Which statement would most likely have been said by a believer in Social Darwinism
who was addressing the issue of imperialism?
A) “The very laws of nature reveal that national identity is not related to cultural
worth.”
B) “We must isolate ourselves from the uncivilized cultures of distant lands.”
C) “American expansionism should most logically be restricted to North America.”
D) “We must promote the superiority of our culture in an effort to ensure world
stability.”
One reason for the widespread support for a larger navy was __________.
A) its role in providing jobs for the nation’s unemployed men
B) many people believed that the army was no longer a necessity
C) the belief that the navy could effectively block further immigration
D) its use to expand and protect America’s international trade
Of the following, the most important domestic issue in the 2004 presidential election
was __________.
A) drilling for oil in Alaska
B) steroids in baseball and other professional sports
C) the health effects of air pollution
D) the controversy over same-sex marriage
Native-born Americans often disliked new immigrants because they __________.
A) felt that the immigrants were taking desirable, middle-class jobs
B) believed that presence of immigrants hurt moves toward improving worker safety
C) viewed predominantly Catholic and Jewish immigrants as threats to social stability
D) objected to the Republican Party’s recruiting of immigrant voters
White southerners used the term carpetbaggers to describe __________.
A) ex-slaves who moved to southern cities
B) southerners who supported the Union
C) powerful northerners who lived in the South
D) Republican leaders in the United States Congress
The Homestead Act __________.
A) promised freedom from taxation for middle-class landholders in the West
B) guaranteed free acres of land to citizens who farmed the land for five years
C) actually had the effect of slowing white settlement in the West
D) gave away far more land to common people than had been given to railway
companies
The overall effect of the Platt Amendment was to __________.
A) restrict further policies of imperialism
B) restrict Cuba’s autonomy at home and abroad
C) curtail American involvement in Latin America
D) show support for Filipino independence
When mine owners refused to meet with coal workers at the White House, Roosevelt
__________.
A) decided that the executive branch no longer had a role in labor disputes
B) used his influence to mediate social conflict for the public good
C) appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene on behalf of management
D) stated that John Mitchell’s unreasonable nature had kept mine owners away
Bankers’ concept of a sound money policy favored __________.
A) a switch toward a silver-backed currency
B) implementation of the sub-treasury plan
C) extending the flow of currency in the South
D) limiting the money supply to maintain property values
American involvement in Vietnam peaked in __________.
A) 1963
B) 1965
C) 1969
D) 1973
Why was the Securities and Exchange Commission created?
A) to regulate international trade
B) to regulate banks
C) to regulate the stock market
D) to regulate corporate mergers
Which statement about women during the Great Depression is true?
A) New Deal relief programs improved the conditions for working women.
B) Many NRA codes mandated lower wage scales for women.
C) Women were not included in the NRA’s minimum wage requirement.
D) Women on relief were often allowed to do work traditionally reserved for men.
The Food Administration __________.
A) helped to raise farm incomes
B) was unpopular with most of the American public
C) did not address the need for female workers
D) was ineffective at organizing food supplies
The first woman named to the Supreme Court was __________.
A) Geraldine Ferraro
B) Patricia Schroeder
C) Dianne Feinstein
D) Sandra Day O”Connor
Ronald Reagan won the election of 1980 because __________.
A) he was more intelligent than Jimmy Carter
B) he advocated for conservative social values
C) Americans felt threatened by political and economic forces they couldn”t control
D) Americans had become disenchanted by the many political scandals of the Carter
years
During the 1880s and 1890s, many young, white southerners __________.
A) became disenchanted with the Democratic Party
B) began to become involved in preserving the right to vote for black males
C) romanticized the heroes of the Civil War generation
D) were appalled by the racial violence of their parents’ generation
The main alternative to Panama for an ocean-linking passage was __________.
A) the Northwest Passage
B) Honduras
C) Nicaragua
D) Costa Rica
Where did the United States exert the most international influence in the 1920s?
A) Western Europe
B) Asia
C) Latin America
D) Eastern Europe
Which of the following was a major focus of Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency?
A) promoting a constitutional amendment to establish an income tax
B) using federal subsidies to rescue the failing Standard Oil Company
C) suing “bad trusts” that he believed were guilty of misconduct
D) repealing consumer protection laws
In the first few years after the war __________.
A) there were no labor strikes in America
B) total employment improved
C) more women entered the workforce
D) a brief depression occurred
The resolution passed at the 1928 Inter-America Conference attempted to prohibit the
United States from __________.
A) allowing American corporations to control natural resources in Latin American
countries
B) interfering in the internal affairs of Latin American countries
C) imposing tariffs on goods from Latin American countries
D) sending naval ships into the waters controlled by Latin American countries
What prompted J. Robert Oppenheimer to say, “Now I am become death”?
A) viewing the grim remains of the Battle of Saipan
B) observing the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz
C) seeing a nuclear fission bomb tested for the first time
D) watching the Battle of Stalingrad from a barn in the countryside
The period 1946″1950 began a 40-year era of __________.
A) an American economy that never experienced a recession
B) Republican presidencies
C) rivalry with communism and the Soviet Union
D) unchecked legal segregation
In the Atlanta Compromise, Washington urged whites to provide education for blacks,
and __________.
A) called for blacks to run for political office in the South
B) urged blacks to accommodate themselves to segregation
C) abandoned his hopes that blacks could become part of the industrial labor force
D) denounced the powerful, white elite who dominated southern politics
Which statement best summarizes protest movements in the early years of the
depression?
A) Demonstrations were virtually nonexistent despite the awful conditions.
B) The government passed a law that made it illegal to stage any type of protest.
C) Protesters came from a vast range of social, political, and economic interests.
D) Conservative Republicans dominated the ranks of those who led protest movements.
The United States and other Western nations responded to the Berlin blockade by
__________.
A) ignoring the Soviet Union’s awkward attempts at expansionism
B) airlifting supplies into the isolated city
C) threatening to use nuclear weapons against the Soviet Union
D) negotiating with the Soviet Union
Low farm incomes in the New South resulted in __________.
A) a food shortage in the North
B) the creation of a labor force for new industries
C) legislation that dismantled the banking system of the South
D) most southerners moving into large cities
In foreign policy, U.S. officials showed little interest in __________.
A) Africa
B) Asia
C) Mexico
D) South America
Where did the United States win its first major victories in World War II?
A) North Africa
B) the South Pacific
C) the Eastern Front
D) the Western Front
In the late 1870s, black economic status __________ while white economic status
__________.
A) increased; decreased
B) decreased; increased
C) remained stable; experienced a depression
D) remained unchanged; declined
According to the Populists, who was most to blame for America’s problems?
A) communists and socialists who agitated workers and farmers
B) common people who did not work hard enough at improving their economic status
C) wealthy industrialists who dominated the nation’s distribution of wealth
D) politicians who were unresponsive to the needs of the working class
Which of the following was an early result of the 1929 stock market crash?
A) even more massive declines in stock values in Europe the day after Black Tuesday
B) an acceleration of European repayments of American loans
C) a large decrease in American investments in Europe
D) increased American exports
During the depression, __________ of married women provided the sole support for
their families.
A) one-third
B) one-half
C) two-thirds
D) three-fourths
By 1943, __________ percent of the world’s military production was coming from the
United States.
A) 10
B) 30
C) 40
D) 60