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AP US Ch. 2 Quiz

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Quiz Result: 85.7% Correct

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTThe defeat of the Spanish Armada was important to North American colonization because it enabled England to conquer Spain's New World empire.Your Answer: False

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Question 2: CORRECTOriginally, the primary purpose of the joint-stock Virginia Company was to provide for the well-being of the freeborn English settlers in the colony.Your Answer: False


Question 3: CORRECTThe Maryland colony was founded to establish a religious refuge for persecuted English Quakers.Your Answer: False

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Question 4: CORRECTFrom the time of its founding, South Carolina had close economic ties with the British West Indies.

Your Answer: True


Question 5: CORRECTEngland's first colony at JamestownYour Answer: was saved from failure by John Smith's leadership and by John Rolfe's introduction of tobacco.

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Question 6: CORRECTAfter the Act of Toleration in 1649, Maryland provided religious freedom for allYour Answer: Protestants and Catholics.


Question 7: CORRECTRepresentative government was first introduced to America in the colony ofYour Answer: Virginia.


Question 8: CORRECTThe high-minded philanthropists who founded the Georgia colony were especially interested in the causes ofYour Answer: prison reform and avoiding slavery.


Question 9: CORRECTThe failed "lost colony" founded by Sir Walter Raleigh wasYour Answer: Roanoke


Question 10: CORRECTThe Catholic aristocrat who sought to build a sanctuary for his fellow believers wasYour Answer: Lord Baltimore


Question 11: WRONGThe leaders who rescued Jamestown colonists from the "starving time" wereYour Answer: John Smith


Question 12: CORRECTAfter decades of religious tumoil, Protestantism finally gained permanent dominace in England after the succession to the throne ofYour Answer: Queen Elizabeth I.


Question 13: WRONGIndentured servants were important to the development of 17th century Chesapeake because theyYour Answer: none of the above.


Question 14: CORRECTThe term for a colony under the direct control of the English crown isYour Answer: none of the above


AP US Ch. 3 Quiz

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Quiz Result: 100% Correct


Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTMatch each item with the correct definition: ___A. Predestination ___B. Conversion ___C. Antinomianism

1. Belief that from the moment of creation some souls were "saved" and others were "damned". 2. Belief that faith, good works, and repentance could earn salvation. 3. The sign of receipt of God's free gift of saving grace. 4. Belief that those whom God has marked for salvation need not obey secular laws. A) A-3, B-2, C-1 B) A-2, B-4, C-3 C) A-1, B-3, C-4 D) A-4, B-1, C-3 E) A-1, B-3, C-2

Your Answer: C

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Question 2: CORRECT

Henry VIII aided the entrance of Protestant beliefs into England when he A. removed himself as the head of the Church of England. B. broke England's ties with the Catholic church. C. supported the Puritans. d. Allowed Martin Luther to journey to England. E. ordered John Calvin to go to Switzerland.

Your Answer: B

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Question 3: CORRECTIndian policy in Pennsylvania can best be described as A. bad at first but improving later. B. benevolent. C. extremely harsh. D. influenced mainly by the state supported church. E. non-existent.

Your Answer: B


Question 4: CORRECTThe Mayflower Compact may best be described as A. a document which allowed women limited participation in government. B. a complex agreement forming an oligarchy. C. am agreement to follow the dictates of Parliament, D. a simple constuitution. E. a promising step toward government ruled by the majority.

Your Answer: E

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Question 5: CORRECTAccording to Anne Hutchinson, a dissenter in Massachusetts Bay, A. antinomianism was heresy. B. a person needs only to obey the law of God.

C. the truly saved need not bother to obey the laws of God or man. D. predestination was not a valid idea. E. direct revelation from God was impossible.

Your Answer: C


Question 6: CORRECTAmong Puritans, it was understood that A. the purpose of government was to enforce God's laws. B. clergymen would hold the most powerful political office. C. all adult male landowners could vote for political leaders. D. they would establish democratic government in America. E. women could participate in government in limited ways.

Your Answer: A


Question 7: CORRECTArrange the following in chronological order: A) restoration of Charles II to the English throne, B) English Civil War, C) Glorious Revolution, D) Protestant Reformation.

A) C, A, B, DB) A, B, C , DC) D, B, A ,CD) D, C, B, AE) B, C, A, D

Your Answer: C

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Question 8: CORRECTAs the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams A. demanded attendance at worship. B. established complete religious freedom for all. C. supported some types of special privileges for the church members.

D. established religious freedom for all but Jews and Catholics. E. became a wealthy man from his land investments.

Your Answer: B


Question 9: CORRECTDuring the early years of colonization in the New World, England A. began the importation of African slaves in large numbers. B. paid little attention to its colonies. C. made sure all the colonies had royal charters. D. maintained an excellent relationship with the Indians. E. closely controlled its colonies.

Your Answer: B

Question 10: CORRECTAfter the Pequot War, Puritan efforts to convert Indians to Christianity can best be describes as A. filling "praying towns" with huindreds of Indians. B. more zealous than those made by Catholics, but still unsuccessful. C. very successful. D. feeble at best. E. vigorous but unsuccessful.

Your Answer: D


Question 11: CORRECTThe New England Indians' only hope for resisting English encroachment lay in A. building fortifications. B. acquiring English muskets to defend themsleves. C. enlisting the aid of the French. D. intertribal unity against the English. E. allying themselves with the Dutch.

Your Answer: D


Question 12: CORRECTKing Philip's War resulted in A. the last victory for the New England Indians. B. the lasting defeat of the New England Indians. C. the formation of a powerful alliance among the Indians to resist the English. D. France's moving into Canada with more families. E. the rise of George Washington as a colonial leader.

Your Answer: B


Question 13: CORRECTRecently, historians have increasingly viewed the colonial period as A. one in which the Puritans had been overlooked. B. one in which the settlement of the Caribbean has been overstressed. C. one in which economic ambition was the main reason all colonists came. D. one of contact and adaptation between native populations. E. one dominated by the country controlling the ocean routes.

Your Answer: D


Question 14: CORRECTThe New England Confederation A. led the American colonies to seek independence from England. B. was an economic and trade alliance. C. included all the New England colonies. D. was designed to bolster colonial defense. E. was created by the English government to streamline its administration of the colonies.

Your Answer: D


Question 15: CORRECTNew York and Pennsylvania were similar in that they both A. had poor soil. B. were established by joint stock companies. C. were founded as religious refuges. D. experienced slow population growth. E. had ethnically mixed populations.

Your Answer: E

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AP US Ch. 4 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTThomas Jefferson once observed that “the best school of political liberty the world ever saw” was the

a. College of William and Mary.b. Virginia House of Burgesses.c. New England town meeting.d. Chesapeake plantation system.e. the English parliament.

Your Answer: c.


Question 2: CORRECTThe Half-Way Covenant

a. allowed full communion for all nonconverted members.

b. strengthened the distinction between the “elect” and all others.c. brought an end to the Jeremiads of Puritan ministers.d. resulted in a decrease in church members.e. admitted to baptism but not full membership the unconverted children of existing members.

Your Answer: e


Question 3: CORRECTThe Salem witchcraft trials were

a. a result of Roger Williams’s activities.b. the result of unsettled social and religious conditions in rapidly evolving Massachusetts.c. caused by ergot in the Puritans’ bread.d. unique to the English colonies.e. accusations made by the daughters of business owners.

Your Answer: b


Question 4: CORRECTWhen new towns were established in New England, all of the following were true except

a. a land grant was given by the legislature.b. a meeting house was built.c. a village green was laid out.d. schools were required in towns of more than fifty families.e. families did not automatically receive land.

Your Answer: e


Question 5: CORRECTCompared with indentured servants, African-American slaves were

a. less reliable workers.b. more likely to rebel.c. cheaper to buy and own.d. a more manageable labor force.e. less expensive to buy but more expensive to keep.

Your Answer: d


Question 6: CORRECTWhile slavery might have begun in America for economic reasons,

a. it soon became clear by 1700 that profits were down.b. race was rarely an issue in relations between blacks and whites.c. racial discrimination also powerfully molded the American slave system.d. profit soon played a very small role.e. Europe profited most from the institution.

Your Answer: c


Question 7: CORRECTFor those Africans who were sold into slavery, the “middle passage” can be best described as

a. the trip from the interior of Africa to the coast.b. the easiest part of their journey to America.

c. the journey from American parts to their new homes.d. the gruesome ocean voyage to America.e. none of the above.

Your Answer: d


Question 8: WRONGAfter 1680, reliance on slave labor in colonial America rapidly increased because

a. higher wages in England reduced the number of emigrating servants.b. planters feared the growing number of landless freemen in the colonies.c. the British Royal African company lost its monopoly on the slave trade in colonial America.d. Americans rushed to cash in on slave trade.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 9: CORRECTBacon’s Rebellion was supported mainly by

a. young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land.b. the planter class of Virginia.c. those protesting the increased importation of African slaves.d. people from Jamestown only.e. the local Indians.

Your Answer: a


Question 10: CORRECTAs a result of Bacon’s Rebellion,

a. African slavery was reduced.b. planters began to look for less troublesome laborers.c. Governor Berkeley was dismissed from office.d. Nathaniel Bacon was named to head the Virginia militia.e. better relations developed with local Indians.

Your Answer: b


Question 11: CORRECTBy the end of the seventeenth century, indentured servants who gained their freedom

a. often gained great wealth as more land opened for settlement.b. rarely returned to work for their masters.c. almost always found high-paying jobs in the cities.d. had little choice but to hire themselves out for low wages to their former masters.e. often returned to England

Your Answer: d


Question 12: CORRECTFor their labor in the colonies indentured servants received all of the following except

a. passage to America.b. a suit of clothes.c. a few barrels of corn.

d. a headright.e. at times a small parcel of land.

Your Answer: d


Question 13: CORRECTThroughout the greater part of the seventeenth century, the Chesapeake colonies acquired most of the labor they needed from

a. African slaves.b. white servants.c. captured Indians.d. West Indian natives.e. prisoners of war.

Your Answer: b


Question 14: CORRECTDuring the seventeenth century, indentured servitude solved the labor problem in many English colonies for all of the following reasons except that

a. the Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died in such large numbers.b. African slaves cost too much money.c. in some areas families formed too slowly.d. Spain had stopped sending slaves to its New World colonies.e. families procreated too slowly.

Your Answer: d


Question 15: CORRECTThe “headright” system, which made some people very wealthy, entailed

a. using Indians as forced labor.b. giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World.c. giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America.d. discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America.e. giving a father’s wealth to the oldest son.

Your Answer: c


AP US Ch. 5 Quiz

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Question 1: CORRECTThe population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to

a. white immigration from Europe.b. the natural fertility of Native Americans.c. the importation of slaves from Africa.d. the influx of immigrants from Latin America.e. the natural fertility of all Americans.

Your Answer: e


Question 2: CORRECTThe population of the thirteen American colonies was

a. about evenly divided among Anglo-Saxons, French, Scots-Irish, and Germans.b. perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon.c. about one-half non-English.d. most ethnically mixed in New England.e. none of the above.

Your Answer: b


Question 3: CORRECTIn contrast to the seventeenth century, by 1775 colonial Americans

a. had become more stratified into social classes and had less social mobility.b. had all but eliminated poverty.c. found that it was easier for ordinary people to acquire land.d. had nearly lost their fear of slave rebellion.e. had few people who owned small farms.

Your Answer: a


Question 4: CORRECTThe most honored profession in early colonial society was

a. medicine.b. law.c. the ministry.d. farming.e. merchants.

Your Answer: c


Question 5: CORRECTThe triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry

a. was not that profitable.b. involved America, France, and England.c. relied on the Spanish fleet for protection.d. saw the Spanish gaining the largest profits.e. involved the trading of rum for African slaves.

Your Answer: e

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Question 6: CORRECTOne feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was the

a. British demand to halt the importation of slaves.b. growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain.c. lack of any British regulations regarding trade with foreign nations.d. British rejection of the Molasses Act.e. the Americans’ unwillingness to trade with the French West Indies.

Your Answer: b


Question 7: CORRECTWhen the British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733, it intended the act to

a. stimulate the colonies’ “triangle trade” with Africa and the West Indies.

b. satisfy colonial demands for earning foreign exchange money.c. inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies.d. increase the colonists’ standard of living and protect the livelihood of colonial merchants.e. require Americans to sell their molasses to the British.

Your Answer: c


Question 8: CORRECTEnglish officials tried to “establish” the Church of England in as many colonies as possible because

a. they were concerned about the eternal souls of the colonists.b. the church would act as a major prop for kingly authority.c. such an action would restore enthusiasm for religion.d. the American colonists supported such a move.e. such an action brought in more money to England.

Your Answer: b


Question 9: CORRECTIn 1775, the churches were the only two established (tax-supported) churches in colonial America.

a. Methodist and Anglicanb. Presbyterian and Congregationalc. Congregational and Anglicand. Quaker and Catholice. Presbyterian and Anglican

Your Answer: c


Question 10: CORRECTMatch each denomination on the left with the region where it predominated.

A. Congregationalist1. the frontier

B. Anglican 2.New England

C. Presbyterian 3. the South

a. A-2, B-3, C-lb. A-2, B-1, C-3c. A-1, B-3, C-2d. A-3, B-2, C-1e. A-3, B-1, C-2

Your Answer: a


Question 11: CORRECTMatch each individual on the left with his or her talent.A. Jonathan Edwards 1. poetB. Benjamin Franklin 2.

scientistC. Phillis Wheatley 3. theologian

4. portrait artist

a. A-4, B-1, C-3b. A-1, B-3, C-2c. A-3, B-2, C-1d. A-1, B-2, C-4e. A-2, B-3, C-1

Your Answer: c

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Question 12: CORRECTThe “new light” preachers of the Great Awakening

a. delivered intensely emotional sermons.b. rarely addressed themselves to the matter of individual salvation.c. reinforced the established churches.d. were ultimately unsuccessful in arousing the religious enthusiasm of colonial Americans.e. opposed the emotionalism of the revivalists.

Your Answer: a


Question 13: CORRECTThe Great Awakening

a. undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies.b. split colonial churches into several competing denominations.c. led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth, and Rutgers colleges.d. was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 14: CORRECTThe jury’s decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, was significant because

a. he was found guilty.b. it supported English law.c. it pointed the way to open public discussion.d. the ruling prohibited criticism of political officials.

e. it allowed the press to print irresponsible criticisms of powerful people.

Your Answer: c


Question 15: CORRECTColonial legislatures were often able to bend the power of the governors to their will because

a. the governors often had a greater sense of loyalty to their colony than to the king.b. the governors were usually chosen by colonial legislatures and could be removed from office by the legislatures.c. the king generally held the views of colonial legislators in higher regard than those of the governors.d. colonial legislatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governors’ salaries.e. of the threat of violence.

Your Answer: d


AP US Ch. 5 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTThe population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to

a. white immigration from Europe.

b. the natural fertility of Native Americans.c. the importation of slaves from Africa.d. the influx of immigrants from Latin America.e. the natural fertility of all Americans.

Your Answer: e


Question 2: CORRECTThe population of the thirteen American colonies was

a. about evenly divided among Anglo-Saxons, French, Scots-Irish, and Germans.b. perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon.c. about one-half non-English.d. most ethnically mixed in New England.e. none of the above.

Your Answer: b


Question 3: CORRECTIn contrast to the seventeenth century, by 1775 colonial Americans

a. had become more stratified into social classes and had less social mobility.b. had all but eliminated poverty.c. found that it was easier for ordinary people to acquire land.d. had nearly lost their fear of slave rebellion.e. had few people who owned small farms.

Your Answer: a


Question 4: CORRECTThe most honored profession in early colonial society was

a. medicine.b. law.c. the ministry.d. farming.e. merchants.

Your Answer: c


Question 5: CORRECTThe triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry

a. was not that profitable.b. involved America, France, and England.c. relied on the Spanish fleet for protection.d. saw the Spanish gaining the largest profits.e. involved the trading of rum for African slaves.

Your Answer: e


Question 6: CORRECTOne feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was the

a. British demand to halt the importation of slaves.b. growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain.c. lack of any British regulations regarding trade with foreign nations.d. British rejection of the Molasses Act.e. the Americans’ unwillingness to trade with the French West Indies.

Your Answer: b


Question 7: CORRECTWhen the British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733, it intended the act to

a. stimulate the colonies’ “triangle trade” with Africa and the West Indies.b. satisfy colonial demands for earning foreign exchange money.c. inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies.d. increase the colonists’ standard of living and protect the livelihood of colonial merchants.e. require Americans to sell their molasses to the British.

Your Answer: c


Question 8: CORRECTEnglish officials tried to “establish” the Church of England in as many colonies as possible because

a. they were concerned about the eternal souls of the colonists.b. the church would act as a major prop for kingly authority.c. such an action would restore enthusiasm for religion.d. the American colonists supported such a move.e. such an action brought in more money to England.

Your Answer: b


Question 9: CORRECTIn 1775, the churches were the only two established (tax-supported) churches in colonial America.

a. Methodist and Anglicanb. Presbyterian and Congregationalc. Congregational and Anglicand. Quaker and Catholice. Presbyterian and Anglican

Your Answer: c


Question 10: CORRECTMatch each denomination on the left with the region where it predominated.

A. Congregationalist1. the frontier

B. Anglican 2.New England

C. Presbyterian 3. the South

a. A-2, B-3, C-lb. A-2, B-1, C-3c. A-1, B-3, C-2d. A-3, B-2, C-1e. A-3, B-1, C-2

Your Answer: a


Question 11: CORRECTMatch each individual on the left with his or her talent.A. Jonathan Edwards 1. poetB. Benjamin Franklin 2.

scientistC. Phillis Wheatley 3. theologian

4. portrait artist


Your Answer: c

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Question 12: CORRECTThe “new light” preachers of the Great Awakening

a. delivered intensely emotional sermons.b. rarely addressed themselves to the matter of individual salvation.c. reinforced the established churches.d. were ultimately unsuccessful in arousing the religious enthusiasm of colonial Americans.e. opposed the emotionalism of the revivalists.

Your Answer: a


Question 13: CORRECTThe Great Awakening

a. undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies.b. split colonial churches into several competing denominations.c. led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth, and Rutgers colleges.d. was the first spontaneous mass movement of the American people.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 14: CORRECTThe jury’s decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, was significant because

a. he was found guilty.b. it supported English law.c. it pointed the way to open public discussion.d. the ruling prohibited criticism of political officials.e. it allowed the press to print irresponsible criticisms of powerful people.

Your Answer: c


Question 15: CORRECTColonial legislatures were often able to bend the power of the governors to their will because

a. the governors often had a greater sense of loyalty to their colony than to the king.b. the governors were usually chosen by colonial legislatures and could be removed from office by the legislatures.c. the king generally held the views of colonial legislators in higher regard than those of the governors.d. colonial legislatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governors’ salaries.e. of the threat of violence.

Your Answer: d


APUSH Ch. 6 Quiz

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Question 1: CORRECTThe soldier and explorer whose leadership earned him the title “Father of New France” was

a. Samuel de Champlain.b. Robert de La Salle.c. Antoine Cadillac.d. Des Moines. e. Edward Vincennes.

Your Answer: a


Question 2: CORRECTFrance was finally able to join in the scramble for colonies in the New World as a result of the

a. Protestant takeover of the French government.b. end of the religious wars.c. revocation of the Edict of Nantes.d. St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.e. Seven Years’ War.

Your Answer: b


Question 3: CORRECTThe coureurs de bois were

a. French soldiers.b. French boatmen.c. Catholic priests.

d. French farmers.e. French fur trappers

Your Answer: e


Question 4: CORRECTThe Jesuit priests played a vital role in New France because

a. of the many converts to Catholicism.b. of the health care.c. they made peace with the Indians.d. they encouraged the Indians to participate in the fur trade.e. of their exploration and work as geographers.

Your Answer: e


Question 5: CORRECTDuring a generation of peace following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies with

a. a large military presence for protection.b. decades of salutary neglect.c. higher taxes passed by Parliament.d. stronger parliamentary direction.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: b


Question 6: CORRECT

New England colonists were outraged when British diplomats returned to France in 1748.

a. Hudson Bayb. Acadiac. Louisbourgd. Newfoundlande. Nova Scotia

Your Answer: c


Question 7: CORRECTA key reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to

a. stop Spain from extending its empire.b. help win the War of Jenkins’s Ear.c. stop the Indian attacks on its outposts.d. link its Canadian holdings with those of the lower Mississippi Valley.e. be able to put more of its settlers there in order to increase farm production.

Your Answer: d


Question 8: CORRECTUnlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the French and Indian War

a. won the British territorial concessions.b. united British colonists in strong support of the mother country.c. was fought initially on the North American continent.d. did not affect American colonists’ attitudes toward England.e. resulted in a stronger French presence in North America.

Your Answer: c


Question 9: CORRECTThe long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to

a. achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat.b. propose independence of the colonies from Britain.c. declare war on the Iroquois tribe.d. prohibit New England and New York from trading with the French West Indies.e. gain peace with France.

Your Answer: a


Question 10: CORRECTBenjamin Franklin’s plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies because

a. it did not provide for the common defense.b. the British approved it.c. it did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies.d. they did not feel that they had been well represented at the Albany Congress.e. it placed too much power in the hands of local governments.

Your Answer: c


Question 11: CORRECT

The disunity that existed in the colonies before the French and Indian War can be attributed to

a. the enormous distances between the colonies.b. geographical barriers like rivers.c. conflicting religions.d. varied nationalities.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 12: CORRECTDuring the French and Indian War,

a. colonial militiamen were impressed with the seeming invincibility of the British regulars.b. British officers roundly praised the skillful fighting ability of colonial troops.c. British officials were disturbed by the lukewarm support of many colonials.d. the colonists lost confidence in their own military capability.e. all American trade with Spain and France ended.

Your Answer: c


Question 13: CORRECTChief Pontiac decided to try to drive the British out of the Ohio Valley because

a. the British were weak as a result of the French and Indian War.b. the British had deliberately infected Indians with smallpox.c. of the Proclamation of 1763.d. the Indians were in a precarious position.e. the French government had promised to help.

Your Answer: d


Question 14: CORRECTThe Proclamation of 1763 was issued mainly to

a. oppress the colonists.b. punish the Indians.c. show the power of Parliament.d. allow western settlement by the colonists.e. work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem.

Your Answer: e


Question 15: CORRECTWith the British and American victory in the French and Indian War,

a. the American colonies grew closer to Britain.b. Americans now feared the Spanish.c. a new spirit of independence arose, as the French threat disappeared.d. the Indians were stopped from ever again launching a deadly attack against whites.e. the British no longer retaliated against the Indians.

Your Answer: c


APUSH Ch. 7 Quiz

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Question 1: CORRECTOne change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved

a. removing British troops from American soil.b. beginning a war with Spain.c. removing the majority of the British navy from American waters.d. compelling the American colonists to shoulder some of the financial costs of the empire.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: d


Question 2: CORRECTThe American colonial exponents of republicanism argued that a just society depends on

a. a powerful central government.b. a weak army.c. a strong aristocratic tradition.d. support for hierarchical institutions.e. the willingness of all citizens to subordinate their private interests to the common good.

Your Answer: e


Question 3: CORRECTThe “radical whigs” feared

a. too much democracy.b. a written constitution. c. the arbitrary power of the monarchy.d. a too powerful parliament.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: c


Question 4: CORRECTUnder mercantilist doctrine, the American colonies were expected to do all of the following except

a. supply Britain with raw materials not available there.b. become economically self-sufficient as soon as possible.c. furnish ships, seamen, and trade to bolster the strength of the Royal Navy.d. provide a market for British manufactured goods.e. refrain from exporting woolen cloth.

Your Answer: b


Question 5: CORRECTBefore 1763 the Navigation Laws

a. were very effective.b. hurt Great Britain more than the American colonies.c. were a great burden to only India.d. discouraged smuggling by American colonial merchants.e. were only loosely enforced in the American colonies.

Your Answer: e


Question 6: CORRECTIn some ways, the Navigation Laws were a burden to certain colonists because

a. northern merchants derived greater benefit from the system than did southern planters.b. those colonists were heavily taxed to help provide financing for the Royal Navy, which protected colonial and British trade.c. they stifled economic initiative.d. Britain had the only European empire based on mercantilistic principles.e. they gave greater benefits to slaves holders.

Your Answer: c


Question 7: CORRECTMatch each act below with the correct description.

A. Sugar Act 1. first British law intended to raiseB. Stamp Act revenues in the coloniesC. Declaratory Act 2. asserted Parliament’s absolute power over the

colonies 3. required colonists to lodge British troops in their

homes4. generated the most protest in the

colonies.a. A-3, B-2, C-lb. A-1, B-4, C-3c. A-1, B-4, C-2d. A-4, B-1, C-2e. A-2, B-1, C-4

Your Answer: c

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Question 8: CORRECTPassage of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act

a. led many colonists to believe that the British were expanding colonial freedom.b. convinced many colonists that the British were trying to take away their historic liberty.c. resulted in fewer laws being passed by Parliament regarding the colonies.d. exemplified to many colonists the difference between legislation and taxation.

e. required action by each colonial legislature.Your Answer: b


Question 9: CORRECTUnlike the Act, the __ Act and the

Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports.

a. Townshend, Stamp, Sugarb. Stamp, Sugar, Townshendc. Stamp, Quartering, Townshendd. Declaratory, Stamp, Sugare. Quartering, Stamp, Sugar

Your Answer: b

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Question 10: CORRECTArrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Sugar Act,

(B) Declaratory Act, (C) Stamp Act, (D) repeal of the Stamp Act.

a. A, C, D, Bb. C, A, D, Bc. C, B, A, Dd. B, A, C, De. A, B, D, C

Your Answer: a


Question 11: CORRECT“Virtual” representation meant that

a. almost all British subjects were represented in Parliament.b. every member of Parliament represented all British subjects.c. colonists could elect their own representatives to Parliament.d. Parliament could pass virtually all types of legislation except taxes.e. each member of Parliament represented only people in his district.

