In 1921, a Methodist minister and Klan member murdered a __________ on his own
doorstep.
A) Catholic priest
B) Chinese laundry worker
C) African American sharecropper
D) Socialist union leader
The Wade-Davis Bill was rendered ineffective when __________.
A) abolitionist leaders withdrew their support for the bill
B) southern conservatives refused to enact it
C) radical Republicans rejected the plan as too lenient
D) President Lincoln used the presidential option of a pocket veto
How did the French and British respond to Germany’s annexation of Austria and
Czechoslovakia?
A) Both countries immediately declared war on Germany.
B) Both countries urged the United States to cut off diplomatic and trade relations with
Germany.
C) Both countries took a position of appeasement and sought only promises of no
further annexations.
D) Both countries secretly supplied weapons and ammunition to the Austrian and Czech
resistance movements.
Between 1919 and 1920, an influenza outbreak killed __________ Americans.
A) 50,000
B) 400,000
C) 700,000
D) 1,000,000
DuPont emerged as a powerful corporation in the __________.
A) steel industry
B) chemical industry
C) movie industry
D) housing construction industry
The __________ Party formed from the Southern Farmers’ Alliance.
A) Populist
B) Democratic
C) Republican
D) American Constitution
One effect of the congressional committee’s questioning of Anita Hill was __________.
A) the defeat of Clarence Thomas’s nomination for the Supreme Court
B) millions of women were angered that U.S. senators badgered Ms. Hill
C) women became so disillusioned that they became politically inactive
D) an increase among women in the popularity of the Republican Party
Which of the following had the greatest impact on American public opinion about
World War I?
A) British propaganda
B) American newspapers
C) German propaganda
D) Canadian newspapers
Why was the attack on the Philippines the decisive engagement of the
Spanish-American War?
A) It diverted attention from Cuba.
B) It provoked the Spanish into attacking without a thought-out strategy.
C) It allowed the United States to expand its foothold into Asia.
D) It prevented Spain from forming Asian alliances that might have helped them.
In the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the United States __________.
A) withdrew its commitment to free trade
B) renounced aggression and condemned war
C) began an arms race with European powers
D) agreed to limit industrial overproduction
The Chisholm Trail was used to __________.
A) make it easier for pioneers to enter California
B) move the Sioux to government-run reservations
C) ship mining deposits to the East
D) drive cattle northward
Prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 __________.
A) northern blacks had not been allowed to vote in city elections
B) Lyndon Johnson had not been a strong advocate of civil rights legislation
C) the Republican Party had been the lone supporter of civil rights
D) the vast majority of blacks in the South were denied the right to vote
In the urban, working-class neighborhoods of the early twentieth century __________.
A) middle-class people often lived alongside ethnic laborers
B) immigrants tended to live among people from the same homeland
C) immigrants’ cultural traditions were replaced by Americanism
D) sanitary and living conditions were clean and luxurious
Politicians stopped supporting women’s reform issues __________.
A) when they realized women were not voting as a bloc
B) before any state could pass equal pay statutes
C) when women asked for the right to serve on juries
D) because many female reformers had close ties to the Soviet Union
In the Camp David Agreement, President Carter presided over __________.
A) an international forum on energy consumption
B) talks that led to the United States and Soviet Union cutting defense spending
C) a treaty that normalized relations between Egypt and Israel
D) a meeting that addressed the nation’s continuing inflation problems
The Democrats of the late-1800s portrayed themselves as the party of __________.
A) the industrial Northeast
B) aggressive national unity
C) protective tariffs and advocacy of Indian rights
D) limited government and personal liberties
During the war years, the number of __________.
A) marriages increased
B) divorces increased
C) marriages decreased
D) divorces decreased
How many Americans were killed when a German submarine sank the Lusitania?
A) 79
B) 128
C) 321
D) 500
What prompted Congress to pass the Interstate Commerce Act?
A) complaints about the labor practices of national corporations
B) complaints about the unfair price fixing practices among the railroad companies
C) complaints about state regulation of interstate business
D) complaints about state taxation of interstate commerce
Which political party expressed ideas that were close to the goals of the Grange?
A) the Populists
B) the Union Labor Party
C) the Republican Party
D) the Mugwumps
Levittown represented a change toward __________.
A) an increase in Americans who owned small farms
B) affordable homes in American suburbs
C) a belief in labor-management equity
D) the development of suburbs tied to ethnic identity
The outcome of the budget wars in 1995 and 1996 __________.
A) showed that neither political party provided a voice of moderation
B) illustrated the weaknesses of bipartisan politics
C) revealed that centrist solutions were preferred by most Americans
D) served as an example of the dominant power of right-wing Republicanism
In supporting political ideals, women often show that they are especially concerned
with __________.
A) foreign policy
B) organized labor in traditional industries
C) practical problems of schools and neighborhoods
D) retaining the status quo in American politics
One trend in governmental spending during the 1950s was __________.
A) cutting all social reform programs
B) a significant increase in defense spending
C) providing no new educational programs
D) a lack of funding for containment efforts
A supporter of temperance believed that __________.
A) blacks deserved the right to vote
B) political activism was immoral
C) land should be equally distributed
D) consumption of alcohol was sinful
The last gold rush came in 1874 in the mining camp of __________.
A) Boise
B) Gold Hill
C) Deadwood
D) Virginia City
Before 1939, Nazi concentration camps mostly held people who were __________.
A) uneducated
B) foreign prisoners of war
C) Jewish
D) political dissidents and anti-socials
In the Southwest, many Hispanics herded __________ on communal pastures.
A) cattle
B) goats
C) horses
D) sheep
In 1991, President George H. W. Bush avoided the “Vietnam Syndrome” in the Persian
Gulf War by __________.
A) avoiding mention of Vietnam in his speeches about the conflict
B) using a large number of troops and weapons to achieve quick victory
C) seeking to gain his military objectives in secrecy
D) refusing to allow any allies to help in the military effort
What improper government conduct was revealed in the Teapot Dome scandal?
A) Government officials illegally leased land to oil companies.
B) Government officials took bribes in exchange for government jobs.
C) Government officials stole money intended for disabled veterans.
D) Government officials illegally sold munitions to the German government.
The year 1886 saw the labor movement unify behind the move for __________.
A) equal pay for equal work
B) putting an end to child labor
C) laws that would ensure worker safety
D) getting the eight-hour day
Use of the initiative allowed reformers to __________.
A) become directly involved in labor negotiations
B) propose legislation directly to the electorate
C) impeach legislators who were unresponsive to change
D) run third-party candidates and receive federal funds
How did the public respond to the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890?
A) The Act was largely ignored by the general populace.
B) The Act received broad support across the nation.
C) The Act faced a strong popular backlash.
D) The Act was supported by most Democrats and rejected by most Republicans.