AP 1 st Semester Exam Review

1. AP 1st Semester Exam Review Questions, Questions, and Questions

2. Legislative Branch: • Makes laws, Congress • Executive Branch: • Enforces laws, President • Judicial Branch: • Interprets laws, Supreme Court

3. Court Cases • Marbury v. Madison—established judicial review • Dred Scott v. Sanford—established that slavery was legal in all parts of the U.S.—overturned by 13th amendment • Plessy v. Ferguson—established that segregation was legal as long as it was separate and equal—overturned by the Brown case in 1954

4. First Shots: Rev—Lexington Civil War—Fort Sumter • Turning Points: Rev.—Saratoga Civil War—Gettysburg • Final events: Rev.—Yorktown Civil War--Appomattox

5. Multiple Choice • Which colony was most known for religious toleration and introduced the idea of separation of church and state? a)Massachusetts b)Virginia c)Maryland d)Rhode Island e)Georgia

6. The most important point in the Gettysburg Address is that: • a)the Civil War validated states rights • b)that the democratic government of the U.S. shall not perish • c)”A house divided cannot stand” • d)that the dead cannot rest until slavery ends

7. Why did England lean toward supporting the South in the Civil War? • a)they liked slavery • b)they bought Southern cotton • c)they wanted to build factories in the South

8. How did the Mexican War lead to the Civil War? • a)issue of Spanish-speaking people • b)issue of slavery in the Western territories • c)issue of North and South fighting over mining rights

9. What French historian from the Jackson period wrote about Democracy in America? • a)Genet • b)Alexis de Tocqueville • c)Napoleon Bonaparte • d)Marquis de Montcalm

10. Henry Clay’s solution to balancing number of slave and free states in 1820: • a)Kansas-Nebraska Act • B) Missouri Compromise • C)American System

11. Which is NOT associated with American literature? • A)Washington Irving • B)Longfellow • C)Poe • D)James Fenimore Cooper • E)James Buchanan

12. Most famous colonial citizen before the Revolution: • A)Hamilton • B)Franklin • C)Adams • D)Dolly Madison

13. First Republican President: • A)Jackson • B)Polk • C)Lincoln • D)A. Johnson

14. Louisiana Purchase and Embargo Act: • A)Washington • B)Adams • C)Jefferson • D)Madison

15. Underground RR: • A)Sojourner Truth • B)Harriet Tubman • C)Frederick Douglass • D)Nat Turner

16. Founder of Federalist Party and Secretary of Treasury and founder of National Bank: • A)Hamilton • B)Adams • C)Burr • D)Washington

17. These Indians were killed at Mystic: • A)Pequot • B)Iroquois • C)Algonquin • D)Huron

18. Northern advantages in the Civil War do NOT include: a)Population b)Best generals c)Offensive war d)Railroads e)Factories and money

19. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions nullified: • Fugitive slave law • Alien and sedition acts • XYZ affair • Tariff of Abominations • 13th amendment

20. Traditional person who is slow to change: a)Moderate b)Liberal c)Conservative d)Radical e)reactionary

21. First ten amendments: a)Constitution b)Bill of Rights c)Declaration of Independence d)Magna Carta

22. Segregation after Reconstruction: a)Black Codes b)Slave Codes c)Jim Crow

23. Which group would be most likely to advocate abolitionism? a)Puritans b)Quakers c)Dutch settlers d)Whigs e)Anti-Federalists

24. An important result of the French and Indian War: a)British control of North America b)Taxes on colonists c)End of Salutary neglect d)Military experience for Americans e)All of these

25. Which does NOT belong as a primary cause for the War of 1812? a)freedom of the seas b)impressments c)settlement rights in the Ohio Valley d)ambition of U.S. to take over Canada e)ambition of England to retake the U.S.

26. Virtual representation was Parliament’s answer to which quoted idea? • “Give me liberty or give me death” • “Join or die” • “I only regret that I have just one life to give to my country • “No taxation without representation” • “We hold these truths to be self-evident….”

27. What most led to the French aiding the colonies in the war for independence? a)Victory at Saratoga b)Albany Plan of Union c)Second Continental Congress d)Jefferson’s plea

28. What led the founding fathers to write a constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation? a)Shays’ Rebellion b)No army c)No executive branch d)Lack of a strong government to regulate trade e)All of these

29. What is NOT an important feature of Washington’s Presidency? a)Established cabinet b)Paid state debts c)Put down Whiskey Rebellion d)Established diplomatic ties with England and France e)Purchased Louisiana

30. Which president is incorrectly paired? a)Jefferson—Revolution of 1800 b)Madison—War of 1812 c)Monroe—Era of Good Feeling d)John Q. Adams—democracy for the common man e)Jackson—kitchen cabinet

31. Most known for transcendentalism and passive resistance: a)Frederick Douglass b)Henry David Thoreau c)William Lloyd Garrison d)Harriet Beecher Stowe e)Elizabeth Cady Stanton

32. Which state presented the nullification crisis over the Tariff of Abominations? a)Georgia b)North Carolina c)South Carolina d)Florida e)Tennessee

33. This led to a nullification crisis during the Jackson Administration: a)Indian Removal Act b)Tariff of Abominations c)Trail of Tears d)Veto of bank renewal e)Godey’s Lady’s Book

34. What led to the demise of the Federalist Party? a)Election of J.Q. Adams b)Hartford Convention c)War of 1812 d)Democratic party e)Whigs

35. State and national government share and divide powers: a)Democracy b)Federalism c)Republicanism d)Nationalism e)Greco-Roman influences

36. Trail of Tears involved this tribe: a)Kiowa b)Cherokee c)Huron d)Shoshone e)Iroquois

37. President who did not win the popular vote but the electoral vote: a)J.Q. Adams b)R. B. Hayes c)George W. Bush—2000 d)All of these

38. Lincoln’s reaction to the Wade-Davis Civil Rights bill: a)Veto b)Pocket veto c)Signed into law d)Assassination e)impeachment

39. Northern strategy in Civil War did NOT include: a)Blockade of gulf and coast b)Attacking capital c)Controlling Miss river d)Sacrificing thousands of lives e)Splitting supply lines

40. Who was against the National Bank? a)Jackson b)Jefferson c)Democratic-Republicans d)Democrats e)All of these

41. American Party: a)Democrats b)Republicans c)Federalists d)Know-nothings

42. Rule of the people: a)Democracy b)Federalism c)Checks and balances d)Separation of powers

43. The South practiced de jure segregation. What does this mean? a)By fact or tradition B)By law c)By the writ of habeas corpus

44. The KKK was: a)Liberal b)Conservative c)Reactionary d)Radical e)moderate

45. First federal program designed to help people: a)Alien and Sedition acts b)Freedmen’s Bureau c)Enforcement Acts

46. The cycle of poverty during and after Reconstruction in the South is due to: a)New factories b)Sharecropping c)Tenant farming d)Solid South

47. Election of 1824 is called ___ because Henry Clay gave his votes to John Quincy Adams to defeat Jackson: a)Great Compromise b)Corrupt Bargain c)National Bank Crisis d)Brooks-Sumner incident

48. What prevented Black men from practicing their suffrage? a)Poll tax b)Literacy test c)Grandfather clause d)Intimidation by the KKK e)All of these

49. When the government does not interfere in the economy, it is: • A)capitalism • B)laissez-faire • C)Gospel of Wealth • D)Protestant Work Ethic • E)trusts

50. Father of the Constitution: a)Hamilton b)Jefferson c)Madison d)Washington