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One of the most significant differences between the early
17th Century colonists in Massachusetts Bay and those
in Chesapeake Bay was that
Massachusetts Bay colonists fought a war with the
Pequot Indians in 1637 after
A. English settlers threatened the Pequots' power in
New England
B. the Pequot rivalry with the Wampanoags increased
in intensity
C. the Pequots' trade with France was interrupted
D. New England colonial governments took land by
eminent domain
E. the Pequots refused to convert to Christianity
the Hudson River
Hudson's Bay
the Atlantic Ocean
Nova Scotia
the St. Lawrence River
11.
Anne Hutchinson threatened the established order in
Massachusetts Bay by advocating
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
risk was limited
high profits were guaranteed
they were backed by proprietors
they were supported by public taxes
they had been successful since the 15th Century
12.
One of the most important reasons that the Virginia colony at
Jamestown survived its first few years was the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
7.
Virginia
the Carolinas
the Caribbean
Georgia
Florida
New York and Pennsylvania
South Carolina and North Carolina
Massachusetts Bay and Pennsylvania
Maryland and Virginia
North Carolina and Georgia
A. women had significantly higher status in
Massachusetts Bay than in Chesapeake Bay
B. women lived longer in Chesapeake Bay than in
Massachusetts Bay
C. women had significantly higher status in
Chesapeake Bay than in Massachusetts Bay
D. women owned significantly more property in
Massachusetts Bay than in Chesapeake Bay
E. widows remained single longer in Chesapeake Bay
than Massachusetts Bay
smallpox
measles
influenza
chicken pox
syphilis
The advantage which investors gained through joint stock
companies was that
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
6.
9.
France's colonies in North America in the 17th Century
centered on
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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a new continent
a string of islands off Africa
Asia
the Northwest Passage
Ceuta
Of the African slaves brought to the New World by Europeans
from 1492 through 1770, the vast
majority were shipped to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Which of the following colonies were founded as havens
for oppressed religious minorities?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
All of the following were diseases brought to the New World
by European explorers and colonizers EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
3.
8.
After four westward voyages to the New World, Christopher
Columbus believed that he had
reached
The colonies which were the most important havens for
Quakers during the 17th Century were Pennsylvania and
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
careful preparation of the colonists
abundance of skilled labor
absence of disease
presence of strong women
support of the Algonquin Indians
13.
One of the reasons that relations between English colonists and
Indians deteriorated in the
Chesapeake Bay region during the 17th Century was the
A. success of cotton growing
B. spread of tobacco farming
C. warlike tendencies of Indians beginning with the arrival of
the English
D. direct influence of the joint stock company
E. absence of any communication between colonists and
Indians
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a covenant of good works
a covenant of grace
the distribution of free land to individual families
religious freedom for Jews
war with the Pequots
New York
New Jersey
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Georgia
England began to establish colonies in the New World
during the 16th Century for all of the
following reasons EXCEPT to
A. raid Spanish treasure ships
B. prevent Spain from dominating the western
hemisphere
C. gain access to American natural resources
D. grow cotton for England's textile industry
E. establish control of the fur trade
14.
Slave owners drew on the African skills of their slaves in all of
the following areas EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
15.
18.
21.
Pequot War
Tuscarora War
Creek-Yamasee War
Pueblo revolt
King Philip's War
22.
deerskins and rice
deerskins and Indian slaves
Indian slaves and indigo
food and beaver skins
horses and food
the establishment of the Dominion of New England
the revocation of New England's colonial charters
war between England the France in New England
a decline in Puritan church membership
a general decline in the population of New England
Which of the following is an accurate statement about
colonial society in the mid-18th Century?
A. married women were responsible for managing the
farms
B. the largest city at 1750 already had 500,000 people
C. married women normally owned businesses
D. the vast majority of family lived in rural areas
E. newspapers were not generally available to urban or
rural populations
colonial encroachments on tribal lands
the presence of the French
deep hostilities which began in the early 17th Century
a declaration of war by the Massachusetts Bay government
British agitation
23.
In his late 18th Century book, Letters From An
American Farmer, Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
describes
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
All of the following attitudes toward women were held by
Puritans during the 17th Century
EXCEPT
A. a woman's destiny was fulfilled only through a man
B. a male child needed more time to develop in the womb
than a female child
C. women were less able than men to understand logical
arguments
D. intellectual pursuits were harmful to women
E. women could not reach salvation in the next world
19.
All of the following provided the context of crises which
led to the Salem witchcraft trials of
1692 EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
King Philip's War, fought between colonists in new England
and the Wampanoags in 1675, was
initiated because of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Which of the following assumptions is a central part of
mercantilism?
A. the amount of wealth in the world was unlimited
B. the goal of each nation was to become self-sufficient
C. each nation benefited from the economic success of
other nations
D. nations should import good worth the same amount
that they exported
E. colonies were a drain on the economy of the home
country
European colonists in South Carolina during the 17th and 18th
centuries were dependent on
Indian labor to supply
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
17.
canoe building
fishing net construction
cattle herding
plantation management
rice cultivation
The most successful and longest-lasting Indian resistance
movement in colonial North America
was the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
16.
20.
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the industrial innovations of Americans
the identity of Americans
the military effects of the Revolutionary War
his negotiations with General Washington
his experiences as a French envoy to America
In 1733, the government of New York imprisoned John
Peter Zenger on charges that he
A. supported squatters who claimed the right to vacant
land
B. publicly criticized the government of New York
C. participated in the activities of the Sons of Liberty
D. fomented Iroquois activity in upstate New York
E. encouraged the Stono Rebellion
The Half Way Covenant was created by the Puritan hierarchy
to
A. allow Quakers limited rights in the Massachusetts Bay
colony
B. give partial membership in the church to those who were
not yet completely converted
C. encourage poor people to join the church if they could not
purchase a seat
D. establish satellite churches for those who lived outside the
main towns
E. accommodate Puritans who wanted membership in the
Church of England
25.
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The Great Awakening which swept the colonies from the
1730s through the 1770s is best
described as an example of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
religious revivalism
political democracy
a crusade for public education
economic populism
a tax rebellion
26.
During the mid-18th Century, all of the following crises
challenged the political status of the
colonies EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina
a slave revolt in new York City
land riots along the Hudson River
the Regulator Movement in the Carolinas
the Pequot War in New England
33.
Parliament had no right to tax them
the principle of virtual representation was valid
the British could tax the colonists only with their consent
only the king had the right to tax the colonies
the government of George III was illegitimate
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29.
pragmatism
utopian socialism
mercantilism
Puritanism
evangelism
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30.
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affected all colonists equally
included a quartering act
were enacted by Parliament and not the kind
contradicted the theory of mercantilism
raised money to pay for royal officials stationed in the
colonies
37.
In 1789, when Massachusetts required towns to offer
their citizens free public education, the
state also stipulated that
In 1776, when Abigail Adams implored her husband,
John Adams, to "Remember the Ladies" as he created a
new government, she argued that
A. women would not feel bound to support the laws of
a government in which they had no
actual representation
B. women and men should be equally represented at
the Constitutional Convention
C. women should be allowed to hold public office
D. women should be given the right to vote
E. the Declaration of Independence should read "all
men and women are created equal"
One of the most important long-term political activities of the
Daughters of Liberty was
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Americans benefited greatly from the 1783 Treaty of
Paris between the United States and Britain essentially
because
A. elementary schools had to be open to girls and boys
B. education had to be offered through the high school
level
C. vocational education was offered along with
classical languages
D. schools must teach classes in Latin
E. experiential education was to be part of the
curriculum
To Britain's Parliament, the Townshend Acts of 1767 appeared
to be similar to the Navigation
Acts. To many colonists, however, the Townshend Acts were
unacceptable because they
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
France openly aided the Americans
France sent troops and naval vessels to America
the British had to fight the French in the West Indies
Spain entered the war as an ally of the United States
Spain was an ally of France
A. trade disputes with Canada were resolved
B. the western border of the U. S. was the Rocky
Mountains
C. Britain's Indian allies also signed the treaty
D. the United States was granted independence
unconditionally
E. Florida became a U. S. territory
In the decade following the end of the Seven Years War, one of
the major challenges to political leaders in the British North
American colonies was to
A. integrate Indians into the mainstream of colonial society
B. guarantee religious toleration
C. find ways to let the colonies control internal affairs while
remaining subject to the British
empire
D. find new ways to tax the colonies for local projects
E. integrate a growing population of freed blacks into colonial
society
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Navigation Acts
Declaration of Independence
Dominion of New England
The American treaty with France in 1778 brought all of
the following benefits to the American cause during the
Revolutionary War EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The above quotation from the 18th Century reflects a
contemporary attitude of
promote a new product on the American market
raise large sums of money through taxes
sell tea only at government approved tea houses
save the East India Company from bankruptcy
reward American merchants
"The Declaration of Rights and Grievances" enacted by
the First Continental Congress was
written in direct response to the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and
wise."
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Parliament enacted the Tea Act of 1773 primarily to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
During the 1760s, political friction increased between the
colonies and the British government
because the colonies generally believed that
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
28.
32.
throwing chests of tea into Boston Harbor
spinning their own cloth
reading aloud at public houses and taverns
lobbying for women's right to vote
carrying weapons of self defense
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38.
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the status
of African-Americans in the
United States during the two decades following the
Revolutionary War?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
39.
In the 1770s, the chief aim of those who wrote the new state
constitutions was to
45.
The United States under the Articles of Confederation was
called a "firm league of friendship" because
42.
Stamp Act
Navigation Acts
Coercive Acts
Declaratory Act
Quebec Act
47.
inflation
Spain's presence on the southern and western borders
Britain's closure of the West Indies to American trade
excessive centralization of power in the Congress
Britain's maintenance of forts along the Great Lakes
prevent the collection of taxes
support the Constitution
promote the passage of the Bill of Rights
stop the collection of the stamp tax
criticize King George
An educational profile of the population of British North
America in the 18th Century would
reveal that
"I am obnoxious to each carping tongue
Who says my hand a needle better fits,
A Poets pen all scorn I should thus wrong,
For such despite they cast on Female wits:
If what I do prove well, it won't advance,
They'l say it's stoln, or else it was by chance."
