The waning support of Northerners for Radical policy was due in part to which of the
following?
A) the retirement of President Johnson
B) the activities of the Ku Klux Klan
C) the increasing fissure between northern and southern whites
D) their loyalty to the Democratic party
The inventor of a cotton gin, which removed seeds from upland cotton, was
__________.
A) Robert Fulton
B) Samuel Slater
C) Eli Whitney
D) Francis Cabot Lowell
What happened as a result of the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle for Leyte
Gulf?
A) Japan was destroyed as a sea power.
B) Japan controlled the major Pacific sea lanes.
C) Japan conquered the Philippines.
D) Japan gained an early advantage against the American navy.
The greatest advantage offered by early canals was __________.
A) a direct link between western areas and the eastern seaboard
B) the improved access to the nation’s West Coast via Central America
C) the interconnections between northern and southern states
D) the convenience of transportation from town to country
What was the significance of the Indian revolt under the leadership of Ottawa chief
Pontiac?
A) It convinced the British government to impose a new western policy.
B) It successfully delayed Euro-American settlement for another fifty years.
C) It permanently broke Native American unity.
D) It convinced American colonists that the Ohio River Valley was best left alone for
the time being.
Most American citizens in the 1780s gave their first loyalty to __________.
A) their own states
B) their employer
C) the country from which their ancestors originally came
D) their bars and taverns
The Freedmen’s Bureau and the “black Republican” governments both __________.
A) devoted much energy and money to public education for former slaves
B) found Andrew Johnson to be among their strongest supporters
C) overlooked the importance of political rights and power for former slaves
D) focused only on projects that aided former slaves
Which of the following artists did much of his work overseas?
A) Winslow Homer
B) James A. McNeill Whistler
C) Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins.
D) Mark Twain
The debate over the coinage of silver in the late nineteenth century was __________.
A) superficial because the key question was halting the inflationary spiral of the
economy
B) a smokescreen created by Wall Street bankers to distract the public from their
financial manipulations
C) superficial because the key question was halting the deflationary spiral of the
economy
D) the key issue to understanding the floundering of the economy in these years
Which lay evangelist of the late nineteenth century conducted vigorous campaigns to
convince the poor to abandon their sinful ways?
A) Henry Ward Beecher
B) Dwight L. Moody
C) Washington Gladden
D) Charles Grandison Finney
In accordance with the joint resolution that annexed Texas, __________.
A) Texas became an independent territory
B) up to four new states could be created from its territory
C) the territory of Texas was required to remain consolidated
D) Texas had to wait ten years until it could be granted full statehood
Why did the new British foreign secretary Lord Castlereagh agree to stop the attacks on
American merchant vessels in June 1812?
A) The British army had just won a tremendous victory over Napoleon at Waterloo.
B) British manufacturers were pressuring the British government to stop the attacks.
C) Strong economic growth rates in Britain made the interception of American vessels
seem less necessary.
D) President Madison had sent former president Thomas Jefferson to negotiate with
Castlereagh ” with stunning success.
The United States was the only place in the Western Hemisphere __________.
A) that continued to legally import slave labor after 1808
B) where black life expectancy was the same as white life expectancy
C) where black families were not allowed to cohabitate
D) where the slave population grew by natural increase
On the eve of the Civil War, the South produced less than __________ percent of the
total manufactured goods in the United States.
A) 15
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
The cultural chasm between Europeans and Indians was most evident in the area of
__________.
A) religion, because the language barrier prevented the “worthy” Indians from being
properly converted to Christianity
B) material property, because Europeans could not understand why Indians were so
devoted to amassing vast collections of personal property.
C) warfare, because Europeans fought in large groups to destroy their enemies whereas
Indians fought more often to display their courage or avenge a wrong
D) gender relations, because Europeans were angered by the fact that Indian women
refused to work in the fields
The Prohibition movement was most strongly supported by __________ Americans.
