Which of the following statements about the Whiskey Rebellion is FALSE?
A) It took place in western Pennsylvania.
B) It lent credence to fears of political violence against the government.
C) It involved an attempt to prohibit the consumption of whiskey and other alcoholic
beverages.
D) The Washington administration’s reaction to it was excessive.
E) It increased Republican electoral strength along the frontier.
Between 1900 and 1920, many women found ________.
A) jobs as medical professionals
B) professional careers closed to them
C) support for working after they married
D) they earned pay equal to that of men
E) that most jobs were available to a homemaker
In the 1905, Taft-Katsura Agreement, _____.
A) the United States and Japan agreed not to attack each other for at least 50 years
B) the United States accepted a Japanese pledge not to invade the Philippines
C) Japan agreed to limit emigration to the United States
D) the United States and Japan agreed to a policy of mutual free trade
E) the United States and Japan agreed to support Chinese independence
The weakness of the League of Nations was revealed when it did nothing after Italy
invaded _______.
A) Ethiopia
B) Libya
C) Egypt
D) Spain
E) Greece
How did transportation affect industry and agriculture in the early nineteenth century?
A) Improved land and water transportation changed the U.S. from an agricultural to an
industrial society.
B) Improved land and water transportation allowed the U.S. to develop more industry
and create a cash crop agricultural system.
C) Developments in land and water transportation were slow so the U.S. remained an
agricultural society with virtually no industry.
D) Because land transportation was so poor, water transportation caused industry and
agriculture to be confined to the East coast.
E) Because water transportation was cheaper than land transportation, industry soon
replaced agriculture in the U.S.
When the Democrats endorsed silver in 1896, the Populists ________.
A) disbanded and merged with the Democrats
B) seconded the nomination of Bryan
C) disbanded and merged with the Republicans
D) seconded the nomination of McKinley
E) nominated Watson for president
What was the most significant outcome of the Boston Massacre?
A) It demonstrated to the colonists that British troops were largely symbolic and the
British would back down in the face of organized resistance.
B) It demonstrated to the colonists that British troops had no effective way to restore
order in the colonies.
C) It showed that the colonists had a better organized army than the British and would
be difficult to defeat.
D) It was the first act of organized resistance against the British troops in the colonies.
E) It demonstrated to the colonists that British troops would resort to violence to restore
order in the colonies.
A major change in the college curriculum of the late nineteenth century was to
________.
A) train students for the ministry
B) emphasize classical curriculum
C) have students follow a rigorous, prescribed curriculum
D) stress the practical application of education
E) eliminate electives from the curriculum
How did the National American Woman Suffrage Association differ from prior
organizations?
A) It unified two important suffrage associations.
B) It was marred by disunity and disorganization.
C) It had fewer members than earlier associations.
D) It was led by the militant activist Carrie Chapman Catt.
E) It focused on bringing about legislative change.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at ________.
A) Fort Pickens
B) Fort Sumter
C) Manassas Junction
D) Fort Henry
E) Fort Donelson
How did economic factors affect the changing position of the United States from 1916
to 1917?
A) The United States was greatly weakened financially by World War I and saw
entering the war as an economic necessity.
B) The United States grew rich from its neutrality during World War I and saw joining
the war as a way of increasing wealth.
C) U-boat attacks increased commerce for the United States by eliminating the
competition, so continued neutrality benefited the nation’s economy.
D) U-boat attacks prevented the United States from trading freely with Europe and
required U.S. involvement.
E) U-boat attacks cost the German government millions of dollars, making them even
more eager to draw the United States into the war.
What was the most significant long-range effect of the New Deal on American society?
A) After the New Deal, Americans tended to resist large-scale governmental programs
that sought directly to control aspects of economic and social life.
B) The economic initiatives and programs instituted by FDR’s administration during the
New Deal have continued to strengthen the U.S. economy to this day.
C) Since the New Deal, a tight coalition between southern Democrats and conservative
Republicans has continued to oppose presidential policies.
D) The immigration policies established during the New Deal continue to set quotas,
insulating American-born workers from foreign-born competition.
E) Certain key programs, such as Social Security, have become an integral part of
American life, providing essential benefits to millions of Americans today.
One of Wilson’s major goals at the Paris Peace Conference was to _____.
A) punish Germany for starting the war
B) compensate the Allies for their great losses
C) found a League of Nations to enforce peace
D) bring the new Russian government to the peace table
E) collect awards and accolades from France
Why did tension arise between colonial congregations of the 1740s and 1750s?
A) Evangelical preachers began to challenge traditional preaching.
B) Colonial preachers no longer wanted to be controlled by the English clergy.
C) Some preachers wanted to prevent colonists from joining their congregations.
D) Many preachers tried to convert Native Americans to evangelical Christianity.
E) Congregations disagreed about whether women should participate in the church.
How were Admiral Mahan’s naval theories connected to industrialism?
A) He applied theories of industrialization to shipbuilding techniques to produce a
large, new fleet of navy vessels.
B) He believed that industrialism created surplus products, creating a need for merchant
ships to reach foreign markets and a navy to protect the merchants.
C) He saw that, throughout history, only nations with strong navies were able to
compete in industrial societies.
D) He believed that industrialization dehumanized people, so he encouraged the
traditional manual labor of ship building and sailing.
E) He believed that industrialism was distracting Americans from important foreign
affairs, so he developed a navy that would focus Americans outward.
