APUSH Unit 5: Test Bank 1

3. The type of views expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from which of the following trends?

The Second Great Awakening

15. Which of the following most directly supports Blight's argument in the excerpt?

The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

4. Opponents of Garrison's ideas expressed in the excerpt would most likely have argued that?

slavery was a positive social institution and should not be changed

7. The "acquisition of a new empire" referenced in the excerpt most directly fostered sectional division through the?

renewed debate over the expansion of slavery

Questions 1-4 "On the subject of slavery . . . I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. . . . On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. . . . I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND I WILL BE HEARD."— William Lloyd Garrison, first issue of abolitionist newspaper The Liberator, January 1831 1. The excerpt was likely to have found the most support among which of the following groups?

Advocates for women's rights

Questions 9-10 refer to the following excerpt. "[G]ranting all their mistakes, the radical governments were by far the most democratic the South had ever known. They were the only governments in southern history to extend to Negroes complete civil and political equality, and to try to protect them in the enjoyment of the rights they were granted."— Kenneth M. Stampp, historian, The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877, published in 1965 9. Which of the following provides the best evidence in support of the argument in the excerpt?

Changes in voting patterns and office holding that occurred during Reconstruction

12. The sentiments expressed in the proclamation would have been most widely condemned by White residents of?

Coastal South Carolina

16. Which of the following best explains the reason for the reconciliation described by Blight?

Efforts to change southern racial attitudes and culture ultimately failed because of the South's determined resistance and the North's waning resolve

13. The issuing of documents such as the proclamation generally had which of the following effects?

Increasing the visibility of organized opposition to slavery

Questions 11-13 refer to the following excerpt. "The Vigilance Committee of Boston inform you that the MOCK TRIAL of the poor Fugitive Slave has been further postponed.Come down, then, Sons of the Puritans: for even if the poor victim is to be carried off by the brute force of arms, and delivered over to Slavery, you should at least be present to witness the sacrifice, and you should follow him in sad procession with your tears and prayers, and then go home and take such action as your manhood and your patriotism may suggest.Come, then, by the early trains on MONDAY, and rally.... Come with courage and resolution in your hearts; but, this time, with only such arms as God gave you." Proclamation addressed "To the Yeomanry of New England," Boston, 1854 11. The proclamation most clearly provides evidence for which of the following?

The failure of the Compromise of 1850 to lessen sectional tensions

17. Which of the following best characterizes the "sectional reunion" Blight describes?

The federal government removed troops from the South and eliminated aid for former slaves

8. Which of the following most directly contributed to the decision by the United States to fight the Mexican-American War?

The idea of Manifest Destiny

6. Which of the following historical developments during the nineteenth century best supports Potter's argument about the underlying cause of sectional conflict?

The increase in economic opportunities in the West

Questions 5-8 refer to the excerpt below. "Much of the national harmony had rested upon the existence of a kind of balance between the northern and southern parts of the United States. The decision to fight the [Mexican-American War] had disturbed this balance, and the acquisition of a new empire which each section desired to dominate endangered the balance further. Thus, the events which marked the culmination of six decades of exhilarating national growth at the same time marked the beginning of sectional strife which for a quarter century would subject American nationalism to its severest testing." — David M. Potter, historian, The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861, published in 1976 5. Which of the following most directly helped maintain the balance between the northern and southern parts of the United States before the Mexican-American War referenced in the excerpt?

The passage of the Missouri Compromise

10. Which of the following contributed most directly to the end of Reconstruction?

The waning commitment to reform in the North

Questions 14-17 refer to the following excerpt. "Americans faced an overwhelming task after the Civil War and emancipation: how to understand the tangled relationship between two profound ideas- healing and justice... These two aims never developed in historical balance. One might conclude that this imbalance between outcomes of sectional healing and racial justice was simply America's inevitable historical condition.... But theories of inevitability ... are rarely satisfying. The sectional reunion after so horrible a civil war was a political triumph by the late nineteenth century, but it could not have been achieved without the subjugation of many of those people whom the war had freed from centuries of bondage. This is the tragedy lingering on the margins and infesting the heart of American history from Appomattox to World War I. " 14. One key change immediately following the Civil War aimed at achieving the "racial justice" that Blight describes was the?

establishment of a constitutional basis for citizenship and voting rights

2. A person who agreed with Garrison's views expressed in the excerpt would most likely have advocated?

immediate emancipation of enslaved people