The above selection from a 17th Century poem by Anne
Bradstreet reflects her
A. support for the Great Awakening
B. agreement with the established Puritan views about
women
C. belief in the intellectual capacity of women
D. recognition of the need for public education
E. faith in Calvinism
The rebellion of Daniel Shays in 1789 grew out of a need to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
three-fifths of the slaves would be counted
all of the slaves would be counted
no slaves would be counted
one-half of the slaves would be counted
two-thirds of the slaves would be counted
A. most colonists could read and write
B. most children under the age of 16 were educated in
public schools
C. the vast majority of colonists could neither read nor
write
D. most adult females could read and write
E. well over half of adult men could read and write
All of the following were problems encountered by the
government of the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
43.
46.
The Boston Tea Party led Britain to enact the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The question whether to count slaves for the purpose of
allocating representatives to each state under the
Constitution was resolved with the decision that
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A. relations among the states were truly harmonious
B. there were no outstanding disagreements among the states
C. the national government was not given the authority to
demand that states act together
D. the Articles of Confederation Congress sought friendship
with Britain
E. the United States joined an international coalition of states
pledged to outlaw war
41.
In 1795 the Treaty of Greenville between the United
States and the Miami Confederacy
established the principle that
A. citizens of the U. S. could settle anywhere in the
Northwest Territory
B. the U. S. government should continue to acquire
Indian lands
C. Indian tribes had sovereignty over lands not
formally ceded to the U. S.
D. Indian tribes held sovereignty over the entire
Northwest Territory
E. New York state would begin to purchase land from
the Iroquois nation
no northern states abolished slavery
several southern state abolished slavery
most northern states emancipated slaves immediately
half of the black population was free
Boston and Philadelphia were considered the most
hospitable cities by free blacks
A. prevent state governments from becoming tyrannical
B. award governors sufficient power to control the
legislatures
C. keep the states financially solvent
D. facilitate trade with Britain and France
E. deter republican reforms
40.
44.
48.
All of the following European powers competed for
control of the Caribbean during the 17th
Century EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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France
Holland
Spain
England
Sweden
49.
The powerful Aztec empire that the Spaniards encountered in
the 16th Century was the heir to
which earlier Meso-American civilizations?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
50.
Olmecs and Mayans
Olmecs and Iroquois
Iroquois and Mexicas
Mexicas and Paiutes
Paiutes and Californios
Liberty of conscience was defended by Roger Williams on the
grounds that
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
51.
Use the following information to answer questions 5455.
all religions were equal in the eyes of God
the signers of the Mayflower Compact had guaranteed it
Puritan ideas about sin and salvation were outmoded
theological truths would emerge from the clash of ideas
the state was an improper and ineffectual agency in matters
of the spirit
The 1649 Maryland Toleration Act did which of the following?
A. Removed all restrictions on the practice of religion.
B. Provided for the separation of church and state.
C. Granted religious freedom to all Christians who accepted
the Trinity.
D. Led immediately to the persecution of Protestant colonists.
E. Led immediately to the persecution of Catholic colonists
52.
In the period 1688 to 1763, which of the following was a
consequence of Europe's wars for
empire?
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Virginia
Maryland
Rhode Island
Benjamin Rush
Patrick Henry
Thomas Nast
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
The purpose of the above illustration was to
A. inspire cooperation between the colonies.
B. impress Britain with colonial unity.
C. form a New England confederacy to compete with
the South.
D. encourage colonial expansion in the West.
E. None of the above.
56.
The Second Amendment guaranteed the right "to keep
and bear arms" because of the need for
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Which of the following colonies required each community of
50 or more families to provide a
teacher of reading and writing?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Widely thought to be the first political cartoon in the
colonies, the above illustration was made by
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
55.
A. Armed struggles spread to North America.
B. The French made themselves the dominant power in North
America.
C. The British taxed their American colonies heavily to
finance the wars.
D. The Spanish lost all their territory in North America.
E. The European powers relied on colonial recruits to staff
their European forces.
53.
54.
57.
a elastic clause
a well regulated militia
a large standing army
a virtuous citizenry
protection of the president
Many historians believe that in order to gain the support
of the South in 1790 for his controversial financial plans,
Alexander Hamilton offered to
A. protect the importation of slaves beyond 1808
B. amend the constitution to protect slavery in
perpetuity
C. locate the national capital in Virginia
D. support the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
E. promote cotton growing through direct federal
subsidies
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58.
The Democratic-Republican societies, one of the earliest
groups of political dissenters, were first
organized in opposition to
65.
A. Washington's foreign policies
B. Washington's appointment of Jefferson as Secretary of
State
C. the excise tax on whiskey
D. Hamilton's plans for funding the debt
E. the Judiciary Act of 1789
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
66.
59.
In his Farewell Address of 1796, President Washington urged
the nation to avoid
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
60.
67.
the Non-Importation Act
the Embargo Act
the Non-Intercourse Act
Macon's Bill Number 2
the Rush-Bagot Treaty
Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio
Vermont, Main, and Ohio
Maine, Missouri, and Vermont
Maine, Missouri, and California
Frederick Douglass
Joseph Smith
Gabriel Prosser
Denmark Vesey
Nat Turner
68.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
nomination of Andrew Jackson for president
swift decline of the Federalist Party
decline of Iroquois rule in the northwest
abolition of the three-fifths compromise
end to the importation of slaves into the United
States
Which of the following was a result of the War of 1812?
A. the power of North American Indian tribes was
increased
B. the Treaty of Ghent resolved the issues of
impressment and blockades
C. nationalism was weakened
D. local manufacturing was stimulated
E. William Henry Harrison emerged as a national hero
69.
One major reason that President Monroe issued the
"Monroe Doctrine" was to
A. establish the United States as a military power in
Latin America
B. insulate the western hemisphere from European
conflict
C. forward American banking interests in Latin
America
D. support the Greeks in their revolt against the
Ottoman Empire
E. promote the interests of Russia over those of Britain
and France
McCulloch v. Maryland
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Fletcher v. Peck
Marbury v. Madison
Worcester v. Georgia
In his campaign for reelection in 1804, President Jefferson
claimed credit for all of the following
EXCEPT
One of the unexpected results of the Hartford
Convention was the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Chief Justice John Marshall first established the principle that
the Supreme Court could determine the constitutionality of
Congressional actions in the case of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
64.
suppress political dissent
stimulate the growth of the Republican Party
protect the First Amendment
help immigrants assimilate to American society
respond to the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
In 1800, a group of African-Americans planned an attack on
Richmond led by
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
63.
Frustrated by infringements on American trade during
the administration of President Jefferson,
Congress enacted all of the following to restrict trade
with Britain and France EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Which three new states entered the United States in the first
decade after the Constitution was ratified?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
62.
all alliances
alliances with European nations
permanent alliances
commercial ties to other nations
relations with the Ottoman Empire
Britain
France
Russia
Tripoli
Spain
One of the chief aims of the Alien and Sedition acts was to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
61.
President Thomas Jefferson claimed success in
protecting American trading rights as a result of
conflict with
70.
One important part of the American System promoted by
Henry Clay was based on the
assumption that
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
western expansion
the restoration of republican values
cutting government spending
enacting the Alien and Sedition Acts
repealing Federalist excise and property taxes
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the United States should be a nation of farmers
public education was essential for all children
slavery should be abolished
every adult citizen of the nation should vote
the federal government should promote industry
71.
The economic hard times which followed the conclusion of the
War of 1812 were largely the
result of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
72.
77.
unreasonable demands by factory workers
an influx of immigrant labor
widespread speculation and easy credit
excessive government regulation
European wars
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Which of the following accurately reflects the population of the
United States between 1790 and 1830?
78.
A. the population per square mile more than doubled
B. the percentage of urban dwellers more than doubled
C. the percentage of the nonwhite population grew twice as
fast as the white population
D. the percentage of females grew much faster than the
percentage of males
E. the population increased by almost one-third each decade
74.
whole families working together in the mills
water power to run the machines
precision machinery and interchangeable parts
original textile machine designs
the putting-our system
80.
76.
the nation's first geography text
a simplified and Americanized system of spelling
the nation's first fictional hero in Natty Bumpo
nationalistic poetry
the first academy
One index of the nation's economy during the period
from 1800-1860 was that per capita income
A. doubled and the price of goods fell
B. remained constant and the price of goods remained
constant
C. fell and the price of goods fell
D. fell and the price of good increased
E. doubled and the price of goods rose sharply
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Louisa May Alcott
Nathaniel Hawthorne
James Fenimore Cooper
Edgar Allen Poe
81.
75.
For his part in developing an educated and enlightened
citizenry, Noah Webster created
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
America's first popular fictional hero, Natty Bumpo, emerged
during the 1820s in the works of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
In 1808, the status of slavery was changed significantly
when
slavery was abolished
the importation of slaves was ended
the American Colonization Society was founded
the Virginia legislature debated whether to end
slavery in the state
E. William Lloyd Garrison founded The Liberator
The American system of manufacturing was unique in the
worldwide Industrial Revolution
because of its reliance on
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
William Henry Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Stonewall Jackson
Andrew Jackson
A.
B.
C.
D.
79.
73.
Which of the following men became a national hero as a
result of the Battle of New Orleans in
1814?
Between 1800 and 1820, the land policy of the United States
government
In Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837), the
Supreme Court influenced the direction of the economy
by ruling that
A. made in increasingly easy for ordinary people to buy
western land
B. made it increasingly difficult for ordinary people to buy
western land
C. halted the sale of western land to ordinary people
D. distributed western land without cost to ordinary people
E. returned most of the western land to Native American
tribes
A. mercantilism was the right economic philosophy for
the nation
B. the implied privileges of old charters were valid
C. one bridge was sufficient for traffic over the Charles
River
D. the charter of the Boston Associates was valid
E. new enterprises could not be restrained by old
charters
During the first decade of the 19th Century, two Shawnee
leaders, Tecumseh and the Prophet,
worried the leaders of the United States because they
82.