Your Answer: b


Question 12: CORRECTColonial protest against the Stamp Act took the form ofa. convening a colonial congress to request repeal of the act.b. a colonial boycott against British goods.c. violence in several colonial towns.d. wearing homemade woolen clothes.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 13: CORRECTAs a result of American opposition to the Townshend Acts,

a. British officials sent regiments of troops to Boston to restore law and order.b. the port of Boston was closed.c. Americans killed several British soldiers in the Boston Massacre.d. Parliament repealed all of the taxes levied under this legislation.e. Prime Minister Townshend was forced to resign.

Your Answer: a


Question 14: CORRECTThe colonists took the Townshend Acts less seriously than the Stamp Act because

a. they saw the futility of resistance.b. smuggling was nearly impossible.c. it was a direct tax.d. the items taxed were rarely used.e. it was light and indirect.

Your Answer: e


Question 15: CORRECTArrange these events in chronological order:(A) Boston Massacre(B) Townshend Acts(C) Tea Act

(D) Intolerable Acts.a. A, B, C, Db. D, B, C, Ac. C, B, D, Ad. B, A, C, De. A, C, D, B

Your Answer: d


Question 16: CORRECTThe local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams

a. promoted his bid to become governor of Massachusetts.b. promoted independent action in each colony to support the British.c. kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange of propaganda.d. served as a precursor to the United States Postal Service.e. led to the Boston Massacre.

Your Answer: c


Question 17: CORRECTWhen Parliament passed the Tea Act, colonists

a. rejoiced that Parliament had seemingly accepted the American definition of representation.b. suspected that it was a British attempt at a monopoly and a trick to get them to violate their principle of “No taxation without representation.”c. immediately called the First Continental Congress into session.d. avoided the tax on tea by buying their tea directly from the British East India Company.

e. gave up tea and turned to coffee.

Your Answer: b


Question 18: CORRECTThe most drastic measure of the Intolerable Acts was the

a. Quartering Act.b. Quebec Act.c. Sugar Act.d. Courts Act.e. Boston Port Act.

Your Answer: e


Question 19: CORRECTThe First Continental Congress

a. was attended by delegates from each of the thirteen colonies.b. adopted a moderate proposal for establishing a kind of home rule for the colonies under British direction.c. made a ringing declaration of America’s independence from Britain.d. called for a complete boycott of British goods.e. adjourned shortly after convening.

Your Answer: d


Question 20: CORRECTThe colonists faced all of the following weaknesses in the War for Independence except

a. poor organization.b. sectional jealousy, which constantly interfered with the appointment of military leaders.c. great difficulties in raising money to support the army.d. the use of numerous European officers.e. a weak central authority running the war effort.

Your Answer: d


APUSH Ch. 8 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTAmerican diplomats to the peace negotiations in Paris in 1782-1783 were instructed by the Second Continental Congress to

a. accept any British offer that would essentially return British-American relations to their pre-1763 status.b. demand British cession of the trans-Allegheny West to the colonies.c. get the colonies out of their obligations under the Franco-American alliances.d. consult with the colonies’ French allies and make no separate peace arrangements with the British.e. follow the lead of Spain, not France.

Your Answer: d


Question 2: CORRECTBritain gave America generous terms in the Treaty of Paris because British leaders

a. realized that they had been beaten badly.b. wanted to help Spain as well.c. had changed from Whig to Tory.d. were trying to persuade America to abandon its alliance with France.e. feared continued war might lead to a loss of their Latin American colonies.

Your Answer: d


Question 3: CORRECTAfter the British defeat at Yorktown,

a. the fighting continued for more than a year.b. the war ended within a month.c. the French withdrew their assistance as it was no longer needed.d. King George III decided to end the struggle.e. Spain finally entered the war on our side.

Your Answer: a


Question 4: CORRECTThe Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the first treaty between the United States and an Indian nation, resulted in

a. the ceding of most of the Iroquois’ land.b. an end to the practice of scalping.c. the slowing of the westward movement of pioneers.d. the renunciation by the Oneidas and the Tuscaroras of their support for the British.e. turning over the “hair buyers” for prosecution.

Your Answer: a


Question 5: CORRECTDuring the Revolution, the frontier saw much fighting, which

a. slowed the westward advance of the pioneers.b. caused most of the Indians to join the colonists’ cause against the British.c. led to George Rogers Clark’s downfall as a military leader.d. failed to stem the tide of westward-moving pioneers.e. ultimately led Benedict Arnold to go over to the British.

Your Answer: d


Question 6: CORRECTFrench aid to the colonies

a. greatly aided America’s struggle for independence.b. was motivated by what the French considered to be their own national interests.c. forced the British to change their military strategy in America.d. helped them protect their own West Indies islands.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 7: CORRECT

When the alliance with France was formalized, the Americans were able to

a. gain access to large sums of money.b. double the size of their fighting forces.c. avail themselves of French naval strength.d. gain immense amounts of equipment.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 8: CORRECTThe Battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans because it

a. brought the British to offer recognition of colonial independence.b. brought the colonists much-needed aid and a formal alliance with France.c. prevented the fighting from spreading into the southern colonies.d. prevented the colonial capital from being captured by the British.e. kept Benedict Arnold from joining the British.

Your Answer: b


Question 9: CORRECTIn late 1776 and early 1777, George Washington helped restore confidence in America’s military by

a. defeating the Hessians at Trenton and the British at Princeton.b. securing the support of France for the American war effort with a victory in New York City.c. gaining a pay raise for American troops.d. bringing in Alexander Hamilton as his aide.

e. providing adequate food and clothing for the soldiers.

Your Answer: a


Question 10: CORRECTThe Americans who continued to support the crown after independence had been declared were more likely to be all of the following except

a. well educated.b. from among the older generation.c. affiliated with the Anglican church.d. from New England.e. wealthy.

Your Answer: d


Question 11: CORRECTWhich of the following fates befell Loyalists after the Revolutionary War?

a. Some fled to England.b. Some re-established themselves in America.c. Some had their property confiscated.d. Some were exiled.e. All of the above.

Your Answer: e



When America became a republic and political power no longer rested with an all-powerful king,

a. the American colonies were able to gain their independence.b. England experienced the Glorious Revolution.c. individuals needed to sacrifice their own self-interest to the public good.d. chaos gripped the nation.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: c


Question 13: CORRECTThe Declaration of Independence did all of the following except

a. invoke the natural rights of humankind to justify revolt.b. catalog the tyrannical actions of King George III.c. argue that royal tyranny justified revolt.d. blame the colonies’ problems on the British Parliament.e. condemn the abolition of valued laws.

Your Answer: d


Question 14: CORRECTThomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense

a. was published before any fighting took place between the colonists and the British.b. remained unpopular for several years before being accepted by the public.c. called for a democratic republic.d. called on the British people to overthrow the king.e. led to Paine’s arrest.

Your Answer: c


Question 15: CORRECTOne purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to

a. warn other nations to stay out of the Revolution.b. ask for an end to slavery.c. appeal for fairer treatment by Parliament.d. explain to the rest of the world why the colonies had revolted.e. condemn Parliament for its actions.

Your Answer: d


Question 16: CORRECTThe Olive Branch Petition

a. was passed by Parliament.b. was an expression of King George III’s desire for peace.c. promised no treason charges if colonists stopped fighting.d. was an attempt by the colonists to gain support of Native Americans.e. professed American loyalty to the crown.

Your Answer: e


APUSH Ch. 9 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTThe most important outcome of the Revolution for white women was that they

a. permanently gained the right to vote.b. were allowed to serve in the national legislature.c. were elevated to a newly prestigious role as special keepers of the nation’s

conscience.d. finally gained fully equal status with white males.e. were given the right to vote in some states.

Your Answer: c


Question 2: CORRECTAs written documents, the state constitutions were intended to

a. represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation.b. be subordinate to state laws.c. grant the governor more power than the legislature.d. keep the government in the hands of the well-to-do.e. reaffirm states’ rights.

Your Answer: a

Question 3: CORRECTThe Articles of Confederation were finally approved when

a. agreement was reached on who would be president.b. states gave up their right to coin money.c. all states claiming western lands surrendered them to the national government.d. the states gave up their power to establish tariffs.e. a two-house national legislature was added.

Your Answer: c


Question 4: CORRECTThe Articles of Confederation left Congress unable to

a. organize development of the western lands.b. deal with foreign affairs.c. apportion state representation equally.d. enforce a tax-collection program.e. establish a postal service.

Your Answer: d


Question 5: CORRECTThe Northwest Ordinance of 1787

a. provided for the survey and sale of public lands in the Old Northwest.b. established a procedure for governing the Old Northwest territory.c. banned slavery from all territories of the United States.d. cleared the way for ratification of the Articles of Confederation.e. gave control over land to the territories in which they were located.

Your Answer: b


Question 6: CORRECTThe Land Ordinance of 1785 provided for all of the following except

a. money from land sales should be used to pay off the national debt.b. the land should be surveyed before its sale.c. the territory should be divided into townships six miles square.d. the sixteenth section should be sold to support education.e. prohibiting slavery.

Your Answer: e


Question 7: CORRECTShays’s Rebellion convinced many Americans of the need for

a. lower taxes.b. granting long-delayed bonuses to Revolutionary War veterans.c. a vigilante effort by westerners to halt the Indian threat.d. a stronger central government.e. a weaker military presence in the West.

Your Answer: d


Question 8: CORRECTThe debate between the supporters and critics of the Articles of Confederation centered on how to

a. reconcile states’ rights with strong national government.b. transfer territories to equal statehood.c. abolish slavery yet preserve national unity.d. balance the power of legislative and executive offices of government.e. conduct foreign policy.

Your Answer: a


Question 9: CORRECTThe issue that finally touched off the movement toward the Constitutional Convention was

a. control of public lands.b. control of commerce.c. Indian policy.d. monetary policy.e. foreign threats to our independence.

Your Answer: b


Question 10: CORRECTThe delegate whose contributions to the Philadelphia Convention were so notable that he has been called the “Father of the Constitution” was

a. George Washington.b. Benjamin Franklin.c. James Madison.d. Thomas Jefferson.e. Patrick Henry.

Your Answer: c


Question 11: CORRECTMotives of the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia include all of the following except

a. to preserve the union.b. to forestall anarchy.c. to ensure the security of life and property.d. to curb unrestrained democracye. to increase individual freedom.

Your Answer: e


Question 12: CORRECTThe Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for

a. regulating commerce.b. levying taxes.c. apportioning congressional representation.d. electing the president.e. choosing Senators.

Your Answer: c


Question 13: CORRECTUnder the Constitution, the president of the United States was to be elected by a majority vote of the

a. general public.b. Senate.c. Electoral College.d. House of Representatives.e. state legislatures.

Your Answer: c


Question 14: CORRECTThe Constitutional Convention addressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the

a. “large-state plan.”b. “small-state plan.”c. “three-fifths” compromise.d. closing of the slave trade until 1807.e. Northwest Ordinance.

Your Answer: c


Question 15: CORRECTThe new Constitution established the idea that the only legitimate government was one based on

a. a strong central government.b. an unwritten constitution.c. the authority of the state.d. control by wealthier people.e. the consent of the governed.

Your Answer: e


Question 16: CORRECTThe ultimate guarantor of liberty and justice was

a. the authority of the state.b. a written constitution.c. an independent judicial system.d. the virtue of the people.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: d


Question 17: CORRECTProbably the most alarming characteristic of the new Constitution to those who opposed it was the

a. creation of a federal district for the national capital.b. creation of a standing army.c. absence of a bill of rights.d. omission of any reference to God.e. creation of the presidency.

Your Answer: c


Question 18: CORRECTAmong other views, The Federalist, written during the ratification debate, argued that it was

a. impossible to safeguard the rights of states from the power of a strong central government.

b. possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory.c. inevitable that slavery would be abolished in the new republic.

d. illegal to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution.e. best to establish a direct democracy.

Your Answer: b


Question 19: CORRECTAntifederalists believe that the sovereignty of the people resided in which branch of the central government?

a. executiveb. legislativec. judiciald. cabinete. all of the above

Your Answer: b


Question 20: CORRECTThe federalists believe that the sovereignty of the people resided in which branch of the central government?a. executiveb. legislativec. judiciald. none of the above.e. all of the above

Your Answer: e


APUSH CH. 10 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTAlexander Hamilton’s first financial policies were intended to

Your Answer: fund the national debt and to have the federal government assume the debts owed by the states.


Question 2: CORRECTThe Whiskey Rebellion was significant because it

Your Answer: showed that the federal government would use force if necessary to uphold its authority.


Question 3: CORRECT

The United States became involved in undeclared hostilities with France in 1797 because of

Your Answer: French interference with American shipping and freedom of the seas.


Question 4: CORRECTFreedom of speech, press, and assembly can all be found in the _____ Amendment.

Your Answer: First


Question 5: CORRECT

Protection from unreasonable search and seizure is granted under Amendment

Your Answer: 4

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Question 6: CORRECT

The philosophy that gives the federal government more power than is actually stated in the US Constitution is known as

Your Answer: loose interpretation


Question 7: CORRECTMadison and Jefferson argued in the ________ that states should be allowed to nullify federal laws. Your Answer: Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions


Question 8: CORRECTIn his Farewell Address, George WashingtonYour Answer: called upon Americans to refrain from entangling alliances.


Question 9: CORRECTMatch the individual with his office in the new government.A. Thomas Jefferson 1. attorney generalB. Alexander Hamilton 2. secretary of state

C. Henry Knox 3.secretary of war

4.secretary of treasury

Your Answer: c. A-2, B-4, C-3


Question 10: CORRECTThe Bill of Rights was intended to protect ___ against the potential tyranny of .

Your Answer: individual liberties, a strong central government


Question 11: CORRECTAll of the following are guarantees provided by the Bill of Rights except

Your Answer: the right to vote for all citizens.


Question 12: CORRECTHamilton believed that, together, his funding and assumption programs would

Your Answer: gain the monetary and political support of the wealthy class for the federal government.


Question 13: CORRECTAlexander Hamilton believed that a limited national debt

Your Answer: was beneficial, because people owed money would work hard to support the nation.


Question 14: CORRECTWhich of the following pairs of items are not directly related to each other?a. implied powers—“necessary and proper” clauseb. strict construction—Tenth Amendmentc. loose construction—“elastic” claused. states’ rights—loose constructione. “necessary and proper” clause—vested powers

Your Answer: d


Question 15: CORRECTAlexanderHamilton’s major economic and financial

programs seriously infringed on.

Your Answer: states’ rights.


Question 16: CORRECTOne of George Washington’s major contributions as president was

Your Answer: keeping the nation out of foreign wars.


APUSH Ch. 11 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTOne of the first lessons learned by the Jeffersonians after their victory in the 1800 presidential election was

Your Answer: that it is easier to condemn from the stump than to govern consistently.


Question 2: CORRECTIn the 1800 election Thomas Jefferson won the state of New York because

Your Answer: Aaron Burr used his influence to turn the state to Jefferson.


Question 3: CORRECTIn 1800, Thomas Jefferson was chosen president by the

Your Answer: House of Representatives


Question 4: CORRECTThomas Jefferson’s “Revolution of 1800” was remarkable in that it

Your Answer: marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results


Question 5: CORRECTThomas Jefferson saw his election and his mission as president to include all of the following except

Your Answer: establish a strong army.


Question 6: CORRECTUpon becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed

Your Answer: the excise tax on whiskey.


Question 7: CORRECTWhen it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president

Your Answer: left practically all of them intact.


Question 8: CORRECTThomas Jefferson and his followers opposed John Adams’s last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because

Your Answer: the appointments were an attempt by a defeated party to entrench itself in the government


Question 9: CORRECTThe chief justice who, more than any other federal official, carried out the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was

Your Answer: John Marshall.


Question 10: CORRECTThe legal precedent for judicial review was established when

Your Answer: the Supreme Court declared the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional.


Question 11: CORRECTArrange these events in chronological order: (A) Louisiana Purchase, (B) Chesapeake incident, (C) Burr’s trial for treason, (D) Embargo Act.

Your Answer: A, C, B, D


Question 12: CORRECTThomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because

Your Answer: he believed that the purchase was unconstitutional.


Question 13: CORRECTJefferson's embargo badly hurt southern and western farmers as well as New England.Your Answer: True


Question 14: CORRECTThe most explosive issue between Britain and the United States was the British blockade of American shipments to Europe.Your Answer: False


Question 15: CORRECTBesides creating a pan-Indian military alliance against white expansion, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa (the Prophet) urged American Indians to

Your Answer: resist white ways and revive their traditional culture.

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTThe War of 1812 was one of the worst-fought wars in American history for all of the following reasons except thata. there was no militia to draw on to supplement the regular army.b. disunity was widespread.c. only a zealous minority supported the war.d. the army was scandalously inadequate.e. the militia was poorly trained.

Your Answer: a


Question 2: CORRECTThe Battle of New Orleansa. saw the British win another victory.b. followed a British defeat at Washington, D.C.c. was fought by the United States only for material gain.d. resulted in the British seeking peace.e. unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence.

Your Answer: e


Question 3: CORRECTAt the peace conference at Ghent, the British began to withdraw many of its earlier demands for all of the following reasons excepta. reverses in upper New York.b. a loss at Baltimore.c. increasing war weariness in Britain.d. concern about the still dangerous France.e. the American victory at New Orleans.

Your Answer: e


Question 4: CORRECTThe resolutions from the Hartford Conventiona. helped to cause the death of the Federalist party.b. resulted in the resurgence of states’ rights.c. called for southern secession from the union.d. supported use of state militias against the British.e. called for the West to join the War of 1812.

Your Answer: a


Question 5: CORRECTThe outcome of the War of 1812 wasa. a decisive victory for the United States.b. a stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the United States.c. an embarrassment for American diplomacy.d. a heavy blow to American manufacturing.e. a decisive victory for the British.

Your Answer: b


Question 6: CORRECTThe Tariff of 1816 was the first in American historya. to be enacted.b. intended to raise revenue.c. that aimed to protect American industry.d. to impose customs duties on foreign imports.e. designed to protect agriculture.

Your Answer: c


Question 7: CORRECTHenry Clay’s call for federally funded roads and canals received whole- hearted endorsement froma. President Madison.b. New England.c. the West.d. Jeffersonian Republicans.e. the South.

Your Answer: c


Question 8: CORRECTNew England opposed the American System’s federally constructed roads becausea. they cost too much.b. the Democratic-Republicans favored them.c. canals were a superior means of transportation.d. they would drain away needed population to the West.e. they were poorly constructed.

Your Answer: d


Question 9: CORRECTWith the demise of the Federalist party,a. the Democratic-Republicans established one-party rule.b. another party arose very quickly to take its place.c. little political trouble ensued.d. sectionalism disappeared.e. the Whig party rose to take its place.

Your Answer: a


Question 10: CORRECTOne of the major causes of the panic of 1819 wasa. bankruptcies.b. overspeculation in frontier lands.c. deflation.d. the failure to recharter the Bank of the United States.e. a drought that resulted in poor agricultural production.

Your Answer: b


Question 11: CORRECTOne of the demands made by the West to help it to grow wasa. sound money.b. a stronger Bank of the United States.c. cheap money.d. the closing of “wildcat” banks.e. higher land prices to gain more revenue for the territories.

Your Answer: c


Question 12: CORRECTWhen the House of Representatives passed the Tallmadge Amendment in response to Missouri’s request for admission to the Union, the South thought that the amendmenta. would threaten the sectional balance.b. might keep alive the institution of slavery.c. would slow the growth of the West.d. would silence the abolitionists.e. would keep Maine out of the union.

Your Answer: a


Question 13: CORRECTAll of the following were results of the Missouri Compromise except thata. extremists in both the North and South were not satisfied.b. Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.c. Maine entered the Union as a free state.d. sectionalism was reduced.e. the balance between the North and South was kept even.

Your Answer: d


Question 14: CORRECTIn interpreting the Constitution, John Marshalla. favored “loose construction.”b. supported “strict construction.”c. supported an unchanging document.d. advocated state control of interstate commerce.e. set few precedents.

Your Answer: a


Question 15: CORRECTJohn Marshall uttered his famous legal dictum that “the power to tax involves the power to destroy” ina. Gibbons v. Ogden.b. Fletcher v. Peck.c. McCulloch v. Maryland.d. Dartmouth College v. Woodward.e. Marbury v. Madison.

Your Answer: c


Question 16: CORRECTIn McCulloch v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia, and Gibbons v. Ogden, Chief Justice Marshall’s rulings limited the extent ofa. states’ rights.b. judicial review.c. federalism.d. constitutionalism.e. federal authority.

Your Answer: a


Question 17: CORRECTJohn Marshall’s rulings upheld a defense of property rights against public pressure ina. McCulloch v. Maryland.b. Marbury v. Madison.c. Cohens v. Virginia.d. Fletcher v. Peck.e. Gibbons v. Ogden.

Your Answer: d


Question 18: CORRECTSpain sold Florida to the United States because ita. wanted to help America to become a rival to Britain.b. could not defend the area and would lose it in any case.c. received America’s promise to give up claims to Oregon.d. was pulling out of the Western Hemisphere.e. decided to concentrate its efforts in Mexico.

Your Answer: b


Question 19: CORRECTThe Monroe Doctrine wasa. a striking new departure in American foreign policy.b. quickly codified into international law.c. a binding pledge on each subsequent presidential administration.d. an expression of the illusion of deepening American isolationism from world affairs.e. a commitment by the United States to internationalism.

Your Answer: d


Question 20: CORRECTThe Treaty of 1818 with Englanda. used the watershed of the Missouri River to define the United States’ border with Canada as far west as the Rocky Mountains.b. formally recognized America’s earlier conquest of West Florida.c. called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects.d. granted Canada exclusive use of Newfoundland fisheries.e. saw the United States forced to give up its tariffs on British goods.

Your Answer: c


APUSH Ch. 13 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTIn the 1820s and 1830s one issue that greatly raised the political stakes was

a. economic prosperity.b. the Peggy Eaton affair.c. a lessening of political party organizations.d. the demise of the Whig Party.e. slavery.

Your Answer: e.


Question 2: CORRECTMatch each individual below with the correct description.A. Andrew JacksonB. Henry ClayC. John C. CalhounD. William Crawford

1. was vice president on the ticket of two presidential candidates in 18242. received more popular votes than any other candidate in 18243. was eliminated as a candidate when the election of 1824 was thrown into the House of Representatives a. A-2, B-3, C-1b. A-2, B-1, D-3c. B-1, C-3, D-2d. A-3, C-2, D-1e. A-1, B-2, D-3

Your Answer: a.


Question 3: CORRECTThe House of Representatives decided the 1824 presidential election when

a. no candidate received a majority of the vote in the Electoral College.b. William Crawford suffered a stroke and was forced to drop out of the race.c. the House was forced to do so by “King Caucus.”d. Henry Clay, as Speaker of the House, made the request.e. widespread voter fraud was discovered.

Your Answer: a.


Question 4: CORRECTJohn Quincy Adams’s weaknesses as president included all of the following except

a. a deep nationalistic view.b. only one-third of the voters voted for him.c. he was tactless.d. his sarcastic personality.e. his firing good office holders to appoint his own people.

Your Answer: e.


Question 5: CORRECTThe purpose behind the spoils system wasa. to press those with experience into governmental service.b. to make politics a sideline and not a full-time business.c. to reward political supporters with public office.d. to reverse the trend of rotation in office.e. the widespread encouragement of a bureaucratic office-holding class.

Your Answer: c.


Question 6: CORRECTThe spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in

a. a clean sweep of federal job holders.

b. the replacement of insecurity by security in employment.c. the destruction of the personalized political machine.d. the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs.

e. the same actions of those taken by John Quincy Adams.

Your Answer: d.

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Question 7: CORRECTThe section of the United States most hurt by the Tariff of 1828 was

a. New England.b. the West.c. the Southwest.d. the South.e. the middle states.

Your Answer: d.


Question 8: CORRECTJohn C. Calhoun’s “South Carolina Exposition” was an argument for

a. secession.b. protective tariffs.c. majority rule.d. states’ rights.e. trade with England.

Your Answer: d.


Question 9: CORRECT

The Force Bill of 1833 provided thata. the Congress could use the military for Indian removal.b. the Congress would employ the navy to stop smuggling.c. the President could use the army to collect excise taxes.d. the military could force citizens to track down runaway slaves.e. the President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties.

Your Answer: e.

Question 10: CORRECTThe nullification crisis of 1833 resulted in a clear-cut victory for

a. South Carolina.b. Andrew Jackson and the Union.c. states’ rights.d. neither Andrew Jackson nor the nullifiers.e. the industrialists.

Your Answer: d.

Question 11: CORRECTOne of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States

wasa. its officers’ awareness of the bank’s responsibilities to society.b. its preservation of the public trust.c. its promotion of economic expansion by making credit abundant.d. its issuance of depreciated paper money.e. that it loaned money to western farmers.

Your Answer: c.


Question 12: CORRECTAndrew Jackson’s veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States was

a. the first presidential veto.b. a major expansion of presidential power.c. unconstitutional.d. overturned by a two-thirds vote in Congress.e. supported by the Anti-Mason party.

Your Answer: b.

