The Ultimate AP US History Practice Quiz -II
- 1.A central theme of the Puritan Ethic is its emphasis on:
- A.
World economic dependency on the institution of slavery.
- B.
The mobility of America's class structure.
- C.
The damaging effects of slavery on the South's economy.
- D.
Patriotism and the glorification of the American nation
- E.
Hard work, thrift, and sobriety as signs of election.
- 2.In colonial America the enlightened view that reason can solve humanity's problems helps explain the
- A.
Early growth of New England education.
- B.
Eighteenth century belief in Deism.
- C.
Lack of public libraries.
- D.
Puritan and Quaker attitudes toward slavery.
- E.
Curriculum of higher education.
- 3.The competition for North American territory was a major cause of:
- A.
The Mexican-American War.
- B.
The French and Indian War.
- C.
The Revolutionary War.
- D.
The Civil War.
- E.
The War of 1812.
- 4.To promote public libraries and the study of philosophy in colonial America was a major objective of the:
- A.
Moravian Community in colonial Pennsylvania.
- B.
Knickerbocker magazine of the 1840's.
- C.
Rappites and Shakers.
- D.
American Phrenological Journal in the 1840's.
- E.
Philadelphia Junto Club.
- 5.A major objective of the New England Transcendentalists was to:
- A.
Expand humanity's vision of itself by stressing individual initiative.
- B.
Subject the community to the moral and political leadership of a few.
- C.
Promote the ideals of economic and political equality.
- D.
Raise the public's consciousness concerning the immorality of slavery.
- E.
Promote public awareness of the bad effects of alcohol by urging sobriety.
- 6.Who among the following was the first to circumnavigate the world, although he died on route?
- A.
Juan Ponce de Leon.
- B.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
- C.
Giovanni da Verrazano
- D.
Hernando de Soto
- E.
Ferdinand Magellan
- 7.All of the following are characteristics of the Puritans EXCEPT:
- A.
A belief in hard work, sobriety, and material success.
- B.
A respect for education.
- C.
A belief that intellectual leadership is supplied by the clergy.
- D.
A disbelief in Democracy.
- E.
A toleration of other religious beliefs.
- 8.A central objective of John Rolfe was:
- A.
To encourage centralization and cooperation
- B.
To increase the wealth of the mother country.
- C.
To keep the colonies friendly.
- D.
To develop the fur trade.
- E.
To encourage the Virginia tobacco crop.
- 9.During colonial times, the Congregationalists settled in:
- A.
Pennsylvania.
- B.
New York.
- C.
New Jersey.
- D.
New England.
- E.
Maryland.
- 10.A central objective of the early New England Puritan leadership was to
- A.
Establish religious liberty for all.
- B.
Eliminate the use of alcohol and tobacco.
- C.
Eliminate any distinction between church and state.
- D.
Reproduce the ecclesiastical structure of the Church of England.
- E.
Establish the moral authority of the community over individual self-interest..
- 11.A region near a bay is called the:
- A.
Fall line.
- B.
Great Divide.
- C.
Tidewater.
- D.
Appalachians.
- E.
Piedmont.
- 12.All of the following were religious leaders during colonial times EXCEPT:
- A.
William Ellery Channing.
- B.
Benjamin Rush.
- C.
John Woolman.
- D.
Cotton Mather.
- E.
George Whitefield.
- 13.A tidewater refers to:
- A.
A plain in the eastern region of the United States.
- B.
An area where the directional flow of rivers changes.
- C.
The major eastern mountain range.
- D.
A region near a bay.
- E.
The navigability of rivers.
- 14.Who among the following discovered Florida while searching for the legendary "Fountain of Youth?"
- A.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
- B.
Juan Ponce de Leon
- C.
Ferdinand Magellan
- D.
Giovanni da Verranzano
- E.
Hernando de Soto
- 15.The First Great Awakening was:
- A.
A religious revival that occurred throughout the American colonies.
- B.
A slave rebellion in colonial South Carolina.
