The growing risk of exposure to sexual predators was one troubling side effect of which
of the following?
A) the law and order campaign
B) the wave of new immigrants
C) the anonymity of the Internet
D) the age gap between millennials and boomers
A major source of the new feeling of nationalism after the Revolutionary War was the
__________.
A) common sacrifice by soldiers and civilians during the war
B) inspiration from the patriotic novels of James Fenimore Cooper
C) strong central government created by the Articles of Confederation
D) common dedication to freedom embodied in the attacks on slavery
The __________ were Jacksonians who championed giving the ‘small man” his chance.
A) Locofocos
B) Know-Nothings
C) Barnburners
D) National Republicans
A new period of international cooperation was entered with the signing of the
__________ in San Francisco in June 1945.
A) Armistice
B) United Nations charter
C) Non-Aggression Pact
D) League of Nations charter
Why did John Brown kill five proslavery settlers at Pottawatomie Creek in May 1856?
A) He was mentally ill and believed God had told him to do it.
B) He was avenging the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, earlier that month.
C) He was planning on starting a slave rebellion in Kansas.
D) The group had attacked his family farm earlier in the month.
What gave young people’s desire for casting off their inhibitions about sexual
expression cultural legitimacy?
A) Havelock Ellis’s popularization of Freud’s theories
B) Margaret Sanger’s pamphlets on birth control and contraception
C) Revelations about president Warren G. Harding’s extramarital affairs
D) Displays of sexual activity in movies produced in Hollywood
The movement to separate church and state during the writing of the new state
constitutions was most successful in __________.
A) Massachusetts
B) South Carolina
C) New Hampshire
D) Virginia
In summer 1863, Lee launched his last assault into the North and was defeated in the
Battle of __________, which probably decided the fate of the Union.
A) Shiloh
B) Gettysburg
C) Fredericksburg
D) Antietam
“The Pretension that the American Flag should protect every Individual sailing under it
is too extravagant to require any serious Refutation.” What prompted a British foreign
secretary to make this statement?
A) Congress had announced U.S. opposition to Britain’s role in the international slave
trade.
B) Madison had protested the British practice of impressment.
C) The Supreme Court had declared that the Bill of Rights applied to American vessels.
D) Caribbean and Florida pirates claimed U.S. protection against British prosecutors.
_________ were/was essential to the culture, religion, and sustenance of the Plains
Indians.
A) Maize
B) Hemp
C) Bison
D) Cattle
Which statement describes the philosophy of the New Deal?
A) It was ideologically rigid but coherent.
B) It was single-minded in its faith in Keynesian economics.
C) It drew on Populist traditions and Theodore Roosevelt’s New Nationalism.
D) It was the brainchild of university-trained intellectuals who dismissed the ideas of
social workers.
American marines became part of an international peacekeeping force in 1982 as a
result of the Palestine Liberation Organization attacks on Israel from which country?
A) Jordan
B) Egypt
C) Syria
D) Lebanon
What was one of the major limitations of the United Nations Security Council?
A) Only great powers could be members.
B) Neither the English nor the French were initially members.
C) All of its actions had to be approved by the General Assembly.
D) Any great power could block UN action.
Which railroad was allotted the first federal land grant in 1850?
A) Central Pacific
B) Illinois Central
C) Rock Island Line
D) Baltimore and Ohio
What was one negative by-product of railroad construction in the mid-1800s?
A) crooked practices by those more interested in making money than the development
of the rail lines
B) the shortage of the necessary natural resources such as iron and steel
C) the refusal of Congress to approve federal land grants
D) the decrease in private funding after the federal government began providing money
for construction
The collapse of Indian cities by ad 1500 had which of the following effects on Native
American cultures on the continent?
A) Tribes focused their energy on the preservation and celebration of their history and
heritage.
B) Native people learned from the fragility of nature and grew environmentally
conscious.
C) As trade reduced to a trickle, native tribes found themselves more and more isolated.
D) Native tribes grew increasingly dependent on the manufactured goods of Europeans.
The deflation of the Reconstruction period had which of the following economic
consequences?
A) It offered farmers a welcome reprieve.
B) It gave debtors temporary relief because falling prices reduced the cost of loans.
C) It increased the real income of those who held bonds, such as those issued by the
government during the Civil War.
