8. The proposed Albany Plan of 1754

revealed the difficulties colonies had in cooperating with each other.

was intended to give the colonies greater independence from royal authority.

recognized the land rights of Indian tribes living within the colonies.

was approved by the colonial assemblies but was vetoed by Parliament.

9. The Stamp Act of 1765

helped to unite the colonies in opposition to the English government.

was consistent with traditional parliamentary efforts to regulate commerce.

placed a heavy financial burden on American colonists.

actually affected only a few New England merchants.

11. During the first half of the eighteenth century, royal officials in America

contributed to England's overall lax control of the colonies.

began to increase the presence of British troops in the colonies.

had no significant influence on colonial finances.

chose Philadelphia as the capital of the colonies.

13. In the Battle of Bunker Hill,

the British suffered heavy casualties.

the Patriots suffered light casualties and won the battle.

the Patriots refused to withdraw and were all killed.

14. The battle at Yorktown involved

a combined French and American army and navy.

the most bloody battle of the war.

the suicide of the commanding British general.

evidence that the British were executing prisoners of war.

15. Regarding the status of women, the effect of the American Revolution

led some women to question their position in society.

was to dismantle the patriarchal legal system.

was to end the traditional cultural concepts of the female role in society.

16. Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1783,

the United States gained formal British recognition of American independence.

Spain received Gibraltar from the English.

the United States received all territory east of the Rocky Mountains.

England was forced to pay reparations to the new American nation.

18. James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and other leaders opposed Alexander Hamilton's proposed national bank on the grounds that

Congress had no authority to create a national bank.

a national bank would lead to currency inflation.

a national bank would lead to rampant speculation.

a national bank would lead to currency inflation and rampant speculation.

19. The New Jersey Plan

expanded the taxation and regulatory powers of Congress.

proposed a legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate.

was chosen by the convention delegates to replace the Virginia Plan.

had the general support of the larger states.

20. The election of 1796 saw

a Federalist president and a Republican vice president take office.

the Republicans win the presidency for the first time.

the House of Representatives determine the presidential victor.

the Federalists reach their height of power and unity.

21. Jay's Treaty (1794)

avoided a likely war with England.

secured British compensation for recent attacks on American ships.

led to the withdrawal of British forces posted on the American frontier.

recognized the right of Americans to navigate the Mississippi to its mouth.

22. The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism.

were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism.

were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

were aggressively used by the Adams administration to suppress public criticism until they were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

led to an undeclared war between the United States and France.

involved foreign interference in an American presidential election.

involved secret foreign treaties with nearby Indian nations.

increased tensions between the United States and Great Britain.

25. As a result of the U.S. government's Indian policy in the 1830s and 1840s,

nearly all American Indian societies were removed to west of the Mississippi.

violence between white Americans and Indian tribes ended.

all Indian tribes were forced to intermingle on one large reservation.

new federal attempts were made to assimilate Indian tribes into white society.

26. The "spoils system" refers to

giving out jobs as political rewards.

making illegal payoffs to political supporters.

giving away land taken from Indians to white settlers.

the destruction of land by overly aggressive settlement.

28. The Erie Canal was

a tremendous financial success.

built entirely by private investors.

built without either locks or gates.

29. Prior to 1860, American urban society

included a substantial number of destitute poor.

considered the conspicuous display of wealth to be poor social behavior.

saw wealthy people move toward the outer edges of cities.

saw Irish immigrants have fewer rights than free blacks.

30. For most American farmers, the 1840s and 1850s were a period of

rising prosperity, due to increased world demand for farm products.

economic decline, as more people moved to urban centers.

extreme economic highs and lows brought on by volatile changes in demand.

economic growth in the West but decline in the East.

31. Most enslaved blacks lived

on medium- to large-sized plantations.

in rigidly-controlled circumstances.

32. In the American slave family,

extended kinship networks were strong and important.

most couples did not formally marry.

black women typically began bearing children later than white women.

premarital pregnancy was uncommon.

33. During the first half of the nineteenth century, the "cotton kingdom"

was the dominant source of the income of the lower South.

was already losing ground to other staples, such as rice and tobacco.

saw wealthy planters outnumber small planters.

did not rely on large numbers of slaves imported directly from Africa.

