AP U.S. HISTORY

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AP U.S. HISTORY

• 1st SEMESTER
• FINAL EXAM
• REVIEW

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THE FINAL

• 100 multiple choice questions 1 essay
• 75 minutes for MC 40 for essay
• 48 multiple choice questions from Units 9 10
• 12 from each chapter (28, 29, 30, 31)
• 52 multiple choice questions with 5 possibilities
  from Units 1-8, including some from Units
  9 10
• 14 or 27 of those 52 will come from 1607-1789
• 38 or 73 will come from 1789-1914
• Essay TWO of the study questions will be on the
  exam, you must choose one of them

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Units 9 10
Contrary to the theory, the city served as a
safety valve by providing

• a home for new immigrants.
• (B) recreational activities for its inhabitants.
• (C) a home for failed farmers and busted miners.
• (D) none of the above.

C
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Units 9 10
In 1888 and 1892 the major issue of the
presidential election was ____, but in 1896 it
was ____.

• civil-service reform free silver
• (B) tariff policy free silver
• (C) free silver tariff policy
• (D) antitrust legislation tariff policy

B
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Units 9 10
By supporting the repeal of the Sherman Silver
Purchase Act, Grover Cleveland

• allowed gold to be bled away from the U.S.
  Treasury.
• (B) contributed to a devastating round of
  inflation.
• (C) brought on the Depression of 1893.
• (D) disrupted his party at the very outset of his
  administration.

D
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Units 9 10
The Rough Riders, organized principally by
Teddy Roosevelt,

• were a well-disciplined fighting force.
• (B) were commanded by Colonel Leonard Wood.
• (C) managed to take San Juan Hill unassisted.
• (D) consisted primarily of Roosevelts
  upper-class friends.

B
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Units 9 10
American imperialists who advocated acquisition
of the Philippines especially stressed

• their strategic advantage for American naval
  operations.
• (B) their economic potential for American trading
  profits.
• (C) the opportunity they presented for Christian
  missionary work.
• (D) the Filipinos preference that they become an
  American protectorate.

B
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Units 9 10
The Philippine insurrection was finally broken in
1901 when

• American troops overwhelmed the Filipino rebels.
• (B) the islands were given their independence.
• (C) the Senate passed a resolution pledging
  eventual independence for the Philippines.
• (D) Emilio Aguinaldo, the Filipino leader, was
  captured.

D
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Units 9 10
In response to the Boxer Rebellion, the United
States

• refused to accept any indemnity for losses that
  it incurred while putting down the uprising.
• (B) abandoned its time-honored principles of
  nonentanglement.
• (C) sent money but no troops to help a
  multinational force to crush the uprising.
• (D) became a Far Eastern power.

B
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Review
A major defect in the national government
established by the Articles of Confederation was
that it lacked

• a means of amending the Articles
• (B) the authority to tax
• (C) the power to declare war
• (D) the authority to make treaties
• (E) a legislative branch

B
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Review
As originally ratified, the United States
Constitution provided for

• political parties
• (B) a presidential cabinet
• (C) the direct election of senators
• (D) an electoral college
• (E) a two-term presidential limit

D
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Review
Which of the following statements about woman
suffrage is true?
(A) The six states of New England were the first
to have complete woman suffrage. (B) Woman
suffrage was introduced in the South during
Radical Reconstruction. (C) No state granted
woman suffrage before 1900. (D) The only states
with complete woman suffrage before 1900 were
west of the Mississippi. (E) California and
Oregon were the first states to have complete
woman suffrage.
D
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Review
The Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 were notable
accomplishments because they
(A) established the principle that western lands
are the joint property of all the states. (B)
initiated a territorial policy that provided for
the orderly creation of new states. (C) made
possible a policy of Native American relations
that enabled new western areas to be settled
peacefully. (D) put land into the hands of the
actual settler rather than the speculator. (E)
were the basis for the future settlement of the
dispute with Britain over the northwest posts.
B
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Review
The primary motive of those who founded the
British colony of Virginia during the 17th
century was the

• desire for religious freedom
• (B) desire to create a perfect religious
  commonwealth as an example to the rest of the
  world
• (C) desire for economic gain
• (D) desire to recreate in the New World the story
  of feudalistic society that was fading in the Old
• (E) desire to increase the power and glory of
  Great Britain

C
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Review
The Compromise of 1850 did which of the
following?

