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Example AP US History Questions
1. The origins of the women’s rights movement in the United States may be traced
to the
a. Seneca Falls Convention
b. Niagara Movement
c. National Women’s Party
d. outbreak of World War I
2. The economic policy that looked at the colonies to provide raw materials, trade,
and riches was called
a. mercantilism
b. manifest destiny
c. dollar diplomacy
d. imperialism
3. The 1960 presidential election contest between John Kennedy and Richard Nixon
saw for the first time that
a. personalities, not political party machines, were decisive
b. televised debates between the candidates could influence voters
c. religion was a pivotal issue
d. the “solid” South would vote as a bloc for a Republican
4. The primary goal of France in supporting the American Revolution was to
a. assist the spread of the Catholic religion
b. weaken the British Empire
c. control the fur trade
d. regain Canada
5. During the Gilded Age, at the end of the 19th century, the question that received
LEAST attention from the Democratic and Republican Parties was
a. tariffs
b. money, Greenbacks, and silver
c. agrarian discontent
d. equality for women and minorities
6. The Progressive Movement did little to protect the rights of
a. consumers
b. African Americans
c. women
d. immigrants
7. Which of the following are examples of legislation enacted under President
Wilson’s New Freedom program?
a. Forest Reserve Act and Platt Amendment
b. Newlands Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act
c. Underwood Tariff and the Federal Reserve Act
d. Payne-Aldrich Tariff and the Teller Amendment
8. “Small islands not capable of protecting themselves are the proper objects for
kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something very absurd in
supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.” These words were
written in the 1770s by
a. William Pitt
b. Thomas Paine
c. John Locke
d. George Washington
9. All of the following actions in the English colonies during the early colonial
period suggest a tendency toward democracy EXCEPT
a. Mayflower Compact
b. Dominion of New England
c. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
d. Virginia House of Burgesses
10. Of the many reform movements that developed from the 1820s to the Civil War,
the one with the most widespread popular support was concerned with
a. temperance
b. mental hospitals
c. slavery
d. women’s rights
11. The 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka
basically overturned the earlier decision in
a. Gideon v. Wainwright
b. Plessy v. Ferguson
c. McCulloch v. Maryland
d. Gibbons v. Ogden
12. Of the following, the one with the most far-reaching influence on American
society’s development in the post-World War II period was the
a. GI Bill
b. baby boom
c. Taft-Hartley Act
d. Fair Deal Program
13. In his interpretations of the Constitution, Chief Justice John Marshall consistently
stressed the importance of
a. balancing state and federal power
b. establishing judicial review
c. strict interpretation
d. a strong central government
14. During the Cold War, United States foreign policy was guided by all of the
following concepts EXCEPT
a. containment
b. massive retaliation
c. flexible response
d. peaceful coexistence
15. The most prominent issue considered by Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt in their
diplomatic policy in the 1930s was
a. economics
b. isolationism
c. Fascist aggression
d. expansionism
16. In the first half of the 19th century, Emerson, Thoreau, and others wrote about
Transcendentalism, which included all of the following beliefs EXCEPT that
a. the pursuit of wealth was questionable
b. self-reliance was essential
c. independent thinking was vital
d. organized institutions were important
17. Of the many New Deal agencies established by Franklin Roosevelt in response to
the Great Depression, the one that does NOT exist today is the
a. Tennessee Valley Authority
b. Civil Works Administration
c. Federal Housing Administration
d. Securities and Exchange Commission
18. The independent farmer as the cornerstone of a strong nation was at the center of
government policy for
a. John Adams
b. Alexander Hamilton
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. George Washington
19. With the Revolution of 1800, the Democratic-Republicans and Thomas Jefferson
gained control of the national government from the Federalists and
a. ended neutrality in foreign policy
b. repealed excise and whiskey taxes
c. eliminated the national bank
d. restructured the Supreme Court
20. In the 1920s and 1930s, isolationists often cited the words and warnings of
a. James Madison
b. James Monroe
c. George Washington
d. Theodore Roosevelt
21. “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute” was the rallying cry by
Americans in response to
a. German submarine attacks
b. Stamp Act
c. British impressment
d. XYZ Affair
22. Which of the following is a correct statement about Abraham Lincoln’s primary
goal at the beginning of the Civil War?
