APUSH Semester Final

Which of the following is commonly identified as a failure of the Articles of Confederation?

• The national government lacked an effective power to raise revenue

• The executive branch was granted too much power over the legislature

• The federal government had too much control over interstate commerce

• The judicial branch was elected and did no consistently adhere to rule of law

The debates between Federalists and Anti-Federalists which arose out of the downfalls of the Articles were primarily about which of the following

• The right of the people to rebel

• The existence of slavery

• The scope and power of the central government

• The need to establish a standard currency

• The representation of large and small states

Of the following, the most SIGNIFICANT difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of 1787 was that the Constitution:

• Made states more powerful than national government, while the Articles made the national government more powerful than the states

• Was difficult to amend, while the Articles included an easier process requiring approval by a simple majority of states

• Provided for a strong national government, while the Articles created a weak central government with few independent powers

Developments such as those depicted in the image most directly led to which of the following?

• The importation of enslaved Africans to the Carribean

• The increasing use of indentured servants in the Caribbean

• The spread of Spanish missionaries into portions of Florida

• The settling of the eastern North American seaboard by the Spanish

Which of the following most directly contributed to the development depicted in the image?

• The emerging European naval capabilities in the Caribbean

• The search for new sources of wealth in the Caribbean

• The North American reliance on imports from the Caribbean

• The spread of diseases native to the Americas to enslaved African plantation laborers

During the first half of the nineteenth century, somen women increasingly "bolstered the household income," by:

• Obtaining positions in textile mills

• Signing contracts of indentured servitude

• Performing clerical and secretarial labor for large corporations

• Participating in secular and religious reform associations

Which of the following most directly contributed to women finding new sources of income?

• The abolitionist movement

• Increased immigration

• The market revolution

• The emergence of mass political parties

Large, densely settled Indian communities first arose in:

• The Great Basin

• The Mississippi River Valley

• Mesoamerica (Middle America)

• The Eastern Woodlands

Which of the following statements about Christopher Columbus' voyages is supported by the map above?

• The American Indian population was distributed uniformly throughout North America

• The most densely populated regions of North America would eventually become part of New Spain

• The most densely populated regions of North America would eventually become part of New France

• Compared with other areas of North America, relatively few American Indians lived in the Southeast

• The American Indian population was concentrated on the Great Plains

Before 1492, many American Indian cultures were strongly influenced by:

• the ravages of smallpox

• the spread of corn cultivation

• the invention of the spoked wheel

• the domestication of horses

• regular contacts with Africa