APUSH practice MC

Question 1

The flappers of the 1920’s challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting

a) a federal birth control and abortion rights protection law
b) gender equality in salaries
c) an equal rights amendment
d) greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior
e) a federal law to establish prenatal clinics in rural areas

Answer 1

d) greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior

Question 2

During the 1930’s, the Great Depression led to

a) he nationalization of major industries
b) the strengthening of the family unit and a higher birth rate
c) a decline in highway construction
d) a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work
e) a decrease in labor union membership

Answer 2

d) a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work

Question 3

The policy of containment justified by George Kennan’s 1947 analysis of the international situation, called for

a) blocking the expansion of the Soviet Union’s influence
b) curbing United States foreign investment to limit involvement in world conflict
c) liberating Eastern Europe from communism
d) destabilizing the Soviet Union
e) dividing Germany into zones administered by the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union

Answer 3

d) a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work

Question 4

The Dutch settled New Netherland primarily to

a) secure a refuge for the persecuted
b) check the growth of English colonies in North America
c) expand their commercial and mercantile network
d) gain colonies to produce agricultural surpluses
e) secure naval supplies

Answer 4

d) a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work

Question 5

Which of the following is true of the case of Marbury v. Madison?

a) It established that Congress had the sole right to formulate national legislation
b) It supported Thomas Jefferson in his claim to have “executive review”
c) It backed William Marbury in his request for a bank charter
d) It affirmed the principle of judicial review
e) It determined the Senate’s right to “advise and consent”

Answer 5

d) It affirmed the principle of judicial review

Question 6

After the Revolution, the concept of the “republican mother” suggested that

a) women would be responsible for raising their children, especially their sons, to be virtuous citizens of the young republic
b) voting would soon become a privilege granted to educated and/or married women
c) the first duty of mothers was t serve the needs of government
d) wives and mothers would be welcome in the emerging political parties
e) women’s virtues had been the inspiration for the ideals of the Revolution

Answer 6

a) women would be responsible for raising their children, especially their sons, to be virtuous citizens of the young republic

Question 7

All the following accurately describe Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France EXCEPT:

a) It opened the Mississipi River permanently to western farmers
b) It ended the threat of American Indian raids on western settlements
c) It was made possible by the failure of Napoleon’s forces to suppress a slave revolt in Haiti
d) It showed Jefferson’s considerable flexibility in dealing with foreign policy
e) It violated Jefferson’s own views concerning the strict construction of the Constitution

Answer 7

b) It ended the threat of American Indian raids on western settlements

Question 8

President Jackson resisted the admission of Texas into the Union in 1836 primarily because he

a) acknowledged the legitimacy of the Mexican government’s claim to Texas
b) feared that debate over the admission of Texas would ignite controversy about slavery
c) was ideologically opposed to territorial expansion
d) could find no support within his own party for admitting Texas
e) believed that admitting Texas would violate international law

Answer 8

b) It ended the threat of American Indian raids on western settlements

Question 9

The republican party originate in the mid-1850’s as a sectional party committed to which of the following?

a) Opposition to the further extension of slavery into the territories
b) immediate emancipation of the slaves
c) repeal of Whig economic policies
d) restriction of immigration
e) acknowledgement of popular sovereignty as the basis for organizing federal territories

Answer 9

b) It ended the threat of American Indian raids on western settlements

Question 10

In 1890 the most important source of revenue for the federal government was

a) income taxes
b) inheritance taxes
c) sales taxes
d) liquor taxes
e) customs duties

Answer 10

e) customs duties

Question 11

William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” oration was primarily an expression of his

a) fundamentalist religious beliefs
b) neutral stance toward the belligerents of the First World War
c) advocacy of free and unlimited coinage of silver
d) opposition to teaching the theory of evolution in public schools
e) anti-imperialist convictions

Answer 11

c) advocacy of free and unlimited coinage of silver

Question 12

The American home front in the Second World War is best describes as
a) politically divided over the window of the American war effort
b) unaffected by ethnic and racial tensions
c) economically invigorated by military spending
d0 rededicated to the reform of the New Deal
e) demoralized by food shortages

Answer 12

c) economically invigorated by military spending

Question 13

In which of the British North American colonies as slavery legally established by the early 1700’s?

a) the southern colonies only
b) the middle and southern colonies only
c) the tobaccoand rice-growing colonies only
d) all the colonies except Pennsylvania and the New England colonies
e) all the colonies