A. were acting as agents of the British government
B. were eager to avenge the Shawnee loss at Fallen Timbers
C. tried to establish an Indian confederacy as a barrier against
white expansion into the area
south of the Great Lakes
D. engaged in a reign of terror on the frontier
E. were unwilling to meet American political leaders
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Between 1815 and 1860, almost three-quarters of the
money invested in canals was supplied by
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
private investors
state governments
the federal government
foreign investors
corporations
83.
The most important industry in the nation during the two
decades before the Civil War was
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
84.
railroad construction
textile manufacturing
steel manufacturing
shoe manufacturing
ship building
91.
Goodnight-Loving Trail
Oregon Trail
Mormon Trail
Santa Fe Trail
Spanish Trail
86.
87.
put down the Gabriel Prosser slave rebellion
debated the abolition of slavery
instituted a program of gradual emancipation
abolished property qualifications for office
established the death penalty for owners who murdered
slaves
the adoption of white manhood suffrage
the popular election of governors
gradual emancipation of all slaves
legislative apportionment based on the white population
only
E. locally chosen county officials
94.
rose sharply
declined steadily
remained the same
declined sharply then rose slowly
rose slowly then dropped sharply
England
the German states
Ireland
the West Indies
Mexico
One reason why German immigrants in the early 19th
Century were accepted more readily than
Irish immigrants was that
A. many Germans were middle class
B. they settled largely in major cities
C. their customs were similar to those of most
Americans
D. most Germans were English speakers
E. most were Protestants
95.
Of the "Five Civilized Tribes" forced to move west in
the 1830s, the tribe which resisted
relocation the most successfully was the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Between 1800 and 1860, the region with the fastest growing
urban population was
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
government clerk
secretary
coal miner
textile mill worker
foreign language interpreter
Between 1820 and 1860, the largest number of
immigrants to the United States migrated from
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
From 1830 to 1860, the percentage of white southern families
owning slaves
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
89.
93.
slave ownership
industrial wealth
morality
family inheritance
government contracts
During the first thirty years of the 19th Century, which
of the following occupations employed
an increasingly large number of working women?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
In an attempt to make the governments of southern states more
responsive to the interests of yeoman farmers, reformers
instituted all of the following EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
88.
92.
The status of slavery was influenced profoundly in 1832 when
the state of Virginia
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
In Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville
described the growth of an aristocracy in the United
States based on
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
By 1850, free African-Americans generally
A. had higher status than white yeoman farmers
B. were descendants of slaves emancipated in the 1780s and
1790s
C. owned their own land
D. had the right to vote
E. lived in the Lower South states of Louisiana and Arkansas
One of the major reasons for the persistent mass violence
in the 1830s and 1840s was
A. competition among rival football clubs
B. electoral contests between Republicans and
Democrats
C. social and economic tensions in society
D. pursuit by the government of a pro-British foreign
policy
E. the agitation of foreign governments
During the antebellum period, settlers used all of the following
trails to the West EXCEPT the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
85.
90.
New England
the Middle Atlantic states
the Southwest
the Southeast
the West Coast
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Choctaws
Chickasaws
Cherokees
Creeks
Seminoles
96.
In 1837, Mary Lyon established the first college for women
called
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
97.
102. One reason that the annexation of Texas became a
complicated political issue was that
Oberlin College
The Troy (New York) Female Seminary
Mt. Holyoke Seminary
Radcliffe College
Bryn Mawr College
The American Female Moral Reform Society led an important
crusade in the 1830s to
A. imprison female prostitutes
B. lobby for actions against men who led women into
prostitution
C. advocate temperance among women
D. promote the use of birth control devices
E. build penitentiaries for women only
98.
103. Which of the following arguments were used by
opponents against the Second Bank of the
United States?
The American Renaissance is a phenomenon best described as
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
99.
A. American presidents were generally opposed to
annexing Texas
B. Texans generally did not want to merge with the
United States
C. abolitionists opposed adding another slave state
D. abolitionists urged that Alaska enter the union as a
free state is Texas entered as a slave state
E. Texas was entirely south of the Missouri
Compromise line
political
musical
literary
psychological
economic
"I am in earnest I will not equivocate I will not excuse I will not
retreat a single inch and I will be heard."
the Second Great Awakening
environmentalism
nativism
Manifest Destiny
democracy
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
William H. Crawford
Daniel Webster
I and II only
I and IV only
I, II, and III only
I, II, III, and IV only
I, II, III, IV, and V
105. Members of the Free Soil party were devoted to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
101. In the disputed election of 1824, all of the following were
candidates for the presidency EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A. wealthy plantation owners who dominated the
southern branch of the Republican Party
B. British and American cotton traders who dominated
American foreign policy
C. international slave merchants who controlled the
flow of slaves to the United States
D. southern slave holders intent on controlling the
nation
E. entrepreneurs interested only in expanding slavery
into Latin America
gradual abolitionists
immediate abolitionists
"back to Africa" advocates
segregationists
pro-slavery advocates
100. The journalist, John O'Sullivan is most closely associated with
which early 19th Century
movement?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
it did not distribute tax money throughout the nation
it checked the growth of local banks
it had too much power
it was unresponsive to financial crises
it was undemocratic
104. When abolitionists warned the nation about the "Slave
Power," they referred to a group of
The above quotation expresses the sentiment of which group
interested in the subject of slavery?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
popular sovereignty
the Missouri Compromise
secrecy
the principle of giving western lands to freed slaves
keeping slavery out of the territories
106. In the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo which ended the
war with Mexico, the United States agreed to which of
the following?
A. land would be acquired through the Gadsden
Purchase
B. the Nueces River would be recognized as the
southern boundary of Texas
C. an international commission would settle the claims
of Americans against Mexico
D. the United States would pay Mexico $15 million
E. slavery would be abolished in the new territories
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107. The idea of popular sovereignty was based on the assumption
that
A. the Constitution clearly explained how new territories
would be organized
B. the residents of a territory should determine the status of
slavery
C. Congress should determine who could vote in a territory
D. the Supreme Court should organize elections in the
territories
E. the president should decide how new territories would be
organized
113. When Stephen Douglas proposed the Freeport Doctrine
during the debates with Abraham
Lincoln in 1858, he was trying to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
114. The Financial Crash of 1857 was particularly damaging
to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
108. Which of the following was a feature of the Compromise of
1850?
A. the status of slavery in California would be determined by
popular sovereignty
B. Utah Territory would be a slave state
C. slavery would be permitted north of the 36o 30' line
D. a new fugitive slave act was passed by Congress
E. slavery was prohibited in Washington, D. C.
A. gold mining required little capital investment for
most miners
B. San Francisco became a major city within two years
after the Gold Rush
C. the Gold Rush encouraged investment in
agricultural production
D. many ex-miners remained in California as general
laborers
E. the environment was unaffected by mining
A.
B.
C.
D.
prohibiting slavery in the territories
formally repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820
declaring slavery legal in all territories
insisting that all questions regarding slavery be resolved in
Congress
E. challenging the Northwest Ordinance
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
116. The migration of Americans to the west coast between
1848 and 1850 affected the pattern of
settlement along the Pacific coast by
A. reinforcing the place of Oregon as a final point of
destination for most westward migrants
B. changing the final point of destination for most
migrants from Oregon to California
C. reinforcing the centrality of the Oregon Trail in
East-West communications
D. emphasizing the importance of Oregon's
congressional delegation
E. attracting thousands of Russian immigrants
Whigs
Free-Soilers
members of the Liberty Party
Southern Democrats
Know-Nothings
111. John Brown first came to the attention of the American public
when he
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
tried to organize an army to free slaves in western Virginia
assisted runaway slaves in Boston
murdered pro-slavery settlers in Kansas
was featured in a popular song
published a radical abolitionist tract
southern cotton growers
western gold miners
northern grain producers
the railroad industry
the New England fishing business
115. All of the following are accurate statements about the era
of the California Gold Rush EXCEPT
109. The Kansas-Nebraska Act profoundly influenced the national
discussion of slavery by
110. In 1860, the Republican Party attracted large numbers of voters
from all of the following
constituencies EXCEPT
win the Democratic nomination for the U. S. Senate
revive the idea of popular sovereignty
win the support of his Kansas constituents
support John Brown's position on slavery
demonstrate that he was a Free-Soiler
117. "Rise, sisters of temperance! we must not delay
Our mission is bold, and we must away;
We'll gird on our armor tho' frail it may be,
And trust that the "Maine Law" will soon set us free"
In the above quotation for 1855, the "Maine Law" refers
to a law affecting
112. All of the following are accurate statements about the Dred
Scott Supreme court decision of 1857 EXCEPT
A. Dred Scott could not sue his owner
B. Dred Scott was not considered a citizen of the United
States
C. residence in a free territory did not make Dred Scott a free
man
D. Congress lacked the power to bar slavery from a territory
E. no precedent existed which allowed the federal
government to regulate slavery in a territory
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A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the abolition of slavery
legal protection of women's property
sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages
religious revivalism
immigration restriction
118. Which statement accurately reflects the status of manufacturing
by 1860?
A. the volume of manufactured goods was equal in the
Northeast and the Southeast
B. manufacturing accounted for one-third of the nation's total
production
C. steel was the most important industry in the nation
D. oil and coal had replaced water as the dominant source of
power
E. American factories out produced British factories
124. Which of the following reasons were cited by advocates
of slavery as evidence that slavery was a positive good in
American society?
I. citizens of ancient Greece and Rome owned slaves
II. slavery is mentioned in the Old Testament of the
Bible
III. black slavery elevated the status of poor whites
IV. slaves in the South were better off than immigrant
workers in the North
V. slavery was supported in the Declaration of
Independence
119. In 1850, Henry Clay and other senators negotiated a
compromise which balanced sectional views on all of the
following EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the statehood of California
the importation of slaves into the U. S.
