Which of the following statements best describes the African experience in the English
North America in 1640?
A) Africans were treated equally as English indentured servants.
B) The African experience in English North America was much like that of slaves on
the sugar islands in the Caribbean.
C) Some Africans were slaves, but others were free.
D) Africans mostly encountered English North America through the maritime trade.
As a general, George Washington __________.
A) was a marvelous tactician, like Caesar
B) failed miserably
C) understood how to lead and command respect
D) was a brilliant strategist, like Napoleon
Which two countries made a mutual agreement that the signatories would aid each other
in the war or the event of war with Great Britain?
A) the United States and Germany
B) Spain and the United States
C) the United States and Holland
D) France and the United States
Which statement about the progressives’ reaction to black militancy is correct?
A) Theodore Roosevelt was a founding member of the NAACP.
B) Woodrow Wilson was actively hostile to blacks.
C) Theodore Roosevelt believed that justice for blacks in the South would come only by
federal intervention.
D) Woodrow Wilson sponsored the first significant civil rights legislation since
Reconstruction.
Which of the following best characterizes Romanticism in literature in the early
nineteenth century?
A) Its adherents valued the impeccable logic of the enlightenment.
B) Romanticists believed in the universal commonalities of the human experience.
C) Romanticism was influenced by religious piety and maternal sensibilities.
D) Romanticists valued action over thought, substance over essence, and continuity
over change.
What was the most effective weapon used by Senator Joseph McCarthy in his
anticommunist crusade?
A) the Central Intelligence Agency
B) the McCarran Internal Security Act
C) the Federal Bureau of Investigation
D) the “big lie”
After Mao Zedong’s 1949 victory in China, Truman was __________.
A) looking for an excuse to invade China to overthrow Mao’s government
B) condemned for involving American troops in an unwinnable land war in Asia
C) eager to establish normal relations with China as soon as possible
D) criticized by conservatives for not backing Chiang Kai-shek strongly enough
Which of the following was an underlying principle commonly agreed upon by
Jacksonians?
A) increased government regulation of the economy
B) respect for professional experts in government
C) elimination of slavery and the slave trade
D) suspicion of special privileges and large business corporations
After World War II, Korea was taken from Japan and __________.
A) placed under a United Nations protectorate for the next ten years
B) divided into four zones of occupation by the victorious Allied powers
C) occupied by the American army under the command of General Douglas MacArthur
D) divided along the 38th parallel between Soviet and U.S. occupying forces
Which of the following occurred under the terms of the Camp David Accords?
A) The United States, Israel, and Egypt signed a mutual defense treaty that included a
two-state solution for the benefit of Palestinian refugees.
B) Egypt promised to withdraw from the territory it captured from Israel in the 1967
Israeli-Egypt war in exchange for Israel’s commitment to solving the problems of the
Palestinian refugees.
C) Israel promised to withdraw from the territory it captured from Egypt in the 1967
Israeli-Egypt war in exchange for Egypt’s recognition of Israel as a nation.
D) Egypt promised to withdraw its forces from Israel’s West Bank settlements in return
for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
What did the Supreme Court rule in Citizen United in 2010?
A) Candidates’ campaigns could spend as freely as they wished.
B) Candidates’ campaigns could receive as much money as they wished from anyone.
C) Corporations enjoyed “free speech” and could spend as much on political
campaigning as they wished.
D) The traditional political institution of the “Super PAC” was unconstitutional.
What made the Continental Army’s defeat in Charleston in 1780 so particularly painful?
A) The capture of General Greene deprived southern patriots of important leadership.
B) The complete destruction of the city demoralized the otherwise staunchly patriotic
population of South Carolina.
C) The capture of 3,000 patriot soldiers deprived patriots of important manpower.
D) The British had captured the city with an all-black force of American runaway
slaves.
The Boston Associates put young single New England women to work in textile mills
__________.
A) because they believed in equal rights for women
B) because women were far more skilled in spinning and sowing
C) under comparatively good conditions
D) under conditions comparable to Southern slavery
Urban transportation was revolutionized and urban development was redirected in the
1880s by which of the following?
A) subway systems
B) horse carts
C) electric trolleys
D) concrete paving of streets
Which of the following was the “greatest single step” toward the American Civil War?
A) Fugitive Slave Act
B) Missouri Compromise
C) Kansas-Nebraska Act
D) Compromise of 1850
Real-life rags-to-riches experiences, like those of Andrew Carnegie, were __________.
A) almost universal
B) fairly common
C) nonexistent
D) rare exceptions
Eisenhower and Dulles concluded that their “new look” policy of massive retaliation
worked when their willingness to use tactical nuclear weapons and their vague
warnings seemed to force the __________.
A) Soviets to evacuate their troops from Hungary
B) North Koreans to disavow their alliance with China
C) Soviets to reopen ground access to Berlin
D) Chinese to sign an armistice in Korea
At the turn of the century, the field of education was marked by which of the following?
A) cynicism
B) optimism
C) fanaticism
D) pessimism
What was the program advocated by Woodrow Wilson called?
A) New Nationalism
B) Square Deal
C) Fair Deal
D) New Freedom
During the Great War, which government agency had almost dictatorial powers to
allocate scarce materials and fix prices?
A) United States Railroad Administration
B) Council of National Defense
C) War Industries Board
D) War Labor Policies Board
Which of the following did Henry Ford believe was an important aspect in increasing
output?
