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The First Century of Settlement in the Colonial South
Name: __________________________
1. The economic theory of mercantilism would be consistent with which
of the following statements?
A. Economies will prosper most when trade is restricted as little as
possible.
B. A government should seek to direct the economy so as to
maximize exports.
C. Colonies are of little economic importance to the mother
country.
D. It is vital that a country imports more than it exports.
E. Tariff barriers should be avoided as much as possible.
2. The primary reason the British government was interested in
chartering Georgia was to
A. Earn profits for its proprietors who were friends of the king
B. Provide a buffer between South Carolina and Spanish Florida
C. Establish a colony for the poor who were imprisoned for debt
D. Establish a colony of small farms rather than slave-run
plantations
E. Experiment with rice agriculture
3. Which of the following rebellions was caused by frontier settlers and
landless former indentured servants angered by the policies of
Virginia’s government?
A. The Stono Rebellion
B. Nat Turner’s Rebellion
C. The Whiskey Rebellion
D. Shay’s Rebellion
E. Bacon’s Rebellion
4. The Navigation Acts were part of the British policy known as
A. Isolationism
B. Capitalism
C. Mercantilism
D. Monopolism
E. Imperialism
The First Century of Settlement in the Colonial North
Name: __________________________
1. The economic theory of mercantilism would be consistent with which of the
following statements?
a. Economies will prosper most when trade is restricted as little as
possible.
b. A government should seek to direct the economy so as to maximize
exports.
c. Colonies are of little economic importance to the mother country.
d. It is vital that a country imports more than it exports.
e. Tariff barriers should be avoided as much as possible.
2. The only Native Americans who were able to unite and become strong
enough to resist the English colonists successfully were the
a. Powhatan Confederacy
b. Seminoles
c. Iroquois League
d. Pequots
e. Wampanoag
3. “…We whose names are underwritten,… having undertaken, for the glory of
country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia,
do... solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another,
covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic…; and by
virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws,
ordinances, acts, and constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be
thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony….”
The above statement was most probably written by the founders of
a. Massachusetts Bay
b. Maryland
c. Plymouth Colony
d. Pennsylvania
e. Georgia
Mosaic of 18th Century America &
Toward the War for American Independence
Name: __________________________________
1. The primary American objection to the Stamp Act was that
a. It was an internal tax, whereas Americans were prepared to accept only
external taxes
b. It was the first tax of any kind every imposed by Britain on the colonies
c. Its proposed tax rates were so high that they would have crippled the
colonial economy
d. It was a measure for raising revenue from the colonies but it had not been
approved by the colonists through their representatives
e. It constituted an unwarranted interference with the colonial economy in a
manner that would have greatly restrained free trade
2. The battles of Lexington and Concord were significant because
a. They convinced the British that the colonists could not be defeated
militarily and led to the British abandonment of the port of Boston
b. They proved the superiority of European military tactics as well as they
superiority of British regulars to the ragtag American militias
c. They marked the first organized battles between British regulars and
colonial militiamen and ended any hopes for a peaceful resolution to the
disagreement between England and its colonies
d. They marked the turning point of the American Revolution. After
Concord, they British were never again able to regain the offensive against
the Americans
e. They led to Benedict Arnold’s betrayal of the American cause when he
felt he wasn’t given enough recognition for his role in leading the
Americans to victory
3. Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense was significant in that it
a. Emotionally aroused thousands of colonists to the abuses of British rule,
the oppressiveness of the monarchy, and the advantages of colonial
independence
b. Rallied American spirits during the bleak winter of 1776, when it appeared
that Washington’s forces, freezing and starving at Valley Forge, had no
hope of surviving the winter, much less defeating the British
c. Called for a strong central government to rule the newly independent
American states and foresaw the difficulties inherent within the Articles of
Confederation
d. Asserted to its British readers that they could not beat the American
colonists militarily unless they could isolate New England from the rest of
the American colonies
e. Explained the urgent need for a “bill of rights” to expressly guarantee
certain freedoms not specifically laid out in the newly adopted United
States Constitution.