Texas boundary claims
fugitive slaves
the slave trade in Washington, D. C.
I and II only
I and III only
I, II, and III only
I, II, III, and IV only
I, II, III, IV, and V
125. By 1860, which of the following aspects of African
culture had survived in the South?
120. During the year 1860, all of the following occurred EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
I. plaiting hair into rows
II. wearing kerchiefs as head covering
III. belief in spirits
IV. use of roots for medicine
V. drumming and dancing patterns
the Democratic Party splintered along sectional lines
Abraham Lincoln was elected president
the Crittenden Compromise failed
South Carolina seceded from the Union
the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dred Scott v.
Sanford
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
121. In 1853, Congress expanded the size of the United States by
purchasing land in which area?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the Northeast
the Midwest
the Southwest
the Southeast
the Northwest
126. Which statement accurately reflects the conditions of
antebellum white women in the South?
A. they gave birth to proportionately fewer children
than Northern women
B. the rate at which they gave birth was one-third
greater than the national average
C. the rate at which they gave birth was more than
double the national average
D. children of Southern women survived birth at a rate
higher than the national average
E. Southern women survived births at a rate higher
than the national average
122. Which of the following women was both a leading abolitionist
and an organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention in the late
1840s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Lucretia Mott
Sarah Grimke
Harriet Tubman
Catherine Beecher
Louisa May Alcott
123. In 1855, New York established Castle Garden as a point of
entry for immigrants primarily in
order to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
enforce strict laws against immigrants
protect immigrants from swindlers and con artists
promote Protestant values
enroll immigrant children in public schools
collect fees from industrial agents
I and II only
I and III only
I, II, and III only
I, II, III, and IV only
I, II, III, IV, and V
127. At the time of the Gold Rush, the richest land in
California was owned by
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Russians
Mexicans
Texans
the Catholic Church
Californios
128. Large scale lumbering during the 1850s denuded
millions of acres of forest in
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
California, Oregon, and Washington
Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana
129. The earliest successful blockade of the South by the Union
navy during the Civil War was off the
coast of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
136. The central part of President Lincoln's plan for post-war
Reconstruction was that
A. 10% of those who voted in 1860 must take a loyalty
oath
B. Confederate leaders should be punished
C. Confederate states be given the right to decide the
status of slavery
D. all Southerners must swear an oath of loyalty
E. all Confederate states must accept the 14th
Amendment
Virginia
Georgia
the Carolinas
Florida
Louisiana
130. During the Civil War, one aspect of the Southern economy was
that
137. Radical Republicans opposed President Johnson's
approach to Reconstruction for all of the
following reasons EXCEPT
A. industrialization decreased markedly
B. the Confederate government implemented a laissez faire
policy toward business
C. poverty affected only black families
D. inflation was not significant
E. many women became heads of households
A. he pardoned many rebel leaders
B. many Confederate leaders were returned to the U. S.
Congress
C. Southern states were slow to repudiate secession
D. black codes were enacted in place of slave codes
E. the president moved too quickly to guarantee black
rights
131. During the Civil War, the United States Congress adopted a
policy toward banks designed to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
maintain a laissez faire policy
support the use of local currencies
establish a national banking system
invest federal tax receipts in state banks
establish gold as the single national currency
138. The Radical branch of the Republican Party was able to
influence decisions of Congress during
much of Reconstruction because
A. it constituted a majority in both houses of Congress
B. President Johnson was a Republican
C. the actions of President Johnson and the Democrats
encouraged Radical Republicans and
moderate Republicans to work together
D. they represented the views of a majority of
Americans
E. their leaders were effective compromisers
132. When President Lincoln first advocated an end to slavery, he
recommended all of the following
EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Congressional aid to states which emancipated slaves
gradual emancipation
compensation for slave owners
United States citizenship for the freed slaves
colonization of freed slaves outside the United States
139. President Johnson was impeached by Congress
following his attempt to
133. In the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln
announced that as of January 1, 1863, he
would free slaves in
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A. limit the power of the military governors in the
South
B. discipline officials who enforced Civil Rights laws
C. remove Secretary of War Stanton
D. undermine the 15th Amendment
E. eliminate the Freedman's Bureau
states in rebellion against the United States
border states between the North and South
the District of Columbia
Confederate counties under Union military control
slave-holding states within the Union
134. At the Hampton Roads Conference of February 1865, President
Lincoln
140. During Reconstruction in the South, the political impact
of what conservatives called "Negro
rule" was that African-Americans
A. offered generous terms to the South for a post-war
settlement
B. threatened to punish the South if it continued to resist
C. met secretly with Confederate President Davis
D. freed slaves within the states of the Confederacy
E. negotiated with the British over the Laird rams
135. The two critical battles of July 1863 which signaled defeat for
the Confederacy were
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Vicksburg and Atlanta
Shiloh and Antietam
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
Petersburg and Gettysburg
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
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A. participated in politics but they did not dominate
events
B. constituted a majority of most state legislatures in
the South
C. were elected governors in several southern states
D. dominated the Congressional delegation of the
South
E. were elected to public office in numbers
proportionate to their population
141. Beginning in the late 1860s, the influence of African-American
voters and black officials
decreased largely due to
A. disinterest on the part of black voters
B. white violence against black political activists
C. intervention by the federal government against black
activists
D. official corruption
E. a belief that blacks had achieved their political goals
148. Boss Tweed dominated the voting process in which city?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
149. The Sioux leaders at the Battle of the Little Big Horn
included Sitting Bull and
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
142. The symbolic end to Reconstruction occurred in 1877 when
A. President Grant formally declared the end of
Reconstruction
B. federal troops were withdrawn from the South
C. a pro-South Democrat became president
D. Congress enacted a sweeping Civil Rights Act
E. the Centennial Exposition heralded a new century
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware
Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Maryland
Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Maryland
Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Missouri
A. there were almost twenty times as many Chinese
men compared to the number of Chinese
women
B. the Chinese migrated to the United States in families
C. most Chinese migrants came from Asian cities
D. Chinese labor was not utilized in the gold fields
E. most Chinese owned their own businesses
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln
John Bell
George B. McClellan
152. As Secretary of State for President Lincoln, William H.
Seward pursued a foreign policy that
promoted
145. In its Declaration of the Causes of Secession of December
1860, South Carolina charged that
fourteen states "have deliberately refused for years past to
fulfill their constitutional obligations."
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The part of the Constitution to which the South Carolina
Declaration referred was the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
three-fifths clause
fugitive slave clause
process for amending the Constitution
process for organizing new territories
process for apportioning new representatives to Congress
Battle of Little Big Horn
invention of the telephone
Centennial Exposition
disputed election of Rutherford B. Hayes
completion of the first transcontinental railroad line
147. The "Crime of '73" refers to the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the purchase of Alaska only
a worldwide American empire
an empire in the Western Hemisphere only
war as a means of diplomacy
a new steel-hulled navy
153. In what ways did the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 affect
the status of American Indians?
146. All of the following occurred in 1876 EXCEPT the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Liberty Party
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
League of Women Voters
National Woman's Party
151. Which of the following accurately describes the Chinese
population in the United States in 1860?
144. In the election of 1860, all of the following were candidates for
president EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Chief Joseph
Crazy Horse
Tecumseh
Geronimo
The Prophet
150. The first mass political movement of American women
was the
143. The four slave states which remained in the Union during the
Civil War were
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Houston
New York
Boston
Battle of Little Big Horn
establishment of the Mafia in New Orleans
decision by Congress to stop coining silver dollars
Chinese Exclusion Act
end of Reconstruction
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A.
B.
C.
D.
attendance at boarding schools was discouraged
attendance at religious schools was mandatory
the amount of tribe-held land was increased
Indian nations were encouraged to pool their land
holdings
E. tribal land was transferred to individual Indian
families
154. Within twenty-five years after its enactment, the effect of the
Timber and Stone Act of 1878 was
to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
160. During the late 19th Century, vertical integration
specifically allowed businesses to
A. divest themselves of ownership in other companies
B. expand their control over production and
distribution as well as manufacturing
C. avoid tariffs
D. control the market by determining production and
prices in common with other
manufacturers
E. control the market through oligopolies
distribute land in the West to small farmers
irrigate the deserts of the southwest
concentrate land in the hands of large capitalists
reserve hundreds of thousands of acres for public works
attract Chinese and Mexican settlers to the West
155. Hardships endured by farm families who settled on the Great
Plains during the 1870s and 1880s
included all of the following EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
161. Between 1880 and 1900, the number of women who
worked as
scarce supplies of water
unpredictable weather cycles
grasshopper plagues
social isolation
interference by the federal government
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
156. During the late 19th Century, "open range" ranching existed in
areas where ranchers
A. allowed their cattle to graze on public lands
B. drove their herds from Texas north to midwestern cities
C. allowed their herds to breed on the range with Mexican
cattle
D. adopted scientific methods of breeding
E. allowed their herds to graze only on lands which they
owned
A. were self-sufficient
B. would establish cooperatives to increase the volume of
good produced
C. would purchase supplies using a portion of a future crop as
collateral
D. lived entirely off the food which they grew
E. would work together peacefully
158. In the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, the Supreme Court
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
162. In 1894, President Cleveland sent United States troops to
Chicago to end a strike at the Pullman
Palace Car Company, citing the responsibility of the
federal government specifically to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
157. The crop lien system which influenced southern agriculture
within twenty years after the Civil
War was based on the idea that farmers
struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875
established the principle of "separate but equal" institutions
upheld a state's right to assess poll taxes
validated the 15th Amendment
supported the crop lien system in the South
The Singer Sewing Machine Company
Gustavus Swift's meat packing company
Sears, Roebuck and Company
J. P. Morgan's General Electric Company
James B. Duke's American Tobacco Company
protect the mail
maintain law and order
confront anarchists
prepare the troops for the Spanish-American War
keep workers employed
163. Which of the following 19th Century labor organizations
had a firm policy accepting black
workers as members?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
International Workers of the World
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers
164. During the late 19th Century, the nation's major cities
demonstrated all of the following
EXCEPT
A. cities were physically divided by class and race
B. mass transit lines allowed workers to commute to
work
C. many middle class families moved beyond the inner
city
D. the expansion of most cities was carefully planned
E. industrial cities attracted large numbers of
immigrants
159. During the late 19th century, the technique of distributing free
samples of products was
particularly useful for
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
homemakers remained the same
cooks and maids increased substantially
secretaries and typists decreased
textile mill operatives decreased substantially
clerks increased substantially
165. During the last quarter of the 19th Century, the most
significant source of population growth in
American cities was
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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annexation of neighboring suburbs
an increase in the birth rate
migration from rural areas
immigration from abroad
reduction in the death rate
166. During the late 19th Century, significant reforms improved
living conditions in major cities in all
of the following areas EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
173. One of the most prominent ideas associated with the
Grange movement of the 1870s was
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
public health
water purification
street lighting
tenement construction
relief for the poor
174. In the presidential election of 1884, candidate James G.
Blaine tried to woo which group of
disaffected Republicans back into the party?
