Public schools in the 1870s and the 1880s ________.
A) placed greater value on educating females
B) vigorously stressed discipline and routine
C) ignored moral, religious education
D) emphasized egalitarianism between students and teachers
E) were considered better than factories by most students
What was the effect of uniformity and standardization on the lives of average
Americans?
A) It led to an increase in the average salary of the American worker.
B) Women were now able to leave their households to enter the work force.
C) It led to the homogenization of consumer goods and the blurring of regional
distinctiveness.
D) It resulted in economic stability that persisted throughout the next two decades.
E) Countless new brands emerged as different regions produced their own goods.
How did industrialism change as it moved into the twentieth century?
A) Technology replaced workers, making both skilled craftsmanship and unskilled
laborers obsolete.
B) Mass production meant wealth and prosperity for most Americans, which affected
the global economy.
C) Factories became cleaner, safer, and more effective, which increased production.
D) The invention of plastic revolutionized the production industry, making household
and industrial products affordable.
E) Businesses grew larger and more automated, which affected both workers and
production.
The institution of slavery became even more entrenched in the South because of the
increasing importance of ________.
A) rice
B) indigo
C) long-staple cotton
D) short-staple cotton
E) sugar cane
Consider the following statement. “The elements that sparked a powerful sense of
nationalism among colonists dispersed over a huge territory would not be evident for a
long time.” What does this statement mean?
A) The colonists tended to dislike the colonists in regions other than their own.
B) The colonies were getting very close to forming an independent country.
C) The colonies were still separate and had very little to do with each other.
D) The colonies had expanded to a huge area of the country.
E) The colonies saw themselves as English first and Americans second.
The leading African-American scientist and mathematician in early America was
________.
A) John Woolman
B) Richard Allen
C) Benjamin Banneker
D) Sojourner Truth
E) Phillis Wheatley
President Lincoln’s response to the Wade-Davis Bill was to _______.
A) accept it completely
B) reluctantly support it
C) express no opinion on it
D) stop it with a pocket veto
E) ask Congress to reconsider
What effect did the Great Depression have on immigration to the United States?
A) The rate of immigration to the United States remained constant during the Great
Depression.
B) More immigrants came to the United States at this time due to the availability of
low-skill, hard-labor jobs.
C) Progressives urged that legislation be passed to restrict immigration and make it
more difficult for immigrants to become citizens.
D) Conservatives supported immigration reform since immigrants tended to take jobs
that Americans were too proud to take.
E) The Great Depression effectively reversed the flow of immigration across the Rio
Grande, deporting hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
What difficulty did Jefferson face in purchasing the Louisiana Territory?
A) possible confrontation with Great Britain
B) lack of support from the American people
C) the constitutionality of his actions
D) whether to accept foreign citizens on the land
E) finding $15 million in the federal budget
All of the following characterize the route recommended by the Isthmian Canal
Commission in 1899 EXCEPT that _____.
A) it followed natural waterways
B) it was the shortest route through Panama
C) it wandered through rough, swampy terrain
D) it was about fifty miles in length
E) it was supported by Roosevelt
In 1624, Virginia became ________.
A) an independent commonwealth
B) a proprietary colony
C) a royal colony
D) part of Maryland
E) the primary destination for female settlers
The English takeover of New Netherland (which was subsequently renamed New York)
________.
A) had little immediate effect on the colony
B) was followed by the expulsion of the Dutch
C) led to the prompt creation of a legislature
D) met with armed resistance by the Dutch
E) sparked a war between the English and the Dutch
How was Washington’s election to the presidency different from that of every president
since?
A) He was unanimously elected by the Electoral College.
B) He was elected by the public as there was no Electoral College yet.
C) He was not “elected” but rather appointed by Congress.
D) He is the only army general to become president.
E) He is the only president who wasn”t born on American soil.
During Washington’s second term in office, ________.
A) foreign affairs became a much more important focus
B) relations with Great Britain and France improved dramatically
C) Hamilton and Jefferson resolved their differences over domestic policy
D) Hamilton ceased to be a force in American politics
E) the European war unified American officials in support of France
What was the main result of the deadly diseases brought to the New World by
Europeans?
A) an extremely high mortality rate among the natives, destroying the culture of many
tribes
B) a diminution of these diseases throughout Europe
C) some deaths, but a low number compared to those caused by warfare between Native
Americans and Europeans
D) a death rate that was high only where Native Americans lived in low concentrations
E) no significant deaths since Native Americans were already immune to these diseases
President Lincoln’s Reconstruction plans were committed to _______.
