Which of the following statements about the Haight-Ashbury district is true?
A) It became a center of the conservative counterculture.
B) 1967’s “Summer of Love” brought thousands of people to the district.
C) The community’s radicals preached an anti-drug message.
D) It helped spur the growth of hippie districts in abandoned buildings.
Francesco Barone’s success in America led to __________.
A) a restriction on immigration from Sicily
B) the creation of the Bank of Italy
C) nativist mobs attacking his home and business
D) the chain migration of many Sicilians to his new town
The immediate response to President Johnson’s Reconstruction plan included
__________.
A) opposition by the majority of northern Democrats
B) resistance by white southerners to various provisions
C) the loss of Johnson’s reputation as a moderate
D) the call for elections in which southern blacks voted
American workers were drawn to the American Federation of Labor’s __________.
A) refusal to create conflict through strikes
B) promotion of socialist ideals
C) open recruitment policies
D) emphasis on collective bargaining
Which statement about urban renewal from 1954 to 1964 is true?
A) Rundown housing was often destroyed and replaced by upper-class businesses.
B) Housing problems for the poor were solved in the North.
C) Small farmers also benefited from federal urban renewal funds.
D) Conservatives used urban renewal to attack the awful level of poverty.
Which of the following statements is true about the typical mining town?
A) Populations were more female than male.
B) Churches were very prevalent among local businesses.
C) Personal violence was less common than collective acts of violence.
D) As towns developed, local agriculture and transportation decreased.
Mahanism emphasized __________.
A) the importance of the navy in imperial expansion
B) opposition to the new imperialism of the United States
C) the spread of Christianity to remote nations
D) the equality of people who lived in imperial territories
The most accurate description of the spoils system is __________.
A) using the powers of state government to bypass federal laws
B) the promotion of third party candidates as voices of reform
C) creating voting blocs based on ethnic and religious ties
D) awarding government jobs based on party activism and loyalty
The young, charismatic leader of the successful Montgomery bus strike was
__________.
A) Stokely Carmichael
B) Malcolm X
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
D) Bob Moses
The new middle class __________.
A) had tastes for tradition that caused them to reject time-saving devices
B) were not targeted by advertisers, who preferred upper-class consumers
C) represented a move toward an economy based on corporate buying
D) often pioneered national social trends
Truman benefitted from voters who came of age in World War II, because those voters
wanted to __________.
A) avoid another war at all costs
B) greatly expand the size and scope of the military
C) provide Europe with substantial financial assistance
D) maintain post-war prosperity
The case of University of California v.Bakke is a landmark court case about
__________.
A) bilingual education
B) voting rights
C) affirmative action
D) gun control
Jane Addams supported the __________ Party in the 1912 election.
A) Republican
B) Democratic
C) Progressive
D) Socialist
Horatio Alger stories __________.
A) reinforced Gospel of Wealth ideas
B) first appeared in the early nineteenth century
C) were critical of capitalism
D) were aimed at an African American audience
Many progressive reformers supported prohibition legislation because __________.
A) prohibition laws had succeeded at reducing alcoholism in western Europe
B) they believed alcohol was a cause of poverty and many other social problems
C) they wished to break monopolies controlled by liquor manufacturers
D) it was a major aspect of the Socialist Party’s platform
Which of the following areas was most insulated from the fighting in World War II?
A) North Africa
B) North America
C) East Asia
D) southern Europe
Before 1950, the United States __________.
A) actively tried to instigate further internal violence in Korea
B) refused to recognize the South Korean government of Syngman Rhee
C) did not perceive Korea as a vital element of U.S. policy in Asia
D) met with China to discuss peaceful coexistence in Korea
Economic conditions that fueled support for foreign trade included __________.
A) a decrease in the number of wage earners
B) the seemingly unlimited prosperity of the years from 1888″1895
C) a huge increase in the amount of manufactured goods produced in America
D) the nation’s decision to use a silver-backed currency
The “plumbers” were __________.
