APUSH Unit 4/Period 4 (ch. 7-8) study guide (AP MCQs)

America on the World Stage Quiz

The rhetorical purpose expressed in the excerpt would most likely have been interpreted as promoting which of the following?

A

Expanding suffrage rights to all White men

B

Challenging Great Britain's control of Canada

C

Using international commerce to expand United States influence

D

Investing in technology to make ocean voyages faster

C

Using international commerce to expand United States influence

The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?

A

The creation of the Monroe Doctrine

B

The approval of the Louisiana Purchase

C

The abolition of the international slave trade

D

The passage of the Missouri Compromise

A

The creation of the Monroe Doctrine

President Jefferson sought the protections described in the excerpt most likely for the purpose of

A

establishing trade routes

B

enlarging the size of the navy

C

supporting alliances with European nations

D

creating United States colonies

A

establishing trade routes

Contextualizing Period 4 Quiz

The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments during the first half of the nineteenth century?

A

The formation of new political parties

B

The establishment of abolitionist groups

C

The increase of immigration from Europe

D

The emergence of regional cultures

A

The formation of new political parties

The sentiments described in the excerpt best reflect which of the following developments?

A

The use of public protest to effect social change in the antebellum period

B

The emergence of reform movements during the Second Great Awakening

C

The establishment of trade relationships with East Asia

D

The expansion of United States control over territory held by American Indians

B

The emergence of reform movements during the Second Great Awakening

The excerpt best reflects which of the following developments?

A

The establishment of tariffs on textiles to protect domestic cotton production

B

The emergence of an abolitionist movement during the Second Great Awakening

C

The increase of prosperity caused by the production of manufactured goods

D

The development of regional cultures increasingly defined by the presence of enslaved people

D

The development of regional cultures increasingly defined by the presence of enslaved people

Market Revolution - Society and Culture Quiz

The rise in manufacturing beginning in the early 1800s eventually resulted in which of the following by 1848?

A

The emergence of a larger middle class in the North

B

A decline in economic inequality in urban areas

C

An increased demand for agricultural workers in the Midwest

D

The improvement of working conditions in factories

A

The emergence of a larger middle class in the North

Which of the following best explains a change in migration in United States society during the early 1800s?

A

The claims to land by American Indian groups prevented the migration of White settlers westward.

B

The system of indentured servitude allowed Europeans living in poverty to immigrate to North America.

C

The increased importance of Southern cotton coincided with substantial immigration from abroad to the region.

D

The rise in manufacturing in the North coincided with an increase of immigration from abroad to these urban areas.

D

The rise in manufacturing in the North coincided with an increase of immigration from abroad to these urban areas.

Which of the following explains how the growth of a market-based economy in the United States in the early 1800s most directly influenced changes in gender roles?

A

As both men and women took paid employment, social and political inequality between the sexes declined significantly.

B

As an economy based on commercial transactions encouraged society to become more secular, many young women gave up traditional families.

C

As home and the workplace became separated, women were increasingly expected to be responsible for housework and childcare while men took jobs outside the home.

D

As working for wages became more common, many people ceased to view the family as a refuge from the struggle for subsistence.

C

As home and the workplace became separated, women were increasingly expected to be responsible for housework and childcare while men took jobs outside the home.

Politics and Regional Interests Quiz

The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following in the early 1800s?

A

The political debates over economic development

B

The lives of women working in new factories

C

The effects of new technologies on commerce

D

The value of British-manufactured imports

A

The political debates over economic development

Which of the following was an interpretation of the speech by opponents of the goals Clay expressed in the excerpt?

A

Clay was seeking to discourage factory production to protect traditional artisans.

B

Clay's proposal would require the expansion of slavery to supply factory workers.

C

Clay's manufacturing plan would benefit one section of the country more than others.

D

Clay was seeking to encourage an increase in imports of British manufactured goods.

C

Clay's manufacturing plan would benefit one section of the country more than others.

Which of the following describes an interpretation of Clay's economic principles at the time as expressed in the excerpt?

A

The sections of the United States should retain separate regional economies.

B

The farmers of the United States should switch to manufacturing jobs.

C

The United States should increase domestic manufacturing to promote prosperity.

D

The United States should never engage in foreign commerce.

C

The United States should increase domestic manufacturing to promote prosperity.

The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson Quiz

Which of the following best describes the historical situation in which the amendment was proposed?

A

The Anti-Federalists sought to add a bill of rights to the Constitution.

B

The federal government sought to acquire more western land in North America.

C

The United States sought to forcibly remove American Indians from their homelands.

D

The Constitutional Convention sought to establish the separation of powers between branches of government.

B

The federal government sought to acquire more western land in North America.

Which of the following best describes a major purpose of the proposed amendment?

A

To strengthen the United States alliance with France

B

To give individual states the legal right to secede from the Union

C

To give Congress additional constitutional powers

D

To give the president more control over negotiating treaties

C

To give Congress additional constitutional powers

Which of the following groups would mostly likely have supported this proposed amendment?

A

Proponents of the supremacy of federal laws over state laws

B

Proponents of the expansion of the executive branch powers under the Constitution

C

Advocates of the power of the Supreme Court to review federal laws

D

Advocates of limiting federal powers to those specifically written into the Constitution

D

Advocates of limiting federal powers to those specifically written into the Constitution