The American People and the American Revolution
Name: _________________________________
1. During the Revolutionary War, the battle of Saratoga was most
significant because it
a. Left the British with inadequate resources to carry on the war
b. Prevented the British from ever mounting another successful
invasion.
c. Allowed American forces to seize large portions of Canada
d. Persuaded France to begin supporting the Americans openly
e. Caused Canada to delay its decision to enter the war on the side
of the British
2. American revolutionaries sought the assistance of France in their war
against the British. However, France initially refused to recognize the
sovereignty of the States and withheld military aid until the American
victory at?
a. Bunker Hill, 1775
b. Trenton, 1776
c. Saratoga, 1777
d. Guilford Courthouse, 1780
e. Yorktown, 1781
3. France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new American nation in
1778 following
a. The defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga
b. American naval victories on the Great Lakes
c. The Dispatch of an American peace mission to Britain
d. An ultimatum by American Diplomats
e. A personal plea by George Washington
4. All of the following contributed to discontent among soldiers in the
Continental Army, EXCEPT:
a. Most soldiers were draftees
b. The soldiers feared for the welfare of families back home.
c. The army had inadequate arms and ammunition
d. The army paid soldiers in depreciated paper money.
e. The army was inadequately fed and clothed.
Crisis and Constitution
Name___________________________
1. The Federalist Papers
a. Were written anonymously by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay,
and James Madison
b. Argued that under the Constitution the states would relinquish
too much sovereignty
c. Opposed ratification of the Constitution without the addition of
a bill of rights
d. Convinced Patrick Henry to support the Constitution
e. Stressed that the Constitutional Convention was instructed to
revise the Articles of Confederation, not to write a new
constitution
2. The major achievement of the government under the Articles of
Confederation was
a. Defeat of the Whiskey Rebellion
b. Levying of the nation’s first protective tariff
c. Establishing the procedure for settling the Northwest Territory
d. The negotiation of the treaty with Spain giving the United
States the right of deposit at New Orleans
e. Removal of the Native American threat in the Ohio Valley
3. The significance of the Annapolis Convention lay in
a. Its agreement on uniform trade regulations for the new states
b. Its decision to send troops to end Shay’s Rebellion
c. Its ratification of the Northwest Ordinance
d. Its decision to request another convention to discuss the
weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
e. Its nomination of George Washington for president
4. All of the following were aspects of the Articles of Confederation,
EXCEPT
a. Nine of the thirteen states had to approve all laws
b. A national court system
c. A national legislature with no chief executive
d. All states were required to approve amendments
e. Congress could raise money by borrowing or by asking states
for money
The Republic Launched
Name: __________________________________
1. Passage of the Twelfth Amendment was a direct result of
a. The controversy that arose when the election of 1824 was settled in the
House of Representatives
b. The difficulties that resulted from not having separate presidential and
vice presidential elections in the electoral college in the election of 1800
c. The revolution of 1800
d. The one-man, one-vote system of the electoral college
e. The loss of the 1888 presidential election by Grover Cleveland to
Benjamin Henry Harrison
2. The Judiciary Act of 1789
a. Established the principle of judicial review.
b. Designated the Supreme Court as the court to hear disputes involving
federal laws.
c. Established the office of Attorney General and the Department of Justice
d. Created the federal court system.
e. Was invoked by Andrew Jackson in the dispute over enforcement of
Worcester v. State of Georgia.
3. Hamilton’s financial program had all of the following, EXCEPT:
a. A protective tariff
b. A national bank
c. Debt relief for states
d. Mechanisms designed to foster semi-subsistent agriculture
e. Excise taxes
4. The unstated purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was
a. To unit the nation in time of danger
b. To deport immigrants who were becoming too numerous
c. To protect freedom of the press from misuse by Anti-Federalists
d. To silence advocates of states’ rights
e. To weaken the Democratic-Republican Party
5. In order to gain passage of the Assumption Bill, Alexander Hamilton agreed
a. To withdraw his tariff bill
b. To specify that speculators would be paid the full value of their bonds
c. To hold the bill authorizing the First Bank until Washington’s second term
d. To support building the new capital city on Southern land
e. To support Madison’s version of the bill
The Jeffersonian Republic
Name: _______________________________
1. The Louisiana Purchase resulted primarily from
a. Efforts to prevent Spain from closing off westward expansion by the United
States
b. Glowing reports of the vast beauty and potential of the region as reports by Lewis
and Clark on their return from their famous exploration of the region
c. American efforts to prevent war with France over control of the Louisiana
Territory and secure American commerce rights along the Mississippi River
d. Federalist desires to establish a strong confederation of antislavery states west of
the Mississippi River and further limit the power of the Southern Republicans
e. Republican desires to further dilute the Federalist power base in New England by
expanding the country and reducing Federalist influence
2. In the decision of the Supreme Court in the case Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John
Marshall argued that
a. The Court could rule acts of Congress unconstitutional thereby establishing the
principle of judicial review.
b. The judicial branch could remove federal government appointees if found to be
incompetent
c. Cases involving state suing other states was protected under the Constitution.
d. The executive branch had the authority to purchase land without consent.
e. The Court could override presidential vetoes.