Question 13: CORRECTSupporters of the Whig party included all of the following except

a. backers of the American System.b. backers of southern states’ rights.c. large northern industrialists.d. many evangelical Protestants.e. opponents of public education.

Your Answer: e.


Question 14: CORRECTWilliam Henry Harrison, the Whig party’s presidential

candidate in 1840, wasa. a true “common man.”b. a very effective chief executive.c. made to look like a poor western farmer.d. born in a log cabin.e. the first military officer to become president.

Your Answer: c.

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Question 15: CORRECTThe policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes was

a. a war of genocide.b. gradual assimilation.c. forced removal.d. federal protection from state governments.e. to encourage them to preserve their traditional culture.

Your Answer: c.


Question 16: CORRECTThe new two party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840sa. divided the nation further.b. was seen at the time as a weakening of democracy.c. resulted in the Civil War.d. fulfilled the wishes of the founding fathers.e. became an important part of the nation’s checks and balances.

Your Answer: e


Question 17: CORRECTBy the 1840s voter participation in the presidential election reacheda. nearly 50 percent.b. 25 percent.c. 40 percent.d. 15 percent.e. nearly 80 percent.

Your Answer: e


Question 18: CORRECTJohn Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a “corrupt bargain” when he appointed ______ to become .a. John C. Calhoun, vice presidentb. William Crawford, chief justice of the United Statesc. Henry Clay, secretary of stated. Daniel Webster, secretary of statee. John Eaton, secretary of the navy

Your Answer: c


Question 19: CORRECTPresidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic becausea. Texans did not want to be annexed to the United States.b. antislavery groups in the United States opposed the expansion of slavery.c. they were old political opponents of the Texas president, Sam Houston.d. public opinion in the United States opposed annexation.e. they feared war with Mexico’s ally, Spain.

Your Answer: b


Question 20: CORRECTThe Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following excepta. rampant speculation.b. the Bank War.c. financial problems abroad.d. failure of wheat crops.e. taking the country off the gold standard.

Your Answer: e


APUSH Ch. 14 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTLife on the frontier wasa. fairly comfortable for women but not for men.b. downright grim for most pioneer families.c. free of disease and premature death.d. rarely portrayed in popular literature.e. based on tight-knit communities.

Your Answer: b.


Question 2: CORRECTThe dramatic growth of American cities between 1800 and 1860

a. led to a lower death rate.b. contributed to a decline in the birthrate. c. resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities. d. forced the federal government to slow immigration.e. created sharp political conflict between farmers and urbanites.

Your Answer: c.

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Question 3: CORRECT“Ecological imperialism” can best be described as

a. the efforts of white settlers to take land from Native Americans.

b. the aggressive exploitation of the West’s bounty.c. a desire for the United States to acquire California.d. the spread of technology and industry.e. none of the above.

Your Answer: b.


Question 4: CORRECTGeorge Catlin advocated

a. placing Indians on reservations.b. efforts to protect America’s endangered species.c. continuing the “rendezvous” system.d. keeping white settlers out of the West.e. the preservation of nature as a national policy.

Your Answer: e.


Question 5: CORRECTWhen the Irish flocked to the United States in the 1840s, they stayed in the larger seaboard cities because they

a. preferred urban life.b. were offered high-paying jobs.c. were welcomed by the people living there.

d. were too poor to move west and buy land.e. had experience in urban politics.

Your Answer: d.


Question 6: CORRECTGerman immigrants to the United States

a. quickly became a powerful political force.b. left their homeland to escape economic hardships and autocratic government.c. were as poor as the Irish.d. contributed little to American life.e. were almost all Catholics.

Your Answer: b.


Question 7: CORRECTThe sentiment of fear and opposition to open immigration was called

a. the cult of domesticity.b. nativism.c. Unitarianism.d. rugged individualism.e. patriotism.

Your Answer: b.


Question 8: CORRECT

The “Father of the Factory System” in the United States wasa. Robert Fulton.b. Samuel F. B. Morse.c. Eli Whitney.d. Samuel Slater.e. Thomas Edison.

Your Answer: d.


Question 9: CORRECTEli Whitney was instrumental in the invention of the

a. steamboat.b. cotton gin.c. railroad locomotive.d. telegraph.e. repeating revolver.

Your Answer: b.

Question 10: CORRECTMatch each individual below with the correct invention.

A. Samuel F. B. Morse 1.telegraph

B. Cyrus McCormick 2. mower-reaper C. Cyrus Field 3. steamboat D. Robert Fulton

a. A-3, B-1, D-2b. A-1, B-2, D-3c. A-1, C-2, D-3d. B-2, C-1, D-1e. A-2, B-1, D-3

Your Answer: b.

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Question 11: CORRECTThe “cult of domesticity”

a. gave women more opportunity to seek employment outside the home.b. resulted in more pregnancies for women.c. restricted women’s moral influence on the family.d. glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers.e. was especially strong among rural women.

Your Answer: d.


Question 12: CORRECTThe first major transportation project linking the East to the trans-Allegheny West was the

a. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.b. National (Cumberland) Road.c. Erie Canal.d. St. Lawrence Seaway.e. Lancaster Turnpike.

Your Answer: e.


Question 13: CORRECTIn the new continental economy, each region specialized in

a particular economic activity: the South for export; the West grewgrains and livestock to feed ; and the East forthe other two regions.

a. raised grain, southern slaves, processed meatb. grew cotton, southern slaves, made machines and textiles

c. grew cotton, eastern factory workers, made machines and textilesd. raised grain, eastern factory workers, made furniture and toolse. processed meat, southern slaves, raised grain

Your Answer: c.


Question 14: CORRECTIn general, tended to bind the West and South together, while and connected West to East.

a. steamboats, canals, railroadsb. railroads, canals, steamboatsc. canals, steamboats, turnpikesd. turnpikes, steamboats, canalse. turnpikes, railroads, steamboats

Your Answer: a.


APUSH Ch. 15 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTThe Deist faith embraced all of the following except

a. the concept of original sin.b. the reliance on reason rather than revolution.c. belief in a Supreme Being.

d. belief in human beings’ capacity for moral behavior.e. denial of the divinity of Jesus.

Your Answer: a.


Question 2: CORRECTAs a revivalist preacher, Charles Grandison Finney advocated

a. opposition to slavery.b. a perfect Christian kingdom on earth.c. opposition to alcohol.d. public prayer by women.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e.


Question 3: CORRECTAll the following are true of the Second Great Awakening except that it

a. resulted in the conversion of countless souls.

b. encouraged a variety of humanitarian reforms.c. strengthened democratic denominations like the Baptists and Methodists.d. was a reaction against the growing liberalism in religion.e. was not as large as the First Great Awakening.

Your Answer: e.


Question 4: CORRECTWhich one of the following is least related to the other four?

a. Brigham Youngb. William Millerc. The Book of Mormond. Salt Lake Citye. polygamy

Your Answer: b.


Question 5: CORRECTThe Second Great Awakening tended to

a. promote religious diversity.b. reduce social class differences.c. blur regional differences.d. discourage church membership.e. weaken women’s social position.

Your Answer: a.


Question 6: CORRECTTax-supported public education

a. existed mainly for the wealthy.b. eliminated private and parochial education in the U.S.c. began in the South as early as 1800.d. provided little opportunity for the poor.e. was deemed essential for social stability and democracy.

Your Answer: e.


Question 7: CORRECTOne characteristic of the Mormons that angered many non-Mormons was their

a. highly individualistic life-styles.b. unwillingness to vote.c. refusal to take up arms and defend themselves.d. emphasis on cooperative or group effort.e. flirtation with foreign governments.

Your Answer: d.


Question 8: CORRECTNoah Webster’s dictionary

a. had little impact until the twentieth century.b. helped to standardize the American language.c. was used to educate nineteenth-century slaves.d. came to the United States from Britain in the 1800s.e. gave legitimacy to American slang.

Your Answer: b.


Question 9: CORRECTNoah Webster’s dictionary

a. had little impact until the twentieth century.b. helped to standardize the American language.c. was used to educate nineteenth-century slaves.d. came to the United States from Britain in the 1800s.e. gave legitimacy to American slang.

Your Answer: b.

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Question 10: CORRECTNew England reformer Dorothea Dix is most notable for her efforts on behalf of

a. prison and asylum reform.b. the peace movement.c. the temperance movement.d. abolitionism.e. women’s education.

Your Answer: a.


Question 11: CORRECTSexual differences were strongly emphasized in nineteenth-century America because

a. frontier life necessitated these distinctions.b. men were regarded as morally superior beings.c. it was the duty of men to teach the young how to be good, productive citizensd. the market economy increasingly separated men and women into distinct economic roles.e. women believed this emphasis brought them greater respect.

Your Answer: d.


Question 12: CORRECTBy the 1850s, the crusade for women’s rights was eclipsed by

a. the temperance movement.b. the “Lucy Stoners.”

c. abolitionism.d. prison reform advocates.e. evangelical revivalism.

Your Answer: c.


Question 13: CORRECTThe key to Oneida’s financial success was

a. its move from Vermont to New York.b. the establishment of Bible communism.c. the manufacture of steel animal traps and silverware.d. its tax-exempt religious status.e. its linkage of religion to free-market capitalism.

Your Answer: c.


Question 14: CORRECTMost of the utopian communities in pre-1860s America held as one of their founding ideals.

a. rugged individualismb. pacifismc. capitalismd. opposition to communisme. cooperative social and economic practices

Your Answer: e.


Question 15: CORRECTMatch each writer below with his work.A. Washington Irving 1. WaldenB. James Fenimore Cooper 2. Leatherstocking TalesC. Ralph Waldo Emerson 3. The Sketch Book, with “Rip Van

Winkle”4.

“The American Scholar”


Your Answer: b.


Question 16: CORRECTAll of the following influenced transcendental thought except

a. German philosophers.b. Oriental religions.c. Catholic belief.d. individualism.e. love of nature.

Your Answer: c.


Question 17: CORRECTOne American writer who did not believe in human goodness and social progress was

a. James Russell Lowell.b. Henry David Thoreau.c. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

d. Edgar Allan Poe.e. Walt Whitman.

Your Answer: d.


Question 18: CORRECTMatch each writer below with his work. A. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1. The Scarlet Letter

B.Edgar AllanPoe 2. Moby Dick

C.NathanielHawthorne3. “Hiawatha”D.HermanMelville

a. A-3, B-2, C-lb. A-1, B-3, D-2c. A-1, C-3, D-2d. B-2, C-1, D-3e. A-3, C-l, D-2

Your Answer: e.


Question 19: CORRECTThe Mormons were advocates or practitioners of

a. polygamy.b. free enterprise.c. theocracy.d. pacifism.e. birth control.

Your Answer: a.c.


Question 20: CORRECT“Civil Disobedience,” an essay that later influenced both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., was written by the transcendentalist

a. Louisa May Alcott.b. Ralph Waldo Emerson.c. James Fenimore Cooper.d. Margaret Fuller.e. Henry David Thoreau.

Your Answer: e.


APUSH Ch. 16 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTAs a result of the introduction of the cotton gin,

a. fewer slaves were needed on the plantations.b. short-staple cotton lost popularity.c. slavery was reinvigorated.d. Thomas Jefferson predicted the gradual death of slavery.e. the African slave trade was legalized.

Your Answer: c.


Question 2: CORRECTPlantation agriculture was wasteful largely because

a. it relied mainly on artificial means to fertilize the soil.b. it required leaving cropland fallow every other year.c. excessive water was used for irrigation.d. it was too diversified, thus taking essential nutrients from the soil.e. its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land.

Your Answer: e.


Question 3: CORRECTAll of the following were weaknesses of the slave plantation system except that

a. it relied on a one-crop economy.b. it repelled a large-scale European immigration.c. it stimulated racism among poor whites.d. it created an aristocratic political elite.e. its land continued to remain in the hands of the small farmers.

Your Answer: e.


Question 4: CORRECTGerman and Irish immigration to the South was

discouraged bya. competition with slave labor.b. southern anti-Catholicism.c. Irish antislavery groups.d. immigration barriers enacted by southern states.

e. their inability to tolerate the hot climate.

Your Answer: a.


Question 5: CORRECTAs their main crop, southern subsistence farmers raised

a. cotton.b. tobacco.c. corn.d. rice.e. sugar cane.

Your Answer: c.


Question 6: CORRECTMost white southerners were

a. planter aristocrats.b. small slaveowners.c. merchants and artisans.d. “poor white trash.”e. nonslaveowning subsistence farmers.

Your Answer: e.


Question 7: CORRECTThe majority of southern whites owned no slaves because

a. they opposed slavery.b. they could not afford the purchase price.c. their urban location did not require them.

d. their racism would not allow them to work alongside African-Americans.e. they feared the possibility of slave revolts.

Your Answer: b.


Question 8: CORRECTThe most pro-Union of the white southerners were

a. “poor white trash.”b. mountain whites.c. small slaveowners.d. nonslaveowning subsistence farmers.e. people with northern economic interests.

Your Answer: b.


Question 9: CORRECTThe great increase of the slave population in the first half of the nineteenth century was largely due to

a. the reopening of the African slave trade in 1808.b. larger imports of slaves from the West Indies.c. natural reproduction.d. reenslavement of free blacks.e. the deliberate “breeding” of slaves by plantation owners.

Your Answer: c.



Northern attitudes toward free blacks can best be described asa. supporting their right to full citizenship.b. disliking the race but liking individual blacks.c. advocating black movement into the new territories.d. politically sympathetic but socially segregationist.e. very racist.

Your Answer: e.


Question 11: CORRECTFor free blacks living in the North,

a. living conditions were nearly equal to those for whites.b. voting rights were widespread.c. good jobs were plentiful.d. education opened the door to economic opportunity.e. discrimination was common.

Your Answer: e.


Question 12: CORRECTThe profitable southern slave system

a. hobbled the economic development of the region as a whole.b. saw many slaves moving to the upper South.c. led to the textile industry’s development in the South first.d. relied almost totally on importing slaves to meet the unquenchable demand for labor.e. enabled the South to afford economic and educational progress.

Your Answer: a.


Question 13: CORRECTPerhaps the slave’s greatest horror, and the theme of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was

a. the enforced separation of slave families.b. slaveowners’ frequent use of the whip.c. the breeding of slaves.d. having to do the most dangerous work on the plantation.e. forcible sexual assault by slaveowners.

Your Answer: a.


Question 14: CORRECTAs a result of white southerners’ brutal treatment of their slaves and their fear of potential slave rebellions, the South

a. formed alliances with white imperialists in Africa.b. adopted British attitudes toward the “peculiar institution.”c. emancipated many slaves.d. shed its image as a reactionary backwater.e. developed a theory of biological racial superiority.

Your Answer: e.


Question 15: CORRECTMatch each abolitionist below with his publication.

A. William Lloyd Garrison 1. Appeal to the Colored Citizens

B. Theodore Dwight Weld of the World

C. Frederick Douglass2. The Liberator

D. David Walker 3.Narration of the Life of…

4.American Slavery as It Is

a. A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2b. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1c. A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1d. A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4e. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

Your Answer: b.


Question 16: CORRECTArrange the following in chronological order: the founding of the (A) American Colonization Society, (B) American Anti-Slavery Society, (C) Liberty party.

a. A, B, Cb. C, A, Bc. B, C, Ad. A, C, Be. C, B, A

Your Answer: a.


APUSH Ch. 17 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTThe Whigs placed John Tyler on the 1840 ticket as vice president toa. have him instead of President William Henry Harrison actually run the executive branch.b. win northern votes.c. attract the vote of the states’ rightists.d. reward him for his strong support of the Whig party platform.e. respond to the Democrats’ expansionist appeal.

Your Answer: c


Question 2: CORRECTAfter President John Tyler’s veto of a bill to establish a new Bank of the United States,a. he was expelled from the Whig party.b. all but one member of his cabinet resigned.c. an attempt was made in the House of Representatives to impeach him.d. Tyler also vetoed a Whig-sponsored high-tariff bill.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 3: CORRECTDuring an 1837 Canadian insurrection against Britain,a. the United States stayed neutral in word and action.b. the United States imprisoned several American violators of neutrality.c. America was invaded by the British.d. Canada warned the United States to stay out of the conflict.e. the U. S. government plotted to annex Canada.

Your Answer: c


Question 4: CORRECTAs a result of the panic of 1837,a. the U. S. established restrictions on foreign loans.b. Britain lent money to America, its close ally.c. anti-British passions cooled in America.d. the Democrats led America into war for more territory.e. several states defaulted on their debts to Britain.

Your Answer: e


Question 5: CORRECTThe British-American dispute over the border of Maine was solveda. by war.b. by a compromise that gave each side some territory.c. when America was given all of the territory in question.d. by the Caroline incident.e. by admitting Maine into the Union and New Brunswick into Canada.

Your Answer: b


Question 6: CORRECTArrange the following in chronological order:(A) annexation of Texas,

(B) Webster-Ashburton Treaty,(C) settlement of the Oregon boundary, (D) Aroostook War.a. A, B, D, Cb. B, D, C, Ac. D, B, A, Cd. C, A, B, De. A, D, C, B

Your Answer: c


Question 7: CORRECTArrange in chronological order the United States’ acquisition of(A) Oregon, (B) Texas, (C) California.a. A, B, Cb. C, B, Ac. B, A, Cd. B, C, Ae. A, C, B

Your Answer: c


Question 8: CORRECTThe nomination of James K. Polk as the Democrats’ 1844 presidential candidate was secured bya. expansionists.b. anti-Texas southerners.c. Henry Clay.d. eastern business interests.e. proslavery forces.

Your Answer: a


Question 9: CORRECTThe area in dispute between the United States and Great Britain in 1845 lay betweena. the forty-second parallel and the Columbia River.b. the Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River, and Puget Sound.c. the 36º 30' line and the Columbia River.d. the forty-ninth parallel and the 54º 40' line.

e. the Columbia River, the forty-ninth parallel, and the Pacific Ocean.

Your Answer: e


Question 10: CORRECTIn the 1840s, the view that God had ordained the growth of an American nation stretching across North America was calleda. continentalism.b. isolationism.c. anglophobia.d. Divine Mandate.e. Manifest Destiny.

Your Answer: e


Question 11: CORRECTThe election of 1844 was notable becausea. the campaign raised no real issues.b. a genuine mandate emerged.c. it was fought over numerous issues.d. Polk won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote.e. it brought the slavery issue into politics.

Your Answer: c


Question 12: CORRECTThe group most supportive of gaining control of all the Oregon Country was thea. southern Democrats.b. Whigs.c. northern Democrats.

d. Californians.e. Protestant missionaries.

Your Answer: c


Question 13: CORRECTIn his quest for California, President James K. Polka. advocated war with Mexico from the beginning.b. argued strongly for annexation, because Americans were the most numerous people in the area.c. was motivated by his knowledge of gold deposits there.d. sought British help to persuade Mexico to sell the area to the United States.e. first advocated buying the area from Mexico.

Your Answer: e


Question 14: CORRECTIn 1846 the United States went to war with Mexico for all of the following reasons excepta. the ideology of Manifest Destiny.b. the deaths of American soldiers at the hands of Mexicans.c. the desire to gain payment for damage claims against the Mexican government.d. the impulse to satisfy those asking for “spot” resolutions.e. Polk’s desire to acquire California.

Your Answer: d


Question 15: CORRECTDuring the Mexican War, the Polk administration was called upon several times to respond to “spot” resolutions indicating where American blood had been shed to provoke the war. The resolutions were frequently introduced by

a. Abraham Lincoln.b. Henry Clay.c. Robert Walker.d. David Wilmot.e. Lewis Cass.

Your Answer: a


Question 16: CORRECTThe terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ending the Mexican War includeda. a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in New Mexico.b. United States annexation of Texas.c. the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to the United States.d. a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in damages to the United States.e. United States payment of $15 million for the cession of northern Mexico.

Your Answer: e


Question 17: CORRECTThose people most opposed to President James K. Polk’s expansionist program were thea. western Democrats.b. antislavery forces.c. Senate Democrats.d. supporters of Nicholas P. Trist.e. proslavery Whigs.

Your Answer: b


Question 18: CORRECTThe Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the Mexican War, declared that

a. Mexican territory would not be annexed to the United States.b. slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States.c. the United States should annex all of Mexico.d. the United States should have to pay Mexico a financial indemnity for having provoked the war.e. slavery in the territories would be determined by democratic vote.

Your Answer: b


Question 19: CORRECTThe largest single addition to American territory wasa. the Louisiana Purchase.b. the Mexican Cession.c. the Oregon Country.d. the Old Northwest.e. Alaska.

Your Answer: b


Question 20: CORRECTThe Californios’ political ascendancy in California endeda. with the arrival of Franciscan friars.b. as a result of the influx of Anglo gold diggers.c. when Mexico gained control of the area in 1826.d. when agriculture became more profitable than mining.e. when the U. S. government made English mandatory.

Your Answer: b


APUSH Ch. 18 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTThe United States’ victory in the Mexican War resulted ina. renewed controversy over the issue of extending slavery into the territories.b. a possible split in the Whig and Democrat parties over slavery.c. the cession by Mexico of an enormous amount of land to the United States.d. a rush of settlers to the new American territory in California.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 2: CORRECTIn 1848, the Free Soil party platform advocated all of the following excepta. support of the Wilmot Proviso.b. internal improvements.c. free government homesteads for settlers.d. opposition to slavery in the territories.e. an end to slavery in the District of Columbia.

Your Answer: b


Question 3: CORRECTThe Wilmot Proviso, if adopted, would havea. prevented the taking of any territory from Mexico.b. required California to enter the Union as a slave state.c. overturned the Fugitive Slave Law.d. prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican War.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: d


Question 4: CORRECTThe public liked popular sovereignty because ita. stopped the spread of slavery.b. fit in with the democratic tradition of self-determination.c. provided a national solution to the problem of slavery.d. supported the Wilmot Proviso.e. upheld the principles of white supremacy.

Your Answer: b


Question 5: CORRECTIn the 1848 presidential election, the Democratic and Whig partiesa. lost to the Free Soil party.b. addressed the issue of slavery.c. remained silent on the issue of slavery.d. abandoned the tactic of nominating military leaders.e. were divided on the issue of admitting California.

Your Answer: c


Question 6: CORRECTThe event that brought turmoil to the administration of Zachary Taylor was thea. passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.b. influx of immigrants to the west coast.c. attempt to acquire Cuba.d. growth of lawlessness in California.e. discovery of gold in California.

Your Answer: e


Question 7: CORRECTThe Free Soilers condemned slavery becausea. of the harm it did to blacks.b. of moral principles.c. it destroyed the chances of free white workers to rise to self-employment.d. it was the only way they had of combating the appeal of the Democratic party.e. it damaged the national economy.

Your Answer: c


Question 8: CORRECTIn his Seventh of March speech, Daniel Webstera. attacked Henry Clay’s compromise proposals.b. called for a new, more stringent fugitive-slave law.c. advocated a congressional ban on slavery in the territories.

d. proposed a scheme for electing two presidents, one from the North and one from the South, each having veto power.

e. became a hated figure in the South.

Your Answer: b


Question 9: CORRECTIn the debates of 1850, Senator William H. Seward, as a representative of the northern Young Guard, argued thata. the Constitution must be obeyed.b. John C. Calhoun’s compromise plan must be adopted to preserve the Union.c. Christian legislators must obey God’s moral law.

d. compromise must be achieved to preserve the Union.e. African-Americans should be granted their own territory.

Your Answer: c


Question 10: CORRECTSouthern delegates met at a convention in Nashville in the summer of 1850 toa. plan southern secession.b. plan ways to acquire more slave territory.c. propose a series of constitutional amendments.d. denounce Daniel Webster as a traitor to the South.e. condemn the compromises being worked out in Congress.

Your Answer: e


Question 11: CORRECTThe most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the decision concerninga. slavery in the District of Columbia.b. slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories.c. the new Fugitive Slave Law.d. settlement of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute.e. continuation of the interstate slave trade.

Your Answer: c



Many northern states passed “personal liberty laws” in response to the Compromise of 1850’s provision regardinga. slavery in the District of Columbia.b. slavery in the territories.c. restrictions on free blacks.d. the interstate slave trade.e. runaway slaves.

Your Answer: e


Question 13: CORRECTThe election of 1852 was significant because ita. saw the victory of a pro-South northerner.b. marked the return of issues-oriented campaigning.c. saw the rise of purely national parties.d. marked the end of the Whig party.e. saw the emergence of an antislavery third party.

Your Answer: d


Question 14: CORRECTThe man who opened Japan to the United States wasa. William Walker.b. Franklin Pierce.c. Lafcadio Hearn.d. Clayton Bulwer.e. Matthew Perry.

Your Answer: e


Question 15: CORRECTThe prime objective of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s wasa. Panama.b. Nicaragua.c. Cuba.d. Hawaii.e. the Dominican Republic.

Your Answer: c


Question 16: CORRECTThe most brazen scheme for territorial expansion in the 1850s was expressed in thea. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.b. Wilmot Proviso.c. Kansas-Nebraska Act.d. Gadsden Purchase.e. Ostend Manifesto.

Your Answer: e


Question 17: CORRECTMost American leaders believed that the only way to keep the new Pacific Coast territories from breaking away from United States control wasa. to allow slavery in these areas.b. to build a canal across Central America.c. to grant the territories quick statehood.d. to construct a transcontinental railroad.e. to establish large naval bases in San Diego and Seattle.

Your Answer: d


Question 18: CORRECTStephen A. Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas- Nebraska Territory be decided bya. popular sovereignty.b. making Kansas a free territory and Nebraska a slave territory.c. the Supreme Court.d. admitting California, Kansas, and Nebraska to the Union as free states.e. the winner of the next presidential election.