a. emancipate the slaves
b. ensure federal supremacy over states’ rights
c. unite the North and the West
d. restore the Union
23. When founded, the first political parties, the Federalists and the DemocraticRepublicans, had clear positions on all of the following issues EXCEPT
a. national debt
b. French Revolution
c. national bank
d. slavery
24. During the 1920s, there was a dramatic rise in the membership and influence of
the
a. American Federation of Labor
b. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
c. America First Committee
d. Ku Klux Klan
25. Increased popular interest in religion in America is reflected in all of the
following movements EXCEPT
a. Fundamentalism
b. Social Gospel
c. Great Awakening
d. Social Darwinism
26. The minority group whose economic status and civil rights were diminished
during World War II were
a. African Americans
b. Japanese Americans
c. Mexican Americans
d. Native Americans
27. In the United States, tariffs have long been debated and policies often changed.
Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement of US tariff policy?
a. 1789, Hamilton’s protective tariff
b. 1816, protective tariffs after the War of 1812
c. 1828, increases, in the “Tariff of Abominations”
d. 1890, McKinley Tariff reductions
28. After over 150 years, the United States tradition of avoiding “entangling
European alliances” was ended by participation in the
a. Marshall Plan
b. United Nations
c. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
d. World Bank
29. Leading up to the Civil War, all of the following increased tensions between the
North and South EXCEPT
a. Fugitive Slave Act
b. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin
c. rise of the Know-Nothing Party
d. John Brown’s raid
30. The early foreign policy of President Franklin Roosevelt was by necessity based
on pressing domestic concerns. This is reflected in his actions regarding all of the
following EXCEPT the
a. London Economic Conference
b. recognition of the Soviet Union
c. reciprocal trade agreements
d. Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
31. Intervention by the United States in Latin American affairs was specifically
justified by the
a. Roosevelt Corollary
b. Monroe Doctrine
c. moral diplomacy of Woodrow Wilson
d. Open Door Policy
32. The war hawks were a group of young congressmen who called for military
action against
a. Mexico in 1914
b. Spain in 1819
c. Great Britain in 1812
d. Germany in 1917
33. All of the following were minority presidents, winning the presidency while
receiving less than 50 percent of the total popular vote. Which president won
while receiving fewer electoral and popular votes than one of his opponents?
a. John Quincy Adams
b. James Buchanan
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. Grover Cleveland
34. Which of the following sources would be most useful in studying the
development of religious freedom during the colonial period?
a. Mayflower Compact
b. Act of Toleration
c. Halfway Covenant
d. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
35. “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of
government to their selfish purposes.” In defending the rights of the common
people during his first term, President Andrew Jackson used these words as part
of a message regarding the
a. Bank of the United States charter veto
b. nullification crisis
c. Tariff of Abominations
d. Supreme Court’s Indian removal decision
36. In Schneck v. United States, the Supreme Court and Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes ruled that free speech could be limited when it represented a “clear and
present danger.” This ruling was made during
a. Haymarket Riot period
b. Red Scare in 1919
c. Bonus March
d. World War I
37. Which of the following was the definitive foreign policy concern of President
Woodrow Wilson, over which he was unwilling to make any compromises?
a. national self-determination
b. freedom of the seas
c. moral diplomacy
d. League of Nations
38. In facing their many problems at the end of the 19th century, American farmers
were aided by
a. the Republican Party
b. increased tariffs
c. limits on crop production
d. the Interstate Commerce Act
39. The major philosophical influence on the American leaders for independence
from Great Britain was
a. Thomas Hobbes’ divine-right theory
b. Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations
c. John Locke’s natural rights theory
d. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
40. The post-World War II civil rights movement used all of the following tactics to
achieve equality EXCEPT
a. establishing a third political party
b. filing lawsuits in federal court
c. organizing boycotts
d. staging sit-ins
41. War and expansionism by the United States in the 19th century took land from and
caused lasting resentment in
a. Canada
b. Mexico
c. Spain
d. Cuba
42. Which of the following decisions or actions by President Franklin Roosevelt
caused the greatest controversy and opposition during his presidency?
