The Bonus Army, which came to Washington, D.C. in 1932, consisted largely of which
of the following?
A) unemployed steelworkers
B) municipal, county, and state employees
C) leftwing activists
D) unemployed veterans
A fundamental goal of mercantilist policy was to do which of the following?
A) secure the production of raw materials in the mother country rather than in its
colonies
B) eliminate obstacles to free trade
C) secure the acquisition of raw materials in the colonies and have the colonies import
manufactured goods from the mother country
D) guarantee the import of manufactured goods from colonies because of their cheap
labor supply
In 1946, President Truman alienated southern conservatives by __________.
A) completely desegregating the armed forces despite the opposition of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff
B) inviting leading black civil rights leaders to the White House to advise him on
domestic policy
C) establishing a Committee on Civil Rights that recommended antilynching and
antipoll tax legislation
D) speaking to the NAACP national meeting and endorsing antilynching legislation
What was the most significant aspect of the “Roosevelt revolution”?
A) It caused a proliferation of federal agencies.
B) It committed the country to the idea of federal responsibility for the national welfare.
C) It demonstrated the need for strong, activist presidents in the modern era.
D) It caused the expansion of federal power.
Which of the following statements best summarizes John Brown’s final statement in his
trial for the raid on Harper’s Ferry?
A) I am innocent of the charges.
B) Please spare my life.
C) I am ready to die for a good cause.
D) You will go hell for killing me.
How did the nation’s population change between 1790 and 1820?
A) It more than doubled.
B) It almost tripled.
C) It remained steady due to westward migration.
D) It shrunk slightly as a result of the Napoleonic wars.
What united settlers in the English colonies of North America?
A) their common language
B) their dependence on slavery
C) their hatred of the English king
D) their craving for land
What was at the heart of Roosevelt’s New Deal?
A) decreasing the size of the federal government
B) laissez-faire economics
C) democratic socialism
D) bold, persistent experimentation
Which colony was founded as a religious refuge for Catholics?
A) Rhode Island
B) New Jersey
C) Virginia
D) Maryland
Which of the following occurred in the election of 1828?
A) Andrew Jackson defeated John Quincy Adams in a contest disgraced by character
assassination on both sides.
B) Henry Clay was chosen president when the election was thrown into the House of
Representatives.
C) Andrew Jackson lost because of the “corrupt bargain” between Clay and Adams.
D) The negative political campaigns depressed voter turnout.
Which of the following occurred in the “Gentlemen’s Agreement” negotiated by
Roosevelt in 1907?
A) The main issues of the Russo-Japanese War were peacefully settled.
B) China promised not to issue passports for laborers seeking work in America.
C) Chinese immigration was severely restricted.
D) Japan promised not to issue passports for laborers seeking work in America.
Why did President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan in
2009 surprise many Americans?
A) The situation in Afghanistan was steadily improving.
B) Under Muhmad Karzai, that nation had built a sound and stable democracy.
C) Obama had opposed a similar surge in Iraq in 2007.
D) Obama had promised complete withdrawal from Afghanistan by the summer of
2009 during his presidential campaign.
Who was the inventor of the phonograph?
A) Alexander Graham Bell
B) Thomas Scott
C) George Westinghouse
D) Thomas A. Edison
As a wartime leader, Wilson was which of the following?
A) too idealistic and unrealistic
B) lucky that America was so well prepared for war
C) uncompromising and blundering
D) forceful and inspiring
On the national level, the Progressive Era saw the completion of the struggle for which
of the following?
A) unemployment insurance
B) black voting rights
C) old age and survivor’s insurance
D) woman suffrage
In 2012, how did Tea Party critics label the Republican presidential candidate Mitt
Romney?
A) as too liberal
B) as not of the right faith
C) as too fiscally moderate
D) as too awkward and wooden
__________ traders were most likely to see Indians as essential trading partners.
A) American
B) English
C) French
D) Spanish
Which statement about black resistance to slavery is true?
A) There was little to no personal violence between blacks and whites because of the
deterrent effects of harsh punishments.