3. All of the following contributed to the coming of the War 1812, EXCEPT:
a. The Chesapeake Incident
b. British impressments of American seamen from American ships on the high seas
c. The concerns of Western Americans that the Indian raids they suffered were
being carried out with British encouragement
d. The Congressional “War Hawks” success in the elections of 1810.
e. The armed confrontation between U.S. and British forces along the MaineCanada border
4. The War of 1812 had all of the following effects, EXCEPT:
a. It strengthen American industrial and manufacturing production
b. It virtually destroyed the Federalist party as a credible opposition to the
Republican party
c. It restored a sense of pride in most Americans and led to a wave of nationalism
throughout the country after the conclusion of the war
d. It destroyed the power of the Indian tribes in the Northwest Territory
e. It led to an increased and more active American role in world politics
5. The Monroe Doctrine stated that the United States
a. Was not concerned with the type of government other countries might have
b. Was concerned only with the type of government that the countries of the
Western Hemisphere might have
c. Would not tolerate any new European influence in the New World
d. Claimed the Western Hemisphere as its exclusive zone of the influence
e. Was prepared to drive out by force any European power that did not give up its
colonies in the Western Hemisphere
The Opening of America
Name: _________________________
1. The phase of the Industrial Revolution that occurred in the early 1800s featured each of
the following, EXCEPT:
a. The rise of an American system of manufacturing based on machine tools and
interchangeable parts
b. Manufacturing surpassing agriculture as the most important economic sector
c. Active government support for economic growth through both legislation and
court rulings
d. The rise of an industrial labor force, initially mostly rural women.
2. During the quarter century after the War of 1812 ended, the most expansive force in the
American economy was
a. Cotton production
b. Land sales
c. Textile manufacture
d. Canal construction
3. All of the following describe what happened to agriculture as the market revolution
unfolded EXCEPT:
a. Cotton production increased dramatically, with over half the world supply
coming from the American South.
b. The centers of grain production—especially wheat—migrated westward as new
farmlands were settled.
c. Farmers tried to raise a surplus crop for sale as they became more tightly tied into
the national market system.
d. While total production increased, farm output per acre and per worker declined.
4. Which of the following proved to be the breakthrough necessary to push cotton
production to the center of the American agricultural stage?
a. Extensive railroad development.
b. Development of vast overseas markets.
c. Federal subsidies of cotton production.
d. Invention of the cotton gin.
5. In their shift toward commercial agriculture, farmers began doing all the following,
EXCEPT:
a. Bartering goods with friends and neighbors.
b. Cultivating more acres of land.
c. Working longer hours.
d. Adopting scientific farming methods.
6. John Marshall’s Supreme Court decisions sought to promote American enterprise by all
of the following, EXCEPT:
a. Upholding private contracts.
b. Blocking state interference with private property.
c. Ruling that Indian lands must be turned over to white developers.
d. Creating a climate of business confidence.
Chapter 11 Quiz
Name: ________________________________
1. President Andrew Jackson’s Specie Circular stipulated that
a. Inefficient employees of the federal government should be immediately
dismissed regardless of their political affiliation
b. Federal government deposits should be withdrawn from the Second Bank
of the United States
c. No federal funds should be spent on internal improvements
d. Paper money should not be accepted in payment for federal government
lands sold
e. The government would use force if necessary to collect the tariff in South
Carolina
2. The greatest significance of the Supreme Court’s decision in Marbury v. Madison
was it
a. Claimed for the first time that the Supreme Court could issue directives to
the president
b. Claimed that the Supreme Court alone was empowered to say what the
Constitution meant
c. Claimed for the first time that the Supreme Court could declare an act of
Congress to be unconstitutional
d. Was openly defied by President Thomas Jefferson
e. Resulted in a major realignment of the first American party system
3. The Missouri Compromise provide that Missouri be admitted as a slave state,
Maine be admitted as a free state, and
a. All of the Louisiana Territory north of the northern boundary of Missouri
be closed to slavery
b. All of the Louisiana Territory north of 36 degrees 30’ be closed to slavery
c. The entire Louisiana Territory be open to slavery
d. The lands south of 36 degrees 30’ be guaranteed to slavery and the lands
north of negotiable
e. All of the Louisiana Territory north of the southern boundary of Missouri
is closed to slavery for 30 years.