a. running for a third term
b. lend-lease program
c. Supreme Court Reorganization program
d. bank holiday
43. During the first half of the 19th century, the fastest growing influence on the
nation was
a. industrialism
b. nativism
c. revivalism
d. sectionalism
44. “During the early 19th century, the United States economy gradually changed
from agricultural to industrial.” Each of the following developments supports this
statement EXCEPT the
a. growth of the Democratic-Republican Party
b. improvements in transportation
c. incorporation laws
d. rapid rise in the number of patents granted
45. During the Civil War, the United States for the first time in its history had
a. a military draft
b. women serving in the army
c. African American serving in the army
d. paper money
46. Reconstruction ended with the
a. impeachment of Andrew Johnson
b. passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th constitutional amendments
c. presidential election of 1876
d. passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
47. In the 1950s, American society was criticized for its
a. declining interest in religion
b. increasing number of working mothers
c. conformity and lost individuality
d. radicalism and violence
48. A significant effort to preserve Native American tribal traditions and self-rule was
made by the
a. Dawes Act of 1887
b. Worcester v. Georgia ruling of Justice John Marshall
c. Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
d. “termination policy” of Dwight Eisenhower
49. “We must prove ourselves friends, and champions upon terms of equality and
honor…I mean the development of constitutional liberty in the world. Human
rights, national integrity, and opportunity as against material interests-that ladies
and gentlemen, is the issue which we now have to face.” These words, suggesting
a change in American foreign policy, came from President
a. James Monroe
b. James Polk
c. William McKinley
d. Woodrow Wilson
50. At the start of the 20th century, the government policy toward Native Americans
centered on the
a. reservation system
b. development of farming skills
c. assimilation into mainstream American culture
d. empowerment of tribal councils
51. Which of the following was LEAST important in the development of slavery in
America?
a. triangular trade
b. Mason-Dixon line
c. cotton gin
d. racism
52. In antebellum southern society, the people who showed the LEAST support of the
institution of slavery were
a. upper-class plantation owners
b. poor whites
c. mountain people
d. farmers
53. Justification for the vast differences between the rich and the poor in the late 19th
century could be found in the
a. Frontier thesis of Frederick Jackson Turner
b. Gospel of Wealth
c. writings of Henry George
d. Social Gospel
54. By the 1890s, all of the following were generally true about the South EXCEPT
a. education was a priority for state governments
b. Jim Crow laws were in every state
c. cotton-growing still dominated the economy
d. conservative Democrats controlled politics
55. Of the following, the most important influence on the economy and society of the
United States between 1865 and 1914 was
a. labor unions
b. national railroad network
c. the Grange movement
d. unrestricted immigration
56. In the 1840s, President James Polk added territory and secured American borders
through separate successful diplomatic negotiations with
a. Mexico and Spain
b. Mexico and Great Britain
c. Canada and Mexico
d. Spain and Great Britain
57. The primary goal of President Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory was
to
a. prevent the British from claiming it
b. provide more land for American farmers
c. demonstrate his belief in strict interpretation of the Constitution
d. acquire New Orleans and gain control of the Mississippi River
58. In the early years of the 20th century, many reform movements increased in
strength and support, but one that was weakened because it was associated with
violence by some of its members was
a. equal rights for African Americans
b. temperance
c. women’s suffrage
d. socialism
59. In the period immediately following World War I, most Americans could agree to
support
a. unions
b. immigration
c. withdrawing from foreign alliances
d. teaching the theory of evolution
60. The issue that figured most prominently in the nullification crisis during
Jackson’s presidency was
a. slavery
b. political party rivalries
c. states’ rights
d. tariff fairness
61. The development of higher education in colonial America was largely the result
of efforts by
a. colonial governments
b. wealthy patrons
c. British government
d. churches
62. The Cold War crisis that brought the United States and the Soviet Union into
direct confrontation with the threat of nuclear war was
a. placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba
b. U-2 spyplane incident
c. Berlin airlift
d. Bay of Pigs invasion
63. Which of the following documents or sources would be MOST useful for
analyzing the effects of the Embargo Act of 1807 on the US economy?
a. Jefferson’s instructions to Lewis and Clark
b. resolutions of the Hartford Convention
c. records of shipbuilding activity in a New England state from 1805 to 1810
d. financial accounts of Georgia plantations from 1805 to 1807
64. All of the following contributed to the conflict between Mexico’s government and
the settlers in Texas in the early 1830s EXCEPT
a. the collection of import duties
b. the support of annexation by John Tyler and James Polk
c. Mexico’s decision to abolish slavery in its territories
d. Mexico’s law requiring acceptance of the Catholic faith
65. All of the following were factors in the defeat of the South in 1865 EXCEPT
a. shortages caused by the Union’s naval blockade
b. slave uprisings against southern plantations
c. Grant’s war of attrition in Virginia
d. the Confederacy’s failure to obtain foreign intervention
66. Which of the following best explains the influence of yellow journalism on US
foreign policy in the 1890s?
