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AP EXAM REVIEW TEST 2
1.
After the American Revolution, which of the following was true about the position of white women in America? A) their
active role in the Revolution gained them new economic and political rights B) women were expected to maintain their
homes and put their families’ needs before their own C) women had the same economic and social position as AfricanAmerican slaves D) women had more rights under the British crown then they experienced after the Revolution E)
women gained widespread economic rights, but politically they were still subordinate to men
2.
How did northerners react to the Dred Scott case in 1857? A) most northerners applauded the decision as a means to
restore peace and tranquility to the country B) the ruling drove many northerners away from the Republican Party
because the Party’s ideas were declared illegal C) the decision confirmed to many northerners that “Slave Power” was
gaining control of the government D) many northerners agreed with Chief Justice Taney’s view of granting citizenship to
educated blacks E) northerners feared the ruling because it called for the return of slavery to their state
3.
During the Civil War, a Copperhead was someone who A) lived in the North, but supported the South’s effort to establish
an independent country B) was a Democrat, yet voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and 1864 C) favored ending slavery
even if such action destroyed the Union D) helped England smuggle contraband into the South E) supported Lincoln’s
suppression of civil rights
4.
During the American Revolution, France’s chief motive for supporting the American colonies bid for independence was to
A) support equality for all people who desired it B) avenge defeats suffered in earlier wars against England C) support
their ally Spain, which had already agreed to help the colonies D) regain territory lost during the Seven Years War E)
prevent an imminent invasion of France by England
5.
Which of the following best summarizes the impact of Reconstruction on the South? A) Reconstruction failed to make
lasting changes in the political and social power structure in the South B) Reconstruction left many problems unresolved,
but it did promote racial understanding in the South C) Reconstruction reformed public education in the south and made it
equal to public education in the North D) Reconstruction made sweeping changes in land ownership in the South E)
Reconstruction strengthened the Republican Party in the south and ended Democratic dominance in the region
6.
In its depiction of America, the Hudson River School of painting conveyed A) the martial strength of western expansion
B) a romantic, transcendental view of the nation C) a criticism of the alienation of urban America D) the lack of
democracy in the ante-bellum South E) a realistic view of frontier farming life
7.
One of Andrew Jackson’s justifications for his Indian Removal Act of 1830 was that A) Indian tribes represented a military
danger to white settlers and must be removed for security purposes B) Indians wanted to move to the security of lands far
away from white encroachment C) Indian cultures were unworthy of respect and whites should not live close to them D)
protection of Indians in the eastern United States took half the federal budget E) Indian tribes had signed removal treaties
in the 1820s and it was now time to enforce them
8.
In the nullification dispute from 1828 to 1833, John C. Calhoun supported which of the following ideas? A) the federal
government was superior to state governments and should protect the Union at all costs B) the tariff was unconstitutional
because it taxed those people who were least able to pay C) the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of the 1790s did not
apply to the crisis in the 1830s D) although the federal government had a right to enforce the tariff, it was morally wrong
to do so E) the states were the final arbiter of the constitutionality of federal laws
9.
In his opposition to slavery, William Lloyd Garrison expressed which of the following beliefs? A) abolitionists should work
closely with the American colonization Society B) the institution of slavery should be viewed from the point of view of the
black man, not the white slave owner C) slave owners should be compensated for their loss of slaves because the
Constitution required it D) slavery must be gradually ended because it would take time to convince people of its
immorality E) women were welcome to the antislavery cause, but they must focus on the agenda that white men
proposed
10. When the War of 1812 ended, the national government realized that it must A) improve the nations transportation system
to promote economic development B) depend on steam power to transport southern cotton to England C) rely solely on
federal funding to build internal improvements D) lower tariffs to promote a freer exchange of goods with European
markets E) reduce military spending to fund internal improvements
11. All of the following are true about Thomas Jefferson as president EXCEPT A) he saw the “Revolution of 1800” as
restoring the government to a more limited role in society B) he believed that the president must adhere to a rigid set of
principles, regardless of the circumstances C) he thought the republic would be safe as long as the people were
independent, self-reliant, and virtuous D) he wanted the government to follow policies that promotes agrarian interests
and values E) he favored fiscal discipline that would keep taxes and spending to a minimum
12. Which of the following correctly summaries the beliefs of Tecumseh before the War of 1812? A) whites and Indians
should co-exist together as long as the United States honored its treaties B) Indian culture could be maintained only