Your Answer: a


Question 19: CORRECTStephen A. Douglas’s plans for deciding the slavery question in the Kansas-Nebraska scheme required repeal of thea. Compromise of 1850.b. Fugitive Slave Act.c. Wilmot Proviso.d. Northwest Ordinance.e. Missouri Compromise.

Your Answer: e


Question 20: CORRECTOne of Stephen Douglas’s mistakes in proposing the Kansas-Nebraska Act wasa. not securing the transcontinental railroad for the North.b. overestimating the protest to the bill.c. allowing slavery to spread into new territory.d. underestimating the depth of northern opposition to the spread of slavery.e. believing that slavery could not survive in Kansas.

Your Answer: d


APUSH Ch. 19 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTAs a result of reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin, many northernersa. found the book’s portrayal of slavery too extreme.b. vowed to halt British and French efforts to help the Confederacy.c. rejected Hinton Helper’s picture of the South and slavery.d. swore that they would have nothing to do with the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law.e. sent guns to antislavery settlers in Kansas (“Beecher’s Bibles”).

Your Answer: d


Question 2: CORRECTHinton R. Helper’s book The Impending Crisis of the South argued that those who suffered most from slave labor werea. African-Americans.b. southern planters.c. northern Republican abolitionists.d. western farmers.e. nonslaveholding southern whites.

Your Answer: e


Question 3: CORRECTPresident James Buchanan’s decision on Kansas’s Lecompton Constitution

a. hopelessly divided the Democratic party.b. admitted Kansas to the Union as a free state.c. admitted Kansas to the Union as a slave state.d. reaffirmed the Democratic party as a national party.e. turned the focus of controversy to Nebraska.

Your Answer: a


Question 4: CORRECTThe situation in Kansas in the mid-1850s indicated the impracticality of _____ in the territories.a. abolitionismb. free soilc. popular sovereigntyd. slaverye. cotton growing

Your Answer: c


Question 5: CORRECTJames Buchanan won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1856 because hea. took a strong stand against popular sovereignty.b. had gained fame as an explorer.c. controlled the key swing state of Pennsylvania.d. opposed further immigration from Ireland.e. was not associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Your Answer: e


Question 6: CORRECTMatch each candidate in the 1856 election below with the correct party.

A. John C. FrémontB. Millard FillmoreC. Martin Van BurenD. James Buchanan

1. Democratic2. Republican3. Know-Nothing

a. A-2, B-3, C-1b. B-1, C-2, D-3c. A-2, B-3, D-1d. A-3, C-1, D-2e. A-1, B-3, C-2

Your Answer: c


Question 7: CORRECTThe central plank of the Know-Nothing party in the 1856 election wasa. popular sovereignty.b. expansionism.c. proslavery.d. abolitionism.e. nativism.

Your Answer: e


Question 8: CORRECTAs late as 1856, many northerners were still willing to vote Democratic instead of Republican becausea. of innate liberalism.b. the Democrats presented excellent candidates.c. many did not want to lose their profitable business connections with the South.d. the Democrats were the only national party.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: c


Question 9: CORRECTIn ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Courta. hoped to stimulate further debate on the slavery issue.b. held that slaveowners could not take slaves into free territories.c. supported the concept of popular sovereignty.d. reunited the Democratic party.e. expected to lay to rest the issue of slavery in the territories.

Your Answer: e


Question 10: CORRECTArrange these events in chronological order:(A) Dred Scott decision,(B) Lincoln-Douglas debates,(C) Kansas-Nebraska Act, (D) Harpers Ferry raid.

a. A, C, B, Db. B, D, C, Ac. C, A, B, Dd. D, B, A, Ce. A, C, D, B

Your Answer: c


Question 11: CORRECTFor a majority of northerners, the most outrageous part of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dred Scott case was

a. that as a slave Scott had no right to sue in federal court.b. that Scott did not automatically become free when his owner took him through free

states and territories.c. that Congress had never had the power to prohibit slavery in any territory.d. that slaveowners had the right to flood into territories so as to control popular sovereignty.e. that the Bill of Rights did not apply even to free African-Americans.

Your Answer: c


Question 12: CORRECTAs a result of the panic of 1857, the Southa. saw the weakness of its economic system.b. supported government gifts of homesteads.c. believed that “cotton was king.”d. backed away from secession.e. saw the need to develop manufacturing.

Your Answer: c


Question 13: CORRECTThe panic of 1857 resulted ina. a demand to end the government policy of giving away farmland.b. the extension of slavery to the territories.c. price supports for farmers.d. calls for restrictions on land and stock speculation.e. clamor for a higher tariff.

Your Answer: e



Stephen A. Douglas argued in his Freeport Doctrine during the Lincoln-Douglas debates thata. the Dred Scott decision was unconstitutional.b. action by territorial legislatures could keep slavery out of the territories.c. popular sovereignty would guarantee slavery in all United States territories.d. Congress should reopen the Atlantic slave trade.e. a new version of the Missouri Compromise was needed.

Your Answer: b


Question 15: CORRECTAfter John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, the South concluded thata. the raid was an isolated incident.b. the U.S. army could not protect slavery.c. Brown should be put in an insane asylum.d. Brown had been attempting to defend his right to own slaves.e. the North was dominated by “Brown-loving” Republicans.

Your Answer: e


Question 16: CORRECTAbraham Lincoln won the 1860 Republican party presidential nomination in part because hea. had been a strong supporter of William Seward.b. had never taken a stand on the issue of slavery in the territories.c. had made fewer enemies than front-runner William Seward.d. was a longtime supporter of Stephen Douglas.e. had more political experience than his opponents.

Your Answer: c



Match each presidential candidate in the 1860 election below with his party’s position on the slavery question.A. Abraham LincolnB. Stephen DouglasC. John BreckenridgeD. John Bell

1. extend slavery into the territories2. ban slavery from the territories3. preserve the Union by compromise4. enforce popular sovereignty


Your Answer: b


Question 18: CORRECTWhen Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolinaa. waited to see how other southern states would act.b. were very upset because they would have to secede from the Union.c. vowed to give their loyalty to Stephen Douglas.d. rejoiced because it gave them an excuse to secede.e. none of the above.

Your Answer: d


Question 19: CORRECTPresident James Buchanan declined to use force to keep the South in the Union for all of the following reasons except thata. northern public opinion would not support it.b. the army was needed to control Indians in the West.c. he believed that the Constitution allowed secession.

d. a slim chance of reconciliation remained.e. he was surrounded by prosouthern advisers.

Your Answer: c


Question 20: CORRECTAbraham Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise becausea. it allowed the doctrine of popular sovereignty to be overrode once statehood was achieved.b. it permitted slavery in Utah territory.c. its adoption might provoke Kentucky to leave the Union.d. he felt bound by President Buchanan’s earlier rejection of it.e. the Compromise could allow slavery to expand into Latin America.

Your Answer: e


APUSH Ch. 20 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1


(18 correct answers)

note: this includes only answers which are graded automatically.

Questions:

Question 1: CORRECT

Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned thata. Lincoln had ordered the fort reinforced with federal troops.b. Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.c. the fort’s commander was planning to evacuate his troops secretly from the fort.d. Lincoln had called for seventy-five thousand militia troops to form a voluntary Union army.

e. southern support for secession was weakening.

Your Answer: b


Question 2: CORRECT

Many Northerners were willing to allow Southern states to leave the Union untila. John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry.b. the South attacked Fort Sumter.c. Robert E. Lee was named to head the potential new nation’s army.d. South Carolina seceded from the United States.e. Virginia and Tennessee joined the seceding states.

Your Answer: b


Question 3: CORRECT

Lincoln’s declaration that the North sought to preserve the Union with or without slaverya.came as a disappointment to most Northerners and demoralized the Union.b. revealed the influence of the Border States on his policies.c. caused some seceded states to rejoin the Union.d. contradicted the campaign promises of the Republican party.e. cost him support in the “Butternut region” of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

Your Answer: b


Question 4: CORRECT

To achieve its independence, the Confederacy had toa. invade the Union.b. win a decisive military victory on its own soil.c. fight the invading Union army to a draw.d. attract more talented military commanders.e. capture Washington, D.C.

Your Answer: c


Question 5: CORRECT

As the Civil War began, the South seemed to have the advantage ofa. greater ability to wage offensive warfare.b. more talented military leaders.c. superior industrial capabilities.d. superior transportation facilities.e. a more united public opinion.

Your Answer: b


Question 6: CORRECT

The greatest weakness of the South during the Civil War was itsa. military leadership.b. navy.c. slave population.d. economy.

e. political system.

Your Answer: d


Question 7: CORRECT

The North’s greatest strength in the Civil War was itsa. ethnic unity.b. military leadership.c. navy.d. high morale.e. economy.

Your Answer: e


Question 8: CORRECT

Much of the hunger experienced by Confederate soldiers in the Civil War was due toa. poor agricultural production.b. the Union’s naval blockade.c. the South’s rickety transportation system.d. the fact that slaves abandoned the plantations.e. profiteering by military suppliers.

Your Answer: c


Question 9: CORRECT

To find effective high-level commanders, the Uniona. took only top graduates of West Point.b. drew on its reserve officer training program.c. relied on the advice of foreign experts.d. did not let politics enter the decision-making process.e. used trial and error.

Your Answer: e



One reason that the British did not try to break the Union blockade of the South during the Civil War was thata. they feared losing Northern grain shipments.b. they did not want to fight against the superior American navy.c. the British upper class had supported the North from the onset of hostilities.d. the war caused no economic problems for Britain.e. the South resented British interference.

Your Answer: a



Napoleon III’s attempt to install Maximilian on the Mexican throne was a clear violation ofa. French neutrality.b. the Rush-Bagot agreement.c. Spanish sovereignty.

d. the Monroe Doctrine.e. Pan-American treaties.

Your Answer: d



The Southern cause was weakened bya. the concept of states’ rights that the Confederacy professed.b. a president, Jefferson Davis, who catered to public opinion and did not work hard at his job.c. the failure of the Southern people to commit to the ideal of Southern independence.d. a lack of sound military leadership.e. the constant threat of slave rebellion.

Your Answer: a



Confederate commerce-raiders such as the Alabamaa. were of little value.b. proved effective against Union shipping.c. were supplied by the French.d. lasted less than a year.e. operated mostly off the Atlantic coast.

Your Answer: b



The problems that Abraham Lincoln experienced as president were less prostrating than those experienced by Jefferson Davis partly because the North

a. had a long-established and fully recognized government.b. had strong political support from Britain and France.c. held firm to states’ rights principles.d. was united in the cause of abolitionism.e. had fewer internal political divisions.

Your Answer: a



As president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis did not exercise the arbitrary power wielded by Abraham Lincoln because

a. of the South’s emphasis on states’ rights.b. there was such strong agreement on policy in the South.c. he did not believe in strong executive action.d. Lee’s insistence on keeping his army out of politics.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: a



The Union’s establishment of the National Banking Systema. led to the issuance of depreciated paper money.b. established the gold standard in the U.S.

c. resulted in the reestablishment of the Bank of the United States.d. lasted only during the Civil War.e. was the first significant step toward a unified banking network since 1836.

Your Answer: e


Question 19: CORRECTAs a result of the Civil War, the Northern economy

a. became dependent on international trade.b. saw industrial profits improve but agricultural profits fall.c. saw unscrupulous business practices dramatically reduced.d. greatly benefited ordinary workers.e. emerged more prosperous than ever before.

Your Answer: e



Multiple-Answer Multiple Choice. Each of the following questions may have two, three, four, or five correct answers. Mark all correct answers for each question.

Northern advantages at the outset of the Civil War includeda. control of the seas.b. more banks, factories, railroads, and people.c. interior lines of military operation.d. the ability to wage offensive warfare.e. better military leadership.

Your Answer: ab


APUSH Ch. 21 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECT

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln favored

a. postponing military action as long as possible.

b. ending slavery.

c. long-term enlistments for Union soldiers.

d. quick military action to show the folly of secession.

e. seizing control of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

Your Answer: D

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Question 2: CORRECT

Arrange the following in chronological order: (A) the Battle of Bull Run, (B) the Battle of Gettysburg, (C) Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, (D) the Battle of Antietam.

a. B, C, A, D

b. D, B, C, A

c. C, A, D, B

d. A, B, D, C

e. A, D, B, C

Your Answer: E

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Question 3: CORRECT

In the Civil War, the South won the battle of

a. Vicksburg.

b. Bull Run.

c. Gettysburg.

d. Atlanta.

e. Lookout Mountain.

Your Answer: B

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Question 4: CORRECT

After assuming command of the Army of the Potomac, General George McClellan made the mistake of

a. taking too many risks.

b. relying on Lincoln’s military judgment.

c. being unconcerned about the morale of his troops.

d. not drilling his troops enough to prepare them for battle.

e. consistently believing that the enemy outnumbered him.

Your Answer: E


Question 5: CORRECT

The final Union war strategy included all the following components except

a. guerrilla warfare.

b. a naval blockade.

c. undermining the Confederate economy.

d. seizing control of the Mississippi River.

e. capturing Richmond.

Your Answer: A


Question 6: CORRECT

The most alarming Confederate threat to the Union blockade came from

a. British navy vessels on loan to the South.

b. swift blockade-running steamers.

c. the threat of mutiny from pro-southern sailors.

d. the sinking of the Union’s Monitor.

e. the ironclad Merrimack.

Your Answer: E


Question 7: CORRECT

After halting Lee’s troops at Antietam, General George McClellan

a. retired from the military.

b. moved to confront Lee again at Gettysburg.

c. was appointed to command the main Western army.

d. marched his army toward Atlanta.

e. was removed from his field command.

Your Answer: E


Question 8: WRONG

One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was

a. Europe’s refusal to help the South before the battle.

b. the Union’s discovery of Robert E. Lee’s battle plans.

c. Lincoln’s removal of General McClellan from his command.

d. the use of the new repeating rifle for the first time.

e. the death of Stonewall Jackson during the battle.

Your Answer: B


Question 9: CORRECT

The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil were

a. Shiloh and Chancellorsville.

b. Bull Run and Vicksburg.

c. Gettysburg and Antietam.

d. Peninsula Campaign and Fredericksburg.

e. Mobile and Missionary Ridge.

Your Answer: C



The Battle of Antietam was particularly critical because it

a. inflated an already dangerous overconfidence among Southerners.

b. ended Lee’s plan of invading the North.

c. delayed Lincoln’s plan to announce the Emancipation Proclamation.

d. ensured the reelection of President Lincoln.

e. probably prevented intervention by Britain and France on behalf of the Confederacy.

Your Answer: E



The North’s “victory” at Antietam allowed President Lincoln to

a. force the Border States to remain in the Union.

b. seek military assistance from Great Britain.

c. issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

d. keep General McClellan as commander of the Union forces.

e. suppress Copperhead opposition in the North.

Your Answer: C



Slavery was legally abolished in the United States by the

a. Union victory over the Confederates at Gettysburg.

b. surrender terms of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox.

c. Emancipation Proclamation.

d. statutes of the individual states.

e. Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

Your Answer: E



When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in

a. the Border States.

b. slave states that remained loyal to the Union.

c. United States territories.

d. states still in rebellion against the United States.

e. areas controlled by the Union army.

Your Answer: D



All of the following occurred as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation except

a. mounting opposition in the North to an “abolition war.”

b. sharp increases in Union desertions.

c. heavy congressional defeats for Lincoln’s administration.

d. the disappearance of European working-class support for the Union.

e. complaints from abolitionists that it did not go far enough.

Your Answer: D



Robert E. Lee decided to invade the North through Pennsylvania in order to

a. deliver a decisive blow that would strengthen the Northern peace movement.

b. force the Union to ease its blockade of the South.

c. cut Northern supply lines.

d. stir northern draft resisters to rise in revolt.

e. seize Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

Your Answer: A



The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance because

a. it reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade.

b. coupled with the victory at Gettysburg, foreign help for the Confederacy was irretrievably lost.

c. it helped to quell Northern peace agitation.

d. it cut off the supply of cattle and other goods from Texas and Louisiana.

e. all of the above.

Your Answer: E



In the election of 1864, the Republicans joined with the prowar Democrats and founded the party.

a. Federal

b. Liberty

c. Union

d. National

e. Progressive

Your Answer: C




Lincoln’s victory in the election of 1864 was aided by

a. Union military victories.

b. Confederate efforts to help McClellan.

c. backing from Union soldiers.

d. solid support for the war in the Midwest.

e. his peace feelers to the Confederacy.

Your Answer: AC



The assassination of Abraham Lincoln

a. was a calamity for the South.

b. benefited the South.

c. had little effect on Reconstruction.

d. saved him from possible impeachment.

e. brought an abolitionist to the White House.

Your Answer: A


APUSH Ch. 22 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTIn the postwar Southa. the economy was utterly devastated.b. the emancipation of slaves had surprisingly little economic consequence.c. the much-feared inflation never materialized.d. industry and transportation were damaged, but Southern agriculture continued to flourish.e. poorer whites benefited from the end of plantation slavery.

Your Answer: a


Question 2: CORRECTFreedom for Southern blacks at the end of the Civil Wara. came with relative ease.b. enabled large numbers to move to the big cities in the North.c. came haltingly and unevenly in different parts of the conquered Confederacy.d. was achieved without the use of Union soldiers.e. was a source of considerable anxiety.

Your Answer: c


Question 3: CORRECTThe greatest achievements of the Freedmen’s Bureau were ina. its distribution of land.b. education.c. the provision of food and clothing.d. helping people to find employment.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: b


Question 4: CORRECTIn his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promiseda. rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union.b. former slaves the right to vote.c. the restoration of the planter aristocracy to political power.d. severe punishment of Southern political and military leaders.e. a plan to allow 10 percent of blacks to vote.

Your Answer: a


Question 5: CORRECTPresident Johnson’s plan for Reconstructiona. differed radically from Lincoln’s.b. guaranteed former slaves the right to vote.c. required that all former Confederate states ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.d. established literacy tests for voting in the South.e. took away the right to vote from Confederate leaders and wealthy planters.

Your Answer: e


Question 6: CORRECTThe main purpose of the Black Codes was toa. guarantee freedom for the blacks.b. ensure a stable labor supply.c. allow blacks to marry.d. prevent blacks from becoming sharecroppers.e. create a system of justice for ex-slaves.

Your Answer: b


Question 7: CORRECTTo many Northerners, the Black Codes seemed to indicate thata. the rights of blacks were being protected.b. the transition to black freedom would be difficult.c. the Civil War had been worth the sacrifice.d. presidential Reconstruction was working.e. possibly the North had not really won the Civil War.

Your Answer: e


Question 8: CORRECTFor congressional Republicans, one of the most troubling aspects of the Southern states’ restoration to the Union was thata. the South would be stronger than ever in national politics.b. inexperienced Southern politicians would be elected.c. blacks might actually gain election to the U.S. Congress.d. a high tariff might be reinstituted.e. slavery might be re-established.

Your Answer: a


Question 9: CORRECTThe Fourteenth Amendment guaranteeda. freedom toslavesb. land for former slaves.c. citizenship to freedslaves..

d. freed slaves the right to vote.e. education to former slaves.

Your Answer: c


Question 10: CORRECTThe basis of the battle between Congress and President Andrew Johnson wasa. Johnson’s style of campaigning.b. the president’s former ownership of slaves.c. Johnson’s “10 percent” governments that had passed severe Black Codes.d. the president’s election victory in 1866.e. Johnson’s switch to the Democratic Party.

Your Answer: c


Question 11: CORRECTBoth moderate and radical Republicans agreed thata. federal power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South.b. blacks should be the foundation of the southern Republican Party.c. the federal government must become involved in the individual lives of American citizens.d. Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union.e. freed slaves must be granted the right to vote.

Your Answer: e


Question 12: CORRECTRadical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended whena. the South accepted the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments.b. the last federal troops were removed in 1877.

c. President Johnson was not reelected in 1868.d. the Supreme Court ruled in Ex parte Milligan that military tribunals could not try civilians.e. blacks showed they could defend their rights.

Your Answer: b


Question 13: WRONGWhich of the following was not one of the Reconstruction era amendments?A. TwelfthB. ThirteenthC. FourteenthD. FifteenthE. Eighteenth

a. A,B,Cb. C,D,Ec. A & Dd. A & Ee. A & B

Your Answer: d


Question 14: CORRECTMany feminist leaders were disappointed with the Fifteenth Amendment because ita. did not free all the slaves.b. failed to give women the right to serve on juries.c. gave women but not former slaves the right to vote.d. did not define what constituted equal national citizenship.e. failed to give women the right to vote.

Your Answer: e


Question 15: CORRECTRadical Reconstruction state governmentsa. did little of value.b. passed much desirable legislation and badly needed reforms.c. were more corrupt than Northern state governments.d. had all of their reforms repealed by the all-white “redeemer governments.”e. failed to address the issue of education.

Your Answer: b


Question 16: CORRECTCongress’s impeachment of President Johnson and attempt to remove him from office were directly precipitated by hisa. highly partisan “swing around the circle” in 1866.b. readmission of Southern states under his policies in 1866.c. dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton in 1867.d. advice to Southern states not to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.e. veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau bill.

Your Answer: c


Question 17: CORRECTAll of the following were reasons the Senate voted to acquit President Andrew Johnson excepta. opposition to abusing the Constitutional system of checks and balances.b. concern about the person who would become President.c. fears of creating a destabilizing period.d. Johnson promised to step down as President.e. Johnson’s promise to stop obstructing Republican policies.

Your Answer: d


Question 18: CORRECTThe goals of the Ku Klux Klan included all of the following except toa. “keep blacks in their place”—that is, subservient to whites.b. prevent blacks from voting.c. keep white “carpetbaggers” from voting.d. support efforts to pass the Force Acts of 1870 and 1871, which would force blacks away from the polls.e. end radical Reconstruction.

Your Answer: d


APUSH Ch. 23 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 3



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTIn the presidential election of 1868, Ulysses S. Granta. transformed his personal popularity into a large majority in the popular vote.b. owed his victory to the votes of former slaves.c. gained his victory by winning the votes of the majority of whites.d. demonstrated his political skill.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: b


Question 2: CORRECTIn the late nineteenth century, those political candidates who campaigned by “waving the

bloody shirt” were reminding votersa. of the “treason” of the Confederate Democrats during the Civil War.b. that the Civil War had been caused by the election of a Republican president.c. of the graft-filled “radical” regimes in the Reconstruction South.d. that radical Republicans catered to freed slaves during Reconstruction.e. of Ku Klux Klan violence against blacks.

Your Answer: a


Question 3: CORRECTWhich one of the following is least related to the other three?a. Jim Fiskb. “Black Friday”c. Jay Gouldd. “Ohio Idea”e. Wall Street gold market

Your Answer: d


Question 4: CORRECTOne weapon that was used to put Boss Tweed, leader of New York City’s infamous

Tweed Ring, in jail wasa. the cartoons of the political satirist Thomas Nast.b. federal income tax evasion charges.c. the RICO racketeering act.d. New York City’s ethics laws.e. granting immunity to Tweed’s cronies in exchange for testimony.

Your Answer: a


Question 5: CORRECTIn an attempt to avoid prosecution for their corrupt dealings, the owners of Crédit

Mobilizera. left the country.b. belatedly started to follow honest business practices.c. sold controlling interest in the company to others.d. tried to gain immunity by testifying before Congress.e. distributed shares of the company’s valuable stock to key congressmen.

Your Answer: e


Question 6: CORRECTPresident Ulysses S. Grant was reelected in 1872 becausea. the Democrats and Liberal Republicans could not decide on a single candidate.b. he promised reforms in the political system.c. he pleaded for a clasping of hands across “the bloody chasm” between the North and

South.d. his opponents chose a poor candidate for the presidency.e. federal troops still controlled the South.

Your Answer: d


Question 7: CORRECTThe Crédit Mobilier scandal involveda. public utility company bribes.b. Bureau of Indian Affairs payoffs.c. railroad construction kickbacks.d. evasion of excise taxes on distilled liquor.e. manipulating the Wall Street stock market.

Your Answer: c


Question 8: CORRECTMatch each politician below with the Republican political faction with which he was

associated.A. Roscoe Conkling 1. “Half-Breeds”B. James Blaine 2. StalwartsC. Horace Greeley 3. Regular RepublicansD. Ulysses Grant 4. Liberal Republicans


Your Answer: d


Question 9: CORRECTOne cause of the panic that broke in 1873 wasa. the reissuance of millions of dollars in greenbacks.b. the construction of more factories than existing markets would bear.c. an extremely high rate of inflation.d. the formation of the Greenback Labor party.e. excessive speculation in mining stocks.

Your Answer: b


Question 10: CORRECTOne result of Republican “hard money” policies wasa. a strong dollar against foreign currencies.b. damage to the country’s credit rating.

c. the return to the “Dollar of Our Daddies,” silver dollars, as the dominant coin in circulation.

d. the defeat of a Democratic House of Representatives in 1874.e. the formation of the Greenback Labor party.

Your Answer: e


Question 11: CORRECTDuring the Gilded Age, the Democrats and the Republicansa. had few significant economic differences.b. agreed on currency policy but not the tariff.c. were separated by substantial differences in economic policy.d. held similar views on all economic issues except for civil-service reform.e. were divided over silver vs. gold currency.

Your Answer: a


Question 12: CORRECTOne reason for the extremely high voter turnouts and partisan fervor of the Gilded Age

wasa. the parties’ differences over economic issues.b. sharp ethnic and cultural differences in the membership of the two parties.c. battles between Catholics and Lutherans.d. differences over the issue of the civil service.e. sectional tensions between the Northeast and Midwest.

