APUSH Unit 5 Exam

Which of the following developments most directly led to the activities described in the excerpt?

• A prohibition on the northern extent of slavery in territories west of the Mississippi River

• The acquisition of significant territory following the Mexican-American War

• The vetoing of the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States

• The completion of the first transcontinental railroad to the Pacific Ocean

Which of the following developments resulted most directly from the gold rush described in the excerpt?

• An anti-Catholic movement arose in western mining communities.

• Plantation agriculture spread from the South to the Pacific coast.

• People from America, Europe, and Asia migrated to the region.

• The West Coast became a major industrial center for the United States.

The excerpt best reflects the development of which of the following?

• The emergence of an abolitionist movement in the western territories

• The widely held belief that the United States had a right to expand westward

• The increasing importance of cotton exports to the United States economy

• The debates about Native Americans and Mexican nationals dispossessed of land in California

Which of the following arguments about the Mexican-American War do the excerpts best support?

• It resulted in the first efforts at western expansion.

• It generated debates over citizenship.

• It ended sectional tensions between the North and South.

• It contributed to the elimination of the domestic slave trade.

Greenberg’s argument most differs from Hietala’s in that Greenberg claims that

• race was a defining factor in the tensions leading up to the Mexican-American War

• pioneers, not politicians, were a major factor in building the American empire

• most Americans believed that Mexicans in the new territories could not assimilate

• the granting of citizenship to people in the territories was welcomed by many Americans after the war

Both authors would most likely suggest that the historical situation described in the excerpts contributed to which of the following?

• The continued alteration of Native American culture and society

• The failure of Reconstruction policies to enforce constitutional amendments

• The debate over the rights of states to nullify federal laws

• The controversy over the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford

The excerpt best provides evidence about which of the following historical situations in the late 1840s?

• Increased conflict between urban immigrants and nativists

• Compromises between the Supreme Court and national leaders

• The expanding influence of the Northern abolitionist movement

• Growing sectional tensions caused by the Mexican-American War

. The speech given by Calhoun relates to which of the following?

• The effect of regional attitudes on federal policy making

• The ways in which immigration changed American culture

• The efforts by national leaders to expand the Pacific trade

• The widespread support for the immediate end of slavery

Which of the following can be concluded based on the situation in which Calhoun gave this speech?

• The United States attempted to establish trade with western American Indian nations.

• Americans debated how to integrate conquered territories into the United States.

• Americans wanted to access natural resources in the western North America.

• The United States sought to gain markets for its manufactured goods in East Asia.

The excerpt could best be used by historians studying which of the following?

• The development of new transportation technologies

• The emergence of nativist political parties

• The relocation of Native Americans from the South

• The growth of the abolition movement in the United States