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 strongly attacking luxury and
corruption.
D) It encouraged democratic revolutions to overthrow monarchies throughout Europe.
The first major battle of the Revolutionary War was the Battle of __________,
A) Concord
B) Valley Forge
C) Lexington
D) Bunker Hill
In the 1830s, Nat Turner gained notoriety as the leader of the __________.
A) scientific agriculture movement in the South
B) antislavery forces in New England
C) most sensational slave uprising in the early nineteenth century
D) secessionist wing of the Southern Democrats
In the battle over the independence of Texas, the slaughters at Goliad and at
__________ made peaceful settlement of the dispute with Mexico almost impossible.
A) the Alamo
B) the Citadel
C) Corpus Christi
D) Santa Fe
The government’s administration of Indian affairs was notable over the years for its
__________.
A) dedicated public servants
B) careful long-range planning
C) pursuit of Native American rights
D) level of corruption
The South Carolina cash crop of indigo __________.
A) could be grown side by side with rice in the paddies along the seacoast
B) was resisted by the British woolens industry, which sought to prohibit its production
C) displaced tobacco, which had been an earlier cash crop of the colony
D) was introduced by plantation owner Eliza Lucas
What was the purpose of President Jackson’s Specie Circular?
A) It required that purchasers of public land pay in gold or silver.
B) It mandated new reserve requirements for the Bank of the United States.
C) It forced British merchants to pay for American goods in bullion.
D) It removed the coinage of the Bank of the United States from the list of legal tender
monies.
As a result of the ongoing instability in Iraq, the 2006 midterm election in the United
States was which of the following?
A) a victory for Republicans who had promised to figure out a sound way to pay for the
war
B) a vote of confidence for President Bush and his Iraqi policy
C) a victory for the Democrats because the nation was weary with the war and its cost
D) a victory for the Democrats who supported President Bush’s war policy so as not to
appear “unpatriotic”
The presidential election of 1884 focused mostly on which of the following?
A) personal issues of character.
B) tariffs and foreign trade issues.
C) currency questions and the resumption of the gold standard..
D) land policy, agrarian development, and pension reform.
Clinton used his executive authority to strengthen the Supreme Court majority that
opposed the Reagan-Bush position on which issue?
A) abortion
B) the death penalty
C) federal financing of political campaigns
D) affirmative action
Why did Truman removed Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War?
A) The General had refused to take the war into mainland China.
B) Morale among his soldiers was low under his weak and indecisive leadership.
C) Public anger over the general’s racist remarks reached unacceptable proportions.
D) MacArthur publicly criticized Truman for refusing to go to war against China.
What did Phyllis Schlafly claim would be the result of the Equal Rights Amendment?
A) the criminalization of divorce
B) the feminization of men
C) an increase in the number of Americans coming out as gay
D) a legal mandate for women to earn 50 percent of household income
What happened during 1835 and 1836 as a result of the creation of the “pet” banks?
A) Economic stability and prosperity resumed.
B) The money supply shrank dramatically and plunged the country into a depression.
C) The Bank of the United States retained all government deposits.
D) The money supply increased rapidly and fueled wild speculation in land.
Upon sensing the expansionist sentiment of voters in the election of 1844, Henry Clay
__________.
A) stuck firmly to his opposition to the annexation of Texas
B) backed off his firm opposition to the annexation of Texas
C) won the election because of his unyielding support of manifest destiny
D) pushed through a joint resolution making Texas a state
Among the most basic justifications for the secession of the South were the
__________.
A) traditional civil rights arguments
B) Republicans’ refusal to support constitutional protections for slavery
C) fears of the overpowering Northern economy
D) promises of aid from England and France
In 1882 Congress passed a law that in effect stopped immigration from which country?
A) China
B) Russia
C) Mexico
D) Poland
What was the implication of having an “established” religion like the Anglican Church
in colonies like Virginia or Maryland?
A) Every citizen had to pay 10 percent of his or her income to the Anglican Church.
B) All laws had to be approved by the church.
C) It had the same legal status and privilege as any other religious group.