4. The term “Trail of Tears” refers to
a. The Mormon migration from Nauvoo, Illinois, to what is now Utah
b. The forced migration of the Cherokee tribe from the southern
Appalachians to what is now Oklahoma
c. The westward migration along the Oregon Trail
d. The migration into Kentucky along the Wilderness Road
e. The migration of German settlers southward from Pennsylvania into the
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
Fires of Perfection
Name: _________________________________
1. William Lloyd Garrison in his publication The Liberator was outspoken in calling
a. For the gradual and compensated emancipation of slaves
b. For colonization of slaves to some place outside the boundaries of the United
States
c. For repeal of the congressional “gag rule”
d. For immediate and uncompensated emancipation of slaves
e. For the strict maintenance of the constitutional doctrine of states’ rights
2. The Congressional “gag rule” stipulated that
a. No law could be passed prohibiting slavery in the territories
b. No member of Congress could make statements or speeches outside of Congress
pertaining to slavery
c. No antislavery materials could be sent through the mail to addresses in Southern
states
d. No antislavery petition would be formally received by Congress
e. No bills pertaining to slavery would be considered
3. The most active people in the religious revivals of the mid-nineteenth century
a. Were Roman Catholics
b. Were Jews
c. Were Mainstream Protestants
d. Were Quakers
e. Were Evangelical Christians
4. The statement that “all men and women are created equal” and that “the history of
mankind is a history of repeated injuries are usurpation on the part of man toward
woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her….”
Was issued by the
a. Organizers of the National Organization of Women (NOW)
b. United Nations Educational Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in
support of women’s suffrage
c. Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention in its “Declaration of Sentiments and
Resolution”
d. Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
e. National Women’s Suffrage Association and the American Women’s Suffrage
Association in a joint unity resolution
5. The ideal of domesticity
a. Held that women’s sphere was the home and family
b. Was opposed by the revivalists
c. Held that the government should focus on domestic policies
d. Stressed the father’s spiritual leadership in the home
e. Supported domestic production of goods and services
Chapter 13 quiz: The Old South
Name:
1. Southern society was characterized by
a. Large numbers of white slave owners
b. Sharecroppers an tenant farmers
c. A highly educated white population
d. A flexible social structure where mobility was easy
e. An unbalanced pyramid that had a small elite and large underclass
2. Regional specialization was caused by
a. A drop in the demand for consumer goods
b. Government subsidies for farmers in the west
c. Railroads and overseas demand for manufactured raw goods
d. A decrease in overseas shipping
e. The Embargo Act
3. Hudson River school artists portrayed the United States as
a. A large industrial powerhouse
b. Naturally immense and beautiful
c. Mired in urban filth
d. Connected with Ancient Greek and Roman culture
e. Sympathetic to the plight of slaves
4. The Kansas-Nebraska act nullified part of the
a. Compromise of 1850
b. Great Compromise
c. Wilmot proviso
d. Missouri compromise
e. Dred Scott Decision
5. All of the following contributed to the growth of US industry between 1800 and 1850 except
a. The availability of large pool of immigrant labor
b. The introduction of the factory system
c. The introduction of the cotton gin
d. A series of protective tariffs
e. Pass of federal internal improvement bills
6. The election of 1824 was decided by the House of Representatives because
a. Of the Corrupt Bargain
b. Jackson did not have a majority of the popular vote
c. Each state has only one vote in the electoral college
d. Jackson did not have a majority of the electoral vote
e. The Twelfth Amendment had not yet been ratified.
Western Expansion and the Rise of the Slavery Issue
Name: _____________________________
1. The Wilmot Proviso stipulated that
a. Slavery should be prohibited in the lands acquired as a result of the
Mexican War
b. No lands should be annexed to the United States as a result of the Mexican
War
c. California should be a free state while the rest of the Mexican Cession
should be reserved for the formation of slave states
d. The status of slavery in the Mexican Cession should be decided on the
basis of “Popular Sovereignty”
e. The Missouri Compromise line should be extended through the Mexican
Cession to the Pacific, lands north of it being closed to slavery
2. The Whig party turned against President John Tyler because
a. He was felt to be ineffective in pushing the Whig agenda through
Congress
b. He spoke out in favor of the annexation of Texas
c. He opposed the entire Whig legislative program
d. He criticized Henry Clay’s handling of the Nullification Crisis
e. He aggressively favored the expansion of slavery
3. In coining the phrase “Manifest Destiny,” journalist John L. O’Sullivan meant
that
a. The struggle for racial equality was the ultimate goal of America’s
existence
b. America was certain to become an independent country sooner or later
c. It was the destiny of America to spread over the continent
d. America must eventually become either all slave or all free
e. America should seek to acquire an overseas empire
4. All of the following were causes of the Mexican War, EXCEPT:
a. American desire for California
b. Mexican failure to pay debts and damages owed to the U.S.
