Bobby Seale and Huey Newton began the Black Panthers in their home area of
__________.
A) Oakland, CA
B) Mobile, AL
C) Chicago
D) Washington, D.C.
The beginning of a stronger, more assertive presidency began with __________.
A) Grover Cleveland
B) Benjamin Harrison
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) William McKinley
The roots of the Iranian hostage crisis resided in __________.
A) Jimmy Carter’s emphasis on human rights
B) the Shah of Iran’s despotic regime
C) economic inflation in the United States
D) America’s isolationist stance in foreign affairs
The Fifteenth Amendment __________.
A) gave Congress the power to remove presidential cabinet members
B) officially ended slavery in the United States
C) established new rules for the readmission of southern states
D) guaranteed the right of American men to vote
The first check to Japanese expansion came at the Battle of the Coral Sea when
__________.
A) British reinforcements relieved a battered U.S. navy
B) U.S. aircraft carriers halted a Japanese advance toward Australia
C) the Japanese were forced to surrender the island fortress of Corregidor
D) the alliance of the Axis Powers dissolved
Outcomes of the Persian Gulf War included which of the following?
A) the toppling of Saddam Hussein from power
B) the outburst of civil war in Iran
C) a general belief that American military technology was inferior
D) the achievement of President Bush’s goal to restore the ‘status quo”
In 1956, the Soviet Union used military force to suppress an uprising in __________.
A) North Korea
B) Greece
C) Hungary
D) Egypt
Evidence of a renewed Cold War in the 1980s included which of the following?
A) the American public’s belief that the government had been infiltrated by communists
B) the United States’ placement of new cruise missiles in Asia
C) the belief, expressed in National Security Directive D-13, that a nuclear war was
winnable
D) a significant decrease in the nuclear arms race
Which of the following reforms gave special interest groups increased power in
electoral politics?
A) eliminating the poll tax
B) direct primaries
C) adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment
D) strict voter registration laws
After Richard Nixon’s election, it became apparent that __________.
A) relations with the Soviet Union would worsen
B) antiwar protests would immediately decline
C) he did not have a secret plan to end the war
D) Vice President Agnew would not support Nixon’s war policies
Which of the following articles would most likely be published in the Kansas Farmer?
A) an article calling for the United States to adopt the gold standard
B) an article advocating women’s suffrage
C) an article calling for banking reform
D) an article pressing the rights of labor unions
Effects of the Dawes Act included __________.
A) more Indian land being owned by whites
B) the widespread conversion of Indians to Christianity
C) a sharing of natural resources between whites and Indians
D) an immediate attack by the Sioux against the U.S. army
Reies Lpez Tijerina led a movement that __________.
A) condemned anti-union businesses in Texas
B) demanded the return of land to Hispanics in New Mexico
C) rejected local organization and grass-roots democracy
D) resulted in his nomination for president
In California and Colorado, farmers used __________ to irrigate their land.
A) wells
B) streams
C) rain water
D) sprinklers
The winner of the 1868 presidential election was __________.
A) Rutherford B. Hayes
B) Andrew Johnson
C) Horatio Seymour
D) Ulysses S. Grant
Which of the following was a secondary effect of the automobile industry’s growth?
A) boosting the chemical industry
B) boosting the agricultural industry
C) boosting the residential construction industry
D) boosting the entertainment industry
How was the Cattle Kingdom’s growth linked to urban easterners?
A) The food needs of urban areas in the East aided the economic growth of the West.
B) Small urban investment fueled the Cattle Kingdom’s growth.
C) The expansion of the shipping industry helped transport meat throughout the United
States.
D) Cowboys often made fortunes in ranching and then retired to the eastern cities.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer’s credibility was permanently harmed when
__________.
A) he switched his loyalties to the Republican Party
B) he pardoned Eugene Debs
C) Congress passed laws that encouraged larger immigration from central Europe
D) his prediction of an attempted communist takeover did not come true
The Roosevelt Corollary was seen by Theodore Roosevelt as __________.
