The Confederate 1863 victory at Chancellorsville cost the Confederacy the life of
________.
A) Jefferson Davis
B) “Stonewall” Jackson
C) Robert E. Lee
D) William Tecumseh Sherman
E) Ulysses S. Grant
Which was NOT a reason why Scandinavian outposts in the New World were
eventually abandoned?
A) a colder climate
B) hostile groups of Native Americans
C) political upheavals in Scandinavia
D) poor communication
E) competition with Portuguese fishing groups
The greatest challenge facing the first Washington administration was ________.
A) foreign affairs
B) waging war with Native Americans
C) setting the government’s finances in order
D) territorial expansion
E) regulating interstate trade
What was the reason for Andrew Carnegie’s success?
A) He inherited a large family fortune.
B) He understood how to organize steel industry management.
C) He shared profits with his workers.
D) He had no competition from other producers.
E) He had worked in the steel industry since childhood.
The main issue of John Quincy Adams’s presidency was ________.
A) the forced relocation of Native Americans
B) relations with Canada
C) foreign affairs
D) tariffs
E) the idea of a continental railroad
Why did the Portuguese reject Columbus’s proposed route to Cathay?
A) They wanted Columbus to sail to India, not Cathay.
B) They believed that Columbus had underestimated the Earth’s circumference.
C) They believed the Earth was round.
D) They believed that Columbus had no intention of reaching Cathay and was
presenting a false route simply to gain monetary support.
E) They thought that Columbus would encounter too many hostile Indians on his
proposed route.
In 1743, during King George’s War, colonial forces captured ________.
A) Montreal
B) Toronto
C) Louisbourg
D) New Orleans
E) Quebec
Nixon’s election signaled a public reaction against the ________.
A) failure of the Democratic Party to bring about social reform
B) efforts to bring peace in Vietnam
C) successes of the civil rights movement
D) economic failures of the last Democratic president
E) liberal impulse to enact social reform
Which of the following was NOT a factor in fostering a change in American foreign
policy by 1890?
A) the census report of 1890
B) concern over lack of natural resources
C) oversaturation of domestic markets
D) the rise of evolution-inspired notions of racial superiority
E) the perceived need for more foreign markets
In 1989, popular demonstrations calling for democratic reform were violently
suppressed in _______.
A) China
B) Egypt
C) Czechoslovakia
D) Chile
E) Russia
The organization that led the fight for equal rights and education for blacks was the
________.
A) WCTCU
B) NAACP
C) Wobblies
D) AFL
E) AARP
Which of FDR’s actions ended the immediate financial crisis of the 1930s?
A) FDR established the Tennessee Valley Authority and created thousands of new jobs.
B) FDR’s Works Progress Administration spent nearly $5 billion on emergency relief.
C) FDR worked with powerful European nations to advance American agricultural
trade.
D) Using a calm and fatherly tone, FDR soothed the public’s fears during fireside chats.
E) FDR gave government aid to the large banks, restoring confidence in the banking
system.
Which group was exempted from the provisions of the National Origins Act of 1921?
A) Italians
B) Russians
C) Germans
D) Mexicans
E) Irish
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.
The most brilliant American political theorist of the post-revolutionary period was
________.
A) James Madison
B) George Washington
C) John Locke
D) John Adams
E) Thomas Jefferson
In October 1941, German U-boats sank the _______.
A) Liberty
B) Mayaguez
C) Reuben James
D) Lusitania
E) Jefferson
How did John Marshall influence the United States?
A) He created the first commercial steam ship, proving that people and freight can
move by steam power.
B) He brokered the Adams-Ons Treaty, granting the U.S. the fertile land of Florida.
C) He influenced the future of the institution of slavery in the U.S. by convincing
congress to pass the Missouri Compromise.
D) He influenced the future of the U.S. and Latin America through his Supreme Court
rulings like the Monroe Doctrine.
E) He influenced the future of the U.S. economy through his Supreme Court rulings.
Which of the following industries was the first to attract large numbers of people to the
West?
A) cattle ranching
B) farming
C) fur trapping
D) herding
E) mining
What were the opinions of Democrats and Republicans with regard to tariffs in the
1880s?