Your Answer: b



During the Gilded Age, the lifeblood of both the Democratic and the Republican parties was

a. the Grand Army of the Republic.b. the Roman Catholic Church.c. ideological commitment.d. big-city political machines.e. political patronage.

Your Answer: e


Question 14: CORRECTThe major problem in the 1876 presidential election centered ona. who would be Speaker of the House.b. the two sets of election returns submitted by Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana.c. Samuel Tilden’s association with corrupt politicians.d. President Grant’s campaign for a third term.e. failure to use the secret “Australian ballot” in some places.

Your Answer: b


Question 15: CORRECTThe Compromise of 1877 resulted ina. a renewal of the Republican commitment to protect black civil rights in the South.b. the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.c. the election of a Democrat to the presidency.d. passage of the Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act.e. a plan to build the first transcontinental railroad.

Your Answer: b


Question 16: CORRECTThe sequence of presidential terms of the “forgettable presidents” of the Gilded Age

(including Cleveland’s two nonconsecutive terms) wasa. Cleveland, Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, Garfield.b. Garfield, Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, Cleveland.c. Cleveland, Garfield, Arthur, Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland.d. Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland.e. Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, Cleveland.

Your Answer: d


Question 17: CORRECTIn the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled thata. African-Americans could be denied the right to vote.b. segregation was unconstitutional.c. “separate but equal” facilities were constitutional.d. the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to African-Americans.e. literacy tests for voting were constitutional.

Your Answer: c


Question 18: CORRECTAt the end of Reconstruction, Southern whites disenfranchised African-Americans witha. literacy requirements.b. poll taxes.c. economic intimidation.d. grandfather clauses.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 19: CORRECTLabor unrest in the 1870s and 1880s resulted ina.Congress’s passing legislation supporting the formation of unions.b.a ban on Irish immigration.c.the use of federal troops during strikes.d.congressional acts to ban strikes.e.growing middle class support for labor.

Your Answer: c


Question 20: CORRECTWhich of the following was not among the platform planks adopted by the Populist Party

in their convention of 1892?a.government ownership of the railroads, telephone, and telegraphb.free and unlimited coinage of silver in the ratio of 16 to 1c.a one-term limit on the presidencyd.government guarantees of “parity prices” for farmerse.immigration restrictions

Your Answer: d


APUSH Ch. 24 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTDuring the Gilded Age, most of the railroad barons

a. rejected government assistance.b. built their railroads with government assistance.c. relied exclusively on Chinese labor.d. refused to get involved in politics.e. focused on public service.

Your Answer: b


Question 2: CORRECTMatch each railroad company below with the correct entrepreneur.A. James J. HillB. Cornelius VanderbiltC. Leland Stanford

1. Central Pacific2. New York Central3. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe4. Great Northern


Your Answer: a


Question 3: CORRECTThe only transcontinental railroad built without government aid was thea. New York Central.b. Northern Pacific.c. Union Pacific.d. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe.e. Great Northern.

Your Answer: e


Question 4: CORRECTThe greatest single factor helping to spur the amazing industrialization of the post-Civil

War years wasa. agriculture.b. mining.c. the steel industry.d. electric power.e. the railroad network.

Your Answer: e


Question 5: CORRECTEarly railroad owners formed “pools” in order toa. increase competition by establishing more companies.b. water their stock.c. divide business in a particular area and share profits.d. choose the best workers.e. avoid wasteful competition.

Your Answer: c


Question 6: CORRECTEfforts to regulate the monopolizing practices of railroad corporations first came in the

form of action bya. Congress.b. the Supreme Court.c. private lawsuits.

d. President Cleveland.e. state legislatures.

Your Answer: e


Question 7: CORRECTThe first federal regulatory agency designed to protect the public interest from business

combinations was thea. Federal Trade Commission.b. Interstate Commerce Commission.c. Consumer Affairs Commission.d. Federal Anti-Trust Commission.

e. Federal Communications Commission.Your Answer: b


Question 8: CORRECTOne of the most significant aspects of the Interstate Commerce Act was that ita. revolutionized the business system.b. represented the first large-scale attempt by the federal government to regulate

business.c. actually did nothing to control the abuses of big business.d. failed to prohibit some of the worst abuses of big business, such as pools and rebates.

e. invoked the Constitution’s interstate commerce clause.Your Answer: b


Question 9: CORRECTMatch each entrepreneur below with the form of business combination with which he is historically identified.A. Andrew Carnegie

B. John D. RockefellerC. J. Pierpont Morgan

1. interlocking directorate2. trust3. vertical integration4. pool


Your Answer: c


Question 10: CORRECTMatch each entrepreneur below with the field of enterprise with which he is historically identified.A. Andrew CarnegieB. John D. RockefellerC. J. Pierpont MorganD. James Duke

1. steel2. oil3. tobacco4. banking

a. A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4b. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1c. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2d. A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

e. A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

Your Answer: d


Question 11: CORRECTThe steel industry owed much to the inventive genius ofa. Jay Gould.b. Henry Bessemer.c. John P. Altgeld.d. Thomas Edison.e. Henry Clay Frick.

Your Answer: b


Question 12: CORRECTJ.P. Morgan monitored his competition by placing officers of his bank on the boards of

companies that he wanted to control. This method was known as a(n)a. interlocking dictorate.b. trust.c. vertical integration.d. pool.e. holding company.

Your Answer: a


Question 13: CORRECTThe first major product of the oil industry wasa. kerosene.b. gasoline.c. lighter fluid.d. natural gas.e. heating oil.

Your Answer: a


Question 14: CORRECTThe oil industry became a huge businessa. with the building of electric generator plants.b. when it was taken over by the government.c. with the invention of the internal combustion engine.d. when diesel engines were perfected.e. when oil was discovered in Texas.

Your Answer: c


Question 15: CORRECTThe Gospel of Wealth, which associated godliness with wealth,a. relied on the sayings of Jesus.b. inspired the wealthy to try to help the poor.c. stimulated efforts to help minorities.d. was opposed by most clergymen.e. also advocated moral responsibility.

Your Answer: e


Question 16: CORRECTTo help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment,

which was designed to protect the rights of ex-slaves, so as toa. help freedmen to work in factories.b. incorporate big businesses.c. allow the captains of industry to avoid paying taxes.d. avoid corporate regulation by the states.

e. protect the civil rights of business people.Your Answer: d


Question 17: CORRECTDuring the age of industrialization, the Southa. took full advantage of the new economic trends.b. received preferential treatment from the railroads.c. turned away from agriculture.d. held to its “Old South” ideology.e. remained overwhelmingly rural and agricultural.

Your Answer: e


Question 18: CORRECTWhich one of the following is least like the other four?a. closed shopb. lockoutc. yellow dog contractd. blackliste. company town

Your Answer: a


Question 19: CORRECTThe most effective and most enduring labor union of the post-Civil War period was thea. National Labor Union.b. Knights of Labor.c. American Federation of Labor.d. Knights of Columbus.

e. Congress of Industrial Organizations.Your Answer: c


Question 20: CORRECTAll of the following were important factors in post-Civil War industrial expansion excepta. a large pool of unskilled labor.b. an abundance of natural resources.c. American ingenuity and inventiveness.d. immigration restrictions.

e. a political climate favoring businessYour Answer: d


APUSH Ch. 25 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTThe major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities wasa. the development of the skyscraper.b. the availability of industrial jobs.c. the compact nature of those large communities.d. the advent of new housing structures known as dumbbell tenements.e. the lure of cultural excitement.

Your Answer: b


Question 2: CORRECTWhich one of the following has the least in common with the other four?a. slumsb. dumbbell tenementsc. bedroom communities

d. flophousese. the “Lung Block”

Your Answer: c


Question 3: CORRECT.A “bird of passage” was an immigrant whoa. came to the United States to live permanently.b. only passed through America on his or her way to Canada.c. was unmarried.d. came to America to work for a short time and then returned to Europe.e. flew from job to job.

Your Answer: d


Question 4: CORRECTMost New Immigrantsa. eventually returned to their country of origin.b. tried to preserve their Old Country culture in America.c. were subjected to stringent immigration restrictions.d. were quickly assimilated into the mainstream of American life.e. were converted to mainstream Protestantism.

Your Answer: b


Question 5: CORRECTAccording to the social gospel,a. workers should be content with their station in life.

b. the church should not concern itself in the social affairs of the world.c. clergy should try to reach the socially prominent.d. Christianity would replace socialism.e. the lessons of Christianity should be applied to solve the problems manifest in slums

and factories.

Your Answer: e


Question 6: CORRECTThe early settlement house workers, such as Jane Addams and Florence Kelley, helped to

blaze the professional trail fora. language specialists.b. social workers.c. day-care workers.d. criminal psychologists.e. female politicians.

Your Answer: b


Question 7: CORRECTIn the 1890s, positions for women as secretaries, department store clerks, and telephone

operators were largely reserved fora. Jews.b. Irish.c. African-Americans.d. the college-educated.e. the native born.

Your Answer: e


Question 8: CORRECTLabor unions favored immigration restriction because most immigrants were all of the

following excepta. opposed to factory labor.b. used as strikebreakers.c. willing to work for lower wages.d. difficult to unionize.e. non-English speaking.

Your Answer: a


Question 9: CORRECTThe religious denomination that responded most favorably to the New Immigration wasa. Roman Catholics.b. Baptists.c. Episcopalians.d. Christian Scientists.e. Mormons.

Your Answer: a


Question 10: CORRECTCharles Darwin’s theory of evolutiona. was opposed by religious Modernists.b. left open the question of human origins.c. was attacked most bitterly by orator Colonel Robert Ingersoll.d. helped to unite college teachers of biology in support of the theory of “survival of the

fittest.”e. cast serious doubt on a literal interpretation of the Bible.

Your Answer: e


Question 11: CORRECTReligious Modernistsa. found ways to reconcile Christianity and Darwinism.b. railed against the social philosophy of the social gospel movement.c. tended to ignore evidence of social and economic injustice.d. denounced the Christian Scientists and Salvation Army as “ungodly.”e. sought to do away with the Bible.

Your Answer: a


Question 12: CORRECTAmericans offered growing support for a free public education systema. to combat the growing strength of Catholic parochial schools.b. when the Chautauqua movement began to decline.c. because they accepted the idea that a free government cannot function without

educated citizens.d. when private schools began to fold.e. as a way of identifying an intellectual elite.

Your Answer: c


Question 13: CORRECTBooker T. Washington believed that the key to political and civil rights for African-

Americans wasa. the vote.b. rigorous academic training.c. the rejection of accommodationist attitudes.d. to directly challenge white supremacy.e. economic independence.

Your Answer: e


Question 14: CORRECTThat a “talented tenth” of American blacks should lead the race to full social and political

equality with whites was the view ofa. George Washington Carver.b. Booker T. Washington.c. Ida B. Wells.d. W. E. B. Du Bois.e. Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Your Answer: d


Question 15: CORRECTIn a country hungry for news, American newspapersa. printed hard-hitting editorials.b. crusaded for social reform.c. repudiated the tactics of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.d. came to rely less on syndicated material.e. became sensationalist.

Your Answer: e


Question 16: CORRECTHenry George argued that the unearned windfall profits of those who did not work for

them should bea. confiscated by government taxation.b. distributed to public works through private philanthropy.c. saved and invested for the benefit of the community.d. looked upon as the inevitable consequence of “the survival of the fittest.”e. prevented through communal land ownership.

Your Answer: a


Question 17: CORRECTMatch each of these late-nineteenth-century writers with the theme of his work.A. Lewis WallaceB. Horatio AlgerC. Henry JamesD. William Dean Howells

1. success and honor as the products of honesty and hard work2. anti-Darwinism support for the Holy Scriptures3. contemporary social problems like divorce, labor strikes, and socialism4. psychological realism and the dilemmas of sophisticated women.


Your Answer: c


Question 18: CORRECTIn the course of the late nineteenth century,a. the birthrate increased.b. the divorce rate fell.c. family size gradually declined.d. people tended to marry at an early age.e. children lived longer at home.

Your Answer: c


Question 19: CORRECTBy 1900, advocates of women’s suffragea. argued that women’s biology gave them a fundamentally different character from

men.b. temporarily abandoned the movement for the vote.c. formed strong alliances with African-Americans seeking voting rights.d. argued that the vote would enable women to extend their roles as mothers and

homemakers to the public world.e. insisted on the inherent political and moral equality of men and women

Your Answer: d


Question 20: CORRECTThe various racial and ethnic groups in large cities, though living in different

neighborhoods, shared which of the following activities?a. shoppingb. readingc. popular show businessd. sportse. all of the above

Your Answer: e


APUSH Ch. 26 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 2



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTIn post-Civil War America, Indians surrendered their lands only when theya. chose to migrate farther west.b. received solemn promises from the government that they would be left alone and provided with supplies.c. lost their mobility as the whites killed their horses.d. were allowed to control the supply of food and other staples to the reservations.e. traded land for rifles and blankets.

Your Answer: b


Question 2: CORRECTMatch each Indian chief below with his tribe.A. Chief JosephB. Sitting BullC. Geronimo

1. Apache2. Cheyenne3. Nez Percé4. Sioux


Your Answer: b


Question 3: CORRECTThe Plains Indians were finally forced to surrender

a. by their constant intertribal warfare.b. when they settled on reservations.c. after such famous leaders as Geronimo and Sitting Bull were killed.d. when the army began using artillery against them.e. by the virtual extermination of the buffalo.

Your Answer: e


Question 4: CORRECTArrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Dawes Severalty Act is passed; (B) Oklahoma land rush takes place; (C) Indians are granted full citizenship; (D) Congress restores the tribal basis of Indian life.

a. A, B, C, Db. B, A, C, Dc. A, D, B, Cd. D, C, A, Be. C, B, D, A

Your Answer: a


Question 5: CORRECTThe mining frontier played a vital role ina. bringing law and order to the West.b. attracting population to the West.c. influencing the government to go off the gold standard.d. ensuring that the mining industry would remain in the hands of independent, small operations.e. forcing the Indians off the Great Plains.

Your Answer: b


Question 6: CORRECTThe Homestead Acta. sold more land to bona fide farmers than to land promoters.b. was a drastic departure from previous government public land policy.c. was responsible for the sale of more land than any other agency.d. managed to end the fraud that was common with other government land programs.e. was criticized as a federal government giveaway.

Your Answer: b


Question 7: CORRECTA major problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains in the 1870s wasa. the high price of land.b. the low market value of grain.c. the scarcity of water.d. overcrowding.e. the opposition of miners.

Your Answer: c


Question 8: CORRECTWhich of the following provides the least valid support for the theory that the frontier served as a “safety valve” for American social discontent and economic conflict?a. Free western land attracted many immigrant farmers who might have crowded urban job markets.b. The possibility of westward migration encouraged eastern employers to pay higher wages.c. Farmers frequently migrated after earning a profit from the sale of land.d. Eastern city dwellers headed west to get free homesteads during depressions.e. Western cities became places of opportunity for failed farmers and easterners alike.Your Answer: d


Question 9: CORRECTIn the last decades of the nineteenth century, the volume of agricultural goods, and the price received for these goods .a. increased; decreasedb. decreased; increasedc. increased; also increasedd. decreased; also decreasede. increased; stayed the same.

Your Answer: a


Question 10: WRONGFarmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because theya. were not well educated.b. did not possess the money necessary to establish a national political movement.c. were divided by the wealthier, more powerful manufacturers and railroad barons.d. were too busy trying to eke out a living.e. were by nature independent and individualistic.

Your Answer: a


Question 11: CORRECTIn several states, farmers helped to pass the “Granger Laws,” whicha. raised tariffs.b. lowered mortgage interest rates.c. allowed them to form producer and consumer cooperatives.d. prohibited bankruptcy auctions.e. regulated railroad rates.

Your Answer: e


Question 12: CORRECTThe Farmers’ Alliance was formed toa. provide help to northern farmers.b. provide opportunities for higher education.c. end the rise of tenant farming.d. help landless farmers gain property.e. take action to break the strangling grip of the railroads.

Your Answer: e


Question 13: CORRECTDuring the 1892 presidential election, large numbers of southern white farmers refused to desert the Democratic Party and support the Populist Party becausea. they did not think the Populists represented their political interests.b. they were not experiencing the same hard times as Midwestern farmers.c. the history of racial division in the region made it hard to cooperate with blacks.d. they believed that too many Populists were former Republicans.e. they could not accept the Populists’ call for government ownership of the railroads, telegraph, and telephones.

Your Answer: c


Question 14: CORRECTJacob Coxey and his “army” marched on Washington, D.C., toa. demand a larger military budget.b. protest the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act.c. demand that the government relieve unemployment with a public works program.

d. try to promote a general strike of all workers.e. demand the immediate payment of bonuses to Civil War veterans.

Your Answer: c


Question 15: CORRECTPresident Grover Cleveland justified federal intervention in the Pullman strike of 1894 on the grounds thata. the union’s leader, Eugene V. Debs, was a socialist.b. strikes against railroads were illegal.c. the strikers were engaging in violent attacks on railroad property.d. shutting down the railroads threatened American national security.e. the strike was preventing the transit of U.S. mail.

Your Answer: e


Question 16: CORRECTThe Pullman strike created the first instance ofa. management recognition of the right of workers to organize and strike.b. government use of federal troops to break a labor strike.c. violence during a labor strike.d. a united front between urban workers and agrarian Populists.e. government use of a federal court injunction to break a strike.

Your Answer: e


Question 17: CORRECTThe Depression of the 1890s and episodes like the Pullman Strike made the election of 1896 shape up asa. a battle between down-and-out workers and farmers and establishment conservatives.

b. a conflict between the insurgent Populists and the two established political parties.c. a sectional conflict with the West aligned against the Northeast and South.d. a contest over the power of the federal government to manage a modern industrial economy like the United States.e. a clash of cultures between ordinary middle-class Americans and European-oriented radicals and reformers.

Your Answer: a


Question 18: CORRECTMark Hanna, the Republican president-maker, believed that the prime function of government was toa. enrich politicians.b. maintain a laissez-faire policy.c. not “rock the boat” of prosperity.d. overturn the “trickle down” theory of economics.e. aid business.

Your Answer: e


Question 19: CORRECTThe Democratic party nominee for president in 1896 was _____; the Republicans nominated _____; and the Populists endorsed _____.

.a. William McKinley; Mark Hanna; William Jennings Bryanb. William Jennings Bryan; William McKinley; James B. Weaver c. William Jennings Bryan; William McKinley; William Jennings Bryand. Mark Hanna; William Jennings Bryan; William Jennings Bryane. William Jennings Bryan; Theodore Roosevelt; William Jennings Bryan

Your Answer: c


Question 20: CORRECTThe 1896 victory of William McKinley ushered in a long period of Republican dominance that was accompanied bya. diminishing voter participation in elections.b. strengthening of party organizations.c. greater concern over civil-service reform.d. less concern for industrial regulation.e. sharpened conflict between business and labor.

Your Answer: a


APUSH Ch. 27 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 2



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTIn his book Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, the Reverend Josiah

Strong advocated American expansiona. based on a powerful new navy.b. to open up new markets for industrial goods.c. to spread American religion and values.d.to ease labor violence at home.e.to maintain white racial superiority.

Your Answer: c


Question 2: CORRECTA major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late

nineteenth century wasa. the need for additional population.b. the desire for more farmland.c. the construction of an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic Ocean and

Pacific Ocean.d. the closing of the frontier.e. the need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production.

Your Answer: e


Question 3: CORRECTThe 1889 Pan-American Conference resulted ina. settlement of the Venezuela boundary dispute.b. the lowering of tariff barriers between participating nations.c. arbitration of the Pribilof Island dispute.d. worsened relations between the United States and Latin American countries.e. creation of the Organization of American States.

Your Answer: b


Question 4: CORRECTU.S. naval captain Alfred Thayer Mahan argued thata. free trade was essential to a nation’s economic health.b. control of the sea was the key to the United States’ world power.c. the United States should continue its policy of isolationism.d. an isthmian canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific was impossible.e. the U.S. should construct a fleet of battleships.

Your Answer: b


Question 5: CORRECTTo justify American intervention in the Venezuela boundary dispute with Britain,

Secretary of State Olney invoked thea. Platt Amendment.b. Open Door policy.c. Monroe Doctrine.d. Foraker Act.e. Gentlemen’s Agreement.

Your Answer: c


Question 6: CORRECTOne reason that the British submitted their border dispute with Venezuela to arbitration

wasa. their growing tensions with Germany made settlement seem wise.b. to see the Monroe Doctrine ruled invalid in a world court.c. to maintain their policy of isolation.d. to break the ties between Spain and its South American colonies.e. that they recognized America’s growing domination of Latin America.

Your Answer: a


Question 7: CORRECTHawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani was removed from power becausea. she did not allow Christian missionaries in her country.b. many Hawaiians found her rule corrupt.c. Hawaiian agriculture had failed under her leadership.d. President Grover Cleveland believed that U.S. national honor required control of the

Hawaiian government.

e. she insisted that native Hawaiians should control Hawaii.

Your Answer: e


Question 8: CORRECTThe question of the annexation of ____ touched off the first major imperialistic debate in

American history.a. Hawaiib. Cubac. the Philippinesd. Puerto Ricoe. the Virgin Islands.

Your Answer: a


Question 9: CORRECTPresident Grover Cleveland rejected the effort to annex Hawaii becausea. the islands were not particularly productive.b. the United States did not have the naval power to protect the islands.c. a majority of native Hawaiians opposed annexation to the United States.d. passage of the McKinley Tariff made Hawaiian sugar unprofitable.e. the U.S. would then have to establish military bases in Hawaii.

Your Answer: c


Question 10: CORRECTIn an attempt to persuade Spain to leave Cuba or to encourage the United States to help

Cuba to gain its independence, Cuban insurrectosa. attacked Spanish shipping.

b. blew up the battleship Maine.c. made guerilla raids on Havana.d. assassinated Spanish officials.e. burned the cane fields and sugar mills.

Your Answer: e


Question 11: CORRECTThe battleship Maine was sunk bya. the Spanish.b an explosion on the ship.c. Cuban rebels.d. reporters working for William Randolph Hearst.e. a mine planted by pro-Cuban Americans.

Your Answer: b


Question 12: CORRECTThe United States declared war on Spain even though the Spanish had already agreed toa. sign an armistice with the Cuban rebels.b. accept Cuban independence.c. transfer Cuba to American possession.d. apologize for the sinking of the Maine.

e. accept international arbitration of the conflict.Your Answer: a


Question 13: CORRECTThe Teller Amendmenta. guaranteed the independence of Cuba.

b. made Cuba an American possession.c. directed President McKinley to order American troops into Cuba.d. appropriated funds to combat yellow fever in Cuba.e. granted the U.S. a base at Guantanamo Bay.

Your Answer: a


Question 14: CORRECTAmerican military strength during the Spanish-American War came mainly froma. its large army.b. overwhelming European support.c. battle-hardened army generals.d. its efficient logistical support.e. its new steel navy.

Your Answer: e


Question 15: CORRECTThe Philippine nationalist who led the insurrection against both Spanish rule and United

States occupation wasa. Valeriano Weyler.b. Emilio Aguinaldo.c. Dupuy de Lóme.d. Pasqual de Cervera.e. Ramon Macapagal.

Your Answer: b



At the time, the most controversial event associated with the Spanish-American War was the

a. declaration of war against Spain.b. adoption of the Teller Amendment.c. adoption of the Platt Amendment.d. acquisition of the Philippines.e. acquisition of Puerto Rico.

Your Answer: d


Question 17: CORRECTAll of the following became possessions of the United States under the provisions of the

Treaty of Paris excepta. Puerto Rico.b. Guam.c. the Philippine Islands.d. Hawaii.e. Manila.

Your Answer: d


Question 18: CORRECTAmerican imperialists who advocated acquisition of the Philippines especially stresseda. their strategic advantage for American naval operations.b. their economic potential for American trading profits.c. the opportunity that they presented for Christian missionary work.d. the Filipinos’ preference that their archipelago become an American protectorate.e. their potential as a base for intervention in China.

Your Answer: b


Question 19: CORRECTAs to whether American laws applied to the territory acquired in the Spanish-American

War, the Supreme Court decided thata. American laws did not necessarily apply.b. the United States Congress had no voice in the matter.c. federal but not state laws applied.d. only tariff laws could be forced.e. only the Bill of Rights applied.

Your Answer: a


Question 20: CORRECTArrange the following events in chronological order: (A) American declaration of war on

Spain, (B) sinking of the Maine, (C) passage of the Teller Amendment, (D) passage of the Platt Amendment.

a. A, B, D, Cb. D, C, B, Ac. B, A, D, Cd. B, A, C, De. C, D, A, B

Your Answer: d


APUSH Ch. 28 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTIn 1899, an insurrection began in the Philippines becausea. Spanish citizens living there tried to regain political control.b. the United States refused to give the Filipino people their freedom.c. Communist insurgents attempted to seize control of the islands.d. the United States refused to promote the economic and social development of the

Filipino people.e. American missionaries tried to convert Catholic Filipinos to Protestantism.

Your Answer: b


Question 2: CORRECTThe war fought by American troops in the Philippines against the Filipinosa. was won with fewer casualties than the war in Cuba.b. was remarkable for its lack of atrocities.c. caused the Americans to use reconcentration camps.d. waged in accord with traditional American ideals.e. was highly popular in the United States.

Your Answer: c


Question 3: CORRECTMany Americans became concerned about the increasing foreign intervention in China

because theya. feared that Chinese markets would be monopolized by European manufacturers and

exporters.b. wanted exclusive trade rights with the Chinese.c. feared German military domination of China.d. believed it undermined Chinese sovereignty.e. none of the above.