The Stamp Act of 1765 affected ________.
A) only businessmen and merchants
B) primarily colonial manufacturers
C) ordinary people, as well as the elite
D) only those in direct trade with Great Britain
E) notaries and other public officials
The nullification crisis was strongly influenced by ________.
A) foreign manufacturing interests
B) the political maneuvers of the National Republicans
C) the demands of other southern states
D) the fear of attacks on slavery
E) the relocation of Native Americans
The defense policy statement known as NSC-68 _______.
A) proposed to cut funding from the American military
B) advocated a massive expansion of the American military
C) allocated funds to Western Europe to combat communism
D) prohibited the development of the hydrogen bomb
E) emphasized the need to rely on diplomacy to deal with the Soviets
How did the creation of reform programs during the New Deal eventually lead to its
demise?
A) The programs actually did very little to change the U.S. economic situation.
B) The programs required massive government spending and could not be sustained.
C) The programs were dismissed by Republicans who took control of Congress.
D) The programs were unpopular with the general public who began to speak out.
E) The programs were too progressive and could not outlast political changes.
In what ways was the Lewis and Clark expedition a success?
A) It forced France to sell to the United States the parcel of land known as the
Louisiana Purchase.
B) It forced Britain out of military posts in the West.
C) It fulfilled Jefferson’s scientific expectations and reaffirmed his faith in the future
prosperity of the United States.
D) It discovered a direct water route from coast to coast across the continental United
States.
E) It established peaceful relations with most of the Native American tribes in the West.
Which of the following best characterizes the creole languages that developed among
slaves in some parts of the southern colonies in the seventeenth century?
A) Creole languages were a mixture of English and different African languages.
B) Creole languages were based on African languages.
C) Creole languages were a mixture of French, English, and Dutch languages.
D) Creole languages were written versions of African languages.
E) Creole languages were informal, colloquial versions of English.
What amendment to the Constitution states that no person could be denied the right to
vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?
A) Eleventh
B) Twelfth
C) Thirteenth
D) Fourteenth
E) Fifteenth
The author of The Jungle was ________.
A) Booker T. Washington
B) Upton Sinclair
C) John D. Rockefeller
D) Samuel Gompers
E) Henry Ford
How did Reagan challenge the liberal premises of the New Deal?
A) Reagan asserted that the federal aid programs established under the New Deal had
actually worsened the Great Depression.
B) Reagan abolished all federal aid programs, leaving it entirely up to individual states
to provide social services.
C) Reagan expanded the New Deal programs, demonstrating that they had not been
extensive enough or helpful enough.
D) Reagan asserted that the private sector should solve America’s problems rather than
the federal government.
E) Reagan wanted the federal government to take a more active role in helping America
than it had during the New Deal.
Why were some American women angered by the Fifteenth Amendment?
A) It gave voting rights to white women, but not to African-American women.
B) White women did not want African Americans to have the right to vote.
C) It gave voting rights to African-American men, but not to any women.
D) It did not make the imposition of poll taxes, property qualifications, or literacy tests
illegal.
E) It allowed African Americans to vote in the North, but not in the South.
When Kenneth Starr released his report outlining possible impeachment charges against
Clinton, the American public ________.
A) became even angrier with Clinton for his indiscretions and deceits
B) ignored Starr’s report
C) wanted all information about presidential affairs reported in the news
D) supported Starr for his thorough investigation and reporting of the President’s
indiscretions
E) condemned Starr for revealing on the news such graphic and intimate details of
sexual practices
The intention of the Navigation Acts was to ________.
A) remove the Dutch as a commercial competitor
B) promote English industrial development
C) keep the American colonies weak and dependent
D) stimulate colonial economic diversification
E) finance the British navy
Magazines became popular and successful in the early 1900s partly because of which of
these factors?
A) appealing pictures, new fiction, and muckraking journalism
B) support for management’s rights, sensationalism, and new poetry
C) new printing techniques using huge new printing presses
D) yellow journalism and the appeal of local coverage
E) a new national postal system that delivered the mail
England passed the Coercive Acts in response to the ________.
A) colonial boycott of the Stamp Act
B) Boston Tea Party
C) American victory at Saratoga
D) Declaratory Act
E) Tea Act
The English political philosopher most often cited by American rebels was ________.
A) Thomas Paine
B) Edmund Burke
C) William Pitt
D) John Locke
E) David Hume
Why was the 1807 federal slavery law unsatisfying for everyone?
A) On the one hand, slave owners felt it threatened their livelihood, but on the other
hand, abolitionists felt it did little to end slavery.
B) It did nothing to affect slavery or the slave trade in the U.S. and only frustrated
relations with European allies.
C) On the one hand it appeased anti-slavery European allies, but on the other hand it
frustrated U.S. slave owners.
D) It only granted African Americans freedom, not any voting or civil rights, yet it
infuriated their slave owners.
E) It appeased southern slave owners, but infuriated northern abolitionists.
What was Hamilton’s impact on Jay’s Treaty?
A) He counseled Jay on whom to see and what to say when he went to England.
B) He wrote the terms of the treaty, consolidating his and Madison’s ideas.
C) He informed the French of the treaty, allowing them to attack England.
D) He set the terms of the treaty by secret communications with Britain.
E) He filibustered in Congress, stalling the ratification until the treaty expired.