In the working-class neighborhoods of American industrial cities in the three decades
after the Civil War,
A) ethnic groups often gathered in a particular area.
B) there was no intermingling of ethnic groups.
C) working families were unable to create any kind of community life because of the
deplorable conditions.
D) living conditions were generally sanitary and healthy.
Of the following economic indicators describing conditions in Philadelphia, which one
DECREASED from 1820 to 1860?
A) downward occupational mobility
B) proportion of craftsmen in the laboring class
C) residential mobility
D) percentage of unskilled wage earners in or near poverty
In early post-World War II America,
A) Americans became less mobile.
B) Elvis Presley died.
C) the birthrate in the United States increased.
D) shopping centers became less important in American society.
After the mid-1970s, American farms
A) were caught in a cycle of overproduction, heavy indebtedness, and falling prices.
B) were primarily family operations.
C) were barely productive.
D) did not suffer economically with the rest of the nation.
Which of the following nations closed the Mississippi River to U.S. shipping?
A) France
B) Britain
C) Germany
D) Spain
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress would NOT have the power to
A) mediate boundary disputes between the states.
B) declare war.
C) administer relations with Indians living outside state boundaries.
D) impose taxes.
The adviser who recommended prohibiting Americans from traveling on belligerent
ships was
A) William Jennings Bryan.
B) Walter Hines Page.
C) Edward M. House.
D) Robert Lansing.
In 1904, the Japanese began the Russo-Japanese war that resulted in victory against
Russia.
The major congressional investigating committee on communism was known by the
initials
A) WPA.
B) HOLC.
C) HUAC.
D) COINTELPRO.
The boundaries of the Carolina colony spanned from ________ to central Florida.
All of the following factors contributed to a reform impulse in the United States during
the 1830s EXCEPT the
A) activist tendencies in Whig political ideology.
B) Puritan idea of American mission.
C) anxiety over profound economic and social changes.
D) belief in human depravity.
All of the following are true statements regarding Sylvester Graham EXCEPT:
A) He invented the graham cracker.
B) He gave lectures on chastity
C) He was a Catholic preacher.
D) He recommended cold baths and exercise for those troubled with sexual desire.
Important in facilitating the conversion of American industry to mass production was
A) reduction in the use of coal.
B) a shift to the use of steam power.
C) increased use of water power.
D) an increase in the number of small businesses.
Underlying Johnson’s vision of a “Great Society” was
A) the desire to be reelected in 1960.
B) his belief that the Republicans would return to office in 1964.
C) his opposition to Kennedy’s legislative programs.
D) the most extensive reform program in U.S. history.
Southerners opposed high protective tariff rates because they feared resultant
A) development of southern industry.
B) opening of new western lands.
C) increased prices for manufactured goods.
D) Native American attack.
Which of the following events split the Democratic Party during the 1850s?
A) Lincoln-Douglas debates in Illinois
B) Dred Scott decision
C) John Brown’s raid
D) All of the above.
In 1968, Native American author N. Scott Momaday received a Pulitzer Prize for
A) Little Big Man.
B) Custer Died for Your Sins.
C) Silent Spring.
D) House Made of Dawn.
One of the first targets of urban reform was New York’s
A) Indian reservations.
B) Central Park.
C) tenements.
D) opera houses.
As a result of the development of agriculture in the Americas, the members of native
tribes
A) abandoned regional trading networks.
B) engaged solely in agricultural tasks.
C) lost faith in religious leaders.
D) grew in numbers and founded separate societies.
Many ancient humans migrated to the Americas over a
A) wooden bridge.
B) land bridge.
C) volcanic crater.
D) cobblestone road.
In 1845, President Polk sent to Mexico City
A) Secretary of State James Buchanan.
B) General Zachary Taylor.
C) diplomat Nicholas Trist.
D) agent John L. Slidell.
In the 60 years after the Constitutional Convention, compromise over questions relating
to slavery had been possible because of the
A) willingness of Congress to avoid the issue.
B) existence of a two-party system with intersectional membership.
C) lack of significant differences of opinion.
D) common bonds and loyalties forged during the Revolution.
Colonial merchants of the early eighteenth century
A) exported luxury and manufactured goods to Europe, Africa, and the West Indies.
B) engaged in the tasks of shipping and distributional services only.
C) typically imported more goods than Americans desired or could use.
D) integrated American producers and consumers in the Atlantic basin trading system.
All of the following statements describe the founding and operation of the American
Indian Movement (AIM) EXCEPT:
A) The organization was founded in Minneapolis in 1968 by Dennis Banks and George
Mitchell, Chippewa Indians.
B) It got federal funds to Indian-controlled organizations.
C) It established patrols to protect drunken Indians from police.
D) It promoted gun battles with police.
In the early 1800s, slaves were imported into, Georgia and
A) South Carolina.
B) Virginia.
C) Maryland.
D) New York.
A prominent member of the Beat Generation was
A) Jack Kerouac.
B) Betty Friedan.
C) Elvis Presley.
D) Dwight Eisenhower.
By 1868, the Republicans had changed from a party of moral reform to a party of
A) material interests.
B) pro-black sentiment.
C) anti-southern sentiment.
D) pro-Democratic party sentiment.
President Nixon’s decision to invade Cambodia in 1970 resulted in
A) renewed anti-war demonstrations on college campuses.
B) an American victory in Vietnam.
C) permanent occupation of Cambodia by U.S. troops.
D) general public approval of his Vietnam policy.
During World War I, women in the United States
A) made few significant contributions to the war effort.
B) demonstrated that they were unable to assume most of the jobs traditionally
occupied by men.
C) served in combat.
D) found new employment opportunities.
Public art and civic beautification projects became known as the
A) “City Beautiful” movement.
B) “Recycling Campaign.”
C) “Keep American Green” movement.
D) “Utopian movement”
Silver provided the source of West African wealth as it did in Meso-America.