The American Nation 15th Edition

Which of the following statements about the nation's aging population is true? A) On January 1, 2011, one-fifth of the nation's population was over sixty-five. B) As the nation ages, the use of the nation's wealth has begun to shift from health care and pensions to more economically productive activities. C) Social Security

What was one of the major reasons for the popular appeal of the Protestant Reformation? A) Italian merchants realized it made fewer financial demands on them than Catholicism. B) Political figures could use its challenge to Rome's spiritual authority in order to increase their power. C) The Catholic church made many enemies by

The discovery that cattle could feed on the prairie grasses of the public domain of the northern plains led to the development of which of the following? A) bonanza farms B) open-range ranching C) refrigerated railroad cars D) sharecropping Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The Civilian Conservation Corps was intended primarily to do which of the

How did the theories of Sigmund Freud affect the ideas and behavior of progressive intellectuals? A) They were especially influenced by Freud's essentially dark view of human nature. B) They strongly agreed with his view that almost all human behavior was determined by an individual's genetic inheritance. C) They agreed with him that

The Homestead Strike __________. A) pitted private police against steelworkers near Pittsburgh B) involved rail yard workers west of Chicago C) illustrated the working-class consciousness of Midwestern farmers D) marked the beginning of the end for the Knights of Labor Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A During the 1820s, Americans' per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages __________. A)

What was the key felony, revealed by the Watergate tapes, committed by Richard Nixon? A) planning the Watergate burglar. B) obstructing justice C) violating the constitution D) witness tampering Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B What happened after the German sinking of a French channel steamer in March 1916? A) The United States declared war on Germany. B) The

Discuss the challenges that almost doomed the Jamestown colony to suffer the same fate as the Roanoke experiment. Answer: Key Points: lack of preparation for pioneer settlement; false hopes for quick riches; climateand environmental conditions Answer: Key Points: lack of preparation for pioneer settlement; false hopes for quick riches; climateand environmental conditions Answer:

What pitted John C. Calhoun against Andrew Jackson from the beginning? A) He resented Jackson's stance on slavery. B) He disliked Jackson's elitist mannerisms. C) He coveted the presidency and was hoping to succeed Jackson sooner rather than later. D) Jackson was known to have had an affair with one of John C. Calhoun's

The Report on Manufactures can best be described as which of the following? A) an early example of economic research B) a bold call for economic planning C) a blue print for a Department of Commerce D) an argument of laissez-faire capitalism Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Which of the following best describes the impact

Who caused a major problem for the new government of the Articles of Confederation when it closed the lower Mississippi River to American commerce? A) Spain B) France C) Great Britain D) England Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Which of the following describes President Obama's health care legislation? A) It had complete and total support by Democrats. B)

What was a major factor in the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1920s? A) a distrust of foreigners, Catholics, blacks, and Jews B) a surge in socialist and union activism C) an increase in black civil rights activism in the South D) an increase in ethnically and racially mixed marriages

In the 1680s, James II tried to unify royal control of the northern colonies by creating which of the following? A) Board of Trade B) Dominion of New England C) Office of Colonial Administration D) Dominion of North America Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B What important fight against the institutional foundations of segregation was brought on

Feminist Margaret Sanger was which of the following? A) a leader of divorce reform B) a strong proponent of birth control C) a major critic of an equal rights amendment D) a chief opponent of prohibition Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B The major paradox of American society before the Civil War was that most Americans continued

What did Richard Nixon learn during his goodwill tour of South America in 1958? A) Anti-American sentiment ran high in the region as a result of Eisenhower's cold war policy. B) Eisenhower's policies had not developed democratic institutions the way he had hoped. C) A decade of U.S. neglect had wreaked havoc on

Why did Republicans focus on Hillary Clinton in their investigation of the assault on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi? A) She was the most likely Democratic presidential nominee in 2016. B) She had organized an elaborate cover-up to prevent the public from learning about the attack. C) She had personal ties to Egyptian

Which of the following best characterizes Martin Van Buren? A) He was a stoic and staunch advocate for Southern planters. B) He was a gregarious New Yorker who avoided partisanship. C) He served brilliantly under President Monroe as Secretary of State. D) A senator from Kentucky, he found ways to connect Northerners and Southerners