a. Sensational news stories stirred the anger of the American public
b. Newspapers failed to report news about Congress
c. Political cartoons ridiculed “mugwump” politics
d. Publishers of New York dailies suppressed news that favored Cuban
revolutionaries
67. Going to war, Wilson said “The world must be made safe for democracy.”
Someone wishing to argue that democracy in the United States was less safe after
World War I would point to
a. the Senate debate on the Treaty of Versailles
b. Wilson’s speeches for the League of Nations
c. the Red Scare
d. adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment
68. President Franklin Roosevelt achieved a recognized diplomatic success with his
a. resolution of the Panay incident
b. Tydings-McDuffie Act in 1934
c. Quarantine Speech
d. Good-Neighbor policy in Latin America
69. The Black Power movement and the Black Muslims of the 1960s found
inspiration for the ideas of self-help, racial pride, and separatism in the words of
a. Marcus Garvey
b. Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. Booker T. Washington
d. W.E.B. DuBois
70. The issue of patronage was LEAST involved in which of the following?
a. rivalry between the Stalwarts and the Half-Breeds
b. the assassination of James A. Garfield
c. the passage of the Pendleton Act
d. the nomination of James B. Weaver as a Populist presidential candidate
71. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is most closely associated with
a. the expensive technologies involved in deep-shaft mining
b. hostility to foreigners in western states
c. competition of a transcontinental railroad
d. farmers’ grievances
72. President Andrew Johnson was impeached for
a. vetoing the Civil Rights Act of 1866
b. refusing to support the Thirteenth Amendment
c. taking a controversial position on states’ rights
d. removing a Radical Republican from his cabinet
73. Which of the following is an accurate characterization of how US foreign policy
changed from 1938 to early 1941?
a. from neutrality to support for Britain
b. from isolationism to neutrality
c. from intervention in Latin America to the Good Neighbor policy
d. from hostility to Japan to diplomatic efforts to appease Japan
74. Of the following, the greatest threat to Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal was
a. Huey Long
b. A. Philip Randolph
c. Father Charles Coughlin
d. Mary McLeod Bethune
75. The US economy in the late 19th century was characterized by all of the following
EXCEPT
a. consolidation of businesses into trusts
b. technological innovations
c. acceptance of unions and collective bargaining
d. growing concentration of wealth
76. All of the following reforms were adopted during the Progressive Era EXCEPT
a. stronger antitrust laws
b. protection of national forests
c. lower tariff rates
d. federal anti-lynching laws
77. The Lincoln-Douglas debates resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
a. Lincoln’s emergence as a national political figure
b. Increase in support for Douglas in the South
c. Douglas’ attempt to reconcile popular sovereignty with the Dred Scott
decision
d. Increased public awareness of slavery as a moral issue
78. Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Stamp Act?
a. Delegates from different colonies held a protest meeting in New York
b. The Sons of Liberty threatened tax officials
c. Colonial war debts were paid
d. Colonists boycotted British goods
79. The presidential election that is credited with ending the era of the ideals of
Jefferson and Jackson and starting a new age of national politics dominated by big
business, urban life, and middle-class values was
a. 1876, Hayes and Tilden
b. 1884, Cleveland and Blaine
c. 1896, McKinley and Bryan
d. 1912, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Taft
80. Most Progressive politicians opposed the election of
a. William Howard Taft in 1908
b. Theodore Roosevelt in 1912
c. William Howard Taft in 1912
d. Woodrow Wilson in 1912
81. Alexander Hamilton’s economic program was designed primarily to
a. prepare the United States for war in the event Britain failed to vacate its
posts in the Northwest
b. provide a platform for the fledgling Federalist Party’s 1792 campaign
c. establish the financial stability and credit of the new government
d. ensure northern dominance over the southern states in order to abolish
slavery
82. The development of the early nineteenth-century concept of “separate spheres”
for the sexes encouraged all of the following EXCEPT
a. accepting women as intellectual equals of men
b. idealizing the home as a haven in a competitive world
c. designating the home as the appropriate place for a woman
d. emphasizing childrearing as a prime duty of a woman
83. The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, the Hartford Convention, and the South
Carolina Exposition and Protest were similar in that all involved a defense of
a. freedom of the seas
b. freedom of speech
c. the institution of slavery
d. states’ rights
84. Frederick Jackson Turner’s “frontier hypothesis” focused on the importance of
a. the traditions of western European culture
b. the absence of a feudal aristocracy
c. the West
d. the conflict between capitalists and workers
85. During the closing decades of the nineteenth century, farmers complained about
all of the following EXCEPT
a. rising commodity prices
b. high interest charges
c. high freight rates
d. high storage costs
86. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine did which of the following?
