apush midterm
Which of the following would most likely have opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A New England abolitionist
New England Puritans sought primarily to create which of the following in Massachusetts?
A model community promoting government by strict religious principles
William Lloyd first issue of abolitionist: The excerpt was likely to have found the most support among which of the following groups?
Advocates for women's rights
William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society were known for
Advocating immediate and uncompensated emancipation
Andrew Jackson Political Cartoon: Which of the following events could best be interpreted as reflecting the exercise of power depicted in the image?
American Indian removal despite the Supreme Court ruling in Worchester v. Georgia
Which of the following factors most directly contributed to the change between the two periods shown in the graph?
An expansion of political democracy for White men
Most archaeologists and historians believe that the first people who colonized the Americas came from
Asia
The dissatisfaction of Virginia farmers with the colonial governor who failed to protect them against American Indian raids led to
Bacon's Rebellion
Which of the following was a reason the United States government believed it necessary to negotiate a treaty with Great Britain following the American Revolution?
British activities and landholdings in North America were in an impediment to western settlement and peace along the frontier.
The excerpts were written in response to the
British government's attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies
First peoples: a documentary The excerpt describes effects of the
Columbian Exchange
The excerpt best reflects which of the following?
Conflicts over how the Constitution should be implemented and interpreted
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the perception of many White Southerners that antislavery sentiment was spreading in the 1850s?
Congress voted to end the interstate slave trade
Which of the following primary sources would most likely support Berlin's argument in the excerpt?
Dairy entries from a slaveholder discussing plantation life
Which of the following pieces of historical evidence from the United States census could best be used to support the argument in the excerpt?
Data showing changes in the number of textile mills
In the decade following the publication of the image, which of the following groups expressed the most opposition to the exercise of power by the national government?
Democratic-Republicans
Which of the following was a significant cause of the trend from 1843 to 1854 shown in the graph?
Economic and political difficulties in Germany and Ireland
Which of the following contributed most to the increasing use of African slave labor in North America during 1600s and 1700s?
European demand for agricultural products grown in the colonies
The Monroe Doctrine maintained that
European powers should not pursue any future colonization in the Americas
Which of the following was the most direct effect of the changes shown in the graph?
European settlers were able to gain control over Native American lands
Colonists from which of the following European nations generally had the most cooperative relations with American Indians?
France
The conflict described in the excerpt led primarily to which of the following changes in Spanish colonial policy?
Greater accommodation to Native American cultures
The excerpts from Anne Hutchinson best represent which of the following developments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s?
Growing challenges by dissenters to civil authorities
Before 1800, which of the following European imports had the greatest impact on the lives of the Plains Indians?
Horses
The issuing of documents such as the proclamation generally had which of the following effects?
Increasing the visibility of organized opposition to slavery
Which of the following was a core belief of the transcendentalists of the early nineteenth century?
Individual conduct should be guided by truths found in the individual conscience
What did the Northwest Ordinance accomplish?
It established procedures by which territories could become states
Andrew Jackson Political Cartoon: The creator of the image would most likely agree with which of the following statements?
Jackson's political actions were unconstitutional
Which of the following was true of colonial New England?
Life was centered in clustered villages
In the mid-nineteenth century, the process shown in the map was advocated by support of which of the following ideologies?
Manifest Destiny
Which of the following ideas contributed most directly to the territorial changes shown in the map?
Manifest Destiny
Someone who favored GW approach to foreign policy would be most likely to object to which of the following US policies?
Membership in the north american treaty organization
Which of the following characterizes the relationship between church and state for the Puritan who settled the Mass Bay Colony in the 17th c?
Ministers held most elected offices
Support for slavery in the Southern states was based on all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
Most White families owned slaves
In highlighting "the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated," Jefferson was referring most directly to
Passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts
The United States gained which of the following from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848?
Possession of California and most of the Southwest
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson challenged the authority of which of the following?
Puritain magistrates and ministers
The quote above is an example of the rhetoric from the
Puritan migration of the 1630s
The emphasis on personal salvation, which Anne Hutchinson articulated in the 1630s, was lost strongly echoed in which late movement?
Second Great Awakening in the 1830s
Which of the following was an important consequence of the debate over the Jay Treaty?
Strong disagreements over policy promoted the development of political parties
Many supporters of the declaration in 1848 broke ranks with which of the following groups by the 1870s?
Supporters of the 15th amendment
The graph most strongly supports which of the following arguments
The American Revolution resulted in increased political power for men of less wealth
Which of the following was a major contrast between New England colonies and the colonies of France?
The New England colonies were based on both agriculture and commerce
The migrants represented by the graph most typically settled in which of the following regions of the United States?
The Northeast
Which of the following conflicts resulted in the successful expulsion of Europeans from the upper Rio Grande region of North America for nearly a decade?
