AMH 2010 - FINAL ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ 13th amendment.
Answer: 1865, abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime, was not
fully enforced as Black Codes left blacks both discriminated and segregated
◍ Andrew Johnson.
Answer: 17th president, 1865-1869, succeed Lincoln, The Reconstruction
president, he was impeached, southern Democrat
◍ How does the Irish Potato Famine (mid-19th century) connect to the
Columbian Exchange that began in the late 15th century?.
Answer: Potatoes, native to Peru, had no pests when first brought to Europe;
when the potato's natural enemy arrived in the 19th century, the potatoes
lacked resistance.
◍ What helps explain why Columbus' journey to the New World had a larger
influnce than the Vikings, who arrived centuries before?.
Answer: The revolution in printing.
◍ Which of the following is true regarding King Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella's support of Columbus?.
Answer: They were in part motivated by a larger policy of religious
conformity and intolerance.
◍ Why did Columbus and his sponsors want to go west?.
Answer: To find another route to Asia in order to prevent the Ottomans from
profiting from the west to east trade. To trade for spices, which were
important for use in food preservation and religious rituals.Because spices
were lightweight and relatively profitable to transport over long distances.
,◍ Charles Sumner.
Answer: 1811-1874, Senator from Mass, anti slavery, fought with
ex-Confederates regarding equal rights for freedman
◍ Congressional Reconstruction.
Answer: also known as Radical reconstruction, after 1865
◍ Who is Dr. Spencer Wells?.
Answer: A geneticist who investigates early human migrations through
DNA analysis.
◍ Dred Scott v. Sanford.
Answer: 1857, slave that moved from master-to-master, tried to sue for his
freedom, only congress could confirm national citizenship
◍ What is significant about Carapella's map?.
Answer: It provides a glimpse at the diversity of Native American tribes.
◍ Which of the following is an element of historical thinking?.
Answer: Considering the context (time and place) of events, situations, and
ideas in order to understand how and why such events, situations, and ideas
came to be.
◍ Which of the following is true?.
Answer: History is a dynamic field in which new sources and new
perspectives challenge what we thought we knew about the past.
◍ Which of the following should be included in history essays or discussion
board posts?.
Answer: Specific details from specific sources, which provide evidence to
support your argument.
◍ Which of the following describes the Columbian Exchange?.
Answer: It was the transfer of diseases, plants, and animals between the Old
World and the New World.Far more deadly diseases were transferred from
the Old World to the New World because of the Old World practice of
domesticating animals.Its consequences are still visible today.
,◍ Emancipation Proclamation.
Answer: 1863, changed status of slaves in south from slave to free, only
freed slaves in 10 states, led to many slaves joining the Union
◍ The size of Tenochtitlan compared to European cities (in the early 1500s)
suggests that....
Answer: The Aztecs had a more advanced civilization than Europeans gave
them credit for
◍ Which of the following would be a good primary source to use for
researching the social relations of the Puritans who settled Massachusetts in
the 1630s?.
Answer: The record of the Trial and Interrogation of Anne Hutchinson, from
1637, available online through Swarthmore College,
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/30-hut.html.
◍ Who settled America first?.
Answer: People who had first travelled out of Africa, across Asia, across the
Bering Land Bridge, and then down the West Coast and across the
continents of the New World.
◍ First Civil Rights Act.
Answer: 1866, provided citizenship and rights for all, predecessor to the
14th amendment, when it was brought to Andrew Johnson he vetoed it,
◍ Which of the following is a primary source that would be used to investigate
the rise of racial slavery in 17th century Virginia?.
Answer: Virginia laws created in the 1660s and 1670s relating to servants
and slaves.
◍ Fugitive Slave Act.
Answer: 1850, part of the compromise of 1850 between North and South,
required captured slaves be returned to their masters
◍ Gettysburg Address.
Answer: 1863, Lincoln goes to Gettysburg battlefield, 2 minute speech, used
, poetic and biblical language in speech, clear connection between ideals of
American rev in speech
◍ Which of the following could be used as a primary source when researching
20th century (1900s) American views of colonial America?.
Answer: Disney's Pocahontas, 1995.
◍ What did Dr. Jon Parmenter explain about the role that Pocahontas had
actually played?.
Answer: Pocahontas attempted to mediate between the English and the
Natives, and so did not intend to betray her people by favoring the English.
◍ Lincoln-Douglass Debates.
Answer: 1858, both were running for Illinois senate, Lincoln argues against
spreading slavery to new states, Douglass argues for popular sovereignty
◍ Harper's Ferry.
Answer: 1859, John Brown leads an armed revolt on Harper's Ferry which is
a US arsenal, radical Calvinist, felt revolt was only way slavery would end
◍ According to eminent historian Bernard Bailyn, how did the Pilgrim's
religious belief of a fated struggle against "agents of Satan" influence their
actions?.
Answer: The Pilgrims' brutality during the Pequot War.
◍ Which side, as Bailyn points out, wanted to "wipe" their opponent "off the
map," thus expressing a goal of genocide?.
Answer: European settlers.
◍ Indian Removal Act.
Answer: 1830, signed by Andrew Jackson, removed Indians to territory
WEST of Mississippi River, led to deadly march known as Trail of Tears
after Cherokee tried to defy their removal
◍ Harriet Tubman.
Answer: Underground railroad conductor, born as a slave in 1820 in
Maryland, fled slavery in 1849, active in abolitionist and suffragist
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ 13th amendment.
