By the day of FDR’s inauguration in 1933, banking operations __________.
A) had been suspended in four-fifths of the states
B) continued, despite several well-publicized failures
C) had collapsed totally throughout the country
D) remained largely unaffected by the Depression
What gave rise to the feeling of nationalism among Americans during the revolution?
A) the movement toward American independence
B) the fight alongside Native Americans and freed slaves
C) the necessity to unite in order to win the war
D) cultural trends in the colonies going back to the middle of the seventeenth century
One of the suffragists’ more successful justifications was the “purity” argument, which
stated which of the following?
A) Women’s moral superiority would clean up politics if they were given the vote.
B) Because women were no more pure or impure than men, they had nothing to lose by
voting.
C) Women must first purify politics through religion, then they should get the vote.
D) Women’s moral superiority would be endangered by voting unless illiterate blacks
and immigrants were disfranchised.
Why did most American canals connect directly to the Great Lakes?
A) Their fisheries were a significant economic resource in the early nineteenth century.
B) Trade with Canada across the Great Lakes was particularly vibrant.
C) Transportation across the lakes and its tributaries increased the reach of the canal
network exponentially.
D) Trade with Native tribes of the Great Lakes region continued to be of primary
importance to the Atlantic seaboard.
Hoover’s program for ending the Depression called for the federal government to do
which of the following?
A) Take control of bankrupt state and local relief programs.
B) Provide direct federal relief to the unemployed.
C) Lend funds to banks and corporations on the verge of collapse.
D) Intervene actively in the economy by prohibiting manufacturers from cutting wages
or laying off workers.
One of the earliest sedentary communities in North America on the Mississippi River in
Louisiana was founded __________ years ago.
A) 700
B) 1,700
C) 3,700
D) 7,300
Which technological development revolutionized naval warfare in World War II?
A) the submarine
B) the airplane
C) the shortwave radio
D) the anti-aircraft gun
What happened when President John Tyler opposed Henry Clay’s plans for a new Bank
of the United States?
A) Daniel Webster resigned in protest.
B) The entire cabinet resigned except for Daniel Webster.
C) Congress overrode his veto with a two-third majority.
D) His cabinet threatened to resign unless Tyler fired Webster.
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the __________ was
unconstitutional.
A) Missouri Compromise
B) Kansas-Nebraska Act
C) Compromise of 1850
D) Fugitive Slave Act
What prompted the final break between former President Theodore Roosevelt and his
successor William Howard Taft?
A) the antitrust suit against U.S. Steel
B) the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy
C) Taft’s failure to respond to the Trial factory fire
D) the antitrust suit against the Northern Securities Company
Why did Thomas Pownall think that Great Britain would eventually have to adjust the
imperial system?
A) He was appalled by the inefficiency of the Board of Trade.
B) He considered Parliament an utter scam that needed serious democratic reforms.
C) He was certain that the colonists had God on their side.
D) He believed that the growing weight of the colonies made reforms as inevitable as
natural law.
Why did the Whigs choose Zachary Taylor for president in 1848?
A) He was a staunch opponent of slavery.
B) He enjoyed extensive legislative experience.
C) He had proven his campaign skills many times.
D) He could boast an impressive military career.
Who was the wartime superintendent of finance who restored order and credit to the
government’s treasury?
A) James Wilson
B) Silas Deane
C) James Madison
D) Robert Morris
A major British advantage in 1776 was their __________.
A) control of both Boston and New York City
B) ability to rely on loyal Americans for supplies and troops
C) far larger population than that of the colonies
D) strong public support for a full-scale attack on the colonies
In the proprietary colony, the proprietor’s income resulted primarily from which of the
following?
A) profits gained from trading with the Native Americans
B) annual rents from lands granted to settlers
C) import and export duties paid by the colonists
D) payments from the monarchy
As a result of the Compromise of 1877, __________.
A) the principles of the Radical Republicans became part of the fabric of American
politics
B) the power of the president was permanently undermined
C) the Supreme Court stepped in to protect blacks
D) Reconstruction ended and a new political order took shape in the South
Although there were additional factors, by the final decades of the nineteenth century
the chief cause of urban growth was which of the following?
A) rural discontent and migration
B) natural increase among urban families
C) the expansion of industry
D) the improving quality of city life
When the states of the lower South seceded, __________.
A) Buchanan declared secession illegal and boldly rallied the Unionists in the South to
prevent it
B) Lincoln thought secession a bluff and announced no plans to deal with it before
assuming office
C) Congress passed, and Buchanan signed, the Crittenden Compromise, guaranteeing
the future security of slavery
D) Lincoln indicated his willingness to compromise on extending slavery in the
territories
Richard M. Nixon defended his refusal to submit tape recordings from the Oval Office
on which grounds?
A) The recordings had been made without his permission.
B) None of his predecessors had ever been asked to give up these recordings.
C) The recordings included many private conversations that the president wanted
protected under the right to privacy.
D) Executive privilege protected all conversations in the Oval Office.
National ownership of the railroads, unlimited coinage of silver, and the creation of a
‘subtreasury” were all a part of which party’s platform?
A) Populists in 1892
B) Democrats in 1884
C) Republicans in 1896
D) Mugwumps in 1870
What was the hallmark of American foreign policy during FDR’s first term, 1933″1937?
A) neutrality and isolationism
B) dollar diplomacy
C) stopping the spread of fascism
D) confronting the Soviet Union
How did American liberals who took Wilson’s pre-treaty statements literally react to the
treaty that Wilson brought home from Paris?
A) They were dismayed by its rejection of the League of Nations.
B) They approved of its absolute commitment to the principle of self-determination.
C) They agreed with forcing Germany to accept responsibility for causing war.
D) They were abysmally disappointed by what they considered a betrayal of Wilson’s
Fourteen Points.
The religious dissenters who established Plymouth colony were the __________.
A) Ranters
B) Quakers
C) Puritans
D) Pilgrims
Why did John Adams defend the British soldiers charged in the shooting during the
“Boston Massacre”?
A) He detested the Sons of Liberty.
B) He was a loyalist before he became a founding father.
C) He had witnessed the Boston Massacre and knew the soldiers were innocent.
D) He believed in the importance of a fair trial.
Which of the following best describes the role of the Mississippi River in the early
nineteenth century?
A) It served as the major defense line of midwestern native tribes.
B) It remained the only region in North America where British merchants still
dominated.
C) It had become the chief route for western commerce and communication.
D) It marked the dividing line between slavery and freedom in the United States.
What was Andrew Johnson’s fundamental goal?
A) to guarantee black political rights
B) to preserve the economic power of the southern planters
C) to fund public education for blacks
D) to assist poor whites with free homesteads and public education
Established in 1886, the __________ was a national combination of craft unions..
A) National Labor Union
B) Knights of Labor
C) Industrial Workers of the World
D) American Federation of Labor
Which of the following was at the center of the Puritans’ plan for the proper ordering of
society?
A) free marketplace economy
B) necessity for religious toleration
C) concept of the covenant
D) absolute separation of church and state
What was one result of the 1957 Soviet launch of Sputnik?
A) Khrushchev behaved more calmly in international affairs.
B) Eisenhower publicly outlined Soviet military weaknesses to calm American fears.
C) The nation’s network of bomber defenses became obsolete.
D) Eisenhower moved American bombers to Turkey and northern Africa.
When did the momentum of technological change in American industry began to
accelerate most?
A) in the 1780s
B) in the 1790s
C) in the 1810s
D) in the 1820s