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One of the chief obstacles John Kennedy had to overcome to win the election of 1960
was the fact that he was
A) a Quaker.
B) not photogenic.
C) divorced.
D) Roman Catholic.
During the 1760s and 1770s, urban artisans in America
A) used political discontent to demand internal reforms.
B) opposed revolutionary agitation against England.
C) feared political protests might provoke retaliation by powerful merchants.
D) degenerated into radical and unruly mobs.
Which of the following areas experienced a gold rush in the 1800s in the United States?
A) South Dakota
B) Montana
C) Colorado
D) All of the above.
The Plains tribes posed an obstacle to white settlement due to
A) skills in warfare
B) possession of guns.
C) possession of horses.
D) All of the above.
All of the following describes the American Federation of Labor EXCEPT:
A) It organized skilled trade workers.
B) It emphasized "bread and butter" issues, such as higher wages.
C) It had one million members by 1900.
D) It welcomed African American workers.
Preachers of the Second Great Awakening such as Charles Finney emphasized
A) atonement.
B) emotion.
C) doctrine.
D) original sin.
Roosevelt's political decisions regarding the war
A) often differentiated between "good" and "bad" governments.
B) were dictated by his desire to win.
C) were dictated by his humanitarian ideals.
D) were supported by American liberals.
Asian workers in Chinatowns in the United States
A) included very few women.
B) comprised a large proportion of the garment industry.
C) rarely remained in the country longer than a few months.
D) received high paying jobs.
Which of the following groups of social outcasts did colonial families and communities
take care of?
A) orphans
B) the insane
C) paupers
D) All of the above.
How populous was the Iroquois nation by 1776?
A) 30,000
B) 20,000
C) 15,000
D) 10,000
The population of the Americas dramatically declined following the arrival of
Europeans primarily because of the
A) policy of systematic genocide employed by European explorers toward Native
Americans.
B) enslavement and brutal treatment of Native Americans by Europeans.
C) lack of natural immunity among Native Americans to European diseases.
D) loss of morale and sense of hopelessness that pervaded Native American societies.
The Republican candidate for president in 1916 was
A) John Hay.
B) Warren Harding.
C) William Jennings Bryan.
D) Charles Evans Hughes.
According to the entrepreneurial ethos, prosperity resulted from
A) regulated prices and wages.
B) individual competition.
C) self-denial.
D) quality controls.
Latino immigrants in the United States after World War II came from
A) Mexico.
B) Central America.
C) Cuba.
D) All of the above.
Following the Civil War and Reconstruction, the southern economy
A) expanded as southerners took advantage of industrial opportunities.
B) sputtered and remained dependent on the North.
C) grew as the industries established earlier matured.
D) flourished as cotton fields became productive again.
