What issue brought the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford to the Supreme Court?
A) A slave owner sued for damages because he was beaten severely by an abolitionist.
B) A slave owner sued for damages because abolitionists helped his slaves.
C) A slave sued for damages because he was beaten severely by a white owner.
D) An escaped slave sued for his freedom because he was caught in a free territory.
E) A slave sued on the grounds that he had lived in a free state and so he should be a
free man.
Building the new skyscrapers depended on ________.
A) concrete reinforced pilings
B) electrical elevators
C) automatic window cleaners
D) indoor plumbing
E) steel and glass
Who was the Delaware Prophet?
A) Cotton Mather
B) Pontiac
C) Charles Townshend
D) George Grenville
E) Neolin
What was the Second Great Awakening?
A) a wave of religious revivals
B) a political movement to abolish slavery
C) an early women’s rights movement
D) a reform movement to educate more American children
E) a creative movement that revolutionized American art
The most important domestic law passed during Wilson’s administration was the _____.
A) Underwood Tariff
B) Dingley Tariff
C) Federal Reserve Act
D) Pure Food and Drug Act
E) Clayton Antitrust Act
For which of the following was Bill Clinton impeached by the Senate?
A) perjury and obstruction of justice
B) making unwelcome sexual advances to Paula Jones
C) having an affair with Monica Lewinsky
D) selling missile technology to China for campaign contributions
E) being involved in a crooked real estate scheme in Arkansas
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was designed to _______.
A) help support continued control of electrical power by private companies
B) bring modernization and jobs to desolate areas of the upper rural South
C) alienate troublesome conservationists in his administration
D) test the authority of the Supreme Court
E) win votes in a largely Republican area of the country
Hamilton’s Report on the Public Credit recommended ________.
A) the renunciation of all old government debts
B) that the federal government assume remaining state debts
C) that the states fund most government activities
D) that bankers be restricted in their dealings with the federal government
E) that the federal government offer its creditors 80 percent of the face value of its
obligations
Which of the following statements best describes typical Americans who were born in
the 1930s?
A) As children, they experienced boom times; as young adults, they lived through hard
times.
B) As children, they lived through hard times; as young adults, they experienced boom
times.
C) As children, they witnessed the rise of cities; as young adults, they saw the decline
of cities.
D) As children, they witnessed the rise of cars; as young adults, they saw cars replaced
by mass transit.
E) As children, they lived through war; as young adults their country was at peace for
decades.
William Lloyd Garrison’s stand on _________ led to an open break at the national
convention of the American Anti-slavery Society in 1840.
A) interracial marriage
B) African-American rights
C) religion
D) temperance
E) women’s rights
In which colony were African Americans most able to preserve their African identity?
A) New Jersey
B) South Carolina
C) Pennsylvania
D) New York
E) Virginia
During the Second Seminole War of 1835″1842, ________.
A) most slaves rebelled against their masters
B) many escaped slaves fought with the Native Americans against the U.S. soldiers
C) slaves slaughtered Seminole Indians in large numbers
D) many whites killed their slaves in fear of an alliance between slaves and Native
Americans
E) many escaped slaves hiding in Florida were found and returned to their owners
Which of the following revolutionized early Native American cultures?
A) the discovery of hunting
B) the development of agriculture
C) tribal political alliances
D) the emergence of a written language
E) the domestication of the horse
Why were regional identities formed in the U.S. in the early nineteenth century?
A) Without telephones, radios, televisions, or Internet, people were isolated and knew
little of the happenings in other regions.
B) Most regions had aggressive devotion to radical democracy, making the other
regions uneasy.
C) In order to control immigrant migration, the federal government designated certain
areas for immigrants from certain countries to live.
D) The industrial revolution increased European immigration; immigrants tended to
migrate to cities to live near people from their country of origin.
E) People wanted to defend local economic interests, it was difficult to travel far, and
there were distinct regional subcultures.
The leader of the American Expeditionary Force was _____.
A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) John J. Pershing
C) Alfred T. Mahan
D) Douglas MacArthur
E) Omar Bradley
What was the consequence of the formation of the Standard Oil Trust?
A) The federal government passed legislation to stop further trusts from forming.
B) Other industries followed its lead and trusts became common in America.
C) John D. Rockefeller lost control of his company.
D) Other oil companies began to compete with Standard Oil over prices.
