The Compromise of 1850 delayed but did not prevent the outbreak of more serious
sectional conflicts.
Agriculture and farming represented a small part of the exports and livelihoods of early
American people.
Even though the United States had not officially declared war against Germany, by
autumn of 1941 the two countries were essentially at war with each other in the North
Atlantic.
An effective argument against the Wilmot Proviso was the fact that Congress had never
before restricted the extension of slavery into new territories.
Methodists and Baptists were particularly energized by the Second Great Awakening.
The first anti-war teach-in took place at the University of Michigan in 1965.
The underlying cause of the Seven Years’ War in America was the
A) French takeover of the western fur trade.
B) English colonial penetration of the Ohio Valley.
C) French attack on the western forces of George Washington.
D) English retaliation against western Indian attacks.
As a factor in its foreign policy during the late nineteenth century, the United States
A) showed little interest in acquiring territory in the Pacific Ocean region.
B) drove Great Britain and Germany out of Pago Pago.
C) renounced interest in building a canal across Central America.
D) indicated its interest in building an American-controlled canal in Nicaragua.
In the seventeenth century, European explorers in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys were
amazed to find
A) the remnants of ancient European visitors.
B) Native Americans living as forest primitives.
C) hundreds of large ceremonial mounds.
D) a highly developed and far-flung Indian society.
The colony of Louisiana became part of the United States in the year
A) 1763.
B) 1783.
C) 1803.
D) 1833.
Acquisition of the Philippine Islands by the United States
A) encountered little opposition in the United States Senate.
B) resulted in immediate independence for the islands.
C) was generally supported by the Filipinos.
D) led to guerrilla warfare against American control.
During the Red Scare of 1919, the attorney general of the United States
A) staunchly defended the civil rights of those who had been accused of being
communists.
B) used military force against Indians who attempted to seize land they claimed
belonged to them.
C) defended the actions of Ku Klux Klan members because of their commitment to
traditional American principles.
D) violated the rights of many radicals.
Which of the following colonial leaders argued for defiance of Parliament’s Coercive
Acts in the Continental Congress?
A) Patrick Henry
B) Richard Henry Lee
C) Samuel Adams
D) All of the above.
In the early eighteenth century, ________ government came to New Jersey, North
Carolina, and South Carolina.
Industrialists sought more remote sites for new factories by 1900 because of all the
following reasons EXCEPT
A) labor conflicts.
B) deteriorating conditions of cities.
C) Native American land claims.
D) higher land prices.
The medical treatment soldiers received
A) did little good and often did harm.
B) relied heavily on amputation to save lives.
C) saved many from death.
D) was nearly non-existent.
As a leader during the progressive era, Theodore Roosevelt
A) acted very cautiously and quietly.
B) opposed conservation programs.
C) believed that government regulation of business was undesirable.
D) was the first president to support social reform.
As World War II ended, most Americans
A) continued to regard Russian society as open and democratic.
B) found few parallels between the Nazi and Soviet systems.
C) believed the war had been fought for ill-defined reasons.
D) became increasingly fearful of the Soviet Union.
One reason that American women enjoyed greater freedom after the Civil War than
before was because
A) the divorce rate declined.
B) they were having fewer babies.
C) they were readily accepted into professional occupations.
D) most American men accepted the new role of women outside the home.
The United States in 1964 charged that North Vietnam had attacked American
destroyers in the
A) Gulf of Mexico.
B) Gulf of Tonkin.
C) Gulf of St. Lawrence.
D) China Sea.
The tax cuts of the 1980s
A) helped many poor families join the middle class.
B) favored the middle class more than the rich.
C) were accompanied by increased regulation of the insurance industry.
D) benefited the wealthy far more than middle- or lower-income Americans.
All of the following are true regarding the early tobacco industry EXCEPT:
A) Tobacco grew well in Chesapeake soil and climate.
B) Indians controlled the production of the early industry.
C) The “jovial weed” became popular in Europe.
D) James I denounced tobacco use.
Most immigrants to colonial America after 1713 were
A) skilled craftsmen and shopkeepers.
B) sons of wealthy gentry.
C) university-trained Puritans.
D) slaves and indentured servants.
All of the following describe the historical development of the free black church
EXCEPT the
A) number of free black churches increased over time.
B) number of religious denominations increased over time.
C) church was the key institution that helped free blacks adjust to racism.
D) free black church did not reach out to slaves.
The most important innovation of Francis Cabot Lowell’s Waltham operation was to
A) divide the tasks of spinning and weaving into separate operations.
B) accumulate the capital of a wide-ranging group of associates.
C) use New England’s swift-flowing streams to power his mills.
D) combine the steps of cotton production under one roof.
While Spain began to exert its power on the other side of the Atlantic, the Portuguese
A) needed to address severe economic problems at home.
