Let’s get a thread going where we each post a question and the next poster would answer it and then post their own question(s). This way we can start refreshing our memories on various random topics and see what we need to work on. The questions can come from any reliable source (AMSCO, a released exam, a practice test from a review book, etc.).</p>
I’ll post a few to get started. </p>
1 - A major weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that they:
(a) - created a too-powerful chief executive
(b) - did not include a mechanism for their own amendment
(c) - made it too difficult for the government to raise money through taxes and duties
(d) - denied the federal government the power to mediate disputes between states
(e) - required the ratification of only a simple majority of states</p>
2 - Immigrants coming to America from Eastern and Southern Europe during the late nineteenth century were mostly likely to:
(a) - settle in large cities in the Northeast or Midwest.
(b) - settle on farms in the upper Midwest.
(c) - seek to file on homesteads on the Great Plains.
(d) - migrate to the South and the Southwest.
(e) - return to their homelands after only a brief stay in the U.S.</p>
3 - The Northwest Ordinance did which of the following?
(a) - established the terms for settlement and admission of new states
(b) - provided for the annexation of the Oregon Territory
(c) - established reservations for Native Americans
(d) - granted settlers a free homestead of 160 acres
(e) - banned slavery north of the 36 degree 30 line</p>
Jefferson considered his election in 1800 a “revolution” because
(A) he won by a landslide.
(B) it represented a rejection of states’ rights advocates.
(C) it marked a return to the values of 1776.
(D) it proved that American democracy worked.
(E) he advocated an end to partisanship.</p>
Which of the following was not a case of the Marshall Court
(A) Marbury v. Madison
(B) Schenck v. United States
(C) Fletcher v. Peck
(D) Cohens v. Virginia
(E) Dartmouth College v. Woodward</p>
What was the major significance of the spoils system, as employed by Andrew Jackson?
(A) It enabled him to revitalize the federal government with new appointees.
(B) It paved the way for him to expand the powers of the presidency and presidential appointees.
(C) It became an important tool of the emerging two-party system.
(D) It revealed the potential for scandal and corruption in American politics.
(E) It led to the first case of embezzlement against the government.</p>
Jacksonian Democracy was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
a) Laissez-faire economics
b) Strict Constructionism
c) Federal government central planning
d) Manifest Destiny
e) Expanded Suffrage</p>
During the election of 1896 who would vote for William McKinley?
a) Persons who invested in silver
b) A Civil War veteran
c) Labor rights advocates
d) Investors in banks
e) A farmer with $10,000 in debt.</p>
^^^B, this was during the New Deal. However, I doubt that would be a question on the AP test.</p>
^C, D</p>
Which of the following were NOT goals of Progressives:
A. Direct Election of Senators
B. Female Suffrage
C. Prohibition
D. Civil Rights
E. Regulation of Big Business</p>
^Not sure. I’d eliminate A and C (though I’m not too sure that those are definitely incorrect) and I’d guess D. The Progressive era is not my thing. :P</p>
The first conference at which the Big Three (and only THE Big Three; I realize this question’s a bit deceiving) met was:</p>
A) Versailles
B) Yalta
C) Potsdam
D) Tehran
E) Cairo</p>
What was the major significance of the spoils system, as employed by Andrew Jackson?
(A) It enabled him to revitalize the federal government with new appointees.
(B) It paved the way for him to expand the powers of the presidency and presidential appointees.
(C) It became an important tool of the emerging two-party system.
(D) It revealed the potential for scandal and corruption in American politics.
(E) It led to the first case of embezzlement against the government. </p>
I’d say it’s A. D may be correct as well, but A is the best answer. Remember, the directions of the exam say to choose the BEST answer (meaning more than one may be correct, one is best) and not the CORRECT answer.</p>
Here’s an easy one.
During the gilded age, what were conservative democrats known as?
A) Mugwumps
B) Carpetbaggers
C) Bourbons
D) Reactionaries
E) Half Breeds.
Another one.
Who could have remained part of the Democratic electorate from its foundation to its current state?
A) An African American Pastor
B) A white investor
C) An Irish immigrant laborer
D) A Protestant libertarian
E) A Southern Baptist.</p>
What was the major significance of the spoils system, as employed by Andrew Jackson?
(A) It enabled him to revitalize the federal government with new appointees.
(B) It paved the way for him to expand the powers of the presidency and presidential appointees.
(C) It became an important tool of the emerging two-party system.
(D) It revealed the potential for scandal and corruption in American politics.
(E) It led to the first case of embezzlement against the government.</p>
The answer is most definitely D. Although the answer C seems appealing, the Spoils System was not a direct catalyst to the Spoils system.
“At the end of his term, Jackson had only dismissed less than twenty percent of the original civil service.[13] While Jackson did not start the spoils system, he did encourage its growth and it became a central feature of the Second Party System, as well as the Third Party System, until it ended in the 1890s.”</p>
See I thought it was D as well. OKAY well lets just skip that one…</p>
Here’s one for you guys…</p>
The Era of Good Feelings was due largely in part to</p>
A) The decrease of foreign tensions
B) The absence of an opposing political party
C) The improvement of internal affairs
D) Territorial expansion to the West
E) The Compromise of 1820</p>
I’d say B also, but I am also thinking A. The main thing is that the Era of Good Feelings (Monroe) was mainly characterized by nationalism, so I’d go with B</p>
I’m going to choose B to the Era of Good Feelings question, since the Era of Good Feelings was when we had that one election where there was only 1 electoral vote cast against (or abstained) against the sole candidate to preserve Washington’s image or something like that.</p>
A) Establishment of elected government in Massachusetts Bay Colony
B) Signing of the Mayflower Compact
C) Expulsion of Roger Williams from Massachusetts Bay Colony
D) Salem Witch Trials
E) Decline in Puritan immigration to Massachusetts Bay Colony</p>