167. Queen Liliuokalani, the reigning monarch of Hawaii, was
dethroned in the revolution of 1893
largely because of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
a native revolt against the monarchy
increased American tariffs on sugar
a movement for democracy in Hawaii
British interference
anti-American sentiment
A. Social Darwinism
B. A. T. Mahan's, The Influence of Sea Power Upon
History
C. Josiah Strong's, Our Country
D. the new navy
E. the Platt Amendment
a fundamentalist approach to religion
social responsibility as a means to salvation
German socialism
interfaith ties between Judaism and Christianity
a commitment to urban pluralism
169. During the last quarter of the 19th Century, all of the following
sports were popular EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Zane Grey's adventure stories
Horatio Alger's storied of self-reliance and hard work
Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes
General Lew Wallace's Ben Hur
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women
172. The Civil Service movement of the 1880s was designed
specifically to challenge
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
private secular academies
scientific schools
Latin schools
progressive schools
Catholic parochial schools
177. During the Progressive Era, women reformers
championed all of the following EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
vaudeville
musical comedy
minstrel shows
radio
circuses
171. All of the following examples of popular literature were
products of the second half of the 19th
Century EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
176. During the late 19th Century, the increase in population
due to the New Immigration spurred the growth of
football
baseball
swimming
bicycling
soccer
170. During the last quarter of the 19th Century, American show
business flourished in all of the
following mediums EXCEPT
Silverites
farmers
New Immigrants
Mugwumps
Stalwarts
175. All of the following contributed to American
expansionism during the 1890s EXCEPT
168. The Social Gospel movement of the late 19th Century
emphasized
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
economic cooperatives
women's suffrage
the single tax
bimetallism
racial solidarity
birth control
women's suffrage
occupational health and safety
affirmative action
urban housing
178. Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise" stressed
the importance to African-Americans of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
a liberal arts education
manual training
legal action to gain full civil rights
constant political struggle
full voting rights
179. Between 1910 and 1920, about one-half million AfricanAmericans moved from the South to the
North because
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the waving of the bloody flag
Tammany Hall
the spoils system
high tariffs
women's suffrage
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racism had begun to decline in the North
the cost of transportation had decreased markedly
opportunities for farming were greater in the North
wartime jobs were available in northern cities
Black judges were more numerous in the North
180. The decision of the San Francisco School Board in 1906 to
segregate Asian students in special
schools led to the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
186. The writing of the muckrakers exposed corruption in all
of the following areas EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Root-Takahira Agreement
Taft-Katsua Agreement
Gentlemen's Agreement
Jones Act
Portsmouth Treaty
181. "Everybody is talkin' these days about Tammany men growin'
rich on graft, but nobody thinks of
drawin' the distinction between honest graft and dishonest graft.
There's all the difference in the
world between the two I've made a big fortune out of the game,
and I'm gettin' richer every day,
but I've not gone in for dishonest graft blackmailin' gamblers,
saloon-keepers, disorderly people, etc. and neither has any of
the men who have made big fortunes in politics."
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Plunkitt
Peter Finley Dunne
Richard M. Daley
John F. Fitzgerald
189. In 1910, Theodore Roosevelt articulated the "New
Nationalism," a philosophy whose central
tenet was that the
scientific management in government
involvement of the federal government in the economy
moral reform in politics
sustaining the traditional influence of political parties
empowerment of the voters
A. federal government should regulate large
corporations
B. United States should build a world class naval fleet
C. United States government should support banking
initiatives throughout South America and
Asia
D. federal government should initiate public works
projects to stimulate the economy
E. government should fully fund Social Security
183. According to John Dewey and G. Stanley Hall, progressive
education should be
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
directly related to the experience of the child
based on memorization and recall of detail
founded on classical study, especially Greek and Latin
centered on the role of the teacher
oriented toward business and vocational training
190. President Wilson, an advocate of government programs
which benefited farmers and laborers,
supported Congressional action on all of the following
laws EXCEPT the
184. Although the actual reforms that they championed were
diverse, women reformers of the Progressive Era generally
agreed that the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
end to prostitution was the key to all other reforms
involvement of women was essential to successful reforms
virtues of piety and domesticity were out of fashion
reform organizations must be run by men
federal government must enforce all reforms
185. Between 1900 and 1920, there was a significant decline in the
death rate from all of the
following diseases EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The Financier
The Bitter Cry of the Children
How the Other Half Lives
The Jungle
Following the Color Line
A. the American Federation of Labor signed an
industry-wide contract
B. a fire killed over one hundred women garment
workers
C. Jacob Riis exposed unsafe working conditions
D. Boss Tweed was implicated in a bribery scandal
E. a new design for tenement reform was unveiled
182. Americans who believed in "progressivism" during the early
20th Century promoted all of the
following EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
187. The future New York City police commissioner,
Theodore Roosevelt, was deeply influenced by
a book which revealed the "underside" of the city's
slums, entitled
188. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company of New York City was
the site of an important event in 1911,
when
Which prominent observer and participant in urban politics
gave this interview in 1905?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
municipal governments
patent medicine
child labor
meat packing
cigarette manufacturing and advertising
typhoid
diphtheria
tuberculosis
intestinal ailments
heart disease
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A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Adamson Act
LaFollette Seamen's Act
Federal Farm Loan Act
Taft-Hartley Act
191. The concept of Dollar Diplomacy as employed by President
Taft implied that
A. the United States government should use foreign policy to
protect American private
investments abroad
B. the United States government should purchase land for
overseas private investment
C. American private bankers should be employed directly by
the State Department
D. American tax dollars should be used to bribe foreign
leaders
E. American tax dollars should be invested in foreign banks
within the United States
192. In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt applied the "big stick"
to diplomacy in the Caribbean
when he helped organize a revolution in
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
197. In an 1895 address, Booker T. Washington commented
that "in all things that are purely social we can be
separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things
essential to mutual progress." His comments implied
that
A. the right to vote was essential
B. the United States government must integrate society
C. blacks and whites could live separately and still
work together
D. blacks should return to Africa
E. a college education was not necessary for black
Americans
198. All of the following are accurate statements about the
Great Migration of African-Americans in the period
1910-1929 EXCEPT
A. hundreds of thousands of black Americans moved to
northern cities
B. one of the incentives was higher wages in the North
C. the black migration north stopped with the end of
World War 1
D. the majority of African-Americans lived in the
South
E. New York City became an important part of black
culture
Argentina
Mexico
Venezuela
Panama
Nicaragua
193. "The working class and the employing class have nothing in
common." This statement reflects
the beliefs of which early 20th Century union?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
199. Which of the following arguments was broadly
articulated by women reformers to support the
women's suffrage movement in the Progressive Era?
the International Ladies Garment Workers Union
the National Labor Union
the American Federation of Labor
the Industrial Workers of the World
the Knights of labor
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
194. Which of the following might indicate that the sport of baseball
was well on its way to becoming a "national pastime" around
1900?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
baseball evolved from a British game
baseball's rules were established in the 1840s
baseball's fans were mostly working class men
rival leagues played the first World Series in 1903
baseball was a less violent sport than football
200. For many well-educated black women in the early 20th
century, the only professional
opportunity was
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
195. The "Ludlow Massacre" refers to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
an attack by the state militia on striking miners
racial violence in New York
urban terrorism
a battle in World War 1
a site in the Spanish-American War
nursing
teaching
medicine
business
social work
201. The New Immigrants who migrated to the United States
during the first decade of the 20th
Century were primarily from
196. Margaret Sanger, a reformer in the early 20th Century, is best
known for her work on behalf of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
women voters would soon be corrupted
women would oppose the temperance movement
women would oppose immigration restriction
women's clubs would no longer be needed
women has special experiences to bring to public
life
women's suffrage
state orphanages
children's hospitals
birth control
settlement houses
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A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Germany and England
Germany, England, Ireland, and Scandinavia
Canada and Mexico
China, Korea, and Japan
Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Russia
202. Alexander Hamilton's economic program was designed
primarily to
208. The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine did
which of the following?
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
E. win broad political support for his own candidacy for the
presidency in 1792
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.
E. Provided United States military support for
democratic revolutions in Latin America.
209. By the end of the seventeenth century, which of the
following was true of women in New
England?
203. The development of the early nineteenth-century concept of
"separate spheres" for the sexes
encouraged all of the following EXCEPT
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.
E. They could lead town meetings.
A. acceptance of a woman as the intellectual equal of a man
B. idealization of the "lady"
C. designation of the home as the appropriate place for a
woman
D. emphasis on child care as a prime duty of a woman
E. establishment of a moral climate in the home
204. The presidential election of 1840 is often considered the first
"modern" election because
A. the slavery issue was first raised in this campaign
B. there was a very low turnout of eligible voters
C. voting patterns were similar to those later established in the
1890s
D. both parties for the first time widely campaigned among all
the eligible voters
E. a second era of good feeling had just come to a close,
marking a new departure in politics
210. The First Great Awakening led to all of the following
EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
211. The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following
effects on the United States?