Johns Hopkins became the leader in graduate education by modeling itself after universities in which country? A) England B) France C) Italy D) Germany Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Why is it so difficult to generalize about the institution of slavery in the United States? A) We have very little data about the time period. B) Slavery was

Which statement regarding the 1980 Republican nominee, Ronald Reagan, is true? A) He was seriously limited by his age during the 1980 campaign. B) He was never a serious contender for the presidential nomination before 1980. C) He was a New Deal Democrat before World War II. D) He was a political newcomer without

"Jersey negroes appear to be particularly adapted to this marketWe have the right to calculate on large importations in the future, from the success which hitherto attended the sale." This quote from a Southern newspaper describes which of the following? A) the international indentured servant trade B) the international slave trade C) the

What was President Richard Nixon's principal plan for ending the American commitment in the Vietnam conflict? A) threatening to invade China unless the North Vietnamese forces withdrew B) withdrawing American troops unilaterally C) ordering a naval blockade of the port of Haiphong D) building up the South Vietnamese army in order to withdraw American

Which of the following best assesses the political response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s? A) Only the Clinton administration would publicly acknowledge the AIDS crisis in 1993. B) Democrats vigorously campaigned on the AIDS issue in the 1984 presidential election. C) Ronald Regan only began to recognize the public health crisis

The waning support of Northerners for Radical policy was due in part to which of the following? A) the retirement of President Johnson B) the activities of the Ku Klux Klan C) the increasing fissure between northern and southern whites D) their loyalty to the Democratic party Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A The inventor of a

What significance did the Freeport Doctrine have for the political career of Stephen Douglas? A) It made him unelectable in the South. B) It forever ruined his chances to win the support of Northern Democrats. C) It made him the hero of the western territories. D) It closed the gap between him and his

The most famous native-born revivalist of the Great Awakening, the intellectually brilliant author of sermons such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," was __________. A) Jonathan Edwards B) Charles Chauncy C) Solomon Stoddard D) Increase Mather Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A Andrew Carnegie dominated which industry? A) railroad B) steel C) banking D) petroleum Answer: B Answer: B Answer:

Which of the following statements about Christendom in the fourteenth century is accurate? A) It dominated Europe as well as Northern Africa. B) It had established cities and institutions of learning far superior to those of Islam or China. C) It was the only monotheistic religion in Eurasia at the time. D) It stimulated

What was the most important cause of prosperity during the "new era"? A) curtailment of federal spending and reduction of the deficit B) improved efficiency among American manufacturers C) sound federal regulation of the economy D) federal subsidies for basic research Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, __________, brought home the evils of

What was a main Republican criticism of Obama's immigration reform plan? A) It did not include a "pathway to citizenship." B) It was too detailed and specific. C) It ignored the desires of the Hispanic electorate. D) It did not provide for adequate border policing and would encourage illegal immigration. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Which

By the day of FDR's inauguration in 1933, banking operations __________. A) had been suspended in four-fifths of the states B) continued, despite several well-publicized failures C) had collapsed totally throughout the country D) remained largely unaffected by the Depression Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A What gave rise to the feeling of nationalism among Americans during

The growing risk of exposure to sexual predators was one troubling side effect of which of the following? A) the law and order campaign B) the wave of new immigrants C) the anonymity of the Internet D) the age gap between millennials and boomers Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C A major source of the new feeling of

The urban ethnic neighborhoods of the late nineteenth century were __________. A) ghettos in the European sense B) crowded and unhealthy C) destroyers of traditional immigrant culture D) model communities with high living standards Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B With what was the American Party most closely associated? A) national unity B) constitutionalism C) nativism D) western expansion Answer: C Answer:

The British defeat at Yorktown resulted largely from the __________. A) inability of the British to persuade Tories to join them B) French fleet winning control of Chesapeake Bay and preventing Cornwallis from escaping from the peninsula by sea C) ability of Washington to outmaneuver Cornwallis' much larger army and force him to

The early confidence of both sides was rocked by the staggering casualties sustained in 1862 at __________. A) Bull Run B) Seven Pines C) Shiloh D) Vicksburg Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C Which author spent most of his adult life in Europe writing about the clash between American and European values in a rarefied, overly subtle

Fearing the nation's loss of its moral compass, conservative leaders during the 1970s and 1980s actively tried to implement the goals of which movement? A) law and order B) crime and punishment C) civil rights D) criminal justice Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A English thinker __________ was the most influential social Darwinist. A) Lester Frank Ward B) Aldous