through the reservation system proposed by the United States government C) only the Shawnee could defeat the United
States because they had experience in spiritual rebirth D) united by common spiritual beliefs, Indian tribes should come
together and fight to protect their lands E) only a leader such as the Prophet was qualified to lead resistance against the
United States
13. Based on his Senatorial debates with Abraham Lincoln, how did Stephen Douglas view slavery? A) he did not take a
moral position on slavery and mainly considered its impact on his political prospects B) he believed slavery was an affront
to the Declaration of Independence and must be ended immediately C) he favored creating a southern Confederacy
based on slave labor even at the expense of national unity D) he supported local police regulations to protect and
maintain slavery in an area E) he feared slavery would undermine the South’s ability to industrialize and stay competitive
with the North
14. Great Britain was willing to stop fighting and sign the Treaty of Ghent in 1814 because A) the Americans dropped their
demand that Britain apologize for impressments and granted England land in northern Maine B) Napoleon was still
undefeated, and Britain needed its resources to subdue him C) the Congress of Vienna granted England territory in New
York State which eliminated the need to fight further D) Tecumseh’s defeat left England dispirited and without a major ally
in the war E) the British people were tired of fighting, and expense of warfare had depleted the national treasury
15. How did the Confederation Congress react to unfair trade practices by Great Britain in the 1780s? A) it did nothing
because it lacked the power to regulate trade and commerce B) it organized an effective boycott that forced England to
stop flooding the American market it sent diplomats to England and ended the abuses through diplomacy D) it placed
high tariffs on all British goods to keep them out of American ports E) it made treaties with Spain and France to pressure
England to reopen the west Indies
16. Before the American Revolution, many British convict came to the colonies as indentured servants because A) the
colonies were a place to get a second chance B) the convicts preferred the colonies to imprisonment C) life in the
colonies was better than in England D) British law required deportation of convicts E) it was safer in the British colonies
than in British prisons
17. The Mount Vernon and Annapolis Conventions were significant because A) the commercial discussions held at them
eventually led to the Constitutional Convention B) the delegates agreed that the Articles of Confederation were too weak
and must be abandoned C) the meetings settled most of the problems of the Articles of Confederation and postponed the
enactment of the Constitution for several years D) the meetings generated discussions from which the Virginia Plan of
government emerged E) the meetings rallied supporters of the Articles of confederation and renewed their determination
to maintain them
18. In the 1790s, which of the following elements of Hamilton’s economic plan caused the greatest debate? A) assumption of
states’ debts at par value B) creating a Bank of the United States C) levying a tax on whiskey D) levying customs duties
on imports E) taxing the slave trade
19. During the Civil War era, the slave states of Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri all A) participated in the
northern blockade of the South B) remained in the Union C) agreed to end slavery before the end of the war D) voted for
Lincoln in 1860 and 1864 E) eventually joined the Confederacy
20. The principal reason the Whig Party formed in the 1830s was to A) oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson B) send a
stronger religious message to the nation C) oppose immigrants, especially Irish Catholic D) spread slavery into the
western territories E) counter the growing influence of “slave power”
21. After the Civil War, the Freedmen’s Bureau had its greatest success in A) halting the rise of the Ku Klux Klan B)
enforcing the Fourteenth Amendment C) distributing land to former slaves D) arbitrating labor disputes between former
slavers and their masters E) providing educational opportunities for former slaves
22. The growth of the market economy between 1815 and 1850, caused farmers to A) gear their production to family needs
and local markets B) depend on government regulation of railroads C) barter for goods they could not produce
themselves D) specialize in only one or two crops to sell E) purchase fewer manufactured goods
23. Which of the following is true about the Coercive Acts of 1774? A) they punished all of the colonies for the actions of
Massachusetts B) they were a direct result of the Boston Tea Party C) their passage marked the first time Parliament
had heeded colonial protest D) they precipitated the first unified colonial protest movement E) British merchants
convinced Parliament to repeal them
24. Which of the following actions did Congress take shortly after the Chesapeake/Leopard affair? A) it passed the embargo
Act B) it authorized privateers to attack British shipping C) it sought an alliance with Spain D) it enacted Macon’s Bill # 2
E) it declared war on England
25. the treaty of Paris, which ended the French and Indian War, provided that A) France would retain control of all land west
of the Mississippi B) Indians would receive a large reservation on the Ohio River C) the English colonies would be
exempt from the Trade and Navigation Acts D) England would cede Florida to Spain in return for Louisiana E) France
would surrender its North American territories east of the Mississippi river to England