34. The New Orleans magazine publisher, James B. D. De Bow, championed

southern economic independence from the North.

southern commercial and agricultural growth.

closer economic ties with the North.

closer economic ties with the North, and southern commercial and agricultural growth.

36. The Compromise of 1850 allowed for the admission of California

along with a strengthened Fugitive Slave Act.

along with an agreement to construct a transcontinental railroad.

as a free state, along with Utah and New Mexico as slave states.

37. In the mid-1850s, the struggle over Kansas saw

John Brown murder several pro-slavery settlers.

President Franklin Pierce oppose pro-slavery settlers in the territory.

the Missouri legislature ban its own citizens from entering Kansas.

federal troops take military control of the region.

38. The ideology of Free-Soil included

opposition to the expansion of slavery.

a call to end slavery in the United States as soon as possible.

the use of military force to suppress slavery.

an argument for black male suffrage.

39. In 1845, the immediate cause of war with Mexico was

Mexico's debt to the United States.

40. At the start of the Civil War, the

North had a much more substantial economy.

South had a massive reserve of cash.

South had more combat-age males.

North was unified by a commitment to end slavery.

42. In the South in 1865, as a result of the Civil War,

there were more women than men in some states.

large numbers of widowed Southern women married Union soldiers.

few women could find employment.

the traditional roles of women were reinforced and maintained.

44. The Battle of Vicksburg in 1863

allowed the North to split the Confederacy in two.

briefly revived the military hopes of the Confederacy.

put George McClellan back in good standing with President Lincoln.

45. In naval warfare during the Civil War,

both the Union and Confederate militaries developed ironclads.

the Union blockade of the South was largely ineffective.

the Confederacy managed to build a navy equal to that of the Union.

the Confederacy devastated Union fleets with ironclad warships.

46. The Fourteenth Amendment

gave citizenship rights to all people born in the United States.

ended slavery throughout the United States.

gave voting rights to all male Americans.

was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

imposed a system of state-supported segregation.

attacked the problem of lynching.

led immediately to a dramatic black exodus from the South.

challenged white Redeemer rule in the South.

49. As president, Andrew Johnson

offered amnesty to Southerners who pledged their loyalty to the United States.

quickly sided with the Radical Republicans.

proposed delaying the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.

argued the South should be readmitted to the Union without conditions.

50. Grandfather laws established that

men who could not meet the literacy and property qualifications could vote if their ancestors had voted before Reconstruction began.

African Americans could only vote if they could prove that they had been in the United States for at least two generations.

men could vote if they met certain property qualifications.

certain levels of property holdings could exempt a potential voter from a literacy test.

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30 sec • 1 pt

1. Regarding knowledge of the Americas prior to the fifteenth century, most Europeans

were aware of the travels of the Norse seaman Leif Eriksson in the eleventh century.

believed the Americas consisted of little more than several small islands.

were entirely unaware of the existence of the Americas.

assumed that the Americas were largely unpopulated.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

2. The colony of Virginia was named in honor of

Virginia Dare.

Elizabeth I.

Humphrey Gilbert.

Walter Raleigh.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

3. Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by

the shared use of a series of forts.

common linguistic roots.

economic compacts.

intertribal religious festivals.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

4. Eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought

emphasized the importance of religious faith.

rejected most religious thought.

challenged concepts such as "natural laws."

suggested that people had considerable control over their own lives.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

5. The first American college was

Columbia.

Harvard

Yale.

Princeton

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6. In Puritan New England, full membership in town governance was limited to

all land-owning adults.

selectmen

adult males who were church members.

all church members.

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7. In North America during the eighteenth century, the most powerful native group was the

Iroquois.

Cherokee

Seminole

Chickasaw

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APUSH Fall Semester Exam 2025

1. Regarding knowledge of the Americas prior to the fifteenth century, most Europeans

2. The colony of Virginia was named in honor of

3. Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by

4. Eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought

5. The first American college was

6. In Puritan New England, full membership in town governance was limited to

7. In North America during the eighteenth century, the most powerful native group was the

8. The proposed Albany Plan of 1754

9. The Stamp Act of 1765

10. In 1770, the Townshend Duties were ended by

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