Answer: 1865, abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime, was not
fully enforced as Black Codes left blacks both discriminated and segregated
◍ Andrew Johnson.
Answer: 17th president, 1865-1869, succeed Lincoln, The Reconstruction
president, he was impeached, southern Democrat
◍ How does the Irish Potato Famine (mid-19th century) connect to the
Columbian Exchange that began in the late 15th century?.
Answer: Potatoes, native to Peru, had no pests when first brought to Europe;
when the potato's natural enemy arrived in the 19th century, the potatoes
lacked resistance.
◍ What helps explain why Columbus' journey to the New World had a larger
influnce than the Vikings, who arrived centuries before?.
Answer: The revolution in printing.
◍ Which of the following is true regarding King Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella's support of Columbus?.
Answer: They were in part motivated by a larger policy of religious
conformity and intolerance.
◍ Why did Columbus and his sponsors want to go west?.
Answer: To find another route to Asia in order to prevent the Ottomans from
profiting from the west to east trade. To trade for spices, which were
important for use in food preservation and religious rituals.Because spices
were lightweight and relatively profitable to transport over long distances.
,◍ Charles Sumner.
Answer: 1811-1874, Senator from Mass, anti slavery, fought with
ex-Confederates regarding equal rights for freedman
◍ Congressional Reconstruction.
Answer: also known as Radical reconstruction, after 1865
◍ Who is Dr. Spencer Wells?.
Answer: A geneticist who investigates early human migrations through
DNA analysis.
◍ Dred Scott v. Sanford.
Answer: 1857, slave that moved from master-to-master, tried to sue for his
freedom, only congress could confirm national citizenship
◍ What is significant about Carapella's map?.
Answer: It provides a glimpse at the diversity of Native American tribes.
◍ Which of the following is an element of historical thinking?.
Answer: Considering the context (time and place) of events, situations, and
ideas in order to understand how and why such events, situations, and ideas
came to be.
◍ Which of the following is true?.
Answer: History is a dynamic field in which new sources and new
perspectives challenge what we thought we knew about the past.
◍ Which of the following should be included in history essays or discussion
board posts?.
Answer: Specific details from specific sources, which provide evidence to
support your argument.
◍ Which of the following describes the Columbian Exchange?.
Answer: It was the transfer of diseases, plants, and animals between the Old
World and the New World.Far more deadly diseases were transferred from
the Old World to the New World because of the Old World practice of
domesticating animals.Its consequences are still visible today.
,◍ Emancipation Proclamation.
Answer: 1863, changed status of slaves in south from slave to free, only
freed slaves in 10 states, led to many slaves joining the Union
◍ The size of Tenochtitlan compared to European cities (in the early 1500s)
suggests that....
Answer: The Aztecs had a more advanced civilization than Europeans gave
them credit for
◍ Which of the following would be a good primary source to use for
researching the social relations of the Puritans who settled Massachusetts in
the 1630s?.
Answer: The record of the Trial and Interrogation of Anne Hutchinson, from
1637, available online through Swarthmore College,
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/30-hut.html.
◍ Who settled America first?.
Answer: People who had first travelled out of Africa, across Asia, across the
Bering Land Bridge, and then down the West Coast and across the
continents of the New World.
◍ First Civil Rights Act.
Answer: 1866, provided citizenship and rights for all, predecessor to the
14th amendment, when it was brought to Andrew Johnson he vetoed it,
◍ Which of the following is a primary source that would be used to investigate
the rise of racial slavery in 17th century Virginia?.
Answer: Virginia laws created in the 1660s and 1670s relating to servants
and slaves.
◍ Fugitive Slave Act.
Answer: 1850, part of the compromise of 1850 between North and South,
required captured slaves be returned to their masters
◍ Gettysburg Address.
Answer: 1863, Lincoln goes to Gettysburg battlefield, 2 minute speech, used
, poetic and biblical language in speech, clear connection between ideals of
American rev in speech
◍ Which of the following could be used as a primary source when researching
20th century (1900s) American views of colonial America?.
Answer: Disney's Pocahontas, 1995.
◍ What did Dr. Jon Parmenter explain about the role that Pocahontas had
actually played?.
Answer: Pocahontas attempted to mediate between the English and the
Natives, and so did not intend to betray her people by favoring the English.
◍ Lincoln-Douglass Debates.
Answer: 1858, both were running for Illinois senate, Lincoln argues against
spreading slavery to new states, Douglass argues for popular sovereignty
◍ Harper's Ferry.
Answer: 1859, John Brown leads an armed revolt on Harper's Ferry which is
a US arsenal, radical Calvinist, felt revolt was only way slavery would end
◍ According to eminent historian Bernard Bailyn, how did the Pilgrim's
religious belief of a fated struggle against "agents of Satan" influence their
actions?.
Answer: The Pilgrims' brutality during the Pequot War.
◍ Which side, as Bailyn points out, wanted to "wipe" their opponent "off the
map," thus expressing a goal of genocide?.
Answer: European settlers.
◍ Indian Removal Act.
Answer: 1830, signed by Andrew Jackson, removed Indians to territory
WEST of Mississippi River, led to deadly march known as Trail of Tears
after Cherokee tried to defy their removal
◍ Harriet Tubman.
Answer: Underground railroad conductor, born as a slave in 1820 in
Maryland, fled slavery in 1849, active in abolitionist and suffragist
