In the “insular cases,” the Supreme Court determined that
A) Congress had no right to restrict the freedom of any group controlled by the United
States.
B) Congress could treat some people under American control differently than it treated
others.
C) Hawaiians and Puerto Ricans would enjoy the full rights of American citizenship,
but not Filipinos.
D) all people living under American control would enjoy the same rights and privileges.
In contrast to northerners, southerners emphasized the
A) values of economic enterprise.
B) sovereignty of the federal government.
C) importance of public education.
D) genteel life of an ordered society.
What problems did women face in the 1980s?
A) They were subjected to sexual harassment.
B) They earned less income than men for the same job.
C) They remained concentrated in lower-paying jobs.
D) All of the above.
After his reelection in 1940, FDR’s response to the developments in Europe was to
A) support the Lend-Lease Act in order to aid the British war effort.
B) aid Germany as much as possible without involving the United States in the war.
C) develop a carefully planned strategy to deal with the problems of war in Europe.
D) maintain strict neutrality.
What activities did women perform in the tribal economy of native societies?
A) clearing of the land
B) entering into battle
C) hunting
D) control of the raising and distribution of crops
The Fair Labor Standards Act
A) was passed in 1939.
B) was not able to raise workers’ wages over time.
C) barred child labor in interstate commerce.
D) made major distinctions between men and women.
For most Cincinnati workers before the Civil War, a manufacturing job
A) imposed a form of “wage slavery.”
B) encouraged the “manly virtues.”
C) depended upon worker skills.
D) guaranteed a decent livelihood.
During the early years of the war in the East
A) General Winfield Scott pushed for action and quick victory.
B) the South followed an exclusively defensive strategy.
C) a stalemate developed as decisive victory eluded both sides.
D) the North inflicted a devastating blow at the Battle of Bull Run.
For a poor shoemaker like Ebenezer MacIntosh of Boston, the wars of the latter
eighteenth century
A) destroyed his faith in democratic government.
B) imposed economic hardships and deprivation.
C) had little impact or significance.
D) offered an opportunity for economic gain.
In economic terms, the period of the 1920s in the United States could be characterized
as a(n)
A) second industrial revolution.
B) era of agricultural prosperity.
C) era of industrial depression.
D) era of few technological developments.
As a result of the Molasses Act of 1733,
A) New England rum had to be shipped to England before being exported to another
country.
B) New England merchants and shippers gained new respect for royal authority.
C) trade between New England and the French West Indies collapsed.
D) many of New England’s largest merchants and distillers resorted to smuggling.
During the 1960s, the civil rights movement in the United States
A) often employed civil disobedience, such as sit-ins, to achieve its goals.
B) was opposed by the NAACP.
C) became less violent.
D) caused few problems for American political leaders.
The labor policy of the Wilson administration during World War I
A) showed little concern for the working conditions of women and children.
B) sought to protect and extend the rights of organized labor.
C) declared the American Federation of Labor illegal.
D) staunchly opposed efforts to unionize American workers.
The presidential candidate of the Progressive party in 1912 was
A) Robert M. La Follette.
B) William Howard Taft.
C) Woodrow Wilson.
D) Theodore Roosevelt.
Unlike married white women, married black women in late nineteenth-century America
A) showed greater concern that their children remain with them.
B) had more favorable employment opportunities.
C) were more often forced by societal conditions to work outside the house.
D) were unable to marry because of their economic situation.
In the Venezuela boundary dispute, the United States
A) attempted to colonize Venezuela.
B) invoked the Monroe Doctrine.
C) disapproved of the Olney Corollary.
D) sided with Great Britain.
Between 1842 and 1845 in Oregon,
A) most Americans located north of the Columbia River.
B) the number of American settlers gradually declined.
C) the British expanded their interests in the fur trade.
D) American settlers wrote a constitution and elected a legislature.
Most whites in the antebellum South
A) regarded slaveholding as a path to upward economic mobility.
B) avoided the social stigma of slaveholding.
C) held fewer than 10 slaves by 1860.
D) resented the political influence of white slaveholders.
The most immediate problem facing Roosevelt in March of 1933 was
A) bank failures.
B) labor unrest.
C) farm foreclosures.
D) veterans’ bonuses.
To Europeans, “China” was known as
A) America.
B) Cathay.
C) the Sandwich Islands.
D) the Renaissance.