D) Its ministers were supported by public funds.
Who led the Nez Perce of Oregon and Idaho on a thousand-mile campaign, outwitting
federal troops, before being forced to surrender?
A) Sitting Bull
B) Crazy Horse
C) Red Cloud
D) Chief Joseph
The final form of the Constitution was decided by __________.
A) James Madison’s unwillingness to compromise on any issues
B) the give-and-take of practical compromise
C) an alliance of the large, northern states
D) a small group of Southerners dedicated to protecting slavery
By far the most important indirect effect of industrialization occurred when the
__________.
A) federal government constructed an efficient system of canals
B) South began to produce cotton to supply the new textile mills of New England and
Great Britain
C) North was forced to locate new sources of capital to fund the growing textile
industry
D) need for iron ores led to the exploration of the West
Which senator pushed for renewal of the Bank of the United States charter in 1832 to
provide himself a campaign issue against Jackson?
A) Henry Clay
B) John C. Calhoun
C) Martin Van Buren
D) John Eaton
George C. Wallace ran for the presidency in 1968 on a platform that included which of
the following?
A) federal ownership of bankrupt railroads
B) busing to achieve desegregation of schools
C) an end to forced desegregation of schools
D) withdrawing American troops from Vietnam
What did many Northerners believed about the Panic of 1857?
A) It was caused by the southern-dominated Congress.
B) It resulted from “Bleeding Kansas.”
C) It was brought on by the Dred Scott decision.
D) It proved that Buchanan’s economic policies threatened to bankrupt the nation.
After the Civil War, America extended its overseas influence and empire in which
areas?
A) the Middle East and Europe
B) the Near East and Australia
C) the Pacific and Latin America
D) the Middle East and Africa
What led to the emergence of big-city political bosses and their machines in the late
nineteenth century?
A) Catholic church leaders sought their protection.
B) Most immigrants knew little about democracy.
C) Protestant churches sought to use them to clean up city governments.
D) Factory owners encouraged them.
To which Central American nation did President Bush dispatch American troops after
General Manuel Noriega refused to relinquish power after his figurehead candidate lost
a national election?
A) Granada
B) Nicaragua
C) Cuba
D) Panama
Which of the following recent events did historians predict accurately?
A) Hurricane Katrina
B) the nation’s voracious thirst for oil
C) the election of an African American president
D) the explosion of a deep-sea oil well in the Gulf of Mexico
Wilson’s policy of holding the Germans to ‘strict accountability” for any American
losses resulting from violations of freedom of the seas __________.
A) did not reflect most Americans’ neutrality
B) was strongly opposed by Secretary of State Bryan
C) was supported by his demands for greatly increased military appropriations
D) was consistent with international law
The outstanding painter of the great events of the Revolution, best known for works
such as The Battle of Bunker’s Hill and The Declaration of Independence, was
__________.
A) Charles Willson Peale
B) Gilbert Stuart
C) John Singleton Copley
D) John Trumbull
How did the world respond to Jefferson’s words in the Declaration of Independence?
A) People overseas generally took little notice.
B) People in overseas colonies rallied enthusiastically for the American cause.
C) Whereas European aristocracy recoiled in horror, European peasants clandestinely
began to build their own plans for revolution based on Jefferson’s words.
D) Jefferson’s language about natural rights horrified most people overseas.
What was Herbert Hoover’s primary response to the Great Depression?
A) Let the Depression run its own course.
B) Expand direct federal relief to the unemployed.
C) Try to restore public confidence.
D) Increase direct federal assistance for the hungry and homeless.
Partly as a result of the Ghost Dance movement, the army killed some 150 Teton Sioux
at __________ in 1890.
A) Wounded Knee, South Dakota
B) Sand Creek, Colorado
C) Washita, Oklahoma
D) Mankato, Minnesota
The diehard Federalists who organized a scheme to break away from the Union and
create a “northern confederacy” in 1804 were known as the __________.
A) Federal Constitutionalists
B) Essex Junto
C) Hartford Convention
D) War Hawks