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APUSH Semester Test
APUSH semester test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In the 1600s, Puritan New England family structure | was more stable than that of southern colonies |
| In much of the North, antislavery sentiments were fueled by all of the following except | encouragement and support from southern legislators |
| By the end of the American Revolution, most Native American tribes had | experienced a weakening of their power and independence |
| The wartime experiences of American women include all of the following except | momentarily gaining the right to vote in many northern states |
| In the early 1600s, the common characteristics of the English colonies included all of the following except | the made efforts to blend English society with native societies |
| The first enduring European settlement in New England was established by | a congregation of Puritan Separatists |
| The Pilgrims of Plymouth Plantation benefited from their relationship with the Indians in that | all answers below |
| Relationship between early Plymouth settlers and local Indians were | peaceful, since the local Indians were weaker than the settlers |
| The first governor of Plymouth Plantation was | William Bradford |
| The Massachusetts Bay colony was founded as | a business venture |
| The Massachusetts Bay colony exhibited all of the following characteristics except | it was granted less local autonomy than the other colonial experiments |
| For James the Duke of York, to take possession of the colony granted to him by his brother, Charles II, he had to use military force against | the Dutch |
| The economy of the northern colonies exhibited all of the following characteristics except | they had highly successful manufacturing |
| One problem with early American industries was | there was no commonly accepted currency |
| The rise of commerce in the English colonies was aided by | a group of adventurous entrepreneurs |
| All of the following were exports from the colonies either to Europe or Africa except | manufactured goods |
| Colonial cities displayed all of the following characteristics except | they had residents who were roughly equal in wealth |
| During its first few years, Jamestown suffered from | the debilitating effects of malaria |
| Virginia began to prosper when the governor changed from | a communal system of labor to private ownership of land |
| The survival and expansion of Virginia were due, in part, to | the discovery that tobacco would grow well there |
| The first successfully marketed colonial crop from the English colonies in North American was | tobacco |
| The colony of Virginia was the first English colony in North America to | all of the answers below |
| The system of temporary servitude in the New World | included a labor force that never volunteered to come to the colonies |
| During the late 1600s, the system of indentured servitude became less popular because | the English economy fell on hard times |
| All of the following groups were active in the slave trade in large numbers except | Italian seamen |
| During the entire time of the Atlantic slave trade, European and colonial slavers transported | 11 million Africans |
| All of the following are true about the transport of African slaves except | conditions varied little from ship to ship |
| During the 1600s and 1700s, the southern economy was characterized by all of the following conditions except | the development of a merchant class |
| In South Carolina during the early 1740s, a new staple crop was | indigo |
| In general, plantations in the American South can be described as | self-contained communities |
| The southern agrarian economy was dominated by | wealthy landowners |
| In 1781, the states ratified a plan of the decentralized national government of the United States that was called the | Articles of Confederation |
| Shay's Rebellion strengthened the movement to | produce a new national constitution |
| By 1786, even those who feared a strong centralized government agreed that the Confederation needed the power to | pass taxes |
| The men who wrote the Constitution resolved the question of sovereignty by deciding that in the US political power rested ultimately with the | people |
| To protect the nation from the “tyranny of the people,” the original U.S. Constitution provided that the people would directly elect only one part of the national government, the | House of Representatives |
| For the new U.S. Constitution to go into effect, it had to be ratified by | nine of the state ratifying conventions |
| In the 1830s, the two major political parties were the | Whigs and Democrats |
| Democratic Republicans would have been in favor of all the following except | The National Bank |
| National Republicans would have been in favor of all the following except | states' rights |
| All of the following would be major figures in the Democratic Republican Party except for | John Quincy Adams |
| All of the following would be major figures in the National Republican Party except for | Andrew Jackson |
| In the 1820s, the Republican Party was divided into two factions | National Republicans and the Democratic Republicans |
| If the National Republicans were in favor of a strong, national government, the Democratic Republicans were probably in favor of | a weak national government |
| The early railroads of the 1820s and 1830s primarily served as | linkages between water routes |
| During the 1840s and 1850s, railroads experienced all of the following developments except | they improved most in the Northwest |
| During the 1840s and 1850s, railroads experienced all of the following developments except | they improved most in the Northwest |
| Those cities along the East coast that were not able to successfully construct canals linked to the West were eventually able to | capitalize on the newly emerging railroad industry |
| One result of the development of canals was | increased settlement in the Northwest |
| The Erie Canal revolutionized domestic markets because it permitted the | transfer of goods from New York to New Orleans along inland waterways |
| The form of transportation that had the biggest impact on the 1830s was the | canal |
| The city that gained the most from the success of the Erie Canal was | New York |
| The economic revolution that transformed America between 1820 and 1860 brought all of the following changes except | the creation of a more united country |
| The rise of the factory began in the | textile industry in the Northeast |
| In the 1820s, one major problem faced by the growing factory system was the | lack of a large labor supply |
| The early Lowell or Waltham system used in the textile mills | was marked by good working conditions superior to those in England |
| In the early years of the U.S. factory system, working conditions for women and children were | better than in England |
| The Mid-Atlantic System recruited | New England farm families |
| Which system lead to the deterioration of working conditions in the factory? | Immigrant |
| The Lowell System recruited | young women only |
| Which of the following is NOT a system of recruiting factory labor? | Southern |
| The situation of women and immigrants in the factory system was similar in that they both | were powerless to affect pay rates or working conditions |
| Compared with the working conditions in the early 1800s, the condition of workers in 1840 had | become much worse |
| Where were the Mid-Atlantic factories located? | Northeast |
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