In 1823, John Quincy Adams believed the nation should ________.
A) form an alliance with the British
B) avoid involvement in European affairs
C) create an alliance with the newly independent Latin American nations
D) control the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
E) wrest control of New Orleans from the Spanish
Which of the following statements best describes the migration of the American
population during World War II?
A) Rural areas lost many residents while coastal areas grew in population.
B) People moved from urban to rural areas to help grow food to support the troops.
C) Coastal areas lost population as millions moved into America’s heartland.
D) The South and West lost population as millions moved to states in the Northeast.
E) The United States lost a number of citizens as millions fled to Canada.
Which of the following were the West’s largest landowners?
A) railroad companies
B) immigrants
C) eastern settlers
D) Native Americans
E) Mexicans
A major difference between northern and southern schools was that ________.
A) more students attended school in the South
B) all southern states had compulsory school attendance laws
C) fewer southern states had compulsory school attendance laws
D) northern states provided segregated school systems
E) southern schools provided better curricula
The majority of slaves worked ________.
A) in industry
B) as skilled tradesmen
C) as house servants
D) as field workers
E) in restaurants, hotels, and saloons
What was considered the main function of the family unit in the nineteenth century?
A) to establish a good name for the family
B) to maintain the family’s reputation
C) to contribute to the economy
D) to defend family members against outsiders
E) to raise children
New England families differed from those of other English colonies in that they often
included ________.
A) Native Americans
B) grandparents
C) polygamy
D) widows
E) extended families living in one household
How did a convoy system impact the course of the war?
A) It used Allied destroyers to escort merchant vessels across the ocean and cut
shipping losses in half.
B) It was a system of maneuvers to transport supplies to the troops and keep the
soldiers from going hungry.
C) It was a flight technique that made it possible for Allied planes to avoid detection
and avoid drawing enemy fire.
D) It was a fighting technique that made it possible for troops to utilize poison gas,
machine guns, and other weapons from one location to another.
E) It was a new system of troop transportation that integrated blacks and white units
and allowed them to work together.
Despite the New Deal, ________ remained the country’s most impoverished citizens.
A) African Americans
B) Asian Americans
C) Native Americans
D) Mexican Americans
E) “Okies” and “Arkies”
How were the Orders in Council and the Berlin and Milan Decrees similar?
A) They both allowed broken voyages to occur throughout Europe.
B) They both forbade commerce in Europe but were ineffective “paper blockades.”
C) Neither had any effect on American shipping.
D) Both gave Great Britain control of the seas.
E) Both allowed the British navy to monitor every Continental port.
At the time of the Civil War, there were approximately ________ slaves in the South.
A) 200,000
B) 400,000
C) 1,000,000
D) 2,000,000
E) 4,000,000
What was the main reason that many native-born Americans disliked Irish and German
immigrants?
A) because they were mostly communists
B) because they were mostly illiterate
C) because they were mostly Jewish
D) because they were mostly Roman Catholic
E) because they were mostly atheists
Why were slave families in the upper South so often headed by women?
A) They were following African traditions.
B) Husbands often worked elsewhere.
C) Mortality rates were unusually high there.
D) Women tended to work inside the house.
E) Industry was more common in that region.
Woodrow Wilson won the election of 1912 as a _____.
A) Republican
B) Democrat
C) Progressive
D) Socialist
E) Populist
How did African-American activism affect social change for other ethnic groups?
A) Other ethnic groups were unimpressed with the strategies of African-American
activists and tried to enact social change in other ways.
B) Other ethnic groups had little success in making social change since the country was
weary of protests for racial justice.
C) Other ethnic groups were inspired greatly by African-American activism and
launched their own protests for social change.
D) Other ethnic groups were afraid to protest after seeing the violence
African-American activists endured from authorities.
E) Other ethnic groups were resentful of successes in the civil rights movement because
the social changes of the 1960s affected only African Americans.
Which group was exempted from the provisions of the National Origins Act of 1921?
A) Italians
B) Russians
C) Germans
D) Mexicans
E) Irish
The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution ________.
A) changed the process of electing the president and vice president
B) decreased presidential power
C) heightened the potential for further political conflict
D) stopped the African slave trade
E) dealt with the judicial power of the United States
Which does NOT identify a reason why the Roanoke colonies were doomed from their
inception?