c. U.S. annexation of the formerly Mexican-held Republic of Texas
d. Mexican desire to annex Louisiana
e. The disputed southern boundary of Texas
5. All of the following are true of the Compromise of 1850, EXCEPT:
a. It provided for the admission of California to the Union as a free state
b. It included a tougher fugitive slave law
c. It prohibited slavery in the lands acquired as a result of the Mexican War
d. It stipulated that land in dispute between the state of Texas and the
territory of New Mexico should be ceded to New Mexico
e. It ended the slave trade in the District of Columbia
The Union Broken
Name: _____________________________
1. The principle of “popular sovereignty” was
a. Supported by James Polk during the 1848 presidential
campaign
b. Applied as part of the Missouri Compromise
c. A central feature of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
d. A policy favored by the Whig party during the late 1840s and
early 1850s
e. Successful in solving the impasse over the status of slavery in
the territories
2. In its decision in the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court
held that
a. Separate facilities for different races were inherently unequal
and therefore unconstitutional
b. No black slave could be a citizen of the United States
c. Separate but equal facilities for different races were
constitutional
d. Affirmative Action programs were acceptable only when it
could be proven that specific previous cases of discrimination
had occurred within the institution or business in question
e. Imposition of a literacy test imposed an unconstitutional barrier
to the right to vote
3. In his famous “Freeport Doctrine” set forth in his debate with
Abraham Lincoln at Freeport, Illinois, Stephen A. Douglas stated that
a. Any territory desiring to exclude slavery could do so simply by
declining to pass laws protecting it
b. Any state wishing to secede from the Union could do so simply
by the vote of a special state constitutional convention
c. No state had the right to obstruct the operation of the Fugitive
Slave Act by the passage of “personal liberty laws”
d. The Dred Scott decision prohibited any territorial legislature
from excluding slavery until a state constitution was drawn up
from approval by Congress
e. Any slaveholder was free to take his slaves anywhere within the
United States without hindrance by state, federal, or territorial
governments
Total War and the Republic
Chapter 16 Quiz
Name: ________________________________
1. The North held many advantages at the beginning of the Civic War, EXCEPT:
a. Most major financial institutions were in the North.
b. The North occupied more territory than the South.
c. The North had more railroad lines.
d. The North had more factories.
e. The North had a larger population.
2. President Abraham Lincoln’s primary motive for entering the Civil War was
a. To emancipate the slaves
b. To preserve the Union
c. To punish the South for secession
d. To enforce the Fugitive Slave Law
e. To mend the rift in the Democratic party
3. European states did not aid the Confederacy in the Civil War because
a. Union diplomats made many efforts to convince them not to.
b. There were alternative sources of cotton.
c. The Confederacy’s position on slavery.
d. They did not believe that the Confederacy could win.
e. All of the above.
4. The military draft was unpopular to many in the North because
a. The North already was lacking in men during this period.
b. The draft allowed blacks to enter the armed forces.
c. The draft allowed Irish-American immigrants to enter the army.
d. The draft allowed those drafted to hire “replacements.”
e. Martial law was needed in many locations to enforce the draft provisions.
5. The Crittenden Resolution
a. Made it clear that the war was being fought to preserve the union.
b. Made it clear that the war was being fought to free the slaves.
c. Offered the southern states a chance to avoid war.
d. Was defeated by the radical Republicans due to its clear violation of
Habeas Corpus.
e. Led to the freedom of thousands of slaves in the Border States.
6. Copperheads were
a. Democrats in the North who opposed the war.
b. Republicans in the North who suggested that Lincoln be replaced.
c. Democrats in the North who switched alliance to Lincoln.
d. Southern Democrats wanting negotiations with the North as early as 1863.
e. Northern Democrats who moved to the South during the war.
Reconstruction the Union
Name: ______________________________
1. Andrew Johnson was impeached primarily because
a. He was an alcoholic and made several major speeches while totally drunk
b. Angry Northern Congressmen resented the fact that Johnson, a Southerner (from
Tennessee), had become president following Lincoln’s death.
