APUSH review

1.

1 point

All of the following contributed to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment legislating Prohibition in 1919 EXCEPT

the continued efforts of the Anti-Saloon League

the cumulative impact of state prohibition laws

the fervor of the First World War lending patriotism to the cause of prohibition

the high death toll from alcohol-related automobile accidents

the Progressive belief in social reform

2.

1 point

All of the following contributed to the growth of the free African American population in the United States in the early nineteenth century EXCEPT

manumission granted by slaveholders' wills

the gradual emancipation laws of individual states

natural increase among free African Americans

federal constitutional provisions for emancipation

manumission granted for Revolutionary War service

3.

1 point

Prior to the Civil War, a transformation occurred in the workforce of the New England textile mills as New England farm girls were replaced by

freed African Americans from the South

Italian immigrants

Irish immigrants

German immigrants

French-Canadian immigrants

4.

1 point

The Navigation Acts were part of the British policy known as

isolationism

capitalism

mercantilism

monopolism

imperialism

5.

1 point

President Jackson resisted the admission of Texas into the Union in 1836 primarily because he

acknowledged the legitimacy of the Mexican government's claim to Texas

feared that debate over the admission of Texas would ignite controversy about slavery

was ideologically opposed to territorial expansion

could find no support within his own party for admitting Texas

believed that admitting Texas would violate international law

6.

1 point

During the Great Depression, the federal government responded with force when

the communist-dominated National Mine Workers' Union denounced the American government and flag

protesters displayed "Hoover flags," empty pockets turned inside out

audiences booed newsreels showing President Herbert Hoover

mobs of farmers tried to prevent foreclosures on farms and threatened to lynch judges who allowed them

the Bonus Expeditionary Force encamped in Washington

7.

1 point

Which of the following emerged during the Progressive Era as the most influential advocate of full political, economic, and social equality for Black Americans?

W.E.B.DuBois

Booker T. Washington

Ida B. Wells

Frederick Douglass

Langston Hughes

8.

1 point

In the decade following the Second World War, the Supreme Court decision that had the most widespread consequences concerned which of the following?

Immigration policy

The rights of minority groups

The jurisdiction of courts in determining war guilt

The federal government's powers of taxation

Congressional reapportionment

9.

1 point

William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" oration was primarily an expression of his

fundamentalist religious beliefs

neutral stance toward the belligerents of the First World War

advocacy of free and unlimited coinage of silver

opposition to teaching the theory of evolution in public schools

anti-imperialist convictions

10.

1 point

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine expanded America's role in

Europe

North Africa

the Philippines

Central America and the Caribbean

Asia

11.

1 point

In the United States, the Haitian rebellion of the 1790s prompted

) a military expedition of southern slaveholders to restore French rule in Haiti

an increased fear of slave revolts in the South

a movement of free African Americans to Haiti

the acquisition of Puerto Rico for colonization by emancipated slaves

the passage of a federal law increasing the severity of punishments for slave rebellions

12.

1 point

All of the following contributed to discontent among soldiers in the Continental Army EXCEPT:

The army had inadequate arms and ammunition

The soldiers feared for the welfare of families back home

Most soldiers were draftees

The army was inadequately fed and clothed

The army paid soldiers in depreciated paper money

13.

1 point

Which of the following is true of the case of Marbury v. Madison?

It established that Congress had the sole right to formulate national legislation

It supported Thomas Jefferson in his claim to have "executive review"

It backed William Marbury in his request for a bank charter

It affirmed the principle of judicial review

It determined the Senate's right to "advise and consent"

14.

1 point

The most unpopular and least successful of President Thomas Jefferson's policies was his

advocacy of territorial expansion

reduction of the size of the military

handling of the Barbary Coast pirates

adherence to neutrality in dealing with England and France

reduction of the national debt

15.

1 point

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

Denounced business combinations in restraint of trade

Sanctioned separate but equal public facilities for African Americans

Declared that the Fourteenth Amendment applied principally to the protection of corporations

Defined the Constitution as color-blind

Empowered Congress to cancel treaties with American Indian tribes unilaterally

16.

1 point

In 1890 the most important source of revenue for the federal government was

income taxes

inheritance taxes

sales taxes

liquor taxes

customs duties

17.

