The muckrakers were important in the progressive movement because they
A) subverted the democratic system.
B) generally opposed social reform.
C) defended the American system against criticism.
D) publicized what they believed were the problems in American society.
Parliament, beginning in 1699, attempted to increase revenue by requiring which of the
following colonial goods to be shipped to England before export abroad?
A) woolen cloth
B) beaver hats
C) finished iron products
D) molasses
As part of the U.S. military during World War II, women
A) were given regular military status.
B) were allowed to be nurses, but not doctors.
C) were able to dispel the belief that women had different capabilities than men.
D) participated as combat troops.
A dramatic rise in the concentration of wealth in the United States from 1820 to 1860
A) eased social tensions.
B) hardened class lines.
C) resulted in mass suffering.
D) calmed labor protests.
Who were the major social groups during the Revolution other than elites?
A) the urban working class
B) the rural farming class
C) women and evangelicals
D) All of the above.
One of the chief goals of the Reagan administration was to
A) reduce tensions with the Soviet Union.
B) aggressively defend minority rights.
C) increase aid to the poor.
D) curtail social programs.
Discuss the extent of opportunities available for northern free blacks in antebellum
America.
What criticisms of Lincoln did the Democratic party espouse in the election of 1864?
A) Executive power had arbitrarily expanded.
B) The war had lasted too long.
C) The war had led to irresponsible banking measures.
D) All of the above.
Joseph Stalin, who headed the government of the Soviet Union at the end of World War
II, believed that
A) eastern Europe must be kept under Russia’s influence.
B) the United States should be trusted as an ally.
C) fairness was the best basis for governing the Soviet Union.
D) World War II had been a joint Allied victory.
State governments promoted economic growth by
A) underwriting bonds for improvement projects.
B) repealing laws of incorporation.
C) guarding against special privileges.
D) taxing interstate commerce.
During World War I, Germany attempted to resist the British blockade of the sea routes
to Germany by
A) attacking British ships from German aircraft carriers.
B) building a fleet larger than the British navy.
C) employing the use of submarines.
D) firing rockets.
The use of busing as a means for desegregation of American schools
A) eliminated de facto but not de jure segregation.
B) was strongly endorsed by President Nixon.
C) was generally accepted by southern whites without protest.
D) often brought resistance in northern cities.
The Iroquois, in particular, resisted white
A) disease.
B) Christianity
C) loss of traditional life ways.
D) lack of self-confidence.
Discussions at the First Continental Congress were LEAST concerned with
A) overcoming sectional hostilities and jealousies.
B) determining a colonial plan of resistance.
C) defining and justifying American grievances against England.
D) preparing financially and militarily for war.
By 1860, the number of Americans living in the trans-Mississippi West
A) exceeded 8 million.
B).exceeded 6 million.
C) exceeded 4 million.
D) was approximately one million.
According to supplyside economic theory,
A) the national debt should be continued indefinitely.
B) reduction of taxes will encourage business expansion, which will ultimately
stimulate the whole economic system.
C) conservation of natural resources is the key to long-term economic health.
D) the nation’s most important resource is its people.
After experimenting with various crops, the colonists of South Carolina decided to
concentrate upon the cultivation of
A) rice.
B) cotton.
C) sugar.
D) indigo.
Which of the following statements accurately describes the gold miners in California?
A) Most were unmarried men.
B) Most were young, in their twenties.
C) About 80 percent of them came from the United States.
D) All of the above.
Franklin Roosevelt’s decision to change America’s foreign policy during the 1930s was
based on
A) his irritation with the isolationists.
B) aggression by certain European countries.
C) militarism in America.
D) his realization that the New Deal had failed.
All of the following statements are true about the Newlands Act EXCEPT:
A) Roosevelt enthusiastically supported the Act.
B) The Newlands Act set aside proceeds from the sale of public lands to pay for state
conservation measures.
C) It helped big farmers the most.
D) It gave land to Native American tribes.
White artisans in the South viewed black workers as
A) fellow workers.
B) no real competition.
C) threats to their livelihoods.
D) valuable assets.
In the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, Congress
A) allowed southern states to deny blacks the right to vote.
B) provided for impeachment of the president.
C) divided the southern states into five military districts.
D) impeached President Grant.
Black leaders Paul Robeson and W.E.B. Du Bois were criticized for communist
leanings during the era.
Chief among those who wanted to provide economic support for the freedpeople after
the Civil War was
A) U.S. Grant.
B) Thaddeus Stevens.
C) Abraham Lincoln.
D) Andrew Johnson.
The New Deal attempted to revitalize American industry through the
A) R.F.C.
B) N.I.R.A.
C) A.A.A.
D) Wagner Act.
The provisions of the Compromise of 1850
A) left unresolved the status of territories in the Mexican cession.
B) allowed for lax enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
C) established one of the largest slave markets in the nation’s capital.
D) upset the balance between free and slave states in the Union.
An important factor promoting industrial development in the United States during the
last half of the nineteenth century was
A) a shift from the use of steam to electricity as the major source of power.
B) regulation of the railroads.
C) technological innovations.
D) an increase in the size of the average American family.
To secure Maryland for the Union, Lincoln
A) arrested and detained southern sympathizers.
B) sent federal troops to Baltimore.
C) issued a writ of habeas corpus.
D) offered a declaration of emancipation.
President Kennedy’s New Frontier program
A) met resistance on several points.
B) enjoyed strong support from the Democrats in Congress.
C) had been strongly supported by the voters in the 1960 election.
D) provided many new socioeconomic opportunities for the American people.
A model industrial town was created near Chicago at
A) Peoria.
B) Utopia.
C) Pullman.
D) South Bend.
A key figure in applying the principles of scientific management to industrial work was
A) Frederick Taylor.
B) Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
C) Samuel Gompers.
D) Jane Addams.