Actions in which area helped Truman win the 1948 election?
A) the Cold War
B) labor issues
C) civil rights
D) his handling of the Korean War
E) New Deal reforms
After General MacArthur’s victory at Inchon, Korea, Truman _______.
A) ordered UN troops to cross the Yellow Sea and attack China
B) ordered UN troops not to advance beyond the 38th parallel
C) withdrew UN troops from Korea because he had made his point to Stalin
D) shifted his military goal to unifying Korea
E) declared the Korean War over with a UN victory
At the Hartford Convention, ________.
A) a resolution threatening New England’s secession was adopted
B) Federalists demanded a unanimous vote in the Senate before war could be declared
C) New Englanders gave strong support for the war effort
D) the “three-fifths rule” concerning slavery was opposed
E) Federalists continued to show their support of the embargo
The major significance of Jackson’s national bank veto message was that it ________.
A) was the first veto made by Jackson
B) failed to explain the constitutional reasons for his decision
C) was the first veto not based solely on a bill’s constitutionality
D) decisively ended the life of the national bank
E) was the first recorded presidential veto
The congressional answer to Andrew Johnson’s resistance toward Radical
Reconstruction was the _______.
A) Fourteenth Amendment
B) Ten Percent plan
C) Wade-Davis Bill
D) Civil Rights Act
E) Freedmen’s Bureau Bill
Andrew Jackson’s attitude toward Native Americans was that they should be ________.
A) removed to areas beyond white expansion
B) allowed to remain on their tribal lands
C) encouraging settlement and assimilation
D) treated as equals to the white man
E) exterminated
What did radical revivalist Charles G. Finney do that was considered a violation of
tradition?
A) He allowed women to join his church.
B) He allowed women to pray aloud in church.
C) He relied on rational, scientific arguments to win converts.
D) His sermons were lengthy, sometimes lasting two hours.
E) He did not believe in a mysterious, all-powerful God.
Those who migrated to the Chesapeake Bay area as indentured servants were
________.
A) usually from the dregs of English society
B) English farmers who saw a better future in the New World
C) normally single males in their teens or early twenties
D) married individuals who came with their families
E) generally convicted criminals who traded jail time in England for indentures
The population of the thirteen British colonies grew to about __________ in 1770.
A) 2000
B) 20,000
C) 200,000
D) 2 million
E) 20 million
Which event marked the end of the military phase of the war?
A) the capture of New York City by French forces
B) Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga
C) the British evacuation of Boston
D) Cornwallis’s surrender at Yorktown
E) the destruction of a British army at the Battle of New Orleans
What was a result of the Haymarket Square riot?
A) It brought public sympathy to the plight of the workers.
B) It strengthened the national labor movement.
C) It weakened the national labor movement.
D) It forced government regulation of unions.
E) It ended labor strife in Chicago.
What was one result of the election of 1892?
A) It brought mixed results for the Populists.
B) It provided the Populists with a regional platform.
C) It saw many voters switching to the Populist Party.
D) It had little effect on national issues.
E) It led to more than a million votes for Leonidas Polk.
Samuel Chase’s impeachment trial ________.
A) destroyed the authority of the courts
B) forced Marshall to resign
C) maintained the independence of the judiciary
D) showed Jefferson to be a conciliatory leader
E) was a rather dull affair
Which of the following involved the largest Native American army ever assembled in
the United States?
A) the Battle of Wounded Knee
B) the Battle of Sand Creek
C) the Battle of the Little Bighorn
D) the Fetterman Massacre
E) the “Trail of Tears”
What was Madison’s goal in the War of 1812?
A) territorial expansion
B) reparations for British damage done during the Revolutionary War
C) respect for U.S. maritime rights
D) support for Britain against France
E) providing aid to France, then in the midst of the French Revolution
Which statement best characterizes how the increase in immigration changed the U.S.
economy in the mid”1800s?
A) Immigration hindered economic growth because immigrants came in such large
numbers that there were not enough resources for everyone.
B) Immigration slowed down the Industrial Revolution because immigrants launched
frequent and effective labor protests.
C) Immigration boosted the economy because immigrants provided much of the capital
that was needed for infrastructure and entrepreneurship.
D) Immigration boosted the economy by providing the skilled labor that was
desperately needed in the labor force.
