Jamestown’s prosperity was ensured by __________.
a. the discovery of gold
b. the development of fur trading
c. royal financial support
d. tobacco cultivation
e. potato cultivation
The document in which the Pilgrims established a civil government for their Plymouth
Colony has become known as the __________.
a. Bill of Rights
b. Mayflower Compact
c. Statement of Principles
d. Cambridge Agreement
e. Plymouth Agreement
During the Civil War, about __________ African Americans served in the Union army.
a. 10,000
b. 100,000
c. 200,000
d. 500,000
e. 1,000,000
Which of the following best characterizes the primary message of Jonathan Edwards in
his preaching?
a. A combination of good deeds and steadfast faith can bring salvation.
b. Salvation will come through repentance only.
c. The eternal fate of individuals is determined at birth.
d. Old Light spokesmen are the only true possessors of truth.
e. People can redeem themselves by performing good works.
Approximately __________ soldiers died in the Civil War.
a. 50,000
b. 125,000
c. 620,000
d. 950,000
e. 1,500,000
The Adams-Ons Treaty __________.
a. excluded Spain from the North American continent
b. reduced British influence in Florida
c. granted the Northwest Territory to the United States
d. weakened the Spanish position in Latin America
e. made Florida a U.S. territory
What role did women have in the New England colonies?
a. They generally had no independence at all from men.
b. They had the same legal rights as men, but could not vote.
c. They made no decisions and simply followed the orders of men.
d. They had no legal rights, but they were able to vote and hold public office.
e. They were respected for their work but were not considered equal to men.
In the final analysis, Wilson’s domestic programs indicated __________.
a. his exclusive belief in New Freedom ideas
b. his outright opposition to Roosevelt’s New Nationalism
c. a blending of the two competing doctrines of progressivism
d. his failure as a reformer
e. his determination to win reelection by pleasing as many voters as possible
How did Nixon feel about antiwar protestors?
a. He secretly supported them.
b. He publicly supported them.
c. He was neutral about them.
d. He had very little sympathy for them.
e. He ordered the army to suppress them with force if necessary.
What was significant about the Big Bonanza?
a. It made Henry Comstock the richest man in the world.
b. It was the largest wheat farm on the Great Plains.
c. It was discovered near Pike’s Peak in California.
d. It was the richest discovery in the history of mining.
e. It indirectly led to an uprising of Sioux Indians.
How did the 2000 presidential election break from historical trends?
a. Both candidates strayed from their traditional voter base to court independent voters.
b. Scandals in the White House had no effect on the outcome of the election.
c. The state of the economy did not determine the outcome of the election.
d. George W. Bush enjoyed the most decisive landslide victory in American history.
e. The election continued the longest streak of Democratic presidents in American
history.
Chief Justice John Marshall believed in judicial review, which is __________.
a. a professional journal read by lawyers and judges
b. the power of the Court to determine the constitutionality of statutes
c. a system whereby all legislation passed by Congress must be approved by the
Supreme Court before it can take effect
d. a job-performance appraisal system for federal judges
e. a process for evaluating the qualifications of candidates for federal judgeships
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s __________.
a. appealed to old-stock Americans nervous about social and cultural change
b. focused solely on blacks in both the North and the South
c. was not politically active or powerful
d. would not admit women
e. was active mainly in the Old South
In comparison to male workers, female workers __________.
a. received equal pay for equal work
b. were relegated to traditionally “feminine” jobs
c. reaped the rewards of the industrial system
d. were respected as important income earners
e. generally had female managers
The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution provided for __________.
a. women’s suffrage
b. prohibition
c. a federal income tax
d. direct election of senators
e. extending the franchise to 18-year-olds
Why did some people in the 1890s, and even today, consider late-nineteenth-century
American foreign policy an aberration?
a. As a democratic republic founded on the idea of freedom, the United States had no
right to deny independence to other countries by annexation.
b. The United States had once been a colony itself, so creating other colonies around the
world was part of its history and legacy.
c. The United States had once been a small country of just thirteen states, so expanding
to new lands and creating new states was an aberration.
d. As a democratic republic founded on the idea of freedom, the United States had the
obligation to seek the same rights for countries around the world.
e. As a former colony, the United States understood the challenges of gaining
independence and could better assist new nations than Europe could.
Jay’s Treaty succeeded in __________.
a. getting British troops to withdraw from the northwest forts
b. opening New Orleans to U.S. commerce
c. pacifying southerners who had lost slaves during the war
d. humiliating the French
e. calming Washington’s anxieties
How were women affected by the political ideas of the American Revolution?
a. These ideas did not interest women very much.
b. The ideas brought dramatic changes and opportunities to their lives.
c. The ideas caused them to be more assertive about their roles in the family.
d. The end of the war allowed women to participate actively in government.
e. Revolutionary ideas brought them together to demand universal suffrage.
