An Advanced Level AP US History Practice Test!

Answer (C) France. The French were primarily interested in the fur trade. Indian traders, coureurs du bois (runners of the wood) lived among the Native Americans and often intermarried. Priests (known as black robes) also lived among the Native Americans. The Spanish, Dutch, and English all attempted to colonize and subdue Native American cultures.

Answer (A). Jefferson argued that the "Necessary and Proper" ("Elastic clause") did not permit Congress to create a bank that was not specifically authorized in Article I, section 2 of the Constiitution (only permitting those that were absolutely essential to a listed power); Hamilton argued that it permitted Congress to do anything rationally related to a listed power. In 1819 (many years later), the US Supreme Court, headed by John Marshall (a Federalist) decided that Hamilton was right.

Answer (D). The Methodists and Baptists proliferated in the South and West.

Answer (C) France. The French were primarily interested in the fur trade. Indian traders, coureurs du bois (runners of the wood) lived among the Native Americans and often intermarried. Priests (known as black robes) also lived among the Native Americans. The Spanish, Dutch, and English all attempted to colonize and subdue Native American cultures.

Answer (B). If anything, when Jefferson made the decision to acquire the property without clear constitutional authority, he increased the power of the presidency.

Answer (B) French assistance. The Battle of Saratoga convinced the French to openly provide troops for the war effort,rather than merely monetary assistance. Benedict Arnold was actually the hero of Saratoga. His treason came later.

Answer (B).

Answer (A) Baptism but not "full communion" to people who had not had a full conversion experience. The Halfway Covenant was introduced in Puritan communities by the 1660s. Because church membership (and voting) required a full conversion experience, and the second and later generations of Puritans were not as religiously fervent as their settler parents, church membership began to decline. The Halfway Covenant allowed members who agreed to follow the teachings of the church to baptism and communion but not to full voting membership. Children of full members were baptized, but if they did not report a conversion experience, their children (the grandchildren of full members) could not be baptized. Later, Massachusetts adopted the controversial Half-Way Covenant of 1662, permitting children to be baptized whose grandparents had been members of the church, but whose parents were not. Males baptized under the Covenant could vote at town meeting when they came of age, but were not admitted to the Lord's Supper or allowed to vote for a pastor. Full church membership came with confession of faith.

Answer C. Lincoln was derisively called "Spotty Lincoln" for his oppposition to the Mexican-American War.

Answer (A). The next best answer is (D), but these came later.

Answer (C). Both Nicaragua (as well as for a potential oceanic canal) and Cuba were of great interest to Southerners, and there were attempts to add them to the United States during the 1850s. Cuba eventually became a protectorate of the U.S., and the canal eventually was created in Panama, also controlled by the U.S.

The economic depression of 1819 (one of the first in the country's history), combined with the rising sectionalism temporarily resolved in the Missouri Compromise, interrupted the Era of Good Feeling. It definitely ended with the fractious presidential election of 1824, which presidential hopeful Andrew Jackson denounced as a "corrupt bargain."

Answer (D). Most of these changes took place later in the 19th century.

Answer (D). The Methodists and Baptists proliferated in the South and West.

Answer (B) Common language and wartime experiences. At the time of the war, there was no religious, ethnic or social harmony--the colonies had the world's most diverse population. Boundary disptues increased. Although the colonists would come to share a dislike of their treatment by the British AFTER the war, at the time of the war, most were proud to be part of the British Empire.

Answer (A). Jefferson argued that the "Necessary and Proper" ("Elastic clause") did not permit Congress to create a bank that was not specifically authorized in Article I, section 2 of the Constiitution (only permitting those that were absolutely essential to a listed power); Hamilton argued that it permitted Congress to do anything rationally related to a listed power. In 1819 (many years later), the US Supreme Court, headed by John Marshall (a Federalist) decided that Hamilton was right.

Answer (A). The next best answer is (D), but these came later.

Answer (B). If anything, when Jefferson made the decision to acquire the property without clear constitutional authority, he increased the power of the presidency.

Answer (A) Woodland Indians. The Woodland Indians, descendants of the Mississipian Mound Builder cultures, populated most of North America east of the Mississippi River. For the most part, they both farmed and hunted.

Answer (B) French assistance. The Battle of Saratoga convinced the French to openly provide troops for the war effort,rather than merely monetary assistance. Benedict Arnold was actually the hero of Saratoga. His treason came later.

Answer (A) the Association. Options B, D, E were accomplished by the Second Continental Congress. The Committees of Correspondence were begun in 1772.

Answer (B).

The economic depression of 1819 (one of the first in the country's history), combined with the rising sectionalism temporarily resolved in the Missouri Compromise, interrupted the Era of Good Feeling. It definitely ended with the fractious presidential election of 1824, which presidential hopeful Andrew Jackson denounced as a "corrupt bargain."

Answer (A) Baptism but not "full communion" to people who had not had a full conversion experience. The Halfway Covenant was introduced in Puritan communities by the 1660s. Because church membership (and voting) required a full conversion experience, and the second and later generations of Puritans were not as religiously fervent as their settler parents, church membership began to decline. The Halfway Covenant allowed members who agreed to follow the teachings of the church to baptism and communion but not to full voting membership. Children of full members were baptized, but if they did not report a conversion experience, their children (the grandchildren of full members) could not be baptized. Later, Massachusetts adopted the controversial Half-Way Covenant of 1662, permitting children to be baptized whose grandparents had been members of the church, but whose parents were not. Males baptized under the Covenant could vote at town meeting when they came of age, but were not admitted to the Lord's Supper or allowed to vote for a pastor. Full church membership came with confession of faith.

Answer (B) Common language and wartime experiences. At the time of the war, there was no religious, ethnic or social harmony--the colonies had the world's most diverse population. Boundary disptues increased. Although the colonists would come to share a dislike of their treatment by the British AFTER the war, at the time of the war, most were proud to be part of the British Empire.

Answer (C). Both Nicaragua (as well as for a potential oceanic canal) and Cuba were of great interest to Southerners, and there were attempts to add them to the United States during the 1850s. Cuba eventually became a protectorate of the U.S., and the canal eventually was created in Panama, also controlled by the U.S.

Answer C. Lincoln was derisively called "Spotty Lincoln" for his oppposition to the Mexican-American War.

Answer (D). Most of these changes took place later in the 19th century.