The character of the first English settlements in the New World ________.
A) remained remarkably similar throughout the seventeenth century
B) differed from colony to colony because of government rules
C) differed substantially from colony to colony from the very beginning of colonization
D) was determined primarily by the religious preference of each colony
E) was not significantly influenced by geography
How did a convoy system impact the course of the war?
A) It used Allied destroyers to escort merchant vessels across the ocean and cut
shipping losses in half.
B) It was a system of maneuvers to transport supplies to the troops and keep the
soldiers from going hungry.
C) It was a flight technique that made it possible for Allied planes to avoid detection
and avoid drawing enemy fire.
D) It was a fighting technique that made it possible for troops to utilize poison gas,
machine guns, and other weapons from one location to another.
E) It was a new system of troop transportation that integrated blacks and white units
and allowed them to work together.
According to historian Stephan Thernstrom, what was the extent of American social
mobility in the early industrial era?
A) almost none
B) some, but not much
C) substantial, but limited
D) a great deal
E) almost 100%
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 Southern Colonies
E) increasing the British army in the colonies by 25,000 men
The Soviet Union first learned of the American atomic bomb _______.
A) from President Roosevelt during the Yalta Conference
B) from President Truman at the Potsdam Conference
C) when Truman invited Stalin to see a film of a test
D) through the use of espionage
E) when the first one was dropped on Hiroshima
Who was the Delaware Prophet?
A) Cotton Mather
B) Pontiac
C) Charles Townshend
D) George Grenville
E) Neolin
The Redeemers _______.
A) continued the policies established during Reconstruction
B) offered new programs for working people and tenant farmers
C) were loyal to the class structure of the antebellum South
D) believed in the principles of laissez-faire and white supremacy
E) were mostly members of the old planter aristocracy
What was one of the results from changes in the middle-class family in the
nineteenth-century?
A) Children left home sooner.
B) Children became more available for labor.
C) Children received more physical punishment than in earlier generations.
D) Children increasingly became viewed as individuals.
E) Children were often offered up for adoption.
What was one effect of McCarthyism?
A) a political and cultural conformity that discouraged dissent
B) outspoken support for freedom of speech
C) an intellectual revolution that encouraged new ideas
D) a drop in literacy rates among American youth
E) a wider appreciation of diversity in the United States
What effect did the September 11, 2001, attacks have on the U.S. economy?
A) little effect
B) devastated the airline industry
C) destroyed the oil industry
D) created an economic boom
E) improved the international tourism industry
Which of these tainted President Grant’s first term in office?
A) the Teapot Dome scandal
B) congressional override of his veto
C) failure of the Wade-Davis Bill
D) the Crdit Mobilier scandal
E) kickbacks given to Grant for lands taken from former members of the Confederacy
Harding and his successors _____.
A) sought to continue the policies of Wilson
B) wanted a return to traditional Republican policies
C) advanced in new directions
D) sought to maintain the status quo
E) wanted to redefine “Republicanism”
The most important advances in industrialization in the U.S. ________.
A) occurred during the last third of the nineteenth century
B) were developed during the Civil War
C) had developed in western Europe by 1900
D) had little effect on the American economy
E) began in the first years of the twentieth century
By 1960, what percentage of African-American children in the Deep South attended
schools with white students?
A) less than 1%
B) 10%
C) 25%
D) 45%
E) more than 50%
Why did William Seward encourage the United States to buy Alaska?
A) He had surveyed Alaska’s rich resources.
B) He believed any new land was worth attaining.
C) It gave the United States access to Russia and Asia.
D) It gave the United States access to the Pacific Ocean.
E) He hoped the United States would annex Canada.
What did some people in the business community find attractive about progressivism?
A) Nothing. The business community opposed all forms of progressivism.
B) Progressives and business owners wanted to clean up city governments and political
contests.
C) Progressives believed in progress and efficiency, two industrial business values.
D) Progressives wanted to control corporate abuses, reform child labor laws, and ensure
factory safety; these were industrial business values, too.
E) Progressives fought for women’s and African Americans’ rights, two things that
would benefit industrial leaders.
Why was Americans’ obsession with equality hypocritical?
A) They believed in and reinforced class distinctions.
B) They were the only country in the world to enforce equality.
C) They denied liberty to African Americans in the institution of slavery.
D) The government controlled and influenced most of the newspapers.
E) The court system was so corrupt that people didn’t really have fair trials.
The term “baby boom” refers to a significant increase in _______.
A) the infant survival rate in America
B) the American birth rate
C) the amount of money spent on babies
D) the popularity of adopting children
E) the rise in teenage pregnancies
In his health care program, President Lyndon Johnson secured ________.
A) free health care for all Americans
B) the Medicare program for the elderly
C) more rights for private insurance companies
D) a restriction on health benefits for welfare recipients
E) a free prescription drug program
From its beginnings, Spain regarded her New World domain as primarily a(n)
________.
A) provider of gold and silver
B) place to send exiled Moors and Jews
C) opportunity to further promote the Catholic faith
D) source of cheap Native American labor to be used on Spanish estates
E) place to establish penal colonies
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg _______.
A) helped the CIA break a Soviet spy ring in the United States
B) were executed for passing American atomic secrets to the Soviet Union
C) were responsible for exposing Alger Hiss as a communist
D) admitted to being responsible for heinous war crimes during the Korean War
E) were American spies who shared valuable information about the Soviet Union
The Enrollment Act of March 1863 ________.
A) drafted white men but allowed them to hire a substitute or pay a fee to avoid service
B) drafted black males into the armed forces but denied them pay for their service
C) allowed black men to join the American armed forces for the first time
D) required that all military service be voluntary rather than mandatory
E) prohibited wealthy men from hiring substitutes or paying a fee to avoid service
By 1890, many of the Teton Sioux turned to the ritual of ________, hoping that it
would bring back Native American lands.
A) the Ghost Dance
B) the Sun Dance
C) human sacrifice
D) Catholicism
E) the Great White Father
The government increased federal funding for science education in 1957 in response to
_______.
A) the cultural shift from religion to science
B) the public interest in electronic gadgets
C) the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik
D) the criticism of “progressive” education
E) the economic competition from Japan
Who led the Montgomery bus boycott?
A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) Ella Baker
C) Rosa Parks
D) Thurgood Marshall
E) Bayard Rustin
What caused the Mexican-American War to last much longer than expected?
A) The Americans lacked the resources to attack in earnest.
B) The Americans lost a string of important battles.
C) Severe weather slowed the American advance.
D) The Mexicans were better prepared to battle in the Mexican terrain.
E) The Mexicans stubbornly refused to make peace despite military defeats.
When President Johnson convinced Congress to pass Kennedy’s proposed tax cut in
1964, the result was ________.
A) huge budget deficits
B) a sustained economic boom
C) protests from welfare recipients
D) a major recession
E) cutbacks in certain social services
The last resistance of Indians to white settlement in the Old Northwest came in
1831″1832 under Chief ________.
A) Tecumseh
B) Sitting Bull
C) Osceola
D) Black Hawk
E) Rain-in-Face