The Pueblo Revolt
William Lloyd first issue of abolitionist: The type of views expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from which of the following trends?
The Second Great Awakening
Which of the following most directly resulted from the change in the Native American population described by Las Casas?
The Spanish imported African as a new source of labor
The Supreme Court established which of the following by its ruling in Marbury v. Madison?
The Supreme Court has the authority to determine the constitutionality of congressional acts
Which of the following most directly addressed reservations about the process depicted in the image?
The addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution
The ideas expressed in the excerpts have the most in common with which of the following?
The antislavery movements of the 1840s, when women asserted their right to speak on the behalf of the cause
Which of the following was a common justification in the United States for the trend depicted in the map?
The belief in White cultural and political superiority
Which of the following best describes Deism?
The beliefs that God created the world but allowed it to operate through the laws of nature
Which of the following statements best explains the change over time in the composition of legislature depicted in the graph?
The concept of republican self-government encouraged individual talent
Which of the following issues of the period was Jefferson most likely concerned with in the excerpt?
The creation of political parties
Which of the following most shaped the events described in the excerpt?
The demands of the encomienda system in the Spanish Colonies
Established Population of the Southern Colonies in British North America, 1670-1790 The population trend for African Americans depicted on the graph resulted most directly from which of the following?
The development of an economy based on growing crops for export
Which of the following was the most direct catalyst for secession of South Carolina?
The election of 1860
Emerson's remarks in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following developments during the early nineteenth century?
The emergence of a national culture
Which of the following historical developments contributed most directly to the market revolution?
The emergence of new forms of transportation
Which of the following cultural and social shifts resulted most directly from trends described in the excerpt?
The emergence of new ideas about the proper roles of husband and wives
Which of the following developments best represents logical extension of the ideas expressed in the excerpt?
The expansion of participatory democracy in the Progressive Era
The proclamation most clearly provides evidence for which of the following?
The failure of the Compromise of 1850 to lessen sectional tension
Which of the following factors contributed most directly to the views expressed in the excerpt?
The fear of excessive centralized authority
Which of the following most profoundly transformed the lives of slaves in the mid-1700s?
The growth of a native-born African American population
The ideas about government expressed by Paine and Jefferson are most consistent with which of the following?
The ideas of the Enlightenment
David Porter, The impending crisis: America before the Civil War Which of the following historical developments during the 19th c. best supports Potter's argument about the underlying cause of sectional conflict?
The increase of economic opportunities in the west
Which of the following contributed most to the changes shown in the graph?
The introduction of new diseases
Which of the following most directly contributed to the decision by the US to fight the Mexican-American War?
The manifest Destiny
Which of the following was a primary feature of social relations established in the Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere?
The mergence of racially mixed populations mingling European settlers, Native American, and Africans
American Indian Population Destiny in 1500 Which of the following statements about the population of North America at the time of Christopher Columbus' voyage is support by the map above?
The most densely populated regions of North America would eventually become part of New Spain
David Porter, The impending crisis: America before the Civil War Which of the following most directly helped maintain the "balance between the northern and souther parts of the US" before the Mexican-American War referenced in the excerpt?
The passage of the Missouri Compromise
The trends described by Taylor most directly illustrate which of the following major historical developments in the Atlantic world?
The phenomenon known as the Columbian Exchange
The patterns described in the excerpt most directly foreshadowed which of the following developments?
The population decline in North American societies
Montezuma's statement that the Mexica "were not the aborigines of the country" most likely refer to which of the following developments?
The presence of different and complex societies before European contact
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
Many Americans were suspicious of the Second Bank of the United States for which of the following reasons?
They believed it was controlled by a commercial elite
Which of the following is true of the Virginia and New Jersey plans that were presented at the Constitutional Convention?
They illustrated the struggle between states for representation and power in the creation of the new government
Which of the following best characterizes rural women in the New England colonies?
They performed a large amount of farm labor and produced goods for their families
Which of the following is a correct statement about women in United States society in the years 1790-1810?
They were considered critical to educating good republican citizens
The early success of the Penn Colony was due in large part of which of the following?
William Penn's careful planning and his policy of selling land to settlers
The picture above best expressed which of the following middle-class news about women in the mid-nineteenth century?
