Which statement best describes the situation for women in the South after the Civil
War?
a. The South remained more conservative about women’s role in society than the North.
b. The South became more liberal about women’s role in society than the North.
c. The situation of women in southern society did not change as a result of the war.
d. Women took the lead in criticizing the Confederate cause and repairing the
relationship with the North.
e. Southern women became less active in the economy and society as a result of the
war.
General MacArthur gave President Truman erroneous advice during the Korean War
when he advised Truman to __________.
a. authorize an invasion of North Korea because he thought that China would not attack
U.S. troops
b. retreat from the 38th parallel into the safety of South Korea because he thought
China would attack
c. withdraw troops from Korea altogether because he thought that China and the Soviet
Union would obliterate the U.S. forces
d. use diplomacy to negotiate peace because he thought military efforts would be
ineffective
e. drop an atom bomb on Seoul because he thought the Chinese would then be afraid to
occupy the city
The origins of the western cattle industry lay in __________.
a. Mexico
b. Spain
c. New England
d. the plantation South
e. the Midwest
President Lincoln’s Reconstruction plans were committed to __________.
a. punish the South for provoking the Civil War
b. racial equality for the freedmen
c. sharing decisions with Congress on Reconstruction policies
d. rapid readmission of the southern states to the Union
e. protecting the rights of African Americans
According to social historian Stephan Thernstrom, what was the extent of American
social mobility in the early industrial era?
a. almost none
b. some, but not much
c. substantial, but limited
d. a great deal
e. almost 100 percent
Colonial ministers who opposed the Great Awakening were known as __________.
a. “New Lights”
b. “Old Lights”
c. evangelicals
d. pietists
e. contraries
Because of its policy of religious toleration, __________ attracted unusual numbers of
independent-minded people.
a. Maryland
b. Connecticut
c. Pennsylvania
d. New York
e. Rhode Island
How did the three branches of the federal government respond to the Era of Good
Feeling?
a. They had a time of little activity because the country was prospering so much.
b. The three branches worked together to try to bring about an Era of Good Feeling in
the United States like the one they observed in Europe.
c. The Supreme Court took advantage of the executive and legislative branches’ Era of
Good
Feeling to push through its own agenda.
d. Monroe took advantage of the Era of Good Feeling between the three branches of
government to pass expansionist and industrialization legislation.
e. Congress dominated the Era of Good Feeling by approving Supreme Court justices
and cabinet members who agreed with its expansionist agenda.
What was a consequence of the depression of 1893?
a. It changed American ideas about government and the economy.
b. It united the country in support of the free silver movement.
c. It pushed rural and urban societies farther apart.
d. It had a lasting effect on American society.
e. It mainly hurt western and southern farmers.
The men largely responsible for Spain’s conquest of the New World were known as
__________.
a. conquistadores
b. coureurs de bois
c. “Sea Dogs”
d. condottiere
e. comerciante
Which of the following groups was initially a primary source of labor for the textile
mills?
a. young single women
b. young single men
c. children
d. immigrants
e. African Americans
In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League demanded a literacy test for immigrants
from which part of the world?
a. China
b. Ireland
c. southern and eastern Europe
d. Mexico
e. northern Europe
At the Hartford Convention, __________.
a. a resolution threatening New England’s secession was adopted
b. Federalists demanded a unanimous vote in the Senate before war could be declared
c. New Englanders gave strong support for the war effort
d. the principles of the “three-fifths rule” concerning slavery were opposed
e. Federalists continued to show their support of the embargo
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. Some states claimed the land that Britain had given to Native Americans, and other
states had no claim on the land.
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.
What was a result of the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act?
a. Republicans were mostly confined to the South.
b. Democrats became the majority party in the country.
c. The country’s gold reserve rose.
d. It led to higher inflation.
e. It strengthened the Democrats who supported silver in their bid for the 1896
presidency.
The National Recovery Administration sought to promote economic recovery by
__________.
a. reducing corporate taxes
b. restoring competition
c. experimenting with national economic planning
d. implementing classical economic theory
e. eliminating all taxes
Which of the following southern states was the first to secede from the Union?
a. Kentucky
b. Virginia
c. Alabama
d. South Carolina
e. North Carolina
What did President Kennedy do to help South Vietnam in 1961?
a. He praised the South Vietnamese government but took no action.
b. He sent money and advisers.
c. He sent combat troops.
d. He threatened North Vietnam.
e. He badgered European countries into sending combat troops.
