1. 1. A
common characteristic of scalawags and carpetbaggers during Reconstruction was
that they A) helped to organize
resistance to the new southern government through the Ku Klux Klan B) formed the core of the teacher’s in the
Freedmen’s Bureau schools created in the South
C) cooperated with Republicans and blacks in the new southern
governments D) came into the South from
the North to exploit the region and enrich themselves E) were homeless southerners willing to do
anything to survive after the Civil War
2.
From 1790 to 1815, which of the
following foreign policy objectives was achieved by the United States? A) the nation maintained friendly relations
with France B) the nation achieved
ownership and control of the Mississippi River
C) the nation avoided war with Europe
D) the nation protected its territory from foreign invasion E) the nation secured a permanent boundary
between Canada and Maine
3.
At the end of the French and Indian
War the British realized that A)
salutary neglect of its American colonies was no longer an effective
policy B) long-term peace with France
was now possible C) the American
colonies must produce enough revenue to pay down the British national debt D) the colonies were on the verge of
revolution E) Spain was now the greatest
threat to the British colonies around the world
4.
All of the following were factors
contributing to the decline of the Federalist Party after the War of 1812 EXCEPT A) the Party’s association with the Hartford
Convention B) the rulings of the Supreme
Court under John Marshall C) the Party’s
unpatriotic behavior during the war D)
Monroe’s good-will tour of New England
E) the Republican Party’s adoptions of many Federalist policies
5.
The Ostend Manifesto, written during
the Pierce administration, suggested the United States might be justified in
acquiring A) Texas B) Mexico
C) Cuba D) Santa Domingo E) the Virgin Islands
6.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
provided for A) an extension of slavery
into the Ohio River Valley B) protection
for Indians in the Ohio River region C)
restrictions on the rights of citizens in new territories D)an orderly process for territories to
become states E) immediate statehood for
territories in the region
7.
While different political groups came
together to form the Republican Party in 1854, they were united by their A) commitment to the immediate abolition of
slavery B) opposition to the spread of
slavery into the territories C) support
for the American System of national economic development D) opposition to Irish-Catholic immigrants’
influence in society E) support for the
Kansas-Nebraska Act
8.
The main cause of Bacon’s Rebellion in
1676 was A) Indian-colonial clashes in
the Virginia backcountry B) unfair tax
policies by the Jamestown government C)
grievances against the indentured servant system D) growing trouble with convict labor in
Virginia E) tension between Virginia and
Maryland over the slave trade
9.
Which of the following groups would
have benefited most from enforcement of the Proclamation of 1763? A) African slaves B) frontier settlers C) Indians
D) New England merchants E)
Southern plantation owners
10.
Which of the following resulted from
the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848?
A) the Untied States annexed Texas into the Union B) Mexico paid the United States $15 million
in war reparations C) the United States
pledged to abolish slavery in the Mexican Cession D) the two countries agreed to establish the
pre-war status quo E) the United
States received uncontested ownership of Texas
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