APUSH Midterm (Graph Questions)

18. Which of the following was a common
justification in the United States for the trend
depicted in the map?
(A) The interest in greater access to trade with
the British colonies in the Americas
(B) The desire for better relations with Mexico
(C) The intention to assimilate Plains Indians
into White society
(D) The belief in White cultural and political
superiority

18. Which of the following was a common
justification in the United States for the trend
depicted in the map?
(A) The interest in greater access to trade with
the British colonies in the Americas
(B) The desire for better relations with Mexico
(C) The intention to assimilate Plains Indians
into White society
(D) The belief in White cultural and political
superiority

D

19. In the mid-nineteenth century, the process
shown in the map was advocated by supporters
of which of the following ideologies?
(A) Republicanism
(B) Abolitionism
(C) Progressivism
(D) Manifest Destiny

D

6. Which of the following was a direct effect of the
trend in immigration after 1845 shown on the
graph?
(A) An increase in sectional tensions
(B) A major economic downturn
(C) An upsurge in nativist sentiment
(D) The collapse of the second party system

C

37. The pattern of colonial settlement up to 1700
resulted most directly from which of the
following factors?
(A) The large size of British colonial
populations relative to American Indian
populations
(B) British recognition of Native American
sovereignty
(C) The orientation of the British colonies
toward producing commodities for export
to Europe
(D) British government attempts to impose
greater control over the colonies in the
late 1600s

C

38. The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to
1775 had which of the following effects?
(A) A decrease in the coastal population
B) An increase in conflicts between British
settlers and American Indians
(C) A decrease in the economic importance of
slavery and other forms of coerced labor
D) An increase in trade with French Canada

B

39. The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to
1775 best explains the
(A) development of economic differences
between the northern and southern
colonies
(B) colonists' difficulties in effectively
resisting the British military during the
American Revolution
(C) significant proportion of colonists who
remained loyal to Great Britain during the
American Revolution
(D) growth of social tensions between
backcountry settlers and coastal elites

D

28. Which of the following statements best explains
the change over time in the composition of
legislatures depicted in the graph?
(A) Women became involved in politics
through their participation in
the grassroots independence movement.
(B) The concept of republican self-government
encouraged individual talent.
(C) Factory jobs provided workers with
increased free time that some used to
participate in politics.
(D) Participation in labor unions encouraged
workers to engage in politics.

B

38. Which of the following ideas contributed most
directly to the territorial changes shown in
the map?
(A) Abolitionism
(B) Manifest Destiny
(C) Popular sovereignty
(D) Containment

B

39. The acquisition of territory in the southwestern
region shown in the map intensified
controversies in the United States about
(A) granting free land in the new territories
(B) rights to mineral wealth and resources in
the new territories
(C) extending citizenship to people already in
the territories
(D) allowing slavery in the new territories

D

37. Which of the following most directly
contributed to the major pattern depicted on
the map?
(A) The growth of the fur trade in the North
American colonies
(B) The spread of ideas associated with the
European Enlightenment
(C) Demand for crops produced in the
Americas
(D) Africans' adaptation to the culture of the
Western Hemisphere

C

38. A significant long-term result of the major
pattern depicted on the map was
(A) frequent intermarriage between people of
African and British descent
(B) an increase in the destructiveness of
American Indian warfare
(C) the development of a strict racial system in
British colonial societies
(D) cooperation between European countries
over colonization in the Americas

C

12. The difference in slave populations depicted in
the graphs most directly resulted from
differences in
(A) climate and geographic conditions for cash
crop agriculture
(B) the degree of participation in the Atlantic
economy
(C) colonial relationships with American
Indians
(D) structures of British imperial control

A

22. The change depicted on the maps most directly
contributed to which of the following?
(A) The drawing of a boundary line to
discourage settlers from moving west of
the Appalachians
(B) The establishment of a national bank to
promote more stability in financial
transactions
(C) The calls for the United States annexation
of French and Spanish territories in the
Mississippi River valley
(D) The creation of more interconnected and
efficient markets for consumer goods

D

24. By the 1870s, which of the following most
reflected the continuation of the trend depicted
on the maps?
(A) The purchase of automobiles by most
households in the United States
(B) The extension of electrical power to most
homes in the United States
(C) The completion of transcontinental
railroads
(D) The development and use of the cotton gin
in the South

C

25. The image most strongly supports the argument
that Reconstruction
(A) led to the unfair punishment of White
Southerners by the North
(B) encouraged large-scale rebellions by
former slaves
(C) involved unconstitutional abuses of
government power
(D) temporarily altered race relations in the
South

D

27. During Reconstruction, which of following was
a change that took place in the South?
(A) Many African Americans found
manufacturing employment.
(B) Many White Southerners supported
African Americans' rights
(C) African Americans favored the Democratic
Party.
(D) African Americans were able to exercise
political rights.

