AP US HISTORY TEST-ABCTE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Act of Toleration - Correct Answers -Act proposed by Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
to allow for more toleration of both Protestant and Catholics in Maryland
Halfway Covnenant - Correct Answers -Act Loosening the requirements for church
members in Puritan Massachusetts. The act was passed in response to a drop in
church attendance among second generation Puritans.
Proclamation of 1763 - Correct Answers -Act passed by Britian Parliament restricting
colonial settlement to land east of the Appalachian Mountains. The act was passed in
response to clashes with Indians (notably Pontiac's War) As colonists moved west into
land acquired from France after the French and Indian War (aka Seven Years War)
Stamp Act - Correct Answers -Direct Tax placed on the American Colonies by British
Parliament. The act required colonists to purchase stamps for a variety of printed
material. the uproar over the act led to the Stamp Act Congress, One of the first
organized protest of British taxation policy.
Townsend Acts - Correct Answers -series of revenue-producing taxes placed on the
American colonies by Britain in an attempt to pay for continued occupation of the
colonies by British troops. The act taxed items like Lead, paint, glass, paper and tea.
Intolerable Acts - Correct Answers -Series of Four acts designed to punish the city of
Boston for the damaged caused by the Boston Tea Party. the British referred to the acts
as the "Coercive Acts"
Quebec Act - Correct Answers -While not intended as such, many American colonists
considered this to be one of the intolerable Acts. the act established Catholicism as the
official religion of Quebec, and expanded Quebec to include territory that today makes
up Ohio, Illinois, Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota.
Land Ordinance - Correct Answers -Passed by the Articles of Confederation Congress,
this act established an orderly method for surveying and selling western land of the
early US. Notably, the act divided the land into 6 sq miles "townships" that were further
subdivided into homesteads.
Northwest Ordinance - Correct Answers -Passed by the Articles of Confederations
Congress, this act established the method by which new territory could join the union as
states.
, Alien and sedition Acts - Correct Answers -A series of acts sponsored by the federalist
imposing sever restrictions on aliens out of fear of treason. the acts were an attempt to
limit the power of Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party
Embargo Act - Correct Answers -Essentially forbade US maritime trade with foreign
nations. this was signed by Jefferson in order to maintain American neutrality during the
Napoleonic Wars. the Embargo was opposed by New England Federalists.
Non-Intercourse Act - Correct Answers -Repealed the Embargo Act with regards to all
nations except France and Britain
Missouri Compromise - Correct Answers -Also known as the Compromise of 1820, it
admitted Missouri as a slave state and Marine as a free state, thus preserving sectional
balance, it also set the southern border of Missouri (36* 30') as the future border
between slave and free states. This provision was ruled unconstitutional by the Dred
Scott Decision of 1857.
Tariff of 1828 - Correct Answers -Also known as the "Tariff of Abominations." opposition
of this act led to the Nullification Crisis, the resignation of John C Calhoun as VP and
the writing of the South Carolina Exposition and Protest.
Indian Removal Act - Correct Answers -Andrew Jackson's forcible removal of the Five
Civilized tribes form the south (particularly the Cherokee from Georgia) most indians
were removed via the Trail of Tears. The act was a direct response to the 1828 case of
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and was later challenged with the case of 1832 Worcester
v Georgia.
Compromise of 1850 - Correct Answers -series of five laws intended to compromise on
the issue of slavery int he lands acquired after the Mexican War. California was
admitted as a free state, the slave trade was ended in the District of Columbia and the
North agreed to a stricter Fugitive Slave Law.
Kansas-Nebraska Act - Correct Answers -Provided for the admission of Kansas and
Nebraska with or without slavery. essentially repealed the Missouri Compromise of
1820.
Homestead Act - Correct Answers -Provided for the distribution of western lands to US
citizens. Homesteaders were given 160 acres of free land in exchange for a pledge to
"improve" the land within five years.
