Why did the Sedition Act distress many Americans?
A) It threatened their political right to disagree with and speak out against the
government.
B) It gave the Federalists too much power and reduced the Republicans’ power.
C) It suspended free elections, depriving all white males of their voting rights.
D) It expanded the powers of Congress, which meant bigger government.
E) It allowed libel convictions without a jury trial, affecting people’s judicial rights.
In 1900, ________ founded the first industrial research laboratory.
A) Du Pont
B) General Electric
C) Standard Oil
D) Eastman Kodak
E) Westinghouse
Francis Townsend advocated that the federal government pay $200 each month to
_______.
A) all Americans over the age of 60
B) dispossessed farmers
C) veterans of World War I
D) widows with two or more children
E) unemployed urban workers
Which provides the strongest evidence that eighteenth-century slavery was based on
race?
A) Slave status depended entirely on the amount of money a person had, and blacks had
little money.
B) The status of a person as a slave depended on where the person was born, and being
born in Africa made a person a slave.
C) The status of a person as a slave depended entirely on skin color.
D) The status of a person as a slave depended partly on skin color and partly on
intelligence.
E) The status of a person as a slave depended entirely on social class.
The most famous political machine of the late nineteenth century was ________.
A) the Fifth Street Gang
B) Tammany Hall
C) the Irish Mafia
D) the Lamar Circle
E) the Coughlin Gang
Why did disagreements over western lands delay the ratification of the Articles of
Confederation?
A) Britain still held claims on the western lands, so the Americans had to negotiate with
Britain before they could ratify.
B) Several states made claims to western lands, which other states disputed.
C) Native Americans protested the Articles of Confederation in an effort to secure their
land in the West.
D) A large percentage of Americans lived in the West, but travel and communication
was poor, so it took a long time to receive their votes.
E) Most of the land in the West belonged to Spain and France, so the impoverished new
America had to wait to raise money to buy it.
Why did some immigrants resist the settlement house movement?
A) They did not trust organizations that were headed by women.
B) They felt that settlement houses kept them segregated from the rest of the society.
C) They did not want their children educated by Americans.
D) They did not want other people to tell them how to live and act.
E) They believed that living in a settlement house would never get them out of poverty.
Which statement best describes Hitler’s orders to his submarine commanders in the
Atlantic?
A) Hitler ordered them not to fire on American vessels to avoid drawing the United
States into the war.
B) Hitler ordered them not to fire on American vessels because German U-boats were
inferior to U.S. submarines.
C) Hitler ordered them to fire on American vessels because he wanted to draw the
United States into the war.
D) Hitler ordered them not to fire on American vessels because he knew the Americans
were considering an alliance with Germany.
E) Hitler ordered them to fire on American vessels because they were supplying the
navy of Great Britain.
Which statement is the best interpretation of this sentence from page 105? “For the
British, “American” was a way of saying “not quite English.””
A) The British believed that the colonists could only become truly American if they
broke away from the crown.
B) The British felt that the colonists needed to import more British goods in order to be
considered truly British.
C) The British did not perceive the differences among the various colonies and thought
all Americans were the same.
D) The British regarded colonists not as Englishas the colonists viewed themselvesbut
as something a little different.
E) The British felt that the colonists no longer wanted to be British and had rejected
many of their traditional ways.
The Boxer Rebellion took place in ________.
A) the Philippines
B) China
C) Hawaii
D) Cuba
E) Puerto Rico
Which of the following individuals ultimately supported the annexation of the
Philippines?
A) Jane Addams
B) Andrew Carnegie
C) William Jennings Bryan
D) William McKinley
E) Samuel Gompers
Which of these was true of the relationship between political events in England and
English colonization in North America?
A) The two were unrelated.
B) Events in England impacted the direction of colonization repeatedly.
C) After about 1650, events in England had no effect on the colonies.
D) Colonization caused the fall of two English governments in the 1600s.
E) Because of the difficulty of ocean journeys, events in England produced no effects in
the colonies.
Members of the Federalist party ________.
A) advocated states’ rights
B) supported the French Revolution
C) wanted Thomas Jefferson to be president
D) supported a strong national government
E) despised centralized economic planning
Why did nativism grow in the 1920s?
A) There was a great deal of postwar resentment toward Europeans.
B) Americans tended to favor immigration from “native” Latin America.
C) Most European immigrants were socialists or communists.
D) Influential Americans feared the purity of the race was threatened.
E) Many Americans had a racist bias against Europeans.
Which of the following did NOT occur as part of the Stamp Act crisis?
A) Patrick Henry denounced British taxation with his Virginia Resolves.
B) A Stamp Act Congress drew together colonial leaders from different regions.
C) Resistance drew many into political action that included street violence.
D) Massachusetts reacted so bitterly that the British imposed the Coercive Acts.
E) Colonial women began to take a greater role in politics.
Unlike the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor ________.
A) believed workers would rise in stature
B) organized skilled and unskilled workers
C) emphasized economic goals for workers
D) organized a majority of the workers
E) hoped all workers could eventually become self-employed
Most of the emotional impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin came from what?
