Which part of the United States continued to oppose suffrage for women and African
Americans even after most other states had passed universal suffrage laws?
a. the South
b. the North
c. the West
d. the Southwest
e. the Midwest
As a result of the Salem witchcraft trials, __________.
a. nineteen people were hanged
b. twenty-three people were banished
c. eight people were pressed to death with weights
d. fourteen people were burned at the stake
e. nine people were executed by firing squad
Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, __________.
a. fought to prevent the annexation of Texas
b. was against annexation in any form
c. was against annexation unless it included the Oklahoma territory
d. was for annexation but only if it included the New Mexico territory
e. was for annexation immediately after Texas declared independence
President Andrew Johnson was __________.
a. loved by African Americans
b. admired by wealthy southern planters
c. opposed by Radical Republicans
d. temperate and compromising in his political activities
e. determined to carry on with Lincoln’s plans
The largest single group of Asian Americans in the first decade of the twenty-first
century was of __________ descent.
a. Cambodian
b. Chinese
c. Laotian
d. Thai
e. Vietnamese
What was the pivotal role of religion in the 1928 election?
a. Most Americans voted for Hoover as the Protestant candidate.
b. Most Americans were Catholic immigrants and identified with Smith.
c. The Ku Klux Klan supported Hoover because he was Protestant.
d. The Roman Catholic Church ordered its faithful to vote for Al Smith.
e. Religiously active Protestants refused to participate in this election.
In the Pullman Strike of 1894, what did Grover Cleveland’s intervention accomplish?
a. It gave business the court injunction as a new weapon against labor.
b. It ensured the success of the strike.
c. It failed to end the strike.
d. It gave workers the protection of a court injunction.
e. It led to the creation of the Pullman Porters Union.
The Enrollment Act of March 1863 __________.
a. drafted white men but allowed them to hire a substitute or pay a fee to avoid service
b. drafted black males into the armed forces but denied them pay for their service
c. allowed black men to join the American armed forces for the first time
d. required that all military service be voluntary rather than mandatory
e. prohibited wealthy men from hiring substitutes or paying a fee to avoid service
In the early 1980s, the Soviet Union broke off disarmament negotiations in Geneva
because the United States __________.
a. revealed plans to develop the Strategic Defense Initiative
b. placed missiles in Europe within striking distance of the Soviet Union
c. sent American troops into Afghanistan
d. opened up diplomatic relations with China
e. forcibly broke the Saudi Arabian oil embargo
Bill Clinton was impeached for __________.
a. perjury and obstruction of justice
b. making unwelcome sexual advances to Paula Jones
c. having an affair with Monica Lewinsky
d. selling missile technology to China for campaign contributions
e. being involved in a crooked real estate scheme in Arkansas
The “beats” were __________.
a. jazz musicians who experimented with folk music
b. a light rock group popular on 50s-era TV variety shows
c. writers and poets who rebelled against materialistic 1950s values
d. a motorcycle gang whose members included Jack Kerouac and James Dean
e. a group of talented screenplay writers in the early days of television
What did the Great Awakening, intercolonial trade, and the rise of the colonial
assemblies have in common?
a. They created disdain for England.
b. They created a rebellious spirit in America.
c. They contributed to a growing sense of shared identity.
d. They helped create imperial rivalry between England and France.
e. They exacerbated the problems of an already divided citizenry.
At the time of Columbus’s first voyage in 1492, __________.
a. most educated Europeans believed the earth was flat
b. no European nation had any interest in exploration
c. most educated Europeans did not believe the earth was flat
d. no one thought he would find anything
e. the Catholic Church condemned this kind of exploration
What was the main focus of the Niagara Movement?
a. conservation of natural resources
b. African American rights
c. the achievement of lower tariffs
d. Mexican American civil rights
e. women’s rights
British and French leaders met with Hitler in 1938 to discuss his demand for
__________.
a. the Rhineland
b. Austria
c. the Polish Corridor
d. the Czech province of Sudetenland
e. Alsace and Lorraine
What was Eisenhower’s major campaign pledge?
a. to bolster the economy with thousands of new jobs
b. to support labor unions in their fight for fair employment laws
c. to destroy the Soviet Union
d. to stop the creation of weapons of mass destruction
e. to end the Korean War
How did the Great Depression affect Americans psychologically?
a. The loss of savings and employment led many Americans to abandon their faith in
traditional forms of religion.
b. Unemployment and poverty undermined people’s sense of self-worth and caused
many to despair.
c. Most men either committed suicide or abandoned their families because they were so
devastated that they could not provide for them.
d. Middle- and upper-class people had more emotional resources and fared better than
poor people.
e. Hunger and poverty made Americans unable to think properly and make good
decisions, leading to divorce and crime.
Which statement best characterizes Reagan’s two terms as governor of California?
a. He bullied the Democratic legislature to implement his conservative policies.
b. He lacked natural abilities as a political leader.
c. He was flexible instead of trying to implement all of his conservative beliefs.
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.
