APUSH MIDTERM

Before 1492, many American Indian cultures were strongly influenced by the

Cultivation of Maize and corn.

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, was founded by

Joint stock company, English settlers, Virginia company of London

In the colonial period, Quakers were known for all of the following EXCEPT

refusal to pay taxes

The English colony first settled by the Dutch was

1. New Netherland, created by dutch west india company

Which of the following leaders is correctly paired with the settlement / colony he led

William Penn - Pennsylvania

The Albany Plan was

Plan to put the colonies under a central government, never carried out, Join or die - Ben franklin

Common Sense by Thomas Paine is considered a most effective

Pamphlet at convincing Americans that they needed to break away from the British.

The economic and cultural life of colonial Virginia was built upon the cultivation of

Tobacco, John rolfe started the cultivation of Tobacco in Jamestown Virginia and saved the colony.

Which of the following best explains why Massachusetts Bay officials banished Anne Hutchinson?

Her beliefs were heretical to the puritan church, she challenged gender roles.

Under the Articles of the Confederation, the United States central government had no power to

tax states or make them comply with it’s decisions, the federal government only had to negotiate treaties with other nations.

Shay’s Rebellion frightened many Americans when

There was no response from the federal government, it was too weak and had no military

“In the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the Ladies.”

The appeal quoted above was made by:

Abigail Adams

The Constitutional Convention designed the electoral college to

 give each state representation in the presidential election, but mainly to prevent mob rule or popular will from deciding the presidency.

The Northwest Ordinances did which of the following?

Established a government for the northwest territory and gave a process for adding states to the union.

All of the following were results of the French and Indian War EXCEPT

1. Consequences of the French and Indian War: France was removed from the new world, end of salutary neglect, Not Consequences: Spanish withdrawal from the new world, The war established the United States as a global power.

Who of the following would be most critical of Hamilton’s position on the bank?

Democratic-Republicans, Thomas Jefferson

In addition to his Farewell Address, part of Washington’s legacy was that he

set the precedent for the presidency, set a 2 term limit precedent

A person supporting a larger, stronger federal government in regard to the U.S. Constitution would be a believer in

Federalism

The major significance of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 was that it

was crushed by the new federal government, showing the federal government’s power

The development of the early 1800’s concept of “separate spheres” for the sexes encouraged all of the following EXCEPT:

acceptance of a woman as the intellectual equal of a man

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, the Hartford Convention, and the South Carolina Exposition and Protest were similar in that all involved a defense of

nullification of laws/state power/succession(Hartford Convention considered succession)

The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the United States?

Smuggling, disrupted american shipping, led to war of 1812, agricultural prices and earnings fell, shipping industries were destroyed, existing markets were wrecked

The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following beliefs EXCEPT

Commerce and industry would decline as the nation expanded its agricultural base.

The “Three-Fifths Compromise” originally contained in the Constitution referred to the

slaves being worth 3/5ths of a person when counting population

Under Chief Justice John Marshall, Supreme Court decisions tended to

promote business enterprises, favor federal government

The main purpose of Henry Clay’s American System was to

better the United States economy and make them more independent.

The term “impressment” as used by the United States in the period before the War of 1812 referred to

americans being forced to join the British navy

Between 1803-1848, the portions of the United States most affected by immigration were the

North, Northern factories, new england, midwest

President Jackson’s veto of the Bank bill would contribute most significantly to

the Panic of 1837

Which of the following individuals would be most critical of Van Buren’s economic policy?

Henry Clay

In the Monroe Doctrine, President Monroe

warned Europeans powers not to interfere in the western hemisphere

What was the most significant impact of the War of 1812?

American expansionism and self identity, boundaries between canada and US, freed international trade

Which of the following events was caused by Lincoln’s call of 75,000 volunteer soldiers to put down the rebellion in the South?

civil war, caused holdout states to secede and join the confederacy

Which of the following best describes the position on slavery of most Northerners during the sectional crises of the 1850’s?

They did not want it to expand but they were ok with its current institution.

The two largest groups of non-English immigrants who came to the United States during the 1840’s and 1850’s were

 Irish Catholics and Germans

Which of the following conflicts was the first to use industrial capabilities, such as railroads, steamships, mass-produced weapons, and other military devices?

Civil war

By what means did the United States take possession of the Oregon Territory

treaty of oregon, with great Britain

President Lincoln’s primary motive for entering the Civil War was

 to keep the union united