A) poor planning by the organizers of the settlement
B) England’s distraction because of its preparations for war
C) England devoting resources to its impending war with Spain
D) religious conflicts among settlers
E) hostilities with Native Americans
How did mass production change life for Americans?
A) It created a split society of rich workers with skills and poor ones without skills.
B) It provided low wage jobs, so few Americans could buy the mass produced goods.
C) Unions had to control the conditions in all places where products were mass
produced.
D) The government created regulations for every part of daily life and employment.
E) It provided jobs, income and mass-produced products that workers could afford.
The most important accomplishment of Congress under the Articles of Confederation
was its ________.
A) disposition of the Florida border problem with Spain
B) passage of ordinances organizing the Northwest Territory
C) management of the nation’s financial affairs
D) rejection of British demands for territory along the country’s borders with Canada
E) set of rules for interstate trade and tariffs
After rejecting Johnson’s Reconstruction plan, what was the basis of Congress’s
program?
A) social and moral regeneration of the South
B) confiscation and redistribution of plantations
C) enfranchisement of both the freedmen and ex-Confederates
D) guarantees for the rights of all citizens with the Fourteenth Amendment
E) pardons for members of the planter class who asked for them
During World War II, which group was placed in relocation camps in the United States?
A) Italian Americans
B) German Americans
C) Japanese Americans
D) Russian Americans
E) Jewish Americans
All of the following contributed to the rift that developed between President Johnson
and Congressional Republicans EXCEPT _______.
A) the appointment of provisional southern governors
B) the passage of the Black Codes
C) the veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau bill
D) the veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
E) the refusal to seat the recently elected southern delegation
The actions of Commodore Dewey in the Philippines ________.
A) had little effect on the outcome of the war
B) disproved Mahan’s theories regarding naval supremacy
C) provided the United States with an unexpected prize of war
D) showed the surprising strength of the Spanish fleet
E) were undeniably illegal, even if effective
How did the end of the Cold War play into Saddam Hussein’s decision to invade
Kuwait?
A) He thought the world would be too busy controlling Eastern European countries to
object.
B) The Soviet Union was no longer a superpower that could influence him.
C) He had captured weapons from Eastern European countries when the Soviet Union
left.
D) The government of Kuwait no longer received aid from the Soviet Union.
E) He wanted to force the United States to take a stand against Russia.
What was a result of the congressional elections of 1866?
A) Johnson’s Reconstruction policies were supported at the polls.
B) The Radical Republicans lost ground in Congress.
C) Democrats regained control of the House, but not the Senate.
D) Radical Reconstruction was strengthened and Johnson weakened.
E) Johnson’s reelection campaign got a big boost.
What was one effect of McCarthyism?
A) a political and cultural conformity that discouraged dissent
B) outspoken support for freedom of speech
C) an intellectual revolution that encouraged new ideas
D) a drop in literacy rates among American youth
E) a wider appreciation of diversity in the United States
Consider the following statement. “The elements that sparked a powerful sense of
nationalism among colonists dispersed over a huge territory would not be evident for a
long time.” What does this statement mean?
A) The colonists tended to dislike the colonists in regions other than their own.
B) The colonies were getting very close to forming an independent country.
C) The colonies were still separate and had very little to do with each other.
D) The colonies had expanded to a huge area of the country.
E) The colonies saw themselves as English first and Americans second.
Why was the phrase “We the people of the United States” in the new Constitution?
A) It was there to exclude women and African Americans from the rights described in
the document.
B) The phrase recalled the Declaration of Independence and would help Americans
approve the document.
C) The other delegates voted unanimously on the phrase, thinking it would help ensure
ratification.
D) It was there to include women and African Americans in the rights described in the
document.
E) It was there to avoid mention of the states because of uncertainty about how many
and which states would ratify the document.
In what way was the experience of the Spanish-American War ironic for
African-American soldiers?
A) Most of the people that African-American soldiers fought against in Cuba had the
same African heritage.
B) African Americans were not permitted to fight in the Cuban conflict but were
allowed to fight in the Philippines.
C) African Americans were not permitted to fight in Cuba and could only work as
cooks, medics, and servants to white soldiers.
D) The United States was finally recognizing the freedom and humanity of African
Americans, while invading Cuba.
E) The United States were fighting to give Cubans freedom, yet they denied many
freedoms to African Americans.