In addition to reading, writing, and arithmetic, mid-nineteenth-century public schools
taught ________.
A) abolitionist ideals
B) the Protestant ethic
C) Catholicism
D) the evils of industrialization
E) the merits of science over religion
In the 1580s, the English attempted to make a settlement at ________.
A) Jamestown
B) Newfoundland
C) Plymouth
D) Hatteras
E) Roanoke
Which political tensions began in the 1920s and still exist today?
A) tensions between Protestants and Catholics
B) tensions between Republicans and Democrats
C) tensions between “wets” and “drys”
D) tensions between traditional conservatives and neo-conservatives
E) tensions between male and female politicians
How did political activism for civil rights change from the 1950s to the early 1960s?
A) Direct, peaceful confrontation replaced reliance on court action.
B) Reliance on court action replaced direct, peaceful confrontation.
C) Reliance on court action replaced violent means of forcing social change.
D) Violent means of forcing social change replaced direct, peaceful confrontation.
E) Direct, peaceful confrontation replaced violent means of forcing social change.
After the Sussex incident of 1916, the Germans promised to _____.
A) lift their blockade of the Allies
B) shoot on sight only ships of the enemy’s navy
C) withdraw from Belgium
D) attack all neutral vessels in their waters
E) sink any ship carrying cargo to the Allies
How was the Cuban Missile Crisis resolved?
A) Cuba removed its nuclear missiles in exchange for America’s promise not to attack
the Soviet Union.
B) America removed its nuclear missiles from Cuba in exchange for Russian promises
not to aid North Vietnam.
C) America removed its nuclear missiles from Cuba in exchange for Russia’s promise
not to invade Cuba.
D) Russia removed its nuclear missiles from Cuba in exchange for America’s promise
not to invade North Vietnam.
E) Russia removed its nuclear missiles from Cuba in exchange for America’s promise
not to invade Cuba.
According to the Kentucky Resolutions, ________.
A) ultimate power always remained with the federal government
B) states had the right to nullify federal law under certain circumstances
C) the Sedition Act was worthy of enforcement by the states
D) Kentucky chose to remain neutral in the contest between Hamilton and Jefferson
E) the “general welfare” of the nation should be the guiding principle in state decisions
The George W. Bush administration initiated a new global strategy after the terrorist
attacks on the United States, and its critics called this policy ________.
A) unilateralism
B) bipolarism
C) containment
D) dtente
E) isolationism
The European philosopher whose ideas supported the theory of state sovereignty was
________.
A) Locke
B) Montesquieu
C) Voltaire
D) Machiavelli
E) Rousseau
What did resistance within Jackson’s own cabinet suggest about his attack on the
national bank?
A) The cabinet resistance suggested that Jackson was a tyrant who would brook no
competition.
B) The cabinet resistance suggested that withdrawing funds from the national bank and
depositing it in state banks was probably unconstitutional.
C) The cabinet resistance suggested that killing the bank was a politically risky act that
might damage future Senatorial aspirations.
D) The cabinet resistance shows that Jackson was a charismatic leader who orchestrated
his actions with the same precision with which he lead his army.
E) The cabinet resistance demonstrated that Jackson was a weak president with
Congress and the Supreme Court despite his popular appeal.
Which of the following was one of the few of Wilson’s Fourteen Points to be
implemented?
A) open diplomacy
B) freedom of the seas
C) removal of barriers to international trade
D) military disarmament
E) establishment of an independent Poland
In terms of worker relations, what was Henry Ford known for?
A) being behind the times
B) having little concern for his workers
C) using trickery to get them to do what he wanted
D) having little respect for workers’ abilities
E) trying many innovations
Why is it not accurate to say that people moved westward to settle the American West
in the 1870s and 1880s?
A) because many people in the Northwest traveled southeast to the Great Plains
B) because Mexicans traveled north and Asians traveled east to settle in the West
C) because Mexicans traveled east from California to settle in the Great Plains
D) because western Europeans traveled east in order to settle in the West
E) because Asians in the West traveled east to reach the Great Plains
Why did freight businesses not immediately shift to the railroads when they were first
built?
A) Companies distrusted the safety of the steam engine.
B) Companies received financial incentives from the government to stay with canal
routes.
C) Canal boats were cheaper.
D) Companies were not convinced of their reliability.
E) Companies were fiercely loyal to the canal operators.
Which of these was ultimately most important in leading to divisions among settlers in
Pennsylvania?
A) Penn’s support for Quakerism
B) the colony’s location
C) the institute of proprietorship
D) Penn’s propaganda
E) the granting of headrights
What led to riots in both Los Angeles and Detroit in 1943?
