According to the authors, inequalities based on race were exacerbated by inequalities
based on ________.
A) gender
B) religion
C) country of origin
D) distribution of resources
E) education
To what does the term “Iron Curtain” refer?
A) the border between North and South Korea
B) the military operation in which the United States dropped the atom bomb on Japan
C) the railroad system that was restored in Europe after World War II ended
D) the separation between Soviet-dominated Europe and Western Europe
E) the seemingly insurmountable class divide in postwar Western Europe
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation that came very close to being a nuclear
conflict between which two nations?
A) Cuba and China
B) Cuba and the Dominican Republic
C) the United States and China
D) the United States and Russia
E) Russia and Cuba
Which of the following was NOT an important effect of the Great Awakening?
A) It stimulated higher education in the colonies.
B) It strengthened the authority of old colonial religions.
C) It encouraged the development of individualism.
D) It fostered an optimistic view of the future among those touched by it.
E) It evoked a sense of “new birth” among believers.
How did southern opinion about the morality of slavery change during the 1830s?
A) People began to describe slavery as a positive good.
B) People began to describe slavery as a necessary evil.
C) People began to describe slavery as a doomed institution.
D) People began to describe slavery as a simple business arrangement.
E) People began to describe slavery as a sinful enterprise.
Why didn’t Great Britain support the rest of the European continent in their Latin
American policies?
A) Independent Latin American countries offered better economic opportunities for
British products.
B) Great Britain didn’t want to lose its colonies in Africa, so it opposed any independent
colonies in Latin America.
C) Great Britain hoped to re-colonize most of the Latin American nations once the
Spanish and Portuguese were kicked out.
D) Great Britain had learned that colonial wars were expensive and impossible to win.
E) Great Britain respected Latin American nations’ rights.
Which of these was true of U.S. political leaders in the 1790s?
A) Many of those who had collaborated closely during the American Revolution found
themselves bitter enemies.
B) Political leadership passed from those active in the American Revolution to a new
generation of statesmen.
C) Friendships among those active in the American Revolution continued under
Washington’s two terms.
D) Differences that developed during the Revolution created the political parties that
emerged under Washington.
E) While those who were prominent remained united, political parties emerged under
the leadership of a new generation of leaders.
The Boston Massacre ________.
A) proved the importance of the British army in the colonies
B) raised the possibility of colonial armed resistance
C) had little effect on Anglo-colonial relations
D) had little support from colonial leaders
E) left fifty-three Americans dead
What happened as a result of the growth of the eighteenth-century colonial economy?
A) The population grew even faster and per capita income declined.
B) Enforcement of the Navigation Laws sowed the seeds of a lingering bitterness
against Britain.
C) The colonies developed a strong industrial base.
D) Colonists’ prosperity as a whole increased.
E) American exports increasingly found new markets around the world.
What did the Nye Committee investigate?
A) war crimes committed during World War I
B) possible German spies in the United States
C) American munitions dealers
D) liberal antiwar activists
E) American communists
British and French leaders met with Hitler in Munich in 1938 to discuss his demand for
_______.
A) the Rhineland
B) Austria
C) the Polish Corridor
D) the Sudetenland
E) Alsace and Lorraine
After Iraq invaded Kuwait, the George H. W. Bush administration felt pressured
because ________.
A) Kuwait had been on the other side of the Cold War
B) Iraq used U.S. intelligence for its attack on Kuwait
C) they feared their actions had inadvertently caused the crisis
D) Saddam Hussein’s regime was very repressive
E) The U.S. was the sole remaining superpower following the Cold War
What was the focus of the feminine subculture for many middle-class women during
the nineteenth century?
A) establishing that women are morally superior to men
B) establishing a sense of solidarity with other women
C) gaining political equality with men
D) gaining economic equality with men
E) competition with other women to be most virtuous
Why did American involvement in Hawaii increase in the 1890s?
A) There was intense pressure from American missionaries.
B) There was a fear of German influence in the region.
C) American business interests on the island forced the issue.
D) American traders were interested in Hawaii’s cotton crop.
E) Native Hawaiians appealed to the United States for help.
John F. Kennedy gave civil rights legislation lukewarm support because he ________.
A) feared the possibility of alienating southern Democrats
B) did not think the country was ready to consider it
C) did not want to encourage militant African-American leaders
D) thought it was unnecessary and should be left to the states
E) thought there was little a president could do to combat racism
Crucial to the growth of the automobile industry in the 1920s was _____.
