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Who was responsible for the liberation of Eastern Europe from repressive
governments?
a. Mikhail Gorbachev
b. George H. W. Bush
c. Margaret Thatcher
d. Boris Yeltsin
e. Bill Clinton
What was a difference between the rights of women in the Chesapeake region and those
of women in New England?
a. Women in both regions had few rights compared to their fathers and husbands.
b. Women in New England had more rights because there were more women there and
they had greater strength as a community.
c. Women in New England had fewer rights because the colonists there came from
stricter and more traditional backgrounds.
d. Women in the Chesapeake region tended to have fewer rights because the planter
class had more restrictions on the roles of women in society.
e. Women in New England had fewer rights because the women there tended to live
much shorter lives than those in the Chesapeake region.
Which of these was a demand of the Populist party?
a. the free coinage of silver
b. farm subsidies
c. larger protective tariffs
d. elimination of the federal income tax
e. maintenance of the gold standard
One factor that fostered a change in American foreign policy during the 1890s was
__________.
a. the census report of 1890
b. concern over lack of natural resources
c. oversaturation of foreign markets
d. the fear of racial mixing
e. the perceived need to build up domestic markets
Which individual is matched with the area of his greatest foreign policy success?
a. James G. Blaine : Latin America
b. George Dewey : Russia
c. William Seward : China
d. John Hay : Hawaii
e. John W. Foster : Alaska
Why did colonial lawmakers create strict slave codes in the late 1600s?
a. Lawmakers wanted slaves to be treated fairly.
b. Lawmakers feared an uprising because the African population had increased greatly.
c. Lawmakers wanted to prevent an influx of additional Africans into America.
d. Lawmakers wanted African Americans to be treated the same as indentured servants.
e. Lawmakers wanted to pave the road for African slaves to eventually become citizens.
How did President Clinton change the experience of gays and lesbians in the military?
a. He launched an investigation to root out and prosecute homosexuals in the military.
b. He instigated a ban on homosexuals in the military.
c. He established the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy.
d. He pressured the military to accept a small number of openly gay recruits.
e. He forced the military to accept homosexuals in every branch of the service.
Which made the economy of Carolina different from the other southern colonies?
a. Carolina's economy was based on slavery and cotton.
b. Carolina's economy was as diverse as that of the Middle Colonies.
c. Carolina's economy became dependent on rice as a staple.
d. Carolina's economy was based on selling slaves and rum.
e. Carolina's economy was based on sugar, which was easy to grow in the colony.
The radical abolitionist __________ burned a copy of the Constitution to protest
slavery.
a. William Lloyd Garrison
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Henry Clay
d. David Wilmot
e. Stephen Douglas
The effect of Macon's Bill Number Two was that __________.
a. Napoleon promised to rescind the Berlin and Milan decrees
b. Great Britain promised to rescind the Orders in Council
c. Napoleon declared war on the United States
d. Madison received strong public support
e. even diplomatic contact with Britain and France was severed
The Declaration of Independence __________.
a. stated that all power came from the people and monarchs who ruled by force
surrender their claim to obedience
b. had little immediate impact
c. was unanimously approved with no alterations
d. was adopted by the First Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776
e. called for non-violent methods of resistance until a vote for independence could take
place
Why didn't Washington veto Hamilton's bank bill?
a. He agreed with it whole-heartedly.
b. He didn't like it, but he knew it was best for the country.
c. Jefferson made a strong argument for it, and Hamilton argued weakly against it.
d. Hamilton made a strong argument for it, and Jefferson argued weakly against it.
e. The Supreme Court had already approved it.
What was the most striking characteristic of the stock market in 1929?
a. investors' obsession with speculation
b. the downward trend of major stocks early in the year
c. the government's desire to carefully regulate the market
d. the fact that the majority of wage-earning Americans were so heavily involved in it
e. its steady advancement through the decade, culminating in record levels in 1929
The U.S. intervention in China differed from its intervention in Korea because the
United States __________.
a. could only respond with diplomacy in the Chinese conflict, but gave supplies and
funds to North Korea
b. responded with all-out war in China, but refused to get involved in the Korean
conflict
c. extracted itself from the conflict when civil war broke out in China but sent troops to
South Korea's aid
d. sent troops to China when civil war broke out, but only sent money to South Korea
when the violence began
e. intervened with diplomatic efforts and supplies in North Korea, but did not intervene
in any way in China's civil war
White southerners in the 1830s began portraying free blacks as savages because they
were trying to __________.
a. convince themselves that slavery was morally justifiable
b. drum up support for a race war
c. drum up funds for militias to defend against slave uprisings
d. put social pressure on free blacks to leave the South
e. put social pressure on all blacks, both slave and free, to leave the South
Russia looked forward to __________ after its victory in World War II.
a. establishing communist regimes in eastern Europe
b. establishing trade routes with Britain and the United States
c. improving its relationship with the United States
d. establishing a popular, democratic government
e. receiving monetary compensation from the United Nations
What happened to Bacon's Rebellion after Bacon died of fever?
a. It collapsed entirely.
b. It went "underground" but returned during the American Revolution.
c. It was ended by Berkeley's charitable pardoning of rebel leaders.
d. It was ended by a royal commission and investigation.
e. It was carried on by his first lieutenant.
