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
The Civilian Conservation Corps was intended primarily to do which of the following?
A) Assist large manufacturers in their recycling efforts.
B) Aid western states in restoring land ruined by over-grazing.
C) Create soil conservation and reforestation jobs for unemployed young men.
D) Help farmers preserve land from erosion.
According to your text, the answer to the question, “What is an American?” is that
Americans __________.
A) were mostly Europeans whose institutions easily fit American conditions
B) have shared a common religious devotion
C) have had faith in democracy and freedom
D) have an identity deeply rooted in their history, but still incomplete and evolving
The work of radicals in the labor movement led to which of the following?
A) the belief by many Americans that unions were associated with communism
B) harmony in the industrial workforce for the first time since the Great War
C) increased participation in unions by all major industries
D) the development of collective bargaining
In the 1950s, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted and executed for which of the
following?
A) conspiring to assassinate President Truman
B) selling NATO deployment plans to the Soviets
C) selling American secret codes to the Nazis during World War II
D) betraying atomic secrets to the Soviets
A desperate German counterattack at the German-Belgian border in the Battle of the
Bulge __________.
A) almost broke the Allied lines
B) broke the Allied lines and delayed victory for five months
C) was stopped in its tracks by concerted aerial bombing
D) fell apart because of the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler
During the winter of 1778, Washington’s army endured severe shortages of food and
clothing while camped at __________.
A) Valley Forge
B) Germantown
C) Trenton
D) Princeton
Which of the following is true about Populist presidential nominee James B. Weaver?
A) He had fought for the Confederacy with Kentucky regulars.
B) He was the first presidential nominee from a state west of the Mississippi.
C) His unrelenting race-baiting endeared him to poor Southern whites but alienated
African Americans.
D) Like so many of the presidential candidates in the late nineteenth century, he had
been a general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
The effects of Darwinism in America were apparent in the philosophy of __________,
which stated that all truths are constantly evolving and can be judged only by their
concrete results.
A) evolutionism
B) transcendentalism
C) pragmatism
D) existentialism
How have archeologists been able to date the advance of corn?
A) by measuring the size of ancient settlements
B) by analyzing the soil composition of early settlements
C) by studying the cave paintings of Archaic Indians
D) by dating the dental cavities of skeletons
One of the purposes of Lewis and Clark’s expedition was to __________.
A) confirm that Russian fur trappers had not settled in the Oregon Territory.
B) make sure that all British forts had been abandoned.
C) learn if the Missouri River connected to the Pacific.
D) find a water route to the Great Lakes.
William Marcy Tweed was known for which of the following?
A) his assassination attempt on President James Garfield
B) his leadership of the Populist Party
C) his innovation in political organizing within the Republican Party
D) his control of government in New York City
In comparison to its human resources, the natural resources of the nation in the late
nineteenth century were __________.
A) even more ruthlessly and thoughtlessly exploited
B) far better preserved by a growing conservation movement
C) treated with exactly the same indifference and lack of foresight
D) even better nurtured and developed
Thomas Jefferson was politically __________.
A) nonpartisan
B) inept
C) astute
D) antagonistic
Which statement regarding the Fifteenth Amendment is true?
A) It prohibited states from denying black men the right to vote.
B) It gave all men the right to vote.
C) It gave all Americans over 21 years old the right to vote.
D) It created a national standard for voting rights.
What did Alexis de Tocqueville write about the removal of Indian tribes in Democracy
in America?
A) The policy was to the benefit of the Indians themselves.
B) Removal would end up hurting Anglo-Americans more than Native Americans.
C) Indian removal involved force and terrible suffering.
D) Indian removal was an example of the efficiency and benevolence of American
government.
Which statement about railroads in the 25 years after the Civil War is true?
A) They were the most corrupt business organizations in the United States.
B) They spent most of their energies in building transcontinental lines.
C) They barely kept pace with industrial advances.
D) They were probably the most significant driver of American economic development.
Which argument by John Locke had particular appeal to American colonists?
A) A man’s home was his castle.
B) A man’s personal property was the bulwark of his freedom.
C) A man’s trade was his identity.
D) A man’s birth defined his social status.
Americans had stronger reasons for extending their influence in Latin America rather
than in the Pacific because they __________.
A) feared they would be shut off from Latin American markets by European
imperialism
B) were accustomed to protecting American interests in Latin America under the
Monroe Doctrine
C) saw a greater need to bring Christianity to the inhabitants
D) had much smaller economic interests in Latin America
Stalin believed that dominating Poland through an unpopular pro-Soviet government
__________.
A) would be bitterly resisted by the United States and England
B) was not necessary for future Soviet security
C) would be popular with Polish-Americans
D) was no different than the U.S. domination of many Latin American nations
How well did Jefferson handle the foreign policy crisis presented by the impressment
controversy?
A) He was neither well-informed nor hardheaded.
B) He displayed his diplomatic mastery; it was one of his finest moments.
C) His handling of the foreign policy crisis went quite well at first until his initial
success went to his head.
D) His initial bumbling attempts were rectified by Secretary of State James Madison.
What was a major factor in Carter’s election as president in 1976?
A) his outstanding performance in the televised debates
B) the strong support of labor union members
C) the refusal of Reagan supporters to aid Ford
D) his extensive congressional experience
The literature of the 1920s reflected which of the following?
A) the hopeful experimentation of the progressives
B) the disillusionment of the intellectuals
C) the romantic innocence of an earlier age
D) the liberal faith in the basic goodness and reasonableness of people
When discussing the question of the terrible decimation of the Native American peoples
after 1500, your text concludes that most deaths resulted from which of the following?
A) European diseases
B) intertribal warfare
C) modern weaponry
D) extermination of traditional game
What was the most compelling argument for the success of the common schools?
A) They encouraged independent and critical thought among Americans of all social
classes.
B) They promoted class consciousness among the industrial proletariat.
C) They brought together Americans of different economic and ethnic backgrounds.
D) They encouraged people to replace religion and superstition with science and reason.
Why did King James revoke the charter of the London Company in 1624?
A) The company has mishandled its funds.
B) The company had refused to send more settlers to the Chesapeake.
C) The company rejected the practice of tobacco cultivation and wanted to continue the
search for gold.
D) The colony continued to struggle to survive and failed to pay dividends.
Attorney General __________ ruthlessly suppressed radicals in the 1919″1920 red
scare.
A) A. Mitchell Palmer
B) J. Edgar Hoover
C) Oliver Wendell Holmes
D) Calvin Coolidge
Fourierists __________.
A) were outspoken defenders of patriarchy
B) practiced radical changes in family organization
C) were vastly more successful in changing the nation’s religious mores
D) primarily focused on reforming economic organization and labor
When J. P. Morgan assembled United States Steel, he __________.
A) was blocked by the Sherman Antitrust Act
B) reversed his earlier commitment to decentralization
C) was sued under the Interstate Commerce Act
D) formed the first billion-dollar corporation
By the 1840s, Frederick Douglass had assumed which of the following political
positions?
A) He believed in the promise of the Constitution and fought slavery from within the
American political system.
B) He espoused an early rendition of black nationalism.
C) Disillusioned with the United States, he promoted a colonization project in Liberia.
D) He rejected the Constitution and the Union and called for war on slaveholders.