c. Members of Congress felt that Johnson’s Reconstruction policies were to harsh
and unfairly penalized former Confederate leaders
d. He demanded suffrage for blacks in addition to the abolition of slavery
e. He obstructed the enforcement of congressional Reconstruction policies that he
felt were too harsh
2. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was important because it
a. Prohibited slavery within the United States
b. Guaranteed equal protection under the law for every American citizen
c. Prohibited any state from denying and American citizen the right to vote based
on race/ethnic background, color, or having previously been a slave
d. Prohibited any state from denying women the right to vote
e. Provided Congress with the power to establish and collect income taxes
3. “ Jim Crow” laws were laws that
a. Effectively prohibited blacks from voting in state and local elections
b. Restricted American Indians to U.S. government reservations
c. Restricted open-range ranching in the Great Plains
d. Established separate segregated facilities for blacks and whites
e. Restricted the consumption and distribution of alcohol within the limits of protemperance communities
4. Both President Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction and that of Congress required
the former Confederate states to
a. Enfranchise the freed slaves
b. Extend civil and political equality to the freed slaves
c. Ratify the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
d. Draft new state constitutions
e. Compensate the slave owners for the loss of their slaves
5. Slavery was declared illegal throughout the United States by the
a. Emancipation Proclamation
b. Thirteenth Amendment
c. Force Acts
d. Freedmen’s Bureau
e. Wade-Davis Bill
6. The main purpose of Black Codes was to
a. Ensure justice for freemen.
b. Guarantee emancipation for slave.
c. Provide free public education to freedmen.
d. Grant land and a mule to ex-slaves.
e. Limit the ability of ex-slaves to integrate into Southern society.
The Rise of a new Industrial Order
Name: ______________________________
1. The term “robber barons” refers to
a. Wealthy landowners in the antebellum South.
b. Late nineteenth century industrialists.
c. Early nineteenth century Federalists.
d. Early twentieth century Populists.
e. Late eighteenth century British mercantilists.
2. The “Gospel of Wealth” referred to the idea that
a. Accumulating wealth was justified as long as some of the wealth went to
charities and philanthropic causes
b. Real wealth comes from the love of those around you, not from money
c. Money talks
d. Being wealthy wasn’t sinful so long as you didn’t hurt other people in the
process of gathering that wealth
e. Rich people obtained their wealth because God gave it to them
3. The American Federation of Labor under the leadership of Samuel Gompers
organized
a. Skilled workers in craft unions in order to achieve economic gains.
b. All industrial and agricultural workers in “one big union.”
c. Unskilled workers along industrial lines.
d. Workers and intellectual into a labor party for political action.
e. Workers into a fraternal organization to provide unemployment and oldage benefits.
4. The Knights of Labor under the leadership of Terrence Powderly organized
a. Skilled workers in craft unions in order to achieve economic gains.
b. All industrial and agricultural workers in “one big union.”
c. Unskilled workers along industrial lines.
d. Workers and intellectual into a labor party for political action.
e. Workers into a fraternal organization to provide unemployment and oldage benefits.
5. The precipitating factor in the 1894 Pullman Strike was Pullman’s
a. Dismissal of union workers
b. Introduction of scrip in part payment of wages.
c. Retraction of its promise to provide an employee’s insurance and
retirement plan.
d. Employment of immigrant labor at less than living wages.
e. Cutting wages without proportionate cuts in company housing rents.
The New South and the Trans-Mississippi West/ The Rise of the New Urban Order
Chapter 19/20 Quiz
Name: _____________________________
1. Which is an accurate statement of demographic trends in the late nineteenth century?
a. Birth rates rose
b. Death rates rose
c. Immigration from western and northern Europe rose
d. The proportion of Americans living in cities rose
2. Which one of the following statements about late nineteenth and early twentieth century immigrants is NOT true?
a. Most were younger males looking for job opportunities
b. Most were skilled urban workers
c. Most came from southern and eastern Europe
d. Most settled in cities
3. Which of the following statements about late nineteenth and early twentieth century immigrants is NOT true?
a. Most settled in ethnic communities centered on church life
b. Most married later, but bore more children, than the native-born
c. Most were Protestants
d. Significant numbers of Americans sought to restrict the immigrant influx
4. Before the 1880s most immigrants came from ______; after the 1880s most immigrants came from ________.
a. The European continent…the British Isles
b. Ireland…Scandinavia
c. Northern and Western Europe…Southern and Eastern Europe
d. Europe…Latin America
5. In late nineteenth century American cities:
a. The wealthy lived at the core
b. The poor were thrust to the outer fringes
c. Residential patterns reflected the mingling of economic classes
d. The middle and upper classes lived in the newer outer suburbs
6. “ Jim Crow” laws were laws that
a. Effectively prohibited blacks from voting in state and local elections
b. Restricted American Indians to U.S. government reservations
c. Restricted open-range ranching in the Great Plains
d. Established separate segregated facilities for blacks and whites
e. Restricted the consumption and distribution of alcohol within the limits of pro-temperance communities
7. The establishment of transcontinental rail lines and the construction of America’s massive rail network had all of
the following effects, EXCEPT:
a. They led to the rapid industrialization of the Old South following the Civil War
b. They allowed for rapid distribution of goods throughout the country
c. Their building spurred a serious of important technical advances
d. They made the country smaller in the sense that they dramatically reduced the time needed to traverse the
continent
e. They resulted in the establishment of standardized time zones throughout the country
8. The decline of “open range” ranching in the West resulted primarily from
a. Low beef prices which made “open range” ranching unprofitable
b. Government policies giving priority use of the range to sheepherders, thus denying cattlemen equal access
to the open range
c. Overgrazing and intense competition for use of the land between ranchers and farmers
d. The increased use of sharecropping techniques by cattle ranchers which lessened their need for open
range policies
e. The high cost of replacing cattle which constantly wandered off in the open range
9. Sharecropping in the South after the Civil War led to
a. A never-ending cycle of poverty and debt for tenant farmers.