a. Prohibited United States intervention in the Caribbean.
b. Warned against European seizure of the Panama Canal.
c. Sought to end the wave of nationalization of American-owned property in
the Caribbean.
d. Declared the United States to be the “policeman” of the Western
Hemisphere.
87. One of the principal reasons the “noble experiment” of Prohibition failed was that
it led to an enormous increase in
a. drinking among minors
b. absenteeism among factory workers
c. the divorce rate
d. law enforcement challenges
88. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a Supreme Court decision that
a. was a forerunner of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
b. established free public colleges in the United States
c. declared racially segregated public schools inherently unequal
d. established free public elementary and secondary schools in the United
States
89. Joseph McCarthy’s investigative tactics found support among many Americans
because
a. evidence substantiated his charges against the army
b. there was widespread fear of communist infiltration of the United States
c. both Truman and Eisenhower supported him
d. he correctly identified numerous communists working in the State
Department
90. The Tet offensive of 1968 during the Vietnam War demonstrated that
a. bombing North Vietnam had severely curtailed Vietcong supplies
b. the army of South Vietnam was in control of the South
c. a negotiated settlement was in the near future
d. the Vietcong could attack major cities throughout South Vietnam
91. Liberty of conscience was defended by Roger Williams on the grounds that
a. all religions were equal in the eyes of God
b. Puritan ideas about sin and salvation were outmoded
c. theological truths would emerge from the clash of ideas
d. the state was an improper and ineffectual agency in matters of the spirit
92. By the end of the seventeenth century, which of the following was true of women
in New England?
a. They had begun to challenge their subordinate role in society.
b. They were a majority in many church congregations.
c. They voted in local elections.
d. They frequently divorced their husbands.
93. The First Great Awakening led to all of the following EXCEPT
a. the renewed persecution of witches
b. the growth of institutions of higher learning
c. a flourishing of the missionary spirit
d. a greater appreciation for the emotional experiences of faith
94. The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the United
States?
a. It severely damaged American manufacturing.
b. It enriched many cotton plantation owners.
c. It disrupted American shipping.
d. It was ruinous to subsistence farmers.
95. The National Road was constructed primarily for the purpose of
a. demarcating the southwestern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase
b. promoting trade and communication with the Old Northwest
c. opening the Southwest to ranchers
d. assisting the movement of settlers to the Oregon Country
96. The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:
a. Commerce and industry would decline as the nation expanded its
agricultural base.
b. The use of land for settled agriculture was preferable to its use for
nomadic hunting.
c. Westward expansion was both inevitable and beneficial.
d. God had selected America as a chosen land and people.
97. National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in 1966 in order to
a. encourage women to believe in the “feminine mystique”
b. challenge sex discrimination in the workplace
c. oppose the proposed Equal Rights Amendment
d. advocate restrictions on access to abortion
98. 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 intellectuals into a labor party for political action
99. In the period 1890–1915, all of the following were generally true about African
Americans EXCEPT:
a. Voting rights previously gained were denied through changes in state laws
and constitutions.
b. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) endorsed the Back-to-Africa movement.
c. African American leaders disagreed on the principal strategy for attaining
equal rights.
d. Numerous African Americans were lynched, and mob attacks on African
American individuals occurred in both the North and the South.