Wade-Davis Bill - Correct Answers -Radical Reconstruction plan passed by
Congressional Republicans but later vetoed by Lincoln. the plan called for 50% of
citizens of reconstructed states to take an Ironclad Oath swearing that they never
supported the Confederacy. the was a challenge to Lincoln's more Lenient 10% plan.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Act of Toleration - Correct Answers -Act proposed by Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
to allow for more toleration of both Protestant and Catholics in Maryland
Halfway Covnenant - Correct Answers -Act Loosening the requirements for church
members in Puritan Massachusetts. The act was passed in response to a drop in
church attendance among second generation Puritans.
Proclamation of 1763 - Correct Answers -Act passed by Britian Parliament restricting
colonial settlement to land east of the Appalachian Mountains. The act was passed in
response to clashes with Indians (notably Pontiac's War) As colonists moved west into
land acquired from France after the French and Indian War (aka Seven Years War)
Stamp Act - Correct Answers -Direct Tax placed on the American Colonies by British
Parliament. The act required colonists to purchase stamps for a variety of printed
material. the uproar over the act led to the Stamp Act Congress, One of the first
organized protest of British taxation policy.
Townsend Acts - Correct Answers -series of revenue-producing taxes placed on the
American colonies by Britain in an attempt to pay for continued occupation of the
colonies by British troops. The act taxed items like Lead, paint, glass, paper and tea.
Intolerable Acts - Correct Answers -Series of Four acts designed to punish the city of
Boston for the damaged caused by the Boston Tea Party. the British referred to the acts
as the "Coercive Acts"
Quebec Act - Correct Answers -While not intended as such, many American colonists
considered this to be one of the intolerable Acts. the act established Catholicism as the
official religion of Quebec, and expanded Quebec to include territory that today makes
up Ohio, Illinois, Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota.
Land Ordinance - Correct Answers -Passed by the Articles of Confederation Congress,
this act established an orderly method for surveying and selling western land of the
early US. Notably, the act divided the land into 6 sq miles "townships" that were further
subdivided into homesteads.
Northwest Ordinance - Correct Answers -Passed by the Articles of Confederations
Congress, this act established the method by which new territory could join the union as
states.
, Alien and sedition Acts - Correct Answers -A series of acts sponsored by the federalist
imposing sever restrictions on aliens out of fear of treason. the acts were an attempt to
limit the power of Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party
Embargo Act - Correct Answers -Essentially forbade US maritime trade with foreign
nations. this was signed by Jefferson in order to maintain American neutrality during the
Napoleonic Wars. the Embargo was opposed by New England Federalists.
Non-Intercourse Act - Correct Answers -Repealed the Embargo Act with regards to all
nations except France and Britain
Missouri Compromise - Correct Answers -Also known as the Compromise of 1820, it
admitted Missouri as a slave state and Marine as a free state, thus preserving sectional
balance, it also set the southern border of Missouri (36* 30') as the future border
between slave and free states. This provision was ruled unconstitutional by the Dred
Scott Decision of 1857.
Tariff of 1828 - Correct Answers -Also known as the "Tariff of Abominations." opposition
of this act led to the Nullification Crisis, the resignation of John C Calhoun as VP and
the writing of the South Carolina Exposition and Protest.
Indian Removal Act - Correct Answers -Andrew Jackson's forcible removal of the Five
Civilized tribes form the south (particularly the Cherokee from Georgia) most indians
were removed via the Trail of Tears. The act was a direct response to the 1828 case of
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and was later challenged with the case of 1832 Worcester
v Georgia.
Compromise of 1850 - Correct Answers -series of five laws intended to compromise on
the issue of slavery int he lands acquired after the Mexican War. California was
admitted as a free state, the slave trade was ended in the District of Columbia and the
North agreed to a stricter Fugitive Slave Law.
Kansas-Nebraska Act - Correct Answers -Provided for the admission of Kansas and
Nebraska with or without slavery. essentially repealed the Missouri Compromise of
1820.
Homestead Act - Correct Answers -Provided for the distribution of western lands to US
citizens. Homesteaders were given 160 acres of free land in exchange for a pledge to
"improve" the land within five years.
Wade-Davis Bill - Correct Answers -Radical Reconstruction plan passed by
Congressional Republicans but later vetoed by Lincoln. the plan called for 50% of
citizens of reconstructed states to take an Ironclad Oath swearing that they never
supported the Confederacy. the was a challenge to Lincoln's more Lenient 10% plan.
