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APUSH EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
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APUSH EXAM NEWEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Vanderbilt Cartoon
The image of Cornelius Vanderbilt controlling his rail empire most
directly reflects which of the following? - ANSWER- (D.) The postCivil War creation of corporations of a size not previously known in the
U.S.
Vanderbilt Cartoon
Which of the following groups would be most directly affected by a
railroad monopoly's ability to charge any freight rate? - ANSWER- (C.)
Farmers
Vanderbilt Cartoon
Which of the following refers to the accumulation and lavish spending
of wealth by some American capitalists in the post-Civil War era? -
ANSWER- (C.) the Gilded Age
Rockefeller 1903
The quotation above most clearly illustrates the ideas supported by? -
ANSWER- (A.) Social Darwinism
Rockefeller 1903
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Business leaders used the ideas above to justify? - ANSWER- (C.) The
creation of trusts.
Rockefeller 1903
The theory of Social Darwinism would have been criticized by someone
like? - ANSWER- (D.) Eugene Debs
Rockefeller Cartoon
This image of John D. Rockefeller most directly depicts which of the
following? - ANSWER- (C.) The base of Rockefeller's empire is his
monopoly control of oil.
Rockefeller Cartoon
Which of the following was the method by which John D. Rockefeller
accumulated great wealth? - ANSWER- (B.) Horizontal Integration
Rockefeller Cartoon
Which of the following legislation did the U.S. government eventually
use to bring suit against the Standard Oil Company? - ANSWER- (C.)
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Possibilities of Politics
Which of the following Progressive reforms most directly promoting
"active citizenship"? - ANSWER- (A.) The direct election of senators.
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The Possibilities of Politics
Which of the following interpretations of progressivism would most
likely support the excerpt. - ANSWER- (D.) Progressives were a diverse
group who supported various reforms.
The New South
Which of the following best describes Grady's vision of the New South?
- ANSWER- (D.) The south would develop an industrial economy.
The New South
Which of the following contributed most directly to changes in the postReconstruction South? - ANSWER- (C.) The expansion of railroad lines.
The New South
Another aspect of the New South ideology was? - ANSWER- (D.)
Racial Segregation
American Colossus
Which of the following best reflects historian H.W. Brands' thesis
regarding post-Civil War America? - ANSWER- (C.) The consolidation
of businesses into monopoly corporations made possible the
technological advancements that improved Americans' quality of life.
American Colossus
Which of the following would most directly support Brands' argument in
the excerpt? - ANSWER- (B.) The rise of an American middle class.
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American Colossus
Which of the following would most directly contradict Brands' argument
in the excerpt? - ANSWER- (D.) Panic of 1873
Women's Holy War Cartoon
The image of "Women's holy war" most directly reflects which of the
following? - ANSWER- (D.) The involvement of many nineteenthcentury American women in the movement to ban alcohol.
Women's Holy War Cartoon
Which of the following explains why the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union was founded? - ANSWER- (C.) Women say liquor
was consuming their husbands' wages and causing abusive behavior.
Women's Holy War Cartoon
The nineteenth-century temperance movement laid the foundation for
which of the following? - ANSWER- (B.) Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Amendments
Benjamin Harris 1891
The excerpt's reference to "an Indian messiah" most directly reflects
which of the following developments? - ANSWER- (C.) The Ghost
Dance Movement
Benjamin Harris 1891
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