All of the following represent theories of Enlightenment thinkers EXCEPT the notion
that
A) scientific laws might be applied to human institutions in order to improve society.
B) systematic investigation would unlock the secrets of the physical universe.
C) God predetermined the contents of the human mind.
D) man could use his reason and thus acquire knowledge.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in
A) the border states of the Union.
B) all portions of the United States.
C) parts of the South already in northern hands.
D) unconquered parts of the Confederacy.
Christopher Columbus’s urge to explore
A) reflected his commitment to exploit other peoples.
B) came primarily from a desire to reap significant fame and riches from his four
voyages of exploration.
C) developed from his family’s history and experience in trade.
D) was inspired by the reconquest of Spain.
All of the following factors contributed to the rise of modern Europe EXCEPT the
A) devastation of the population by the Black Death.
B) rediscovery of ancient knowledge.
C) emergence of powerful feudal lords.
D) revival of long-distance trade.
During World War I, social justice progressives in the United States
A) found no government support for their policies.
B) failed to achieve legislation restricting alcohol consumption and prostitution near
military bases.
C) endorsed all aspects of the Wilson war policies.
D) criticized the government’s restriction on freedom of speech.
All of the following statements describe the development of American leisure by the
late 1930s EXCEPT:
A) Many Americans found themselves with more time on their hands during the era
because of the lack of jobs.
B) Sports continued to attract crowds, though attendance declined.
C) Contract bridge swept the country.
D) Leisure fascinated the working class much more than professionals, who failed to
write on the subject.
Part of labor’s cooperation was gained by material concessions such as General Motors’
1948 introduction of
A) double time for overtime.
B) profit sharing.
C) cost-of-living adjustment.
D) guaranteed annual wage.
In general, during the 1920s, women in the United States
A) more often worked outside the home.
B) had more children.
C) were almost all involved in the “flapper” craze.
D) found housework less time-consuming.
Who took advantage of the confusion and chaos of war in Georgia and the Carolinas?
A) Native American families
B) African American slaves
C) private bands of marauders
D) French police
Perhaps most emigrants to the Far West were motivated by dreams of
A) bettering their lives by cultivating the land.
B) making a fortune by the mining of gold.
C) restoring their health by escaping debilitating sicknesses.
D) bringing Christianity and education to the Indians.
The casualties from the battle at Shiloh Church were enormous because of the
A) foolish use of headlong infantry attacks.
B) insufficient care of wounds on the battlefield.
C) development of more lethal weapons and ammunition.
D) surprise nature of the southern attack.
As part of his foreign policy goals, President Grant
A) rejected the Monroe Doctrine.
B) opposed Congress’s attempts to extend U.S. influence into Latin America.
C) defended the principle of self-determination.
D) attempted to annex Santo Domingo.
How many terms did Roosevelt serve as president?
A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four
The philosophy of the New South advocates stressed
A) rejection of northern investments in the South.
B) a policy promoting industrialization of the southern economy.
C) a return to the South’s agricultural past.
D) a move toward a socialist economy.
What was the American reaction to the discovery of radioactive fallout?
A) Many fled the nation.
B) Many built fallout shelters.
C) Many marched on Washington, D.C., protesting the use of nuclear weapons.
D) Some Americans burned down nuclear facilities in the United States.
What did Wilson mean by his use of the term ‘self-determination”?
A) Americans could dictate the international political order.
B) Europeans should dictate the international political order.
C) Each national group should have its own country, and people should decide in which
country they wanted to live.
D) People should live in nations based on decisions made in Africa.
All of the following were pollution problems of nineteenth century cities EXCEPT
A) coal dust and fumes.
B) ashes in the air.
C) acidic soil.
D) radiation contamination.
In the years immediately following emancipation, the freedpeople
A) considered securing jobs and land to be their primary goals.
B) preferred to work in gangs.
C) showed little interest in establishing a traditional family life.
D) showed little interest in acquiring an education.
Which of the following factors was most instrumental in securing victory for the New
England colonists in King Philip’s War?
A) political cohesion among the colonies
B) efficient mobilization of colonial manpower and supplies
C) internal problems for the Indians, such as food shortages, disease, and defections
D) conversion of King Philip to Christianity
The life of Anthony Johnson, an African slave who first arrived in Virginia in 1621,
illustrated that
A) from the beginning, black immigrants faced a life of degradation and bondage.
B) living conditions for colonial blacks steadily improved through the seventeenth
century.
C) racial boundaries were not firmly marked in the early seventeenth century.
D) colonial blacks could gain their freedom by working industriously on the land.