Your Answer: a


Question 4: CORRECTAmerica’s initial Open Door policy was essentially an argument fora. free trade.b. spheres of influence.c. military occupation.d. exclusive trade concessions.e. the principle of self-determination.

Your Answer: a


Question 5: CORRECTChina’s Boxer Rebellion was an attempt toa. overthrow the corrupt Chinese government.b. establish American power in the Far East.c. throw out or kill all foreigners.d. destroy the Open Door policy.e. restore traditional Chinese religion.

Your Answer: c


Question 6: CORRECTIn response to the Boxer Rebellion, the United Statesa. refused to accept any indemnity for the losses that it incurred while putting down this

uprising.b. sent more American missionaries to China.c. sent money but no troops to help a multinational contingent to crush the uprising.d. became an East Asian power.e. abandoned its time-honored principles of nonentanglement and noninvolvement.

Your Answer: e


Question 7: CORRECTTeddy Roosevelt received the Republican vice-presidential nomination in 1900 mainly

becausea. his progressivism balanced McKinley’s conservatism.b. the nomination would remove him from the governorship of New York.c. his presence on the ticket would appeal to western voters.d. Mark Hanna supported his candidacy.e. his personal warmth balanced McKinley’s aloofness.

Your Answer: b


Question 8: CORRECTWhen extended, the Open Door policy called on all big powers, including the United

States, toa. recognize Philippine independence at an early date.b. guarantee the independence of Cuba.c. build a Panamanian canal.d. observe the territorial integrity of China.e. pursue further investment in China.

Your Answer: d


Question 9: CORRECTThe Republicans won the 1900 election mainly because ofa. their support of imperialism.b. public opposition to a third term as president for Grover Cleveland.c. their support of freedom abroad.d. Bryan’s lackluster campaign.e. the prosperity achieved during McKinley’s first term.

Your Answer: e


Question 10: CORRECTTheodore Roosevelt can best be described asa. lacking in self-confidence.b. mentally competent but physically weak.c. energetic and self-righteous.d. a poor politician with a commanding personality.e. a reflective intellectual.

Your Answer: c


Question 11: CORRECTWhile president, Teddy Roosevelt did all of the following excepta. condemn the law and the courts as too slow.b. disregard the checks and balances among the three branches of government.c. refuse to ignore the Constitution, even when tempted to do so.d. argue that the president may take any action in the general interest if it is not expressly

forbidden by the law.e. appeal to the people over the head of Congress.

Your Answer: c


Question 12: CORRECTConstruction of an isthmian canal was motivated mainly bya. a desire to improve the defense of the United States.b. the Panamanian Revolution.c. continued volcanic activity in Nicaragua.d. the British rejection of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

e. American economic interests in Central America.

Your Answer: a


Question 13: CORRECTThe British gave up their opposition to an American-controlled isthmian canal because

theya. sold their rights to Philippe Bunau-Varilla.b. could see no economic gains in continuing to block canal construction.c. confronted an unfriendly Europe and were bogged down in the Boer War.d. were involved in a war with India.e. accepted American domination of Latin America.

Your Answer: c


Question 14: CORRECTThe United States entered the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty with ___, the Hay-Pauncefote

Treaty with___, and the Gentlemen’s Agreement with _____.a. Panama; Britain; Britainb. Japan; Britain; Panamac. Britain; Britain; Japand. Panama; Britain; Japan

e. Panama; France; BritainYour Answer: d


Question 15: CORRECTTeddy Roosevelt’s role in the Panamanian Revolution involveda. using American naval forces to block Colombian troops from crossing the isthmus and

crushing the revolt.

b. ordering an economic embargo of Colombia.c. remaining perfectly neutral.d. sending in American ground troops.e. funding the Panamanian rebels.

Your Answer: a


Question 16: CORRECTDuring the building of the Panama Canal, all of the following difficulties were

encountered excepta. guerrilla warfare waged by Panamanian rebels against the United States.b. labor troubles.c. landslides.d. poor sanitation.e. yellow fever.

Your Answer: a


Question 17: CORRECTAmerican involvement in the affairs of Latin American nations at the turn of the century

usually stemmed froma. the need to defend these nations against a reassertion of Spanish power.b. the hope that involvement would lead to their outright acquisition by the United States.c. the fact that they were chronically in debt.d. the desire to control the flow of Latin American immigrants into the United States.e. a desire to strengthen Latin American democracy.

Your Answer: c



The Roosevelt Corollary added a new provision to the Monroe Doctrine that was specifically designed to

a. enable the U.S. to rule Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone.b. stop European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.c. restore cordial relations between the United States and Latin American countries.d. establish a friendly partnership with Britain so that it could join the United States in

policing Latin American affairs.e. justify U.S. intervention in the affairs of Latin American countries.

Your Answer: e


Question 19: CORRECTThe United States’ frequent intervention in the affairs of Latin American countries in the

early twentieth centurya. established political stability in the area.b. was appreciated in the region as an effective cloak of defense against European threats.c. left a legacy of ill will and distrust of the United States throughout Latin America.d. departed from Theodore Roosevelt’s big-stick diplomacy.e. was intended to spread democracy to the region.

Your Answer: c


Question 20: WRONGIn the Root-Takahira agreement of 1908,a. the Japanese government agreed to limit the number of Japanese immigrant laborers

entering the United States.b. the United States and Japan agreed to respect each other’s territorial holdings in the

Pacific.c. the United States agreed to accept a Japanese sphere of influence in China.d. the Japanese agreed to accept the segregation of Japanese children in California

schools in return for the United States’ recognition of Japanese control of Korea.e. Japan agreed to accept U.S. control of the Philippines in exchange for Japanese

domination of Manchuria.

Your Answer: b


APUSH Ch. 29 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTAs one progressive explained, the “real heart” of the progressive movement was toa. preserve world peace.b. use the government as an agency of human welfare.c. ensure the Jeffersonian style of government.d. reinstate the policy of laissez-faire.e. to promote economic and social equality.

Your Answer: b


Question 2: CORRECTMatch each late-nineteenth-century social critic below with the target of his criticism.

A. Thorstein Veblen 1. “bloated trusts”B. Jack London 2. slum conditions C. Jacob Riis 3. “conspicuous consumption”D. Henry Demarest Lloyd 4. destruction of nature


Your Answer: c


Question 3: CORRECTMatch each early-twentieth-century muckraker below with the target of his or her exposé.A. David G. Phillips 1. the United States SenateB. Ida Tarbell 2. the Standard Oil CompanyC. Lincoln Steffens 3. city governmentsD. Ray Stannard Baker 4. the condition of blacks


Your Answer: a


Question 4: CORRECTThe two key goals pursued by progressives were to curb the threats posed by _______ on

the one hand and _______ on the other.a. New Immigrants; blacksb. feminists; patriarchal malesc. the social gospel; the gospel of wealthd. the Old Guard; muckrakerse. trusts; socialist threat

Your Answer: e


Question 5: CORRECTPolitical progressivisma. made little difference in American life.b. died out shortly after Teddy Roosevelt stepped down as president.

c. emerged in both major parties, in all regions, at all levels of government.d. was more a minority movement than a majority mood.e. began in Northeastern big cities.

Your Answer: c


Question 7: CORRECTThe progressive movement was instrumental in getting both the Seventeenth and

Eighteenth amendments added to the Constitution. The Seventeenth called for ____, and the Eighteenth called for ___.

a. prohibition; woman suffrageb. direct election of senators; prohibitionc. woman suffrage; income taxesd. income taxes; direct election of senatorse. woman suffrage; direct election of senators.

Your Answer: b


Question 8: CORRECTThe settlement house and women’s club movements were crucial centers of female

progressive activity because theya. provided literary and philosophical perspectives on social questions.b. broke down the idea that women had special concerns as wives and mothers. c. introduced many middle-class women to a broader array of urban social problems

and civic concerns.d. helped slum children learn to read Dante and Shakespeare.e. became the launching pads for women seeking political office.

Your Answer: c


Question 9: CORRECTIn Muller v. Oregon, the Supreme Court upheld the principle promoted by progressives

like Florence Kelley and Louis Brandeis thata. child labor under the age of fourteen should be prohibited.b. the federal government should regulate occupational safety and health.c. factory labor should be limited to ten hours a day five days a week.d. female workers should receive equal pay for equal work.e. female workers required special rules and protection on the job.

Your Answer: e


Question 10: CORRECTThe case of Lochner v. New York represented a setback for progressives and labor

advocates because the Supreme Court in its rulinga. declared a law limiting work to ten hours a day unconstitutional.b. declared unconstitutional a law providing special protection for women workers.c. declared that prohibiting child labor would require a constitutional amendment.d. upheld the constitutionality of a law enabling business to fire labor organizers.e. ruled that fire and safety regulations were local and not state or federal concerns.

Your Answer: a


Question 11: CORRECTProgressive reform at the level of city government seemed to indicate that the

progressives’ highest priority wasa. democratic participation.b. governmental efficiency.c. free enterprise.d. economic equality.e. urban planning.

Your Answer: b


Question 12: CORRECTAs a part of his reform program, Teddy Roosevelt advocated all of the following excepta. control of labor.b. control of corporations.c. consumer protection.d. conservation of natural resources.e. an end to railroad rebates.

Your Answer: a


Question 13: CORRECTTeddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines bya. using the military to force the miners back to work.b. passing legislation making the miners’ union illegal.c. helping the mine owners to import strike-breakers.d. appealing to mine owners’ and workers’ sense of the public interest.e. threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops.

Your Answer: e


Question 16: CORRECTPresident Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ____

trusts.a. dissolvingb. ignoringc. regulatingd. collusion withe. monitoring

Your Answer: c


Question 17: CORRECTWhen Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on thea. unsanitary conditions that existed in the meat-packing industry.b. plight of workers in the stockyards and meat-packing industry.c. corruption in the United States Senate.d. deplorable conditions in the drug industry.e. unhealthy effects of beef consumption.

Your Answer: b


Question 18: CORRECTTeddy Roosevelt weakened himself politically after his election in 1904 when hea. got into a quarrel with his popular secretary of war, William Taft.b. refused to do anything in response to the “Roosevelt Panic.”c. supported the Federal Reserve Act.d. began to reduce his trust-busting activity.e. announced that he would not be a candidate for a third term as president.

Your Answer: e


Question 19: CORRECTThe panic of 1907 stimulated reform in ____ policy.a. bankingb. tariffc. land-use

d. industriale. stock-trading

Your Answer: a


Question 20: CORRECTWhile president, Theodore Roosevelta. greatly increased the power and prestige of the presidency.b. showed no skill and little interest in working with Congress.c. was a poor judge of public opinion.d. was surprisingly unpopular with the public.e. held rigidly to ideological principles.

Your Answer: a


Question 21: CORRECTPresident Taft’s foreign policy was dubbeda. big-stick diplomacy.b. the Open Door policy.c. the Good Neighbor policy.d. dollar diplomacy.e. sphere-of-influence diplomacy.

Your Answer: d


Question 22: CORRECTThe Supreme Court’s “rule of reason” in restraint-of-trade cases was handed down in a

case involvinga. Northern Securities.

b. United States Steel.c. General Electric.d. Armour Meat-Packing.e. Standard Oil.

Your Answer: e


Question 23: CORRECTThe Elkins and Hepburn acts dealt with the subject ofa. regulation of municipal utilities.b. the purity of food and drugs.c. conservation of natural resources.d. women’s working conditions.e. railroad regulation.

Your Answer: e


APUSH Ch. 30 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTAs governor of New Jersey, Woodrow Wilson established a record as aa. mild conservative.b. reactionary.c. man who would work with the party bosses.d. moderate liberal.e. passionate reformer.

Your Answer: e


Question 2: CORRECTIn 1912, Woodrow Wilson ran for the presidency on a Democratic platform that included

all of the following except a call fora. antitrust legislation.b. monetary reform.c. dollar diplomacy.d. tariff reductions.e. support for small business.

Your Answer: c


Question 3: CORRECTWhen Jane Addams placed Teddy Roosevelt’s name in nomination for the presidency in

1912, ita. demonstrated that the Republican party supported woman suffrage.b. ensured Roosevelt’s defeat by William Howard Taft.c. symbolized the rising political status of women.d. showed that Roosevelt had lost touch with public opinion.e. demonstrated his concern for international peace.

Your Answer: c


Question 4: CORRECTTeddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalisma. pinned its economic faith on competition.b. opposed consolidation of labor unions.c. favored the free functioning of unregulated and unmonopolized markets.

d. supported a broad program of social welfare.e. favored state rather than federal government activism.

Your Answer: d


Question 5: CORRECTWoodrow Wilson’s New Freedoma. advocated social-welfare programs.b. opposed fragmentation of big industrial combines.c. favored small enterprise and entrepreneurship.d. supported minimum-wage laws.e. opposed banking and tariff reform.

Your Answer: c


Question 6: CORRECTMatch each 1912 presidential candidate below with his political party.

A. Woodrow Wilson 1. Socialist

B. Theodore Roosevelt 2. Democratic

C. William Howard Taft 3. Republican

D. Eugene V. Debs 4. Progressive

a. A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3b. A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2c. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-ld. A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4e. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-l

Your Answer: e


Question 7: WRONGWoodrow Wilson’s attitude toward the masses can best be described asa. open contempt.b. public support but private dislike.c. faith in them if they were properly educated.d. indifference.e. trust in their natural common sense.

Your Answer: d


Question 8: CORRECTWhen Congress passed the Underwood Tariff Bill in 1913, it intended the legislation toa. lower tariff rates.b. raise tariff rates.c. eliminate tariffs as a source of revenue.d. essentially maintain the existing tariff schedule.e. aid American farmers.

Your Answer: a


Question 9: WRONGIn 1913, Woodrow Wilson broke with a custom dating back to Jefferson’s day when hea. appointed members of his cabinet without regard to their party affiliation.b. appointed a black man to the Supreme Court.c. endorsed woman suffrage.d. personally delivered his presidential address to Congress.e. rode with his defeated predecessor to the inauguration.

Your Answer: c


Question 10: CORRECTThe Sixteenth Amendment provided fora. a personal income tax.b. direct election of senators.c. prohibition.d. woman suffrage.e. abolition of child labor.

Your Answer: a


Question 11: CORRECTThe Federal Reserve Act gave the government the authority toa. increase the amount of money in circulation.b. close weak banks.c. govern federal banks without public control.d. print paper currency.e. none of the above.

Your Answer: a


Question 12: CORRECTThe Clayton Anti-Trust Acta. held that trade unions fell under the antimonopoly restraints of the Sherman Anti-

Trust Act.b. regarded labor as an article of commerce.c. helped Congress to control interstate commerce.d. explicitly legalized strikes and peaceful picketing.e. exempted farm cooperatives from antitrust action.

Your Answer: d


Question 13: CORRECTThe first Jew to sit on the United States Supreme Court, appointed by Woodrow Wilson,

wasa. Felix Frankfurter.b. Arsene Pujo.c. Abraham Cahan.d. Louis D. Brandeis.e. Bernard Baruch.

Your Answer: d


Question 14: CORRECTWoodrow Wilson showed the limits of his progressivism bya. opposing workingmen’s compensation.b. opposing the entry of women into politics.c. vetoing the Federal Farm Loan Act.d. refusing to appoint the Jewish Louis D. Brandeis to the Federal Trade Commission.e. accelerating the segregation of blacks in the federal bureaucracy.

Your Answer: e


Question 15: WRONGPresident Woodrow Wilson refused to intervene in the affairs of Mexico untila. American business investors demanded protection.b. Venustiano Carranza became president of Mexico.c. a small party of American sailors was arrested in Tampico.d. William Randolph Hearst and his newspaper began a campaign for involvement.e. Pancho Villa raided New Mexico.

Your Answer: c


Question 16: CORRECTAs World War I began in Europe, the alliance system placed Germany and Austria-

Hungary in the ___, while Russia and France were in the ___.a. Central Powers; Holy Allianceb. Central Powers; Triple Alliancec. Allies; Central Powersd. Triple Alliance; Central Powerse. Central Powers; Allies

Your Answer: e


Question 17: CORRECTWith the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the great majority of Americansa. earnestly hoped to stay out of the war.b. favored entering the war in support of the Allies.c. supported the Central Powers.d. had close cultural, linguistic, and economic ties with the Central Powers.e. favored U.S. mediation of the conflict.

Your Answer: a


Question 18: CORRECTPresident Wilson insisted that he would hold ___ to “strict accountability” for ___.a. Britain; repaying the loans made to it by American bankersb. Britain; the disruption of American trade with the European continentc. Germany; starting the ward. Germany; fair treatment of civilians in Belgium

e. Germany; the loss of American ships and lives to submarine warfare

Your Answer: e


Question 19: CORRECTGerman submarines began sinking unarmed and unresisting merchant and passenger

ships without warninga. when the United States entered the war.b. in retaliation for the British naval blockade of Germany.c. in an effort to keep the United States out of the war.d. because international law now allowed this new style of warfare.e. in a last-ditch effort to win the war.

Your Answer: b


Question 20: WRONGWhich of the following American passenger liners was sunk by German submarines?a. Lusitaniab. Arabicc. Sussexd. Titanice. None of these was an American ship.

Your Answer: a


APUSH Ch. 31 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECT

President Wilson broke diplomatic relations with Germany when

a. the Zimmermann note was intercepted and made public.

b. Germany announced that it would wage unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic.

c. news was received that a revolutionary movement had overthrown the czarist regime in Russia.

d. Germany rejected Wilson’s Fourteen Points for peace.

e. it appeared that the German army would take Paris.

Your Answer: b


Question 2: CORRECT

President Woodrow Wilson persuaded the American people to enter World War I by

a. appealing to America’s tradition of intervention in Europe.

b. convincing the public of the need to make the world safe from the German submarine.

c. pledging to make the war “a war to end all wars” and to make the world safe for democracy.

d. promising territorial gains.

e.declaring that only the navy would be involved in combat.

Your Answer: c


Question 3: CORRECT

Match each civilian administrator below with the World War I mobilization agency that he directed.

A. George Creel 1. War Industries Board

B. Herbert Hoover 2. Committee on Public Information

C. Bernard Baruch 3. Food Administration

D. William Howard Taft 4. National War Labor Board

a. A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2

b. A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3

c. A-3, B-2, C-l, D-4

d. A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4

e. A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

Your Answer: d


Question 4: CORRECT

The major problem for George Creel and his Committee on Public Information was that

a. he oversold Wilson’s ideals and led the world to expect too much.

b.he relied too much on formal laws to gain compliance.

c.the entertainment industry was not willing to go along with the propaganda campaign.

d.U.S. allies refused to cooperate.

e.the public was skeptical of government propaganda.

Your Answer: a


Question 5: CORRECT

During World I, civil liberties in America were

a. protected by the Espionage Act.

b. limited, but no one was actually imprisoned for his or her convictions.

c. extended to everyone in this country, because the war was fought for democracy.

d. protected for everyone except German-Americans.

e. denied to many, especially those suspected of disloyalty.

Your Answer: e


Question 6: CORRECT

Two constitutional amendments adopted in part because of wartime influences were the Eighteenth, which dealt with __, and the Nineteenth, whose subject was __.

a. prohibition; an income tax

b. direct election of senators; woman suffrage

c. prohibition; woman suffrage

d. an income tax; direct election of senators

e. women suffrage; prohibition

Your Answer: c


Question 7: CORRECT

The strikes and sabotage of the Industrial Workers of the World during WWI were

a. aimed at undermining the war effort.

b. unjust.

c. never taken seriously by the government.

d. based on Samuel Gompers’ union philosophy.

e. the result of some of the worst working conditions in the country.

Your Answer: e


Question 8: CORRECT

Grievances of labor during and shortly after World War I include all of the following EXCEPT

a. the inability to gain the right to organize.

b. war-spawned inflation.

c. suppression of the American Federation of Labor.

d. violence against workers by employers.

e. the use of African-Americans as strikebreakers.

Your Answer: c


Question 9: CORRECT

Most of the money raised to finance World War I came from

a. confiscation of German property.

b. income taxes.

c. tariffs.

d. sale of armaments to Britain and France.

e. loans.

Your Answer: e



The United States used all of the following methods to support the war effort EXCEPT

a. forcing some people to buy war bonds.

b. having “heatless Mondays” to conserve fuel.

c. using government power extensively to regulate the economy.

d. seizing enemy merchant vessels trapped in American harbors.

e. restricting the manufacture of beer.

Your Answer: c



Those who protested conscription during World War I did so because

a. they disliked the idea of compelling a person to serve.

b. the law required the registration of sixteen-year-old males.

c. women were included in the draft law.

d. substitutes could be hired to take someone’s place.

e. there was racial discrimination in the military.

Your Answer: a



Russia’s withdrawal from World War I in 1918 resulted in

a. a communist takeover of that country.

b. the United States’ entry into the war.

c. the release of thousands of German troops for deployment on the front in France.

d. Germany’s surrender to the Allies.

e. a setback for the idea of a “war for democracy.”

Your Answer: c



The Germans were eventually demoralized by

a. the United States’ military performance.

b. defeat at the Battle of Meuse-Argonne.

c. the United States’ troop reserves.

d. Russia’s entry into the war.

e. American propaganda.

Your Answer: c



Woodrow Wilson’s ultimate goal at the Paris Peace Conference was to

a. stop the spread of communism.

b. blame no one for starting the war.

c. force Germany to pay reparations for the war.

d. establish the League of Nations.

e. create new national states in Europe.

Your Answer: d



Opposition to the League of Nations by the United States Senate during the Paris Peace Conference

a. gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position.

b. resulted in the League’s being left out of the final draft of the treaty.

c. led to an abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine.

d. reinforced Germany’s unwillingness to sign the treaty.

e. forced Wilson to weaken the League idea.

Your Answer: a



After the Treaty of Versailles had been signed, Woodrow Wilson

a. remained a popular leader.

b. was condemned by both disillusioned liberals and frustrated imperialists.

c. was popular only with the Germans.

d. admitted that he should have been willing to compromise.

e. planned a shrewd strategy for Senate approval.

Your Answer: b



Senate opponents of the League of Nations as proposed in the Treaty of Versailles argued that it

a. failed to provide any German financial reparations for the United States.

b. violated Wilson’s own Fourteen Points.

c. robbed Congress of its war-declaring powers.

d. isolated the United States from postwar world affairs.

e. would require U.S. troops to serve in international forces.

Your Answer: c



The Senate likely would have accepted American participation in the League of Nations had Wilson

a. stuck to the principles of his own Fourteen Points.

b. personally gone to Europe to negotiate for the League Covenant.

c. actively campaigned for support from the American public.

d. been willing to compromise with League opponents in Congress.

e. run for re-election and won on a pro-League platform.

Your Answer: d



Republican isolationists successfully turned Warren Harding’s 1920 presidential victory into a

a. victory for the munitions industry.

b. victory for idealism.

c. demand for self-sacrifice.

d. crusade against Bolshevik communism.

e. death sentence for the League of Nations.

Your Answer: e


APUSH Ch. 32 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 4



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECT

The "Red Scare" of 1919–1920 was provoked by

a. the wartime migration of rural blacks to northern cities.

b. the strict enforcement of prohibition laws.

c. evolutionary science’s challenge to the biblical story of the Creation.

d. the public’s association of labor violence with its fear of revolution.

e. the threat created by the Communist Revolution in Russia.

Your Answer: d


Question 2: CORRECT

Disillusioned by war and peace, Americans in the 1920s did all of the following except

a. denounce “radical” foreign ideas.

b. condemn “un-American” life-styles.

c. enter a decade of economic difficulties.

d. shun diplomatic commitments to foreign countries.

e. restrict immigration.

Your Answer: c


Question 3: CORRECT

Businesses used the "Red Scare" to

a. establish closed shops throughout the nation.

b. break the backs of fledgling unions.

c. break the railroad strike of 1919.

d. secure passage of laws making unions illegal.

e. refuse to hire Communists.

Your Answer: b


Question 4: CORRECT

The post-World War I Ku Klux Klan advocated all of the following except

a. fundamentalist religion.

b. opposition to birth control.

c. opposition to prohibition.

d. repression of pacifists.

e. anti-Catholicism.

Your Answer: c


Question 5: CORRECT

Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of

a. increased migration of blacks to the North.

b. the nativist belief that northern Europeans were superior to southern and eastern Europeans.

c. a desire to rid the country of the quota system.

d. the desire to halt immigration from Latin America.

e. growing concern about urban overcrowding and crime.

Your Answer: b


Question 6: CORRECT

Generally, the immigration quota system adopted in the 1920s tended to discriminate against

a. Canadians.

b. northern and western Europeans.

c. Latin Americans.

d. Jews.

e. southern and eastern Europeans.

Your Answer: e


Question 7: CORRECT

Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from

a. women.

b. eastern city dwellers.

c. westerners.

d. southerners.

e. older people.

Your Answer: b


Question 8: CORRECT


The most innovative features of the jazz-age economy included

a. mass advertising.

b. capital investment.

c. government aid to manufacturing.

d. installment buying.

e. the stock market.

Your Answer: ad


Question 9: CORRECT

John Dewey can rightly be called the “father of .”

a. the research university

b. progressive education

c. evolutionary science

d. modern psychoanalysis

e. Hegelian philosophy

Your Answer: b



Of the following, the one least related to the other four is

a. John T. Scopes.

b. Clarence Darrow.

c. Frederick W. Taylor.

d. William Jennings Bryan.

e. the Southern Baptist Church.

