The disarmament plan that the Truman administration proposed to the United Nations
after World War II was called _______.
A) the Potsdam Summit
B) the Baruch Plan
C) the Manhattan Project
D) the Cold War Treaty
E) containment
For many Americans, the main appeal of the Enlightenment was its focus on ________.
A) searching for practical knowledge
B) reviving interest in classical education
C) defending traditional Christian beliefs
D) pure scientific research
E) achieving a classless society
The “bully pulpit” reflected what use of presidential power?
A) Taft’s strong-arm tactics in fighting unions.
B) Wilson’s attacks on big business.
C) Taft’s use of the presidency to lead by moral example.
D) Roosevelt’s active use of presidential power to lead change.
E) Wilson’s disdain for the expansion of presidential power.
What was Eisenhower’s campaign pledge that helped seal the election?
A) to bolster the economy with thousands of new jobs
B) to support labor unions in their fight for fair employment laws
C) to invade Russia and destroy the communist regime
D) to stop the creation of weapons of mass destruction
E) to bring the Korean War to an end
Who led the massacre at Sand Creek in 1864?
A) William J. Fetterman
B) George A. Custer
C) William Sherman
D) John Chivington
E) Joseph Smith
One consequence of General Weyler’s policy in Cuba was ________.
A) the generation of public sympathy for the Cuban people among Americans
B) a quick ending to the Cuban rebellion
C) strong support for Spain from the American government
D) an alliance between Cuban rebels and the American government
E) the end of “reconcentration” as a policy
Which list places events in the correct order?
A) Townshend duties, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Coercive Acts
B) Townshend duties, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts
C) Boston Tea Party, Coercive Acts, Boston Massacre, Townshend duties
D) Coercive Acts, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Townshend duties
E) Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Townshend duties, Coercive Acts
Which of the following statements best describes typical Americans who were born in
the 1930s?
A) As children, they experienced boom times; as young adults, they lived through hard
times.
B) As children, they lived through hard times; as young adults, they experienced boom
times.
C) As children, they witnessed the rise of cities; as young adults, they saw the decline
of cities.
D) As children, they witnessed the rise of cars; as young adults, they saw cars replaced
by mass transit.
E) As children, they lived through war; as young adults their country was at peace for
decades.
The fundamental disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union at the
beginning of the Cold War was over _______.
A) who would control postwar Europe
B) who would control postwar Asia
C) which country had contributed more to the Allied victory
D) whether Truman or Stalin would lead postwar alliances
E) whether collective security was possible in the postwar world
Who was the typical small slaveholder?
A) an urban merchant
B) a wealthy land owner
C) a small business owner
D) a shopkeeper
E) a farmer
What does it mean to say that Americans spoke a “common language of consumption”
by the late nineteenth century?
A) People found that the only way they could become truly American was to buy goods
made in America.
B) Americans were united in a common consumer culture, in which they all could buy
the same kinds of goods.
C) English became the universal and official language of commerce.
D) Because of the new types of work in the United States, most Americans were
becoming very wealthy and could afford consumer goods.
E) Only native-born Americans bought the new consumer goods, which broadened the
gap between immigrants and nonimmigrants in the United States.
What brought most German immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s?
A) They wanted to avoid European wars.
B) They wanted to escape tough economic times.
C) They wanted to escape catastrophic famine.
D) They wanted to escape political oppression.
E) They wanted to escape religious persecution.
The most spectacular engineering achievement of the young United States was the
________.
A) Cumberland Trail
B) Erie Canal
C) Intercoastal Waterway
D) Baltimore Turnpike
E) Washington Monument
Which of these arrived in the 1910s, helping to end the isolation felt by farmers?
A) electrification of most rural areas
B) rural free delivery and mail order businesses
C) telephones in most areas of rural America
D) radio programs
E) commuter trains
What was the key difference between the English and Spanish colonial systems?
A) The English Crown totally funded the colonies, while the Spanish Crown offered
little aid to its colonizers.
B) The English efforts were private, and the Spanish colonies were supported by the
Crown.
C) The English settled the interior lands, while the Spanish settled primarily in coastal
regions.
D) Religion played a central role in all the English colonies, but had little or no impact
in New Spain.
E) The English were more concerned with finding wealth in the New World, while the
Spanish wanted to establish permanent settlements.
Martin Van Buren regarded a two-party system as essential to democratic government
because ________.
A) it provided a check on the temptation to abuse power
B) he believed governments could not operate effectively without parties
C) they were traditional in democracies
D) he saw two parties as a way to increase his personal power
E) three or more parties would cause too much voter confusion
What erroneous advice did General MacArthur give President Truman during the
Korean War?
A) MacArthur advised Truman to authorize an invasion of North Korea.