D) It triggered a surge in investments and boosted employment across the nation,
particularly in the West.
How did Andrew Jackson characterize South Carolina’s defiance of the national tariff?
A) as petty provincialism
B) as treason
C) as a welcome political debate.
D) as an act of war.
What was a major cause of the disorder in Kansas?
A) continued resistance of Native Americans
B) immigration of numerous free blacks
C) meddling by Congress in local affairs
D) interference from outsiders on the slavery issue
What was the opinion of Justice John Marshall Harlan in the case of Plessy v.
Ferguson?
A) .Segregation is a legacy of slavery and inconsistent with the Constitution.
B) Two socially disparate races should not be forced together, but separated by the
Constitution.
C) The Supreme Court had no jurisdiction over state matters of racial customs.
D) Congress had the responsibility to segregate different races so as to avoid legal
conflicts.
What made Bacon’s Rebellion so dangerous to Virginia’s elite?
A) It involved an alliance between Indians and poor English settlers.
B) It pitted Virginia against its neighboring colonies.
C) It turned Parliament against Virginia’s aristocracy.
D) It derived its strength from the solidarity of poor English settlers, servants, and
slaves.
Why was Stephen Douglas known as “the Little Giant”?
A) Although almost 6″4″, his thin voice and weak features made him an unimpressive
figure.
B) He commanded an imposing presence even though he was very short.
C) Despite his modest demeanor, he quietly arranged political victories behind the
scenes.
D) A political loud-mouth and bragger, he never sponsored a single bill in his political
career.
In addition to the attack on the World Trade Center, the al-Qaeda terrorist network of
Osama bin Laden was linked to which of the following?
A) the bombing of a Pan American airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland
B) the attack on the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro
C) the bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa
D) the destruction of a West German club frequented by American soldiers
Which of the following statements regarding the Erie Canal is true?
A) It was constructed by a group of New York merchants.
B) It was a financial disaster.
C) It solidly established New York City’s dominance in commerce.
D) It benefited New England through its feeder canals.
By 1990, membership in churches and synagogues __________.
A) deeply declined from previous decades
B) experienced an increase from the previous four decades
C) remained steady, except for the Roman Catholic Church, which saw deep declines
D) remained steady, except for mainstream Protestant churches, which saw sharp
increases
During the War of 1812, Federalists in New England __________.
A) refused to provide militia to aid in the fight
B) supplied the American army with goods at prices below their cost
C) purchased most of the government bonds to fund the war
D) tried to negotiate an unofficial peace with France
After his election in 1988, President Bush __________.
A) displayed the same lack of interest in the details of government as President Reagan
B) saw his standing in public opinion polls drop dramatically because of his inept
handling of foreign affairs
C) angered Reagan loyalists by supporting abortion rights and gun control
D) tried to shed the tough image he created during the campaign
Which Unionist Democrat was placed on the Lincoln ticket to assure victory in 1864?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) George B. McClellan
C) Horatio Seymour
D) Andrew Johnson
Most Europeans considered the Native Americans to be __________.
A) contemptible heathens
B) their equals in every way
C) people who should be left alone
D) the lost tribe of Canaan
The slave Isabella Van Wagenen __________.
A) never had to worry about having any of her children sold away from her
B) was treated decently and fairly by the whites who claimed to own her
C) became a leading anti-slavery feminist and changed her name to Sojourner Truth
D) was a religious skeptic who was contemptuous of the religious ferment around her
Which of the following was a major consequence of Reagan’s presidency?
A) a more realistic view of the threat posed by the Soviet Union
B) a dramatic growth in the strength of blue-collar unions
C) a startling escalation of federal deficits and of the national debt
D) a major decrease in military spending
Which person was most crucial to Bill Clinton’s victory in the 1992 presidential
election?
A) Hillary Clinton
B) Al Gore
C) Monica Lewinsky
D) Ross Perot
Why was Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression inadequate?
A) It was too innovative and experimental.
B) It was based on laissez-faire economics.
C) It was a rejection of basic American values.
D) It was too rigid and uncompromising.
During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln __________.
A) supported both political equality for blacks and the Dred Scott decision
B) portrayed Douglas as an opponent of the Dred Scott decision
C) opposed both slavery and social and political equality for blacks
D) supported repealing the Fugitive Slave Act