Your Answer: c



The trial of John Scopes in 1925 centered on the issue of

a. progressive education.

b. schools’ efforts to create socially useful adults.

c. teachers’ membership in the Ku Klux Klan.

d. teaching evolution in public schools.

e. prayer in the public schools Your Answer: d



All of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920s possible except

a. government stimulation of the economy.

b. rapid expansion of capital.

c. increased productivity of workers.

d. perfection of assembly-line production.

e. advertising and credit buying.

Your Answer: a



Bruce Barton, author of The Man Nobody Knows, expressed admiration for Jesus Christ because Barton

a. was a deeply religious man.

b. respected Christ’s image of self-sacrifice.

c. thought Christ taught the proper use of money.

d. felt that Christ supported capitalism.

e. believed that Christ was the best advertising man of all time.

Your Answer: e



The prosperity that developed in the 1920s helped

a. to accumulate a cloud of debt.

b. to reduce buying on credit.

c. labor unions to gain strength.

d. enable the railroads to make more profits.

e. close the gap between rich and poor.

Your Answer: a



Frederick W. Taylor, a prominent inventor and engineer, was best known for his

a. development of the gasoline engine.

b. thoughts on Darwinian evolution.

c. efforts to clean up polluted cities.

d. efforts to promote efficiency by eliminating wasted motions.

e. concern for worker safety.

Your Answer: d



Before the automobile, the___ industry dominated American manufacturing.

a. railroad

b. farming

c. oil

d. steel

e. electricity

Your Answer: d



With the advent of radio and motion pictures,

a. many people believed that popular tastes were elevated.

b. American culture became more parochial.

c. American regional accents disappeared.

d. the emergence of a working-class political coalition was halted.

e. much of the rich diversity of immigrant culture was lost.

Your Answer: e



The 1920 census revealed that for the first time majority of

a. men worked in manufacturing.

b. adult women were employed outside the home.

c. Americans lived in cities.

d. Americans lived in the trans-Mississippi West.

e. families had fewer than four children.

Your Answer: c



Marcus Garvey, founder of the United Negro Improvement Association, is known for all of the following except

a. promoting the resettlement of American blacks in Africa.

b. establishing the idea of the talented tenth to lead African-Americans.

c. cultivating feelings of self-confidence and self-reliance among blacks.

d. being sent to prison after a conviction for fraud.

e. promoting black-owned businesses.

Your Answer: b



Match each literary figure below with the correct work.

A. Ernest Hemingway 1. The Sun Also Rises

B. F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. Main Street

C. Sinclair Lewis 3. The Sound and the Fury

D. William Faulkner 4. The Great Gatsby

a. A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1

b. A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4

c. A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4

d. A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3

e. A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

Your Answer: d


APUSH Ch. 33 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECT

Match each member of President Harding’s cabinet below with his major area of responsibility.

A. Charles Evans Hughes 1. taxes and tariffs

B. Andrew Mellon 2. naval oil reserves

C. Herbert Hoover 3. naval arms limitation

D. Albert Fall 4. foreign trade and trade associations

E. Harry Daugherty 5. justice and law enforcement

a. A-5, B-3, C-2, D-4, E-1

b. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2, E-5

c. A-2, B-4, C-3, D-5, E-1

d. A-4, B-5, C-1, D-3, E-2

e. A-1, B-2, C-5, D-3, E-4

Your Answer: b


Question 2: CORRECT

During the 1920s, the Supreme Court

a. often ruled against progressive legislation.

b. rigorously upheld the antitrust laws.

c. generally promoted government regulation of the economy.

d. staunchly defended the rights of organized labor.

e. upheld laws providing special protection for women.

Your Answer: a


Question 3: CORRECT

The Supreme Court cases of Muller and Adkins centered on

a. racial differences.

b. affirmative action.

c. “right to work” laws from several states.

d. the question of whether women merited special legal and social treatment.

e. antitrust legislation.

Your Answer: d


Question 4: CORRECT

Despite President Warren G. Harding’s policy of isolationism, the United States became involved in the Middle East to

a. support a homeland for Jews in Israel.

b. prevent the League of Nations from establishing British and French protectorates in the region.

c. stop the Soviet Union from dominating the area.

d. secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies.

e. curb the rise of Arab nationalism.

Your Answer: d


Question 5: CORRECT

The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact

a. formally ended World War I for the United States, which had refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.

b. set a schedule for German payment of war reparations.

c. established a battleship ratio for the leading naval powers.

d. condemned Japan for its unprovoked attack on Manchuria.

e. outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry.

Your Answer: e


Question 6: CORRECT

Because the United States raised its tariffs in the 1920s,

a. European nations raised their tariffs.

b. the postwar chaos in Europe was prolonged.

c. international economic distress deepened.

d. American foreign trade declined.

e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 7: CORRECT

The major political scandal of Harding’s administration resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of his secretary of

a. the treasury.

b. state.

c. the navy.

d. commerce.

e. the interior.

Your Answer: e


Question 8: CORRECT

During Coolidge’s presidency, government policy was set largely by the interests and values of

a. farmers and wage earners.

b. the business community.

c. racial and ethnic minorities.

d. progressive reformers.

e. conservative New Englanders.

Your Answer: b


Question 9: CORRECT

After the initial shock of the Harding scandals, many Americans reacted by

a. demanding that all those involved be sent to prison.

b. excusing some of the wrongdoers on the grounds that “they had gotten away with it.”

c. demanding the impeachment of the president.

d. suggesting that Harding resign the presidency so that Calvin Coolidge could take control.

e. calling for a thorough Congressional investigation.

Your Answer: b



One of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was

a. overproduction.

b. the inability to purchase modern farm equipment.

c. passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill.

d. the prosecution of cooperatives under antitrust laws.

e. drought and insects like the boll weevil.

Your Answer: a



The intended beneficiaries of the McNary-Haugen Bill were ____ the intended beneficiaries of the Norris-LaGuardia Act were ___.

a. railroads; labor unions

b. farmers; labor unions

c. banks; railroads

d. farmers; banks

e. railroads; farmers

Your Answer: b

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Bob La Follette’s Progressive party advocated all of the following except

a. government ownership of railroads.

b. relief for farmers.

c. opposition to antilabor injunctions.

d. opposition to monopolies.

e. increased power for the Supreme Court.

Your Answer: e



The Progressive party did not do well in the 1924 election because

a. it could not win the farm vote.

b. too many people shared in prosperity to care about reform.

c. it was too caught up in internal discord.

d. the liberal vote was split between it and the Democratic Party.

e. La Follette could not win the Socialists’ endorsement.

Your Answer: b



America’s European allies argued that they should not have to repay loans that the United States made to them during World War I because

a. the United States had owed them about $4 billion before the war.

b. the amount of money involved was not significant.

c. they had paid a much heavier price in lost lives, so it was only fair for the United States to write off the debt.

d. the United States was making so much money from Mexican oil that it did not need extra dollars.

e. Germany was not paying its reparations to them, so they could not afford to pay off the loans.

Your Answer: c



As a result of America’s insistence that war debts be repaid,

a. the French and British demanded enormous reparations payments from Germany.

b. the German mark was ruined by drastic inflation.

c. nearly all U.S. allies repaid their loans.

d. the United States became more involved in European affairs to ensure repayment.

e. the allies insisted on lower U.S. tariffs.

Your Answer: a



All of the following were political liabilities for Alfred E. Smith except his

a. Catholic religion.

b. support for the repeal of prohibition.

c. big-city background.

d. failure to win the support of American labor.

e. radio speaking skill.

Your Answer: d



In America, the Great Depression caused

a. people to blame the economic system, not themselves, for their problems.

b. a decade-long decline in the birthrate.

c. an increase of foreign investment because prices were so low.

d. the price of common stock to remain low while blue-chip stocks suffered only moderate losses.

e. a shift in the economic philosophy of business.

Your Answer: b



President Herbert Hoover believed that the Great Depression could be ended by doing all of the following except

a. providing direct aid to the people.

b. directly assisting businesses and banks.

c. keeping faith in the efficiency of the industrial system.

d. continuing to rely on the American tradition of rugged individualism.

e. lend funds to feed farm livestock.

Your Answer: a



In response to the League of Nations’ investigation into Japan’s invasion and occupation of Manchuria,

a. the United States became an official member of the League.

b. Japan withdrew its troops.

c. it initiated a boycott of Japanese goods.

d. Japan left the League.

e. the U.S. and China moved toward an alliance.

Your Answer: d


APUSH Ch. 34 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTThe “champion of the dispossessed”—that is, the poor and minorities—in the 1930s wasa. Harold Ickes.b. Alfred E. Smith.c. Eleanor Roosevelt.d. Frances Perkins.e. Harry Hopkins.

Your Answer: c


Question 2: CORRECTThe 1932 Democratic Party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt ran for the presidency called fora. repeal of prohibition.b. deficit spending.c. higher tariffs.d. adherence to the gold standard.e. breaking up monopolistic corporations.

Your Answer: a


Question 3: CORRECT

In 1932 Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as president he would attack the Great Depression by a. nationalizing all banks and major industries.b. mobilizing America’s youth as in wartime.c. returning to the traditional policies of laissez-faire capitalism.d. continuing the policies already undertaken by President Hoover.e. experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform.

Your Answer: e


Question 4: CORRECTOne striking feature of the 1932 presidential election was thata. the South had shifted to the Republican party.b. Democrats made gains in the normally Republican Midwest.c. urban Americans finally cast more votes than rural Americans.d. women played a less active role in the campaign than before.e. African-Americans became a vital element in the Democratic party.

Your Answer: e


Question 5: CORRECTThe Works Progress Administration was a major ___ program of the New Deal; the Public Works Administration was a long-range ___ program; and the Social Security Act was a major ___ program.a. relief; recovery; reformb. reform; recovery; relief

c. recovery; relief; reformd. relief; reform; recoverye. reform; relief; recovery

Your Answer: a

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Question 6: CORRECTThe Glass-Steagall Acta. took the United States off the gold standard.b. empowered President Roosevelt to close all banks temporarily.c. created the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the stock exchange.d. permitted commercial banks to engage in Wall Street financial dealings.e. created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure individual bank deposits.

Your Answer: e


Question 7: CORRECTThe most serious problem facing Franklin Roosevelt when he became president wasa. a chaotic banking situation.b. the national debt.c. the need to silence demagogic rabble-rousers such as Huey Long.d. unemployment.e. the farm crisis.

Your Answer: d


Question 8: CORRECTThe ___ was probably the most popular New Deal program; the ___ was one of the most complex; and the ___ was the most radical.a. Works Progress Administration; Agricultural Adjustment Act; Civilian Conservation Corps

b. Agricultural Adjustment Act; Public Works Administration; Tennessee Valley Authorityc. National Recovery Act; Tennessee Valley Authority; Social Security Actd. Civilian Conservation Corps; National Recovery Act; Tennessee Valley Authoritye. Social Security Act; Civilian Conservation Corps; Works Progress Administration

Your Answer: d

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Question 9: CORRECTPresident Roosevelt’s chief “administrator of relief” wasa. George Norris.b. John L. Lewis.c. Mary McLeod Bethune.d. Harold Ickes.e. Harry Hopkins.

Your Answer: e


Question 10: CORRECTMatch each New Deal critic below with the “cause” or slogan that he promoted.A. Father Coughlin 1. “social justice”B. Huey Long 2. “every man a king”C. Francis Townsend 3. “a holy crusade for liberty”D. Herbert Hoover 4. old-age pensions

a. A-l, B-2, C-4, D-3b. A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4c. A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1d. A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2e. A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2

Your Answer: a

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Question 11: CORRECTThe Works Progress Administration (WPA) aimed to do all of the following excepta. provide loans and jobs for college students.b. quiet the groundswell of protest produced by Huey Long and Dr. Francis Townsend.c. provide employment on useful projects.d. produce works of art.e. provide handouts to the unemployed.

Your Answer: e


Question 12: CORRECTThe National Recovery Act (NRA) began to fail becausea. too few industries joined the agency.b. it required too much self-sacrifice on the part of industry, labor, and the public.c. Harold Ickes, the head of the agency, blocked its ability to provide maximum relief.d. it did not provide enough protection for labor to bargain with management.e. the agency did not have enough power to control business.

Your Answer: b


Question 13: CORRECTThe Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the “farm problem” bya. reducing agricultural production.b. inflating the currency.c. encouraging farmers to switch to industrial employment.d. helping farmers to pay their mortgages.e. creating farm cooperatives.

Your Answer: a


Question 14: CORRECTBoth ratified in the 1930s, the Twentieth Amendment ___; theTwenty-first Amendment ___.a. shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibitionb. limited a president to two complete terms in office; repealed the Eighteenth Amendmentc. rendered most New Deal programs unconstitutional; limited a president to two complete terms in officed. ended prohibition; shortened the time between presidential election and inauguratione. expanded the size of the Supreme Court; ended prohibition

Your Answer: a


Question 15: CORRECTAll of the following contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s excepta. dry-farming techniques.b. drought.c. farmers’ failure to use steam tractors and other modern equipment.d. wind.e. soil erosion.

Your Answer: c


Question 16: CORRECTThe Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 attempted toa. reverse the forced assimilation of Native Americans into white society.b. encourage Native Americans to give up their land claims.c. reinforce the Dawes Act of 1887.d. pressure Native Americans to renounce self-government.e. define clearly which tribes were federally recognized.

Your Answer: a


Question 17: CORRECTThe Federal Securities Act aimed toa. halt the sale of stocks on margin.b. force stockbrokers to register with the federal government.c. control public holding companies.d. force stock promoters to give investors information regarding the soundness of their stocks.e. stop insider trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Your Answer: d


Question 18: CORRECTThe most controversial aspect of the Tennessee Valley Authority was its plans concerninga. electrical power.b. flood control.c. soil conservation.d. reforestation.e. resettlement.

Your Answer: a


Question 19: CORRECTThe Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following excepta. unemployment insurance.b. old-age pensions.c. economic provisions for the blind and disabled.d. support for the blind and physically handicapped.e. health care for the poor.

Your Answer: e


Question 20: CORRECTThe Wagner Act of 1935 proved to be a trailblazing law thata. gave labor the right to bargain collectively.b. established the NRA.c. established the Social Security system.d. authorized the Public Works Administration (PWA).e. guaranteed housing loans to workers.

Your Answer: a


Question 21: CORRECTThe National Labor Relations Act proved most beneficial toa. employers.b. skilled workers.c. the unemployed.d. trade associations.e. unskilled workers.

Your Answer: e


Question 22: CORRECTThe primary interest of the Congress of Industrial Organizations wasa. the effective enforcement of “yellow dog” contracts.b. the organization of trade unions.c. the maintenance of “open shop” industries.d. the organization of all workers within an industry.e. maintaining existing wage levels.

Your Answer: d


Question 23: CORRECTThe 1936 election was made notable bya. a strong third-party effort by the American Liberty League.b. the bitter class struggle between the poor and the rich.c. the large number of blacks who still voted Republican out of gratitude to Abraham Lincoln.d. the strong socialist effort.e. the strong race run by Kansas Governor Alf Landon.

Your Answer: b


Question 24: CORRECTAfter Franklin Roosevelt’s failed attempt to “pack” the Supreme Court,a. Roosevelt was unable to make any changes in the Court.b. the Democrats lost the next election in 1940.c. Congress permanently set the number of justices at nine.d. much New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional.e. the Court began to support New Deal programs.

Your Answer: e


Question 25: CORRECTAs a result of the 1937 “Roosevelt recession,”a. Roosevelt backed away from further economic experiments.b. Social Security taxes were reduced.c. Republicans gained control of the Senate in 1938.d. Roosevelt adopted Keynesian (planned deficit spending) economics.e. much of the early New Deal was repealed.

Your Answer: d


APUSH Ch. 35 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECT

As a result of Franklin Roosevelt’s unwillingness to support the London Conference,a. inflation in the United States was reduced.b. the United States was voted out of the League of Nations.c. tensions rose between the United States and Britain.d. the United States began to pull out of the Depression.e. the trend towards extreme nationalism was strengthened.

Your Answer: e


Question 2: CORRECTRoosevelt’s recognition of the Soviet Union was undertaken partlya. in order to win support from American Catholics.b. because the Soviet leadership seemed to be modifying its harsher communist policies.c. in hopes of developing a diplomatic counterweight to the rising power of Japan and Germany.d. to win favor with American liberals and leftists.e. to open opportunities for American investment in Siberian oil fields.

Your Answer: c


Question 3: CORRECT

Franklin Roosevelt embarked on the Good Neighbor policy in part becausea. there was a rising tide of anti-Americanism in Latin America.b. Congress had repealed the Monroe Doctrine.c. he feared the spread of communism in the region.d. the policy was part of the neutrality stance taken by the United States.e. he was eager to enlist Latin American allies to defend the Western Hemisphere against European and Asian dictators.

Your Answer: e


Question 4: CORRECTThroughout most of the 1930s, the American people responded to the aggressive actions of Germany, Italy, and Japan bya. assisting their victims with military aid.b. giving only economic help to the targets of aggression.c. beginning to build up their military forces.d. demanding an oil embargo on all warring nations.e. retreating further into isolationism.

Your Answer: e


Question 5: CORRECTFascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini’s invasion of __, Hitler’s invasion of __, and Franco’s overthrow of the republican government of ___.a. Egypt; France; Polandb. Albania; Italy; Austriac. Ethiopia; Czechoslovakia; Spaind. Belgium; the Soviet Union; Francee. Ethiopia; Norway; Portugal

Your Answer: c

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Question 6: CORRECTThe Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 stipulated that when the president proclaimed the existence of a foreign war,a. Americans would be prohibited from sailing on the ships of the warring nations.b. America would sell arms and war materials only to the victim of aggression.c. American bankers would be allowed to make loans to only one of the warring nations.d. the United States intended to uphold the tradition of freedom of the seas.e. U.S. diplomats and civilians would be withdrawn from both warring nations.

Your Answer: a


Question 7: CORRECTFrom 1925 to 1940 the transition of American policy on arms sales to warring nations followed this sequence:a. embargo to lend-lease to cash-and-carry.b. cash-and-carry to lend-lease to embargo.c. lend-lease to cash-and-carry to embargo.d. embargo to cash-and-carry to lend-lease.e. lend-lease to embargo to cash-and-carry.

Your Answer: d

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Question 8: CORRECTIn 1938 the British and French bought peace with Hitler at the Munich Conference at the expense ofa. Poland.b. the free city of Danzig.c. Austria.d. Belgium.

e. Czechoslovakia.

Your Answer: e


Question 9: CORRECTShortly after Adolf Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union,a. Britain and France signed a similar agreement.b. the Soviets attacked China.c. Germany invaded Poland and started World War II.d. Italy signed a similar agreement with the Soviets.e. the Germans invaded Finland.

Your Answer: c


Question 10: CORRECTThe U.S. military refused to bomb Nazi gas chambers such as those at Auschwitz and Dachau because of the belief thata. bombing would kill the Jews kept there.b. bombing would divert essential military resources.c. the military was unsure of the gas chambers’ location.d. such attacks would not seriously impede the killing of Jews.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: b


Question 11: CORRECTAmerica’s neutrality effectively ended whena. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

b. Germany attacked Poland.c. the conscription law was passed in 1940.d. France fell to Germany.e. Italy “stabbed France in the back.”

Your Answer: d


Question 12: CORRECTIn return for old American destroyers, the British gave the United Statesa. “most favored nation” status.b. a role in developing the atomic bomb.c. eight valuable naval bases.d. access to German military codes.e. six air bases in Scotland and Iceland.

Your Answer: c


Question 13: CORRECTFranklin Roosevelt was motivated to run for a third term in 1940 mainly by hisa. personal desire to defeat his old political rival, Wendell Willkie.b. belief that America needed his experienced leadership during the international crisis.c. mania for power.d. opposition to Willkie’s pledge to restore a strict policy of American neutrality.e. belief that the two-term tradition limited democratic choice.

Your Answer: b


Question 14: CORRECTWhen Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the United Statesa. promised aid to the Soviets but did not deliver.

b. refused to provide any help, either military or economic.c. gave only nonmilitary aid to Russia.d. made lend-lease aid available to the Soviets.e. sent U.S. ships to Soviet naval bases.

Your Answer: d


Question 15: CORRECTAfter the Greer was fired upon, the Kearny crippled, and the Reuben James sunk,a. Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act.b. the United States Navy began escorting merchant vessels carrying lend-lease shipments.c. Congress allowed the arming of United States merchant vessels.d. Congress forbade United States ships to enter combat zones.e. Roosevelt told the public that war was imminent.

Your Answer: c


Question 16: CORRECTJapan believed that it was forced into war with the United States because Franklin Roosevelt insisted that Japana. withdraw from the Dutch East Indies.b. leave China.c. renew its trade with America.d. break its treaty of nonaggression with Germany.e. find alternative sources of oil.

Your Answer: b



On the eve of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, a large majority of Americansa. were beginning to question the increased aid given to Britain.b. still wanted to keep the United States out of war.c. accepted the idea that America would enter the war.d. did not oppose Japan’s conquests in East Asia.e. were ready to fight Germany but not Japan.

Your Answer: b


Question 18: CORRECTArrange these events in chronological order: (A) Munich Conference, (B) German invasion of Poland, (C) Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty.a. A, C, Bb. B, C, Ac. C, B, Ad. C, A, Be. A, B, C

Your Answer: a


Question 19: CORRECTArrange the following events in chronological order:(A) fall of France, (B) Atlantic Conference, (C) Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union.a. B, A, Cb. A, B, Cc. C, B, Ad. A, C, Be. C, A, B

Your Answer: d

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Question 20: CORRECTMultiple-Answer Multiple Choice. Each of the following questions may have two, three, four, or five correct answers. Mark all correct answers for the question.

In the 1940 presidential election campaign, both President Roosevelt and the Republican candidate, Wendell Willkie, agreed that

a. the United States should supply military aid to Britain and the Allies.b. the United States should actively find a way to enter the war.c. the United States should strengthen its defenses.d. since it had ended the Great Depression, the New Deal should be abandoned.e. the U.S. military should directly aid China.

Your Answer: ac


APUSH Ch. 36 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTAs World War II began for the United States in 1941, President Roosevelt

a. led a seriously divided nation into the conflict.b. endorsed the same kind of government persecution of German-Americans as Wilson had in World War I.c. called the American people to the same kind of idealistic crusade with the same rhetoric that Wilson had used in World War I.d. decided to concentrate first on the war in Europe and to place the Pacific war on hold.e. declared that the first strategic goal was recovery from Pearl Harbor.

Your Answer: d


Question 2: CORRECTThe minority group most adversely affected by Washington’s wartime policies wasa. German-Americans.b. blacks.c. Japanese-Americans.d. American communists.e. Italian-Americans.

Your Answer: c


Question 3: CORRECTWhen the United States entered World War II in December 1941,a. it took nearly two years for the country to unite.b. the conflict soon became an idealistic crusade for democracy.c. the government repudiated the Atlantic Charter.d. a majority of Americans had no clear idea of what the war was about.e. the idea of allying with the Communist Soviet Union was repugnant.

Your Answer: d


Question 4: CORRECTDuring World War II, the United States government commissioned the production of

synthetic ___ in order to offset the loss of access to prewar supplies in East Asia.a. textilesb. rubberc. tin

d. fuelse. plastics

Your Answer: b


Question 5: CORRECTMatch each of the wartime agencies below with its correct function:A. War Production Board 1. assigned priorities with respect to

the use ofB. Office of Price Administration raw materials and transportation facilitiesC. War Labor Board 2. controlled inflation by rationing essential

goodsD. Fair Employment Practices Commission 3. imposed ceilings on wage increases

4. saw to it that no hiring discrimination practices were used against blacks seeking employment in war industries


Your Answer: b


Question 6: CORRECTWhile American workers, on the whole, were committed to the war effort, several unions

went on strike. The most prominent was thea. Teamsters.b. Amalgamated Meat Packers.c. Longshoremen.d. United Mine Workers.e. Industrial Workers of the World.

Your Answer: d


Question 7: CORRECTThe employment of more than six million women in American industry during World

War II led toa. equal pay for men and women.b. a greater percentage of American women in war industries than anywhere else in the

world.c. the establishment of day-care centers by the government.d. a reduction in employment for black males.e. a strong desire of most women to work for wages.

Your Answer: c


Question 8: CORRECTAfrican-Americans did all of the following during World War II excepta. fight in integrated combat units.b. rally behind the slogan “Double V” (victory over dictators abroad and racism at

home).c. move north and west in large numbers.d. form a militant organization called the Congress of Racial Equality.e. serve in the Army Air Corps.

Your Answer: a


Question 9: CORRECTWhich one of the following is least related to the other three?a. Smith-Connally Actb. A. Philip Randolph

c. Fair Employment Practices Commissiond. racial discrimination in wartime industrye. proposed “Negro March on Washington.”

Your Answer: a


Question 10: CORRECTThe northward migration of African-Americans accelerated after World War II becausea. the southern system of sharecropping was declared illegal.b. Latinos had replaced blacks in the work force.c. mechanical cotton pickers came into use.d. northern cities repealed segregation laws.e. the South made it clear that they were not wanted.

Your Answer: c


Question 11: CORRECTBy the end of World War II, the heart of the United States’ African-American community

had shifted toa. Florida and the Carolinas.b. southern cities.c. the Pacific Northwest.d. Midwestern small towns.e. northern cities.

Your Answer: e


Question 12: CORRECTMost of the money raised to finance World War II came through

a. tariff collections.b. excise taxes on luxury goods.c. raising income taxes.d. voluntary contributions.e. borrowing.

Your Answer: e


Question 13: CORRECTThe tide of Japanese conquest in the Pacific was turned following the Battle ofa. Leyte Gulf.b. Bataan and Corregidor.c. the Coral Sea.d. Midway.e. Guadalcanal.

