APUSH Exam Review

In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented

• colonial attempts to build a strong national government

• efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies

• steps in the growth of representative democracy

• early social reform movements

The British system of mercantilism was opposed by many American colonists because it

• placed limits on immigration

• discouraged the export of raw materials to England

• encouraged colonial agriculture

• placed restrictions on trading

The British benefited from their mercantilist relationship with the American colonies primarily by

• supporting the growth of colonial industries
• prohibiting colonists from fishing and fur trading
• taking large amounts of gold and silver from the southern colonies
• buying raw materials from the colonies and selling them as finished products

One reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian War was that the British

• sent effective leaders to govern colonial settlements
• required colonial representation in Parliament
• practiced salutary neglect in the colonies
• maintained a strong military presence in the colonies

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was the inability of the central government to

• (1) establish a postal system

• (2) collect adequate taxes from the states

• (3) control western lands

• (4) admit new states to the Union

During the 1790s, the primary goal of United States foreign policy was to

• preserve the nation’s neutrality during European conflicts

• increase the nation’s trade with Asia

• expand westward by signing new military alliances

• make the nation into a major colonial power

Henry Clay's proposed "American System" provided

• high protective tariffs and federal spending for internal improvements

• federal subsidies for American shipping and manufacturing

• a national system of railroads

• new amendments to the Constitution to strengthen the federal government in relation to the states

Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because

• it would hurt their manufacturing sector

• they believed that the federal power this bill represented could be used to suppress slavery

• it might hurt Andrew Jackson's political career

• they were convinced that it would destroy the American woolen industry

The Seneca Falls Convention launched the modern women's rights movement with its call for

• equal pay for equal work

• an equal rights amendment to the Constitution

• equal rights, including the right to vote

• equality of property rights in marriage laws

The immediate cause of the Mexican War was

• American refusal to pay Mexican claims for damage to its citizens

• Mexican refusal to sell California and a dispute over the Texas boundary

• Mexican support for the antislavery movement in Texas

• American determination to establish democracy in northern Mexico