“Jersey negroes appear to be particularly adapted to this marketWe have the right to
calculate on large importations in the future, from the success which hitherto attended
the sale.” This quote from a Southern newspaper describes which of the following?
A) the international indentured servant trade
B) the international slave trade
C) the interstate indentured servant trade
D) the interstate slave trade
By 2014, Iraq __________.
A) was beginning to see strong signs of economic recovery
B) came to be regarded as a leader in the region once more
C) had fallen back into the hands of al-Qaeda
D) was partly controlled by a radical Islamist group
During Reconstruction, most Northerners __________.
A) believed in giving black men the vote
B) opposed true equality for blacks
C) completely supported the Radicals
D) supported black political equality, but not social equality
The Republic of Liberia in western Africa __________.
A) was a prime example of black political independence in the nineteenth century
B) was founded by the American Colonization Society and was the eventual home to
12,000 black Americans
C) became an independent nation in the wake of a major slave revolt
D) was founded by free blacks from the United States
What was the federally funded top-secret atomic bomb program established by
Roosevelt in 1939 known as?
A) the Einstein Program
B) the Luftwaffe
C) the Manhattan Project
D) the A-Bomb Experiment
On D-Day, June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded __________.
A) Denmark
B) Italy
C) North Africa
D) France
President Polk’s plans to defeat Mexico included which of the following?
A) driving Santa Anna from power
B) invading Texas
C) establishing a naval blockade of Mexican ports
D) taking possession of California and New Mexico
Why were the battles of Trenton and Princeton in December 1776 important?
A) The British were forced to open peace negotiations.
B) The American army’s morale was boosted after a series of defeats.
C) American victories caused the British to shift the center of military operations to the
southern states.
D) France decided to become an open ally of the United States.
What happened to social reform when many states wrote constitutions during the
Revolution?
A) It was neglected because of wartime necessities.
B) Many states seized the occasion to introduce important political and social reforms.
C) It focused on limiting the ability of the powerful to exploit the powerless.
D) It became identified with Loyalism.
What was the likely result of the closely watched series of television debates between
candidates John Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960?
A) They helped Kennedy win the presidency.
B) They had little or no bearing on the presidential election.
C) They helped Nixon close the gap between himself and Kennedy.
D) They exposed Nixon’s inabilities to grasp key domestic and foreign issues.
The Tenure of Office Act __________.
A) set term limits on the Senate committee chairmen
B) consisted of rules aimed to prevent the corruption and bribery of government
officials
C) required the president to obtain the Senate’s consent before removing appointed
officials confirmed by the Senate
D) was supposed to secure equal access to political office for African Americans in the
South
Due in large part to the __________, the U.S. Congress, after great debate, voted down
the Treaty of Versailles.
A) War Aims and Peace Proposals
B) Irreconcilables Pledge
C) Fourteen Points
D) Lodge Reservations
Which crop drove the Neolithic revolution in Eurasia and Africa?
A) corn
B) rice
C) potatoes
D) wheat
The colony whose charter was a grandiose plan, written with the help of political
philosopher John Locke and designed to recreate a hereditary nobility and feudal
society, was __________.
A) New York
B) Maryland
C) New Jersey
D) Carolina
Who wrote “Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called
by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicanswe are all
Federalists”?
A) John Adams
B) Alexander Hamilton
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) George Washington
The national motto “e pluribus unum” __________.
A) describes the process of the revolution very well
B) summarizes the colonial experience for many Americans
C) describes a process that only began after Yorktown
D) describes the way in which patriots made their peace with loyalists in their midst
During Reconstruction, the South’s share of the national output of manufactured goods
__________.
A) increased dramatically
B) declined sharply
C) remained steady
D) came to equal that of the North due to cotton and tobacco production
How did southern whites respond to the changing living standards of southern blacks
between 1865 and 1900?
A) The increasing poverty of blacks filled whites with glee.
B) The stagnation in peonage of blacks went completely unnoticed by whites.
C) The considerably improved living standards of blacks made whites angry and
vindictive.
D) The rise to near economic equality of blacks made whites jealous and depressed.
It was the intention of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention that __________.
A) the president would be elected directly by the citizenry
B) the House of Representatives would elect the president from the leading candidates
chosen by the Electoral College
C) members of the Electoral College would directly elect the president from a group of
candidates determined by the Senate
D) the Senate would make nominations and that the House would choose and appoint
the president
The separation of the “conformist” 1950s from the “activist” 1960s __________.
A) remains remarkably accurate
B) is overdrawn and ignores early seeds of dissent
C) is the wrong way around if we consider anticommunist activism
D) is based on the formation of the beat school in the early 1960s
What form of education illustrated the popular desire for new information in the late
nineteenth century?
A) Chautauqua movement
B) kindergarten
C) settlement house reading session
D) lyceum
Which of the following best summarizes the judgment of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on
the dismissal of MacArthur?
A) They agreed with MacArthur but knew they had to obey the chain of command.
B) They joined in the public criticism of Truman, at which point the president began to
simply ignore the issue.
C) They agreed with Truman that war against China was a bad idea overall.
D) They were deeply divided on the issues and lost much of their public prestige as a
result.
Containment policy was based on which assumption?
A) The Soviet Union would constantly seek to expand.
B) England’s colonial empire was collapsing.
C) Labor unions were becoming too powerful.
D) The Soviet Union was simply the old czarist Russia in new clothing.
On what had the South intended to finance the war?
A) money from cotton exports
B) money in reserves
C) tariffs
D) the printing of paper currency
Which of the following accurately describes the economic function of the Illinois
Central railroad?
A) The line connected the Great Lakes region with the South.
B) The railroad served the backbone of central Canada’s lumber exports to Chicago.
C) The railroad channeled the agricultural output of the prairies into Chicago.
D) The railroad provided regular passenger service from Chicago to New York.
What was the main reason for the collapse of Soviet-style communism in Eastern
Europe in 1989 and 1990?
A) Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s refusal to use force to keep old-line communist
governments in power in Eastern Europe
B) the aggressive stance taken toward Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev by presidents
Reagan and Bush
C) pressure from a United Nations’ boycott of Soviet trade in order to pressure Soviet
withdrawal from Eastern Europe
D) the rebellions in Eastern Europe against Gorbachev’s heavy-handed attempts to
crush any attempts to reform pro-Soviet governments
The 1985 revelation by what actor that he was dying of AIDS first brought widespread
public attention to this epidemic?
A) Rock Hudson
B) Paul Newman
C) Richard Chamberlain
D) Montgomery Cliff
In his clash with Congress over Reconstruction policy, President Johnson’s worst enemy
was __________.
A) Thaddeus Stevens
B) Charles Sumner
C) Benjamin Wade
D) Andrew Johnson himself
Although Macon’s Bill No. 2 temporarily removed all restrictions on trade,
__________.
A) non-intercourse would be reapplied to whoever violated American neutrality rights
B) Americans did not take advantage of the chance to trade with Great Britain
C) Americans preferred to trade with other neutral nations
D) the Embargo Act would be reapplied in December 1810 if war in Europe continued
Richard Nixon’s resignation __________.
A) marked both the beginning and the end of an era
B) proved that his easygoing personality did not fit the demands of the office
C) revealed his deep remorse and sorrow for his transgressions against the country
D) showed that unquestioning self-confidence and pride was his downfall