history semester final
-Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to John Randolph, 1820 Which of the following developments in the 1840s best represented the continuation of the ideas expressed in the passage?
debates over the expansion of slavery to land acquired after the Mexican-American War
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
epidemics brought to the Americas by Europeans
Joseph J. Ellis, historian, American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic, 2007 According to the excerpt and your knowledge of history, what was the purpose of the Articles of Confederation?
to create a weak national government with a unicameral legislature and no executive branch
Archibald Hinshelwood in a letter to Joshua Mauger describing colonial reactions to Andrew Oliver, a royal stamp tax collector, 1765 Which of the following explains why Britain instituted new taxes like the Stamp Act?
to pay off British debt after the Seven Years' War
Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 2007 According to the excerpt, which of the following statements describes why people sought to build utopian communities in the 1800s?
to set up a self-sufficient society based on perfectionism
France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new American nation in 1778 following
The defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga.
The image most directly illustrates a United States foreign policy that emphasized which of the following?
The dominance of the United States as the major power in the Western HemisphereThis
The ideas expressed through the image reveal that in 1874, which of the following was most true of the South?
Violence by white supremacist groups had effectively stripped away all African American rights gained after the Civil War.
john Jay, letter to William North, 1798 The ideas expressed in the excerpt were most directly motivated by which of the following?
uncertainty about how to respond to increased conflict with the French
the quote above is an example of the rhetoric from the
Great Awakening of the 1730s
-Emancipation Proclamation excerpt, Abraham Lincoln, 1863 In what way, if any, was the Emancipation Proclamation so significant?
It added the abolition of slavery to Northern war goals during the Civil War.
-John O'Sullivan, 1845 What consequences did Manifest Destiny have in the mid-19th century?
It led to conflict with Mexico.
-John O'Sullivan, 1845 What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the debate about slavery?
Manifest Destiny reignited concern about the status of slavery in western territories.
-William Lloyd Garrison, "Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention," 1834 Which of the following best describes the author's strategy to get public support for their message?
appeal to people's religious values and morality
Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 because she
challenged the religious beliefs of the colony's leaders
A direct result of European exploration of North America during the 1500s and early 1600s was the
introduction of new animals and crops to North America
Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to the Northern victory in the Civil War?
A "home field" advantage by fighting to defend Northern territory
Arguments such as that in the expert contributed most likely yo which of the following in the nineteenth century?
A growing sectional divide about slavery and its expansion
The image most closely reflects which of the following developments in the political climate in the United States?
an increase in voting power for African Americans across the country
"To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other power vested by this Constitution." Alexander Hamilton used the clause above to
convince the federal government to create the First Bank of the United States
Manufacturing in the Old South lagged behind that in the North because
cotton was a more profitable investment
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was important because it
guaranteed equal protection under the law for every U.S. American citizen.
A major consequence of the French and Indian War of 1754-1763 was the
imposition of new taxes on the British North American colonies
The major purpose of England's mercantilist policy was to
increase England's prosperity
Archibald Hinshelwood in a letter to Joshua Mauger describing colonial reactions to Andrew Oliver, a royal stamp tax collector, 1765 The events described in the excerpt are best seen as evidence of opposition to which of the following?
increased imperial control by the British government
The proclamation line of 1763 was designed to
limit western expansion of colonial settlement
-Speech given by Oliver P. Morton, 1860 Which of the following groups would have been most likely to support the views expressed in this excerpt?
The Free Soil Party
-Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to John Randolph, 1820 The excerpt is best understood as a response to which of the following historical events?
The Missouri Compromise
A significant long-term result of the major pattern depicted on the map was which of the following?
The North and West developed a strong relationship because they were linked through transportation networks.
-Speech given by Oliver P. Morton, 1860 Which of the following was a major difference in economic development between the North and the South in the 1850s?
The North's economy relied on free labor, while the South's economy relied on enslaved labor.
The Halfway Covenant provided for which of the following
The baptism of children of baptized but unconverted Puritans
John Adams, former president of the United States, letter to Thomas Jefferson, former president of the United States, 1815 Which of the following factors most directly contradicted Adams' theory about the Revolution?
The existence of considerable Loyalist opposition to the Patriot cause
Joseph J. Ellis, historian, American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic, 2007 Which of the following actions of the central government under the Articles of Confederation directly undermines Ellis's assertions?
negotiating the Treaty of Paris of 1783
Which of the following most directly contributed to the creation of the Cumberland Road as depicted on the map?
new federal funding that supported the development of infrastructure projects
Chief Justice John Marshall, opinion of the Court in McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 Which of the following was the most immediate result of the ruling excerpted?
Congress continued to run the Second National Bank of the United States.
The Declaratory Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1766 Which of the following contributed most directly to the enactment of the law in the excerpt?
Debates over how Britain's colonies should bear the cost of the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)
Which of the following most immediately resulted from the Columbian Exchange?
Decline of Native American populations due to disease
The relationship between American Indians and the French described in the excerpt was most similar to the relationship between American Indians and the
Dutch
Which of the following contributed most to the increasing use of African slave labor in North America during the 1600s and 1700s?
