AP U.S. History Periods 1-4: 1491-1848 (Cumulative Review)

Question 1

This banned Indian slavery and mandated that Indian laborers be paid wages.

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repartimiento system

Question 2

Which of the following factors contributed to European exploration in the Americas?

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all of these

Question 3

Which of the following foreign policy incidents led to bitterness in the United States toward France?

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the XYZ Affair (1797)

Question 4

This was written by residents of Dutch New Amsterdam requesting Peter Stuyvesant lift his ban on Quaker worship.

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Flushing Remonstrance

Question 5

The most profitable of all the British New World colonies was

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from West Indies to Barbados

Question 6

The Shoshone, the Paiute, and the Ute are American Indian groups who are indigenous to which region?

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the Great Basin

Question 7

In 1565, Spaniards established the first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States, at

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St. Augustine, Florida

Question 8

"Religious Society of Friends" is another name for this religious group.

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Quakers

Question 9

In his Farewell Address to the American people, President George Washington urged the United States to

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avoid "permanent alliances" with foreign powers

Question 10

The French and Indian Wars (King William’s War, Queen Anne’s War, and King George’s War; 1688–1748) were primarily about

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expanding control of the North American continent

Question 11

This contentious issue delayed ratification of the Articles of Confederation, written in 1777, until 1781.

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competing land claims among several states

Question 12

Which of the following initiatives conceived by Alexander Hamilton resulted in major protests in western Pennsylvania?

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the excise tax on whiskey

Question 13

Thomas Jefferson labeled the transfer of power in 1800 the "Revolution of 1800" because

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he believed that his party would return the U.S. to its founding principles

Question 14

This deeply religious thinker challenged gender norms and argued God could communicate directly with true believers.

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Anne Hutchinson

Question 15

This trade network involved the exchange of European manufactured items, American raw materials, and kidnapped Africans.

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the triangle trade

Question 16

This term is characterized by seasonable mobility, as hunters and foragers searched for food throughout the year.

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desert culture

Question 17

The period of 1812, which saw rise in nationalistic pride and a lessening of partisan divisions, is referred to as

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the "Era of Good Feelings"

Question 18

Which Supreme Court decision asserted that the Cherokee were "a distinct community, occupying its own territory"?

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Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

Question 19

This revolutionary activist wrote a bestselling pamphlet in 1776 urging Americans to cut ties with Great Britain.

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Thomas Paine

Question 20

The system of developing large scale mills to carry out mass production in New England's textile industry is known as

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the Lowell System

Question 21

This abolitionist became a key figure in the movement after he began publishing The Liberator.

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William Lloyd Garrison

Question 22

This American Indian tribe lived along the Columbia River in present-day Washington and Oregon.

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Chinook

Question 23

This 1494 treaty settled the claims between Spain and Portugal to newly explored lands.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 24

What did the Battle of Saratoga and the Vietnam War demonstrate?

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Urban centers are easier to control than rural areas.

Question 25

The British established the Virginia Company in order to

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fund expeditions to the New World

Question 26

The main crop of Barbados was

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sugar

Question 27

The Hartford Convention of 1814 reflected

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Federalist opposition to the War of 1812

Question 28

The first English colony in the New World was

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Jamestown

Question 29

This intellectual movement critiqued materialism and embraced self-reliance and the natural world.

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Transcendentalism

Question 30

South Carolina's rejection of the Tariff of 1832 is based on a political philosophy similar to the main idea of

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"The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions" (1798–1799)

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AP U.S. History Periods 1-4: 1491-1848 (Cumulative Review)

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