Which of the flowing most accurately describes the attitude of the Founding fathers toward political parties?
Parties are vehicles of ambition and selfish interest that threaten the existence of republican government.
Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that
Political participation by the common man should be increased
An important reason for the proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine was to
Protect Republicans institutions of government in the Western Hemisphere
The principal motivation for drafting the Bill of Rights was the desire to
Protect rights not specified in the Constitution
The Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812
Provided for a restoration of the pre war status quo
The primary objective of the founders of the Know-Nothing party was the
Restriction of the rights of immigrants
Henry Clay's "American System" called for all of the following EXCEPT
Sale of federal lands to finance high education
One of the purposes of the 1773 Tea Act was to:
Save the British east India company from financial ruin
George Washington responded to Whiskey Rebellion in the western counties of Pennsylvania by
Sending an army larger than any he had ever commanded in the Revolution to put down the revolt
The revolution of 1828 revealed that the political power was
Shifting to the western states
"In 1800 schoolchildren (ages 5 - 19) spent an average of only fourteen days in school each year. By 1850 this figure had nearly doubled, going to twenty-six days, and by 1860 it had risen to forty days per year, almost triple the figure for 1800. By 1860 the literacy rate at age twenty had attained modern levels, exceeding ninety percent among Whites." This passage describes results brought chiefly through
State and local efforts in behalf of public schools
The Coercive Acts were passed in reaction to
The Boston Tea Party
The term impressments as used by the United States in the period before the War of 1812 referred to
The British practice of forcing American sailors into service on British warships
Benjamin Franklin was an American whose life exemplified which of the following social movements?
The Enlightment
The battle of Saratoga resulted in
The French formally recognizing American independence and making an open treaty of alliance with the Americans
According to Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in America, American Individualism arose as a result of
The absence on an aristocracy
Jacksonian Democrats favored all of the following EXCEPT
The caucus system of nominating candidates
The doctrine of nullification put forth by John C. Calhoun in The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, published anonymously in 1828, held that
The citizens of a state could call a convention to nullify a federal law if that law contradicted the Constitution
Which of the following was true of most Puritans who immigrated to seventeenth-century New England?
The considered themselves non-Separatists
The Term "Trail of Tears" refers to :
The forced migration of the Cherokee tribe from the southern Appalachians to what is now Oklahoma.
Nativist reaction to immigration resulted in
The formation of the Know-Nothing Party
Perfectionist aspirations to create a utopian society are best reflected in
The founding of New Harmony, Brook Farm, and Fourier Phalanxes
The term "cult of domesticity" refers to
The idealization of women in their roles as wives and mothers during the early nineteenth century
The election of 1800 has been referred to as constituting "another revolution" because
The party in power stepped down after losing the election
President Jackson's Native American (Indian) policy resulted in which of the following?
The removal of the Cherokee people from the Southeast to settlements across the Mississippi
The mercantilist system in the 18th century led to
The subordination of the colonial economy to that of the mother country
Maryland Toleration Act of 1694 provided
The tolerance of most christian churches
In the first half of the 19th century, Cherokee efforts to retain their tribal lands in Georgia recieved direct support from
The united states supreme court
The battles of Lexington and Concord were significant because
They marked the first originated battles between British regulars and colonial militiamen and ended any hoped for a peaceful resolution to the disagreement between England and its colonies.
Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of seventeenth-century Puritans toward religion?
They tolerated no one whose expressed religious views varied from their own
Widespread ownership of property is a bulwark of republican government?
They were the first tariffs whose major purpose was protection
The Erie Canal was significant because it
Tied the manufacturing of the east to the west
President Monroe articulated the Monroe Doctrine in his 1823 address to Congress primarily in order to
Warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere.
The "Great Awakening" refers to the
Wave of religious revivals that swept the colonies through the 1740's
Which of the following was a widely held belief among the Founding Fathers of the United States?
Widespread ownership of property is a bulwark of republican government
A proposal for the uncompensated emancipation of American slaves was advanced by
William Lloyd Garrison in The Liberator in 1831
A major impact of the French and Indian War on the attitudes of Americans was
With the threat of the French now gone from their borders, many colonists now felt that English protection was unnecessary and they felt free to take a more independent stand toward Britain than they had taken previously.
France's support for the United States during the American Revolutionary War was motivated primarily by
a desire to weaken its rival, Great Britain
The Connecticut Compromise, advocated by Roger Sherman, proposed settling the issue of representation in Congress by
a. Giving each state two senators with the vote in the Senate. d. Apportioning representation in the House of Representative according to population e. (A) and (D) only.
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
In the 1830's and 1840's, all of the following were generally true about immigration EXCEPT
an overwhelming majority of native-born Americans welcomed the immigrants
In the first decades of the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution in the United States was supported by developments in all of the following EXCEPT
craft unions
Daniel Webster's address to the Senate in 1830 in reply to Senator Hayne is best remembered for its
defense of the principle of national union
The women's movement in the antebellum period was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
demands for equal compensation for equal work
In response to the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts by the Federalist Congress, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
drafted the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions which supported the concept of states' rights
The nullification controversy of 1832-1833 was significant, in part, because
enhanced Andrew Jacksons reputation as a strong President
An important consequence of the "Tariff of Abominations" (1828) is that it led to the
enunciation of the doctrine of nullification
Early Americans diplomats to European nations often gained advantages for the United States by
exploiting European rivalries
Perfectionism in the mid-nineteenth century is best defined as
faith in human capacity to achieve a better life on earth through conscious acts of will
The goals of educational reformers in the antebellum years didn't include
federal financing of secondary education
The French and Indian War was a pivotal point in America's relationship to Great Britain because it led Great Britain to
imposed revenue taxes on the colonies
In addition to the cotton gin, Eli Whitney's major contribution to American technology was his
introduction of interchangeable parts
Supporters of the Whig party included all of the following groups EXCEPT:
new immigrants, such as the Germans and the Irish
The financial programs of Alexander Hamilton included all of the following EXCEPT
nullification of all private debts to the states
Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that
political participation by the common mand should be increased
Dorothea Dix was most well known for her work in:
reforms in treatment of the mentally ill
The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, the Hartford Convention, and the South Carolina Exposition and Protest were similar in that all involved a defense of
states right
The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important because it
strengthened the ties between the eastern manufacturing and western agricultural regions
The Whigs of the 1830s and 1840s differed from Jacksonian Democrats in that the Whigs
supported the American System of Henry Clay
A major defect in the national government established by the Articles of Confederation was that it lacked
the authority to tax
The establishment of Brook Farm and the Oneida Community in the Antebellum United States reflected
the blossoming of perfectionist aspirations
President Jackson's response to Supreme Court decisions on the treaty rights of Native Americans resulted in which of the following?
the forced removal of Cherokees from thier lands in Georgia
The primary issue in dispute in Shays' Rebellion was
the jailing of individuals or seizure of their property for failure to pay taxes during a time of economic hardship.
All of the following factors in 15 and 16th century Europe contributed to the exploration and colonization of the New World EXCEPT
the overthrow of the traditional hierarchical social structure
The principal reason for the Era of Good Feeling during the presidency of James Monroe was
the presence of only one political party
The main issue in the presidential campaign of 1832 was
the recharter of the Bank of the United States
Andrew JAckson supported all of the following except:
the right of nullification
Andrew Jackson supported all of the following EXCEPT
the right of the nullification
Which of the following transportation developments opened the West to settlement and trade between 1790 and 1830?
turnpikes and canals
In the early 1830's, the majority of workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were
young unmarried women from rural New England