Who was the leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association who used the
slogan “Back to Africa”?
A) Marcus Garvey
B) W. E. B. Du Bois
C) Booker T. Washington
D) Langston Hughes
What did American and British strategists decide to do immediately after Pearl Harbor?
A) concentrate first against Japan
B) develop the atomic bomb
C) concentrate first against Germany
D) develop radar
In 1851, the government negotiated a new policy with the Plains tribes based on a
divide-and-conquer strategy. This was known as the “__________” policy.
A) reservation
B) concentration
C) removal and resettlement
D) dispersal
The lyceums of antebellum America illustrated the __________.
A) influence of universities at the time
B) dominance of European culture in the United States
C) lack of rudimentary education in the American population.
D) broad desire for knowledge and culture in the United States.
The British victory in the French and Indian War was due largely to __________.
A) British soldiers financed by the British government
B) American soldiers financed by the colonial assemblies
C) American soldiers financed by the British government
D) British soldiers financed by the colonial assemblies
As a group, the Tories in America __________.
A) came from every social and economic class and geographic area
B) were tightly organized through a central committee of loyalists
C) refused to fight for England
D) were treated fairly and tolerantly by patriots
National elections between 1856 and 1912 were characterized by which of the
following?
A) close elections mostly won by the Democrats
B) close elections mostly won by the Republicans
C) contests easily won by the Democrats
D) close elections with an even balance of power
Because of theAlabama claims of 1871, the British paid the United States $15.5 million
for which of the following?
A) land seized in Alabama by Canadians
B) American sailors impressed during the Napoleonic Wars
C) Native American attacks on Southern frontier settlements
D) American ships sunk by Confederate cruisers built in England
What was one reason a relative handful of Indians could hold off the battle-hardened
Civil War veterans of the U.S. Army?
A) The Indians had a highly effective centralized leadership.
B) The U.S. Army had fewer than 2,000 soldiers to cover over ten million square miles.
C) Indian leaders were skillful at organizing campaigns.
D) Indians were superb guerilla warriorsthe best cavalry soldiers in the world.
On the eve of the Civil War, about __________ percent of white southern families
owned at least one slave.
A) 75
B) 50
C) 25
D) 10
How was the Webster-Ashburton Treaty regarded?
A) as a diplomatic triumph for the secretary of state
B) as an embarrassment for the Tyler administration
C) as an aggressive act of expansion
D) as the beginning of more cooperative U.S.”Canadian relations
Which organization was formed in 1909 by a group of liberal whites and blacks to
eradicate racial discrimination?
A) Southern Christian Leadership Conference
B) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
C) Urban League
D) Congress of Racial Equality
Jackson’s view of the presidency differed from his predecessor’s primarily in his belief
that __________.
A) the Republic could no longer offer democratic participation to white men only
B) the president was the direct representative of all the people and the embodiment of
national power
C) the federal government should engage in a vigorous program of internal
improvements
D) his predecessors had violated the Constitution by wrestling too much power from
Congress
Puritans objected to the Anglican interpretation of predestination because it implied that
__________.
A) the morality of individual behavior on earth had no effect on God’s decision about a
person’s salvation
B) people who knew they were saved need not be bound by earthly laws
C) a person’s good conduct might cause God to change His mind and save a person
D) the correctness of an individual’s religious beliefs had no effect on whether a person
was saved or damned
What happened after Massachusetts recognized same-sex marriage?
A) Vermont passed a law that it would not recognize such unions.
B) Within the next five years, six states passed similar laws.
C) The Roman Catholic Church became a surprising ally to the cause.
D) The tide of public opinion began to sway against same-sex marriage, with
millennials leading the way.
In 1962, Soviet Premier Khrushchev precipitated the most dangerous confrontation of
the Cold War by doing which of the following?
A) starting the Berlin Blockade
B) helping East Germany build a wall to divide the city of Berlin
C) sending Soviet forces to help Castro defeat the Bay of Pigs invasion
D) moving guided missiles to and building launching pads in Cuba
Slave labor so dominated the rice plantations of __________ from its founding that by
1730 a majority of its population was black.
