During the depression, Hispanic Americans __________.
A) were able to move up to middle-class status
B) experienced little discrimination in finding work
C) lost many jobs due to prejudice against them
D) largely returned to Mexico
Despite holding a lead in the popular vote, Al Gore needed __________ to secure the
electoral votes and the White House.
A) Arizona
B) New York
C) Georgia
D) Florida
A major factor in John Kennedy’s victory in the election of 1960 was __________.
A) Richard Nixon’s lack of political experience
B) the decision by both candidates to avoid televised debates
C) Kennedy’s charismatic charm and wit
D) Dwight Eisenhower’s aggressive support for Kennedy
Section 7a of the National Industrial Recovery Act __________.
A) was supported by members of the Liberty League
B) established modernization projects in the Tennessee Valley
C) guaranteed workers the right to collective bargaining
D) was FDR’s first attempt at stabilizing the private banking system
The __________ Amendment extended the right to vote to women.
A) Twenty-First
B) Twentieth
C) Nineteenth
D) Fifteenth
Which of the following was the Socialist Party candidate for president in 1912?
A) Eugene Debs
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) William Howard Taft
D) William Jennings Bryan
In the 1948 presidential election, the __________ Party won 39 electoral votes.
A) Socialist
B) States’ Rights
C) Communist
D) Progressive
In the election of 1988, George H. W. Bush defeated __________.
A) Walter Mondale
B) Michael Dukakis
C) Jimmy Carter
D) George McGovern
What was the American strategy in the Pacific?
A) blitzkrieg
B) beach combing
C) island hopping
D) lightning war
Which of the following presidents was elected on an imperialist platform?
A) Grover Cleveland
B) Benjamin Harrison
C) Rutherford B. Hayes
D) William McKinley
What was George W. Bush’s attitude toward treaties and negotiations?
A) He sought to engage the United States in more treaties.
B) He opted out of treaties that could put limits on American business.
C) He entered many treaties that put limits on the American military.
D) He signed more treaties than any other American president.
The male-dominated nature of mining towns made __________ popular businesses.
A) churches
B) saloons
C) dry goods stores
D) horse farms
Lyndon Johnson was responsible for the creation of which of the following?
A) the Alliance for Progress
B) the Peace Corps
C) Medicare
D) the Federal Highway Act
Successes of the environmental movement included which of the following?
A) paving the way to achieve Superfund cleanup legislation for areas ravaged by
pollution
B) convincing big industry to cut back its dependence on nuclear energy
C) the expansion of the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce environmental
laws
D) informing people about the poor environmental conditions in wealthy areas
Eugene Debs was arrested and imprisoned for __________.
A) selling military secrets to the Central Powers
B) refusing to join the army after he was drafted
C) criticizing the government for limiting free speech
D) publicly expressing support for the Central Powers
The __________ Act was designed to decrease child labor.
A) Keating-Owen
B) Smith-Lever
C) Harrison
D) Hepburn
The Redeemers portrayed themselves as the __________.
A) saviors of the South from the injustices of Republican rule
B) leaders who had saved the Union from Confederate treason
C) true descendants of the abolitionists
D) loyal supporters of Ulysses S. Grant
In his 1969 book, The Emerging Republican Majority, Kevin Phillips predicted
__________.
A) a trend toward conservative voting habits
B) the emergence of a three-party system
C) a coalition between the Republican Party and organized labor
D) that the Democratic Party would not exist by 1990
What was the main purpose of the Espionage Act?
A) to harass and arrest leaders of the antiwar movement
B) to fund a massive intelligence operation in Europe
C) to prosecute German-American spies
D) to promote unpopular industrial regulations
The __________ Amendment protected blacks’ right to vote.
A) Thirteenth
B) Fourteenth
C) Fifteenth
D) Sixteenth
Which of the following is true about America’s presence in Puerto Rico?
A) The military invaded the island during the Spanish-American War.
B) The Supreme Court ruled that Puerto Rico deserved the right to statehood.
C) The islanders became reliant upon the economic dominance of American capital.
D) Negotiators removed the territory from the Treaty of Paris.
Of the following, which one is something that worked in the Democrats’ favor in the
election of 1876?
A) the scandals of the Grant administration
B) the background and experience of Samuel J. Tilden
C) northern support for southern Republican governments
D) abating economic depression
By the early 1990s, many young American voters had come to believe that
__________.
A) individual opportunities were diminishing
B) American foreign policy was being neglected
C) the economic problems of the 1990s did not affect their lives
D) the Republicans had placed too much emphasis on social policies
Which of the following ethnic groups makes up the smallest percentage of the
American population?
A) African Americans
B) Hispanics
C) Native Americans
D) Asians and Pacific Islanders
Suffrage refers to the right to __________.
A) strike
B) vote
C) free expression
D) survive
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were designed to __________.
A) ease economic tensions between capitalism and communism
B) provide redevelopment loans for the Soviet Union
C) allow the United States to be isolationist in its foreign policy
D) ensure the United States’ central role in reviving the world economy
The Viet Cong __________.
A) benefited from the financial backing of the United States
B) gained strength as insurgents in the Vietnamese countryside
C) helped the United States establish a policy of containment in Vietnam
D) earned little support for their cause in South Vietnam
Which of the following was the largest Protestant denomination by the end of the
1950s?
A) Presbyterian
B) Methodist
C) Southern Baptist
D) Anglican
Which of the following bore the greatest responsibility for causing the Great
Depression?
A) war debts incurred by the United States during World War I
B) artificially high prices for consumer goods generated by the administered prices of
oligopolies
C) government failure to enforce antitrust laws
D) overconsumption and irresponsible credit use by ordinary Americans
The search-and-destroy strategy began to fail because __________.
A) the Chinese sent reinforcements to the aid of North Vietnam
B) Congress would not expand use of the military draft
C) South Vietnamese guerrillas were more of a force than North Vietnam’s troops
D) the United States was reluctant to back up infantry detachments with air strikes
In the 1876 election, Samuel J. Tilden ran strongest in the __________.
A) West
B) Midwest
C) Northeast
D) South
The Colored Monitor Union Club was __________.
A) an organized confederation of northern black religious leaders
B) organized for blacks to have an alternative to the Republican Party
C) a strong voice in favor of universal manhood suffrage
D) a major supporter of separate but equal facilities
In the first years of the depression, personal income __________.
A) dropped by more than half
B) increased with inflation
C) remained steady, but prices rose
D) reflected the relative strength of the industrial economy