E) the Black Death.
A fundamental cause of the Spanish-American War was
A) the American public’s concern for the Cuban people.
B) Theodore Roosevelt’s actions as assistant secretary of the navy.
C) publication of the de Lme letter by Mexico.
D) the heroic actions of the Cuban rebels.
E) the role of France in Cuba.
Which of the following groups were not welcome in the People’s Party in the South?
A) African Americans.
B) Irish Americans.
C) British Americans.
D) Canadians
All of the following are true regarding urban bosses EXCEPT they
A) received bribes and kickbacks.
B) helped run city services and political machines.
C) were charismatic personalities.
D) were rarely corrupt.
Which of the following men did Roosevelt drop as his vice-presidential candidate in
1944?
A) Adlai Stevenson
B) Henry Wallace
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Richard Nixon
Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854
A) opened the way for antislavery and proslavery forces to meet physically and
compete for territory.
B) determined that slavery would exist in Kansas, but not Nebraska.
C) quickened westward expansion.
D) quieted sectional conflict temporarily.
An important consequence of industrialization in the United States was
A) increased migration from the city to the farm.
B) widespread unemployment.
C) a decline in immigration to the United States.
D) an increase in the size of the American family.
Which of the following were major cities in the western United States in the 1800s?
A) San Francisco
B) Denver
C) St. Louis
D) All of the above.
All of the following are true regarding the U.S. and Japanese mission to Russia in 1919
EXCEPT the
A) governments sent a military mission to defeat Bolshevism.
B) Russians never forgot the invasion.
C) United States and Japan wanted to create a moderate state.
D) widespread fighting took place between Russia and the two nations.
Chavez was successful in using what tactic when grape growers did not concede to his
union demands?
A) strike
B) political lobbying in Washington, D.C
C) school walkouts
D) nationwide consumer boycott
World War II officially began with the
A) bombing of Great Britain.
B) invasion of the Soviet Union.
C) invasion of Poland.
D) sinking of the Bismarck.
Which of the following were problems experienced by the Continental army?
A) an over-abundance of troops
B) high morale
C) inadequate supplies
D) high salaries for enlisted men.
Food shortages were frequent occurrences in British North America.
The movement toward more intensive and profitable agriculture in the sixteenth century
A) led to a desire among French noblemen to maximize profits.
B) marked the first step toward industrial development in England.
C) strengthened regional cultures and leadership in Spain.
D) relieved the pressures of unemployment and poverty in England.
Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to Zachary Taylor’s victory in the
election of 1848?
A) Democratic defections to the Free Soil Party
B) successful evasion of the controversial slavery issue
C) heroic military exploits during the Mexican War
D) long record of political participation and leadership
The ________ ended the Seven Years’ War in 1763.
Contrast the backgrounds, leadership styles, and effectiveness of Presidents Abraham
Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.
Discuss the issue of imperialism as a factor in the election of 1900 and explain the
policy that the United States eventually adopted for governing the territories it
controlled outside the limits of the continental United States.
The 2006 Congressional elections witnessed many Americans disturbed by the _____in
Iraq.
In the 1890s, black leaders lobbied to make the ________ an all-black state.
In 2008, the nation elected____________, the first black president of the United States.
Protesting against slavery and the Mexican War, ________ refused to pay his taxes,
went to jail briefly, and wrote the classic essay “On Civil Disobedience” (1849).
According to the division of areas of exploration between Spain and Portugal in the
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), Portugal received the territory of ________ in the New
World.
What common problems did the North and South face in an extended war, and how did
their solutions differ?
You are an indentured servant living in the Virginia colony in 1650. Describe your
background, current conditions, and future prospects.
Identify and discuss the components that contributed to American economic growth
from 1820 to 1860.
In the House of Representatives, ________ led the opposition to President Johnson’s
plan for Reconstruction.
In November 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the __________, linking the
economies of Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
The U.S.S.R. responded to tensions over Berlin by creating a(n) ________ that sealed
off its section of the city.
The ________ was an example of organized domestic resistance to American
involvement in the War of 1812.
Increasingly attacked as immoral, southerners felt compelled to justify the institution of
slavery. How and why did their defense of slavery change during the antebellum era?
The Democratic presidential candidate in the election of 1984 was ________.
Describe the culture and political organization of the Plains Indians. Discuss how and
why their relationship with white Americans changed from the 1840s to 1851.