A) Republicans wanted to lower the tariff so that Americans could spend more, but
Democrats wanted to keep the tariff to pay for infrastructure.
B) Both Democrats and Republicans wanted the tariff to be lowered, but Democrats
wanted to lower it to cut taxes while Republicans wanted to lower it to boost business.
C) Democrats wanted to lower the tariff to trim taxes, but Republicans felt that
lowering it undermined American business and industry.
D) Republicans wanted to lower the tariff to boost business, but Democrats felt that the
tariff should remain as it was.
E) Democrats wanted to raise the tariff in order to fund public education, but
Republicans wanted to lower the tariff in order to inspire consumer spending.
Under the ________ system, manufacturers provided raw materials to people in their
own homes and then picked up the finished products for distribution.
A) finishing-off
B) mass production
C) piece work
D) putting-out
E) cottage industry
In the late nineteenth century, ________.
A) few women entered the work force
B) most women took advantage of economic changes
C) few women challenged the system
D) the role of women in the society was changing
E) womanly “innocence” was never questioned
The explanation for the tremendous population growth of seventeenth-century New
England can be found in the ________.
A) extraordinary fertility of New England women
B) emphasis Puritans placed on having large families
C) good relations maintained with local Indians
D) long lives of New England settlers
E) agricultural richness of the New World
The Northwest Ordinance ________.
A) defined the process by which a territory became a state
B) provided for a survey of the Northwest Territory
C) ignored the basic rights of settlers in the region
D) specifically allowed slavery to exist in the region
E) was one of the first acts passed under the Confederation
What stimulated the western cattle industry?
A) court decisions that allowed livestock to be transported across state lines
B) the discovery of precious metals that made money available for investment in
ranching
C) railroads and a population increase in the eastern United States
D) a decline in the amount of beef imported to the United States
E) dietary changes in the eastern United States
Which of the following tribes were not Plains Indians?
A) the Hopi
B) the Cheyenne
C) the Sioux
D) the Comanche
E) the Arapaho
Under the headright system in Virginia, ________.
A) every adult male could vote
B) every child was guaranteed a primary education
C) 50 acres were granted for each new settler, free or indentured
D) new immigrants were guaranteed a year’s provisions
E) every new settler was entitled to one slave
Which of the following characterizes the experience of German immigrants?
A) They suffered less prejudice than the Irish.
B) They suffered more prejudice than the Irish.
C) They could not be assimilated easily into American society.
D) They possessed few agricultural or other skills.
E) They were few in number.
How did attitudes toward sex and marriage change during the Roaring Twenties?
A) Victorian attitudes towards sex and marriage reemerged to sway American society
throughout the 1920s.
B) There was minimal change in attitudes toward sex and marriage at this time in
American history.
C) Divorce rates remained low as conservative values continued to dominate urban
American society.
D) People freely flouted Victorian sexual mores and behavior and more than half of all
marriages ended in divorce.
E) There was greater tolerance in attitudes toward sex, which was no longer a taboo
subject, along with a higher incidence of divorce.
What did the seventeenth-century revolts of American colonial gentry represent?
A) an early rehearsal for the American Revolution
B) confrontations between ordinary people and their rulers
C) competition among local factions for control of their colonies
D) ideological struggles over colonial rights
E) a struggle between the planters and yeoman farmers
In part, Lyndon Johnson wanted the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to demonstrate the
American commitment to ________.
A) making Vietnam an American colony
B) remaining neutral in Vietnam
C) defending South Vietnam
D) invading North Vietnam
E) cooperating with Russia in the Vietnam conflict
George III believed ________.
A) Parliament should run the empire
B) the monarch should take an active role in government
C) the monarch should be a figurehead
D) qualified men should run the government
E) the monarch should consider parliamentary opinion when making decisions
What was one of the effects of the new Fugitive Slave Law that was passed as part of
the Compromise of 1850?
A) It became easier for escaped slaves to stay free.
B) It became easier to kidnap and enslave free African Americans.
C) It became easier for slaves to sue for their freedom.
D) It became easier for slaves to purchase their freedom.
E) It became more difficult for plantation owners to reclaim their escaped slaves.