APUSH Period 6 SBMC Exam

The excerpt describes the effects of the

• Columbian Exchange

• Great Awakening

• Middle Passage

• European Enlightenment

American Indian societies most commonly reacted to the changes described in the excerpt by

• embracing European religious and agricultural practices

• adapting European material goods while attempting to preserve cultural autonomy

• borrowing European political structures to organize their own societies

• encouraging European colonists to accept American Indian cultural practices

Europeans most typically explained the process described in the excerpt in which of the following ways?

• Denying that such changes had taken place

• Interpreting it as evidence of a need to protect the rights of artisans and farmers

• Viewing it as proof of the higher level of civilization among Europeans

• Asserting that all people were equal and deserving of the same rights

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 federal government’s policies on a national bank and tariffs

• The emergence of reform movements during the Second Great Awakening

• The outlawing of the international slave trade

• The passage of the Missouri Compromise

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

• The expansion of voting rights for White males

• The increase in economic opportunities in the West

• The influx of Irish and German immigrants to Northern cities

• The increasing prominence of the Whig Party in national politics

The “acquisition of a new empire” referenced in the excerpt most directly fostered sectional division through the

• extension of trade westward toward Asia

• renewed debate over the expansion of slavery

• rise of anti-immigrant sentiment

• decline of the Democratic Party

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

• The over cultivation of land in the Southeast

• The efforts of the federal government to assert authority over American Indians

• The economic competition that emerged during the market revolution

Which of the following was a significant cause of the trend from 1843 to 1854 shown in the graph?

• Active encouragement of migration by the United States government

• Economic hardships and political instability in Europe

• Incentives offered by United States companies looking to hire skilled migrants

• Adoption of free trade policies by European governments

The migrants represented by the graph most typically settled in which of the following regions of the United States?

• The Northeast

• The Southeast

• The Southwest

• The West Coast

Which of the following was a direct effect of the trend in immigration after 1845 shown on the graph?

• An increase in sectional tensions

• A major economic downturn

• An upsurge in nativist sentiment

• The collapse of the second party system