European demand for agricultural products grown in the colonies
Chief Justice John Marshall, opinion of the Court in McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 Which of the following statements best summarizes the Court's ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland?
Federal laws have supremacy over state laws
Which of the following best describes the message in the political cartoon about the Monroe Doctrine?
It declared that the Western Hemisphere was off-limits to European intervention.
What did the Northwest Ordinance accomplish?
It established procedures by which territories could become states.
Alexander Keyssar, The Right to Vote: the Contested History of Democracy in the United States, 2009 According to the passage, which of the following best explains the most important effect that the extension of suffrage to all white men had on the United States?
More people voted in all levels of elections.
William Lloyd Garrison, "Declaration of the National Anti-Slavery Convention," 1834 Which of the following groups of people would have been most likely to support Garrison's views in the excerpt?
Northern white women
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson challenged the authority of which of the following?
Puritan magistrates and ministers
John Adams, former president of the United States, letter to Thomas Jefferson, former president of the United States, 1815 Which of the following is the most likely reason why Adams dates the beginning of the American Revolution to the 1760s?
Renewed efforts by Great Britain to consolidate imperial control over the colonies
Which of the following is the most likely the reason why Adams dates the beginning of the American Revolution to the 1760s
Renewed efforts by Great Britain to consolidate imperial control over the colonies
Which of the following happened as a result of Bacon's Rebellion in 1676?
Tensions between backcountry farmers and the elite planters were exposed.
Which of the following historical events had a significant impact on the geographical region shown on the map above?
the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Which of the following best explains the expansion of participatory democracy in the early nineteenth century?
The extension of suffrage rights to most adult white men
A Georgian, Gazette of the State of Georgia, November 15, 1787 Which of the following factors contributed most directly to the views expressed in the excerpt?
The fear of excessive centralized authority
Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792 Wollstonecraft's remarks in the excerpt most directly reflect which of the following developments during the late-eighteenth-century?
The growth of the theory of Republican Motherhood
Which of the following is true of the Virginia and the 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.
The Declaratory Act, passed by the British Parliament in 1766 Which of the following was the American colonists' immediate response to the attempts of the British Parliament to enforce the claims made in the excerpt?
They initiated boycotts of imported British goods.
A Georgian, Gazette of the State of Georgia, November 15, 1787 The opinion expressed in the excerpt would most likely have been held by
an Anti-Federalist
-John Bell, Speech on the Nebraska and Kansas Bill, 1854 The remarks in the excerpt were most likely given in response to which of the following?
a legislative attempt to solve the issue of slavery in the territories
Source: Charles G. Finney, "What A Revival of Religion Is," New York Evangelist, 1834 Which of the following best describes one similarity shared between the First Great Awakening and the Second Great Awakening? Selected
a push for individual responsibility
Alexander Keyssar, The Right to Vote: the Contested History of Democracy in the United States, 2009 Which of the following pieces of evidence from 1820 to 1850 would best support the author's argument in the excerpt?
data showing the percentage of the voting eligible population that voted in presidential elections
Chief Justice John Marshall, opinion of the Court in McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 The McCulloch case emerged most directly from the context of which of the following?
debates about the division of powers between the federal and state governments
By the late 1600s, slavery in North America became institutionalized in part because of the
decline of indentured labor
Donald Ratcliffe, "The Right to Vote and the Rise of Democracy, 1787-1828," 2013 According to the excerpt, one major change in United States politics from 1780 to 1800 was which of the following?
elimination of property qualifications for voting
George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796 Which of the following issues of the period was Washington most likely concerned within the excerpt?
engagement in European conflicts
The map most directly depicts which of the following?
expansion of land owned by the United States federal government
John Jay, letter to William North, 1798 The excerpt best reflects which of the following?
fear over the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts
At the outset, President Lincoln held that the Civil War was being fought to
preserve the Union
The Compromise of 1877 did which of the following?
restored the Southern states to the Union
The activity like that shown in the image contributed most directly to which of the following?
rise in church membershipThis
Members of the Hudson River School were best known for their paintings of
still life
-Charles G. Finney, "What A Revival of Religion Is," New York Evangelist, 1834 The ideas expressed in the excerpt are more closely aligned with which of the following broader historical developments?
the Second Great Awakening
A Georgian, Gazette of the State of Georgia, November 15, 1787 The views expressed in the excerpt contributed most directly to
the addition of the Bill of Rights shortly after the Constitution was adopted
Which of the following most directly led to the circumstances illustrated by the image?
the creation of a political party aimed at filling federal positions with African American men
-Last written words before Brown's execution, 1859 A historian would most likely use this passage to illustrate which of the following?
the growing willingness of abolitionists to resort to violence
The developments referenced by the image most directly contributed to
the introduction of Jim Crow laws by state governments.
The Thirteenth Amendment established
the legal end of slavery in the United States
Andrew Jackson supported all of the following EXCEPT
the right of nullification
After the Revolution, the concept of the "republican mother" suggested that
women would be responsible for raising their children, especially their sons, to be virtuous citizens of the young republic
In the early 1830's, the majority of workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were
young unmarried women from rural New England
