The most famous native-born revivalist of the Great Awakening, the intellectually
brilliant author of sermons such as “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” was
__________.
A) Jonathan Edwards
B) Charles Chauncy
C) Solomon Stoddard
D) Increase Mather
Andrew Carnegie dominated which industry?
A) railroad
B) steel
C) banking
D) petroleum
Which of the following best assesses colonial religious culture on the eve of the Great
Awakening?
A) Puritan ministers held colonists firmly in their grip.
B) The Anglican Church dominated religious life throughout the colonies, but
particularly in the Middle Atlantic.
C) Colonists were far less religiously active than their ancestors had been.
D) Catholic immigrants and German Lutherans had reduced the diversity of
denominations significantly.
In 1990, what percentage of Americans reported that they belonged to a church?
A) 20
B) 33
C) 50
D) 66
Which of the following best describes the principles of deism?
A) the holy unity of God and Christ
B) the rejection of Christ in favor of a non-denominational divinity
C) reverence for God’s creation of the universe
D) an embrace of the divinity of Christ, but a rejection of evil spirits
The vote in the House of Representatives on Tallmadge’s amendment to the Missouri
Enabling Act in 1819 demonstrated which of the following?
A) The rapidly growing North controlled the House of Representatives.
B) Only a small minority of politicians favored restricting the expansion of slavery.
C) The South retained the power to limit the actions of the House.
D) The emerging West held the balance of power in the House.
Why did the War Hawks called for war against Great Britain?
A) They agreed with the New England merchants’ desire to stop impressment of their
sailors.
B) They wanted to defend the national honor and save the republic from British
domination.
C) They hoped to reopen European ports to U.S. trade.
D) They were trying to divert public attention away from their immoral treatment of the
Native Americans.
President George H. W. Bush was faced with the need for enormous sums of money to
bail out which ailing industry?
A) savings and loan
B) computer
C) pharmaceutical
D) automobile
President Carter’s most striking diplomatic achievement was helping to negotiate the
__________ between Israel and Egypt.
A) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
B) Golan Heights Pact
C) Camp David Accords
D) West Bank Security Agreement
The greatest source of trouble between the French in Canada and the British in New
England was the __________.
A) navigation routes in the Great Lakes
B) control of the fur trade
C) conflict over rights to timber and minerals
D) disputes over the location of the border between Canada and New England
Which politician advocated a New Nationalism?
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) William Howard Taft
C) Robert La Follette
D) Woodrow Wilson
Stephen Douglas staunchly believed that the slavery question in the territories of
Kansas and Nebraska should be resolved by __________.
A) protecting slavery
B) the Supreme Court
C) banning slavery
D) popular sovereignty
Approximately how many Americans migrated to California in 1849?
A) 800
B) 8,000
C) 80,000
D) 800.000
The early settlers in Kansas __________.
A) were not strongly interested in the slavery question
B) owned large numbers of slaves
C) believed slavery should be abolished
D) moved there specifically because of the controversy over slavery
The principle of the Three-Fifths Compromise was that __________.
A) amendments could be made in the Constitution with the consent of three-fifths of the
states
B) three-fifths of the members of the House and of the Senate needed to approve all
important bills in Congress
C) Slaves had only three-fifths of a vote
D) A slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of congressional
apportionment and direct federal taxation
For many Americans, the ultimate justification of manifest destiny and the Mexican
War seemed to be the __________.
A) prohibition on slavery in the territory gained from Mexico
B) recognition by Europeans that America was also an imperial power
C) discovery of gold in California in 1848
D) guarantee of a transcontinental railroad route through the territory conquered from
Mexico
Which of the following was a result of late-nineteenth-century industrial development?
A) Personal contact between employer and employee tended to disappear.
B) Workers rose rapidly from the ranks of labor to become manufacturers.
C) Swings in the business cycle became more moderate.
D) Artisans’ bargaining power with their employers increased.
Which of the following is an example of the transformation of social activity in the
twenty-first century?
A) increased participation in team sports
B) the decline in television viewing
C) the rise of online learning
D) the increased use of public transportation
Theodore Roosevelt described his progressive program as a(n) __________ deal.
A) square
B) raw
C) new
D) honest
What was the primary economic weakness undermining the prosperity of the 1920s?
A) extensive fragmentation in the financial markets
B) maldistribution of resources
C) excessive government regulation
D) increasing industrial consolidation
In 1864, Congress rejected Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan when they passed which piece
of legislation?
A) Kansas Bill
B) Wade-Davis Bill
C) Freedmen’s Bureau Bill
D) First Reconstruction Act
The United States treated each tribe __________.
A) as a part of a consolidated whole
B) in accordance with the state laws of the territory that they claimed
C) as one sovereign nation
D) as a separate sovereign nation
What effect did Jackson’s economic policies have on the business cycle?
A) They exaggerated the swings of the economic pendulum.
B) They successfully stimulated the economy and ended the Panic of 1837.
C) They were successful examples of the workings of the free marketplace.
D) The federal government was so weak that they had almost no effect.
In the election of 1800, conservatives were drawn to __________.
A) Jefferson’s position on race relations
B) Jefferson’s stand on taxes and the federal budget
C) Adam’s prudence and integrity
D) Hamilton’s support for the national bank
William Lloyd Garrison’s views on slavery might best be described as which of the
following?
A) designed to appeal to southern moderates
B) uncompromising
C) reflecting the northern viewpoint
D) moderate
The ratification of the Constitution __________.
A) required the approval of the Constitution by the legislatures of the various states.
B) required approval by constitutional conventions in the various states.
C) was immediately followed by all 13 states.
D) required majority approval in the first national election.
The American negotiators at the Paris Peace Conference violated their instructions from
Congress by __________.
A) rejecting any attempt to restore Tory property seized during the Revolution
B) agreeing to continued British control of Canada
C) refusing to rely on the Comte de Vergennes and negotiating a separate treaty with
Great Britain
D) surrendering American rights to fish on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland
Which of the following species became extinct as a result of the hunting practices of the
Clovis complex culture around 12,000 years ago?
A) horses
B) elephants
C) monkeys
D) buffalo
Which of the following was the most obvious change in the North in the decades before
the Civil War?
A) decline of the whaling industry
B) rapid expansion of industry
C) halt of emigration from Europe
D) rapid expansion of unionization among unskilled workers
The Social Security Act of August 1935 did which of the following?
A) Introduced European-style welfare to the United States against large popular
opposition.
B) Served to redistribute income from the upper strata of society to the lower.
C) Provided all Americans with equal protections against economic uncertainty and
injustice.
D) Established unemployment and old-age insurance for workers.
How did the United States obtain the Panama Canal?
Describe President Eisenhower’s military strategy for the Cold War.
Explain how progressives sought to reform state government.
Were city bosses serving the community or exploiting them? Explain.
How did the United States win the support of France in the Revolutionary War?
Was sharecropping an economic victory for black freedmen or a restoration of
slavery? Explain.
Why did the alliance between Great Britain and the United States on the one hand and
the Soviet Union on the other break down so quickly after the end of World War II?
Why did women’s demands for equality generate such a strong conservative
countermovement?
How did the First New Deal provide relief to Americans?
Why did President Abraham Lincoln offer such lenient terms for the reconstruction of
the South?
Compare and contrast the different explanations for the demise of native urban centers
in the Americas between 1200 and 1500.
Explain the larger significance of the nullification crisis for the nation’s history.
How did President Obama change course in the war on terror, and where did he follow
the lead of his predecessor?
Why did President Ford fail to secure an election as president himself?
How did college and university education change around the turn of the century?
Explain the significance of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education,
Topeka, Kansas