Which of the following factors helped temper rebellion and offer comfort to colonial
slaves?
A) religion and family life
B) kind treatment from masters
C) good food and healthy environments
D) interracial liaisons and marriages
Slavery never became the foundation of the northern colonial workforce because
A) labor-intensive crops were not grown by the Puritans.
B) New England merchants refused to participate in the international slave trade.
C) colonists there viewed slavery as immoral.
D) it proved impossible to train slaves as domestic servants or artisans.
In which of the following industries did slaves work in Central and South America?
A) cacao
B) coca
C) cotton
D) All of the above.
How did the character of the free black community shape the Philadelphia riot?
A) The black community was large and visible, angering whites.
B) It had its own institutions and elite, which challenged white supremacy.
C) It had its own wealth, which frustrated jobless whites.
D) All of the above.
One of Lyndon Johnson’s major goals as president was to
A) lessen the power of the executive branch in the political process.
B) slow down the pace of the civil rights movement.
C) secure the foundation of the welfare state.
D) reduce government involvement in the economy.
Native Americans encountered by Europeans practiced a form of religion known as
A) monotheism.
B) matrilineal.
C) polytheism.
D) Christianity.
E) Islam.
The era from 1689 to 1763 was one of chronic warfare in both Europe and North
America.
October 24, the day the stock market plummeted, is known as
A) “Black Tuesday.”
B) “Red Tuesday.”
C) “Black Thursday.”
D) “White Friday.”
The use of the new, longer-range rifles during the Civil War
A) contradicted the training offered at West Point.
B) reduced the emphasis on infantry attack.
C) produced a ghastly crop of dead men.
D) led to more effective use of artillery.
Allied strategists in World War II decided
A) to concentrate their forces against Japan before challenging the Germans.
B) to concentrate their forces against the Germans first.
C) there was little possibility that Germany might invade Great Britain.
D) that a German defeat of the Soviets would be unimportant.
Which of the following Asian nations sent immigrants to the United States in the late
twentieth century?
A) India
B) China
C) Korea
D) All of the above.
Presidents Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson were similar in
A) their culture and sophistication.
B) crude and offensive personal manners.
C) ability to deal effectively with Congress.
D) aggressive use of presidential power.
On April 9, 1865, General Grant accepted the Confederate surrender at
A) Appomattox, Virginia.
B) Raleigh, North Carolina.
C) Atlanta, Georgia.
D) Charleston, South Carolina.
In the 1890s, many Protestant ministers embraced the
A) Social Gospel Movement.
B) Ashcan school.
C) decline of the Protestant Church.
D) increase of Catholicism.
All of the following statements are true regarding the consumption of alcohol in the
United States in the late 1800s EXCEPT:
A) The annual consumption of alcohol was increasing.
B) Many Americans considered drinking a serious social problem.
C) Women supported temperance in large numbers.
D) Alcohol was not a serious political issue.
How did the Pueblo native people benefit from Spanish arrival?
A) They obtained Spanish military protection against enemy Apaches.
B) They had access to grain during times of drought.
C) They had access to mission livestock.
D) All of the above.
During the New Deal, American blacks
A) controlled the Tennessee Valley Authority.
B) viewed Eleanor Roosevelt as an opponent of racial justice.
C) benefited equally with whites from relief programs.
D) found FDR generally unwilling to support civil rights legislation.
The Dutch colony of New Netherland
A) restricted all newcomers to membership in the Dutch Reformed Calvinist Church.
B) had to rely upon English merchants for overseas trade.
C) became the colony of New York following English takeover in 1664.
D) was blocked from inland trade by hostile Iroquois Indians.
President Hoover initially responded to the collapse of the American economy by
A) stressing the seriousness and long-term nature of the problem.
B) demanding that Congress raise taxes.
C) creating agencies and boards such as the National Credit Corporation and the
Emergency Committee for Employment.
D) vetoing the Agricultural Marketing Act.
During the American Revolution, the state militias
A) increasingly attracted volunteer recruits.
B) served to legitimate the war among the people.
C) required service of only the poorest class of men.
D) provided an effective, well-equipped fighting force.
The potential for conflict between Europeans and the indigenous people in North
America stemmed primarily from different values concerning the
A) relationship to the environment.
B) role of technology in man’s existence.
C) adoption of a sedentary versus a nomadic lifestyle.
D) organization of family life.
After he became president, Lyndon Johnson
A) failed to promote the interest of blacks.
B) demonstrated considerable charisma and charm.
C) refused to support any of Kennedy’s programs.
D) proved effective in working with Congress.
Which of the following characteristics of a matrilineal tribe in North America is NOT
accurate?
A) sharing of powers in the tribal economy
B) newly married men remained in their father’s household
C) family membership was determined through the female line
D elder women chose male leadership
In contrast to conditions in the English colonies, life in New Spain was characterized by
greater
A) sharing of profits with natives.
B) social barriers.
C) racial intermixture.
D) political independence.
House slaves, in contrast to field slaves, had
A) less food to eat.
B) a specific task to complete daily.
C) more difficult assignments.
D) less privacy.
In the case of Muller v.Oregon, the Supreme Court determined that laws limiting the
number of hours women could work were constitutional because
A) such laws already applied to men.
B) women should have more time with their children.
C) the Constitution clearly permitted such laws.
D) women were weaker than men.
Andrew Johnson’s plan for national reconstruction
A) proved to be very lenient toward the South.
B) pleased the Republican leadership in Congress.
C) called for harsh treatment of the South.
D) defended the interest of the planter class.
As a result of the Watergate scandal
A) the Republican party called for Nixon’s resignation.
B) impeachment laws were strengthened.
C) Nixon served six months in prison.
D) many Americans lost faith in the presidency.
During World War I, American women
A) were prohibited from serving in the military.
B) engaged primarily in support service for male soldiers.
C) engaged in combat service along with men.
D) were not allowed to serve as nurses because of the fear that they might become
involved in battle.
How did Roosevelt respond to the Brownsville riot?
A) He lambasted the military for mistreatment of black troops.
B) He ordered the black troops dishonorably discharged.
C) He had white military officers arrested.
D) He ordered the dishonorable discharge of white officers.