For Mexican Americans, World War II
A) brought increased economic opportunity.
B) provided few changes in their lifestyle.
C) was a distant event that had little effect on them.
D) was a time when they faced little discrimination.
Between 1970 and 1980, Hispanic Americans
A) found the Supreme Court unsympathetic to their demands for bilingual education.
B) declined in number.
C) increased in number.
D) achieved full assimilation into American society.
In its relations with Latin America during the Franklin Roosevelt administration, the
United States
A) continued to implement the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
B) intervened in Cuba to protect American investments.
C) broke diplomatic relations with Mexico when the Mexican government nationalized
property owned by American oil companies.
D) reversed the earlier policy of intervention in Latin America.
The struggle with England over colonial rights between 1764 and 1776 revealed that
A) newer immigrants held more conservative views.
B) over time people tend to grow tired of politics.
C) colonial society was not unified.
D) colonial merchants sided with their British counterparts.
Many slaveholders urged their slaves to attend church because it
A) improved the intelligence and morals of the slaves.
B) offered the slaveholder a form of social control.
C) enhanced the slaveholder’s reputation and social standing.
D) allowed slaves an opportunity for singing and dancing.
Black American soldiers during World War II
A) faced little prejudice from white soldiers, unlike in World War I.
B) had a higher percentage of casualties than white soldiers.
C) often recognized the paradox of fighting for freedom when they enjoyed little
freedom in the United States.
D) served in integrated units.
Loyalist emigrants established successful lives in all the following places EXCEPT
A) land west of the Appalachians.
B) Canadian Maritime Provinces.
C) England.
D) British West Indies.
In what cities did the United States base its primary naval commands in the 1950s?
A) Seattle
B) San Diego
C) San Francisco
D) All of the above.
In 1886, workers erected the American urban landmark known as the
A) Golden Gate Bridge.
B) Statue of Liberty.
C) Liberty Bell.
D) Twin Towers.
Secretary of State Dulles devised the policy of threatening the Soviets with
A) “massive retaliation.”
B) “preemptive strike.”
C) “hot war.”
D) “dtente.”
The rejection of the Lecompton Constitution in 1858 meant that
A) its sponsors lost political prestige in the North.
B) slavery would be abolished in Kansas.
C) Kansas would enter the Union as a free state.
D) Kansas would remain a territory.
During World War I, American troops
A) did not participate in any significant battles.
B) were extremely well organized.
C) helped repel the all-out offensive Germany launched in 1918.
D) fought very poorly in general.
During the 1980s, the trade union movement in the United States
A) found strong support from Ronald Reagan.
B) became more radical.
C) had little success among public employees.
D) declined in membership.
Between 1860 and 1900, farmers
A) used few new machines.
B) rose in number as immigrants and city dwellers moved to the plains.
C) contributed to national wealth with an increase from one-quarter to one-third.
D) represented a smaller percentage of the labor force.
What conditions did blacks face in urban America in 1900?
Why did the early years of the Jamestown colony prove to be a ‘starving time”? Could
such a result have been avoided?
President Reagan, in an attempt to scuttle civil rights, launched an assault on the
________ Commission.
Winfield Scott, the Union commanding general at the beginning of the Civil War,
favored a cautious, long-term strategy known as the ________.
As many as ________ Indians gathered at the Ft. Laramie Council of 1851.
In 1919, Attorney General ________ led a campaign to suppress radicalism in the
United States.
InDartmouth College v.Woodward, the Supreme Court held that a(n) ________ granted
by a state could not be modified unless both parties agreed.
In the ________ case in 1908, the Supreme Court declared that the Sherman Anti-Trust
Act could be used against trade unions as well as business monopolies.
Discuss how magazines shaped (or reflected) the American public’s image of the West.
In 1900, the International ________ Union was formed as an offshoot of the AFL.
Leading the Supreme Court during the early 1800s, _______ left an indelible stamp
upon early American government.
Ferdinand and ________ united the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile in Spain when
they married in 1469.
Analyze the changes wrought by the Civil War on northern and southern societies and
economies.
Suppose you were a black American soldier fighting in Europe during World War I.
Describe your military experiences while over there.
The first plan for a permanent union of the states, sharply limiting what the Congress
could do and reserving broad governing powers to the individual states, was the
________.
Thomas ________ helped to found schools for the blind and deaf.
How were the weak and disunited American states able to defeat Great Britain, the most
powerful nation in the Atlantic world? What lessons might the Revolution have offered
later Americans for the proper conduct of the Vietnam War?