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Fast Track 5-1 71.The power and strength of industrial unions in achieving their objectives in a dispute with management can be clearly seen in which of the following strikes? (A) Lawrence Textile Workers strike (B) Homestead strike (C) Ludlow massacre (D) Haymarket riot (E) railroad strike of 1877 4. In the Supreme Court case United States v. E. C. Knight (1895), the court ruled that • (A) the actions of the E. C. Knight Company were unconstitutional given the wording of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act • (B) neither the E. C. Knight Company nor the American Sugar Refining Company could be considered a monopoly • (C) the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was unconstitutional • (D) the E. C. Knight Company was engaged in commerce, not manufacturing, and therefore could not be regulated by Congress • (E) child labor was unconstitutional in businesses that engaged in interstate commerce 5. A major reason why Al Smith lost the presidential election in 1928 was • (A) his allegiance to Hoover's economic programs • (B) his adherence to maintaining a balanced budget in the midst of a depression • (C) his opposition to the Nineteenth Amendment • (D) Franklin Roosevelt's lack of support for Smith's candidacy • (E) Smith's Catholicism, which cost him Protestant votes 6. Frances Perkins • (A) was a major Republican opponent of the New Deal • (B) was the Republican candidate for president in 1932 • (C) represented a radical challenge to FDR's New Deal • (D) was FDR's vice president during his first term in office • (E) was the first female cabinet member in U.S. history 7. Which of the following was NOT an objective of the Populists? • (A) abolishing the graduated income tax • (B) preventing the government from owning and operating the railroad • (C) placing term limits on the president and vice president • (D) placing limits on the mining and coining of silver • (E) an eight-hour workday for industrial workers 9. Which one of the following was a member of the Central Powers during World War I? • (A) France • (B) Britain • (C) United States • (D) Germany • (E) Russia 10. Which of the following was passed while Wilson was president? • (A) Mann-Elkins Act • (B) Pure Food and Drug Act • (C) Federal Reserve Act • (D) Meat Inspection Act • (E) Alien and Sedition Acts 11.Margaret Sanger was an important reformer who (A) campaigned to end child labor (B) sought to end racial segregation (C) attacked the abuses of trusts and monopolies (D) advocated for women's right to vote (E) advocated in favor of women's reproductive rights • 12. "There is a common, widespread, and persistent stereotyped idea regarding the Negro and it is that he is here only to receive; to be shaped into something new and unquestionably better .... Through his artistic efforts the Negro is smashing this immemorial stereotype faster than he has ever done through any other method he has been able to use .... " This quote represents • (A) the primary reason the KKK had so many members in the 1920s • (B) the challenges made to prejudicial views by the Harlem Renaissance • (C) the divisions that existed in the 1920s between urban and rural black Americans • (D) FDR's crusade to improve the socioeconomic status of black Americans • (E) a major reason why some criticized the New Deal for not doing enough to better the lives of lack Americans 14. The Brain Trust was the name given to (A) President Franklin D. Roosevelt's political advisers • (B) The nation's first Supreme Court justices • (C) President Lyndon Johnson's advisers during the Vietnam War • (D) A nineteenth-century monopoly broken up by the government • (E) President Harding's political associates and advisers who were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal 19. All of the following are associated with economic and political corruption in the post-Civil War era EXCEPT • (A) Credit Mobilier • (B) Teapot Dome • (C) the attempt to corner the gold market by financiers Fisk and Gould • (D) Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall • (E) the Whiskey Ring 20. The precedent for using federal troops to break up a major strike was set by (A) Abraham Lincoln in 1862 • (B) Rutherford Hayes in 1877 • (C) Grover Cleveland in 1894 • (D) Theodore Roosevelt in 1901 • (E) Franklin D. Roosevelt ip 1945 25. Which New Deal agency gave legal protection to labor unions, set up the National Labor Relations Board, and gave workers the right to bargain collectively? • (A) FERA • (B) CCC • (C) Section 7 A of the NRA • (D) CWA • (E) REA 26. Britain's Proclamation of 1763 • (A) prevented the American colonies from trading with France • (B) prevented the American colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains • (C) required the colonists to purchase tea from only the British East India Company • (D) subordinated American economic interests to those of British capitalists • (E) ended all hostilities between Britain and France 30. The "Revolution of 1800" refers to • (A) the industrialization of the United States • (B) the victory of the Americans over the British • (C) the election of Thomas Jefferson • (D) the abolition of the slave trade in the United States • (E) the election of Andrew Jackson 33. The Know-Nothings were • (A) Confederate spies during the Civil War • (B) a nativist movement in the midnineteenth century • (C) Americans who organized boycotts of British goods before the Revolution • (D) anarchists who were arrested by the government during the First Red Scare • (E) those who refused to testify when called to do so by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee 35. The Hartford Convention was convened (A) by New Englanders who opposed the War of 1812 • (B) in order to prevent the South from seceding • (C) by women's rights advocates in the mid-nineteenth century • (D) in order to organize a colonial response to the Coercive Acts • (E) by labor leaders in order to advocate for the eight-hour workday 36. Which of the following is NOT associated with the American System? • (A) It was developed by Henry Clay. • (B) It was strongly supported by Southern political leaders. • (C) It promoted funding for the Second Bank of the United States. • (D) It would allow for protective tariffs. (E) The federal government would fund canal and road construction. 37. The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. • Constitution • (A) gave eighteen-year-old citizens the right to vote • (B) gave women the right to vote • (C) made the sale, distribution, and consumption of liquor a federal offense • (D) abolished slavery • (E) guaranteed the right to vote for any American citizen regardless of race or color 43. Which of the following actions hurt President Wilson's efforts to win Senate approval for the League of Nations? • (A) his failure to take a Republican party leader on the treaty mission to France • (B) his refusal to meet with members of his own party who opposed ratification of the treaty • (C) his inability to travel to Europe to meet with the other Allied leaders • (D) his insistence that Germany and Austria not be admitted into the League • (E) his inability to convince the other world leaders to make New York City the headquarters of the League 45. The Anaconda Plan • (A) was the Democratic party's response to the Whig party's support for the American Plan • (B) was the Union's military strategy for defeating the Confederacy • (C) was designed during the Eisenhower administration to increase funding for atomic weapons research • (D) was designed by the federal government in the 1950s to integrate public schools • (E) was President Roosevelt's design for attacking the problems that caused the Great Depression 46.If one were to argue that the United States pursued a policy of neutrality from 1919 to 1933, which of the following would support that view? • (A) signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact • (B) the Open Door Policy • (C) the Dawes Plan (D) failure to join the League of Nations (E) the Washington Naval Conference 48. Which one of the following was an effect of the Revolutionary War? • (A) the establishment of a constitutional monarchy • (B) the confiscation of Loyalists' property • (C) the acquisition of Canada by the United States • (D) the recognition of the Second Continental Congress as the legitimate government of the United States • (E) the demand by all Americans for a strong central government 49. A weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that • (A) it had no legislative branch • (B) some states were not permitted to join as long as they maintained slavery • (C) it decided to form a military alliance with Great Britain • (D) too many amendments were ratified, diluting the power of the government • (E) nine of thirteen states were needed to pass legislation 51. The political cartoon above dealing with the Reagan administration expresses the view that (A) Reagan resented how large the defense budget had grown (B) Reagan expanded federal aid to cities but not for the environment or Social Security (C) under Reagan federal funding for social programs was significantly cut (D) Reagan believed in balancing the federal budget so that it addressed social needs and the needs of the military (E) Reagan increased defense funding against his better judgment 55. Which one of the following can be considered a radical trade union? (A) Industrial Workers of the World (B) American Federation of Labor (C) International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (D) Congress of Industrial Organizations (E) United Mine Workers Union 56. Which of the following dates best corresponds to the Gilded Age? • (A) 1776-1800 • (B) 1861-1865 • (C) 1870-1900 • (D) 1917-1929 • (E) 1945-1970 57. Which of the following occurred during the presidential administration of George Washington? (A) the nullification crisis (B) the War of 1812 (C) the Whiskey Rebellion (D) the Louisiana Purchase (E) the XYZ Affair 58. Which one of the following was NOT one of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's economic programs? (A) Report on Public Credit (B) Report on Manufactures (C) chartering a national bank (D) protective tariff (E) tax on exports 59. Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana territory from France was unexpected in that (A) he was a strict constructionist (B) the United States had recently broken off diplomatic relations with France (C) he agreed to pay an outlandish sum for the territory (D) most Americans opposed the purchase (E) he was opposed to territorial expansion 61. The Dred Scott decision • (A) was a major factor in the U.S. government's decision to go to war against Mexico in 1846 • (B) weakened the fugitive slave laws • (C) reconfirmed that African Americans were not citizens • (D) freed all the slaves in the border states • (E) forbade the United States from trading with any nation that was at war 62. The radical Republicans are associated with which period in U.s. history? • (A) the American Revolution • (B) the Civil War • (C) Reconstruction • (D) the progressive era • (E) the Cold War 63. Because of a Soviet boycott of the United Nations in 1950 • (A) Communist China was refused membership in the U.N. • (B) the United States was able to convince the U.N. to establish the nation of Israel • (C) troops were sent to assist South Korea after it had been invaded by communist North Korea • (D) the United States and other Western nations refused to send their athletes to participate in the Olympics • (E) the U.N. could not prevent the outbreak of hostilities that led to the Chinese Civil War 65. The rags-to-riches stories of the Gilded Age were written by • (A) Upton Sinclair • (B) Mark Twain • (C) Horatio Alger • (D) Harriet Tubman • (E) F. Scott Fitzgerald 66. Ronald Reagan's military objectives included • (A) the construction of an extensive antimissile satellite system • (B) returning the Panama Canal to Panama • (C) allowing the Soviet Union to join NATO • (D) economic and military assistance to communist nations that ended their membership in the Warsaw Pact • (E) military assistance to the Sandinista government in Nicaragua 67. The Camp David Agreement is associated with the presidency of (A) Richard Nixon • (B) Gerald Ford • (C) Jimmy Carter • (D) Ronald Reagan • (E) George H. W. Bush 71. The power and strength of industrial unions in achieving their objectives in a dispute with management can be clearly seen in which of the following strikes? (A) Lawrence Textile Workers strike (B) Homestead strike (C) Ludlow massacre • (D) Haymarket riot • (E) railroad strike of 1877 72. Which of the following Supreme Court cases was heard by the Marshall Court? (A) McCulloch v. Maryland (B) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas • (C) Plessy v. Ferguson • (D) Dred Scott v. Sandford • (E) United States v. Butler 75. The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 (A) placed strict limitations on immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe • (B) made it a federal offense to strike during wartime • (C) outlawed yellow-dog contracts • (D) provided billions of dollars for the construction of an interstate highway system • (E) established the eight-hour workday 78. The only Democrat elected president between 1861 and 1912 was • (A) Lyndon Johnson • (B) James Garfield • (C) Grover Cleveland • (D) William McKinley • (E) Chester Arthur Princeton 4. The map above illustrates • (A) the Missouri Compromise • (B) the Military Reconstruction Acts • (C) the Wade-Davis Bill • (D) the Compromise of 1850 • (E) the Mexican Cession 8. Which of the following acts of President Ronald Reagan's administration could NOT be characterized as a return to conservative political values? • (A) Cuts in the federal budget • (B) The appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court • (C) Tax cuts for corporations • (D) The loosening of government regulation • (E) Supply-side economics 15. Which of the following did NOT occur in the year 1968? • (A) The Tet Offensive • (B) The assassination of Martin Luther King • (C) The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy • (D) The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution • (E) Riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago 17. Which of the following was a result of the Albany Congress? • (A) The colonies began to unite and take action against the British. • (B) The Iroquois Nation signed a peace agreement with the Colonies. • (C) Benjamin Franklin convinced the Huron and Iroquois tribes to settle their differences. • (D) The Iroquois remained neutral and the colonists rejected Franklin's plan for unity. • (E) Benjamin Franklin was able to convince the colonists and the British of his plan for a united defense against France. 