3.14 Multiple Choice Questions

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Facts about the test: The AP US History exam has 55 multiple choice questions and you will be given 55 minutes to complete the section. That means it should take you around 1 minute per question.

A. The Boston Massacre

B. The Boston Tea Party

C. The Navigation Acts

D. The Townshend Acts

A. The Maternalist Ethos

B. The right of women to bear arms

C. The Cult of Domesticity

D. Republican Motherhood

A. The federal assumption of state debts 

B. A high tariff levied against foreign, imported goods as a means to raise revenue

C. A reduction in tariffs to stimulate international trade

D. The creation of a centralized, national bank of the United States 

A. The formation of political parties 

B. The formation of alliances with South American nations

C. The "Military Industrial Complex"

D. Investing too much in industry rather than homestead farming

A. The Albany Plan of Union

B. The Continental Congress

C. The Proclamation of 1763

D. The Constitutional Convention 

A. The Declaration of Independence

B. The Intolerable Acts

C. The Treaty of Paris

D. Proclamation of 1763

A. The Great Awakening

B. The Enlightenment

C. The Protestant Reformation

D. The Existentialist Movement

A. explaining the key components of the post-revolutionary government system

B. defining the roles that women would play in the revolutionary era

C. swaying public opinion toward independence instead of reconciliation with England

D. delaying the independence movement until the colonies were ready for war

A. It had no revenue-raising mechanism. 

B. It required only 7 out of 13 states to vote in support of laws for them to be passed.

C. It provided an extremely strong federal government, taking much of the governing power away from the states. 

D. The executive wielded absolute power over matters of international affairs. 

A. It barred slavery's expansion into the newly organized territory

B. It provided funding for a major railroad through Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois

C. It provided the mechanism for territories to attain statehood 

D. It outlined a system of systematic surveying of lands that included grid-planning and funding mechanisms

A. The determination that for every 5 slaves owned by a slaveholder, they would receive 3 "counts" for population purposes

B. The amendment that requires presidents to only legally serve 2 terms

C. A 3-branch system of government; an executive, a judicial, and a legislative branch

D. A bi-cameral legislature; one based on state population, and one based on equal representation per state

A. It was the first time a bill had been passed by the congress with bipartisan support

B. It was the first time an American Indian group was able to win their independence in opposition to the US government

C. It was a peaceful transfer of power between opposing political parties - very unusual for its time

D. It was the first time women had been granted the right to vote

A. It effectively ended the debate over American Native protections in the United States

B. It showed how dangerous the new Constitution's tax-raising mechanisms could be

C. It exposed that the Articles of Confederation did not provide a mechanism for solving domestic issues effectively without the willing cooperation of states

D. It was the first time a slave revolt had actually been successful in establishing freedom for its revolutionaries

A. They staged protests and created correspondence committees that united the colonial independence movement

B. They worked on the earliest drafts of the new US Constitution

C. They were the first organizers to petition in support of universal suffrage, regardless of gender or race

D. They were in charge of the medical wing of the war effort in coordination with the American Red Cross

A. They created a new government office specializing in assimilation of new immigrants to the US

B. They ignited a debate over the constitutionality of laws passed by congress and the balance of power between the branches

C. They forever protected Americans' free speech in the press