APUSH AMSCO PRACTICE
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
Eventually as Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich would be
successful in reducing budget deficits with which of the following
presidents?
A) Bill Clinton
B) Ronald Reagan
C) George H. W. Bush
D) George W. Bush - ANSWERS-A) Bill Clinton
The most difficult part of Henry Clay's American System to
implement...
A) Was the protective tariff
B) Were the internal improvements
C) Were the agricultural subsidies
D) Was the national bank - ANSWERS-B) Were the internal
improvements
Which of the following groups disagreed most strongly with Clay's
ideas about tariffs and trade?
A) Owners of manufacturing companies during the Civil War
B) Most Republicans in the late 1800s
,C) Populists and many progressives
D) Supporters of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff - ANSWERS-A) Owners
of manufacturing companies during the Civil War
The most persistent opposition to Clay's American System came from
which of the following groups?
A) Voters opposed to government debt
B) Politicians involved in sectional rivalries
C) Strong advocates pf states' rights
D) Believers in a strict interpretation of the Constitution -
ANSWERS-D) Believers in a strict interpretation of the Constitution
By the mid-18th Century the largest group of non-English speaking
people in America were...
A) Germans
B) Scotch-Irish
C) African Americans
D) Irish - ANSWERS-C) African Americans
The development of various industries by the German settlers saw
that the English who controlled the colony rejected the companies but
accepted ideas about...
A) The structure of a joint stock company
B) The role of a colony under mercantilism
C) How to recruit new German immigrants
, D) How to use American Indian labor - ANSWERS-B) The role of a
colony under mercantilism
Which of the following phrases from the excerpt indicates factors of
Pennsylvania that was most attractive to settlers?
A) "being supplied with oak, walnut, and chestnut tress"
B) "we trade to Barbadoes for rum, syrup, sugar and salt"
C) "endeavoring to introduce the cultivation of the valley"
D) "he will compel no man to his particular society" - ANSWERS-D)
"he will compel no man to his particular society"
During the early years of colonization, the French policy in North
America was primarily based on...
A) Settling on lands controlled and by the American Indians
B) Controlling the fur trade
C) Farming in the Mississippi River Valley
D) Establishing a series of Catholic missions - ANSWERS-B)
Controlling the fur trade
United States policy toward the American Indian in the 19th century
was most similar to the colonial Indian policy of the...
A) British
B) Dutch
C) French
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
Eventually as Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich would be
successful in reducing budget deficits with which of the following
presidents?
A) Bill Clinton
B) Ronald Reagan
C) George H. W. Bush
D) George W. Bush - ANSWERS-A) Bill Clinton
The most difficult part of Henry Clay's American System to
implement...
A) Was the protective tariff
B) Were the internal improvements
C) Were the agricultural subsidies
D) Was the national bank - ANSWERS-B) Were the internal
improvements
Which of the following groups disagreed most strongly with Clay's
ideas about tariffs and trade?
A) Owners of manufacturing companies during the Civil War
B) Most Republicans in the late 1800s
,C) Populists and many progressives
D) Supporters of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff - ANSWERS-A) Owners
of manufacturing companies during the Civil War
The most persistent opposition to Clay's American System came from
which of the following groups?
A) Voters opposed to government debt
B) Politicians involved in sectional rivalries
C) Strong advocates pf states' rights
D) Believers in a strict interpretation of the Constitution -
ANSWERS-D) Believers in a strict interpretation of the Constitution
By the mid-18th Century the largest group of non-English speaking
people in America were...
A) Germans
B) Scotch-Irish
C) African Americans
D) Irish - ANSWERS-C) African Americans
The development of various industries by the German settlers saw
that the English who controlled the colony rejected the companies but
accepted ideas about...
A) The structure of a joint stock company
B) The role of a colony under mercantilism
C) How to recruit new German immigrants
, D) How to use American Indian labor - ANSWERS-B) The role of a
colony under mercantilism
Which of the following phrases from the excerpt indicates factors of
Pennsylvania that was most attractive to settlers?
A) "being supplied with oak, walnut, and chestnut tress"
B) "we trade to Barbadoes for rum, syrup, sugar and salt"
C) "endeavoring to introduce the cultivation of the valley"
D) "he will compel no man to his particular society" - ANSWERS-D)
"he will compel no man to his particular society"
During the early years of colonization, the French policy in North
America was primarily based on...
A) Settling on lands controlled and by the American Indians
B) Controlling the fur trade
C) Farming in the Mississippi River Valley
D) Establishing a series of Catholic missions - ANSWERS-B)
Controlling the fur trade
United States policy toward the American Indian in the 19th century
was most similar to the colonial Indian policy of the...
A) British
B) Dutch
C) French