B) Most runaway slaves were field hands.
C) Slaves with valuable skills were treated better and were less likely to run away.
D) Organized slave rebellions were infrequent.
Much Antifederalist opposition to the Constitution disappeared when __________.
A) the Federalists promised amendments to guarantee the civil liberties of the people
B) it became obvious that the Constitution would be adopted over their objections
C) Alexander Hamilton threatened to impose an even stronger national government
with the assistance of the army
D) it was agreed that an Antifederalist would be chosen as vice president.
The Supreme Court decision in the Wabash case concerned which of the following?
A) patent rights
B) corporation mergers
C) early railroad regulation
D) union rights
Which event transformed 1960s student activism into a mass political movement?
A) the publishing of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road
B) the fight for black rights at the University of California at Berkeley
C) Lyndon Johnson’s escalation of the Vietnam War
D) Martin Luther King’s March on Washington
Which of the following was one of the few points on which Jefferson agreed with
Hamilton?
A) the need to commercialize the nation
B) the advantages of favoring the British in foreign policy
C) the ease with which city workers could be corrupted by demagogues
D) the necessity to restrict the power of government as much as possible
What was the effect of the growth of the factory system and of cities on middle-class
families?
A) Children became more valuable as future economic assets.
B) Mothers’ power increased because they now worked at home.
C) More families were able to place their children as apprentices.
D) Fathers’ power decreased because they were now absent from home so much.
A direct consequence of the election of 1800 was the constitutional amendment
stipulating __________.
A) a single electoral college ballot in which the candidate with the most votes became
president and the runner-up became vice president
B) the organization of political parties
C) separate electoral college ballots for president and vice president
D) qualifications of those who could vote for presidential electors
Johnson’s Reconstruction plan enabled southern voters to do which of the following?
A) Grant white women the right to vote.
B) Petition Northern congressmen for readmission to the Union.
C) Elect former Confederate leaders to serve in Congress.
D) Appease the North by offering land to former slaves.
As industry expanded, Americans came to __________.
A) reject any type of governmental regulation or interference
B) clamor for economic regulations
C) advocate against the free enterprise philosophy
D) view economic regulation as a way to release human energy and expand market
opportunities
By the end of the nineteenth century, the Chicago River __________.
A) started to flow backwards out of the lake because of the amount of water drained
from it
B) caught fire because of the high concentration of chemical pollutants
C) was completely covered with concrete slabs
D) had virtually become an open sewer due to the strain on the city’s sanitation system
In The Higher Learning in America, Thorstein Veblen __________.
A) called for creation of a series of land-grant universities
B) praised the elective system
C) advocated creation of a national university in Washington, D.C.
D) criticized the intrusion of business into universities
When the French indicated a willingness to reopen the negotiations that had been
disrupted by the XYZ Affair, President Adams responded by __________.
A) demanding conquest of the remaining Spanish colonies in North and South America
B) pursuing a policy of international peace, despite Federalist demands for war
C) playing upon French fears by discussing an alliance with England
D) disregarding the French overtures because the Federalists had turned American
hostility toward the French against the Republicans also
Which of the following characterized U.S. policy in Afghanistan in 2009?
A) withdrawal of U.S. troops and peace talks with the Taliban
B) less military involvement and more civilian assistance to Hamid Karzai
C) increased use of the air force and drastic decrease of the army and marines
D) a surge in U.S. troops and the use of unmanned planes
In 1846 the United States signed a treaty dividing the Oregon territory along the
forty-ninth parallel with which country?
A) Great Britain
B) Russia
C) France
D) Canada
Stephen A. Douglas was most comparable to which prominent political figure of the
antebellum years?
A) John C. Calhoun
B) Henry Clay
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Andrew Jackson
Who said of Andrew Jackson, “Far from wishing to extend Federal power, [he] belongs
to the party that wishes to limit that power”?
A) Daniel Webster
B) John C. Calhoun
C) John Quincy Adams
D) Alexis de Tocqueville