By 1820, the population of New York numbered _______ people.
A) 50,000
B) 75,000
C) 100,000
D) 200,000
By 1760 the American colonies had a population of
A) 3 million.
B) 2 million.
C) 1.75 million.
D) 1 million.
The American Federation of Labor
A) was most successful among coal miners, railroad workers, and the building trades.
B) attempted to organize unskilled workers.
C) was generally favored in decisions by the federal courts.
D) embraced socialistic principles.
During the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, corporate development in the
United States
A) declined in importance economically.
B) was unable to expand into foreign markets.
C) was discouraged by government policy.
D) was characterized by increasing concentration of control.
During World War II, American family life was characterized by
A) sharply increased consumption because the war provided jobs for more people.
B) little change.
C) a declining birthrate.
D) an increase in the number of marriages.
In what geographical areas did urban whites attempt to restrict free black mobility?
A) grogshops
B) gambling halls
C) brothels
D) All of the above.
William Penn believed that the Indians should be
A) compensated for their land.
B) freely engaged in trade.
C) sold into slavery.
D) removed forcibly from his colony.
The vast majority of inhabitants along the coast of South Carolina by the 1760s
consisted of
A) rice planters.
B) Charleston tourists.
C) black slaves.
D) poor German and Scots-Irish immigrants.
Black Americans who lived in the North between 1865 and 1900
A) enjoyed full economic opportunity with northern whites.
B) experienced racial discrimination in employment.
C) quickly lost interest in their religious institutions in their new urban setting.
D) returned en masse to the South.
The United States responded to the Spanish Civil War by
A) remaining neutral.
B) providing humanitarian aid to victims.
C) secretly aiding Franco.
D) giving arms to the anti-fascist forces.
In Oregon, early settlers seemed most anxious and able to establish
A) a political system.
B) public schools.
C) organized churches.
D) social clubs.
Eastern Indian tribes from the South and Old Northwest, whom the American
government forcibly relocated in the West,
A) received permanent protection of their new lands.
B) served ironically as agents of white civilization.
C) strengthened Native American resistance to further white expansion.
D) converted the Plains Indians to agricultural enterprises.
Most African slaves sent to the Americas were
A) criminals.
B) debtors.
C) war captives.
D) the insane.
The demands by Mexican Americans for improvement in their educational
opportunities during the 1970s
A) resulted in more Latino teachers, counselors, and courses.
B) met with little success.
C) focused on becoming assimilated into Anglo culture.
D) generally met with little resistance from educational authorities.
Indians who assimilated more than most included the
A) Sioux.
B) Cherokee
C) Navajo.
D) Hopi.
Because of the activities of Handsome Lake, the Iroquois
A) returned to the war path.
B) reclaimed western lands.
C) regained hope and self-confidence.
D) ceded most of their lands to the United States and retreated to small reservations.
The advent of “modern” life occurred first in the seaboard centers of colonial America,
including the transition from a
A) contentious to a deferential politics.
B) factory to a skilled craftsman’s production of goods.
C) social order based on achievement to one based on status.
D) barter to a commercial economy.
The Republican coalition lasted longest in the
A) Upper South.
B) West.
C) Deep South.
D) Midwest.
As the Revolutionary War lengthened and its costs increased, which of the following
groups would have been LEAST likely to contribute soldiers for the cause?
A) men of wealth and influence
B) former indentured servants
C) recently arrived immigrants
D) unskilled manual laborers
Stimulated by the Civil War, many American workers during Reconstruction formed
A) prisons.
B) unions.
C) asylums.
D) railroad companies.
During the first year of the Revolution in New England, the
A) British decided to evacuate Boston.
B) numbers and influence of Loyalists increased.
C) numbers of army recruits steadily declined.
D) residents experienced widespread loss of life and property.
Between 1865 and 1900, immigrants to the United States who settled on the Great
Plains
A) came chiefly from the Soviet Union.
B) came largely from Germany, the British Isles, and Canada.
C) came primarily to make their fortunes and return to their native countries.
