What was the Moral Majority?
a. an international peacekeeping group
b. a group of moderates who denounced Nixon
c. a liberal group of political activists
d. a group of civil rights activists
e. a religious fundamentalist group
The compromise that resolved the dispute between the large and the small states
included __________.
a. the states would be equally represented in the lower house
b. all bills pertaining to taxation or spending would begin in the upper house
c. the states would be proportionally represented according to population in the upper
house
d. slave-holding states could count 60 percent of their slaves for purposes of
representation
e. in both houses, at the beginning, there would be one representative for every 30,000
inhabitants
What was the primary cause of the increase of farmers in the West after the Civil War?
a. the decline of ranching
b. failed miners looking for new opportunities
c. the belief in economic opportunity by many Americans
d. an increase in the birthrate of the western farmers
e. advances in farming by irrigation
How did white Americans interact with Native Americans in the early 1800s?
a. The federal government worked with tribal leaders to find compromises on land
distribution.
b. White businessmen, supported by the government, forced Indians to work in mills
and labor camps, destroying their culture and family ties.
c. They used violence and trickery to kill Indians and gain their land.
d. They generally lived peacefully as neighbors, often sharing resources.
e. The federal government took Indian children from their homes and placed them in
schools to increase assimilation.
Between 1900 and 1920, women __________.
a. increasingly found medical careers open to them
b. increasingly found professional careers closed to them
c. received considerable support in their quest for careers
d. found opportunities for careers equal to those of men
e. taught in colleges and universities in increasing numbers
Which of the following was a key benefit of the Treaty of Paris for the United States?
a. the rights to Florida
b. fishing rights in the Gulf of Mexico
c. guaranteed independence from Britain
d. a portion of the territory east of the Mississippi River would be owned by the United
States
e. the Loyalists were forced to move to Canada
How did Alexander Hamilton fail to achieve all of his economic policy objectives?
a. He failed to fund the national debt.
b. Congress blocked his plan of assumption of the state debts.
c. Washington vetoed his creation of a national bank.
d. He was unable to win the passage of a protective tariff.
e. Jefferson successfully lobbied against approval of a standardized currency.
How many states did not have to draft new constitutions, since they already had
republican governments as part of their colonial charters?
a. none
b. one
c. two
d. three
e. four
The first bill ever passed over a presidential veto was the __________.
a. Wade-Davis Bill
b. Freedmen’s Bureau extension bill
c. Civil Rights Act of 1866
d. Tenure of Office Act
e. First Reconstruction Act
The social and economic effects of the Depression __________.
a. affected only the wealthier classes
b. hit the middle class especially hard
c. lasted only a few months past 1929
d. were harsh only in the case of the lower classes
e. came to light only gradually
What was Lincoln’s view of Reconstruction?
a. Amnesty would be granted to those southerners who had never willingly aided the
Confederacy.
b. Reconstruction would guarantee full political and civil equality for southern blacks.
c. Congress would determine the terms for readmission of the seceded states.
d. Pardon would be granted to all southerners taking an oath of allegiance and
acknowledging the legality of emancipation.
e. The President and Congress would work together on a bill to address how to readmit
Confederate states to the Union.
How was the U.S. Embargo Act of 1807 ineffective?
a. It gained public support only in the Northeast.
b. It only resulted in England respecting American trade rights; France still did not.
c. It caused severe economic depression in France but had little effect on England.
d. It caused economic mayhem in the United States and did little to affect France and
England.
e. It resulted in a severe shortage of food for both the French and British armies.
In 1979, revolutionaries in __________ took U.S. diplomats hostage.
a. Afghanistan
b. Iran
c. Iraq
d. Israel
e. Pakistan
What was the Washingtonian Society?
a. an evangelical group that focused on converting the working classes to Christianity
b. a group of Christian women who traveled the country preaching the evils of
alcoholism
c. a political faction that used the Constitution as a basis for their antislavery movement
d. a temperance group whose members discussed their struggles with alcoholism
e. a secret society that prompted many of the social and religious reforms during the
1800s
What was the Berlin airlift?