b. Better used of the soil on former cotton plantations.
c. The beginning of integration of former slaves into white society.
d. Higher crop yields that translated into greater wealth.
The Political System under Strain
Name: _________________________
1.
All of the following were reform-minded third-party movements EXCEPT:
a. A party, which sought to “free silver.”
b. A party, which sought to redress the grievances of western and southern farmers.
c. A party, which sought to win the right to vote for Hispanics.
d. A party which sought to inflate the currency by printing paper money
2.
The first modern governmental reform law, the Pendleton Act of 1883 enacted in response to the
assassination of President Garfield, provided for:
a. A high protective tariff.
b. Voting rights for blacks in the South.
c. Civil Service merit standards and procedures for government jobs.
d. The breakup of monopolistic business.
3.
On the tariff issue, ________ supported high protective tariffs; on the money question, _______
sought the inflationary consequences of silver coinage or silver-backed currency.
a. Democrats…Republicans
b. Republicans…populists
c. Southerners…populists
d. Large corporations and consumers…Republicans
4.
It was created in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Munn v. Illinois. It set an important
precedent in establishing a right for government to regulate private corporations. It was:
a. The Interstate Commerce Commission
b. The Sherman Antitrust Act
c. The National Municipal League
d. The Atlanta Compromise
5.
What is the best explanation of “free silver”?
a. The U.S. government would promote prosperity by inflating the money supply, through
minting all the silver offered to it.
b. The U.S. government would promote prosperity by distributing cash subsidies to the
unemployed, paid for by recent mining bonanzas on public lands.
c. Buying up surplus crops with silver coin.
d. The U.S. government would support investors by allowing the purchase of silver on the
open market.
6.
Which of the following is NOT true of the “Splendid Little War”?
a. The U.S Expeditionary Force was a conglomeration of blacks, cowboys, and other
“rough” riders.
b. The fighting didn’t last long, but the battle casualties were extremely high.
c. It involved decisive naval battles and disorganized, but ultimately successful ground
attacks.
d. Although on the surface it seemed like humanitarianism and revenge, our motivation for
“liberating” Cuba was mainly economic.
7.
Coxey’s Army
a. Rallied farmers of the West and South to the Populist cause.
b. Descended on Washington to demand a program to employ the jobless.
c. Broke the Homestead Strike.
d. Volunteered for service overseas.
The Progressive Era
Chapter 22 Quiz
Name: __________________________
1. Progressive Republicans looked to Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election because
a. Populists were poised to take a number of votes from the party
b. Taft had abandoned them during this term
c. Conservative Republicans were going to run Eugene V. Debs
d. Taft refused to intervene in the Coal Strike
e. Roosevelt promised to keep the United States out of war
2. An example of the limits of Progressivism can be shown in
a. the abandonment of the gold standard
b. the creation of the Federal Reserve
c. the implementation of the income tax
d. the enactment of the Clayton Antitrust Act
e. Wilson’s executive order to segregate federal buildings
3. Theodore Roosevelt’s policy toward business trusts was to
a. Support deregulation of business trusts so they could consolidate and better
compete with international competition
b. Quash reform efforts aimed at regulating business trusts because he believed the
reformers were led by socialists and Marxists
c. Seek regulation of only those trusts that used their powers to unfairly manipulate
their markets and the economy
d. Seek to bust, or destroy, all business trusts as antidemocratic and harmful to free
competition
e. Let the individual states deal with trusts as they chose. He did not believe that
the federal government had the power to intervene
4. The statement that “all men and women are created equal” and that “the history of
mankind is a history of repeated injuries are usurpation on the part of man toward
woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her….”