E) Immigration accelerated the Industrial Revolution by providing a large pool of cheap
factory labor.
How did campaigning methods change in the election campaign of 1828?
A) Politicians campaigned at state and local levels, using parades, barbeques, and
eventually rumors and mudslinging.
B) Politicians did most of the campaigning themselves, going door-to-door in their
cities and soliciting support.
C) Politicians hired people called ‘supporters”; the name is ironic because they didn’t
necessarily believe in the candidate but were financially supported by him.
D) Politicians debated with opposing candidates in town squares, halls, and newspaper
forums.
E) Politicians relied predominantly on newspapers, writing essays and letters to editors
that were read nationwide.
What trend did Roosevelt hope to break by passing the Roosevelt Corollary?
A) the election of socialist governments by Latin American countries, such as Cuba and
Venezuela
B) the growing power of Colombia and Venezuela
C) the assertion of independence and new trade restrictions by Asian countries, such as
China and Korea
D) the default on European loans by Latin American countries, such as Venezuela and
the Dominican Republic
E) an increase in military power and corresponding influence of Asian countries, such
as Japan and the Philippines
A major change in the railroad industry after the Civil War was the development of
________.
A) major railroad trunk lines
B) competition between owners for local markets
C) regional marketplaces
D) international rail systems
E) a greater number of small rail companies
During World War II, which group was placed in relocation camps in the United States?
A) Italian Americans
B) German Americans
C) Japanese Americans
D) Russian Americans
E) Jewish Americans
Approximately what percentage of the slave population gained freedom during the war
under the terms of the Emancipation Proclamation?
A) 1 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 25 percent
D) 60 percent
E) 100 percent
In the Victorian code of morality, ________.
A) children were active participants in family life
B) wives were to be acknowledged as equal partners to their husbands
C) moral values were less important than economic values
D) strict standards of behavior should be followed
E) young women could go out without a chaperone
The Confederate Constitution ________.
A) allowed the Atlantic slave trade to be reopened
B) abolished the three-fifths clause in determining congressional representation
C) prohibited free states from joining the new Confederacy
D) allowed the government to impose protective tariffs
E) required the government to protect slavery in the states and the territories
Woodrow Wilson’s record on race relations _____.
A) elicited the support of African Americans
B) disappointed many progressives
C) won him support in the North
D) demonstrated opposition to discrimination
E) flew in the face of Roosevelt’s policies
Which of the following stated Parliament’s belief in its own sovereignty?
A) Townshend Acts
B) Declaratory Act
C) Coercive Acts
D) Stamp Act
E) Sovereignty Act
Because of new methods of production in the first years of the twentieth century,
workers ________.
A) felt almost part of the machinery, endangered and bored
B) were more satisfied, which led to better safety and higher wages
C) were made to work long hours for better pay and benefits
D) were fired because automation eliminated low-skilled jobs
E) felt their unique products were worth more than they were selling for
How did barbed wire change the lives of farmers on the Great Plains?
A) It allowed farmers to establish the boundaries of their farms, which had not
previously been possible.
B) It made it possible for farmers to leave their farms for extended periods of time.
C) It helped farmers get cattle to northern markets along the cattle trails.
D) It kept Native Americans away from their farms so that their land was protected.
E) It ended the era of vast open ranges.
In 1954, Secretary of State Dulles signed a security treaty to agree to defend _______
from Chinese forces.
A) Vietnam
B) South Korea
C) Thailand
D) Indochina
E) Formosa
A small-scale civil war over slavery broke out in the late 1850s between rival regimes
of which state?
A) Missouri
B) Kansas
C) South Carolina
D) Tennessee
E) Texas
What was the main reason that many native-born Americans disliked Irish and German
immigrants?
A) because they were mostly communists
B) because they were mostly illiterate
C) because they were mostly Jewish
D) because they were mostly Roman Catholic
E) because they were mostly atheists
The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution ________.
A) changed the process of electing the president and vice president
B) decreased presidential power
C) heightened the potential for further political conflict
D) stopped the African slave trade
E) dealt with the judicial power of the United States
Even before achieving statehood, ________ prohibited slavery in its constitution.
A) Connecticut
B) New Jersey
C) Massachusetts
D) Pennsylvania
E) Vermont