A) increasing wages
B) replacing humans with machines
C) innovation and new car design
D) giving workers freedom with little supervision
One of the roots of progressivism was the late-nineteenth-century __________.
A) effort to regulate and control big business
B) decline in immigration
C) attempt to build an overseas empire
D) harmony between management and labor
Alexander Hamilton believed that the United States needed which of the following?
A) a completely unregulated economy
B) a strong national government
C) a political democracy with no restrictions on voting and office holding
D) a weak national government
How did Southern slavery shape Southern society and economy?
A) The institution undermined the power of religion in cultural life.
B) Slavery led to the elevation of all southern whites, even the poor ones.
C) As a result of slavery, the South had fewer cities and little industry.
D) Slavery in the south attracted many European immigrants, making Southern cities
more diverse.
By 1750, what distinguished North America’s English colonies from those of France,
Spain, or the Netherlands?
A) Whereas nearly a million Europeans inhabited England’s colonies, those of France
and Spain had attracted relatively few settlers.
B) Whereas other European colonies had rejected slavery, English colonies were
dominated by African slavery.
C) Whereas English colonies were demographically homogeneous, other European
colonies were examples of diversity.
D) Whereas Indians lived harmoniously and peacefully alongside other European
settlers, English colonies fought them at every turn.
Which of the following properly assesses the living conditions for women in colonial
New England?
A) Their lives were generally sheltered and isolated.
B) The commitment to equality in the Anglican Church provided them with plenty of
opportunities.
C) Religious freedom gave them the chance to work as priests.
D) They were mothers, but they also were in charge of household production.
Even though the economic gap between owners and workers had grown considerably
by the 1840s, workers __________.
A) and employers continued to socialize and view each other as equals
B) embraced urban life and found wage work surprisingly satisfying
C) failed to become a self-conscious working class
D) continued to play a vital part in the ranks of national and local politicians
Which of the following best assesses trade conditions for the United States under the
Articles of Confederation?
A) Reduced access to British markets and cheap British imports caused a gaping trade
deficit.
B) Freed from imperial trade restrictions, commerce with European nations restored
prosperity after the war.
C) The new trade agreements with France could not make up for the loss of access to
British goods.
D) American merchants made up for the loss of British markets for their raw materials
by marketing American crops aggressively in the Mediterranean.
Regarding an international agreement to curb greenhouse gasses, President Obama
__________.
A) withdrew support for such an arrangement because he worried about the effect of
new regulations on a struggling U.S. economy
B) ardently fought for passage of such an arrangement hoping it would promote the use
of alternative energy.
C) passionately believed that a faltering economy should not impact the passage of such
an agreement
D) had the Kyoto agreements ratified by the Senate within his first six months as
president
Who was the head of the Committee on Public Information, which portrayed Germany
as determined to dominate the world?
A) Bernard Baruch
B) Herbert Hoover
C) Fritz Kreisler
D) George Creel
What was the effect of the federal government’s attempt to balance the budget during
the Depression?
A) It set a good example for the populace on how to live within one’s means.
B) It increased federal revenue but not enough to ease suffering.
C) It made the Depression worse and put the federal government further into debt.
D) It increased consumer confidence and brought about the beginning of recovery.
In his first inaugural address, Jefferson stressed his desire to __________.
A) seek revenge on the Federalists for the Alien and Sedition Acts
B) minimize the differences between Federalists and Republicans
C) increase government spending to provide better services for citizens
D) negotiate a mutual defense alliance with Great Britain
What was the central point of William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech?
A) The gold standard was in keeping with the Bible.
B) A gold standard demanded undue sacrifices from Americans.
C) The monetization of silver violated Christian principles.
D) McKinley’s currency policy put the nation’s economy at a crossroads.
Why did abolitionism attract so few followers well into the 1820s?
A) Americans failed to see the way slavery disrupted the family.
B) Few saw anything wrong with the violence involved.
C) White Americans were under the impression that slaves enjoyed civil rights and
could improve their own fate.
D) There seemed to be no way of ending slavery other than revolution.
Which of the following statements about the 2000 presidential election is true?
A) The fate of disputed ballots in Florida determined the winner.
B) George W. Bush received a narrow majority of both popular and electoral votes.
C) The Supreme Court decided the winner after the Electoral College deadlocked.
D) Green party candidate Ralph Nader carried Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Oregon.
Why did the United States not enter World War II on the side of the Allies in late 1939?
What made McCarthyism in the 1950s such a dangerous political trend?
Explain the significance of early hostilities for bringing about the declaration of
independence.
Explain President Theodore Roosevelt’s approach toward trusts.
How did the issue of slavery intersect with American foreign policy in the 1850s?
How did the role of the United States in global affairs change in the beginning of the
twenty-first century?
How did the myth of manifest destiny benefit the nation, and how did it cause damage?
Assess the legacy of President Bill Clinton.
What changes did the railroad bring to the Northern economy?
Discuss how Jimmy Carter changed the nation’s foreign policy direction.
Was the Revolutionary War a civil war or a war against another nation? Explain.
Explain the rise of the Free Soil Party.
Was slavery in the antebellum South part of a market economy? Explain why or why
not.
What role did American troops play in the European theater of war in 1918?
Compare and contrast the presidential candidates of 1960.
Explain the constitutional and political significance of the U.S. Supreme Court decision
in Marbury v. Madison.