What was the primary source of income for most yeoman farmers?
A) sugar
B) rice
C) whiskey
D) livestock
E) lumber
Why were Americans fascinated by politics during the Gilded Age?
A) Women and men were voting for the first time.
B) African Americans were able to use their newly won suffrage.
C) The quality of political candidates was excellent.
D) Most Americans saw it as a form of entertainment.
E) Cash incentives made people eager to vote.
Whose activities were essential to the establishment of a colonial alliance with the
French?
A) Thomas Paine
B) John Adams
C) John Dickinson
D) Thomas Jefferson
E) Benjamin Franklin
Which 1968 presidential candidate cut deeply into Hubert Humphrey’s base by running
on the American Independent Party ticket?
A) Eugene McCarthy
B) William Westmoreland
C) Timothy Leary
D) George C. Wallace
E) Huey Newton
What was the most significant long-range effect of the New Deal on American society?
A) After the New Deal, Americans tended to resist large-scale governmental programs
that sought directly to control aspects of economic and social life.
B) The economic initiatives and programs instituted by FDR’s administration during the
New Deal have continued to strengthen the U.S. economy to this day.
C) Since the New Deal, a tight coalition between southern Democrats and conservative
Republicans has continued to oppose presidential policies.
D) The immigration policies established during the New Deal continue to set quotas,
insulating American-born workers from foreign-born competition.
E) Certain key programs, such as Social Security, have become an integral part of
American life, providing essential benefits to millions of Americans today.
The Crittenden Compromise would have ________.
A) extended the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific
B) abolished the Fugitive Slave Law
C) denied federal compensation to the owners of escaped slaves
D) guaranteed slavery in all new territories
E) changed the Constitution to allow slavery to be abolished in all the states
How did industrialism change as it moved into the twentieth century?
A) Technology replaced workers, making both skilled craftsmanship and unskilled
laborers obsolete.
B) Mass production meant wealth and prosperity for most Americans, which affected
the global economy.
C) Factories became cleaner, safer, and more effective, which increased production.
D) The invention of plastic revolutionized the production industry, making household
and industrial products affordable.
E) Businesses grew larger and more automated, which affected both workers and
production.
When the Democrats endorsed silver in 1896, the Populists ________.
A) disbanded and merged with the Democrats
B) seconded the nomination of Bryan
C) disbanded and merged with the Republicans
D) seconded the nomination of McKinley
E) nominated Watson for president
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 eighteen-year-olds
Followers of the Great Awakening, who emphasized a powerful, emotional religion,
were known as ________.
A) “Old Lights”
B) “New Lights”
C) Presbyterians
D) deists
E) evangelicals
Kennedy’s failed 1961 covert operation to overthrow Cuba’s Fidel Castro was
________.
A) the Monroe Affair
B) the Cuban Missile Crisis
C) the Bay of Pigs invasion
D) Operation Castro
E) the Havana Project
Why was there an uproar surrounding the formation of the Society of the Cincinnati?
A) The public feared that it amounted to an American aristocracy.
B) Many women were angry because membership was exclusively male.
C) Religious leaders felt the society was pagan in its rituals.
D) Parents feared allowing young men and women to meet without chaperones.
E) Southerners questioned the society’s strong anti-slavery stance.
What was Kennedy’s top priority when he assumed the office of the presidency?
A) civil rights
B) foreign policy
C) health care
D) poverty
E) the economy
What was Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery in his debates with Stephen Douglas?
A) He suggested a new balance between slave and free territories.
B) He took a position similar to Douglas on the issue of slavery.
C) He suggested that not opposing slavery was the same as endorsing it.
D) He differed with the Republican platform by supporting slavery in new territories.
E) He avoided discussing the issue of slavery altogether.
What did workers find when faced with changes in the new industrial system of mass
production?
A) a safer working environment
B) no chance to see the final product
C) repetitive and boring work
D) new workers without their skills
E) few factory and unskilled jobs available
What did the Whigs mean by “executive usurpation”?
A) Jackson had usurped the executive presidential power by abusing the Constitution in
the Nullification Crisis and Bank War.