By the mid-nineteenth century, two-thirds of Native American tribes lived on the Great
Plains, including the __________.
a. Hopi
b. Cherokee
c. Sioux
d. Chinook
e. Zuni
Abolitionism served as a catalyst for the __________ movement.
a. temperance
b. women’s rights
c. utopian socialist
d. transcendentalist
e. prison reform
The most important result of the Annapolis Meeting of 1786 was __________.
a. that it added support for the Articles of Confederation
b. the establishment of new, more efficient trade regulations for the United States
c. the settlement of problems involving Spain’s control of the Mississippi River
d. the nationalists’ recommendation to Congress for a convention to revise the Articles
of Confederation
e. the growing political power and influence of James Madison
Why did the Republican Party call for “free soil” in the territories rather than freedom
for African Americans?
a. Focusing on land rather than people would make it easier to pass legislation through
Congress.
b. The party knew that achieving its dream of liberating all African Americans was
unrealistic, so it settled on the compromise of “free soil.”
c. The party was focusing on “free soil” as a first step in the eventual freedom of all
African Americans.
d. Putting the focus on the laws of the land rather than the freedoms of African
Americans would prevent isolating the hard-line racists in the party.
e. Abolitionism conflicted with the North’s commitment to both white supremacy and
the original constitutional compromise about slavery.
Martin Luther King, Jr. founded the __________ to obtain civil rights for African
Americans.
a. Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
b. Fair Employment Practices Committee
c. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
d. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
e. Urban League
America’s use of the atomic bomb to defeat Japan __________.
a. strengthened the alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union
b. made the Soviet Union defer to the United States in matters of international policy
c. had no effect on the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union
d. led to the postwar arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union
e. nearly led to an outright war with the Soviet Union
How were religion and foreign policy related in the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries in the United States?
a. Most U.S. foreign ministers were religious leaders, using their diplomatic posts for
missionary access.
b. Most religious leaders believed that God had blessed the United States with riches
that should be shared with the world’s poor, making foreign policy mainly about charity.
c. Most religious leaders believed that God had given the United States to Christians,
and they should be content and not seek more riches throughout the world.
d. Most religious leaders believed that Americans should bring Christianity to the rest
of the world, so they advocated imperialist foreign policies.
e. Most religious leaders followed the “conversion by sword” example of European
Christian powers in the Middle Ages, so they advocated U.S. military coups.
Why did farmers during the Great Depression resort to such extreme measures as
dumping fresh milk into the streets?
a. Like many other Americans during the Great Depression, farmers fell victim to
despair and lost hope in the future.
b. The shipping industry had been so devastated by the Great Depression that farmers
had no way to get their produce to market.
c. Farmers hoped to create demand and drive up prices for their products.
d. Due to widespread poverty among the American population, few families could
afford to buy milk.
e. The government had instituted milk rationing, which resulted in the overproduction
of milk by dairy farmers.
Why did the delegates at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention vow to secrecy
during the proceedings?
a. to keep their competition (Antifederalists) in the dark
b. so that James Madison could wield limitless power
c. to avoid erroneous and mischievous rumors
d. to avoid a civil war between the North and the South
e. so that there would be a balance of power between state and federal governments
What can one can conclude from Jackson’s response to the nullification crisis?
a. Jackson was a strong supporter of states’ rights.
b. Jackson believed in the limited use of federal power, but also that states were not
truly sovereign.
c. Jackson supported the unlimited use of federal power.
d. Jackson supported higher tariffs, especially on manufactured goods coming from
Europe.
e. Jackson supported lower tariffs, especially on manufactured goods going from the
South to the
North.
What do most modern historians believe was the underlying cause of the breakup of the
Union?
a. religious leaders promising salvation or damnation to each side
b. politicians and agitators stirring public opinion into a frenzy
c. ideological differences over the morality and utility of slavery
d. a clash of economic interests between agrarian and industrialized regions
e. infighting within political parties
How did Americans feel about collective security toward the end of World War II?
a. They were eager to make new attempts at collective security.
b. They acknowledged that collective security was useful, but remained reluctant.
c. They still thought that isolationism was better than collective security.
d. They realized that collective security was ineffective, but it kept their alliances
throughout the war.
e. They vowed never to make another attempt at collective security.
The first broad, sectional, antislavery party was the __________.
a. Free-Soil Party
b. Whig Party
c. Republican Party
d. Democratic Party
e. Know-Nothing Party
What effect did U.S. involvement in the war have on American civil liberties?
a. The federal government instituted committees and Congress passed acts to ensure the
safety and rights of German Americans and war dissenters.
b. Women had more opportunities in war-related jobs, so their civil liberties increased,
especially in voting rights.
c. African Americans had more opportunities in war-related jobs, so their civil liberties
increased, encouraging more integration.
d. Propaganda campaigns led to programs and congressional acts that interred German
Americans in work camps, denying their civil liberties.
e. Propaganda campaigns led to programs and congressional acts that denied
Americans’ freedom of speech.