How were Admiral Mahan’s naval theories connected to industrialism?
A) He applied theories of industrialization to shipbuilding techniques to produce a
large, new fleet of navy vessels.
B) He believed that industrialism created surplus products, creating a need for merchant
ships to reach foreign markets and a navy to protect the merchants.
C) He saw that, throughout history, only nations with strong navies were able to
compete in industrial societies.
D) He believed that industrialization dehumanized people, so he encouraged the
traditional manual labor of ship building and sailing.
E) He believed that industrialism was distracting Americans from important foreign
affairs, so he developed a navy that would focus Americans outward.
In the South, a “grandfather clause” waived the literacy requirement for voters whose
ancestors had ________.
A) already passed a literacy test
B) fought in the Civil War
C) been white
D) voted before 1867
E) a college degree
How did preemption affect migration?
A) More people migrated when assured that preemption would allow them to own the
land they had improved.
B) It allowed Native Americans the right to refuse to leave land they had improved in
Florida to settle in the West.
C) It gave land speculators the first rights to purchase public domain land, encouraging
speculators to migrate west.
D) It allowed the government to seize land from farmers, discouraging people from
moving west.
E) It permitted squatters to occupy Native American camps while they were migrating
for seasonal hunting or gathering trips.
At the Battle of New Orleans, ________.
A) British forces retreated when they saw how strong American defenses were
B) British forces won and forced the surrender of the city
C) British forces were defeated by Andrew Jackson and his troops
D) Andrew Jackson proved to be an ineffective political leader
E) the War of 1812 was won
Why didn’t Washington veto Hamilton’s bank bill?
A) He agreed with it wholeheartedly.
B) He didn’t like it, but he knew it was best for the country.
C) Jefferson made a strong argument for it, and Hamilton argued weakly against it.
D) Hamilton made a strong argument for it, and Jefferson argued weakly against it.
E) The Supreme Court had already approved it.
In 1856, which antislavery Senator was almost beaten to death on the floor of the U.S.
Senate by Representative Preston Brooks?
A) Thaddeus Stevens
B) John C. Calhoun
C) Charles Sumner
D) Zachary Taylor
E) William Graham Sumner
What was the relationship between industrialization and urbanization in the early
1800s?
A) Urbanization was often the product of industrialization.
B) Industrialization caused major urban areas to shrink.
C) Both were the product of population expansion.
D) Urbanization and industrialization both experienced a decline in the 1820s.
E) Urbanization was initially hampered by industrialization.
The man who led Great Britain to victory in the Seven Years’ War was ________.
A) Lord North
B) John Trenchard
C) Horatio Nelson
D) King George II
E) William Pitt
Free blacks in the South faced each of the following limitations EXCEPT ________.
A) being prohibited from transacting business
B) being required to carry documentation of their free status at all times
C) being forced to register or have a white guardian who was responsible for their
actions
D) having their meetings or organizations blocked by the authorities
E) having to get official permission to move from one county to another
Those who migrated to the Chesapeake Bay area as indentured servants were
________.
A) usually from the dregs of English society
B) English farmers who saw a better future in the New World
C) normally single males in their teens or early twenties
D) married individuals who came with their families
E) generally convicted criminals who traded jail time in England for indentures
Which of these made bonanza farms possible?
A) the Homestead Act
B) agricultural machinery
C) the National Reclamation Act
D) cattle drives
E) irrigation
What difficulty did Jefferson face in purchasing the Louisiana Territory?
A) possible confrontation with Great Britain
B) lack of support from the American people
C) the constitutionality of his actions
D) whether to accept foreign citizens on the land
E) finding $15 million in the federal budget
Which of these describe the effect of the Cult of Domesticity?
A) It spread the message that women had no value in the society.
B) It saw women as guardians of virtue within the family.
C) It idealized women who left their families for religious missions.
D) It taught that women should help the economic stability of their families.
E) It focused on the domestic role of men.
American foreign policy changed after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States by
________.
A) returning to an isolationist foreign policy
B) returning to a containment foreign policy
C) taking on the role of global police officer
D) ending its alliances with Europe and Asia
E) continuing only humanitarian missions
In 1743, during King George’s War, colonial forces captured ________.
A) Montreal
B) Toronto
C) Louisbourg
D) New Orleans
E) Quebec
How did the geography of the United States encourage isolationism among some
Americans?
A) The United States was so close to Canada and Mexico, that expansion there seemed
to make the most sense.
B) The United States was a relatively small country compared to Canada or Mexico,
making it less willing to engage in armed conflicts over land.
C) The United States was protected on both sides by vast oceans that discouraged attack
from Europe or Asia.
D) Natural barriers separated the U.S. from both Canada and Mexico.
E) The United States was beginning to prosper and look for new markets for its
products, and workers for its factories.
Which of the following authors argued that the American ideal of women’s “innocence”
really meant their ignorance?