1 point

The Missouri Compromise did which of the following?

Prohibited slavery in all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase

Provided for admission to the Union of all future states in pairs of one free, one slave

Provided for the annexation of Texas

Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state

Finally settled the question of congressional power over slavery in the territories

18.

1 point

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

Each was given 40 acres of land and a mule by the Union government

All were immediately granted political equality by the Emancipation Proclamation

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

They were required to pass a literacy test before being granted United States citizenship

They supported the passage of Black Codes to ensure their economic and political rights

19.

1 point

Which of the following principles was established by the Dred Scott decision?

Congress could abolish slavery at will

Slaves residing in a free state automatically became free

The rights of all people are protected by the Constitution

National legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories

Through squatter sovereignty, a territory had the sole right to determine the status of slavery within its territorial limits

20.

1 point

The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for

federal return of fugitive slaves

the primacy of federal law over state- legislated Black Codes

the prohibition of slavery in Louisiana Purchase territory

the prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War

the abolition of the international slave trade

21.

1 point

The Republican Party originated in the mid- 1850s as a sectional party committed to which of the following?

Opposition to the further extension of slavery into the territories

Immediate emancipation of the slaves

Repeal of Whig economic policies

Restriction of immigration

Acknowledgement of popular sovereignty as the basis for organizing federal territories

22.

1 point

Margaret Sanger is best known for her

organization of the Women's Trade Union League

advocacy of birth control

endorsement of coeducation

presidency of the Women's Christian Temperance Union

contribution to the radical suffragist movement

23.

1 point

Alexander Hamilton's financial program was most favorable to

southern planters

western farmers

war veterans

eastern merchants

state bankers

24.

1 point

From the 1880s to the beginning of the New Deal, the dominant American Indian policy of the United States government sought to

encourage American Indians to preserve their languages and religions

encourage American Indian emigration to Canada

strengthen traditional tribal authority

break up tribal landholdings

relocate all American Indians to the Oklahoma territory

25.

1 point

President Monroe articulated the Monroe Doctrine in his 1823 address to Congress primarily in order to

respond positively to the recent Latin American revolutions

rule out United States involvement in South America

provide a rationale for United States intervention in the Isthmus of Panama

warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere

encourage Britain to help the fledgling Latin American states

26.

1 point

The flappers of the 1920s challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting

a federal birth control and abortion rights protection law

gender equality in salaries

an equal rights amendment

greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior

a federal law to establish prenatal clinics in rural areas

27.

1 point

Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that

an aristocracy posed no danger to the Republic

the National Republicans alone knew what was right for the people

political participation by the common man should be increased

political rights should be granted to women

franchise restrictions should be racially neutral

28.

1 point

The precipitating factor in the 1894 Pullman strike was Pullman's

dismissal of union workers

retraction of its promise to provide an employee insurance and retirement plan

cutting of wages without proportionate cuts in company housing rents

employment of immigrant labor at less than a living wage

introduction of scrip in part payment of wages

29.

1 point

In which of the following British North American colonies was slavery legally established by the early 1700s?

The tobacco- and rice-growing colonies only

The middle and southern colonies only

All the colonies except Pennsylvania and the New England colonies

All the colonies

The southern colonies only

30.

1 point

During the 1930s, the Great Depression led to

the nationalization of major industries

the strengthening of the family unit and a higher birth rate

a decline in highway construction

a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work

a decrease in labor union membership

31.

1 point

All of the following accurately describe Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France EXCEPT:

It opened the Mississippi River permanently to western farmers

It ended the threat of American Indian raids on western settlements

It was made possible by the failure of Napoleon's forces to suppress a slave revolt in Haiti

It showed Jefferson's considerable flexibility in dealing with foreign policy

It violated Jefferson's own views concerning the strict construction of the Constitution

32.

1 point

The Republican Presidents of the 1920' favored

membership in the League of Nations

forgiveness of European war debts from the First World War

reduced American tariffs on foreign imports

stringent federal regulation of American business

tax cuts for wealthy Americans

33.

1 point

Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?

They were primarily engaged in military campaigns west of the Mississippi

For most of the war, they were led by African American officers.

