History AP

Alexander Hamilton used the argument above to convince President Washington and congress to support

National Bank

Thomas Jefferson, as president, will use the same concept Hamilton expressed above to justify which of the following actions

Lousiana Purchase

Which of the following constitution concepts was Hamilton referring to when he wrote the above statement as Secretary of Treasury under George Washington?

Loose interpretation

Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the North?

Admitting California as a free state

Which of the following parts of the Compromise of 1850 was the most appealing to the South?

Passing a new Fugitive Slave Law

Which of the following later historical developments aided blacks in gaining their freedom and liberty?

the approval of Amendments to the Constitution

The arguments presented here by Frederick Douglass were echoed by which of the following groups in the same era?

women

This excerpt would be most useful to historians as a source of information about which of the following?

Dred Scott Decision

According to the passage, the final decision on whether a federal law or action was legal should be made by

each state

Which individual or group among the following would be strongest supporter of the Kentucky Resolution?

Democratic-Republicans

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were issued in reaction to the

passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts

Which of following describes a reason not mentioned by Strong in the excerpt that ultimately stopped Britain from recognizing the Confederacy?

Opposition from the British working class

The Union was most disturbed because they believed that Britain was supporting the Confederates by doing which of the following?

Building warships

Strong's statement that the British Feared "diminishing the supply of breadstuffs on which her operatives depend" explains why he thinks the British

Depended as much on trade with the Union as with the Confederacy

Which of the following did Washington believe was very important for the United States to avoid?

Foreign alliances

One of the strong reasons Washington and others warned against political parties was concern about

divisive sectionalism

Not paying a tax could result in someone else paying and the freedmen, free Negro, or mulatto would be forced to work for whomever paid it in a form of bondage similar to

peonage. (pay off debt by servitude)

A negative implication of this law regarding capitation or poll taxes is that

like any tax this one tended to depress the activity it was intended to encourage

One goal of the political actions referenced here by Twain was to

Change the balance of power between the Congress and the presidency

Which of the following events is Twain referring to in the excerpt?

Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

Which of the following groups controlled Congress as it is described in this excerpt?

Radical Republicans

How does the message in the cartoon help the war hawks persuade Madison to declare war against the British?

It demonstrates the British attempts to insight riots in US territories.

What British policy does the cartoon depict?

The British encouraging Native Americans to kill Americans by paying them money for each scalp

they brought to them.

Because of the nature of the French Revolution, American conservatives

sought to compromise with members of the political opposition.

America's reaction to the French Revolution marks the beginning of a period characterized by

the United States' attempts at maintaining neutrality

In this excerpt, Calhoun is arguing against

the extension of the national governments powers over the states

Calhoun's comments reveal that

Regional interests were beginning to trump national concerns for political leaders

Ultimately, American interests in the conflict depicted here would lead to

Mexican-American War

The settlers who came to the Texas territory

brought slaves and cotton production with them

The conflict descried in this passage was part of which of the following contemporary trends?

Efforts by American citizens to, through frontier settlement, extend the influence of the United States.