D

2. By the early 1600s, which of the following had
most changed the circumstances of villages such
as Secotan in eastern North America?
(A) The establishment of permanent
settlements by English colonists
(B) The impact of epidemic diseases
introduced by Europeans
(C) The decline of the fur and beaver trades
D) The introduction of new foods into the
Native American diet

B

3. Which of the following best explains the
presence of the Spanish in the areas depicted on
the map?
(A) The emergence of competition between
European powers in the Americas
(B) The outbreak of rebellion by the Pueblo
Indians
(C) The spread of maize culture from
American Indians to the Spanish
colonists
(D) The introduction of African slavery to
Spanish Florida

A

18. Which of the following most directly
contributed to the spread of settlement depicted
on the map?
(A) The development of transcontinental
railroads
(B) Efforts to secure boundaries with Great
Britain
(C) Federal grants for purchases of
western land
(D) Sustained population growth after the
American Revolution

D

19. Which of the following most likely accounts for
the limits of United States settlement in portions
of North Carolina and Georgia depicted on
the map?
(A) Tobacco and sugarcane crops failed to
thrive in those areas.
(B) American Indians maintained sovereign
control over those regions.
(C) The Northwest Ordinance prohibited
slavery in those regions.
(D) The lands were set aside for American
Indian reservations.

B

20. The patterns of settlement shown in the map
culminated in which of the following national
crises by 1820 ?
(A) Outrage over the Federalist Party's
disloyalty in proposing New England's
secession
(B) Widespread opposition to the demands of
the women's rights advocates at Seneca
Falls
(C) The emergence of sectional tensions over
the admission of the state of Missouri
(D) Disbelief at the violence resulting from
popular sovereignty in Kansas

C

10. Which of the following contributed most to the
changes shown in the graph?
(A) Loss of territory and access to natural
resources
(B) The introduction of new plants and animals
(C) The introduction of new diseases
(D) Warfare with Europeans

C

11. Which of the following was the most direct
effect of the changes shown in the graph?
(A) European settlers relied mainly on
indentured servants and enslaved Africans
for labor.
(B) Trade between European settlers and
Native Americans expanded.
(C) Conflicts among Native American groups
became more intense
(D) European settlers were able to gain control
over Native American lands

D

20. The trend shown in the map led most directly to
which of the following?
(A) A decreasing gap in wealth because land
ownership increased among White
citizens
(B) Decreasing tensions between White settlers
and Native Americans because expanded
United States territory undercut
competition
(C) Increasing divisions between North and
South because of questions about the
status of slavery in new territories
(D) Increasing legal immigration for Asians
because the United States became a
Pacific Rim country

C

21. The ideology that supported the trend depicted
in the map is most similar to the ideology that
supported which of the following?
(A) Opposition to the international slave trade
(B) Involvement in the Spanish-American War
(C) Participation in the First World War
D) Isolationism prior to the Second
World War

B

4. Which of the following was a significant cause
of the trend from 1843 to 1854 shown in the
graph?
(A) Active encouragement of migration by the
United States government
(B) Economic hardships and political
instability in Europe
(C) Incentives offered by United States
companies looking to hire skilled
migrants
(D) Adoption of free trade policies by
European governments

B

5. The migrants represented by the graph most
typically settled in which of the following
regions of the United States?
(A) The Northeast
(B) The Southeast
(C) The Southwest
(D) The West Coast

A

7. The main trend shown in the graph was most
directly associated with which of the following
processes occurring in the United States at the
time?
(A) The convergence of European and
American cultures
(B) The emergence of an industrialized
economy
(C) The displacement of American Indians
from the Southeast
(D) The resurgence of evangelical
Protestantism

B

26. The graph most strongly supports which of the
following arguments?
(A) The American Revolution led to an overall
decrease in the value of property owned
by citizens in the former colonies and
new states.
(B) The American Revolution resulted in
increased political power for men of less
wealth.
(C) The governments of southern colonies and
states were generally more democratic
than those of northern colonies and states.
(D) Property qualifications for holding office
became more closely aligned with voting
qualifications after the American
Revolution.