205. At the end of the Civil War, the vast majority of freed slaves
found work as
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
factory workers
railroad employees
independent artisans
tenant farmers
domestic servants
the traditions of Western European culture
the absence of a feudal aristocracy
Black people and Black slavery
the conflict between capitalists and workers
the existence of cheap unsettled land
207. During the closing decades of the nineteenth century, farmers
complained about all of the
following EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
It severely damaged American manufacturing.
It enriched many cotton plantation owners.
It ruined American shipping.
It was ruinous to subsistence farmers.
It had little economic impact.
212. The National Road was constructed primarily for the
purpose of
206. In his interpretation of the historical development of the United
States, Frederick Jackson Turner
focused on the importance of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
separatism and secession from established churches
the renewed persecution of witches
the growth of institutions of higher learning
a flourishing of the missionary spirit
a greater appreciation for the emotional experiences
of faith
rising commodity prices
high interest charges
high freight rates
high storage costs
large middleman profits
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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
E. relieving overpopulation and crowding in the
Northeast
213. The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following
beliefs EXCEPT that
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 selected America as a chosen land and people
E. the ultimate extent of the American domain was to be from
the tropics to the Arctic
214. Apologists for slavery in the South in the 1850s claimed all of
the following EXCEPT
A. Slaves lived and worked under better conditions than most
northern wage earners.
B. Slaves were usually regarded as family members.
C. Slavery brought Christianity to the slaves.
D. Slavery was supported by the authority of both the Bible
and the Constitution.
E. Slavery would die out naturally.
218. In the first few years of their existence, the textile mills
at Lowell, Massachusetts, were best
known for their
A. humanitarian refusal to hire women and children as
factory operatives
B. brutal treatment of their work forces
C. idealistic efforts to avoid the worst evils of English
industrialization
D. profit-motivated efforts to replicate the factory
system of the English Industrial Revolution
E. pioneering efforts to establish labor unions
219. 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 economic and military resources of the South
would outlast those of the North
E. the justice of the South's cause would prevail
215. 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
E. workers into a fraternal organization to provide
unemployment and old-age benefits
220. Which of the following constitutes a significant change
in the treatment of American Indians
during the last half of the nineteenth century?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the beginnings of negotiations with individual tribes
the start of a removal policy
the abandonment of the reservation system
the admission of all American Indians to the full
rights of United States citizenship
E. the division of the tribal lands among individual
members
216. 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. Back-to-Africa movements were widely popular among
African Americans in urban areas.
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 South.
E. African Americans from the rural South migrated to both
southern and northern cities.
221. "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
217. The Louisiana Purchase was significant because it
A. eliminated Spain from the North American continent
B. gave the United States control of the Mississippi River
C. eased tensions between western settlers and American
Indians
D. forced the British to evacuate their posts in the Northwest
E. reduced sectional conflict over the slavery issue
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
transcendentalism
pragmatism
the Gospel of Wealth
the Social Gospel
Reform Darwinism
222. Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points included all of the
following EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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abolition of secret treaties
elimination of trade barriers
provision for self-determination
establishment of the League of Nations
overthrow of the Bolshevik government in Russia
223. Some prominent opponents of the Treaty of Versailles which
ended World War 1 argued that the treaty
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
230. George Creel and the Committee on Public Information
(CPI) used all of the following devices to "sell"
American entry into World War 1 EXCEPT
did not open Chinese markets to American business
was too harsh toward Britain
did not recognize Japan's importance
gave Germany undue influence in the postwar world
would require U. S. compliance with League decisions
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
224. During World War 1, one example of the collaboration between
business and the government was the creation of the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Food and Drug Administration
National Labor Relations Board
Civilian Conservation Corps
War Industries Board
Federal Reserve System
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
a debilitating stroke to President Wilson
a race riot in Chicago
an epidemic of influenza
unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
the death of Theodore Roosevelt
A.
B.
C.
D.
Calvin Coolidge
J. Edgar Hoover
William Z. Foster
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Charles Beard
most soldiers had attended high school
military units were integrated by race
American forces exceeded four million soldiers
fewer than 10,000 Americans died in combat during
the war
E. American forces fought in Europe as of 1914
233. Which statement accurately characterizes the first
generation of American women voters in the
1920s?
A. hundreds of women sought election to state and
national office
B. the number of female voters equaled the number of
male voters
C. women's groups such as the League of Women
Voters tried to educate women to their new
civic responsibility
D. women voted overwhelmingly for the Equal Rights
Amendment of 1923
E. women voted predominately for Democratic
candidates
227. Which individual convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917
ran as a presidential candidate in
1920 while still in prison?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
William Z. Foster
Eugene Debs
James M. Cox
J. F. Hanley
Norman Thomas
234. The power of Protestant Christian Fundamentalism was
best displayed during the 1920s in
228. One of the sparks which ignited the Red Scare of 1919-1920
was the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Bonus March
presidential candidacy of Al Smith
trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
stroke which paralyzed President Wilson
fear of Communism arising from the Bolshevik Revolution
229. Although president Wilson publicly rejected the "big stick"
foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt
and the dollar diplomacy of William H. Taft, he pursued an
interventionist policy by sending
American marines to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Austria
Italy
France
Belgium
Russia
232. Which statement is correct about United States military
forces during World War 1?
226. In 1920, U. S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer organized
a new federal agency to
investigate radicals, headed by
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
231. During World War 1, most American soldiers who saw
active duty fought in
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
225. In 1919, all of the following unfortunate events occurred
EXCEPT
radio messages
public speakers known as "four minute-men"
billboards
movies
songs
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the Sacco and Vanzetti trial
the Scopes trial
Birth of a Nation
the Red Scare
The Great Gatsby
235. The "flapper" as depicted in movies and novels of the
1920s embodied which of the following
traits?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the Philippines
Japan
Panama
China
Haiti
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she spoke only when spoken to
she wore modest clothes
she stayed at home with the children
she read books about the lost generation
she drank bootleg liquor
236. Which generalization is an accurate statement about journalism
during the 1920s?
A. newspaper circulation peaked in the early 1920s
B. photographs were still uncommon
C. tabloid style newspapers appealed to traditional, welleducated newspaper readers
D. mergers led to consolidation of most newspapers into a few
chains
E. the federal government began to regulate journalism
241. "Nordic Americans for the last generation have
found themselves increasingly uncomfortable
and finally deeply distressed One by one all our
traditional moral standards went by the boards,
or were so disregarded that they ceased to be
binding."
The author of this 1926 statement would be most
likely to support the
237. At the heart of Hollywood's early success was the "star
system," which produced all of the
following "start" of the 1920s EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A. National American Women's Suffrage
Association
B. Ku Klux Klan
C. National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People
D. American Federation of Labor
E. Progressive Education Association
Charlie Chaplin
Mary Pickford
Rudolph Valentino
Shirley Temple
Greta Garbo
238. In terms of total value by the end of the 1920s, which was the
most productive industry in the
United States?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
few soldiers died of wounds
recruits were generally well educated
drinking was allowed on military bases
African-American soldiers were assigned to
segregated units
E. women were not allowed to enlist
plastics
movies
automobiles
steel
electrical appliances
239. For more than a week during the summer of 1919, Chicago was
virtually at war because of
events emanating from
A. the Democratic National Convention
B.
C.
D.
E.
242. Which of the following describes the experience of
American soldiers in World War 1?
243. Of all the ideas that President Wilson championed
at the Paris Peace Conference following World War
1, his critics in the Senate were particularly
opposed to the
a prolonged race riot
a draft riot
the Bonus Army
a series of anarchist bombing
A.
B.
C.
D.
American mandate in the Middle East
concept of self-determination
principle of free trade
idea of collective security contained in the
League of Nations
E. removal of troops from Russia
240. Which statement accurately describes the condition of
African-Americans at the end of World War 1?
A. the number of lynchings decreased
B. northern factories hired black workers even when
white workers returned from the war
C. black veterans were welcomed as heroes in the South
D. racial incidents led to urban riots
E. no organization worked to promote AfricanAmerican pride
244. One important discovery of the Federal Census
taken in 1920 was that
A. the frontier was closed
B. more Americans lived in suburbs than in cities
C. more Americans lived in rural communities
than in cities
D. more Americans lived in cities than in rural
communities
E. more men than women lived in the United
States
245. In their attempt to focus on the needs of the
consumer, advertising agencies of the 1920s began
to rely on
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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newspaper advertisements
government studies
scientific evidence
radio "personalities"
psychology
246. In light of the Stock Market crash of October 1929,
President Hoover shared the popular
assumption that
252. The Tennessee Valley Authority accomplished all
of these objectives EXCEPT it
A. the economy was strong enough to rebound by itself
B. immediate government intervention was needed to
end the depression
C. American bankers were to blame for the depression
D. international speculators had manipulated the stock
market crash
E. the heavy U. S. debt during World War 1 had to be
repaid to European bankers immediately
A. built dams on the Tennessee River to control
floods
B. generated hydroelectric power
C. granted pensions to the elderly
D. stimulated economic activity in a depressed
area
E. hired the unemployed
253. Father Charles Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest,
criticized the New Deal because it
247. Eleanor Roosevelt was an outspoken advocate primarily
for groups that supported
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
women and African-Americans
the environment
Mexican Americans
recent immigrants
tenement dwellers
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Farmers Holiday Association
American Legion
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Communist Party
Federal Emergency Relief Association
loan federal money to banks and insurance companies
channel loans directly to individuals
provide direct relief payments to the poor
exempt businesses from antitrust laws
balance the federal budget
250. President Hoover supported the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of
1930 because it
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
people postponed marriages
married couples postponed having children
the number of divorces increased
desertion of families by husbands increased
family members spent more time together
the commerce clause of the constitution
the elastic clause of the constitution
the rule of reason
scientific evidence
psychological theory
256. A series of neutrality acts passed by Congress in the
1930s accomplished all of the following
EXCEPT the
lowered tariffs generally
raised duties on foreign goods
ended payments of World War 1 debts
lent money to cooperatives to buy products
guaranteed a balanced budget
251. the Great Depression affected marriage patterns and
family life in all of the following ways
EXCEPT
Charles Coughlin
Francis Townsend
Huey Long
Frances Perkins
Upton Sinclair
255. The Supreme Court's 1935 decision in the
Schechter case which struck down the National
Recovery Administration, was based on
249. The purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
was to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
did not provide equity for black sharecroppers
created too many jobs for the unemployed
did not provide projects for the elderly
failed to redistribute wealth in a meaningful
way
E. did not promote collective ownership
254. All of the following were critics of the New Deal
EXCEPT
248. In 1932, thousands of World War 1 veterans demanded
immediate payment of promised
financial benefits in a protest led by the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A. prohibition of arms shipments to belligerents
B. elimination of loans to belligerents
C. establishment of the principle of cash and carry
for warring nations
D. establishment of a military draft
E. prevention of Americans from traveling on the
ships of belligerent nations
257. The America First Committee was organized in
1940 by people who articulated which
perspective?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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isolationism
interventionism
one worldism
communism
fascism
258. In December 1940, as President Roosevelt announced
that the United States would become "the great arsenal of
democracy," he also
264. Which statement accurately reflects the role of
women in the economy during World War 2?