E) It became famous as the only trust ever formed in the United States.
The English takeover of New Netherland (which was subsequently renamed New York)
________.
A) had little immediate effect on the colony
B) was followed by the expulsion of the Dutch
C) led to the prompt creation of a legislature
D) met with armed resistance by the Dutch
E) sparked a war between the English and the Dutch
As a war leader, Jefferson Davis ________.
A) focused more on policymaking than controlling the military
B) had an excellent relationship with his generals
C) lacked initiative and leadership on the home front
D) frequently used martial law to retain control
E) had the full support of southern governors
By 1894, American railroads ________.
A) had difficulty finding the capital to expand
B) suffered from competition and overexpansion
C) had consolidated into four major lines
D) had eliminated competition
E) were at the peak of their bargaining power
The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 resulted in ________.
A) war between Spain and Portugal
B) Portuguese control of what would become Brazil
C) English control of what is now Canada
D) French control of Martinique
E) the withdrawal of the Spanish from the New World
Why did interest in national politics wane in the early nineteenth century?
A) Many people began to believe that all politicians, especially those far removed from
their constituency, were corrupt.
B) Most people were focused on state politics because of a rise in political parties and
internal strife.
C) Many people were distracted by the changes in the Supreme Court and paid less
attention to national politics.
D) A period of satisfaction with events followed the War of 1812.
E) Many people still distrusted a strong central government and therefore wanted to
develop their state governments rather than the federal one.
How did Hamilton demonstrate his dedication in developing his plan for prosperity and
security?
A) He consulted his friends and colleagues in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and
Virginia.
B) He surveyed and patiently listened to his political enemies, especially Jefferson and
Madison.
C) He traveled to England and France, studying their economic institutions and
industrial centers.
D) He traveled around the United States, even into the Western Territories, to gain a
true sense of the nation’s fiscal status.
E) He conducted a survey of political and economic leaders on the subject.
The nations that comprised the Axis Powers in World War II were _______.
A) Germany, France, and Spain
B) Germany, China, and the Soviet Union
C) Germany, Italy, and Japan
D) Britain, France, and the United States
E) the Soviet Union, China, and the United States
What happened as a result of the growth of the eighteenth-century colonial economy?
A) The population grew even faster and per capita income declined.
B) Enforcement of the Navigation Laws sowed the seeds of a lingering bitterness
against Britain.
C) The colonies developed a strong industrial base.
D) Colonists’ prosperity as a whole increased.
E) American exports increasingly found new markets around the world.
Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease policy _______.
A) ensured British access to American war supplies
B) placed restrictions on materials that were shipped to Britain
C) encountered no opposition from the Senate
D) was strongly supported by American isolationists
E) was approved by Congress but never implemented
The violence found in ________ led to the establishment of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association (NCAA).
A) hockey
B) football
C) lacrosse
D) basketball
E) baseball
The muckrakers and progressives disagreed on what to reform first and how to do it,
but not on _______.
A) the need for reform
B) the need for unions
C) the rights of big business
D) the role of immigrants in America
E) the need for racial equality
Why was silver not just a political or economic issue but a social movement in the
1890s?
A) If you favored silver coinage, you identified with urbanization and industrialization.
B) Supporting the free coinage of silver meant rejecting all government intervention.
C) The unemployed tended to fight against the free and independent coinage of silver.
D) People who supported the free coinage of silver also supported other economic
reforms.
E) Advocates of silver felt that it spoke for the downtrodden and the dispossessed.
The major source of Anglo-French conflict in the colonies was ________.
A) slavery
B) international naval supremacy
C) arguments over relations and treaties with Native Americans
D) political grievances
E) control of the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys
The sitdown strike _______.
A) was first used against General Motors in 1936
B) was used only by the United Auto Workers
C) proved ineffective against major corporations
D) was first used against the Ford Motor Company
E) was a time-tested technique from strikes in the 1920s
Most Spanish colonists were ________.
A) members of wealthy families
B) more racially tolerant than their English counterparts
C) unconcerned about economic opportunities
D) unwilling to have contact with native groups
E) unusually racist for their time
Hinton R. Helper tried to convince southern yeoman farmers that ________.
A) they should end planter dominance and slavery with it
B) slavery increased their standard of living
C) they could someday be slave owners themselves
D) they should fight to maintain the institution of slavery
E) they should free their slaves