B) Democrats had usurped the executive power by creating a corrupt bargain between
President Adams and Henry Clay.
C) Jackson was a weak president, giving in to states that usurped federal prerogatives.
D) The Whigs wanted to usurp Jackson’s executive powers by winning back the
presidency.
E) They saw Adams as a tyrannical executive who had usurped the democratic powers
of the presidency.
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 did Spain agree to the terms of Pinckney’s Treaty?
A) It mistook Jay’s Treaty for an Anglo-American alliance.
B) It needed the additional sources of revenue.
C) It needed protection on its southwest borders.
D) The United States threatened direct military action.
E) It thought America and France had agreed to take Spain’s North American land.
The Confederate Constitution ________.
A) allowed the Atlantic slave trade to be reopened
B) abolished the three-fifths clause in determining congressional representation
C) prohibited free states from joining the new Confederacy
D) allowed the government to impose protective tariffs
E) required the government to protect slavery in the states and the territories
Where did the creole language, Gullah, endure longest?
A) Maryland
B) North Carolina
C) Louisiana
D) Virginia
E) the Sea Islands
In the early days of the Virginia Colony, which is the best description of its settlers?
A) They were about evenly divided between men and women.
B) They were well-prepared to establish a colonial outpost.
C) They preferred to search for riches rather than farm.
D) They had few troubles except for unfriendly Indians.
E) They organized a successful community government.
The Loyalists were concentrated in _________.
A) remote mountainous areas
B) the Chesapeake colonies
C) the northernmost colonies
D) urban areas
E) the southernmost colonies
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
The American victory that led to the French alliance occurred at ________.
A) Saratoga
B) Yorktown
C) Breed’s Hill
D) Philadelphia
E) Trenton
The most serious slave rebellion of the colonial period was ________.
A) the Stono Uprising
B) the Denmark Vesey Conspiracy
C) Nat Turner’s Rebellion
D) the Jamestown Massacre
E) Bacon’s Rebellion
In what way was the construction of the Panama Canal as Roosevelt said, “the most
important action in foreign affairs”?
A) It gave the United States control over international trade.
B) It made the United States the world’s most powerful country.
C) It kept the United States out of involvement in World War I.
D) It solidified American influence in Latin America.
E) It gave the United States power over developments in Europe.
What is the best way to characterize the Plains tribes?
A) as sedentary and pacific
B) as fishermen and farmers
C) as nomadic and warlike
D) as practitioners of human sacrifice
E) as builders of great cities
In 1860, most Americans worked in what sector?
A) ranching
B) gold mining
C) farming
D) the textile industry
E) the transportation industry
Which of the following best describes the early American Federation of Labor?
A) an alliance of industrial unions that tried to change the economic system
B) an alliance of industrial unions that tried to improve wages and working conditions
C) an alliance of craft unions that tried to change the economic system
D) an alliance of craft unions that tried to improve wages and working conditions
E) an alliance of craft unions that gave its workers a political voice
When American troops entered Germany, they were shocked to discover _______.
A) the lack of damage to German infrastructure
B) the presence of American expatriate communities
C) the destruction committed by Russian troops
D) the establishment of a third front
E) the conditions inside concentration camps
For Jefferson, possession of which city would make another power the immediate
enemy of the U.S.?
A) New York
B) Boston
C) Chicago
D) Charleston
E) New Orleans
The 1950s in America were characterized by _______.
A) a lower standard of living
B) migration from the suburbs to urban areas
C) unprecedented restraint on consumerism
D) a new affluence and a thriving economy
E) economic recession and inflation
The American Federation of Labor, in the first decade of the twentieth century,
________.
A) became increasingly radical.
B) remained devoted to the interests of skilled craftsmen
C) included more and more unskilled workers and women
D) lost its place as the largest American union
E) maintained a hostile stance towards corporations
Why did the nation’s progressive reformers oppose the United States’ involvement in
World War I?
A) They were naturally pessimistic and knew that the United States would lose.
B) They understood how financially costly the war would be for the nation.
C) They did not believe the reports sent over from Europe.
D) They opposed the Allied position because it was one of aggression.
E) They felt the war was pursued for financial and commercial reasons.