Woman were the moral and spiritual strength of the family
The image most directly reflects the belief held by many in 1788 that
a stringer central government was a positive step
The Great Compromise of 1787 resulted in
a system of political representation for the states in the federal government
First peoples: a documentary American Indian societies most commonly reacted to the changes described in the excerpt by
adapting European material goods while attempting to preserve cultural autonomy
Andrew Jackson Political Cartoon: All of the following groups would have been likely to agree with the image's depiction of Andrew Jackson EXCEPT
advocates of federally funded internal improvement projects
The 1845 Kansas-Nebraska Act instituted popular sovereignty to
allow people living in a territory to determine whether slavery should be permitted there
The Quakers were unique among the religious groups that settled in North America during the seventeenth century because they
allowed women to speak publicly in their religious meetings and to be missionaries
The acquisition of territory in the southwestern region shown in the map intensified controversies in the United States about
allowing slavery in the new territories
The opinion expressed in the excerpt would most likely have been held by
an Anti-Federalist
In 1735 the New York City trial of editor John Peter Zenger helped establish the principle that
an editor could not be punished for seditious libel if the editor's words were accurate
The Federalist papers were written in order to
attain ratification go the Constitution
The United States House of Representatives responded to abolitionist agitation 1830s by
banning discussion og antislavery petitions
The concept of republican motherhood includes the idea that women should
be educated to raise their children to be good citizens
Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1637 because she
challenged the religious beliefs of the colony's leaders
During the American Revolution, many women contributed to the cause of independence by
collecting money, medicine, and food to supply the constitutional army
Andrew Jackson vetoed the recharter of the Bank of the United States partly because he believed that the bank
concentrated too much power in the hands of a few people
The sentiments expressed in the proclamation would have been most widely condemned by White residents of
costal South Carolina
Established Population of the Southern Colonies in British North America, 1670-1790 By 1790, the population trend depicted on the graph led to
creation of new settlements on the western edge of territory occupied by European Americans
The US went to war in 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to
deal with conflicts between settlers and American Indians in the Northwest Territory
The Labor Problem at Jamestown in the first half of the 1600s, American Indian in Virginia and Maryland most typically responded to the English colonization described in the excerpt by
defending their territories against the English
The interaction between Cortes and Moctezuma most strongly demonstrate Cortes'
desire for increased power and statues
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 did all of the following EXCEPT:
determine provisions to be included in the Bill of Rights
A key purpose of Henry Clay's American System was to
develop a national economy by improving transportation
President George Washington's Farewell Address set a course for the nation by
discouraging permanent alliances with foreign nations
During the late nineteenth century, members of which of the following groups were most likely to advocate settlement houses as a mean of social reform?
educated middle-class women
The Missouri Compromise was a victory for antislavery advocates because it
enclosed most of the Louisiana Purchase to slavery
An implication of Las Casas' argument is that a major cause of the decline of the native populations in the Americas after 1492 was the
epidemic brought to the Americas by Europeans
Politics in the antebellum US changed dramatically because
expanded White males suffrage broadened participation in elections
In the period 1650-1750 all of the following contributed to British North American colonists' sense of identity as British subjects EXCEPT the
expansion of the colonies into western frontier regions
Alexander Hamilton's domestic and foreign policies were directed primarily toward strengthening the federal government by
favoring the interests of the propertied and monied class
By passing the Navigation Act in the 1600s and 1700, the British government intended to
guarantee that the British government would have a financial share of all colonial exports
Members of the American (Know-Nothing) Party if the 1850s typically supported
homesteads in the western territories
William Lloyd first issue of abolitionist: A person who agreed with Garrison's views expressed in the excerpt would most likely have advocated
immediate emancipation of enslaved people
A major consequence of the French and Indian war of 1745-1763 was the
imposition of new taxes on the British North American colonies
The export of New World crops to the Old World transformed European society mostly by
improving diets and thereby stimulating population growth
The Declaration of Sentiments (1848), issued at Seneca Falls, New York, called for
increased rights for women
Established Population of the Southern Colonies in British North America, 1670-1790 The trend in total population from 1670 to 1700 depicted on the graph is best explained by
increases in life expectancy
A distinguishing feature of American society in the early nineteenth century was the
increasing readership of newspapers
A majority of the early English migrants to the Chesapeake Bay area were
indentured servants
The Proclamation Line of 1763 was designed to
limit western expansion of colonial settlement
The Labor Problem at Jamestown Compared to New England, early English settlement in Virginia and Maryland was characterized by
lower life expectancy, a larger population of indentured servants, and a greater gender imbalance
English colonization patterns in North America differed most from Spanish colonization in that the English
more often settled as families and rarely intermarried with Native Americans
Those who supported the War if 1812 advanced all of the following rationales for their positions EXCEPT the
obligation to protect Native Americans
During the first half of the nineteenth century, the central and western areas of New York were known as the "burned-over district" because
of intense religious zeal created during the Second Great Awakening
In their colonization of the Americas, the Spanish used the encomienda system to
organize and regulate Native American labor
All of the following contributed to Northern fear of a slave power conspiracy in the 1840s and 1850s EXCEPT the
passage of the Wilmot Proviso