A) a violent wing of the Students for a Democratic Society
B) members of the Nixon administration in charge of preventing leaks
C) a political-action group that lobbied for environmental reform
D) a group of working-class hippies
Some of Reagan’s most articulate support for president came from __________, who
feared that the United States was losing influence in the world.
A) anti-communists from both parties
B) conservative Democrats
C) liberal Republicans
D) the Moral Majority
Which statement best describes presidential elections in the period between 1876 and
1900?
A) Men participated actively and regularly in elections and campaigns.
B) Many men began to call for women’s suffrage so that political activism would
increase.
C) New immigrants rarely voted because they felt alienated from the process.
D) Elections received little interest in small towns of the Midwest.
Franklin Roosevelt’s first action as president was to __________.
A) provide pensions for the elderly
B) strengthen the faltering bank industry
C) balance the national government’s budget
D) cut income taxes for the wealthy
What finally stalled Nazi aggression between 1940 and early 1941?
A) President Roosevelt secretly sent American pilots to Europe.
B) England steadfastly resisted the Nazis in the Battle of Britain.
C) A British blockade of Germany cut off fascist supply lines.
D) Economic boycotts by the United States damaged the German war effort.
Which of the following accurately describes a “Reservationist”?
A) a progressive Republican opposed to the League of Nations because it would
strengthen imperial power
B) a moderate Democrat in favor of the League of Nations, but only if the United States
controlled the League
C) a conservative Republican who favored participation by the United States in the
League of Nations.
D) a moderate Republican who opposed portions of the League of Nations proposal that
eroded congressional power
In the 1920 presidential election, Warren Harding called for __________.
A) America’s immediate entry into the League of Nations
B) a strong policy of government activism
C) a return to active Progressivism
D) a return to “normalcy”
The Open Door policy __________.
A) lasted only a few years
B) allowed America to create an informal economic empire
C) was applied as much to Japan as to China
D) did not prevent the British takeover of China
Tapes of White House meetings revealed that President Nixon __________.
A) was actually opposed to the Vietnam War
B) did not want to run for reelection
C) had lied about his innocence in the Watergate cover-up
D) had no knowledge of the “enemies list”
El Paso, Texas, became a major town when it __________.
A) emerged as a mining town that was inexpensive and cheap
B) served as a military outpost in conflicts with the Navajos
C) was discovered that huge gold reserves were located near its border
D) built upon its existence as a center of shipping for cattle
On April 19, 1993, federal agents raided the fortified compound of __________ in
Waco, Texas.
A) the Moonies
B) the Branch Davidians
C) Opus Dei
D) the Moral Majority
Which of the following was true about the textile industry in the New South?
A) Good access to capital increased the quality of textiles.
B) The workforce in textile factories was largely poor and uneducated.
C) Most textile factories were located in the urban areas of the Upper South.
D) The consumer base for purchasing textiles in the South was strong.
One of Herbert Hoover’s few relief measures was creation of the __________.
A) Works Progress Administration
B) Farm Credit Act
C) Reconstruction Finance Corporation
D) Emergency Banking Act
In the incident at the Bay of Pigs, the United States __________.
A) failed to overthrow Fidel Castro with a CIA-backed invasion
B) toppled the regime of Ngo Dinh Diem
C) threatened to use atomic weapons against Communists in southeast Asia
D) showed that its policy regarding communism was now more tolerant
The Dies Committee was originally designed to __________.
A) recommend social welfare reforms
B) identify and ferret out pro-fascists
C) investigate communist conspiracies
D) investigate Joseph McCarthy’s background
American investment, through dollar diplomacy, increased dramatically __________.
A) as a direct result of the Supreme Court’s Insular Cases
B) during the presidency of William Howard Taft
C) during the period right after the Civil War
D) due to the isolationist policies of Woodrow Wilson