By 1720, the population of South Carolina
A) shared common social and religious goals.
B) enjoyed a relatively disease-free environment.
C) consisted mostly of black slaves.
D) engaged in a variety of economic pursuits.
Herbert Hoover failed as a presidential leader partially because
A) he wanted to extend the power of the federal government too much.
B) his personality and background limited his actions.
C) he was too political.
D) he was a communist.
Americans were attracted to Texas in the 1820s by the
A) prospect of mining for precious metals.
B) flourishing trade in bison robes and cowhides.
C) lure of cheap land for cotton cultivation.
D) demand of Mexicans for American products.
By 1960, a majority of all American families
A) had little extra spending money.
B) had made few gains from the Depression years.
C) could attain a middle-class lifestyle.
D) found they could not keep up with the cost of living.
Americans objected to the Tea Act of 1773 because it would
A) raise the price of tea in America.
B) make it difficult for American merchants to compete with British merchants.
C) increase Parliament’s taxation of tea.
D) bankrupt the popular East India Company.
The impact of World War II on American society
A) led to a reduction of inflation.
B) retarded the growth of labor unions.
C) increased the number of Americans who had to pay an income tax.
D) loosened government control over the economy.
Who made the final decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
A) General George C. Marshall
B) General Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) President Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) President Harry S Truman
What did Herbert Hoover accomplish during the Coolidge administration?
A) He regulated the airlines.
B) He standardized manufacturing products.
C) He supported zoning codes.
D) All of the above.
At the end of the Reconstruction period, southern blacks in general
A) dominated southern politics.
B) remained economically dependent on southern whites.
C) had gained effective economic independence from southern whites.
D) had mostly migrated to the North.
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington repeatedly criticized the Continental
Congress for
A) blocking needed imports.
B) forming an alliance with France.
C) being soft on land speculators.
D) failing to support the army.
All of the following statements are true about the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin EXCEPT:
A) The book outraged the South.
B) It became an immediate bestseller.
C) It was published in 20 languages.
D) It focused on the white exploitation of Native American people.
Paul Cowan represented the views of many 1960s students who
A) opposed the concept of active government.
B) lost faith in the “American way.”
C) felt government could make a positive difference.
D) deserted the military because of their disillusionment with the war.
As president, Reagan suffered from charges of
A) projecting a poor image on television.
B) ‘sleaze” in his administration.
C) lying about the invasion of Grenada.
D) ostentatious living.
Africans in West Africa could be enslaved for
A) punishment for crimes.
B) being black.
C) fighting against Europeans.
D) refusing to embrace Islam.
How did President Woodrow Wilson view Henry Cabot Lodge?
A) He admired him.
B) He hated him.
C) He was jealous of him.
D) He befriended him.
When President Eisenhower left the presidency in 1961, he
A) was extremely unpopular with most Americans.
B) had been unable to reduce the role of government in the economy at all.
C) accepted the fundamental features of the welfare state.
D) had managed to sell the Tennessee Valley Authority to private interests.
Free African Americans were likely to
A) have fewer skills than slaves.
B) be younger and more aggressive.
C) live near dense plantation centers.
D) reside in cities and towns.
The tensions and hostilities evident in the United States during the 1920s can be
partially explained by
A) the continued dominance of the progressive reform movement.
B) a decline in religious fundamentalism.
C) the increase in immigration into the United States from northern European countries.
D) the fear that foreigners were destroying the American way of life.
During the 1980s the gap between the wealthiest and poorest segments of American
society
A) reflected the different natural abilities of individuals.
B) narrowed because of tax policies.
C) increased greatly.
D) was a matter of great concern to the administration.
Political parties of the early nineteenth century
A) attempted to rise above popular emotions and ethnic prejudices.
B) depended upon the deference of ordinary voters to their “betters.”
C) stemmed from elite coalitions tied by family and friendship.
D) aimed at widespread voter organization and participation.
In general, between 1865 and 1900, working-class Americans
A) enjoyed the benefits of unemployment insurance.
B) substantially increased their share of the total wealth of the economy.