By 1932, what percentage of American workers were unemployed?
a. 10
b. 12
c. 25
d. 33
e. 50
How did President Eisenhower deal with Joseph McCarthy?
a. He asked McCarthy to investigate military officers.
b. He ordered McCarthy to focus on celebrities, not government employees.
c. He openly attacked McCarthy and quickly ended his career.
d. He gave McCarthy his unconditional support.
e. He waited for McCarthy's zeal to be his own undoing.
Which statement best describes the "task" labor that many slaves performed on large
plantations?
a. A group of white overseers pushed a small group of slaves to work around the clock.
b. Large groups of slaves worked side by side with their masters.
c. Large groups of slaves worked from sunrise to sunset under a white overseer.
d. Slaves worked at their own pace with little supervision during an eight-hour day.
e. Large groups of slaves worked together to accomplish major projects.
The English political philosopher most often cited by American rebels was
__________.
a. Thomas Paine
b. Edmund Burke
c. William Pitt
d. John Locke
e. David Hume
Why did support for free silver coinage grow rapidly from 1894 to 1896?
a. It seemed a simple, compelling answer to the economic crisis.
b. Workers joined farmers in support of coinage.
c. Cleveland Democrats joined workers in support of coinage.
d. The country was rapidly running out of gold reserves.
e. Silver would ensure that there would be less actual money in circulation.
The disarmament plan that the Truman administration proposed to the United Nations
after World War II was called __________.
a. the Potsdam Conference
b. the Baruch Plan
c. the Manhattan Project
d. the Cold War Treaty
e. Containment
Cooperationists believed that the slave states __________.
a. should act as a unit rather than secede one at a time
b. should remain in the Union
c. should form a new union with northern states
d. and the free states should simply find a way to get along
e. should cooperate with Britain and France
When Japan's defeat was deemed inevitable, the military favored __________.
a. negotiating a peace treaty to avoid further loss of life
b. modifying the unconditional surrender formula to allow Japan to keep its emperor
c. an all-out, full-scale invasion of Japan
d. destroying Japan with a series of atom bombs
e. forcing Japan to surrender by threatening them with more atom bombs
In his approach to foreign affairs, Wilson could be described as what?
a. a militarist
b. a moralist
c. an economist
d. a global strategist
e. a pacifist
How can the first three presidents of the early 1900s best be characterized?
a. Roosevelt was the most progressive of the three: conserving more land, instituting
more social reforms, and busting more trusts.
b. Wilson was the most progressive of the three: conserving more land, instituting more
social reforms, and busting more trusts.
c. They all worked on similar progressive programs, such as regulating businesses,
conserving land, and instituting social reforms, but ignored racial issues.
d. Taft was the most progressive of the three: conserving more land, instituting more
social reforms, and busting more trusts.
e. They all worked on similar progressive programs, including bank regulation, tariffs,
income taxes, and racial reconciliation.
Which terms best describe Hoover's response to the Depression?
a. restrained and cautious
b. innovative and adaptive
c. humanitarian and pragmatic
d. socialistically radical
e. bumbling and uncertain
Which group in American society benefited most from prohibition?
a. The upper middle class benefited most because they were exempt from prohibition.
b. Those who benefited most were the ones who controlled the illegal production and
sale of alcoholic beverages.
c. As the champions of this "noble experiment," conservatives were the ones who
benefited most.
d. Churches and psychologists benefited due to the increased role they played in
counseling alcoholics.
e. The judicial system benefited as its role in enforcement gave it more power in state
and local government.
How did the debate between public morality and private freedom mirror political debate
in the 1780s?
a. The Americans who preached public morality did not believe in political debate.
b. Because public morality and private freedom are in direct contrast, they mirror the
political debates of the 1780s about tyranny versus republicanism.
c. Because public morality leads to private freedom, Americans believed that British
tyranny would lead to American democracy.
d. Americans defended individual rights but believed that a society without virtue could
not preserve liberty and independence.
e. Because English colonialism had imposed public morality, Americans rejected it for
private freedom.
What was the tone of the Stamp Act Congress?
a. extreme radicalism, with some delegates pushing for acts of violence
b. restraint and conciliation, with no mention of independence or disloyalty
c. bitter division between pro-independence radicals and Loyalists who favored British
rule
d. angry disputes between various colonies and regions
e. antagonistic, with some delegates calling for an immediate declaration of
independence