The Louisiana Purchase proved politically troubling for TJ because of his
previous support for a struct interpretation of the Constitution
Thomas Jefferson disagreed with Alexander Hamilton's economic plan because he feared that it would
promote urban mercantile interests at the expense of agricultural interests
Hamilton's speech at the Constitutional Convention, 1787 Based on the excerpt, Hamilton would likely support
property qualifications for voting
The Nullification Crisis of 1832 arose over the issue of
protective tariffs
The government of the Articles of Confederation was successful in resolving the problem of how to
provide for statehood for western territories
Hamilton's speech at the Constitutional Convention, 1787 In the decade following the ratification of the constitution, divisons emerged between Hamilton's political party, the Federalist, and their rivals, the Democratic-Republican, over all of the following issues EXCEPT the
relationship between religion and the federal government
Established Population of the Southern Colonies in British North America, 1670-1790 By the 1860s, the long-term effects of the population trends depicted on the graph most directly contributed to the
relocation of the remaining American Indian groups to reservations in the Dakotas
David Porter, The impending crisis: America before the Civil War The "acquisition of a new empire" referenced in the excerpt most directly fostered sectional division through the
renewed debate over the expansion of slavery
The role of women expressed in the cult of domesticity had its roots in
republican motherhood
The most important factor in Andrew Jackson's successful bid for the presidency in 1828 was his
reputation as a hero of the War of 1812
After the French and Indian War, British political leaders were determined to
require the North American colonies to pay a greater share of the empire's administrative expenses
First peoples: a documentary The process described in the excerpt most affected Europeans through
significant population growth and economic development in many parts of Europe
William Lloyd first issue of abolitionist: Opponents of Garrison's ideas expressed in the excerpt would most likely have argued that
slavery was a postitive social institution and should not be changed
Five of the thirteen states voted for ratification of the Constitution only after
slavery was allowed to continue without federal interference
George Fitzhugh, Cannibals All! or, Slaves Without Masters, The excerpt above reflects the common argument in the antebellum South that
slaves lived better than northern factory workers
British colonists in North American objected the Stamp Act primarily because it
taxed them without their consent
Which of the following happened as a result of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676?
tensions between backcountry farmers and the tidewater gentry were exposed
The quote above contains ideas typical of
the Great Awakening
The territorial changes shown in the southwestern region go the map most directly resulted from
the Mexican-American War
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president on a Republican platform that advocated all of the following EXCEPT
the abolition of slavery throughout the United States
The views expressed in the excerpt contributed most directly to
the addition of the Bill of Rights shortly after the Constitution was adopted
The Regulator movement of the 1770s, Shay's Rebellion in 1786, and the Whiskey Rebellion of the early 1790s were all expression of the hostility of frontier settlers to
the dominance of eastern interests in government
Hamilton's speech at the Constitutional Convention, 1787 Hamilton's views expressed in the excerpt most directly supported which of the following?
the establishment of the Supreme Court
The preaching described in the excerpt is an example of which of the following developments in the 1700s?
the expansion of Protestant evangelism
Which of the following developments in the second half of the nineteenth century best represented the continuation of the ideas expressed in the declaration?
the formation of voluntary organizations and reform efforts
Historians have argued that all of the following were causes of the Civil War EXCEPT
the growing power of poor Southern Whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery
Thomas Jefferson's reaction to the Jay Treaty as expressed in the letter was most directly a reflection of ongoing debates in the United States over
the impact of the French Revolution
In the seventeenth century, the earliest British colonies in Virginia were saved from economic ruin by
the introduction of tobacco cultivation
In the eighteenth century, British colonist wishing to settle west of the Appalachian were principally motivated by
the low price and easy availability of land
The Labor Problem at Jamestown Which of the following was a long-term result of the situation in Jamestown described in the excerpt?
the rise of the plantation system and the use of African slaves
The excerpt would be most useful to historians as a source of information about which of the following?
the role that appeals and advertising played in encouraging men and women to participate in colonization efforts
One distinguishing feature of the new middle class that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s was
the separation of economic production from the home and family life
Fredrick Jackson Turner's story emphasized the significance of the frontier for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
the western territories had land that could be distributed to former slaves
What was the purpose behind the publication of the 1840 illustration above?
to portray William Henry Harrison as a common man
Whitefield's impact suggests that religious culture among British North American colonists in the 1700s was most directly shaped by
trans-Atlantic exchanges
The 1836 passage above exemplifies which of the following intellectual trends?
transcendentalism
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
The introduction of tobacco during the early 1600s in the Virginia Colony led to the
use of indentured servants and later enslaved Africans for agricultural labor
First peoples: a documentary Europeans most typically explained the process described in the excerpt in which of the following ways?
viewing it as a proof of the higher level of civilization among European
The American colonists' slogan "No taxation without representation" was a rejection of
virtual representation
France decided to aid the North American Colonies in their war for independence primarily because France
wanted to weaken the British empire
The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly challenged the prevailing ideal in the early nineteenth century that
women should focus on the home and domestic sphere
During the 1800s the most common form of resistance to slavery by slaves themselves was
working slowly and breaking tools
