APUSH FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉James Fenimore Cooper. Answer: Wrote The Leatherstocking Tales
which included The Last of the Mohicans
◉The American System. Answer: an economic plan for the country:
(B.T.T.)
1. Strong banking system.
2. Set up a protective tariff to boost American industry.
3. Build a strong transportation network of roads and canals.
◉Panic of 1819. Answer: cause of this was over-speculation (buying
too much on credit) in land; the West was hit the hardest
◉Steamboat. Answer: This invention made two-way river travel
possible (boats could go upstream)
◉Tallmadge Amendment. Answer: limit slavery in Missouri:
• no more slaves be allowed into Missouri
• that slaves born to Missouri slave parents would gradually
emancipated
,◉Missouri Compromise. Answer: • Missouri would be admitted as a
slave state; Maine would be admitted as a free state
• All new states north of the 36°30' line would be free, new states
southward would be slave
◉McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819). Answer: The "Elastic Clause Case"
Said that the Constitution had been written in more general terms
rather than specific, and therefore could be interpreted.
◉Cohens vs. Virginia (1821). Answer: The "Lottery Case"
Supreme Court showed it had the power to review state court
decisions
◉Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824). Answer: The "Steamboat Case"
The Constitution says that only Congress can regulate interstate
trade
◉Fletcher vs. Peck (1810). Answer: The "Land Scam Contract Case"
The Supreme Court said a contract is a contract and the Constitution
says it can't be broken by state laws.
◉Dartmouth College vs. Woodward (1819). Answer: The "College
Charter Case"
, The Supreme Court said the charter was a contract and, like Fletcher,
states could not encroach on contracts
◉Florida Purchase Treaty. Answer: made with Spain
• America paid $5 million and got Florida
• Spain gave up a claim to Oregon and America gave up a claim to
Texas
• the southern limit of Oregon was set at 42° latitude.
◉Monroe Doctrine. Answer: • European non-colonization of the
Americas and non-intervention
• It was a "KEEP OUT" sign.
◉nativists. Answer: those born in America and were opposed to
immigrants
◉potato famine. Answer: Failed potato crop led to famine and
resulted in 2 million Irish dying from 1846-1852. Major cause of
Irish immigration to US in mid-1800s
◉temperance movement. Answer: movement to ban alcohol,
inspired by religious morality and reaction to immigrant cities
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉James Fenimore Cooper. Answer: Wrote The Leatherstocking Tales
which included The Last of the Mohicans
◉The American System. Answer: an economic plan for the country:
(B.T.T.)
1. Strong banking system.
2. Set up a protective tariff to boost American industry.
3. Build a strong transportation network of roads and canals.
◉Panic of 1819. Answer: cause of this was over-speculation (buying
too much on credit) in land; the West was hit the hardest
◉Steamboat. Answer: This invention made two-way river travel
possible (boats could go upstream)
◉Tallmadge Amendment. Answer: limit slavery in Missouri:
• no more slaves be allowed into Missouri
• that slaves born to Missouri slave parents would gradually
emancipated
,◉Missouri Compromise. Answer: • Missouri would be admitted as a
slave state; Maine would be admitted as a free state
• All new states north of the 36°30' line would be free, new states
southward would be slave
◉McCulloch vs. Maryland (1819). Answer: The "Elastic Clause Case"
Said that the Constitution had been written in more general terms
rather than specific, and therefore could be interpreted.
◉Cohens vs. Virginia (1821). Answer: The "Lottery Case"
Supreme Court showed it had the power to review state court
decisions
◉Gibbons vs. Ogden (1824). Answer: The "Steamboat Case"
The Constitution says that only Congress can regulate interstate
trade
◉Fletcher vs. Peck (1810). Answer: The "Land Scam Contract Case"
The Supreme Court said a contract is a contract and the Constitution
says it can't be broken by state laws.
◉Dartmouth College vs. Woodward (1819). Answer: The "College
Charter Case"
, The Supreme Court said the charter was a contract and, like Fletcher,
states could not encroach on contracts
◉Florida Purchase Treaty. Answer: made with Spain
• America paid $5 million and got Florida
• Spain gave up a claim to Oregon and America gave up a claim to
Texas
• the southern limit of Oregon was set at 42° latitude.
◉Monroe Doctrine. Answer: • European non-colonization of the
Americas and non-intervention
• It was a "KEEP OUT" sign.
◉nativists. Answer: those born in America and were opposed to
immigrants
◉potato famine. Answer: Failed potato crop led to famine and
resulted in 2 million Irish dying from 1846-1852. Major cause of
Irish immigration to US in mid-1800s
◉temperance movement. Answer: movement to ban alcohol,
inspired by religious morality and reaction to immigrant cities