A) punishing the South for provoking the Civil War
B) establishing racial equality for the freedmen
C) sharing decisions with Congress on Reconstruction policies
D) leniency towards the southern states to the Union
E) protecting the rights of African-American citizens
Why was William Penn’s Frame of Government remarkable for its time?
A) It included more personal liberties than other English colonies.
B) It denied the right of due process for citizens.
C) It established the Quaker religion in Pennsylvania.
D) It granted freedom of conscience to all except Catholics.
E) It prevented the religious rule of the Church of England.
American Loyalists, who sided with the British during the War for Independence,
________.
A) tended to be wealthy conservatives
B) were known for their wickedness and immorality
C) favored a strongly centralized, authoritarian form of government
D) came from all occupations and social classes
E) were pacifists who opposed war for any reason
Hitler started World War II by invading ________ on September 1, 1939.
A) Austria
B) Poland
C) France
D) Czechoslovakia
E) Switzerland
What caused the Gulf of Tonkin affair?
A) American covert operations in Vietnam led North Vietnam to attack a U.S. ship.
B) American intervention in Cuba led Castro to urge the North Vietnamese to attack
U.S. ships.
C) American hostility caused Khrushchev to ask the North Vietnamese to attack U.S.
ships.
D) Russian hostility to North Vietnam caused Khrushchev to seize North Vietnamese
ships.
E) North Vietnam attacked South Vietnamese ships carrying resources to the United
States.
What effect did postwar life have on women in American society?
A) Women tended to marry later, so they had more time to pursue careers outside the
home.
B) Couples tended to have fewer children, so the focus of many women shifted from
child-rearing to professional careers.
C) Many suburban households included extended family members, so mothers had
enough help to more easily pursue professional careers.
D) Many women who had joined the workforce during the war returned to the home to
assume the more traditional roles of wife and mother.
E) Women were expected to maintain their wartime jobs while also meeting social
expectations of the “perfect” wife and mother.
The tension between ________ became nearly insurmountable in the years between the
elections of 1856 and 1860.
A) blacks and whites
B) Northerners and Southerners
C) immigrants and native-born citizens
D) farmers and factory owners
E) Southerners and former slaves
The most prominent American socialist during the Progressive Era was _____.
A) “Big Bill” Haywood
B) Gifford Pinchot
C) Eugene V. Debs
D) Upton Sinclair
E) Daniel DeLeon
John Scopes was put on trial for _____.
A) sending package bombs during the Red Scare
B) evading the draft during World War I
C) shouting “fire” in a crowded theater
D) teaching the theory of evolution in a Tennessee high school
E) committing murder and a payroll robbery
The most important reason for the difference between the New England and
Chesapeake colonies was based on ________.
A) the different crops exported
B) the much higher mortality rate of the Chesapeake colonies
C) the practice of slavery in the southern colonies
D) contrasting economic systems
E) varying degrees of ethnic diversity in the populations
In 1890, the American electorate rejected ________.
A) Democratic legislative activism by crushing the party in the congressional elections
B) Republican legislative activism by crushing the party in the congressional elections
C) both major parties by electing many third-party, especially Populist candidates
D) Republican passiveness by crushing the party in the congressional elections
E) Democratic passiveness by crushing the party in the congressional elections
Which is NOT true of royal governors in colonial America?
A) They had the power to dismiss judges.
B) They were military commanders-in-chief in each colony.
C) They had the power to appoint colonial officials.
D) They had the power to tax the colonists.
E) They had the right to veto legislation.
How did the emergence of urban culture affect the lives of women?
A) The emergence of urban culture led to a spike in the numbers of working women.
B) Women found their leisure time greatly increased.
C) Salaries of female workers began to climb during this period.
D) Women grew more assertive and concentrated on individual self-expression.
E) More women than men were able to attain academic degrees.
In the spring of 1968, students seized five buildings at ________ for eight days before
police regained control.
A) Arizona State University
B) Duke University
C) the University of California at Berkeley
D) Harvard University
E) Columbia University
Which was the intended message of southern literature during the 1840s and 1850s?
A) Genteel southern civilization was superior to greedy northern culture.
B) Southerners should reevaluate their dependency on slavery.
C) Southerners should try to change their culture to be more like Northerners.
D) Southerners should maintain slavery but dismantle the plantation system.
E) Southern morals should be more strictly based on the Protestant ethic.
Most American churchgoers in the 1880s _________.
A) stopped attending services by 1900
B) believed the school was the center of life
C) were church-attending Protestants
D) had few private moral standards
E) were Roman Catholic parishioners
The reform movement in New England began as a(n) ________.
A) effort to defend Calvinism against Enlightenment ideas
B) attempt to maintain the status quo in religion
C) result of the actions of social radicals in religion
D) outgrowth of deism
E) rejection of Catholicism