President Kennedy’s main strategy in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis was
__________.
A) sending more troops to face Communist forces on the 17th parallel
B) imposing a naval blockade around Cuba until the crisis was resolved
C) ordering the construction of new Jupiter missiles in Turkey
D) conducting secret diplomacy without telling the public about the threat
How did the Freedmen’s Bureau belie what lay ahead for southern blacks?
A) It made it appear that the government would provide social services to blacks.
B) It gave the impression that freed blacks would experience rapid success.
C) It gave the appearance of eventually allowing blacks to vote and participate in
government.
D) It made blacks believe that northerners were genuinely anti-slavery.
Effects of the Korean War included which of the following?
A) The Soviet Union became once again convinced of the United States’ military
invulnerability.
B) The war foreshadowed the United States’ later involvement in Vietnam.
C) The goals of NSC-68 had been confirmed as only a small portion of U.S. foreign
policy.
D) The United States began to fund Britain’s efforts to retain control of colonies in Asia.
In the Iran-Contra affair, Oliver North __________.
A) testified that President Reagan was solely to blame
B) was innocent of any unconstitutional actions
C) was completely honest in his testimony
D) funneled illegal arms sales funds to Nicaraguan rebels
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization __________.
A) continued the United States’ tradition of no entangling alliances
B) solidified ties between the United States and its western European allies
C) strengthened political ties but did not address military matters
D) consisted only of the United States, England, and Germany
One effect of the border dispute between Britain and Venezuela over British Guiana was
__________.
A) America’s decision to abandon the ideas of the Monroe Doctrine
B) a brief straining of relations between the U.S. and Britain
C) the emergence of consistent U.S. support for Britain in Latin America
D) the onset of an economic depression in the Western Hemisphere
The corporate cattle boom collapsed because __________.
A) the industry never succeeded in attracting foreign capital
B) law enforcers could never stop the persistent stealing of cattle
C) corporations overstocked ranges, which caused ecological disaster
D) cowboys refused to work on corporate-owned ranges
Which of the following was an effect of German submarine warfare?
A) Americans became convinced the Allies had no chance of winning the war.
B) Many Americans felt England should surrender.
C) President Wilson threatened to break diplomatic relations with Germany.
D) The Republican Party intensified its call for neutrality.
The Roe v.Wade decision was based on the right to __________.
A) privacy
B) assemble peaceably
C) freedom of expression
D) freedom of religion
The population of western mining towns was overwhelmingly __________.
A) male
B) rich
C) Chinese
D) English
Why was Reagan a popular candidate for small businesses?
A) He was an environmentalist interested in green jobs.
B) He wanted to increase military spending, which included small business products.
C) He was against Nixon-era regulation.
D) He promised a tax break to all small business owners.
Long-range effects of NSC-68 included which of the following?
A) Its emphasis on diplomacy contributed to American involvement in Vietnam.
B) It decreased large-scale military spending by both the United States and the Soviet
Union.
C) It served as the foundation for a great deal of America’s foreign policy through the
1980s.
D) It provided American leaders with a better understanding of local nationalist
movements.
A dramatic point of the Scopes Trial occurred when __________.
A) the judge ruled that scientists could testify
B) John Scopes was acquitted
C) Clarence Darrow called William Jennings Bryan to the stand
D) H. L. Mencken spoke in favor of the prosecution
The majority of Wilson’s Fourteen Points focused on __________.
A) stopping the spread of communism
B) promoting American imperialism
C) creating a League of Nations
D) creating new nations
When T. McCants Stewart, a black northerner, traveled to the South in 1885, he was
__________.
A) assailed by a mob of whites in South Carolina
B) appalled by a lynching he helplessly observed
C) surprised by the equal treatment that blacks received
D) angered by the racial slurs he constantly heard
Most women who served in the military during World War I were __________.
A) secretaries
B) clerks
C) cooks
D) nurses
Support for the free silver movement was strongest among __________.
A) industrialists of the Northeast
B) Southern Republicans
C) rural debtor groups
D) Eastern conservative Democrats
“Operation OVERLORD” was the code name for the __________.
A) reelection strategy of FDR
B) project to build the atomic bomb
C) entire campaign across northern France
D) Soviet counterattack at Stalingrad
Of the people listed below, who supported the Treaty of Paris?
A) William Jennings Bryan
B) Andrew Carnegie
C) Jane Addams
D) Theodore Roosevelt
What did the Berlin Wall symbolize?
A) rebuilding after World War II
B) cultural homogeny
C) racial segregation
D) the stand-off of the Cold War in Europe
The era of the New South __________.
A) was very much like the South in the years before the Civil War
B) emerged as a time of growing economic opportunities for blacks and poor whites
C) saw a marked drop in the development of urban centers in the South
D) was characterized by the persistence of rural poverty and racial divisiveness
Which of the following was an effect of FDR’s “court packing” proposals?
A) more electoral support than ever for FDR in 1940
B) the desegregation of public facilities in the Tennessee Valley
C) the revival of conservative opposition to FDR
D) the strengthening of FDR’s electoral majority in Congress
In the 1920s, the industrial cities of the __________ and __________ grew the most.
A) South; lower Midwest
B) Northeast; upper Midwest
C) Northeast; Southeast
D) South; West
Between 1950 and 1964, the American economy __________.
A) grew at a consistent pace
B) experienced sluggish growth and decline
C) experienced a depression
D) solved the problems of poverty
The most ominous trend of the 1920s was __________.
A) the loss of economic power experienced by large industries
B) the decline of the standard of living in American suburbs
C) the United States’ inability to adopt new forms of mechanization
D) the uneven distribution of wealth that existed beneath apparent prosperity
Sharecropping __________.
A) did not attract many former slaves
B) led many blacks into increasing debt
C) was outlawed by Congress in 1874
D) did not have the support of state governments in the South
In recent decades, the largest number of new Americans has come from __________.
A) Canada
B) Mexico
C) Vietnam
D) the Philippines
What was the earliest event of fascist aggression leading up to World War II?
A) the creation of death camps in eastern Europe by the German military
B) the brutal invasion of China by the Japanese
C) the Italian invasion and overthrow of the government of Ethiopia
D) the German air force raids on Great Britain
Why did the Northwest foster rich and complex Indian societies?
A) religious beliefs that encouraged subjugation
B) cooperative relationships with white settlers
C) abundant resources
D) cool weather that led to less farming and more cultural development
One of the reasons that whites destroyed the buffalo herds was __________.
A) buffalo were disruptive to cattle ranchers
B) they could sell buffalo hide at very high prices
C) buffalo were seen as obstructions to railway traffic
D) the government believed the Indians would survive better with fewer buffalo
How many votes were cast in opposition to the Sherman Antitrust Act?
A) ten
B) five
C) three
D) one
In Brown v.Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that __________.
A) President Kennedy had to protect James Meredith’s entry to the University of
Mississippi
B) segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
C) segregation was constitutional as long as facilities were equal
D) segregation of public schools should be determined by state governments
One effect of workers being required to work long hours was __________.
A) an increase in hourly wages
B) larger numbers of workers becoming artisans
C) a decrease in deaths and injuries on the job
D) a disruption of workers’ family lives
For the last two decades of the nineteenth century and much of the twentieth century,
the Republican Party had the least success in the __________.
A) Midwest
B) West
C) South
D) Northeast