APUSH history exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following became increasingly common in the eighteenth century as a result of
increased trade? - CORRECT ANSWER- Taverns
Identify the correct chronological order of the following events beginning with the earliest. -
CORRECT ANSWER- Stamp act, Declatory act, Tea act, Intolerable act
The idea of republicanism was advanced by Thomas Paine during the American Revolution. In
which of the following is the principle most clearly evident? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
legislative branch
Which of the following was a direct response to the Federalists' attempt to fine and imprison
anyone who criticized the government? - CORRECT ANSWER- The Virginia and Kentucky
Resolutions
In a country so new and so extensive as ours, there is room enough for all the general and state
governments and individuals in which to exert their resources. But many of the improvements
contemplated are on too great a scale for the resources of the states or individuals. . .They require
the resources and the general superintendence of the government to effect ...
John C. Calhoun, Speech to the U.S. House of Representatives (1817)
The speech shown above clearly favors - CORRECT ANSWER- the American system
"On Civil Disobedience" was an essay that influenced the actions of both Mahatma Gandhi and
Martin Luther King, Jr., in a later century. It was written by - CORRECT ANSWER- Henry
David Thoreau
The painting shown above immortalized what tragic event? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
Trail of Tears
, In 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was adopted. Which of the following statements best explains how
it relates to Manifest Destiny? - CORRECT ANSWER- It was intended to promote
democracy by threatening to intervene if a new democracy in the Americas was threatened by
outside powers.
The incident between Senator Charles Sumner and Congressman Preston Brooks in 1856
indicated that - CORRECT ANSWER- sectional violence over the issue of slavery in the
territories had spread to the floor of Congress
The Compromise of 1877 - CORRECT ANSWER- effectively ended Reconstruction, as
federal troops were withdrawn from the South and Hayes was named president
The process illustrated in the map above - CORRECT ANSWER- triggered extensive
demographic and social change
The most devastating impact of the Spanish conquest and exploration was - CORRECT
ANSWER- the spread of deadly epidemics.
"For I knew that they were a people who could be more easily freed and converted to our holy
faith by love than by force, gave to some of them red caps, and glass beads to put round their
necks, and many other things of little value, which gave them great pleasure, and made them so
much our friends....It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything....They have
no iron, their darts being wands without iron, some of them having a fish's tooth at the
end....They should be good servants and intelligent, for I observed that they quickly took in what
was said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians as it appeared to me
that they had no religion."
Christopher Columbus upon reaching the West Indies, 1492
The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during his First Voyage, 1492-93) and Documents
Relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real (London: Hakluyt Society, 1893),
37 - CORRECT ANSWER- because it exemplified the very different worldview of
American Indians.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which of the following became increasingly common in the eighteenth century as a result of
increased trade? - CORRECT ANSWER- Taverns
Identify the correct chronological order of the following events beginning with the earliest. -
CORRECT ANSWER- Stamp act, Declatory act, Tea act, Intolerable act
The idea of republicanism was advanced by Thomas Paine during the American Revolution. In
which of the following is the principle most clearly evident? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
legislative branch
Which of the following was a direct response to the Federalists' attempt to fine and imprison
anyone who criticized the government? - CORRECT ANSWER- The Virginia and Kentucky
Resolutions
In a country so new and so extensive as ours, there is room enough for all the general and state
governments and individuals in which to exert their resources. But many of the improvements
contemplated are on too great a scale for the resources of the states or individuals. . .They require
the resources and the general superintendence of the government to effect ...
John C. Calhoun, Speech to the U.S. House of Representatives (1817)
The speech shown above clearly favors - CORRECT ANSWER- the American system
"On Civil Disobedience" was an essay that influenced the actions of both Mahatma Gandhi and
Martin Luther King, Jr., in a later century. It was written by - CORRECT ANSWER- Henry
David Thoreau
The painting shown above immortalized what tragic event? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
Trail of Tears
, In 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was adopted. Which of the following statements best explains how
it relates to Manifest Destiny? - CORRECT ANSWER- It was intended to promote
democracy by threatening to intervene if a new democracy in the Americas was threatened by
outside powers.
The incident between Senator Charles Sumner and Congressman Preston Brooks in 1856
indicated that - CORRECT ANSWER- sectional violence over the issue of slavery in the
territories had spread to the floor of Congress
The Compromise of 1877 - CORRECT ANSWER- effectively ended Reconstruction, as
federal troops were withdrawn from the South and Hayes was named president
The process illustrated in the map above - CORRECT ANSWER- triggered extensive
demographic and social change
The most devastating impact of the Spanish conquest and exploration was - CORRECT
ANSWER- the spread of deadly epidemics.
"For I knew that they were a people who could be more easily freed and converted to our holy
faith by love than by force, gave to some of them red caps, and glass beads to put round their
necks, and many other things of little value, which gave them great pleasure, and made them so
much our friends....It appeared to me to be a race of people very poor in everything....They have
no iron, their darts being wands without iron, some of them having a fish's tooth at the
end....They should be good servants and intelligent, for I observed that they quickly took in what
was said to them, and I believe that they would easily be made Christians as it appeared to me
that they had no religion."
Christopher Columbus upon reaching the West Indies, 1492
The Journal of Christopher Columbus (during his First Voyage, 1492-93) and Documents
Relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real (London: Hakluyt Society, 1893),
37 - CORRECT ANSWER- because it exemplified the very different worldview of
American Indians.