A) rural
B) immigrant
C) working-class
D) Catholic
Which of the following is true of George Bush in the 2004 election?
A) He was essentially given the presidency by the Supreme Court.
B) He prevailed in both the popular vote and in the Electoral College.
C) He lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College.
D) He won the presidency in a landslide.
In the 1970 battle to repeal New York’s antiabortion law, who were the main opponents
of repeal?
A) liberals and the medical establishment
B) incumbent politicians and conservative state judges
C) conservatives and the Roman Catholic Church
D) the justices of the Supreme Court along with a majority of Congress
What was a main weakness in the plan to confiscate land from large plantations to give
to freedmen?
A) The large plantations were the main source of employment for freedmen.
B) Freedmen did not want the land because they did not want to be tied down.
C) It was strongly opposed by Congressmen Stevens and Sumner.
D) It would provide land but no tools, seeds, or other necessities.
Progressive reformers tended to believe which of the following?
A) that social evils were due to human sinfulness
B) that social evils were due to human weakness
C) that the solution to social problems was to change faulty institutions
D) that social evils were God’s ways of testing his people
How did politicians respond to the demand for civil service reform?
A) Democrats supported and Republicans rejected it.
B) Republicans refused to include it in their party platforms.
C) Both Democrats and Republicans insisted it would destroy the political parties.
D) Republicans supported and Democrats rejected it.
How did most black Americans react to the Great War?
A) with cynicism about the irony of a racist society fighting to make the world safe for
democracy
B) with optimism that if winning the war made the world safe for democracy, they
would be better off as well
C) with delight that the armed forces were desegregated
D) with disgust for a “white man’s war” which did not concern them
Why did farmers in Western Massachusetts band together in a violent protest known as
“Shays’s Rebellion”?
A) Massachusetts was trying to pay off war debts with taxes farmers could not afford in
hard economic times.
B) The farmers protested in support of bonus payments to veterans from the
Revolutionary War, which included many of them.
C) The Massachusetts state legislature had failed to follow the very same constitutional
principles they had fought for in the Revolution.
D) The state legislature was trying to impose a new tax on whiskey.
President Bush’s approval ratings had stood at 90 percent after 9/11. Where did they
stand by the end of his second term?
A) just above 60 percent
B) around 50 percent
C) below 30 percent
D) below 15 percent
The growth of American unions in the antebellum era was retarded by which of the
following?
A) widespread employment of women and children in unskilled jobs
B) workers’ class consciousness of themselves as an industrial proletariat
C) traditional European values shared by many immigrants
D) the lack of opportunity for most workers to better their lives
In establishing a new government, the South __________.
A) totally rejected all existing federal laws
B) was handicapped by its states’ rights philosophy
C) ignored federal precedents and administrative machinery
D) benefited from its states’ rights philosophy
Andrew Johnson has been described as which of the following?
A) extremely friendly toward black rights
B) an eager defender of traditional southern aristocrats
C) hating all things southern
D) specializing in opposition and alienating members of his own party
As compared to the year 2000, the U.S. government in 2009 __________.
A) operated at a surplus
B) faced similar financial woes
C) was in better financial health because of a wartime economy
D) had massive deficits that loomed over the economic recovery
Although Jefferson was known for his open-mindedness, he also maintained stubborn
prejudices against which of the following?
A) members of Congress
B) modern science
C) religious politicians
D) kings
Following the passage of the Second Reconstruction Act, white Southerners
__________.
A) quickly cooperated with the Radical Republicans
B) continued to resist federal policy
C) were able to overturn most black governments
D) threatened to form secessionist governments in exile
On the eve of his reelection, Richard M. Nixon __________.
A) had reason to fear for his second term
B) could rest assured that the manipulations of his cronies would secure his victory
C) had to prepare for the victory of a far superior and formidable Democratic challenge
D) loomed as one of the most powerful and successful presidents in American history