A. the typical new female worker was under
thirty-five years of age
B. women worked only in shipyards
C. women were paid higher wages than men in
still mills
D. the number of women working outside the
home increased by over 50%
E. black women were not hired in defense plants
A.
B.
C.
D.
established the Lend-Lease program
sold battleships directly to Great Britain
created detention camps for Japanese-Americans
instructed the Central Intelligence Agency to monitor
subversives
E. instructed the American navy to sink German
submarines in the North Atlantic
259. In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt and Britain's
Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic
Charter, a document which outlined a plan for
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
265. In 1933, even though president Roosevelt said that
this nation was not yet "housebroken," the
United States formally recognized the existence of
a post-war world based on collective security
an assault on Germany
the Lend-Lease program
the use of atomic bombs
the sale of World War 1 military equipment to Britain
260. In September 1940, the United States placed an embargo
on the shipment of aviation fuel and
scrap metal to Japan after
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact
Japan occupied French Indochina
Japan withdrew its diplomats from the United States
American cryptographers broke the Japanese secret
military code
261. The Manhattan Project led directly to
A. a coordinated war plan against Germany by the U. S.
and the Soviet Union
B. a city plan for metropolitan New York City
C. the successful development of atomic weapons
D. the creation of the United Nations
E. a "Europe first" plan for World War 2
262. The decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japanese cities
incorporated all of the following ideas EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
shortening the war
saving American lives
intimidating the Soviet Union
ending the war in the Pacific before the Soviet Union
entered this phase of the war
E. implementing the terms of the Yalta Conference
263. The role that the National War Labor Board (NWLB)
played during World War 2 was to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Italy
Japan
China
the Soviet Union
Taiwan
266. during World War 2, some Americans who rallied
behind the slogan "Double V" sought victory over
Germany abroad and over
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
ill-treatment of Mexican-Americans at home
homelessness at home
economic advancement for women at home
racism at home
Communism at home
267. Although thousands of Americans died in World
War 2, the proportion killed by disease and
infection was sharply reduced owing in part to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
creative military tactics
the use of helicopters to evacuate the wounded
humane treatment by the enemy
the use of miracle drugs, such as penicillin
the use of flak jackets
268. Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member in
American history, served in President
Franklin Roosevelt's administration as Secretary of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Agriculture
Labor
War
Health, Education, and Welfare
Interior
269. In his attempt to influence the Supreme Court,
President Franklin Roosevelt
enforce the military draft
minimize labor-management conflict
implement the terms of the Wagner Act
retard the growth of labor unions
help African-American workers find jobs
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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removed justices from the Court
rejected the Court's decisions
interfered in the Court's deliberations
tried to appoint additional justices to the Court
prohibited the Court from hearing certain cases
270. In the famous 1947 article in Foreign Affairs, George
Kennan argued that the United States
should pursue a policy of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
275. One reason that the United States supported the
French colonial regime in Vietnam after World
War 2 was that
neutrality
one worldism
isolationism
containment
multilateralism
A. Mao Zedong was victorious in the Chinese
Civil War
B. Bao Dai was known for his democratic
tendencies
C. Vietnam was an important trade partner for the
United States
D. the United States agreed at Yalta to protect the
French empire
E. the United States was rewarding the French
government for its support during World War 2
271. The commitment of the American government to the state
of Israel was determined in 1948 when
the
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Lebanese Civil War began
state of Israel was founded
CIA overthrew the government of Iran
Palestine Liberation Organization was founded
Eisenhower Doctrine was announced
276. Despite high unemployment immediately after
World War 2, the United States economy thrived,
largely due to
A. continued government subsidies
B. personal savings and the availability of easy
credit
C. the absence of strikes
D. stable prices
E. a rise in real income
272. The Marshall Plan was successful because it
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
lasted for twenty years
created the National Security Agency
prohibited loans to the Soviet Union
sparked western Europe's industrial recovery
required European nations to solve their balance of
payments problems
277. President Truman labeled the Eightieth Congress as
the "do nothing Congress" because it
273. Immediately after World War 2, the United States
government's policy regarding atomic energy called for
A. destruction of all nuclear weapons
B. a nuclear arms proliferation agreement
C. control of all fissionable materials by an international
agency
D. the abandonment by the Soviet Union of its nuclear
program
E. an end to Third World programs of nuclear research
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
278. Segregationists had the choice of anti-integrationist
candidates for president in both the 1948 and 1968
elections. Their choices in these two campaigns
were, respectively,
274. In 1934, the actor and opera singer, Paul Robeson, said
that "I feel like a human being for the first time . Here I
am not a Negro but a human being." In this quotation,
Robeson referred to his life in which country?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
France
Ghana
Liberia
the Soviet Union
Cuba
enacted very little legislation
was overwhelmingly liberal
was solidly Republican
rejected most of his legislative agenda
met for only three months
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Thomas Dewey and George McGovern
Henry Wallace and John Anderson
Henry Wallace and Richard Nixon
J. Strom Thurmond and George Wallace
J. Strom Thurmond and Henry Wallace
279. All of the following demonstrate the importance of
the 1940s to the advancement of rights for
African-Americans EXCEPT the
A. entry of Jackie Robinson into major league
baseball
B. publication of Gunnar Myrdal's An American
Dilemma
C. establishment of the Justice Department's Civil
Rights Division
D. creation of the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund
E. founding of "freedom schools" in Mississippi
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280. During the 1940s, the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
tried to destroy the 'separate but equal" doctrine by
285. In response to Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus'
decision in 1957 to resist desegregation in Little
Rock's Central High School, President Eisenhower
A.
B.
C.
D.
insisting on its literal interpretation by the courts
promoting affirmative action legislation
lobbying for special interest legislation
urging the Supreme Court to legislate an end to
segregation
E. persuading the president to interfere with the courts
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
281. President Truman removed General Douglas MacArthur
from command of the American forces in Korea for all of
the following reasons EXCEPT
A. insubordination to the Commander-in-Chief
B. the risk of drawing China further into the war
C. the risk of drawing the Soviet Union into more active
support of North Korea
D. MacArthur's suggestion that Truman was guilty of
appeasement
E. MacArthur's lack of bold military initiatives
282. In the presidential campaign of 1952, General Dwight
Eisenhower promised that if elected
president he would
286. The creation of the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960 was
directly inspired by
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A. passed the National Defense Education Act
(NDEA) to upgrade the study of mathematics,
science, and foreign languages
B. ended the joint American-Soviet occupation of
Austria
C. agreed with the Soviet Union to pursue
peaceful coexistence
D. detonated the world's largest hydrogen bomb
on the island of Bikini
E. reinforced the defense of two islands near the
People's Republic of China
283. In terms of the number of dollars spent, the largest public
works program in American history
was the
Works Project Administration
Public Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Interstate Highway Program
Volunteers in Service to America
antiwar protests
the sit-in movement
the speeches of Malcolm X
the Freedom Riders
President Kennedy's commitment to Civil
Rights
287. In response to the Soviet Union's launch of the first
satellite into outer space in 1957, the United
States government
A. bomb China
B. withdraw American forces from Korea
C. give the American generals greater authority to wage
the war
D. conduct total war against North Korea
E. visit Korea personally
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
publicly supported the governor
fired Governor Faubus
federalized the Arkansas National Guard
arrested the governor
argued that "separate but equal" should be
declared constitutional
288. The Eisenhower Doctrine, a policy which stated
that the United States would intervene if a
government was threatened by communism, was
first implemented in
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
284. The loyalty of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who
directed the atomic bomb project
during World War 2, was questioned by the Eisenhower
administration because he
A. opposed the hydrogen bomb project
B. was a member of the Communist Party of the United
States
C. did not meet the standards of the Communist Control
Act
D. conflicted with the Smith Act
E. was convicted of perjury
Iran
Israel
Lebanon
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
289. Just prior to leaving office in 1961, President
Eisenhower warned the nation to guard against the
"potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced
power" in the hands of the
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A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
American communist party
Soviet Union
labor unions
Military-industrial complex
Central Intelligence Agency
290. The cornerstones of post-World War 2 economic growth
included all of the following EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the baby boom
the construction industry
the automobile
military spending
family farms
296. Although the United States was involved in the
Vietnam conflict during five presidential
administrations, "Americanization" of the war is a
policy linked to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
291. Levittown, a phenomenon of the 1940s, is an example of
a
297. The North Vietnamese Tet Offensive of 1968 was a
significant turning point in the Vietnam War
because
A.
B.
C.