Was issued by the
a. Organizers of the National Organization of Women (NOW)
b. United Nations Educational Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in
support of women’s suffrage
c. Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention in its “Declaration of Sentiments and
Resolution”
d. Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
e. National Women’s Suffrage Association and the American Women’s Suffrage
Association in a joint unity resolution
5. The Nineteenth Amendment, added to the United States Constitution in 1920, did which
of the following?
a. Limited the president to two terms
b. Created the federal income tax
c. Outlawed the sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages
d. Enfranchised women
e. Ended prohibition
Chapter 23 Quiz
Name: ___________________________
1. Following World War I, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge led the fight against the
a. Establishment of the new nations of Europe
b. Harsh treatment of Germany
c. United States occupation of Germany
d. Discrimination of blacks and women
e. League of Nations
2. All of the following were factors in the failure of the United States to join the
League of Nations after the First World War, EXCEPT:
a. Fear of any further involvement in foreign policy
b. Personal and political rivalries between President Woodrow Wilson and
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
c. President Wilson’s illness
d. A group of United States senators who opposed American participation on
any terms
e. The influence of the Soviet Union with the League of Nations
3. The rejection of the Versailles Treaty by the United States Senate signaled what
future for American foreign policy?
a. The United States retreated into isolationism and backed away from a
world leadership role
b. The United States rejected playing a secondary role to the European
powers and took a more aggressive role in dominating world politics
c. The United States began taking an active part in promoting
internationalism through its leadership in the League of Nations
d. The United States formed a defensive alliance with Britain and France to
protect against any further abuses by the Germans
e. The United States launched an aggressive campaign to force all the
European powers to relinquish their colonial holdings to American control
and eventual independence
4. William Howard Taft’s approach to American Imperialism was known as
a. “Dollar Diplomacy”
b. The “Big Stick” policy
c. The “Open Door” policy
d. The “Good Neighbor” policy
e. “Appeasement”
5. The Teller Amendment of 1898 guaranteed the sovereignty of
a. Puerto Rico
b. The Philippines
c. The Virgin Islands
d. Panama
e. Cuba
Chapter 24 Quiz
Name: ___________________________
1. The flappers of the 1920s challenged traditional American attitudes about women
by supporting
a. A federal birth control and abortion rights protection law
b. Gender equality in salaries
c. An equal rights amendment
d. Greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior
e. A federal law to establish prenatal clinics in rural areas
2. All of the following contributed to the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment
legislating Prohibition in 1919, EXCEPT:
a. The continued effort of the Anti-Saloon League
b. The fervor of the First World War lending patriotism to the cause of
prohibition
c. The Progressive belief in social reform
d. The cumulative impact of state prohibition laws
e. The high death toll from alcohol-related automobile accidents
3. Marcus Garvey, Leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, argued
for
a. Equal rights
b. A return to Africa
c. Racial desegregation
d. Violence in the cities
e. More representatives in Congress for Washington, D.C.
4. “The business of our nation is business” were the words of
a. Calvin Coolidge
b. Herbert Hoover
c. Warren G. Harding
d. Franklin Roosevelt
e. Charles Evans Hughes
5. The 1925 Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee
a. Concerned the struggle to tax church property in Tennessee
b. Was an effort by the state of Tennessee to ban the use of snakes in religious
services
c. Focused on the efforts of the Protestant fundamentalists to impose
prohibition on the state
d. Demonstrated the rural fundamentalist belief that the theory of evolution
was a subversive attempt to destroy the meaning of the Bible
e. Supported the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan to prevent southern European
immigrants from settling in the state
Crash and Depression
Chapter 25 Quiz
Name: ____________________________
1. During the 1930s, the Great Depression led to
a. The nationalization of major industries
b. The strengthening of the family unit and a higher birth rate
c. A decline in highway construction
d. A mass internal migration of Americans looking for work
e. A decrease in labor union membership
2. Large number of Mexican immigrants were forced to return home “repatriated” during the
a. 1860s
b. 1880s
c. 1910s
d. 1930s
e. 1960s
3. An important factor contributing to the Great Depression in the United States in the 1930s
was the
a. Large military expenditure in the 1920s.
b. Decline in farm prosperity during the 1920s.
c. Redistribution of wealth due to stock market successes.
d. Increased importation of foreign goods.
e. Increase in population due to immigration.
4. The Scottsboro case symbolized the
a. Prevalence of xenophobia and fear of radicalism in the 1920s
b. Prevalence of racism and prejudice in the 1930s
c. Persecution of domestic communists in the 1940s
d. Opposition to New Deal in the 1950s
e. Growing liberalism of the Supreme Court in the 1960s
5. One means by which Hebert Hoover attempted to fight the Great Depression was
a. The establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority
b. The establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
c. A lowering of barriers to free trade
d. The early payment of bonuses to veterans
e. Direct government aid to the needy