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
What do supply-side economists believe?
A) that the economy will recover without changing tax structures
B) that tax cuts will always hurt the national economy
C) that tax cuts will lead to an economic boom
D) that certain tax increases will lead to an economic boom
E) that tax increases are needed to keep the deficit in check
Does U.S. foreign policy today more closely reflect the isolationist or the expansionist
model?
A) Because the United States no longer participates in armed conflicts in other
countries, it reflects the isolationist model.
B) Because the United States only participates in the world economically (not militarily
or politically), it reflects the isolationist model.
C) Because the United States participates in affairs throughout the world for its own
benefit, it reflects the expansionist model.
D) Because the United States only participates in the other countries’ struggles for
freedom and not for any U.S. gain, it reflects the expansionist model.
E) Since the U.S. has exerted its influence through its buying power, it reflects the
imperialist model.
What was the New England version of the Glorious Revolution?
A) a year-long celebration of the overthrow of James II
B) the overthrow of Governor Andros
C) a year-long celebration of the crowning of William and Mary
D) a new bill of rights for all colonists
E) a new bill of rights for land-owning colonists
Which one of the following was NOT a result of prohibition?
A) an increase in drinking in America
B) an increase in crime in America
C) the end of alcohol consumption in America
D) an opposition to prohibition in cities
E) a lucrative bootlegging business
The nation’s largest ethnic minority by 2002 was ________.
A) Asian Americans
B) African Americans
C) Hispanics
D) women
E) Chinese Americans
What does the term ‘second party system” refer to?
A) the two-party system of American politics from about 1790
B) the party system from about 1830 to 1850
C) the creation of a new third political party in the 1940s
D) the political party not in power in government
E) a total shift in American politics
During the colonial period, most of the slaves sent to the North American colonies were
supplied by the ________.
A) Dutch
B) Americans
C) Portuguese
D) Spanish
E) British
How were the works of dancers, musicians, artists, and poets related in the early 1900s?
A) Many were experimenting with forms of ultra-realism.
B) Many broke sharply with convention.
C) Many were returning to classic forms from ancient Greece and Rome.
D) Many were trying to create an international arts movement.
E) Many were experimenting with technology to enhance their art form.
Why did President John Tyler initiate the politics of Manifest Destiny beginning in
1841?
A) He wanted to win the support of his fellow Whigs.
B) He wanted to reconcile the Whig and Democratic parties.
C) He was inspired by the beliefs of Henry Clay.
D) He wanted to build a base for his reelection in 1844.
E) He hoped to identify himself with James Monroe.
After the war, many working class northern whites were ________.
A) eyeing unoccupied agricultural land in the South and considering taking up farming
B) fearful that the abolition of slavery would have negative effects on workers in
general
C) hopeful that the crusade against slavery could broaden into a movement to help
workers in general
D) unemployed since the Confederate army had destroyed or disrupted so many
northern industries
E) feeling fierce anti-immigrant sentiments since so few immigrants had supported the
Union cause
The most significant social trend in postwar America was _______.
A) the decline of the nuclear family
B) a decrease in the birth rate
C) a decline in family size
D) the emergence of the drug culture
E) the flight to the suburbs
What did the Scopes trial reveal about religious tensions during the 1920s?
A) It displayed the divide between science and fundamentalism.
B) It demonstrated a suspicion of the Roman Catholic Church.
C) It was a pivotal moment in the heated debate over abortion.
D) It highlighted differences between Christianity and Judaism.
E) It alienated those who believed in the separation of church and state.
What were the different stands Democrats and Whigs took on annexation and slavery in
new territories?
A) Democrats endorsed expansion and both free and slave states, while Whigs opposed
annexation to avoid the slavery debate.
B) Democrats opposed annexation to avoid the slavery debate, while Whigs endorsed
expansion and both free and slave states.
C) Both Democrats and Whigs endorsed expansion, but Democrats wanted the new
territories to allow slavery while the Whigs did not.
D) Both Democrats and Whigs endorsed expansion, but Whigs wanted the new
territories to allow slavery while the Democrats did not.
E) Neither party endorsed expansion, but if it was inevitable, the Whigs encouraged the
spread of slavery while the Democrats did not.
What did the Soviet Union look forward to after its victory in World War II?
A) creating communist regimes in eastern Europe
B) establishing trade routes with Britain and the United States
C) improving its relationship with the United States
D) establishing a communist government in Russia
E) receiving monetary compensation from the United Nations
Southern apologists claimed the master-slave relationship was more humane than the
employer-worker relationship because it offered ________.
