What did some people in the business community find attractive about progressivism?
A) Nothing. The business community opposed all forms of progressivism.
B) Progressives and business owners wanted to clean up city governments and political
contests.
C) Progressives believed in progress and efficiency, two industrial business values.
D) Progressives wanted to control corporate abuses, reform child labor laws, and ensure
factory safety; these were industrial business values, too.
E) Progressives fought for women’s and African Americans’ rights, two things that
would benefit industrial leaders.
Why was it difficult for northern abolitionists to develop a practical program that would
eliminate the institution of slavery throughout the country?
A) Southern states generally had much better lawyers than northern states.
B) There was a serious lack of strong northern congressional leadership.
C) The Constitution protected state laws that allowed slavery.
D) Southern plantation owners donated heavily to northern political candidates.
E) The issue of slavery was overshadowed by more pressing problems.
What was only significant piece of social legislation enacted in the first Bush
administration?
A) Economic Opportunity Act
B) National Health Insurance Act
C) Social Security Privatization Act
D) Americans with Disabilities Act
E) Equal Rights Amendment
The “new woman” of the 1880s and 1890s________.
A) won respect from the American society
B) developed from the economic changes of the times
C) quickly won political and civil rights
D) was usually married, working out of choice
E) still could not get a divorce
The social and economic effects of the Depression _______.
A) affected only the wealthier classes
B) hit the middle class especially hard
C) lasted only a few months at the end of 1929
D) were suffered only by the lower classes
E) came to light only gradually
The Democratic candidate in the election of 1928 was _____.
A) Robert M. La Follette
B) James Cox
C) John W. Davis
D) Al Smith
E) William McAdoo
Which of these was the worst domestic problem facing President Obama at the time of
his election?
A) a series of urban riots
B) the disputed election
C) economic recession
D) drought throughout the Midwest
E) bank failures
Harriet Beecher Stowe published her abolitionist novel ______ in 1852, and it was
enormously successful.
A) Uncle Tom’s Cabin
B) The Impending Crisis of the South
C) Tom Sawyer
D) Up from Slavery
E) Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
In the 1780s, why did Americans disagree sharply over the relative importance of
liberty and order?
A) Americans believed that in order to gain liberty, everyone should be given extensive
civil rights.
B) Some Americans believed people should be free; others believed they should be
well-mannered.
C) Americans who valued British traditions supported order; those loyal to the new
American government supported liberty.
D) Religious leaders preached order while politicians advocated for liberty and
religious freedom.
E) After British tyranny Americans valued liberty but recognized the importance of
order.
What was the intent of the Republican Party’s push for “normalcy”?
A) The return to normalcy indicated Republican reservations about mass production
and other broad economic changes.
B) “Normalcy” aimed to raise income taxes for all classes of American citizens.
C) This term indicated that Republicans wanted to reverse the cultural transformation
sweeping American society.
D) Republicans sought to shrink government intervention in all aspects of the economy
as part of the planned return to normalcy.
E) Reacting to the reforms of progressive presidents, such as Woodrow Wilson and
Teddy Roosevelt, Republicans sought stability and security.
The most important development in the communications system in late
nineteenth-century America was the ________.
A) telephone
B) post office
C) telegraph
D) radio
E) transatlantic cable
In contrast to the North, revivalism in southern states did not ________.
A) seek to improve the morals of society
B) push for social reform
C) encourage temperance
D) discourage dueling
E) have an impact on religious life
While the United States was home to only 6 percent of the world’s population, it was
responsible for ________ of the world’s energy consumption.
A) 9 percent
B) 22 percent
C) 40 percent
D) 75 percent
E) 90 percent
The ________ set new standards for mass production in the early twentieth century.
A) Colt .45 revolver
B) McCormick reaper
C) Ford Model T
D) General Electric oscillating fan
E) phonograph
The three-fifths rule concerned the issue of ________.