A) a reasonable compromise with anti-imperialists
B) an important move toward isolationism
C) the only defense against communist expansionism
D) a logical extension of the Monroe Doctrine
The actions of Congress in the late-1800s were characterized by __________.
A) a quiet, deferential atmosphere that stifled debate
B) a return to a simple and honest interpretation of congressional protocol
C) the aggressive presence of the president in controlling legislative proposals
D) repeated shifts in party control that impeded effective action
In the early 1990s, the United States __________.
A) experienced its biggest immigration boom since World War I
B) rejected the philosophy of free trade in the Western Hemisphere
C) enacted legislation that placed harsh restrictions on Asian immigration
D) began to increase trade with Europe while decreasing trade with Pacific nations
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People __________.
A) was created by an act of Congress
B) was shunned by W. E. B. Du Bois
C) started out as an interracial organization
D) made economic opportunity for blacks its main focus
The major significance of Elihu Thomson’s career was his __________.
A) leadership of Kodak as the world’s major photographic company
B) successful and prosperous General Electric Company
C) role in creating the first commercial telegraph
D) use of vertical integration in dominating the oil industry
One of the reasons why more women entered the workforce in the 1970s was
__________.
A) men mostly encouraged their wives to work
B) more management jobs were suddenly open to women
C) factories actively recruited women workers
D) a broad shift from manufacturing to service jobs
Pueblo society was noted for its __________.
A) nomadic hunting and herding of sheep
B) intensive agriculture and unified community goals
C) reliance on living in small, isolated clans
D) hunting of buffalo on the Great Plains
In the latter part of the nineteenth century, countries that attracted migrants usually
__________.
A) had growing industrial economies
B) had non-democratic governments
C) were located in eastern or southern Europe
D) had extensive networks of social services set up for migrants
By the end of the 1980s, __________.
A) women constituted nearly two-thirds of poor adults
B) the percentage of women attending college decreased
C) the average salary of men and women was virtually equal
D) the Republican Party promoted the Equal Rights Amendment
Similarities between the Vietnam War and the Iranian hostage crisis included that both
conflicts __________.
A) were ignited by Communist insurgents
B) were not closely followed by the American public
C) resulted from American support for democratic regimes
D) destroyed the credibility of the presidents involved
Between 1900 and 1920, protective legislation for __________ workers was virtually
nonexistent.
A) young male
B) young female
C) adult male
D) adult female
Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of __________.
A) sexual harassment
B) once belonging to the Communist Party
C) taking illegal payments when he was a judge
D) illegal drug use
Grandfather clauses and poll taxes were used to __________.
A) stop blacks from migrating to the North
B) deny blacks the right to vote
C) equalize wealth between poor and wealthy farmers
D) exclude women from joining the Populist Party
The Roosevelt Corollary stated that the United States __________.
A) would act to promote order in the Caribbean
B) would act in concert with other powers
C) supported the Drago Doctrine
D) would consult over Venezuela
Which statement about the American poor is true?
A) The percentage of poor people had decreased in the period 1960″1973.
B) In the 1980s, there was an increase in the number of Americans living in poverty.
C) Homelessness was less visible in the 1980s and affected only a handful of
Americans.
D) Analysts began to refer to an underclass that was left out of the economic
mainstream.
Third-party presidential candidate Strom Thurmond left the Democratic Party because
of his __________.
A) belief that the Soviet threat was not a serious concern
B) contention that the party had abandoned organized labor
C) opposition to civil rights reforms raised by party members
D) dislike of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Which statement best describes the duality of causes for American intervention in
Cuba?
A) The American government wanted to stop Cuban exports and revolutionary
ideology.
B) Americans wished to stop British expansionism and secure markets in the Pacific.
C) Americans were motivated by both commercial concerns and their support for
freedom.
D) Republicans wanted to defy President Cleveland and open new markets in the
Caribbean.