C) derived some benefits from the economic developments of the period.
D) could usually find steady work even though wages were low.
Elected president in 1828, Andrew Jackson
A) won a resounding majority of popular ballots.
B) condoned the increasing attacks on slavery.
C) favored a significant redistribution of wealth.
D) purged from government all political appointees.
By 1800, the average size of American farms was _______ acres.
A) 500-1,000
B) 300-400
C) 200-300
D) 150-100
Which of the following groups defected from the GOP during the 1936 election?
A) African Americans
B) Native Americans
C) Asian Americans
D) immigrants
A spokesman for the more militant blacks during the 1960s was
A) Malcolm X.
B) Marcus Garvey.
C) Booker T. Washington.
D) Martin Luther King, Jr.
The first woman to serve in a president’s Cabinet was appointed by Franklin Roosevelt
to the position of
A) Secretary of Labor.
B) Defense Secretary.
C) Secretary of the Interior.
D) Secretary of State.
The federal government’s Indian policy between 1876 and 1900 was characterized by
a(n)
A) concern for the preservation of a tribal lifestyle among the Indians.
B) movement to end Indian power and culture.
C) program to protect and maintain the buffalo herds.
D) attempt to compensate the Indians for past mistreatment.
The ability of the Confederation Congress to function was limited by the stipulation that
A) all war powers belonged to the executive branch.
B) any proposed law required unanimous approval.
C) each state’s delegation could cast but one vote.
D) it could not pass resolutions nor seek state support.
Between 1819 and 1824, a series of Supreme Court decisions established the basic
principle that
A) debtors could repudiate unfair debts.
B) contracts were binding legal instruments.
C) land was intended for subsistence, not exploitation.
D) states could modify their charters.
As a result of the Indian assault of 1622 upon the Virginia colony, the colonists
A) pursued more ruthless and determined efforts to displace the Indians.
B) adopted a more peaceful and conciliatory attitude and policy toward the Indians.
C) secured a new charter from the king with greater powers of self-government.
D) suffered relatively few casualties and minor property losses.
How did farmers respond to the movement toward revolution in the colonies?
A) They became immediate revolutionaries.
B) They came around slowly to the cause of revolution.
C) They supported the British side almost entirely as a group.
D) All of the above.
During the Eisenhower years of the 1950s, African American women
A) joined the women’s movement.
B) were able to move into white-collar jobs.
C) did not succeed in increasing their income.
D) had to take domestic work to survive.
In the years since World War II,
A) the American population has shifted away from the West and Southwest.
B) the rich have become more concentrated in the center of American cities.
C) American housing has become less standardized.
D) suburbs have become more important in American society.
Describe a working-class neighborhood scene in New York City in 1900.
Describe the Pullman company strike that developed in the 1890s.
The Republican presidential candidate in the election of 1964 was ________.
Discuss how southern whites reacted to the emancipation of blacks during the period of
Reconstruction.
In the case of ________(1816), the Court claimed appellate jurisdiction over the
decisions of state courts. .
The first and best-known mining discovery in the United States took place in ________.
The typical American soldier had attended ________before entering the war.
Discuss the Watergate incident and explain why you think the American public in
general wanted the president removed from office.
Discuss the philosophical position of the majority of the Supreme Court during the
1960s and list the most significant cases decided by the Court involving civil rights and
civil liberties.
Discuss the changes that took place in U.S.-Soviet relations during the Reagan-Bush
years.
Black women from the Catholic order of the Sisters of the ________ started schools
and ministered to the old and infirm among the free black community.
Contrast the American worldview with the Soviet worldview at the end of World War
II.
Between 1780 and 1782, Russia, the Netherlands, and six other European countries
joined in a ________ aimed at protecting their maritime trade against British efforts to
control it.
In 1869, two ________ met in Utah, linking the Atlantic and the Pacific for the first
time.
The author maintains that for urban artisans in eighteenth-century America, fortuitous
circumstances rather than hard work or frugal living were often the critical factors in
achieving success. Would the same argument be more or less true for urban workers
today?