A) food shortages
B) abusive labor conditions
C) racial tensions
D) strong antiwar sentiments
E) layoffs in wartime industries
In 1954, Indochina was divided at the 17th parallel, creating _______.
A) North and South Korea
B) Cambodia
C) North and South Vietnam
D) Indonesia
E) Cambodia and Vietnam
What was considered the final blow to the Plains Indians’ way of life?
A) the deaths of the major Native American leaders
B) the extermination of the buffalo herds
C) incessant tribal warfare
D) the reservation system
E) the introduction of crop farming
Which of these was true of the experience of African Americans in the period from
about 1870 to 1890?
A) The end of the Civil War brought implementation of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth
Amendments.
B) Race riots occurred, but were confined to the South.
C) The works of writers such as Harriet Beecher Stowe continued to have a profound
effect in the South.
D) Lynchings became a thing of the past
E) They saw their civil rights and even their safety erode significantly.
English settlers in seventeenth-century America could best be characterized in terms of
their ________.
A) striking social diversity
B) similarity to French and Spanish migrants of the same period
C) unity of purpose and motivation
D) desire to help each other
E) homogeneity
Rapid rail construction after the Civil War was possible because ________.
A) there was little competition between the builders
B) the rail companies managed their money and land wisely
C) federal and state governments provided important incentives
D) the western half of the nation was uninhabitable
E) the South was eager to participate
Which of these was the elder statesmen that was one of the men who negotiated a peace
with Britain following the Revolutionary War?
A) James Otis
B) Samuel Adams
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) Thomas Jefferson
E) James Madison
The SALT treaties involved ________.
A) the American withdrawal from Vietnam
B) reduction of U.S. and Soviet offensive ballistic missiles
C) removal of Soviet nuclear weapons from Cuba
D) preventing outright war in the Middle East
E) the collapse of the former Soviet Union
What finally caused Kennedy to support racial justice openly?
A) Kennedy visited segregated schools in the South.
B) Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
C) Kennedy wanted a united country to fight the war in Vietnam.
D) Authorities attacked child protesters in Birmingham, Alabama.
E) The Democratic Party threatened to withdraw support if he didn’t speak out.
Free blacks in the South faced each of the following limitations EXCEPT ________.
A) being prohibited from transacting business
B) being required to carry documentation of their free status at all times
C) being forced to register or have a white guardian who was responsible for their
actions
D) having their meetings or organizations blocked by the authorities
E) having to get official permission to move from one county to another
What was the impact of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry?
A) It increased southern fears of northern hostility.
B) It was condemned by most Northerners.
C) It had little effect on sectional tensions.
D) It united North and South in their condemnation of Brown.
E) It has been exaggerated by historians.
How did Theodore Roosevelt distinguish a “good” trust from a “bad” trust?
A) A “good” trust stayed within reasonable bounds, whereas a “bad” trust hurt the
general welfare of society.
B) A “good” trust donated contributions to Roosevelt’s reelection campaign, whereas a
“bad” trust did not.
C) A “good” trust was well-organized and efficient, whereas a “bad” trust was
cumbersome and inefficient.
D) A “good” trust employed the masses (immigrants, women, the poor, African
Americans), while a “bad” trust employed only white male workers.
E) A “good” trust developed products that contributed to society, while a “bad” trust was
in the service industry.
Lyndon Johnson must bear great responsibility for the American problems in the
Vietnam War because he ________.
A) failed to confront the American people with the stark reality of the war
B) was the first leader to commit American resources to fighting communists in
Vietnam
C) was not fully committed to containment and strayed from Kennedy’s foreign policy
D) was more committed to the containment policy than his predecessors had been
E) took funding away from the war effort to prop up his Great Society programs
How can Jefferson’s foreign policy best be characterized?
A) It allowed Madisonthe next presidentto return to domestic concerns.
B) It seriously damaged the British economy through conflict and embargoes.
C) It fostered a valuable alliance with France.
D) It did more harm than good for the United States.
E) It strengthened relations with Europe, despite the war.
Many Americans believed high tariffs would ________.
A) enhance America’s image abroad
B) prevent competition from foreign goods
C) meet the demands of American farmers
D) prevent political differences from arising
E) take money out of their own pockets
What was the relationship between industrialization and urbanization in the early
1800s?
A) Urbanization was often the product of industrialization.
B) Industrialization caused major urban areas to shrink.
C) Both were the product of population expansion.
D) Urbanization and industrialization both experienced a decline in the 1820s.
E) Urbanization was initially hampered by industrialization.
What sixteenth-century European upheaval had a profound impact upon England’s
settlement of the New World?
A) the Crusades
B) the War of the Roses
C) the Reformation
D) the Hundred Years’ War
E) the Renaissance