Answer 13

e) all the colonies

Question 14

In the United States, the Haitian rebellion of the 1790’s prompted

a) the acquisition of Puerto Rico for colonization by emancipated slaves
b) a movement of free African Americans to Haiti
c) the passage of a federal law increasing the severity of punishments for slave rebellions
d) an increased fear of slave revolts in the south
e) a military expedition of southern slaveholders to restore French rule in Haiti

Answer 14

d) an increased fear of slave revolts in the south

Question 15

Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct?

a) They were primarily engaged in military campaigns was of the MS
b) They were limited to noncombat duty
c) They were barred from receiving wards for valor in combat
d) For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank
e) For most of the war, they were led by African America officers

Answer 15

d) For most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank

Question 16

The strategic Arms Limitation Talks expanded trade with the Soviet Union, and President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of CHina were all facets of the policy of

a) brinkmanship
b) deterrence
c) detente
d) rollback
e) liberation

Answer 16

c) detente

Question 17

All of the following contributed to the passage of the 18th amendment legislating prohibition is 1919 EXCEPT

a) the continued efforts of the Anti-Saloon League
b) the fervor of the First World War Lending patriotism to the cause of prohibition
c) the Progressive belief in social reform
d) the cumulative impact of state prohibition laws
e) the high death toll from alcohol-related automobile accidents

Answer 17

e) the high death toll from alcohol-related automobile accidents

Question 18

In the decade following the 2nd WW, the Supreme Court decision that had the most widespread consequences concerned which of the following

a) Immigration policy
b) congressional reapportionment
c) the rights of minority groups
d) the jurisdiction of courts in determining war guilt
e) the federal government’s power of taxation

Answer 18

c) the rights of minority groups

Question 19

Prior to the Civil War, a transformation occurred in the workforce of the New England textile mills as New England farm girls were replaced by

a) French-Canadian immigrants
b) freed African Americans from the South
c) Irish immigrants
d) german immigrants
e) italian immigrants

Answer 19

c) Irish immigrants

Question 20

The primary power granted to the Civil Rights Commission created in 1957 was the authority to

a) investigating and report on cases involving discrimination
b) issue writs to enforce its decisions after a hearing
c) initiate court cases to challenge ender discrimination
d) fine employers found guilty of discriminatory hiring practices
e) grant monetary awards to victims of discrimination

Answer 20

a) investigating and report on cases involving discrimination

Question 21

During his presidency, Richard Nixon did which of the following?

a) supported the use of busing to end racial segregation in public schools
b) intensified conflict between the United States and Japan
c) abolished the Tennessee Valley Authority
d) ended American participation in the war in Vietnam
e) created the National Aeronautics and Space Admin

Answer 21

d) ended American participation in the war in Vietnam

Question 22

Which of the following was true of the United States Constitution convention?

a) it was built on a series of compromises
b) it provided exact specifications covering all aspects of government
c) it was a revised version of the English Constitution
d) it included a Bill of Rights
e) It allowed all male citizens over the age of 21 to vote

Answer 22

a) it was built on a series of compromises

Question 23

The Jefferson Administration advocated which of the following changed as a means of restoring republican ideals?

a) abolishing the bank of the United States
b) reducing the scope of activities of the federal government
c) discontinuing the funding of state debts
d) increasing the size of the United States military
e) adopting the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions at the national level

Answer 23

b) reducing the scope of activities of the federal government

Question 24

The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for

a) the prohibition of slavery in Louisiana Purchase territory
b) the primacy of federal law over state-legislated Black Codes
c) the abolition of the international slave trade
d) the prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War
e) federal return of fugitive slaves

Answer 24

d) the prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War

Question 25

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine expanded America’s role in

a) Central America and the Caribbean
b) the Philippines
c) North Africa
d) Asia
e) Europe

Answer 25

a) Central America and the Caribbean

Question 26

During the Great Depression. the federal government responded with force when

a) the communist-dominated Nation Mine Workers’ Union denounced the American government and flag
b) audiences booed newsreels showing President Herbert Hoover
c) mobs of farmers tried to prevent foreclosures on farms and threatened to lynch judges who allowed them
d) the Bonus Expeditionary Force encamped in Washington
e) protesters displayed “hoover flags”, empty pockets turned inside out

Answer 26

d) the Bonus Expeditionary Force encamped in Washington

Question 27

Which of the following is a correct statement about college-level education in the 20th century United States?

a) States universities increased scholarship aid during the Depression
b) Private universities raised admission standards during the 1940’s
c) the GI BIll financed the education of male students during the post-Second WW era
d) the “baby boomers” finished college in large numbers in the 1950’s
e) There was a sharp decline in college enrollment during the Vietnam War