• Admitted Texas to the Union as a slave state.
• (B) Admitted California to the Union under the
  principles of popular sovereignty.
• (C) Prohibited slavery in the District of
  Columbia.
• (D) Enacted a more stringent fugitive slave law.
• (E) Adjusted the Texas-Mexico boundary.

D
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Review
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions took the
position that
(A) only the United States Supreme Court had the
power to restrict freedom of speech and
press. (B) Congress was responsible for
maintaining the vitality of a "loyal opposition"
political party. (C) only fiscal measures
initiated by state legislatures could be acted on
by Congress. (D) the authority of state
governments included the power to decide whether
or not an act of Congress was constitutional. (E)
the "supremacy clause" of the Constitution
applied only to foreign affairs.
D
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Review
Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts
Bay in 1636 for advocating

• the separation of church and state
• (B) womens suffrage
• (C) bigamy
• (D) the export of tobacco
• (E) independence from England

A
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Review
Congress brought impeachment proceedings against
Andrew Johnson primarily because
(A) Johnson sought to block the punitive aspects
of Congressional
Reconstruction (B) Johnsons Republican policies
had fallen out of favor with the Democratic
majority (C) the Johnson administration was
riddled with corruption (D) Johnsons pro-North
bias was delaying the readmission of southern
states to the Union (E) many Congressmen
personally disliked Johnson, although they
agreed with his policies
A
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Review
In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned
against

• deficit spending by the government.
• (B) foreign entanglements and the formation of
  political parties.
• (C) excessive use of Executive power.
• (D) protests by western farmers over excise
  taxes.
• (E) government reliance on excise taxes.

B
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Review

• The goals of educational reformers in the
  antebellum years included all of the following
  EXCEPT

• compulsory school-attendance laws.
• (B) the use of state and local tax money to
  finance public education.
• (C) the establishment of teacher-training
  schools.
• (D) a standardized length for the school year.
• (E) federal financing of secondary education.

E
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Review

• Farmers were slow to organize and promote their
  interests because they

• were by nature independent and individualistic.
• (B) did not possess the money necessary to
  establish a national political movement.
• (C) were divided by the wealthier, more powerful
  manufacturers and railroad barons.
• (D) were too busy trying to eke out a living.

A
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Review

• The most popular feature of the Wilson-Gorman
  Tariff was

• an income tax.
• (B) the help that it gave to sugar growers.
• (C) the drastically lowered tariff.
• (D) raising of the tariff on agricultural
  products.

A
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Review

• The financial programs of Alexander Hamilton
  included all of the following EXCEPT

• funding of the national debt
• (B) nullification of all private debts to the
  states
• (C) imposition of a tax on distilled liquor
• (D) establishment of the Bank of the United
  States
• (E) assumption of all state debts

B
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Review

• The United States declared war on Spain even
  though the Spanish had already agreed to

• sign an armistice with the Cuban rebels.
• (B) accept Cuban independence.
• (C) transfer Cuba to American possession.
• (D) apologize for the sinking of the Maine.

A
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Review

• Jefferson's purchase of Louisiana had its origins
  in his desire to

• remove the French from forts along the
  Mississippi valley
• (B) acquire a port to provide an outlet for
  western crops
• (C) acquire territory for the expansion of
  slavery
• (D) oppose New England federalism
• (E) demonstrate friendship for the French in the
  Napoleonic Wars

B
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Review

• The Republicans won the 1900 election mainly
  because of

• their support of imperialism.
• (B) public opposition to a third term for Grover
  Cleveland.
• (C) their support of freedom abroad.
• (D) the prosperity achieved during McKinleys
  first term.

D