Period 4 Practice Questions AP Classroom

Question 1

The use of federal funds for the building of the national road
The purchase of the Louisiana territory from France
The acquisition of Florida from Spain
The securing of navigation rights on Mississippi River

Answer 1

The purchase of the Louisiana territory from France

Question 2

Encouraging support for the United stress annexation of Alaska
Extending United States influence over North America
Warning Americans about the dangers of permanent foreign alliances
Making a case for a federal navy to patrol domestic and international waters

Answer 2

Extending United States influence over North America

Question 3

The creation of the Monroe doctrine
The approval of the Louisiana purchase
The abolition of the international slave trade
The passage of the Missouri compromise

Answer 3

The creation of the Monroe doctrine

Question 4

Passage of the northwest ordinance
Negotiations of the Adams-Onis Treaty
Passage of the Missouri compromise
Settlement of the Mexican war
Passage of the compromise of 1850

Answer 4

Passage of the Missouri compromise

Question 5

Women were the moral and spiritual strength of the family
Women were naturally suited to become ministers
Women played a subordinate role to men in parenting children
Women had earned the right to vote due to their important role as mothers
Women should limit the number of their children by delaying marriage

Answer 5

Women were the moral and spiritual strength of the family

Question 6

A majority of white citizens held slaves; therefore, they felt obligated to ensure the preservation of slavery
The attitudes of White citizens regarding the motives of slave rebellions differed by region within the South
A majority of poor white citizens benefitted economically from having enslaved African Americans do the manual labor that White citizens did not want to
The slave system gave poor white citizens the feeling of social superiority over the free and enslaved African Americans in a culture where African Americans held little power

Answer 6

The slave system gave poor white citizens the feeling of social superiority over the free and enslaved African

Question 7

Southern states banned the importation of slaves from Africa
Northerners agreed that slavery was a positive institution for society
Additional restrictions were placed on enslaved and free African Americans
The majority of slaveholders moved toward using alternative forms of labor

Answer 7

Additional restrictions were placed on enslaved and free African Americans

Question 8

Southern states had the authority to restrict free African Americans from owning firearms
The immorality of slavery had a widespread corrupting effect on southern culture
The constitution held that the enslaved people were legally considered property
Southern interests depended on the labor of enslaved people, while the contributions of poor white citizens were minimal

Answer 8

The immorality of slavery had a widespread corrupting effect on southern culture

Question 9

The establishment of tariffs on textiles to protect domestic cotton production
The emergence of an abolitionist movement during the second great awakening.
The increase of prosperity caused by the production of manufactured goods
The development of regional cultures increasingly defined by the presence of enslaved people

Answer 9

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

Question 10

There were more black people than white people in the antebellum south
Most southern families held slaves
Most southern families lived in rural areas
The southern population was much smaller than that of the North
Slaveholders we’re an extremely powerful group

Answer 10

Most southern families held slaves

Question 11

Prioritized regional interests
Discourages international trade
Sought to protect United States manufacturing
Supported the interests of organized labor unions

Answer 11

Prioritized regional interests

Question 12

Balance between individual freedom and public order
Expansion of slavery into the western territories
Priorities of a United States foreign policy
Relationship between the federal government and the states

Answer 12

Relationship between the federal government and the states

Question 13

The entry of the Mexican American war
The passage of the Kansas Nebraska act
The secession of most southern states
The ratification of the fourteenth amendment

Answer 13

The secession of most southern states

Question 14

The extension of commerce with Native Americans
The expansion of access to markets
The growth in the internal slave trade
The increase in semi subsistence agricultural production

Answer 14

The expansion of access to markets

Question 15

The opposition of some political leaders to providing federal funds for public works
The failure of some infrastructure projects to recover their costs
The recruitment of immigrant laborers to work on new transportation projects

Answer 15

The opposition of some political leaders to providing federal funds for public works

Question 16

The invention of he mechanical reaper in the 1830s
The annexation of Texas in the 1840s
The growth of political party competition in the 1850s
The completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the 1860s

Answer 16

The completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the 1860s

Question 17

The construction of a national highway system
The establishment of different time zones across the country
The building of canals and roads
The use of diesel engines

Answer 17

The building of canals and roads

Question 18

The drawing of a boundary line to discourage settlers from moving west of appalachians
The establishment of a national bank to promote more stability in financial transactions
The calls for the unites states annexation of French and Spanish territories in the Mississippi River valley
The creation of more interconnected and efficient markets for consumer goods

Answer 18

The creation of more interconnected and efficient markets for consumer goods

Question 19

Immigrants from Western Europe
American Indians
Mexicans who remainder in the southwestern United States
African Americans

Answer 19

Immigrants from Western Europe

Question 20

The purchase of automobiles by most households in the United States
The extension of electrical power to most homes in the United States
The completion of transcontinental railroads
The development and use of the cotton gin in the south

Answer 20

The completion of transcontinental railroads

Question 21

The second great awakening
States rights
Manifest destiny
American nationalism

Answer 21

The second great awakening

Question 22

The decline of slavery in southern states as a result of gradual emancipation laws
The increasingly restrictive nature of slavery in the south enforced by stronger slave codes
The expanding use of moral arguments by Northern activists
The growing tendency among southern slaveholders to justify slavery as a positive good

Answer 22

The growing tendency among southern slaveholders to justify slavery as a positive good

Question 23

Southern democrats
Southern planters
Northern abolitionists
Northern merchants

Answer 23

Northern abolitionists

Question 24

Data showing changes in the number of textile mills
Data showing population growth in the west
Data showing the growth of the slave population
Data showing changes in cotton production and price

Answer 24

Data showing changes in the number of textile mills

Question 25

A sharp decline in regional differences
The emergence of new ideas about the proper roles of husbands and wives
A decline in the income gap between those in the wealthiest class and those in the working class
An increase in the importance placed on extended family relationships

Answer 25

The emergence of new ideas about the proper roles of husbands and wives

Question 26

The emergence of new forms of transportation
The increased number of women in the paid workforce
The emergence of southern opposition to tariffs
The decline to slavery in the Northeast

Answer 26

The emergence of new forms of transportation