Answer 27

c) the GI BIll financed the education of male students during the post-Second WW era

Question 28

“Reaganomics,” or supply-side economics, led to which of the following?

a) A decline in unemployment and poverty
b) Greater tax revenues than government expenditures
c) Large increases in the income of wealthy Americans
d) An increase in appropriations for school lunches
e) lower military expenditures than during the Carter Admin

Answer 28

c) Large increases in the income of wealthy Americans

Question 29

The leaders of the Progressive movement were primarily

a) farmers interested in improving agricultural production
b) immigrants activists attempting to change restrictive immigration laws
c) representatives of industries seeking higher tariff
d) workers concerned with establishing industrial unions
e) middle-class reformers concerned with urban and consumers issues

Answer 29

e) middle-class reformers concerned with urban and consumers issues

Question 30

The majority of While families in the antebellum South owned

a) more than 100 slaves
b) 50 - 100 slaves
c) 10-50 slaves
d) 5-10 slaves
e) no slaves

Answer 30

e) no slaves

Question 31

The Missouri Compromise did which of the following

a) prohibited slavery in all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase
b) PRovided for admission to the Union of all future states in pairs of one free, on slave
c) allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state
d) finally settle the question of congressional power over slavery in the territories
e) provided for the annexation of Texas

Answer 31

e) middle-class reformers concerned with urban and consumers issues

Question 32

One of the immediate consequences of the Tet offensive in 1968 was that

a) President Johnson completed the process of Vietnamization
b) North Vietnamese troops took control of Saigon
c) popular support for the war declines in the US
d) the South Vietnamese government was overthrown
e) congress gave greater support to President Johnson’s war policies

Answer 32

c) popular support for the war declines in the US

Question 33

All the following contributed to discontent among soldiers in the Continental Army EXCEPT

a) most soldiers were draftees
b) the soldiers feared for the welfare of families back home
c) the army had inadequate arms and ammunition
d) the army paid soldiers in depreciated paper money
e) the army was inadequately fed and clothed

Answer 33

a) most soldiers were draftees

Question 34

Jacob Rii’s How the Other Half Lives is a study of

a) Jim Crow segregation and its effect on African Americans
b) plight of the Great plains farmers in the 1890’s
c) immigrant urban poverty and despair in the 1890’s
d) the corruption in city political machines in the 1890’s
e) the rise of industrial capitalists in the late 19th century

Answer 34

c) immigrant urban poverty and despair in the 1890’s

Question 35

The Republican Presidents of the 1920’s favored

a) membership in the League of Nations
b) tax cuts for wealthy Americans
c) stringent federal regulation of American business
d) reduced American tariffs foreign imports
e) forgiveness of European war debts from the 1st WW

Answer 35

b) tax cuts for wealthy Americans

Question 36

From the 1880’s to the beginning of the New Deal, the dominant American Indian policy of the US government sought to

a) strengthen traditional tribal authority
b) relocate all America Indians to the OK territory
c) encourage American Indians to preserve their languages and religions
e) break up tribal landholdings

Answer 36

e) break up tribal landholdings

Question 37

Alexander Hamilton’s financial program was most favorable to

a) western farmers
b) war veterans
c) southern planters
d) eastern merchants
e) state bankers

Answer 37

d) eastern merchants

Question 38

The goal of the American Colonization Society was to

a) return freed slaves to Africa
b) recruit immigrants labor for American factories
c) assimilate recent immigrants into American society
d) extend US influence to overseas colonies
e) promote western expansion by funding internal improvements

Answer 38

a) return freed slaves to Africa

Question 39

Which of the following is true of the Golf of Tonkin Resolution?

a) it ended the vietnam war
b) it barely passed in Congress, reflecting the bitter division over American involvement in Vietnam
c) it was a statement of American policy that follow the Tet Offensive
d) it allowed the President to deploy combat troops in South Vietnam
e) it provided for the first peace negotiations between the US and North Vietnam

Answer 39

d) it allowed the President to deploy combat troops in South Vietnam

Question 40

The compromise of 1850 did which of the following?

a) admitted Texas to the Union as a slave state
b) prohibited slavery in DC
c) enacted a stringent fugitive slave law
d) adjusted the Teas-Mexico boundary

Answer 40

c) enacted a stringent fugitive slave law

Question 41

One means by which President Hoover attempted to fight the Great Depression was

a) the establishment of the TN valley
b) the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corps
c) a lowering of barriers to free trade
d) the early payment of bonuses to veterans
e) direct government air to the needy

Answer 41

b) the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corps