B

27. Which of the following factors most directly
contributed to the change between the two
periods shown in the graph?
(A) A rise in secular reform inspired by the
Second Great Awakening
(B) A fear of too much popular influence in
government
(C) An expansion of political democracy for
White men
(D) A growing reluctance to locate political
power in legislative assemblies

C

37. The territorial changes shown in the
southwestern region of the map most directly
resulted from
(A) treaties made with American Indian
nations
(B) the purchase of land from France and
Spain
(C) the Spanish-American War
D) the Mexican-American War

D

47. The image most directly reflects the belief held
by many in 1788 that
(A) a stronger central government was a
positive step
(B) political democracy had not extended far
enough
(C) rebellions in the Caribbean had the
potential to spread northward
(D) outlawing slavery in all states was a
desired goal

A

48. Which of the following most directly addressed
reservations about the process depicted in the
image?
(A)
The rise of sectional unity in the new
republic
(B)
The addition of the Bill of Rights to the
Constitution
(C) The establishment of the nation's first
political parties
(D) The election of George Washington as the
nation's first president

B

49. In the decade following the publication of the
image, which of the following groups expressed
the most opposition to the exercise of power by
the national government?
(A) Loyalists
(B) Whigs
(C) Federalists
(D) Democratic-Republicans

D

36. The major pattern on the map best supports
which of the following statements?
(A) Fewer people lived in the British colonies
than in the Spanish colonies.
(B) British colonies in North America typically
had a lower demand for slave labor than
did the colonies of other European
countries.
(C) Enslaved Africans were more likely to live
on large plantations in North America
than in the Caribbean.
(D) Africans in North America were more
likely to resist slavery than were Africans
in South America.

B

13. The demographics of the lower South colonies
in 1750 most directly contributed to which of
the following conditions for enslaved people?
(A) Frequent conversion to evangelical
Christianity
(B) Widespread opportunities for literacy
(C) Extensive apprenticeships in skilled trades
(D) Relative autonomy to preserve and adapt
African traditions

D

14. In which of the following ways did slavery
change in the late 1700s?
(A) The expansion of slavery into the
Northwest Territory became a divisive
political issue in the new United States.
(B) The ideals of the American Revolution
prompted some individuals and groups to
call for the abolition of slavery
(C) The argument that slavery was a positive
social institution became widely
accepted.
(D) The holding of slaves as property became a
symbol of social status in the North

B

21. Which of the following most directly
contributed to the change over time depicted on
the two maps?
(A) The construction of a national highway
system
(B) The establishment of different time zones
across the country
(C) The building of canals and roads
(D) The use of diesel engines

C

23. In the 1850s, which of the following groups
would have been most likely to benefit from the
changes depicted on the maps?
(A) Immigrants from western Europe
(B) American Indians
(C) Mexicans who remained in the
southwestern United States
D) African Americans

A

26. The situation depicted in the image best serves
as evidence of the
(A) expansion of federal power
(B) decline of an agrarian economy
(C) increase in sectional divisions
(D) institutionalization of racial segregation

A

1. The image best serves as evidence that many
Native American groups had developed farming
techniques that
(A) spread tobacco cultivation throughout the
continent
(B) supported permanent villages
(C) allowed for continuous warfare
(D) differed dramatically from English
agricultural practices

B

4. Which of the following was a major difference
between the Spanish colonies in the Americas in
the 1500s and the English colonies in the
Americas in the early 1600s?
(A) The Spanish adopted African slavery in
their colonies, while the English relied
more on American Indian labor.
(B) The Spanish more actively sought to
convert American Indians to Christianity
than did the English.
(C) The Spanish tried to change American
Indian worldviews, while the English
generally accommodated them
(D) The Spanish rejected assimilating
American Indians into their culture, while
the English favored assimilation.

B