a. a state-of-the-art transportation system designed to revive the postwar German
economy
b. a top-secret method of transporting American spies into and out of the Soviet Union
and its satellites
c. a military operation to bring supplies to troops and civilians in Soviet-controlled
Berlin
d. the first plane capable of dropping a hydrogen bomb anywhere in the world
e. a mission to bomb Berlin after the Soviet Union cut the city off from American,
British, and French forces
The armed conflict between Native Americans and New Englanders in 1675 was led by
__________.
a. Massasoit
b. Powhatan
c. Metacomet
d. Tecumseh
e. Opechancanough
Which of FDR’s actions ended the immediate financial crisis of the 1930s?
a. FDR established the Tennessee Valley Authority and created thousands of new jobs.
b. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration spent nearly $5 billion in emergency
government relief.
c. He worked with powerful European nations to advance American agricultural trade.
d. Using a calm and fatherly tone, he soothed the public’s fears during his weekly
fireside chats.
e. He took control of the nation’s banks, thereby restoring the public’s confidence in the
banking system.
The South became the world’s greatest producer of cotton because __________.
a. railroads crisscrossed the south, providing needed transportation
b. little competition arose in other locations of the world
c. fertile land was available in the “green belts” of the South
d. the federal government gave generous farm subsidies
e. the cotton gin had a tremendous impact on production
President Andrew Johnson was a(n) __________.
a. northerner
b. Republican
c. opponent of slaveowners
d. great humanitarian
e. member of the planter aristocracy
The “new woman” __________.
a. won respect from American society
b. developed from the economic changes of the times
c. quickly won political and civil rights
d. was usually married, working out of choice
e. still could not get a divorce
The great showplace for early American industrialization was __________.
a. New York, New York
b. Boston, Massachusetts
c. Lowell, Massachusetts
d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
e. Burlington, Vermont
Why did people move to the Northwest Territory in the 1800s?
a. The federal government required poor immigrants to settle in the West.
b. The federal government gave large incentives to people who moved west.
c. Valuable slave plantations could be established in the Ohio River Valley.
d. People moved to create opportunities with farms on the rich soil.
e. The East had become unpleasantly overcrowded and industrialized.
During the war, the North __________.
a. was plagued by the lack of manufactured goods
b. suffered from a weak railroad system
c. was plagued by a series of violent antidraft riots
d. finally overcame the problem of anti-African American racism
e. slowly began to starve
The financial success of the French empire in North America depended upon the
__________.
a. fur trade
b. complete annihilation of the Native American tribes in Canada
c. discovery of huge amounts of gold
d. conversion of the Indians to Catholicism
e. withdrawal of the Spanish
__________ started the mail-order trend in 1872 with just a one-sheet price list.
a. R. H. Macy
b. Aaron Montgomery Ward
c. Marshall Field
d. Richard W. Sears
e. Alvah C. Roebuck
What kind of programming became popular after television stations abandoned live
dramatic programs?
a. documentaries
b. cooking shows
c. quiz shows
d. talk shows
e. reality television
Which best describes how the colony of New York was settled?
a. New York was originally settled by the Duke of York and subsequently became
Dutch.
b. New York was originally settled by the Dutch and then taken by force by the English.
c. New York was settled exclusively by the Dutch without African Americans or any
other group.
d. New York was settled originally by African Americans who were later pushed out by
the English.
e. New York was settled originally by the French who were later pushed out by the
Dutch.
By the late 1600s, the gap between rich and poor in white Chesapeake society
__________.
a. steadily shrank
b. steadily widened
c. remained unchanged
d. could not be estimated
e. is not mentioned by contemporary chroniclers
The Lewis and Clark expedition __________.
a. at last discovered the long-sought Northwest Passage
b. traveled up the Missouri River to the Pacific Northwest
c. explored the desert Southwest, including Pike’s Peak and the Grand Canyon
d. had to fight its way through the domains of several hostile Indian tribes
e. was assisted by a young Shoshone woman named Pocahontas
Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease policy __________.
a. ensured British access to American war supplies
b. placed restrictions on materials the United States could ship to Britain
c. encountered almost no opposition from American congressmen
d. was strongly supported by American isolationists
e. was approved by Congress but never implemented
In practice, working-class families viewed the new public schools __________.
a. as depriving them of needed wage earners
b. as essential to the improvement of their economic situation
c. with indifference
d. as an indication of the helpful concern of the upper classes
e. as a welcomed learning opportunity for themselves and their children
Which was critical to life in the suburbs?
a. jobs close to the home sites
b. efficient public transportation
c. the automobile
d. American school systems
e. air conditioning