B) MacArthur advised Truman to retreat from the 38th parallel to avoid a possible
Chinese counterattack.
C) MacArthur advised withdrawing troops from Korea altogether because he thought
that China and the Soviet Union would obliterate U.S. forces.
D) MacArthur advised Truman to use diplomacy to negotiate peace because he thought
military efforts would be ineffective.
E) MacArthur advised Truman to drop an atom bomb on Seoul.
How did Washington’s and Adam’s cabinets compare to those of today?
A) They were much smaller, consisting of only three offices, whereas today’s cabinet
comprises dozens of secretaries and thousands of employees.
B) They were much larger; having to lay the groundwork for a new nation required
more manpower than running a superpower today.
C) Their cabinets had less power; they acted only as advisors to the president and
couldn”t create any actual policies.
D) Their cabinet members, being from the same political party, accomplished more by
cooperating better than today’s members.
E) Their cabinets met less frequently as they were busy traveling about the country or
Europe, whereas today’s members stay mainly in Washington, D.C.
What is ironic about Wilson’s program in his second term in office?
A) It directly contradicted all of his New Freedom programs.
B) It was more about religion and morality than social change.
C) It helped more people than Taft’s and Roosevelt’s programs combined.
D) It was essentially made up of ideas first proposed by his rival, Theodore Roosevelt.
E) It was widely supported by the masses, but in the end served to hurt their interests.
Which was a key reason Corts was able to conquer Montezuma, the Aztec emperor?
A) Montezuma’s unarmored horseman were unable to fight the armored horses that
Corts brought with him.
B) Corts convinced the Aztecs to fight against their own corrupt leader, Montezuma.
C) Corts and his men overwhelmingly outnumbered the Aztecs.
D) Corts was able to recruit thousands of nearby Native Americans who helped him
defeat Montezuma.
E) Montezuma believed that the Spaniards were gods and did not resist them at first.
Where was the capital of the Confederacy located?
A) Montgomery, Alabama
B) Atlanta, Georgia
C) Richmond, Virginia
D) Savannah, Georgia
E) Memphis, Tennessee
Josiah Strong ________.
A) fostered the concept of the divine support for expansion
B) believed that only missionary work should be done overseas
C) had little regard for the theories of Charles Darwin
D) hindered American expansion through his religious teachings
E) thought foreign trade was unimportant to the United States
The United States dropped its first atom bomb on the city of _______ on August 6,
1945.
A) Osaka
B) Nagasaki
C) Tokyo
D) Hiroshima
E) Fukushima
Why did reformers turn their attention to prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages in
the nineteenth century?
A) They felt that high tariffs on alcohol were leading more people into poverty.
B) They felt that large producers of alcoholic beverages were driving smaller
companies out of business.
C) They did not want Americans to import alcoholic beverages from other countries.
D) They believed that drunkenness was the cause of many social evils.
E) They were worried that people were buying harmful liquor because alcoholic
beverages were not regulated.
After 1870, the measure of a nation’s industrial progress was determined by ________.
A) the production of steel
B) the production of iron
C) the number of railroad lines
D) agricultural output
E) per capita exports
After the Mexican-American War, the Young America movement shifted its focus to
which of the following?
A) economic growth and industrialization
B) adding Canada and Alaska to the United States
C) the abolition of slavery
D) making the United States a world power
E) spreading the gospel to foreign lands
Which of the following individuals is INCORRECTLY matched with his or her reform
movement?
A) Lyman Beecher: temperance
B) Horace Mann: public schools
C) Theodore Dwight Weld: abolition
D) Elizabeth Cady Stanton: women’s rights
E) David Walker: prison reform
In the early 1820s, Mexican officials encouraged settlers from the United States to settle
in Texas with offers of which of the following?
A) more freedoms for women
B) religious freedom
C) cheap land
D) money
E) abolishing slavery
Which statement best characterizes Reagan’s two terms as the governor of California?
A) He bullied the legislature to implement his conservative policies.
B) He lacked natural abilities as a political leader.
C) He was flexible and did not try to force all of his conservative policies.
D) He led the state further and further to the left through his reforms.
E) He ignored taxes and education to focus on immigration issues.
Nineteenth century parents began using ________ instead of corporal punishment to
enforce good behavior among their children.
A) fear
B) praise
C) bribery
D) shame
E) humor
In comparison to male workers, female workers in the late 1800s ________.
A) received equal pay for equal work
B) moved into white collar jobs formerly monopolized by men
C) reaped the rewards of the industrial system
D) were respected as important income earners
E) generally had female managers
In order to test the resolve of his American, British, and French opponents, in 1948
Stalin _______.
A) tested his first atomic bomb
B) invaded China
C) invaded France
D) initiated a blockade of Berlin
E) began shooting down American planes