As a result of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, __________.
a. segregation in the South ended almost immediately
b. the slow process of desegregating schools began
c. the civil rights movement ended quietly
d. African American students were fully accepted by white teachers
e. African Americans could finally be teachers in the South
Free blacks in the South were __________.
a. unable to own or operate small businesses
b. required to carry documentation of their free status at all times
c. given the same rights as free blacks in the North
d. allowed to hold meetings or form organizations as long as they had a white sponsor
e. free to move from one county or state to another
Kennedy secured the African American vote in the 1960 presidential election by
__________.
a. promising to defend African nations from communism
b. promising to appoint an African American as his running mate
c. supporting the release of Martin Luther King, Jr. from jail
d. publicly criticizing southern Democrats who supported segregation
e. being a close personal friend of Stokely Carmichael
What did military strategists in 1779 predict would be Britain’s last chance for victory
over the colonies?
a. a more effective use of its great navy
b. the breaking of the French-American alliance
c. calling on its European allies for help
d. a successful campaign in the American South
e. increasing the British army in the colonies by 25,000 men
Who was the first person to become president without being elected president or vice
president?
a. Gerald Ford
b. Richard Nixon
c. Jimmy Carter
d. George H. W. Bush
e. Lyndon Johnson
Which practice provides the best evidence against the idea of benevolent planters who
looked after the welfare of their slaves?
a. The masters of large plantations did not have relationships with most of their slaves.
b. Some planters subjected misbehaving slaves to physical punishment.
c. Planters often broke up families and sold family members to distant plantations.
d. Planters relied on fear as the foundation of their authority over their slaves.
e. Slaves were often expected to adopt an attitude of fondness toward their masters.
The radical American group that first emerged during the Stamp Act crisis was known
as __________.
a. the Loyalists
b. the Sons of Liberty
c. the Democratic Republicans
d. the Federalists
e. Oliver’s Raiders
Elias Howe’s invention of __________ in 1846 revolutionized the garment industry.
a. the sewing machine
b. overalls
c. blue denim
d. the zipper
e. the iron to press clothing
Hinton R. Helper tried to convince southern yeoman farmers that __________.
a. slavery actually reduced their standard of living
b. slavery increased their standard of living
c. they could someday be slaveowners themselves
d. they should fight to maintain the institution of slavery
e. they should free their slaves
Colonial legislators saw their primary function as __________.
a. improving the lives of their constituents
b. preventing encroachments on the people’s rights
c. implementing the governor’s policies
d. mediating between the royal governor and the people
e. supporting the governor to attain patronage appointments
The turning point of the Vietnam War which convinced U.S. leaders that the war would
end in a stalemate was the __________.
a. Tet offensive
b. Gulf of Tonkin affair
c. Battle of Pleiku
d. Battle of Haiphong
e. massacre at My Lai
The intention of the Navigation Acts was to __________.
a. allow England to monopolize American trade
b. promote English industrial development
c. keep the American colonies weak and dependent
d. stimulate colonial economic diversification
e. finance the British navy
Why was the Roanoke settlement doomed from its inception?
a. The chosen settlers were ill-prepared for the conditions.
b. The Spanish Armada patrolled the Atlantic seaboard.
c. Queen Elizabeth was against the venture.
d. There were too many religious conflicts.
e. England was distracted because of its preparations for war.
During the Adams administration, __________.
a. Great Britain continued to pose problems for the nation
b. domestic problems occupied the president’s full attention
c. France reacted negatively to the terms of Jay’s Treaty
d. few Americans seemed concerned with foreign affairs
e. France became a closer ally thanks to the terms of Jay’s Treaty
Why was “America” named after Amerigo Vespucci?
a. Vespucci published a falsified travel account that convinced mapmakers that he had
proved
America was separate from Asia.
b. Vespucci had been on Columbus’s last voyage, but unlike Columbus realized that
they had found a new continent.
c. Vespucci’s travels to the Americas brought great wealth to Spain, and he was
rewarded with a continent named for him.
d. Vespucci was the first person to make contact with what is now the Bahamas, and the
continent he reached was named after him.
e. Vespucci convinced the king and queen of Spain that Columbus had falsified reports
of his travels, and proved that it was he who had been the first to reach the Americas.
What did the seventeenth-century revolts of American colonial gentry represent?
a. an early rehearsal for the American Revolution
b. confrontations between ordinary people and their rulers
c. competition among local factions for control of their colonies
d. ideological struggles over colonial rights
e. a struggle between the planters and yeoman farmers