A) job training
B) a more egalitarian relationship
C) better working conditions
D) greater long-term security
E) gender equality
Why were the Chinese displeased with the Allies’ initial strategy?
A) The Allies refused to include Chinese troops in the European theater of war.
B) The Allies refused to provide any war supplies to China.
C) The Allies took over the fight against Japan, leaving no place for China.
D) The Allies wanted to focus on defeating Germany first, rather than Japan.
E) The Allies refused to declare war against Japan immediately.
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Salem witchcraft hysteria?
A) the community’s history of religious discord
B) disagreements between Salem’s poor people and its upper classes
C) Salem’s history of engaging in occult practices
D) fear of attack by nearby Indians
E) the underlying misogyny of the entire colonial culture
Booker T. Washington ________.
A) believed African Americans should fight for equal rights
B) had little hope for the future of African Americans in the American society
C) believed that self-help was the best plan for African Americans
D) emphasized the importance of higher education for African Americans
E) founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Each of the following facts about women in the 1920s is true EXCEPT _____.
A) most women workers had low-paying jobs
B) the number of women doctors decreased
C) women earned nearly one-third of all graduate degrees
D) women activists worked to introduce an Equal Rights Amendment
E) there was a substantial permanent gain in the number of working women
What was true about the temperance movement of the nineteenth century?
A) It was created to help unmarried women survive in the workforce.
B) It led to a rise in organized crime due to criminalization of alcohol consumption.
C) It was the least successful reform movement of the era.
D) It was created to address alcohol consumption rates much lower than modern rates.
E) It addressed a very real social problem of the time.
Why did Congress refuse Reagan’s request for money and authority for further
intervention in Nicaragua?
A) They believed the Nicaraguan conflict was not a threat to the United States.
B) They wanted to block as many of Reagan’s foreign policy initiatives as possible.
C) They feared repeating the mistakes of the Vietnam War.
D) They feared angering the public in an election year.
E) There were no funds available due to expanding deficits.
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
Who was the first woman to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court?
A) Ruth Bader Ginsburg
B) Sandra Day O”Connor
C) Eleanor Smeal
D) Elena Kagan
E) Bridget Maher
Which of the following was NOT a difficulty in annexing the Hawaiian Islands?
A) no clear motives for annexation
B) the threat of Japanese intervention
C) the opposition to annexing non-Anglo-Saxons
D) the lack of political consensus for annexation in Washington
E) the fear of the problems that colonial rule would bring
During Reconstruction, most African Americans _______.
A) were able to become independent farmers
B) lived in integrated urban societies
C) remained agricultural workers
D) had no opportunity for schooling
E) left the South in overwhelming numbers
The Populist candidate for president in 1892 was ________.
A) William Jennings Bryan
B) James B. Weaver
C) Mary E. Lease
D) William McKinley
E) Grover Cleveland
Why did America experience rapid economic development in the early nineteenth
century?
A) a high level of federal support
B) the rapid establishment of a strong manufacturing base
C) the nation’s river network permitted economic development
D) the absence of international economic competition
E) the development of web presses for printing money
The conference at Potsdam in July of 1945 ended on a note of _______.
A) harmony
B) discord
C) uncertainty
D) confusion
E) regret
Why was England initially reluctant to establish an empire in the Americas?
A) Colonization threatened the English alliance with Spain.
B) Colonization threatened the English alliance with France.
C) Colonization would force Spain to ally itself with Portugal and France against
England.
D) The English did not want to bring about conflict with the Pope.
E) Colonization threatened English trading agreements with the Dutch.
Abolitionism served as a catalyst for the ________ movement.
A) temperance
B) women’s rights
C) utopian socialist
D) transcendentalist
E) prison reform
Who was the first great practitioner of evangelical Calvinism?
A) Samuel John Mills
B) Lyman Beecher
C) Nathaniel Taylor
D) Horace Mann
E) Charles G. Finney
Educational changes in the years 1877 to 1900 did NOT include ________.
A) a decrease in illiteracy
B) “practical” courses in manual training and homemaking for older children
C) development of the kindergarten
D) compulsory school attendance in all states
E) ‘separate but equal” schools for African Americans in the South
How did the Bill of Rights of 1789 provide only limited freedoms?
A) It did not allow for freedoms of speech, religion, press, or trial.
B) It excluded foreigners and poor Americans.
C) It protected the freedoms of speech, religion, press, trial, bearing arms, and searches
but did not grant rights to non-white males.
D) It granted the states more power than the federal government.
E) It was comprised mostly of legal procedures for Congress, the President, and the
Supreme Court.