18. All of the following are associated with "loose constructionism" during the early years of the United States of America EXCEPT • (A) the Federalists • (B) Hamilton's Bank • (C) the "Elastic Clause" • (D) restrictions on federal legislative powers • (E) federal government assumption of state debts 25. The cartoon above served as • (A) Ben Franklin's exhortation to the colonies to unite against British authority • (B) Ben Franklin's exhortation to the colonies to unite against the French • (C) the Committee of Correspondence's warning of impending attack against the colonies • (D) the slogan of the Sons of Liberty after the Boston Tea Party • (E) Thomas Paine's warning against political repression 28. Which of the following was NOT a result of Reconstruction? • (A) An increase in membership in the Ku Klux Klan • (B) The passage of three Constitutional Amendments • (C) The election of black senators and representatives • (D) The emergence of two distinct factions within the Republican Party • (E) Government grants of forty acres and a mule to each freedman 29. Which of the following occurred during Taft's presidency? • (A) The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair • (B) The Federal Reserve Act • (C) The establishment of the Department of Commerce and Labor • (D) Women's suffrage passed into law as the Nineteenth Amendment • (E) Coxey's Army marched on Washington 30. All of the following increased government power during World War I EXCEPT the • (A) War Industries Board • (B) Creel Committee • (C) Food Administration • (D) Espionage Act • (E) Dawes Plan 31. Each of the following actively sought to expose Communist sympathizers within the United States after World War II, EXCEPT • (A) Richard Nixon • (B) Alger Hiss • (C) Whittaker Chambers • (D) Joseph McCarthy • (E) RoyCohn 32. In his 1985 State of the Union Address, Ronald • • • • • Reagan articulated his foreign policy goals in what has come to be known as the Reagan Doctrine. Like Truman, Reagan pledged to (A) support anti-Communist resistance movements, particularly in the Third World (B) sponsor covert military operations to overthrow Communist regimes in Eastern Europe (C) ease tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States (D) broker a peace agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis (E) defend human rights in the Western hemisphere 33. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the emergence of the "New Right" of the 1970s and 1980s? • (A) The "moral majority" movement • (B) The popularity of Ronald Reagan • (C) The stagflation economic condition of the 1970s • (D) Religious revivalism • (E) The drop in the stock market 34. The most notable achievement of the United • • • • • States under the Articles of Confederation was (A) the creation of a strong executive office to lead the national government (B) the empowerment of Congress to regulate commerce (C) the empowerment of Congress to collect taxes (D) the provision for land sales in the Northwest that would benefit the entire nation (E) the establishment of simple majority rule in the legislature to establish national policy 37. Which of the following acts was the most beneficial to labor? • (A) The Clayton Antitrust Act • (B) The Sherman Antitrust Act • (C) The Elkins Act • (D) The Hepburn Act • (E) The Mann-Elkins Act 38. Which of the following did NOT occur during Franklin Roosevelt's "Hundred Days?" • (A) The National Bank Holiday • (B) Passage of the Glass Steagall Act • (C) Passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act • (D) Passage of the Agricultural Adjustment Act • (E) Passage of the Social Security Act 39. Which of the following accurately describes the TaftHartley Act of 1947? • (A) It encouraged the use of union strikes as long • as they remained peaceful. • (B) It outlawed the use of injunctions. • (C) President Truman vetoed it. • (D) It banned the use of "Yellow Dog Contracts." • (E) It required political contributions from labor unions to be subject to federal taxes. 