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WorksheetsAPUSH EXAM 2021 REVIEW
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
One significant impact of the Columbian Exchange on Europe was...
the growth of the food supply and subsequent population increase
the widespread devastation of new diseases among the poor
the introduction of slavery as a significant source of labor for European landowners
an acceleration of feudalism
The encomienda system primarily relied on labor from
Native Americans
Women
African Slaves
Spanish Indentured Servants
By the end of the seventeenth century, which of the following was true of women in New England?
They had begun to challenge their subordinate role in society.
They were a majority in many church congregations.
They voted in local elections.
They could lead town meetings.
Bacon’s Rebellion occurred because of disagreements between frontier settlers and the Virginia governor over which of the following issues?
An increase in taxes to subsidize the slave trade and support internal improvements
Relations with American Indians and restrictions on the fur trade
The assignment of Anglican ministers to new settlements
Currency disputes resulting from English demands that settlers end the use of barter
The trend depicted in the table most directly contributed to which of the following developments in British North America?
Disagreement over the enforcement of mercantilist restrictions
Debates regarding the enactment of religious toleration in some colonies
Discussions about whether colonists believed themselves to be British subjects
Conflict over whether to allow slavery in the northern colonies
The “Great Awakening” refers to the
impact of the Enlightenment on colonial thought in the early 1700’s
wave of religious revivals that swept the colonies in the 1740’s
growth of European awareness of the New World in the 1500’s
beginning of the colonial movement toward independence from Great Britain
The Federalist papers were written in order to
mobilize popular support for keeping the Articles of Confederation
frustrate Spanish efforts to sway the political loyalty of the Southwest
persuade the Continental Congress to declare independence
attain ratification of the Constitution
The concept of republican motherhood, which historians have used to describe the roles of women in the early nineteenth century, emphasized the
idea that mothers were responsible for instilling good citizenship values in children
expectation that women’s maternal roles would lead them to promote social reform
importance of women in local political decision making
centrality of women and mothers in religious revivalism
The Alien and Sedition Acts were designed to
protect the nation from British spies
prevent the British from fomenting unrest among American Indians
weaken and deflect Republican criticism of the Federalists
counter the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Parliament enacted the Stamp Act (1765) primarily to
regulate trade between the colonies and European nations
strengthen the communication network within the colonies
raise revenue to pay for British troops in the colonies
regulate commercial activity within colonies
Shays’ Rebellion is significant because it
inspired southern states to tighten slave codes to prevent future uprisings
strengthened the movement for a new constitution
led to the establishment of the Anglican church as the official church in the colonies
led to the establishment of a new government in New York
Politics in the antebellum United States changed dramatically because
expanded White male suffrage broadened participation in elections
female suffrage became a topic of debate in the House of Representatives
widespread electoral reform resulted in direct election of senators
the power of the federal government expanded to ensure the equal protection of all citizens
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.
The Missouri Compromise was a victory for antislavery advocates because it
condemned the fugitive slave law
prohibited slavery from future territorial acquisitions
closed most of the Louisiana Purchase to slavery
excluded slavery from all territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River
Which of the following most directly contributed to the change over time depicted on the two maps?
The construction of a national highway system
The establishment of different time zones across the country
The building of canals and roads
The use of diesel engines
The United States went to war in 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to
end British claims for repayment of Loyalist debt
prevent France from recapturing the Louisiana Territory
stop the British from searching and seizing American ships
appease members of Congress who advocated war
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established
that suffrage cannot be denied based on race, color, or previous servitude
the right of citizenship for any person born in the United States
the freedom of all slaves not emancipated under Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation
the power of the federal government to intervene in state affairs to protect individual liberties
The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:
Commerce and industry would decline as the nation expanded its agricultural base.
Westward expansion was both inevitable and beneficial.
God had selected America as a chosen land and people.
The ultimate extent of the American domain was to be from the tropics to the Arctic.
The United States gained which of the following from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ?
Control of the sugar trade with Cuba
Possession of California and most of the Southwest
Possession of the Philippines
An undisputed claim to Oregon
The most controversial and divisive component of the Compromise of 1850 was the
measure’s endorsement of popular sovereignty
admittance of Missouri as a slave state and the establishment of the 36°30' line
passage of a tougher national fugitive slave act
admittance of Texas as a slave state
The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) represented a departure from earlier practices in which of the following ways?
It held that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States.
It expanded fugitive slave laws that permitted slaveholders to recover formerly enslaved people even if they had escaped to free states.
It introduced the idea of popular sovereignty, the arrangement in which residents of a federal territory could vote whether that territory would allow slavery.
It established the principle of judicial review, the practice in which the Supreme Court has the authority to evaluate whether laws are consistent with the Constitution.