D.
standardized suburban housing development
fast growing university town
rural community annexed by a major city
small town linked to a major city by interstate
highways
E. government supported public housing project
A. the armies of the South were destroyed
B. the armies of North Vietnam captured the
American embassy compound in Saigon
C. the French were finally driven out of Vietnam
D. North Vietnam was able to mount a nationwide
offensive even though one-half million
American soldiers were in Vietnam
E. China had intervened on the side of North
Vietnam
292. Popular culture in the 1950s was increasingly dominated
by television. All of the following were widely viewed
TV programs of the 1950s EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The Jackie Gleason show
Leave It To Beaver
The Mickey Mouse Club
I Love Lucy
Rebel Without A Cause
298. All of the following were results of the Nixon
policy of detente with the Soviet Union EXCEPT
the
293. Which branch of the government did Senator Joseph
McCarthy attack in the first Congressional hearings ever
broadcast on television?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
State Department
Justice Department
Agriculture Department
United States Army
Central Intelligence Agency
$1 billion grain deal with the Soviet Union
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
limit on antiballistic missile systems
trip to the Peoples Republic of China
end to the Vietnam War
A.
B.
C.
D.
assassination of President Kennedy
rise of urban racial violence
plague of teenage gang violence
assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther
King, Jr.
E. inequities of rich and poor Americans
detente
flexible response
national liberation
bipolarism
multilateralism
295. President Kennedy responded to the Cuban Missile Crisis
of 1962 by employing
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
299. The 1968 Kerner Commission Report, which stated
that "the nation is rapidly moving toward
two increasingly separate Americas," was written in
direct response to the
294. In place of President Eisenhower's policy of massive
retaliation against the Soviet Union,
President Kennedy substituted the policy of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
300. The organization made famous by the leadership of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the
a surgical air strike
a full-scale naval invasion
public negotiations with the Soviet Union
a naval quarantine
direct negotiations with Fidel Castro
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A. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
B. National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People
C. Congress of Racial Equality
D. Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
E. Black Panthers
301. Malcolm X, the charismatic leader of the Nation of Islam,
was assassinated in 1965 by Black
Muslims when he modified his racial views after visiting
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
306. On may 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen killed
four students at Kent State University who
were protesting the
Detroit
Chicago
Mecca
Jerusalem
Moscow
A. unfair treatment of student activists at Cornell
University
B. Federal Bureau of Investigation's wiretaps on
Martin Luther King's telephones
C. police killings of two students at Jackson State
University in Mississippi
D. military incursion into Cambodia under
President Nixon
E. police riot at Stonewall Inn in New York City
302. The Free Speech movement of the 1960s originated in
1964 on the campus of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Harvard University
the University of Chicago
Columbia University
the University of California
the University of Wisconsin
307. In 1971, in an attempt to counteract the economic
effects of both recession and inflation,
President Nixon
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
303. A riot that erupted in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New
York City marks an important milestone
in the political and social activism of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
the antiwar movement
feminists
Students for a Democratic Society
homosexuals and lesbians
Puerto Rican nationalists
308. The Watergate scandal began in 1971 when
President Nixon's administration created the
"plumbers," whose work included
A.
B.
C.
D.
harassing U. S. District Judge John Sirica
discrediting Attorney General Elliot Richardson
publicly criticizing the press
installing wiretaps in the Democratic National
Committee headquarters
E. defending Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
304. All of the following were presidential candidates during
the campaign of 1968 EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
George McGovern
Eugene McCarthy
George Wallace
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
305. "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or
abridged by the U. S. or by any state on account of sex."
309. Although Americans generally liked Gerald Ford,
many doubted his integrity because his first
important act as President Nixon's successor was to
A. resume the bombing of North Vietnam
B. empower the Federal Bureau of Investigation to
wiretap alleged radicals
C. raise taxes as a way to reduce the deficit
D. grant Nixon a presidential pardon
E. oppose limits on presidential campaign
contributions
The above statement is contained in the
A. Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade
B. Thirteen Amendment of the United States
Constitution
C. proposed Equal Rights amendment
D. Civil Rights Act of 1964
E. manifesto of the Nation of Islam
took a reduction in salary
strengthened the dollar
reduced government spending in general
cut military spending
froze wages, prices, and rents
310. During the 1970s, as the dream of educational
equality was being realized by many black high
school graduates, the charge of "reverse
discrimination" was tested in a Supreme Court case
brought by
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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Esther Peterson
Jane Roe
Allan Bakke
Andrew Young
Phyllis Schlafly
311. In 1973, the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized a
site where the United States arm had
massacred Indians a century earlier, located at
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
317. National Guardsmen were called out during the
1968 Democratic National Convention in
Chicago because
Little Big Horn, Montana
Wounded Knee, South Dakota
Sand Creek, Colorado
Camp Grant, Arizona
Red River, Oklahoma
A. Chicago had experienced a rash of bombings
B. Illinois militia members threatened violence
C. Chicago's Mayor Daley feared violence arising
from antiwar protests
D. the Democratic party nominee, Hubert
Humphrey, spoke out strenuously against the
war in
Vietnam
E. National Guardsmen are traditionally called out
for national nominating conventions
312. In 1987, Lt. Colonel Oliver L. North facilitated an
international weapons deal which channeled
money from arms sales in Iran to rebels in
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Panama
Honduras
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Colombia
318. One of the principal reasons the "noble experiment"
of Prohibition failed was that it led to an enormous
increase in
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
313. "Reagonomics" was a set of ideas designed to
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
reduce domestic oil consumption
increase spending for welfare programs
cut spending for the military
increase taxes on the rich
stimulate the economy through "supply-side"
economics
319. 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
E. provided for federal support of parochial
schools
314. In 1982, the Reagan administration sent marines to Beirut
to help stabilize conditions in
Lebanon. The marines were withdrawn after
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
they succeeded in stabilizing Lebanon
terrorist bombs demolished a marine barracks
the marines were re-deployed to neighboring Syria
peace was arranged between Israel and Syria
the Iran-Iraq war ended
315. During the 1980s, American society changed as the
number of
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
320. Joseph McCarthy's investigative tactics found
support among many Americans because
A. evidence substantiated McCarthy's charges
against the army
B. there was widespread fear of communist
infiltration of the United States
C. both Truman and Eisenhower supported
McCarthy
D. McCarthy worked closely with the FBI
E. McCarthy correctly identified numerous
communists working in the State Department
working poor decreased
adult women who stayed at home increased
illegal immigrants decreased
poor children decreased
impoverished women increased
316. The famous "smoking gun" in the investigation of the
Watergate affair was
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
drinking among minors
absenteeism among factory workers
the divorce rate
child abuse
law enforcement costs
the Nixon confession
The Pentagon Papers
direct testimony by G. Gordon Liddy
statements by Martha Mitchell
the White House tapes
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321. The Tet offensive of 1968 during the Vietnam War
demonstrated that
325. Which of the following was an immediate
consequence of the Bay of Pigs incident?
A. bombing North Vietnam had severely curtailed
Vietcong supplies
B. the army of South Vietnam was in control of the
South
C. American strategy was working
D. a negotiated settlement was in the near future
E. the Vietcong could attack major cities throughout
South Vietnam
A. Congress demanded the United States
withdrawal from the Panama Canal Zone.
B. The Soviet Union sent missiles to Cuba.
C. Americans began to view nuclear power plants
as dangerous.
D. The united States ended its military occupation
of Japan.
E. China entered the Korean War.
322. Conservative Republican opponents of the Treaty of
Versailles argued that the League of Nations
would
326. 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
E. the United States government offered Mexicans
land in exchange for military service
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
E. give England and France a greater role than the
United States in maintaining world peace
323. The Scopes trial represented all of the following
EXCEPT
327. 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. a conflict between rural and urban culture
B. a battle between Protestant fundamentalism and
modern science
C. a debate about Biblical interpretation
D. the tensions created by the new role of the United
States as a world leader in the 1920s
E. the lack of academic freedom in some parts of the
country
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. Smiths' failure to carry a solidly
Democratic South
E. Herbert Hoover's use of "rugged individualism"
as his campaign slogan
324. Which of the following is true of the forced relocation of
Japanese Americans from the West
Coast during the Second World War?
A. President Roosevelt claimed that military necessity
justified the action.
B. The Supreme Court immediately declared the action
unconstitutional.
C. The relocation was implemented according to
congressional provisions for the internment of
dissidents.
D. The Japanese Americans received the same treatment
as that accorded German Americans
and Italian Americans.
E. Few of those relocated were actually United States
citizens.
328. During his presidency, Harry S. Truman did all of
the following EXCEPT
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A. abolish the Tennessee Valley Authority
B. establish a new loyalty program for federal
employees
C. extend Social Security benefits
D. order the desegregation of the armed forces
E. veto the Taft-Hartley Act
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193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
D
D
A
D
C
D
E
B
E
C
A
D
D
E
A
D
B
B
C
B
A
E
A
B
B
C
D
E
C
E
E
D
D
B
B
E
E
A
C
C
C
B
E
D
D
C
B
D
B
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3-21
3-22
3-23
3-24
3-25
3-26
3-27
3-28
3-29
3-30
3-31
3-32
3-33
3-34
3-35
3-36
3-37
3-38
3-39
3-40
3-41
3-42
3-43
3-44
3-45
3-46
3-47
3-48
3-49
3-50
3-51
3-52
3-53
3-54
3-55
3-56
3-57
3-58
3-59
3-60
3-61
3-62
3-63
3-64
3-65
3-66
3-67
3-68
3-69
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
D
D
D
E
A
A
C
A
B
C
D
D
D
A
D
A
A
A
B
C
E
B
D
D
D
D
B
D
D
B
D
C
D
A
B
D
D
E
A
E
E
D
A
C
B
A
C
D
E
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3-71
3-72
3-73
3-74
3-75
3-76
3-77
3-78
3-79
3-80
3-81
3-82
3-83
3-84
3-85
3-86
3-87
3-88
3-89
3-90
3-91
3-92
3-93
3-94
3-95
3-96
3-97
3-98
3-99
3-100
3-101
3-102
3-103
3-104
3-105
3-106
3-107
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
A
E
D
B
D
C
D
E
B
A
C
D
D
A
C
D
E
D
D
C
B
D
E
B
E
E
C
E
C
B
E
D
D
A
B
A
D
A
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