Who was the leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association who used the slogan "Back to Africa"? A) Marcus Garvey B) W. E. B. Du Bois C) Booker T. Washington D) Langston Hughes Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A What did American and British strategists decide to do immediately after Pearl Harbor? A) concentrate first against Japan B) develop

The Quakers' religious beliefs were based on which of the following? A) submission to governmental authority B) a hierarchical society led by a hereditary nobility C) an educated and ordained ministry D) direct, mystical experience of religious truth Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D In contrast to most Archaic Indian bands in North America, the people at

Which of the following occurred under the Platt Amendment? A) America promised it would not acquire the Philippines as a result of the Spanish-American War. B) Cuba was forced to promise to grant naval bases to America and to avoid treaties with any foreign power which might compromise its independence. C) America promised

Why was the expansion of tobacco cultivation an economic problem in Virginia by the end of the seventeenth century? A) It led to a slump in prices. B) It prompted competition from New England. C) The availability of land in the Chesapeake was severely limited. D) The smoking habits of the colonists started to

Which of the following accurately assesses the way most white Americans understood slavery? A) They saw it as a beneficial institution. B) They deplored it as an immoral sin. C) They ardently wished for its nationwide expansion. D) They understood it primarily as a local issue. Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D The Oregon Trail __________. A) crossed

The Underground Railroad __________. A) was well-organized and extensive in both the North and the South B) helped slaves escape to Mexico C) endangered slavery by its explicit challenge to the South D) aided tens of thousands of escaping slaves each year Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C Why did people in Western Pennsylvania protest the taxation

What was the concern as millennials increasingly turned to Facebook and other social media? A) that Facebook would exercise too much power over the consumption patterns of Americans B) that television would soon become extinct as a medium C) that some Facebook users would never be able to make enough friends online D) that

Which of the following statements best describes the African experience in the English North America in 1640? A) Africans were treated equally as English indentured servants. B) The African experience in English North America was much like that of slaves on the sugar islands in the Caribbean. C) Some Africans were slaves, but

Which of the following was the basic difference between Lincoln and Davis as presidents? A) Lincoln could not stand criticism. B) Davis allowed personal feelings to distort his judgment. C) Lincoln failed to delegate authority. D) Davis was patient with people who talked too much or did not understand him. Answer: B Answer: B Answer: B What

The initiative in the Pacific shifted to the Americans as a result of which 1942 battles? A) Coral Sea and Midway B) Manila and Tarawa C) Saipan and Guadalcanal D) Okinawa and Iwo Jima Answer: A Answer: A Answer: A What likely would have happened if the United States had not entered the Great War? A) The Central

The Bonus Army, which came to Washington, D.C. in 1932, consisted largely of which of the following? A) unemployed steelworkers B) municipal, county, and state employees C) leftwing activists D) unemployed veterans Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D A fundamental goal of mercantilist policy was to do which of the following? A) secure the production of raw materials

Which of the following occurred in early 1895, when the Treasury's gold reserves reached a desperately low point? A) President Cleveland devalued the dollar. B) President Cleveland ordered twenty million dollars worth of silver dollars coined even though this caused significant inflation. C) President Cleveland took the country off the gold standard. D) A

As president, what was Jimmy Carter noted for? A) surrounding himself with Washington insiders B) working patiently and persistently with Congress to enact his programs C) trying to set a tone of democratic simplicity and moral fervor D) avoiding contact with average people and their concerns Answer: C Answer: C Answer: C Which of the following outlawed

In his decision on the Dred Scott case, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Roger Taney argued that the Missouri Compromise __________. A) violated the due process of law B) needed to be preserved for the sake of the union C) was an abolitionist conspiracy D) validated the concept of

Which of the following was the key evidence in the Watergate Affair, several pieces of which were deliberately erased or disposed of? A) Nixon's letters offering to pay the burglars to keep quiet B) Nixon's nightly memos that detailed all the directives he gave to "the plumbers" C) Nixon's secret tape recordings of

Illegal, often violent, resistance by the Sons of Liberty to __________ may be seen as marking the start of the revolution. A) the Proclamation of 1763 B) colonial assemblies C) the Boston Massacre D) the Stamp Act Answer: D Answer: D Answer: D Like fellow westerners, President Jackson __________. A) did not favor internal improvements B) preferred that local