APUSH Periods 4 and 5 Exam

the most controversial and divisive component of the Compromise of 1850 was the

passage of a tougher fugitive slave act

List 3 key purposes of Henry Clay's American System

protect American industry, national bank to foster commerce, internal improvements

The Southern economy before the Civil War increasingly A) diversified, with more industry and more mechanized agriculture B) produced more cotton and other crops but did not develop much industry C) depended on immigrant labor D) produced tobacco and sugar rather than cotton E) depended on the North for raw materials

b

William Lloyd Garrison and the Anti Slavery Society were known for what?

Being abolitionists

Which of the following did Not contribute to the perception of many white Southereners that antislavery sentiment that was spreading in the 1850s?

Congress voted to end the interstate slave trade

The Declaration of Sentiments (1848), issued at Seneca Falls, New York, called for

men and women to be equal and demanded the right to vote for women

Which of the following statements best summarizes the views of Andrew Johnson on Reconstruction?

He believed that Reconstruction was an executive branch matter and sought the rapid restoration of the former Confederate states to the Union.

What was a core belief of the transcendentalists of the early nineteenth century?

Individual conduct should be guided by truths found in the individual conscience.

The Second Great Awakening did which of the following?

It encouraged conversion to evangelical Christianity

The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 effectively repealed the

Missouri Compromise

In adopting the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress was primarily concerned with ___.

Protecting legislation guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves

The Monroe Doctrine maintained that A) all nations and states in the Americas were territories of the United States B) European powers should not pursue future colonization in the Americas C) Cuba, Texas, and Puerto Rico were protectorates of the United States D) Haiti would be established as a colony to be settled by formerly enslaved people from the United states E) the United States Congress could overrule the president's foreign policy initiatives in Latin America

b

The Republican Party of the 1850s took which of the following positions on slavery A) Residents of territories could decide on the basis of popular sovereignty whether to have slavery B) Slavery could remain where it existed but should not be extended into territories or new states C) The federal government should abolish slavery D) The federal government should purchase slaves from their masters and relocated them to the west coast of Africa E) Slavery was a state issue, and the federal government should play no role in its regulation

b

Which of the following was the most direct catalyst for the secession of South Carolina?

The election of 1860

What best describes the situation of freedmen in the decade following the Civil War?

The majority entered sharecropping arrangements with former masters or other nearby planters

Which of the following was a serious constitutional question after the Civil War?

The political and legal status of the former confederate states

The picture above best expresses which of the following middle class views about women in the mid nineteenth century?

Women were the moral and spiritual strength of the family

Andrew Jackson vetoed the recharter of the Bank of the United States partly because he believed that the bank (A) concentrated too much power in the hands of a few people (B) gave too many loans to assist unstable state and local banks (C) was secretly funding the abolitionist movement (D) was overly subsidized by state tax monies (E) planned to create new paper money unsupported by gold or Silver

a

Support for slavery in the Southern states was based on all of the following reasons EXCEPT: A) Most White families owned slaves B) Slaveholders believed that slaves were inferior and required White guardianship C) Slavery was condoned in the Bible D) White plantation owners feared abolition would destroy the South's economy E) Poor White farmers feared the economic competition of four million freed persons

a

The Louisiana Purchase proved politically troubling for Thomas Jefferson because of his (A) previous support for a strict interpretation of the Constitution (B) veto of funding for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition (C) admiration of France's military power (D) devotion to new methods 0f Cartography (E) disdain for involvement in a foreign country's affairs

a

Which of the following was NOT a result of the growth of the national market economy between 1815 and 1860? a.) A greater number of men working at home b.) A greater disparity of wealth between rich and poor Americans c.)Increasing economic specialization d.)The beginnings of an organized labor movement e.)The application of machinery to the mass production of goods

a

Which of the following was true of the 1873 Slaughterhouse Cases and the 1883 Civil Rights cases? A) They weakened the protections given to African Americans under the Fourteenth Amendment B) They weakened the protections given to women under the fourteenth amendment C) They were reversed in Plessy v. Ferguson D) They were concerned with the constitutionality of the Emancipation Proclamation E) They were deplored by President Grant

a

The 1854 kansas-nebraska act instituted popular sovereignty to

allow settlers to choose if slavery would be allowed or not

After the Civil War, women reformers and former abolitionists were divided over A) creation of a sharecropping system in the South B) legislation that ensured the voting rights of African American males C) use of military forces to keep order in the South D) reliance on female workers in Northern factories E) redemption of greenback dollars for gold currency

b

One distinguishing feature of the new middle class that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s was a.) its members' tendency to be tolerant of religious diversity b.) the separation of economic production from the home and family life c.) the fact that almost all middle-class men attended graduate and professional schools d.) its members' support for ending legal immigration from eastern Europe e.) the fact that most married women worked outside the home to provide income for their families

b

Politics in the antebellum United States changed dramatically because a. widespread electoral reform resulted in direct election of senators b. the government sought to assimilate American Indians in the West c. expanded White male suffrage broadened participation in elections d. female suffrage became a topic of debate in the House of Representatives e. the power of the federal government expanded to ensure the equal protection of all citizens

c

The United States House of Representatives responded to abolitionist agitation in the 1830s by a.) approving appropriations to help finance colonization efforts b.) prohibiting the slave trade in the District of Columbia c.) limiting the publication of abolitionist writings to certain publishers d.) banning discussion of antislavery petitions e.) considering the passage of free speech laws to protect outspoken abolitionists

d

Those who supported the War of 1812 advanced all of the following rationales for their positions EXCEPT the a.) desirability of annexing Canada b.) need to defend the honor of the United States c.) need to safeguard the frontier d.) obligation to protect Native Americans e.) advisability of acquiring Florida

d

The women's movement in the antebellum period was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

demands for equal compensation for equal work

All of the following contributed to Northern fear of a slave power conspiracy in the 1840s and 1850s EXCEPT the A) enforcement of a new fugitive slave law B) decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case C) imposition of a gag rule in the House of Representatives D) proposal of the Ostend Manifesto E) passage of the Wilmot Proviso

e

The Missouri Compromise was a victory for antislavery advocates because it A) provided for the gradual emancipation slaves in Missouri B) excluded slavery from all territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River C) prohibited slavery from future territorial acquisitions D) condemned the fugitive slave law E) closed most of the Louisiana Purchase to slavery

e

The Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, is considered pivotal to the outcome of the civil war because it _______.

forestalled the possibility of European intervention

The most common form of resistance to slavery by the slaves themselves was ___ ___.

group rebellion

The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson(1896) did which of the following

sanctioned separate but equal public facilities for African americans

When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued at the beginning of 1863, its immediate effect was to ___.

strengthen the moral cause of the Union

In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president on a Republican platform that advocated a lot EXCEPT

the abolition of slavery throughout the United States

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

The fifteenth amendment to the US Constitution established

the right to vote for all males, no matter the color or race.