By 1880, there were approximately __________ Native Americans in California.
a. 20,000
b. 30,000
c. 40,000
d. 50,000
e. 60,000
During the war, U.S.-Soviet relations were __________.
a. especially close and trusting
b. especially hostile, almost to the point of open war
c. constantly strained by significant ideological differences
d. hurt by the U.S. refusal to recognize the Soviet Union
e. significantly influenced by FDR’s personal dislike of Stalin
How did radical revivalist Charles G. Finney violate Christian tradition?
a. He allowed women to join his church.
b. He allowed women to pray aloud in church.
c. He relied on rational, scientific arguments to win converts.
d. His sermons were dry, rational, and unemotional.
e. He did not believe in a mysterious, all-powerful God.
By late 1897, Spain was __________.
a. unwilling to meet any American demands
b. trying to avoid a confrontation with the United States
c. directing the polices of General Weyler
d. determined to maintain control at all costs
e. willing to free Cuba rather than go to war
The three-fifths rule concerned the issue of __________.
a. whether to count slaves as part of the population
b. the number of branches in the national government
c. checks and balances
d. presidential power
e. the number of votes required in the House to pass legislation
The majority of Irish immigrants settled in the __________.
a. South
b. Midwest
c. Far West
d. Northeast
e. Gulf Coast region
FDR attempted to “pack” the Supreme Court because he __________.
a. knew opposing the Supreme Court would unite his disparate Democratic party
b. knew opposing the Supreme Court would win him bipartisan support and national
approval
c. saw the Supreme Court’s interference with the New Deal as unconstitutional and
sought to remedy it
d. wanted to remove the final and most powerful threat to his New Deal by appointing
judges who supported its programs
e. wanted to create a Democratic Supreme Court to ensure his legacy as the president
who saved
America
Lyndon Johnson must bear great responsibility for the American problems in the
Vietnam War because he __________.
a. failed to confront the American people with the stark reality of the war
b. was the first U.S. leader to commit American financial resources to fighting the
communists in Vietnam
c. was not fully committed to containment and strayed from Kennedy’s approach to
foreign policy
d. was more committed to the implementation of containment policy than his
predecessors had been
e. took funding away from the war effort to prop up his Great Society programs
Which section of the nation benefited the most from the economic boom of the 1950s?
a. the Hawaiian Islands
b. the Great Lakes region
c. the Midwest
d. the Sunbelt states
e. New England
Wilson directed U.S. involvement during the war by __________.
a. using much of his considerable personal fortune for propaganda
b. establishing agencies to focus factory, food, and mine production to the war effort
c. instituting and then increasing personal and business income taxes
d. increasing trade with Asia, Africa, and Europe
e. establishing federal programs and congressional acts that rewarded participation in
the war effort and penalized nonsupport
How did the Hartford Convention lead to the downfall of the Federalists?
a. The Hartford Federalists sent their resolutions to Washington just after the victorious
Battle of New Orleans, making them look unpatriotic and selfish.
b. The Federalists who met in Hartford passed unreasonable resolutions that the rest of
the country would never agree to, making Federalists look foolish.
c. The Republicans who met in Hartford passed resolutions that greatly weakened their
Federalist opponents.
d. The Hartford Republicans passed resolutions that led to peaceful trade negotiations
with Europe, making the War Hawk Federalists look bad.
e. Only northern Federalists attended the convention; southern Federalists disagreed
with the Hartford resolutions, fracturing and weakening the party.
Kennedy’s failed 1961 covert operation to overthrow Cuba’s Fidel Castro is called
__________.
a. the Monroe Affair
b. the Cuban Missile Crisis
c. the Bay of Pigs
d. Operation Castro
e. the Havana Project
To finance the war effort, on what did the U.S. government primarily rely?
a. higher income tax rates
b. printing paper money for war debts
c. sales of “Liberty Bonds”
d. new discoveries of gold in Alaska
e. loans from foreign governments
Shays’s Rebellion involved __________.
a. discontented New England merchants
b. western settlers demanding Indian territory
c. supporters of freer trade with Great Britain
d. discontented farmers in Massachusetts
e. Continental Army officers who had been denied their pensions