A) Georgia
B) Florida
C) Virginia
D) South Carolina
Probably the most famous of all the precious metal strikes in the West, the site of the
Comstock Lode and the Big Bonanza, was __________.
A) Virginia City, Nevada
B) Deadwood, South Dakota
C) Pike’s Peak, Colorado
D) Butte, Montana
Middle-class families in the late nineteenth century became __________.
A) larger because women were at home more and had bigger houses
B) smaller because women married later in life and practiced abstinence
C) larger, as a big, healthy family was a symbol of status
D) smaller, as the cost of living skyrocketed
The broader implication of John Dewey’s philosophy on education was that schools
__________.
A) were the only reliable means of transmitting information
B) were central sites for the production of conformity
C) were to build character and good citizenship as well as convey knowledge
D) had to be free of any financial connections with the state
In 1860, the Democratic Party __________.
A) held two conventions, but united and nominated Stephen Douglas for president
B) collapsed completely and was unable to nominate any presidential candidate
C) held two conventions and split into a northern and a southern faction
D) nominated and elected Abraham Lincoln as president
Stephen A. Douglas believed that Congress should be concerned primarily with which
of the following?
A) balancing the federal budget
B) the prohibition of slavery in the territories
C) the establishment of a plan for gradual, compensated emancipation of slaves
D) the expansion of the nation
What was the major difference between the “First” and “Second” New Deals?
A) The “First” reflected Roosevelt’s comprehensive program of social and economic
revolution, whereas the “Second” was an accommodation to the conservative backlash
against the “First.”
B) The “First” focused on agriculture, whereas the “Second” focused on industry.
C) The “First” was more fundamentally revolutionary in its attempt at a planned
economy, whereas the “Second” had a greater long-range effect on American society.
D) The “First” took a consistently Keynesian approach, whereas the “Second” harked
back to the “new era.”
Clinton’s most important initiative in his first term was a failed attempt to reform which
of the following?
A) the welfare system
B) the military budget
C) the Social Security system
D) the health insurance system
Why did four African American college students insist on service at an all-white lunch
counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in February 1960?
A) They thought it would be possible for the restaurant to make an exception.
B) They were activists from up north and not familiar with southern segregation.
C) It was an exceptionally cold and stormy day and the four had no other place to go.
D) They wanted to demonstrate the injustice of segregation and expected not to get
served.
What injured the Grant administration most was the president’s failure to __________.
A) address challenges in foreign affairs
B) carry out the will of Congress in Reconstruction
C) control government corruption
D) recognize the importance of the black vote
During the Cold War, American policy toward Latin America was characterized by
which of the following?
A) support of military dictators who joined the United States in resisting Soviet
influence
B) massive aid to improve public education and public health
C) liberal economic aid to end poverty
D) promotion of land reform and wealth redistribution
What was Roosevelt’s greatest accomplishment as a wartime leader?
A) his energetic diplomacy at Yalta
B) his skillful administration of war production
C) his brilliant military strategy
D) his ability to inspire people with a sense of national purpose
The Pendleton Act of 1883 was a triumph for those Americans who sought what type of
reform?
A) monetary
B) civil service
C) immigration
D) tariff
Who was the bold captain encouraged by Queen Elizabeth I to plunder Spanish
merchant ships on the high seas?
A) Martin Frobisher
B) Sir Walter Raleigh
C) Humphrey Gilbert
D) Francis Drake
What did President Taft called his policy of influencing other countries without actually
controlling them?
A) dollar diplomacy
B) gunboat diplomacy
C) containment
D) domino theory
Which National Security Council aide arranged the secret sale of weapons to Iran and
the transfer of the profits from that sale to the Nicaraguan Contras?
A) Lawrence Walsh
B) Michael Milken
C) Oliver North
D) Paul Volcker
Which of the following was one of the causes of the War of 1812?
A) demand from New England merchants that their shipping be protected
B) desire of Westerners to expand into Florida
C) British repeal of the Orders in Council
D) French blockade of American ports
__________ was a leading enemy of the Second National Bank of the United States.
A) Daniel Webster
B) Nicholas Biddle
C) Henry Clay
D) Andrew Jackson