D) usually migrated as single males.
With the victory at San Jacinto in 1836, Texas
A) won recognition from the Mexican Congress.
B) lost heroes Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie.
C) gained its independence from Mexico.
D) secured admission to the United States.
Which of the following were famous Civil War healthcare professionals who
revolutionized hospital care for the wounded?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Clara Barton
C) Emily Blackwell
D) All of the above.
Which of the following men ran for office in 1860?
A) Abraham Lincoln, Republican Party
B) John Bell, Constitutional Union Party
C) Stephen Douglass, Democrat (Northern) Party
D) All of the above.
Which of the following was NOT a part of the early development of the NAACP?
A) W.E.B. Du Bois became editor of the organization’s journal, The Crisis.
B) Du Bois’s Niagara Movement merged with the NAACP in 1910.
C) The organization sought to promote reform from within the political system.
D) Only blacks took part in the organization.
What city experienced a major riot in 1992?
A) Chicago.
B) Detroit.
C) San Francisco.
D) Los Angeles
To contribute to the Grange movement, black farmers in 1888 founded the
A) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
B) Afro-American League.
C) Colored Farmer’s Alliance.
D) Citizen’s Equal Rights Association.
In terms of its effect on domestic affairs in the United States, World War I resulted in
A) an unfavorable governmental attitude toward labor.
B) a decrease in governmental control over the economy.
C) restrictions on freedom of speech.
D) an enthusiasm for things German.
All of the following statements are true about the short-term facts of John Brown’s raid
EXCEPT:
A) The raid took place in 1859.
B) Brown led 22 men in the attack.
C) The raiders attacked a federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.
D) The attack was a major military success.
Explain the philosophic basis for the social justice movement during the progressive era
in American history.
President Reagan, under great pressure, extended the 1965 ________ Act.
Discuss the factors that motivated American foreign policy in Latin America during the
Wilson administration and evaluate the success of that policy in dealing with Mexico.
Paralleling the growth of the southern economy and its dependence on the slave labor
system, the number of slaves in the United States rapidly increased from 1.5 million in
1820 to ________ million in 1860.
Describe the general attitude of the Union soldiers stationed in the South toward blacks
during Reconstruction. Support your answer by citing specific incidents that occurred
during that period.
The ________fought legal battles against racial discrimination during the 1900s.
Upon his death in 1953, Joseph Stalin was succeeded by ________ as the leader of the
Soviet Union.
The informal group of advisers with which President Franklin Roosevelt surrounded
himself was known as the ________.
As a reporter for your college newspaper, write a news story discussing the
developments among Hispanic Americans toward achieving greater opportunities
within American society from the 1960s to the 1980s.
In 1913, President Wilson complicated relations between the United States and
________ when he attempted to remove what he called a “government of butchers” in
that country.
As a propagandist in favor of English exploration and colonization of America, write an
essay trying to convince Queen Elizabeth of the need for financing such expeditions.
Discuss the major developments in corporate business in the later 1940s through the
1950s.
You are a slave field hand in Louisiana during the 1840s. Your wife and daughter are
house servants on the same large plantation. Describe your family’s health, security, and
typical workday.
Unless rebellious states (or parts of states in rebellion) returned to the Union by January
1, 1863, the president would declare their slaves “forever free,” according to the
________.
In 1939, the Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany ________ and other scientists warned
President Roosevelt that the Germans were working to develop an atomic bomb.
A(n) ________ virus killed an estimated 130,000 people in North America in the 1770s
and 1780s.
Pretend that you are preparing a television documentary about the civil rights
movement during the 1960s. What events would you show? Who would you interview
or discuss?
As a typical working-class American living in an industrial center during World War II,
write a diary describing the conditions under which you live and the adjustments that
your circumstances require of your family.
Discuss the issues, candidates, and outcome of the 1936 presidential election.
The prospect of territorial acquisition from the Mexican War spurred a political debate
over the issue of extending slavery. Discuss the various solutions offered, as well as the
impact of the issue on the election of 1848.