B) decided to take a leading role in European affairs.
C) concentrated on spreading their power to Africa and East Asia.
D) entered a race with Spain for control of the Americas.
In 1914, the general American reaction to the outbreak of war in Europe was
A) a strong desire to declare war against England.
B) complete neutrality of mind and action as President Wilson requested.
C) relief that the United States was uninvolved.
D) a strong desire to fight Germany.
By the early seventeenth century, the French
A) developed a fur trade in Canada.
B) rapidly populated the province of Quebec.
C) befriended the Iroquois in local Indian wars.
D) became preoccupied with internal struggles.
The cotton gin was invented by
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Eli Whitney
C) Richard Allen.
D) Henry Knox.
During World War II, women workers in the United States
A) did not work in heavy industry because it was considered unladylike.
B) were more likely to be married than single.
C) encountered little prejudice in the workplace.
D) were almost exclusively single.
For outworkers, the invention of the sewing machine in the 1850s
A) reduced the pool of potential workers.
B) led bosses to expect a greater volume of work.
C) allowed workers to labor at home for the first time.
D) ensured easier and more pleasant tasks.
How did farmers try to solve their agricultural problems during the 1920s?
A) by forming organizations, lobbying Congress, and acting collectively
B) by pursuing individual strategies of protest
C) by withholding produce from the market
D) by marching on Washington, D.C.
An important factor in transforming the nature of American agriculture after the Civil
War was
A) the scarcity of land in the Great Plains.
B) a decrease in the size of the average American farm.
C) increasing utilization of machinery.
D) a decline in international markets for American farm products.
The Dust Bowl caused
A) prairie fires.
B) the sale of thousands of acres of public land.
C) urban riots.
D) millions of families to relocate.
Andrew Jackson’s early national reputation stemmed mainly from his
A) political support for John Quincy Adams.
B) military exploits against Native Americans and the British.
C) crusades on behalf of Native Americans.
D) diplomacy with the Spanish over problems in Florida.
All of the following describe the functioning of the Interstate Commerce Commission
EXCEPT
A) thousands of cases overwhelmed its tiny staff.
B) the ICC proved to be highly effective.
C) the ICC brought offenders into federal court for lengthy proceedings.
D) the ICC’s authority was limited to commerce that crossed state lines.
Which of the following women was a free African American who lectured and wrote
about slavery?
A) Sojourner Truth
B) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C) Sarah Grimke
D) Angelina Grimke
The _______________ was one organization in the United States that attempted to halt
communism in Cuba.
The Boston Massacre, in which five townspeople were killed by British redcoats,
A) resulted in a speedy conviction and execution of the soldiers.
B) demonstrated the calculated desire of the British to crush colonial rebellion.
C) convinced Governor Hutchinson to order British troops out of town.
D) galvanized the colonies into further resistance to English policies.
Discuss the factors that led to the U.S. decision to declare war against Spain in 1898.
In North America, the Dutch West India Company’s ________ colony was small and
profitable.
Jos Angel Gutierrez established the ________ political party in the early 1970s.
Analyze the backgrounds, ideologies, goals, and modes of settlement among European
immigrants to North America that produced distinctly different societies along the
Atlantic seaboard in the seventeenth century.
Conservative politics enjoyed a revival during the 1980s and 1990s. Identify
conservative goals and assess the impact conservative policies had on U.S. society.
The leader of South Vietnam during the Johnson administration was ________.
In Massachusetts and ________, the Great Awakening split congregations into Old
Lights and New Lights.
In the colony of ________, the Glorious Revolution became bloodless but quite
disruptive.
The leader of the al Qaeda terrorist network__________ masterminded the September
11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
On April 10, 1861, General ________ of the Confederacy demanded the surrender of
Ft. Sumter.
Analyze the reasons for and the results of transformations in American political parties
during the 1850s.
What led so many Americans to sell most of their possessions and embark on an
unknown future thousands of miles away in Oregon or California during the 1840s?
By 1830, ________, Indiana, and southern Illinois were heavily settled.
Discuss the major problems that the American farmer faced during the last half of the
nineteenth century.
While in office, President Clinton secured passage of a ___________ that curtailed the
production and ownership of assault weapons.
Write an essay explaining why you feel the New Deal was or was not successful in
solving the problems of the Great Depression.
For ________, the gold rush in California was a disaster of epic proportions.
Discuss the concept of the United States as a model society for other countries and
explain how that concept affected American foreign policy in the late nineteenth
century.
Discuss the reasons why the U.S. government announced a policy of neutrality at the
outbreak of war in Europe in 1914, as well as the difficulties the United States had in
maintaining such a policy prior to its entry into the war in 1917.
In 1889, Jane Addams and her friend, ____________, helped start Hull House in
Chicago.