APUSH Final Exam Review Fall 2010
Mr. Desmond LSHS Fall 2010 Final Exam Review. Chapters 1-15.
- 1.Roman Catholic immigration in the 1840s
- A.
Was a boon to public education
- B.
Hindered unionism
- C.
Impeded the growth of the temperance movement
- D.
Was welcomed in northeastern Pennsylvania
- E.
Was supported by Samuel F.B. Morse
- 2.Charles Grandison Finney is most directly connected with
- A.
Revivalism
- B.
The Industrial Revolution
- C.
The labor movement
- D.
Nativism
- E.
The Waltham Plan
- 3.Which of the following is associated with both the First and Second Great Awakenings?
- A.
Camp meetings
- B.
Burned Over District
- C.
Religious Revival
- D.
New Lights
- E.
Founding of Princeton and Columbia Universities
- 4.Which of the following was most responsible for encouraging the growth of domestic markets in the first half of the nineteenth century?
- A.
An increase in the number of large factories
- B.
Better transportation networks
- C.
The national bank's loan policy
- D.
The national government's economic subsidies
- E.
Increased farm production
- 5.New England businessmen reversed their concern raised at the Hartford Convention regarding the westward movement because they realized the west would provide them with
- A.
Support for a national bank
- B.
Cheap labor
- C.
Money capital to invest in their factories
- D.
New markets for their products
- E.
Profitable locations for outsourcing
- 6.Religious Revivalism, the temperance movement, benevolent activities, and Whig politics all helped
- A.
The antebellum women's movement
- B.
Expansion of industry
- C.
Martin Van Buren get elected
- D.
Rein in conservative political thinking
- E.
End sectionalism
- 7.Jacksonian democracy and Jeffersonian republicanism were most similar in their
- A.
Dealings with native peoples
- B.
Support for average Americans
- C.
Treatment of the national bank
- D.
Views of patronage
- E.
Efforts to consolidate executive power
- 8.Which two presidents had the most strained relationship with the Supreme Court of the United States?
- A.
Washington and Quincy Adams
- B.
Van Buren and Adams
- C.
Madison and Tyler
- D.
Jefferson and Jackson
- E.
Washington and William Henry Harrison
- 9.President Lincoln's belief that no state can nullify a law of the United States, which he upheld during the secession crisis, was most similar to action taken by which president?
- A.
Monroe
- B.
Madison
- C.
Jefferson
- D.
Jackson
- E.
Van Buren
- 10.Which of the following is a true statement about the Indian Removal Act?
- A.
Some Cherokee Indians promoted it
- B.
It eliminated the Seminole Indians from Florida
- C.
It was precipitated by the Black Hawk's War
- D.
Congress passed it despite much public outcry
- E.
John Marshall upheld the act in Worcester v. Georgia
- 11.Which of the following was NOT a facet of urban popular culture in the antebellum period?
- A.
Commercialized sex
- B.
Fashion consciousness
- C.
Popular entertainment
- D.
Slavery
- E.
Nativism
- 12.Which of the following is an example of America being a welcoming place for immigrants?
- A.
The Alien and Sedition Acts
- B.
Minstrel shows
- C.
German-language shop signs
- D.
Temperance reformers
- E.
The Whig Party
- 13.Which of the following religious movements originated in the United States?
- A.
Mormonism
- B.
Puritanism
- C.
Presbyterianism
- D.
Unitarianism
- E.
Catholicism
- 14.The antebellum reform movement was, in large part, precipitated by
- A.
National government initiatives
- B.
A religious revival movement
- C.
State government initiatives
- D.
An economic recession
- E.
Nativist pressures
- 15.Central New York was labeled the "Burned Over District" because
- A.
It was subject to seasonal forest fires for over a decade
- B.
The westward movement was so intense, the migrants wore the grass off the earth, leaving a scorched appearance
- C.
It was home to many religious revivals and reform movements
- D.
Transcendentalism began there with a plea to purge commercialism from its followers' hearts
- E.
Charles Grandison Finney traveled to Rochester only to witness the city's greatest conflagration
- 16.Which of the following supports Edmund Morgan's thesis that slavery for blacks brought freedom for whites?
- A.
Many southern states passed laws against racially mixed marriages
- B.
The freehold system in the northern colonies
- C.
There was much miscegenation
- D.
Republican equality originated as a southern objective
- E.
Leisler's Rebellion proved that slave revolts would not be tolerated by Southerners, slave owners or not
- 17.A legal argument for slavery can be found in
- A.
The Declaration of Independence
- B.
The Bill of Rights
- C.
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
- D.
The Wilmot Proviso
- E.
The Webster-Hayne Debate
- 18.Which of the following was NOT used by Southerners to support their pro-slavery position?
- A.
The Bible
- B.
The U.S. Constitution
- C.
Economic necessity
- D.
Paternalism
- E.
Moral Superiority
- 19.Which of the following is true of slave society?
- A.
By the 1850s, thousands of slaves profited from an underground economy
- B.
Though much feared, resistance rarely occurred
- C.
To increase their numbers, there was much inbreeding among the slave population
- D.
Slaves' diets consisted mostly of buttermilk biscuits and beans but rarely any meat
- E.
Slaves eschewed family life because of the fear of separation
- 20.Which led to the need to smuggle slaves into the country rather than import them legally?
- A.
A court case
- B.
State mandates
- C.
The U.S. Constitution
- D.
Missouri's application for statehood
- E.
Congressional legislation
- 21.The Industrial and Market Revolutions
- A.
Created a class-divided society that challenged the founders' vision of an agrarian republic
- B.
Lowered the American per capita income by nearly 1 percent each year
- C.
Created a situation where everyday goods became luxury items
- D.
Decreased the living standard by nearly 30 percent in a single generation
- E.
Allowed workers to have more control over the pace and conditions of labor
- 22.Which inventor is properly matched with the item he invented?
- A.
Cyrus McCormick - The Clermont
- B.
Samuel Colt - Interchangeable parts
- C.
Eli Whitney - Reaper
- D.
Robert Fulton - Six Shooter
- E.
John Deere - Steel Plow
- 23.The English immigrant who became known as the "father of the factory system" because he opened the first American factory in 1790 was
- A.
Francis Cabot Lowell
- B.
Samuel Slater
- C.
Paul Moody
- D.
Eli Whitney
- E.
Samuel Sellars Jr.
- 24.A drawback to building the Erie Canal was that
- A.
It hindered the prosperity of central and western New York, as travelers would bypass those areas for points west
- B.
It accelerated the flow of goods but the transportation costs were so high that in many cases the trip was unprofitable
- C.
A barge could only travel twelve miles a day
- D.
It was so expensive to build, it took nearly a decade to repay its cost
- E.
It adversely altered the ecology and the economy of the region
- 25.The short lived Canal Age was supplanted by
- A.
An improved network of national roads
- B.
Railroads
- C.
Steamboats
- D.
Trucking
- E.
Turnpikes
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