41. Which best describes the role of the Loyalists • • • • • during the Revolutionary War? (A) They were few in number and had little, if any, significance. (B) They made up approximately 20-30 percent of the population. (C) Many of them were formerly indentured servants who felt obliged to the Crown. (D) Most of them came from the royal colony of Vrrginia and felt loyal to the Crown. (E) They had their largest following in New England, where the benefits of the mercantilist system were most visible. 42. The success of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 hinged on compromises over which of the following issues? • (A) Slavery and representation in Congress • (B) Taxation and term limits • (C) The number of branches of government to be formed • (D) Voting rights for women • (E) Universal manhood suffrage 44. All of the following statements conceming the Wade-Davis Bill are true EXCEPT • (A) Lincoln used his pocket veto to defeat it • (B) the bill required a majority of the population of the former Confederate states to take an oath of allegiance • (C) the bill stipulated that Congress would administer the Reconstruction program • (D) the bill abolished slavery • (E) the bill provided for financial compensation to former slaves 47. The 1947 grant of $400 million dollars in aid to Greece and Turkey was in accordance with which of the following U.S. policies? • (A) Eisenhower Doctrine • (B) Monroe Doctrine • (C) Truman Doctrine • (D) Roosevelt Corollary • (E) Good Neighbor Policy 49. Which of the following acts of the British government in the period preceding the Revolutionary War provoked the most outrage among the colonists? • (A) Parliament's defense of "virtual • representation" • (B) The monopoly given to the British East India Company • (C) The passage of the Boston Port Act • (D) The passage of the Molasses Act • (E) The passage of the Quebec Act 50. In 1775, the Second Continental Congress (A)decided to cut all ties with Britain (B)voted to work out a plan for self-rule (C) adopted the "Olive Branch Petition," declaring Colonial loyalty to the Crown (D) began to draft the Articles of Confederation (E) revised the colonial plan for military preparedness 51. All of the following Supreme Court decisions during John Marshall's tenure as Supreme Court Justice strengthened the federal government EXCEPT • (A) Fletcher v. Peck • (B) Gibbons v. Ogden • (C) Marbury v. Madison • (D) McCulloch v. Maryland • (E) Dred Scott v. Sandford 52. Which of the following was NOT a result of the Compromise of 1877? • (A) Rutherford B. Hayes became president. • (B) The remaining Confederate states were readmitted to the Union. • (C) Military Reconstruction ended. • (D) The Democrats took back the House and the Senate. • (E) Federal provisions for a southern transcontinental railroad were made. 54. In the Schecter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. case of 1935, which of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal measures came under attack? • (A) The National Labor Relations Board (B) The Court reorganization plan • (C) The National Recovery Act • (D) The Agricultural Adjustment Act • (E) The Federal Farm Loan Act 55. During the 1950s, many black and white activists fought against the persistence of "Jim Crow" laws throughout the South by all of the following methods EXCEPT • (A) bringing lawsuits in federal courts • (B) using violence to intimidate local politicians • (C) boycotting local businesses that supported • segregation • (D) staging sit-ins in segregated public places and facilities • (E) forging a coalition between Southern black churches and civil rights advocates 56. During the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan did which of the following? • (A) Signed the welfare reform bill • (B) Persuaded Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin to sign the Camp David Accords • (C) Sent troops to fight in the Persian Gulf War • (D) Cut taxes and the federal budget • (E) Increased taxes 58. Which of the following statements concerning the Federalist Papers is true? • (A) Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton drafted them. • (B) They contained essays that both defended and criticized the Constitution. • (C) They were written as propaganda to support the ratification of the Constitution. • (D) They were banned in the New York newspapers. • (E) They outlined the dangers of "Republicanism" in a new nation. 