100. Conservative Republican opponents of the Treaty of Versailles argued that the
League of Nations would
a. isolate the United States from postwar world affairs
b. prevent the United States from seeking reparations from Germany
c. violate President Wilson’s own Fourteen Points
d. limit United States sovereignty
101. Which of the following best characterizes the stance of the writers associated
with the literary flowering of the 1920s, such as Sinclair Lewis and F. Scott
Fitzgerald?
a. Sympathy for Protestant fundamentalism
b. Nostalgia for the “good old days”
c. Advocacy of cultural isolationism
d. Criticism of middle-class conformity and materialism
102. Before 1492, many American Indian cultures were strongly influenced by the
a. spread of corn cultivation
b. ravages of smallpox epidemics
c. regular contacts with Africa
d. invention of the spoked wheel
103. The American Colonization Society was established in the early nineteenth
century with the goal of
a. encouraging immigration from Ireland and Germany
b. settling White Americans on western lands
c. settling American Indians on reservations
d. transporting African Americans to Africa
104. The high inflation rates of the late 1960s and early 1970s were due in part to
a. major state and federal tax increases
b. increased investment in major industries
c. spending on social-welfare programs and the Vietnam War
d. a decline in foreign trade
105. Which of the following was true of a married woman in the colonial era?
a. She would be sentenced to debtors’ prison for debts incurred by her
husband.
b. She generally lost control of her property when she married.
c. She had no legal claim on the estate of her deceased husband.
d. Her legal rights over her children were the same as those of her husband.
106. Which of the following colonies required each community of 50 or more families
to provide a teacher of reading and writing?
a. Pennsylvania
b. Massachusetts
c. Virginia
d. Maryland
107. Which of the following was true of the French-American Alliance formed in
1778?
a. It contributed little to the American victory in the Revolutionary War.
b. It restricted French naval activity to the high seas, far from the North
American coast.
c. It influenced the British to offer generous peace terms in the Treaty of
Paris in 1783.
d. It allowed the French to repossess their North American colonies lost in
1763.
108. At the beginning of the Civil War, Southerners expressed all of the following
expectations EXCEPT:
a. The materialism of the North would prevent Northerners from fighting an
idealistic war.
b. Great Britain would intervene on the side of the South in order to preserve
its source of cotton.
c. Northern unity in the struggle against the Southern states would eventually
break.
d. The South’s superior industrial resources would give it an advantage over
the North.
109. Which of the following constitutes a significant change in the treatment of
American Indians during the last half of the nineteenth century?
a. The beginnings of negotiations with individual tribes
b. The start of a removal policy
c. The admission of all American Indians to the full rights of United States
citizenship
d. The division of the tribal lands among individual members
110. “This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: to consider all surplus
revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to
administer and strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner
which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results
for the community—the man of wealth thus becoming the mere agent and trustee
for his poorer brethren.’’ These sentiments are most characteristic of
a. Transcendentalism
b. Pragmatism
c. the Gospel of Wealth
d. Reform Darwinism
111. Many Mexicans migrated to the United States during the First World War
because
a. revolution in Mexico had caused social upheaval and dislocation
b. immigration quotas for Europeans went unfilled as a result of the war
c. the war in Europe had disrupted the Mexican economy
d. American Progressives generally held liberal views on the issue of racial
assimilation
112. Which of the following has been viewed by some historians as an indication of
strong anti-Catholic sentiment in the presidential election of 1928?
a. The increased political activity of the Ku Klux Klan
b. The failure of the farm bloc to go to the polls
c. Alfred E. Smith’s choice of Arkansas senator Joseph T. Robinson as his
running mate
d. Alfred E. Smith’s failure to carry a solidly Democratic South
113. Under the Articles of Confederation the United States central government had no
power to
a. levy taxes
b. make treaties
c. declare war
d. amend the Articles
114. Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?
a. The rehabilitation of a decaying urban area
b. An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity
c. The beginning of the NAACP
d. The establishment of the back-to-Africa movement
115. Conscription policies in the First and Second World Wars differed significantly
in that in the Second World War
a. African Americans were drafted into integrated units
b. conscientious objectors were not officially recognized
c. the draft began before the United States entered the conflict
d. the draft was administered at the regional and federal levels by the armed
forces
116. All of the following concerns were addressed during the “Hundred Days” of the
New Deal EXCEPT
a. banking regulation
b. unemployment relief
c. agricultural adjustment
d. court restructuring
117. Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were similar as presidential candidates in that
both
a. articulated the public’s desire for less involvement in foreign affairs
b. capitalized on their status as Washington outsiders
c. promised Congress increased control over domestic matters
d. renounced private fund-raising in support of their campaigns
118. The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, is considered pivotal to the
outcome of the Civil War because it
a. represented the Union’s deepest thrust into southern territory
b. forestalled the possibility of European intervention
c. resulted in the border states joining the Confederacy
d. marked the first use of Black troops by the Union army