A) whether or not to count slaves as part of the population
B) the number of branches in the national government
C) checks and balances
D) presidential power
E) the number of votes required in the House to pass legislation
How would late seventeenth-century Virginia best be described?
A) a plantation society, dominated by a slaveholding elite
B) a diversified society and economy, with minimal social stratification
C) a society of small farmers, committed to diversified agriculture
D) a successful commercial enterprise that returned large profits to the crown
E) a society struggling with the question of slavery
How did progressive attitudes affect the size of government?
A) Progressives believed that local government was ineffective in enacting social
reforms, so municipal government decreased during the progressive era.
B) Progressives believed that the federal government could best conduct social reforms,
so government grew during the progressive era.
C) Progressives believed that charities could best conduct social reforms, so
government shrank during the progressive era.
D) Progressives believed that most voters were too uneducated to understand national
issues, so they supported small state and local government only.
E) Progressives believed in the wisdom of the general masses, so state and local
governments shrank while agencies run by non-politicians grew.
Which of the following statements about the Whiskey Rebellion is FALSE?
A) It took place in western Pennsylvania.
B) It lent credence to fears of political violence against the government.
C) It involved an attempt to prohibit the consumption of whiskey and other alcoholic
beverages.
D) The Washington administration’s reaction to it was excessive.
E) It increased Republican electoral strength along the frontier.
What amendment to the Constitution states that no person could be denied the right to
vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
A) Eleventh
B) Twelfth
C) Thirteenth
D) Fourteenth
E) Fifteenth
What was the main focus of the Nixon presidency?
A) foreign policy
B) civil rights
C) economics
D) education
E) the armed forces
By 1932, what percentage of American workers were unemployed?
A) 10%
B) 12%
C) 25%
D) 33%
E) 50%
Compared to New England, Chesapeake society ________.
A) was more democratic
B) was characterized by small farms
C) had fewer families
D) was more densely populated
E) had fewer slaves
What was the Manhattan Project?
A) a plan for ground troops to take Tokyo and end the war
B) a government program to deal with criminals of war
C) an elite team of secret agents that nearly assassinated Hitler
D) a diplomatic project to negotiate a Japanese surrender
E) a top-secret program that developed the atom bomb
The foreign policy of Lyndon Johnson ________.
A) was dramatically different from that of John Kennedy
B) was simply a continuation of Kennedy’s policies
C) indicated his strong opposition to the Cold War
D) indicated his acceptance of existing communist states
E) was isolationist and aloof by nature
At the beginning of World War I, Americans _____.
A) showed little interest in the conflict
B) sided strongly with the British
C) were eager to enter the conflict
D) sided strongly with the Germans
E) generally accepted neutrality
One of the important ideas behind the concept of Manifest Destiny was ________.
A) converting recent immigrants to Protestantism
B) the establishment of the factory system
C) the inclusion of women in the workforce
D) territorial expansion
E) the abolition of slavery
What event brought the United States into World War II?
A) the Italian attack on Austria
B) the German occupation of France
C) the first mass executions of Jews
D) the Japanese invasion of China
E) the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
The most important advances in industrialization in the U.S. ________.
A) occurred during the last third of the nineteenth century
B) were developed during the Civil War
C) had developed in western Europe by 1900
D) had little effect on the American economy
E) began in the first years of the twentieth century
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
American businesses began paying attention to size, speed, organization and marketing
because ________.
A) new laws required reforms to ensure worker safety and a safe work environment
B) strikes were putting many companies out of business
C) profitable companies needed to mass produce goods quickly using unskilled labor
D) old factories had to be rebuilt to produce the goods demanded by consumers
E) unskilled workers demanded a good working environment and higher pay
American prosperity in the early 1800s was based on ________.
A) an industrial economy
B) manufacturing
C) monetary supplies
D) agriculture and commerce
E) the slave system
The Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution provided for _____.
A) women’s suffrage
B) prohibition
C) a federal income tax
D) direct election of senators
E) extending the franchise to eighteen-year-olds