59. The Force Act of 1832 was passed in response to • (A) the Indian Removal Act • (B) the Tariff/Nullification crisis • (C) the election of President Martin van Buren • (D) Clay's American System • (E) the Bank Recharter Bill 60. The Niagara Movement resulted in (A) the formation of the NAACP (B) the emergence of the National Urban League (C) the development of agricultural colleges, such as the Tuskegee Institute (D) the repeal of the black codes (E) the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau 62. During the time of Woodrow Wilson's presidency, the "Irreconcilables" and the "Reservationists" had strong feelings concerning • (A) the Treaty of Versailles • (B) Wilson's Fourteen Points • (C) Article 231 • (D) the Sedition Act of 1918 • (E) the Mandate System 63. Which of the following cold war measures met with the most resistance in Congress? • (A) U.S. entry into the Korean War • (B) U.S. entry into NATO • (C) The Berlin Airlift • (D) The Truman Doctrine • (E) The McCarran Internal Security Bill 64.The most important factor in the defeat of Democratic presidential candidates in the elections of 1952 and 1968 was • (A) the Democrats' plan to reorganize the Supreme Court • (B) the American public's desire to avoid conflict and return to a more conservative political and social life • (C) the Democratic Party platform pledge to increase taxes in order to payoff the national debt • (D) the Democratic candidates' controversial positions on civil rights legislation • (E) the Democratic Party's unequivocal support of the Equal Rights Amendment 65. All of the following were manifestations of mercantilist theory EXCEPT • (A) the triangular trade • (B) the Navigation Acts • (C) Admiralty Courts • (D) virtual representation • (E) The Plantation Economy 66. The chief goal of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to (A) suppress immigration (B) limit the power of the press (C) check the power of the DemocraticRepublicans (D) uphold the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment (E) introduce the theory of nullification and states' rights 67. Which of the following statements related to the • • • • • Lowell System is NOT true? (A) In Lowell, farm girls were hired to work in the factories. (B) Lowell was a company town developed to provide supervision of, and education for, its factory workers. (C) The Lowell System included some of the first fully integrated factories-they transformed raw materials into a finished product. (D) The Lowell System provided an easy way for women to become financially independent. (E) The Lowell System developed as a result of the United States' burgeoning textile industry. 69. Which of the following statements regarding the American Federation of Labor is true? • (A) It was open to both skilled and unskilled laborers. • (B) Its beliefs were based on the Utopian ideas of earlier reformers. • (C) It considered the strike its strongest weapon. • (D) Its greatest appeal was to new immigrants, many of whom were unskilled. • (E) It published anti-capitalism pamphlets. 70. The supply side economic theory of Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon most probably inspired the • (A) "trickle-down" economic theory supported by Ronald Reagan • (B) deficit-spending economic theory of John M. Keynes • (C) Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act • (D) Keating-Owen Act • (E) Federal Trade Commission Act 71. All of the following were part of Johnson's Great Society program EXCEPT • (A) the Civil Rights Act of 1964 • (B) Medicare and Medicaid • (C) the establishment of the Department of Housing and Urban Development • (D) the balanced budget mandate • (E) the Economic Opportunity Act 72. Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Land Ordinance of 1785 or the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? • (A) Each territory could apply for statehood once it had 60,000 inhabitants. • (B) Slavery was outlawed in the Northwest Territory. • (C) Once a new state was admitted to the Union, it was granted all the privileges of existing states. • (D) The national government would make provisions for public education for all new states. • (E) Land sales in admitted territories would be protected from speculators. 74. The-election of 1800 is historically and politically significant because it • (A) marked the death of the Federalist party • (B) demonstrated that our Founding Fathers were correct in their suspicions about factions • (C) demonstrated the significance of the Electoral College • (D) ushered in the Era of Good Feelings • (E) demonstrated that political parties could in fact bring about a peaceful revolution in a republican form of government 79. Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs came under attack from both ends of the political spectrum. Two of the most vocal opponents, one left-wing and the other conservative, were • (A) Huey Long and Charles Coughlin • (B) Frances Perkins and Charles Townshend • (C) Wendell Wilkie and Harold Ickes • (D) Thomas Dewey and Huey Long • (E) Charles Evans Hughes and Alf Landon 80. The federally mandated desegregation of the civil service was first implemented in the • (A) Peace Corps • (B) armed forces • (C) Department of Justice • (D) National Park Service • (E) Supreme Court • The End