APush Unit 5

The excerpt most directly reflects which of the following developments in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century?

• The end of the Spanish-American War

• Westward expansion

• The booming internal slave trade

• Increased manufacturing

Which of the following events best represents a continuity of the sentiments expressed by Senator Calhoun in the speech?

• The United States rejection of membership in the League of Nations

• Support for assimilationist policies in the 1880s and 1890s

• The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• The Great Migration of African Americans out of the South in the 1910s

The data in the tables indicate which of the following?

• Confederate forces suffered more casualties than did Union forces.

• The Confederacy lost more of its skilled workers than did the Union.

• The Union lost a greater percentage of its population than did the Confederacy.

• Confederate armies lost a greater proportion of its soldiers than did the Union.

The data in the first table most directly indicate which of the following about the professions of soldiers in the Civil War?

• The Confederacy enlisted more factory workers to fill its armies than did the Union.

• The Confederacy relied more heavily on agricultural workers to fill its armies than did the Union.

• The majority of soldiers in both Confederate and Union forces were sharecroppers.

• The Confederacy enlisted more skilled workers than did the Union.

The excerpt best reflects which of the following historical situations?

• Congressional leaders sought political compromise to resolve discord between the North and the South.

• States in the Great Lakes region advocated to legalize slavery within their borders.

• Senators appealed to the idea of American exceptionalism to encourage national unity.

• The Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case reduced sectional conflict within the United States.

The position expressed by Clay in the excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following?

• Northern politicians showed less interest in California than Southern politicians.

• The United States Senate could not agree on treaty terms with Mexico.

• The acquisition of new territories created disputes over the expansion of slavery.

• Nativist groups opposed incorporating new states into the Union.

Ideas expressed by Douglass in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as supporting which of the following arguments?

• The war would make African Americans feel free.

• The war was the product of years of injustice against African Americans.

• The war would take enormous sacrifice of military combat to achieve victory.

• The war was no longer just about preserving the union of the states.

Douglass’ rhetoric in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?

• The need for more soldiers in the Union Army

• His advocacy for African American equal rights

• His support for Abraham Lincoln’s reelection in 1864

• Criticism of the limits of the Emancipation Proclamation

Which of the following invalidated the decision in the excerpt?

• The Fourteenth Amendment

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

The decision in the excerpt held which of the following to be unconstitutional?

• The Northwest Ordinance

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Wilmot Proviso