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the formation of labor unions was often a response to
federal protection of workers’ rights to organize
the large numbers of immigrants working in factories
low wages and dangerous conditions in industrial work
the emergence of multinational companies and increased global competition
The intent of the Dawes Act of 1887 was to
assimilate American Indians [Native America] into the mainstream of American culture
recognize and preserve the tribal cultures of American Indians
legally establish the communal nature of American Indian landholding
restore to American Indians land seized unjustly
The 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson did which of the following?
Declared civil rights legislation unconstitutional.
Upheld segregated railroad facilities.
Upheld literacy testing as a condition of voting in federal elections.
Outlawed segregation in public schools.
The precipitating factor in the 1894 Pullman strike was Pullman’s
cutting of wages without proportionate cuts in company housing rents
dismissal of union workers
retraction of its promise to provide an employee insurance and retirement plan
employment of immigrant labor at less than a living wage
“One by one the southern states have legally disfranchised the Afro-American, and since the repeal of the Civil Rights Bill nearly every southern state has passed separate [railroad] car laws with a penalty against their infringement. The race, regardless of advancement, is penned into filthy, stifling partitions cut off from smoking cars.”
The author of the statement above was
a Scalawag in the 1870s
an African American journalist in the 1890s
a White segregationist in the 1910s
a White southern Democrat in the 1930s
Jacob Riis is best known for his work in the 1890s as a
reformer who encouraged new immigrants to homestead
labor organizer and Socialist Party activist
journalist and photographer who publicized the wretched conditions in which many immigrants lived
reformer who encouraged new immigrants to homestead
Around 1920, the number of children aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons?
States began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed.
The American birth rate declined, thus reducing the number of children available to work.
Introduction of the minimum wage made child labor uneconomical.
Factory owners advocated state child labor laws.
Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?
The establishment of the back-to-Africa movement
An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity
The most famous art show of the early twentieth century
The rehabilitation of a decaying urban area
The purpose of the Lend-Lease Act was to
lend money to impoverished farmers
exchange scientific information among nations
create military bases outside the borders of the United States
provide military supplies to the Allies
The American home front in the Second World War is best described as
economically invigorated by military spending
unaffected by ethnic and racial tensions
demoralized by food shortages
politically divided over the wisdom of the American war effort
The unanimous Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka stated that segregated schools were unconstitutional because
the Soviet Sputnik satellite made it clear that the segregated public school system had contributed to the decline of scientific skills in the United States
the Court could no longer tolerate southern senators’ filibustering of civil rights legislation
racial injustice made it difficult for the United States to appeal to peoples of recently decolonized countries in Africa and Asia during the Cold War
separation of students based solely on race constituted inherently unequal treatment
The decade after the Second World War was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
rapid and extensive suburbanization
widespread student opposition to the development of nuclear weaponry
unprecedented prosperity
a population explosion known as the “baby boom”
the growing strength of the movement for African American civil rights
The containment policy articulated by George F. Kennan in 1947 proposed
a plan to give Western Europe greater political power and economic independence from the United States
a United States commitment to free Eastern Europe from communism
a change in United States investment policies to limit the possibility of involvement in world conflict
efforts by the United States to block the expansion of the Soviet Union’s influence regarding Communism
The main goal of the Marshall Plan was to
create a strong military alliance between the United States and Western Europe
speed the economic recovery and democratization of Japan
defend Greece and Turkey from communist subversion
finance the economic reconstruction of Western Europe
The Stonewall riots of 1969 were significant because they
led to the birth of gay rights organizations around the country
highlighted the efforts of César Chávez to organize Mexican American farmworkers
drew attention to the increasing gap between the incomes of people who were wealthy and people living in poverty
marked the end of the African American Civil Rights movement
Kent State University was the site in 1970 of which of the following events?
A rock concert second only to the Woodstock concert in the number of attendees
A highly publicized sit-in advocating women’s rights
An antiwar demonstration in which four students were killed by members of the National Guard
A demonstration by African American, Hispanic, and White students in support of affirmative action that helped draw public attention to the issue
Students for a Democratic Society best exemplifies which of the following?
The emergence of radical groups claiming that liberals were doing too little to address racial and economic inequality
The increased influence of conservatives who opposed expansive social welfare policies and higher taxes
The success of the Civil Rights movement in achieving greater racial integration
The development of new concerns about environmental pollution and the overuse of natural resources
“Reaganomics,” or supply-side economics, led to which of the following?
Greater tax revenues than government expenditures
A decline in poverty and unemployment
An increase in appropriations for school lunches
Large increases in the incomes of wealthy Americans
Kennedy’s strategies expressed in the excerpt have the most in common with which of the following?
Richard Nixon’s strategy of détente with the Soviet Union in the 1970s
Jimmy Carter’s response to the oil crisis in the 1970s
Ronald Reagan’s rhetoric about the Soviet Union in the 1980s
Bill Clinton’s advocacy of free trade agreements in the 1990s
