Which of the following groups found it the most difficult to integrate into American
society?
A) Irish
B) Mexicans
C) Polish
D) Russians
A huge group of Jewish immigrants escaped from the pogroms in __________.
A) Italy
B) England
C) Germany
D) Russia
Under the bracero program, more than 200,000 __________ worked on U.S. farms and
railroads.
A) Mexicans
B) Puerto Ricans
C) Cubans
D) Native Americans
Jim Crow laws __________.
A) declared that vigilante acts of violence were constitutional
B) outlawed labor unions in the South
C) established segregation as an institution in southern states
D) promoted the goals of the Republican Party
The term dtente has been used to describe President Nixon’s __________.
A) threat to use nuclear weapons in the Vietnam War
B) foreign policy to ease tensions between the United States and China and the Soviet
Union
C) campaign of illegal wiretapping of alleged “enemies” of his administration
D) psychological state in the last years of his presidency
Which statement about Native Americans in World War II is true?
A) The government did very little to assimilate Indians into the war effort.
B) The average cash income of Indians experienced a decrease during the war.
C) They often served as effective code-talkers by using Native American languages.
D) There was an increase in the number of Native Americans who lived in urban areas.
Coney Island in New York served as an optimal example of Americans’ love for
__________.
A) going to seaside resorts on vacation
B) shopping in a central district of department stores
C) amusement parks and technological wonders
D) building monuments to contemporary leaders
Which of the following groups received the least assistance from early New Deal
reforms?
A) working women
B) farm families
C) the elderly
D) the urban poor
Houston became the largest city in the South in the early 1900s thanks to the
__________ business.
A) textile
B) oil
C) lumber
D) cattle
Which statement about prostitutes in mining towns is true?
A) Many prostitutes came from affluent homes.
B) As men came to control the vice trade, many prostitutes suffered alcoholism and
violence.
C) Many women chose prostitution because it was lucrative.
D) Most prostitutes were able to save enough to buy small homes or businesses.
The Farmers’ Alliance movement was propelled in large part by the __________beliefs
of its members.
A) religious
B) communist
C) socialist
D) populist
The leader of the Sand Creek Massacre, John Chivington, was __________.
A) a veteran hero of the Battle of Gettysburg
B) sent by President Lincoln to negotiate with the Sioux
C) an advocate of assimilation and coexistence
D) a Methodist minister
In order to field a full baby boomer and southern ticket in the election of 1992, Clinton
chose __________ as his running mate.
A) Al Gore
B) Bob Dole
C) Dan Quayle
D) Mario Cuomo
The Wall Street crash __________.
A) was triggered by excessive government spending
B) only affected middle-class Americans
C) was caused by the low level of investment in the 1920s
D) marked the beginning of the depression, but did not cause it
In 1954, Congress focused its housing policy on __________.
A) urban renewal
B) family farms
C) better housing for blacks
D) building shopping malls
Latin America rejected Blaine’s plan for them to import more manufactured goods from
the United States, because __________.
A) they feared economic subordination
B) they preferred their homemade goods
C) shipping made the goods too expensive
D) the goods were of inferior quality
Which statement best describes Woodrow Wilson’s style as president?
A) He built upon Roosevelt’s model of strong executive authority.
B) He kept his distance from issues, letting his cabinet take political leadership.
C) His reluctance to sponsor legislation hurt his effectiveness as president.
D) His support for radical reforms pleased socialists and advocates of women’s
suffrage.
It took 5,000 U.S. troops to capture 36 Apaches led by __________.
A) Sitting Bull
B) Crazy Horse
C) Geronimo
D) Black Kettle
Before the industrial boom of the late 1800s, __________.
A) monopolies harmed economic growth in the urban areas of the North
B) middle-class artisans were rare in the Northeast
C) labor was entirely organized by middle-management employees
D) labor was done by artisans who controlled the pace and output of their labor
The Cuban Missile Crisis began when __________.
A) President Johnson escalated the use of ground troops in southeast Asia
B) the U.S.S. Maddox was hit by Communist fire in the Gulf of Tonkin
C) the United States discovered that the Soviet Union was installing offensive nuclear
weapons in Cuba
D) the United States refused to back rebel forces in Hungary
Which statement best describes the economy of the 1920s?
A) Following the depression of 1921, the economy returned to its agricultural
foundations.
B) Consumerism emerged as a major foundation of the national economy.
C) A decline in installment buying revealed the underlying weakness of the economy.
D) Industrial profits decreased steadily for most of the decade.
The American government used which of the following methods to take control of
Hawaii?
A) using economic embargo by closing U.S. markets to sugar producers
B) enlisting the help of Great Britain and France in establishing imperial control
C) endorsing a Hawaiian constitution that gave power to natives
D) sending the Marines to support a move to enthrone a new queen
Which Soviet leader instituted the political openness of glasnost?
A) Mikhail Gorbachev
B) Leonid Brezhnev
C) Constantin Chernenko
D) Yuri Andropov
In the 1976 presidential election, Gerald Ford won the entire __________.
A) South
B) Northeast
C) Midwest
D) West
Which spectator sport was largely favored by the middle class at the turn of the
century?
A) college football
B) professional baseball
C) professional boxing
D) professional football
Who was the Democratic Party candidate for president in the 1920 election?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Warren Harding
C) James Cox
D) Woodrow Wilson
The war greatly facilitated the assimilation of which of the following groups?
A) Native Americans
B) Mexican Americans
C) African Americans
D) Japanese Americans
Why did the Allies decide to defeat Germany before Japan?
A) because the Japanese could not continue without German support
B) because the Japanese posed no threat to the Soviet Union or Great Britain
C) because Germany was engaged in the systematic extermination of the Jewish people
in Europe
D) because an atomic bomb could be used to defeat Japan quickly, but such a bomb
would not defeat Germany
Liberal or “modern” Protestants __________.
A) attack the immorality and corruption of modern life
B) believe there is one literal interpretation of the Bible
C) emphasize building the Kingdom of God through social justice
D) express that personal sexual indulgence is ruining the nation
How was the Gentlemen’s Agreement an effort to improve Japanese-American
relations?
A) It closed immigration.
B) It allowed for some immigration.
C) It allowed American businesses to work with Japan.
D) It lifted trade embargos against Japan.
The first large gold rush in the Rocky Mountains occurred in __________.
A) the northern mountains of California
B) the southern hills of Montana
C) the mountains of Colorado
D) northwestern Oregon