A) Charlotte Perkins Gilman in Women and Economics
B) Edward Bliss Foote in Plain Home Talk of Love, Marriage, and Parentage
C) Bessie and Marie Von Vorst in The Woman Who Toils
D) Helen Campbell in Women Wage Earners
E) Jane Addams in Twenty Years at Hull House
If a former slave could not prove he or she had been legally freed, then he or she was
likely to be ________.
A) reenslaved
B) deported
C) arrested
D) fined
E) executed
The Tea Act of 1773 was passed in order to ________.
A) save the East India Company
B) raise revenue to pay royal governors’ salaries
C) punish colonists for the Boston Massacre
D) support the stationing of British troops in America
E) recover revenue lost by reducing the tax on molasses
How were women and African Americans in the automobile and steel industries
affected by the organization of labor in the 1930s?
A) They were given a higher percentage of jobs because the government recognized
that both groups had been traditionally undervalued.
B) Their wages increased to equal that of white men because the government
recognized that they had been traditionally underpaid.
C) They were granted education and agricultural incentives to remove them from the
workforce and reduce competition for white men.
D) They filled largely unskilled jobs and were able to join unions along with skilled
laborers due to the passage of new legislation.
E) They did not benefit from the organization of labor and were shut out of almost all
unions and trade associations.
Why did tension arise between colonial congregations of the 1740s and 1750s?
A) Evangelical preachers began to challenge traditional preaching.
B) Colonial preachers no longer wanted to be controlled by the English clergy.
C) Some preachers wanted to prevent colonists from joining their congregations.
D) Many preachers tried to convert Native Americans to evangelical Christianity.
E) Congregations disagreed about whether women should participate in the church.
In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court ruled that school
segregation _______.
A) was acceptable as long as the schools were actually equal
B) could not be banned as long as local voters supported it
C) violated the Fourteenth Amendment by creating feelings of inferiority
D) was necessary in order to foster a strong sense of racial identity
E) was protected by the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
When tobacco prices sagged after 1820, ________.
A) farmers in the upper South switched over to cotton and rice production
B) farmers in the upper South found effective ways to reverse soil depletion
C) an internal slave trade emerged from the upper to the lower South
D) planters in Virginia and Maryland turned openly to slave breeding as a business
E) Virginia and Maryland began exporting slaves to the Caribbean Islands
What was the main function of American cities during the Jeffersonian era?
A) to centralize cultural activities
B) to serve as depots for international trade
C) to create agricultural marketplaces
D) to centralize financial activities
E) to serve as places to exchange ideas and keep up with news
What was one of Lyndon Johnson’s greatest assets in the White House?
A) his knowledge of the legislative process
B) his acclaimed public speaking skills
C) his polish and sophistication
D) his excellent relationship with the media
E) his unassuming presence that led others to underestimate him
What caused the balance of trade between England and the colonies to turn dramatically
in England’s favor by the mid-eighteenth century?
A) the decline in trade between the colonies and the West Indies
B) enormous demand in the colonies for British finished products
C) industrialization in the colonies
D) stricter enforcement of the Navigation Acts
E) enormous demand in the colonies for raw materials from England
In Vietnam, American military strategists counted heavily on ________.
A) enthusiasm for the war among the public to generate recruits
B) superior American firepower, especially air strikes
C) superior American counterinsurgency tactics
D) the overwhelming number of American troops
E) the overwhelming support from the Vietnamese people
The passage of the National Security Act in 1947 _______.
A) indicated America’s desire to decrease its military strength
B) coordinated and unified America’s military establishment
C) served only to further divide the Defense Department
D) weakened the intelligence-gathering capabilities of the United States
E) added unnecessary bureaucracy to matters of defense
Which federal law in 1902 used the proceeds from land sales to finance irrigation
projects in the West?
A) the National Reclamation Act (Newlands Act)
B) the Timber Culture Act
C) the Timber and Stone Act
D) the Homestead Act
E) the Western Watering Act
Which of the following characterizes the experience of German immigrants?
A) They suffered less prejudice than the Irish.
B) They suffered more prejudice than the Irish.
C) They could not be assimilated easily into American society.
D) They possessed few agricultural or other skills.
E) They were few in number.
How did working-class families and middle-class families experience urbanization and
industrialization differently?
A) Working-class families tended to have strong family ties as a result of their urban
lives and work, whereas women and children in middle-class families tended not to
participate in the work that men did.
B) Working-class families often did not spend much time together because everyone
worked at different times, but middle-class families tended to work and socialize
together.
C) In middle-class families only the men earned money, but in working-class families,
some women did work out of the home.
D) In working-class families, more children lived with their parents into their twenties,
whereas in middle-class families children tended to leave home as soon as they got
work.
E) Working-class families tended to have fewer members of the household engaged in
work, which is what kept them in a permanent state of poverty.