- C.
An eighteenth century religious movement among Native Americans (Indians) dedicated to reaffirming traditional values.
- D.
The flowering of Enlightment political thought in colonial America.
- E.
An early colonial protest against English imperial policy.
- 16.Which of the following MOST ACCURATELY describes the attitude of seventeenth century Puritans toward religious liberty?
- A.
Having suffered persecution in England, they extended toleration to everyone.
- B.
The tolerated no one whose expressed religious views varied from their own views.
- C.
They tolerated all Protestant sects, but not Catholics.
- D.
They tolerated Catholics, but not Quakers.
- E.
They had no coherent views on religious liberty.
- 17.Which of the following is a correct statement about the use of slave labor in colonial Virginia?
- A.
It was forced on reluctant white Virginians by profit-minded English merchants and the mercantilist officials of the Crown.
- B.
It was the first case in which Europeans enslaved Blacks.
- C.
It fulfilled the original plans of the Virginia Company.
- D.
It first occurred after the invention of Eli Whitney's cotton gin, which greatly stimulated the demand for low-cost labor.
- E.
It spread rapidly in the late seventeenth century, as blacks displaced white indentured servants in the tobacco fields.
- 18.The French and Indian War was a pivotal point in America's relationship to Great Britain because it led Great Britain to:
- A.
Encourage colonial manufactures.
- B.
Impose revenue taxes on the colonies.
- C.
Ignore the colonies.
- D.
Restrict immigration from England.
- E.
Grant increased colonial self-government.
- 19.Deists of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries believed that:
- A.
Natural laws, set by the Creator, govern the operation of the universe
- B.
Prayer has the power to make significant changes in a person's life.
- C.
The idea of God is merely the childish imagining of simple minds
- D.
The universe was created by a natural, spontaneous combining of elements.
- E.
Intuition rather than reason leads human beings to an awareness of the divine.
- 20.The mercantilist system in the eighteenth century led to
- A.
The restriction of governmental intervention in the economy.
- B.
The protection of Native Americans (Indians) from European economic exploitations.
- C.
The expansion of colonial manufacturing.
- D.
The subordination of the colonial economy to that of the mother country.
- E.
Noncompetitive commercial relations among nations.
- 21.The tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy were distinctive in that they:
- A.
Were less militant than other Native American (Indian) tribes.
- B.
All allied themselves with the American colonists against Great Britain during the Revolutionary War
- C.
Successfully resisted incorporation into the English fur-trading system
- D.
Were converted to Anglicanism.
- E.
Formed the most important Native American political organization to confront the colonists.
- 22.According to a current widely accepted hypothesis , which of the following was common to all of the native peoples of North and South America before 1492?
- A.
Accurate astronomical calendars.
- B.
Domestication of wild horses.
- C.
Rotation of agricultural crops.
- D.
Descent from Asian peoples
- E.
Mining of gold and silver.
- 23.In the creation of which of the following colonies was commercial profit the first and foremost motive?
- A.
Connecticut
- B.
Maryland
- C.
Virginia
- D.
Pennsylvania
- E.
Rhode Island
- 24.Great Britain's conquest of French North America was facilitated by which of the following?
- A.
The large number of English-speaking settlers in Canada.
- B.
The discovery of the Northwest Passage.
- C.
The thin settlement of France's North American colonies.
- D.
The munitions industry in England's Atlantic Seaboard colonies.
- E.
The Battle of Austerlitz.
- 25.Benjamin Franklin's advice to eighteenth century American colonists that hard work and thrift would lead them to wealth was an appropriate formula for the time because:
- A.
Taxes on income were needed by the government to raise revenues.
- B.
Land scarcity and a rapidly growing population seriously curtailed economic opportunities.
- C.
Most people of the period were unusually gullible and thus easily motivated by slogans and proverbs.
- D.
Formal education and specialized skills were less necessary to economic success than they would later become.
- E.
Legal restraints on the inheritance of wealth were increasing.
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