For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank

They were barred from receiving awards for valor in combat

They were limited to non-combat duty

34.

1 point

The Dutch settled New Netherland primarily to

secure a refuge for the persecuted

check the growth of English colonies in North America

expand their commercial and mercantile network

gain colonies to produce agricultural surpluses

secure naval supplies

35.

1 point

Jacob Riis's "How the Other Half Lives" is a study of

the plight of Great Plains farmers in the 1890s

Jim Crow segregation and its effect on African Americans

the rise of industrial capitalists in the late nineteenth century

the corruption in city political machines in the 1890s

immigrant urban poverty and despair in the 1890s

36.

1 point

Which of the following transportation developments opened the West to settlement and trade between 1790 and 1830?

Turnpikes and canals

Railroads and steamships

Turnpikes and railroads

Clipper ships and turnpikes

Canals and railroads

37.

1 point

In the 1930s, the movement led by Dr. Francis Townsend contributed to congressional approval of a law

providing larger federal subsidies to farmers

insuring the bank deposits of consumers

implementing a federal program of old-age-benefits

protecting ethnic minorities from discrimination

securing federal protection of labor union organizers

38.

1 point

The American home front in the Second World War is best described as

politically divided over the wisdom of the American war effort

unaffected by ethnic and racial tensions

economically invigorated by military spending

rededicated to the reform efforts of the New Deal

demoralized by food shortages

39.

1 point

The majority of White families in the antebellum South owned

more than 100 slaves

50 to 100 slaves

10 to 50 slaves

5 to 10 slaves

no slaves

40.

1 point

The leaders of the Progressive movement were primarily

immigrant activists attempting to change restrictive immigration laws

middle-class reformers concerned with urban and consumer issues

representatives of industries seeking higher tariffs

farmers interested in improving agricultural production

workers concerned with establishing industrial unions

41.

1 point

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

The restoration of the power of the federal judiciary

The legality of the national banking system

The political and legal status of the former Confederate states

The relationship between the United States and Britain

The proposed annexation of Colombia

42.

1 point

In his Atlanta Compromise speech, Booker T. Washington called for which of the following?

Educational equality for African Americans

An end to racial segregation

Support for African American self-help

African American voting rights

Racial integration of religious organizations

43.

1 point

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

It included a Bill of Rights

It was a revised version of the English Constitution

It allowed all male citizens over the age of twenty-one to vote

It provided exact specifications covering all aspects of government

44.

1 point

The "Three-Fifths Compromise" originally contained in the Constitution referred to the

Proportion of states permitted to practice slavery

Rate at which one slave counted toward congressional representation

Number of African Americans who could vote

Number of American Indians allowed citizenship

Number of adult women who could vote

45.

1 point

France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new American nation in 1778 following

the defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga

American naval victories on the Great Lakes

the dispatch of an American peace mission to Britain

an ultimatum by American diplomats

a personal plea by George Washington

46.

1 point

Which of the following best characterizes the writings of American authors F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. E. Cummings, and Sinclair Lewis?

Celebration of Black culture

Disillusionment with modern American society

Glamorization of war

Reaffirmation of traditional American values

Glorification of modern American capitalism

47.

1 point

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

voting would soon become a privilege granted to educated and/or married women

the first duty of mothers was to serve the needs of government

wives and mothers would be welcome in the emerging political parties

women's virtues had been the inspiration for the ideals of the Revolution

48.

1 point

The Jefferson administration advocated which of the following changes as a means of restoring republican ideals?

Discontinuing the funding of state debts

Adopting the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions at the national level

Reducing the scope of activities of the federal government

Abolishing the Bank of the United States

Increasing the size of the United States military

49.

1 point

Which of the following best explains why Massachusetts Bay officials banished Anne Hutchinson?

She challenged gender rules and Puritan orthodoxy

She was found guilty of practicing witchcraft

She preached the doctrine of predestination

She gave birth to a child out of wedlock

She opened and unlicensed tavern

50.

1 point

The goal of the American Colonization Society was to

return freed slaves to Africa

extend United States influence to overseas colonies

promote western expansion by funding internal improvements

assimilate recent immigrants into American society

recruit immigrant labor for American factories