A) traditional financing options
B) new and increased marketing
C) the long life of the new automobile
D) the rise of steam power
E) greater disposable income
The Socialist party of America was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
_____.
A) a membership that included people from a variety of backgrounds
B) a leader able to unite the party
C) a cohesive platform and effective organization
D) an influence in rural areas in the South and the West
E) an impact on mayoral elections in more than thirty cities
After the Civil War, ________.
A) there was little need for reform movements
B) women were excluded from reform movements
C) reform movements remained active in American life
D) the national government was the major agent for change
E) reformers focused exclusively on temperance
According to the decision of Gibbons v. Ogden, which of these would regulate interstate
commerce?
A) the executive branch
B) Congress
C) the Supreme Court
D) the individual states
E) the judicial branch
Why did the Nixon administration decide to resume relations with China?
A) China had cautiously inquired about resuming normal diplomatic relations.
B) The United States believed it would force better relations with the Soviet Union.
C) The United States wanted to thwart the growing economic power of Japan.
D) The United States wanted to patch up relationships with Asian nations after the
Vietnam War.
E) The suffering U.S. economy forced Nixon to make an economic arrangement with
China.
How did preemption affect migration?
A) More people migrated when assured that preemption would allow them to own the
land they had improved.
B) It allowed Native Americans the right to refuse to leave land they had improved in
Florida to settle in the West.
C) It gave land speculators the first rights to purchase public domain land, encouraging
speculators to migrate west.
D) It allowed the government to seize land from farmers, discouraging people from
moving west.
E) It permitted squatters to occupy Native American camps while they were migrating
for seasonal hunting or gathering trips.
The operatives who staged the break-in at a Washington office complex in 1972 were
known as the ________.
A) “officers”
B) “robbers”
C) “plumbers”
D) “clean-up crew”
E) “bunglers”
An immediate problem for rapidly growing suburban communities was providing
adequate _______.
A) water supplies
B) schools
C) waste disposal
D) law enforcement
E) mass transit
What significant event occurred in 1848, at Seneca Falls, New York?
A) the largest religious revival in American history
B) the first national gathering of feminists
C) an anti-Mormon riot in which several were killed
D) the beginning of the radical antislavery movement
E) the cession of the Ohio Valley to the United States
Which of these slowly pushed popular sentiment in the U.S. to favor entering the war?
A) assaults on Poland
B) the battle of Britain
C) the invasion of Ethiopia
D) the Soviet entry into the war
E) the fall of France
What was the main cause of the increase in the number of farmers in the West after
1870?
A) the decline of ranching
B) failed miners looking for new opportunities
C) the American belief in economic opportunity in the West
D) an increase in the birthrate of the western farmers
E) advances in farming by irrigation
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
Concerning women workers, the American Federation of Labor ________.
A) enthusiastically supported their needs
B) either ignored or opposed them as members
C) brought important changes in the work place
D) allowed them into leadership positions
E) encouraged all producing women to join
How might Reconstruction have been different if Lincoln had not been assassinated?
A) African Americans might have gained political and economic rights sooner, since
Lincoln was a strong supporter of equal rights for all Americans.
B) Terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan would not have developed in the South and
African Americans would not have been violently attacked.
C) Women would also have gained the right to vote, since Lincoln would have
encouraged this in the Fifteenth Amendment.
D) Lincoln would have refused to allow any former Confederates to participate in the
Republican government.
E) Since Lincoln favored more leniency toward the South, readmission of southern
states might have happened more rapidly.
Industrialization transformed women’s work by ________.
A) introducing a new area of expertise
B) changing where women worked
C) transferring women’s work to men
D) turning the household into a production center
E) reducing women’s household duties
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
What was the first crisis of the post-Cold War era?
A) the United States invaded Iraq
B) al Qaeda attacked New York City
C) Iraq invaded Kuwait
D) the East German government collapsed
E) Russia invaded Afghanistan
The issue that gays and lesbians have been pressing in the individual states is
________.
A) equal access to education
B) comparable medical insurance
C) equality in the military
D) equal marital rights
E) personal privacy
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.
Which was NOT a territorial change under the Peace of Paris (1763), which ended the
Seven Years’ War?
A) Spain gained Louisiana
B) Britain gained Florida
C) France lost all land claims in continental North America
D) Spain gained Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean
E) Britain gained Canada