A) its portrayal of Southerners as greedy, immoral barbarians
B) its portrayal of northern abolitionists as heroic defenders of morality
C) its evidence that slaves were just as evil as the slave owners
D) its portrayal of slavery as a necessary evil that needed to be preserved
E) its portrayal of slavery as a threat to the family and the cult of domesticity
President Reagan’s tax compromise with Congress called for an income tax cut of
________.
A) 10 percent for three consecutive years
B) 15 percent over two years
C) 5 percent the first year and 10 percent the second and third years
D) 20 percent over two years
E) 5 percent each year for four years
Which of the following was NOT a way that the Great Depression benefited the
Democrats?
A) Their handling of the Depression was universally popular, giving the Democrats
control of Congress for a two-year period.
B) The Democrats were given the mandate to address the crisis and had almost
unanimous support early on.
C) FDR and Democratic lawmakers passed landmark legislation, such as the Social
Security Act.
D) The Republicans had been unable to prevent the Depression, and as a result the
Democrats returned to power.
E) Initially, Democrats enjoyed party cohesion that helped push through New Deal
programs.
What was the dominant social theme of 1950s America?
A) individualism
B) free love
C) philanthropy
D) consumerism
E) political activism
As a result of the war, how did the American society change?
A) The United States became a better place for large corporations.
B) The United States became more reliant on individuals and small producers for
economic progress.
C) The United States began to emulate nostalgic representations of life in the Old
South.
D) The United States became more socialistic, and began to address the needs of the
poor and the disadvantaged.
E) The United States became militantly anti-corporation.
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
Thomas Jefferson’s attitude toward Native Americans showed that he ________.
A) considered them to be expendable
B) was committed to preserving their way of life
C) found them to be savages unworthy of serious concern
D) respected them as people, and was impressed by their culture
E) wanted to try to assimilate them into the nascent culture of the United States
Andrew Johnson was acquitted in the Senate because _______.
A) the President’s attorneys argued for a wide interpretation of “high crimes and
misdemeanors”
B) seven Republican senators broke with the party leadership and voted for acquittal
C) the Senate knew that the House of Representatives would never vote for
impeachment
D) the prosecution argued that Stanton’s removal did not violate the Tenure of Office
Act
E) Republicans feared that Johnson’s removal would strengthen the executive branch
Why was James Monroe elected in both 1816 and 1820, in spite of fierce debate over
the Missouri Compromise?
A) Monroe was on the winning side in the debate.
B) Monroe took no part in the controversy.
C) Monroe changed sides rapidly during the controversy.
D) Monroe set out a clear agenda, and then pursued it to a successful conclusion.
E) The president worked behind the scenes, using proxies to achieve his goals.
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois did not agree on ________.
A) whether or not an industrial society was good for African Americans
B) whether or not changes in rights should occur immediately or gradually
C) using unions to promote racial equality
D) supporting woman’s right to vote
E) whether or not progressivism should include a racial agenda
The event that revealed to the nation that poverty in America was not color-blind was
________.
A) the 2000 presidential election
B) the Oklahoma City bombing
C) Hurricane Katrina
D) the War on Terror
E) Operation Desert Storm
In the 1840s, which of the following was LEAST likely to determine a person’s political
identification?
A) social class
B) economic interests
C) religious belief
D) ethnic identity
E) lifestyle
By 1900, China ________.
A) had succeeded in resisting European influence
B) was the leading Asian power
C) had become vulnerable to European imperialism
D) had closed the door to the outside world
E) welcomed U.S. intervention
Which of the following constitutional amendments attempted to ensure the civil rights
of former slaves?
A) Thirteenth
B) Fourteenth
C) Fifteenth
D) Sixteenth
E) Seventeenth
Which statement best describes the Plains Indians?
A) They were organized into one large and powerful tribal group.
B) They were an insignificant proportion of the total Native American population in the
United States in 1870.
C) They were a complex of tribes, cultures, and bands that assigned most work on the
basis of gender.
D) They were at a distinct disadvantage when fighting whites because of their weapons.
E) They had advanced farming techniques and complex building structures.
As a result of Enlightenment thinking, Benjamin Franklin ________.
A) turned to organized religion for meaning in his life
B) devoted his life to his own personal religious views
C) rejected the practical pursuits of life in favor of contemplation, meditation, and
intellectual inquiry
D) pursued his curiosity until it yielded useful scientific ideas and ingenious material
inventions
E) sought to find true enlightenment by giving up most of his material possessions
What was the Social Gospel?
A) an organization that promoted reforms of the era, including temperance
B) a musical group which worked on creating awareness about social evils
C) a religious program carried out in Chicago state prisons
D) a religious philosophy that addressed both spiritual and social concerns
E) a nickname for the doctrines of the social Darwinists
Which of these was the result of Jim Crow laws?
A) legal distinctions between black and white civil rights
B) racial segregation across the South
C) the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment
D) expanded higher education for blacks
E) the closing
Which of the following best describes the Watergate Scandal?
A) President Nixon’s 1972 affair with a young intern from the Republican National
Committee
B) President Nixon’s involvement in ordering an attack on unarmed civilians in Vietnam
C) President Nixon’s attempts to cover up sources of campaign funding in the 1972
election
D) President Nixon’s attempts to hide his involvement in a break-in at the Democrats’
headquarters
E) President Nixon’s attempts to bribe the North Vietnamese to agree to end the
Vietnam War