Your Answer: d


Question 14: CORRECTIn waging war against Japan, the United States relied mainly on a strategy ofa. heavy bombing from Chinese air bases.b. invading Japanese strongholds in Southeast Asia.c. fortifying China by transporting supplies from India over the Himalayan “hump.”d. “island hopping” across the South Pacific while bypassing Japanese strongholds.e. turning the Japanese flanks in New Guinea and Alaska.

Your Answer: d



Hitler’s advance in the European theater of war crested in late 1942 at the Battle of ---, after which his fortunes gradually declined.

a. the Bulgeb. Stalingradc. Monte Cassinod. Britaine. El Alamein

Your Answer: b


Question 16: CORRECTThe Allied demand for unconditional surrender was criticized mainly by opponents who

believed that such surrender woulda. encourage the enemy to resist as long as possible.b. be impossible to obtain.c. be unacceptable to the Soviets, who had already suffered terrible casualties.d. result in an armistice whose terms would lead to war, much as the Treaty of Versailles

had led to World War II.e. discourage anti-Hitler resisters in Germany.

Your Answer: a


Question 17: CORRECTArrange these wartime conferences in chronological order: (A) Potsdam, (B)

Casablanca, (C) Teheran.a. A, B, Cb. C, B, Ac. B, C, Ad. B, A, Ce. A, C, B

Your Answer: c

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Question 18: CORRECTAction by the United States against Adolf Hitler’s campaign of genocide against the Jewsa. was reprehensibly slow in coming.b. included the admission of large numbers of Jewish refugees into the United States.c. involved the bombing of rail lines used to carry victims to the Nazi death camps.d. was slow in coming, because the United States did not know about the death camps

until near the end of the war.e. was a major reason the U.S. fought World War II.

Your Answer: a


Question 19: CORRECTThe spending of enormous sums on the original atomic bomb project was spurred by the

belief thata. a nuclear weapon was the only way to win the war.b. the Germans might acquire such a weapon first.c. the Japanese were at work on an atomic bomb project of their own.d. scientists like Albert Einstein might be lost to the war effort.e. the American public would not tolerate the casualties that would result from a land

invasion of Japan.

Your Answer: e


APUSH Ch. 37 Quiz

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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTAmericans feared that the end of World War II would bring mainlya. renewed racial tensions.b. a return of the Depression.c. a staggering round of deflation.d. a resurgent Nazi Germany.e. a new war with the Soviet Union.

Your Answer: b


Question 2: CORRECTThe Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor bya. outlawing strikes by public employees.b. creating a serious inflationary spiral.c. banning labor’s political action committees.d. outlawing the “closed” (all-union) shops.e. forbidding union organizers to enter workplaces.

Your Answer: d


Question 3: CORRECTThe growth of organized labor in the post-WWII era was slowed by all of the following

EXCEPTa. the Taft-Hartley Act.b. the rapidly growing number of service-sector workers.c. the failure of Operation Dixie.d. the reduced number of women in the work force.e. the growing number of part-time workers.

Your Answer: d


Question 4: CORRECTIn an effort to forestall an economic downturn, the Truman administration did all of the

following excepta. create the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.b. sell war factories and other government installations to private businesses at very low

prices.c. pass the Employment Act, which made it government policy to promote maximum

employment, production, and purchasing power.d. pass the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, known as the GI Bill of Rights.e. continue wartime wage and price controls.

Your Answer: e


Question 5: CORRECTThe feminist revolt of the 1960s was sparked bya. the continued exclusion of most women from the workplace.b. growing domination of the service sector of the economy, where most women were

employed, by the industrial and manufacturing sectors.c. Congress’s failure to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.d. a clash between the demands of the traditional role of women as wives and mothers

and the realities of employment.e. dismay at the image of women in advertising.

Your Answer: d


Question 6: CORRECTOne sign of the stress that the immediate growth of post-World War II geographic

mobility placed on American families was thea. redistribution of income.b. popularity of advice books on child-rearing.c. increasing reliance on television as a “baby sitter.”d. increased number of long-distance telephone calls.e. dramatic rise in divorces.

Your Answer: b


Question 7: CORRECTPost-World War II American workers made spectacular gains in productivity owing toa. the passage of the Taft-Hartley Law.b. new tools in the factories.c. the continued growth of unions.d. the destruction of Europe’s industrial machine.e. their rising education levels.

Your Answer: e


Question 8: CORRECTAll of the following encouraged many Americans to move to the suburbs excepta. development of fuel-efficient automobiles.b. home-loan guarantees from the Federal Housing Authority and the Veterans’

Administration.c. government-built highways.d. tax deductions for interest payments on home mortgages.e. “white flight” from racial change.

Your Answer: a


Question 10: CORRECTThe continued growth of the suburbs led toa. increased school integration.b. better entertainment opportunities in the cities.c. an increase in urban poverty.d. a decrease in urban crime.

e. more efficient transportation.

Your Answer: c


Question 11: CORRECTThe refusal of FHA administrators to grant home loans to blacks resulted ina. the growth of savings and loan institutions exclusively for blacks.b. driving many blacks into public housing.c. the development of exclusively black suburbs.d. a decline in black migration to the cities.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: b


Question 12: CORRECTThe baby-boom generation will create a major problem in the future bya. producing an even larger generation of children than itself.b. placing an enormous strain on the Social Security system.c. creating a housing shortage.d. causing immigration restrictions to be imposed upon many deserving people.e. overbuilding the number of schools.

Your Answer: b


Question 13: CORRECTThe United States believed that it was desirable to have the Soviet Union participate in

the projected invasion of Japan becausea. the communists would be so busy in Asia that they could commit no mischief in

Europe.b. without Soviet help, the Japanese could not be defeated.

c. Soviet help could reduce the number of American casualties.d. Roosevelt believed that Stalin could help to control the communists in China.e. the Soviets could help control the Chinese communists.

Your Answer: c


Question 14: CORRECTThe origins of the Cold War lay in a fundamental disagreement between the United States

and the Soviet Union over postwar arrangements ina. North Africa.b. East Asia.c. the Middle East.d. the Third World.e. Eastern Europe.

Your Answer: e


Question 15: CORRECTThe earliest and most serious failure of the United Nations involved its inability toa. preserve peace in places such as Iran.b. command widespread support in the United States.c. control atomic energy, especially the manufacture of weapons.d. prevent the Soviet Union from exercising its veto power in the Security Council.e. establish a Jewish homeland in Israel.

Your Answer: c



When the Soviet Union denied the United States, Britain, and France access to Berlin in 1948, President Truman responded by

a. asking the United Nations to intervene.b. denying the Soviets access to West Germany.c. declaring that an “iron curtain” had descended across Central Europe.d. organizing a gigantic airlift of supplies to Berlin.e. sending an armed convoy to Berlin.

Your Answer: d


Question 17: CORRECTMatch each postwar American program below with its primary purpose.A. Point Four 1. assist communist-threatened Greece and TurkeyB. NATO 2. promote economic recovery of EuropeC. Truman Doctrine 3. aid underdeveloped nations of LatinD. Marshall Plan America, Asia, and Africa

4. resist Soviet military threat


Your Answer: d


Question 18: CORRECTThe Marshall Plan finally passed Congress largely because it was perceived there asa. anticommunist.b. generous.c. inexpensive.d. unprecedented.e. economically beneficial to the United States.

Your Answer: a


Question 19: CORRECTMatch each 1948 presidential candidate below with his political party.A. J. Strom Thurmond 1. ProgressiveB. Henry Wallace 2. DemocraticC. Harry S Truman 3. States’ RightsD. Thomas E. Dewey 4. Republican


Your Answer: c


Question 20: CORRECTNSC-68 called fora. the invasion of North Korea by United Nations troops.b. a blockade of the China coast and bombing of Manchuria.c. a program of spying on the Soviet Union.d. the reorganization of the Defense Department.e. a massive increase in military spending.

Your Answer: e


Question 21: CORRECTPresident Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur from command of United

Nations troops in Korea when

a. MacArthur continued to lose crucial battles.b. MacArthur crossed the 38th parallel and entered North Korea.c. the Chinese entered the Korean War after MacArthur said they would not.d. MacArthur began to take issue publicly with presidential policies.e. MacArthur began to mock Truman for being only a captain in the army.

Your Answer: d


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Questions:

Question 1: CORRECT

Richard Nixon was selected as Dwight Eisenhower’s vice-presidential running mate in 1952 as a concession to the

a. isolationists.b. liberal Republicans.c. hard-line anticommunists.d. moderate Republicans.e. southern Republicans.

Your Answer: c


Question 2: CORRECTSenator McCarthy first rose to national prominence bya. revealing that Communist spies were passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.b. charging that there was extensive Communist influence in Hollywood and elsewhere

in the media.

c. asserting that General George Marshall was part of a Communist conspiracy within the U.S. Army.

d. mobilizing Republicans to demand a stronger anticommunist foreign policy in East Asia.

e. charging that dozens of known Communists were working within the U.S. State Department.

Your Answer: e


Question 3: CORRECTAs a result of Senator McCarthy’s crusade against communist subversion in America,a. the FBI was shown to have had several spies working as communist agents.b. the United States Army was forced to give dishonorable discharges to more than one

hundred officers.c. the State Department lost a number of Asian specialists who might have counseled a

wiser course in Vietnam.d. Eisenhower nearly lost the Republican presidential nomination in 1956.e. the U.S. achieved a stronger settlement in Korea.

Your Answer: c


Question 4: CORRECTSenator McCarthy’s anticommunist crusade ended when hea. began to attack the personal integrity of his critics.b. alleged that there were communists in Hollywood.c. alleged that there were communists in the Foreign Service.d. alleged that many college professors were communists.e. alleged that there were communists in the army.

Your Answer: e


Question 5: CORRECTIn an effort to overturn Jim Crow laws and the segregated system that they had created,

African-Americans used all of the following methods EXCEPTa. economic boycotts.b. legal attacks on underpinnings of segregation in the courts.c. appeals to foreign governments to pressure the United States to establish racial

justice.d. mobilization of black churches on behalf of black rights.e. use of the nonviolent tactics of Mohandas Gandhi.

Your Answer: c


Question 6: CORRECTThe Supreme Court began to advance the cause of civil rights in the 1950s becausea. the Court was the only branch of government with the Constitutional authority to do

so. b. the courts were dominated by New Deal liberals.c. President Eisenhower had requested the Court’s assistance.d. Congress had abdicated its responsibilities by refusing to deal with the issue.e. the Constitution clearly prohibited any segregation.

Your Answer: d


Question 7: CORRECTIn the epochal 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme

Courta. declared that the concept of “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites was

unconstitutional.b. upheld its earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.c. rejected desegregation.d. supported the “Declaration of Constitutional Principles” issued by Congress.

e. ordered immediate and total integration of all American schools.

Your Answer: a


Question 8: CORRECTPresident Dwight Eisenhower’s attitude toward racial justice can best be described asa. not inclined toward promoting integration.b. very supportive.c. endorsing the concept of using laws to compel people to change their opinions and

actions.d. supporting racial justice over social harmony.e. adhering to the philosophy of “states’ rights.”

Your Answer: a


Question 9: CORRECTAs president, Dwight Eisenhower supporteda. military budget cuts.b. the transfer of control over offshore oil from the states to the federal government.c. the dismissal of his secretary of health, education, and welfare for condemning free

distribution on the Salk polio vaccine as “socialized medicine.”d. the continuation of the Tennessee Valley Authority.e. a stronger voice for organized labor.

Your Answer: a


Question 10: CORRECTThe bracero program between the United States and Mexico involveda. legally importing Mexican farm workers to the United States.

b. sending illegal aliens back to Mexico.c. transferring manufacturing jobs to Mexico in return for Mexico’s efforts to stem the

tide of illegal immigration.d. establishing a vast irrigation project using water from the Rio Grande.e. enabling families to join Mexican workers in the United States.

Your Answer: a


Question 11: CORRECTDuring his presidency, Dwight Eisenhower accepted the principle and extended the

benefits ofa. federal health care programs.b. the Tennessee Valley Authority.c. deficit spending.d. racial equality.e. the Social Security system.

Your Answer: e


Question 12: CORRECTThe largest public works project during Eisenhower’s presidency wasa. the space program.b. the building of Grand Coulee Dam.c. offshore oil drilling.d. construction of the interstate highway system.e. the polio vaccine program.

Your Answer: d



President Eisenhower’s “New Look” foreign policy in the 1950s planned fora. the dismantling of the military-industrial complex.b. massive new military spending.c. greater reliance on air power and the deterrent power of nuclear weapons.d. a buildup of unconventional and guerrilla-warfare forces.e. the rapid deployment of the navy and marines to trouble spots.

Your Answer: c


Question 14: CORRECTThe leader of the nationalist movement in Vietnam since World War I wasa. Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung).b. Ngo Dinh Diem.c. Dienbienphu.d. Ho Chi Minh.e. Nguyen Cao Ky.

Your Answer: d


Question 15: CORRECTThe Suez crisis marked the last time in history that the United States could a. use the threat of nuclear war to win concessions.b. criticize Israel’s foreign policy.c. condemn its allies for their actions in the Middle East.d. invoke the Eisenhower Doctrine.e. use its “oil weapon” to make foreign policy demands.

Your Answer: e



In the 1950s, the key to economic growth rested ina. the chemical industry.b. the aeronautics and space industry.c. the automobile industry.d. federal highway construction.e. electronics.

Your Answer: e


Question 17: CORRECTBetween 1950 and 1980, the majority of newly created jobs in the clerical and service

fields were held bya. men.b. minorities.c. people with some college education.d. women.e. immigrants.

Your Answer: d


Question 18: CORRECTThe affluent life-style developed in America during the 1950s was stimulated mainly bya. the new technology of television.b. a return to the ethic of rugged individualism.c. foreign investment in the United States.d. the growth of the stock market.e. a decline in religious values.

Your Answer: a


Question 19: CORRECTArrange the following in chronological order: (A) fall of Dienbienphu, (B) marines sent

to Lebanon, (C) Suez crisis.a. A, C, Bb. A, B, Cc. B, C, Ad. C, A, Be. B, A, C

Your Answer: a


Question 20: CORRECTWhat may well have tipped the electoral scales for John F. Kennedy in the presidential

election of 1960 wasa. his age.b. his religion.c. his televised debates with Richard M. Nixon.d. President Eisenhower’s heavy loss of popularity in his last two years in office.e. his family.

Your Answer: c


APUSH Ch. 39 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTWhen he took office in 1961, President Kennedy chose to try to stimulate the sluggish economy through

a. a massive foreign-aid program.b. large-scale government spending programs.c. a tax cut.d. reducing expenditures on the space program.e. a looser monetary policy.

Your Answer: c


Question 2: CORRECTJohn F. Kennedy’s strategy of “flexible response”a. was an updated version of John Foster Dulles’s doctrine of massive retaliation.b. was used in his battle with the leadership of the steel industry.c. called for a variety of military options that could be matched to the scope and importance of a crisis.d. required increased spending on a variety of nuclear weapons systems to be deployed around the world.e. cut back nuclear weapons in favor of guerilla forces.

Your Answer: c


Question 3: CORRECTAmerican military forces entered Vietnam in order toa. gain eventual control of North Vietnam.b. help to stage a coup against Ngo Dinh Diem.c. prevent Ngo Dinh Diem’s regime from falling to the communists.d. keep South Vietnam from falling to the communists until after the 1964 election.e. promote democratic reforms in South Vietnam.

Your Answer: c


Question 4: CORRECTThe Alliance for Progress was intended to improve the level of economic well-being ina. Latin America.b. Africa.c. Southeast Asia.d. Korea, Japan, and the Philippines.e. Western Europe.

Your Answer: a


Question 5: CORRECTWhen the Soviet Union attempted to install nuclear weapons in Cuba, President Kennedy ordereda. the installation of nuclear weapons in Turkey.b. surgical air strikes against the missile sites.c. the invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs.d. resumption of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons.e. a naval quarantine of that island.

Your Answer: e


Question 6: CORRECTThe Cuban missile crisis resulted in all of the following excepta. U.S. agreement to abandon the American base at Guantanamo.b. the removal of Nikita Khrushchev from power in the Soviet Union.c. a U.S. promise not to invade Cuba.d. an ambitious program of military expansion by the Soviet Union.e. withdrawal of U.S. missiles in Turkey.

Your Answer: a


Question 7: CORRECTIn a speech at American University in 1963, President Kennedy recommended the adoption of a policy toward the Soviet Union based ona. flexible response.b. peaceful coexistence.c. massive retaliation.d. gradual escalation.e. containment.

Your Answer: b


Question 8: CORRECTAt first, John F. Kennedy moved very slowly in the area of racial justice because hea. did not support civil rights.b. needed the support of southern legislators to pass his economic and social legislation.c. had not pledged any action in this area during his campaign.d. believed that help in this area must come from the states, not the federal government.e. was suspicious of Martin Luther King.

Your Answer: b


Question 9: CORRECTPresident Johnson proved to be much more successful than President Kennedy ata. working with Congress.b. exciting the ideals and spirit of his fellow citizens.c. reducing America’s overseas commitments.d. gaining the admiration and support of the media.e. appealing to America’s European Allies.Your Answer: a


Question 10: CORRECTWith the passage of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution,a. the United States declared war on Vietnam.b. Congress handed the president a blank check to use further force in Vietnam.c. the military was given the authority to use tactical nuclear weapons.d. Congress maintained its war-declaring power.e. the goals of American military involvement in Vietnam were clear.

Your Answer: b


Question 11: CORRECTVoters supported Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential election because of theira. loyalty to the Kennedy legacy.b. faith in the Great Society promises.c. fear of the Republican nominee, Barry Goldwater.d. trust in Johnson’s Vietnam policy.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: e


Question 12: CORRECTAll of the following programs were created by Lyndon Johnson’s administration excepta. the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities.b. Project Head Start.c. Medicare.d. the Peace Corps.e. Office of Economic Opportunity.

Your Answer: d


Question 13: CORRECTThe landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplished all of the following excepta. creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.b. prohibiting discrimination based on gender.c. banning sexual as well as racial discrimination.d. banning racial discrimination in most private facilities open to the public.e. requiring “affirmative action” against discrimination.

Your Answer: e


Question 14: CORRECTAs a result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,a. fewer Asians came to the U.S.b. the number of immigrants entering the country was reduced.c. the racial and ethnic makeup of the country was unchanged.d. sources of immigration tilted to Eastern Europe.e. sources of immigration shifted to Latin America and Asia.

Your Answer: e


Question 15: CORRECTThe common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by thea. Civil Rights Act of 1964.b. Voting Rights Act of 1965.c. Twenty-fourth Amendment.d. War on Poverty.e. Twenty-fifth Amendment.

Your Answer: c


Question 16: CORRECTBeginning in 1964, the chief goal of the black civil rights movement in the South was toa. secure the right to vote.b. end discrimination in housing.c. gain equality in education.d. prohibit racial discrimination in employment.e. integrate social clubs and organizations.

Your Answer: a


Question 17: CORRECTAs a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,a. whites left the South in record numbers.b. centuries of discrimination and oppression ended.c. whites refused to do business with blacks.d. white southerners began to court black votes.e. the South became strongly Democratic.

Your Answer: d


Question 18: CORRECTThe Watts riot in 1965 symbolizeda. the still-troubled racial situation in the South.b. the rise of the Black Muslim movement in Los Angeles.c. the more militant and confrontational phase of the civil rights movement.d. the power of Martin Luther King in the black community.e. all of the above.

Your Answer: c


Question 19: CORRECTBy 1972, integrated classrooms were most common in thea. Midwest.b. West. c. South.d. North.e. Southwest

Your Answer: c


Question 20: CORRECTThe most serious blow to Lyndon Johnson’s Vietnam policya. came with the bombing of Cambodia.b. occurred when Defense Secretary Robert McNamara resigned.c. was the Tet offensive of 1968.d. occurred when Senator J. William Fulbright’s Foreign Relations Committee held public hearings on the war.e. came with the revelation that the Tonkin Gulf attacks had been provoked by the U.S.

Your Answer: c


Question 21: CORRECTThe 1968 Democratic party convention witnesseda. a long deadlock over the nomination of its presidential candidate.b. a police riot against antiwar demonstrators outside the convention hall.c. a walkout by hundreds of southern delegates, who then founded the Independent party.d. the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy soon after he delivered a speech at the convention.e. the enthusiastic nomination of Vice President Humphrey.

Your Answer: b


Question 22: CORRECTThe third-party candidate for president in 1968 wasa. Robert F. Kennedy.b. Hubert H. Humphrey.c. Eugene McCarthy.d. George Wallace.e. George McGovern.

Your Answer: d


Question 23: CORRECTBoth major-party presidential candidates in 1968 agreed that the United States shoulda. negotiate an immediate end to the Vietnam War.b. withdraw U.S. troops to safe enclaves.c. withdraw American forces from Vietnam.d. escalate the bombing of North Vietnam.e. continue the war in pursuit of an “honorable peace.”

Your Answer: e


Question 24: CORRECTThe skepticism about authority that emerged in the United States during the 1960sa. was a new phenomenon for America.b. had been imported from Europe.c. touched all institutions except religion.d. had deep historical roots in American culture.e. arose from the music and drugs of the time.

Your Answer: d


Question 25: CORRECTThe “three P’s” that largely explain the cultural upheavals of the 1960s area. poverty, political radicalism, and protest against authority.b. public schools, parietal rules, and parental restrictions.c. the “pill,” pot, and pop music.d. patriotism, prowar enthusiasm, and perfectionism.e. population bulge, protest against Vietnam, and prosperity.

Your Answer: e


APUSH Ch. 40 Quiz

Quiz Entry # 1



Questions:

Question 1: CORRECTOne reason for the decline of American workers’ productivity during the 1970s was

a. a decrease of women in the work force.b. the Arab oil embargo.c. a decline in technological innovation.d. a lack of government safety and health regulations.e. the general shift in the economy from manufacturing to services.

Your Answer: e


Question 2: CORRECTThe high inflation rate of the 1970s stemmed primarily froma. the Middle East oil embargo.b. higher taxes—imposed to pay for Vietnam and Medicare.c. massive investment and revitalization of major industry.

d. Lyndon Johnson’s refusal to raise taxes for spending on social-welfare programs and the Vietnam War.

e. the decline of the dollar after Nixon took it off the gold standard.

Your Answer: d


Question 3: CORRECTThe Nixon Doctrine proclaimed that the United States woulda. honor its existing defense commitment, but that in the future its allies would have to

fight their own wars without large numbers of American troops.b. supply only economic aid to its allies.c. seek détente with the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China.d. intervene to help its allies fight communism only if the United States was allowed to

send American troops.e. maintain naval and air bases in East Asia but not put troops on the Asian mainland.

Your Answer: a


Question 4: CORRECTPresident Nixon’s policy of “Vietnamization” of the war in Vietnam called fora. a gradual handover of the ground war to the South Vietnamese.b. a full-scale conventional invasion of North Vietnam.c. reorganization of the American army in Vietnam into antiguerrilla units.d. an end to all American military and economic aid to South Vietnam.e. a de-emphasis on military assaults in favor of Vietnamese social reform.

Your Answer: a


Question 5: CORRECTThe American armed forces in Vietnam were composed largely of

a. marines.b. African-Americans.c. soldiers in their mid-twenties.d. the least privileged young Americans.e. professional career soldiers.

Your Answer: d


Question 7: CORRECTThe Pentagon Papers, published in 1971,a. revealed President Nixon’s role in the Watergate scandal.b. documented the North Vietnamese attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.c. exposed President Nixon’s secret bombing war of Cambodia.d. was the first the American public knew of the Nixon Doctrine.e. exposed the deception that had led the United States into the Vietnam War.

Your Answer: e


Question 8: CORRECTRichard Nixon’s policy of détentea. was designed to improve relations between the Soviet Union and China.b. was aimed at ending the division of Germany and Korea.c. was a failure.d. found support in the Democratic party but not the Republican party.e. ushered in an era of relaxed tensions between the United States and the two leading

communist powers, China and the Soviet Union.

Your Answer: e


Question 9: CORRECT

The decisions of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren reflected itsa. desire for legalized abortions.b. support for states’ rights.c. support for expanding federal power.d. deep concern for the individual.e. hostility to religion.

Your Answer: d


Question 10: CORRECTCritics of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren complained that the Courta. would not support the reappointment of state legislatures.b. was rewriting, rather interpreting, the Constitution.c. actually requested the least controversial cases available.d. changed its philosophical perspective too frequently.e. was too deferential to Congress and state legislatures.

Your Answer: b


Question 11: CORRECTThe difference between Lyndon Johnson’s affirmative action programs and those of

Richard Nixon wasa. very small.b. that Johnson intended his to help groups and Nixon intended his to help individuals.c. that Nixon’s actions applied only to educational opportunities and did nothing for

employment, while Johnson’s helped both.d. that Johnson intended to help individuals, but Nixon conferred privileges on groups.e. that Johnson established quotas and Nixon ended them.

Your Answer: d


Question 12: CORRECTAll of the following are legacies of Richard Nixon’s presidency EXCEPTa. the Environmental Protection Agency.b. Supplemental Security Income for the blind, disabled, and indigent aged.c. the Endangered Species Act.d. the Occupational Health and Safety Administration.e. the food stamp program.

Your Answer: e


Question 13: CORRECTGeorge McGovern, the Democratic nominee for the presidency in 1972, alienated the

traditional working-class backbone of the Democratic partya. by advocating a cut in Social Security.b. when he advocated an end to the Vietnam War.c. when it was discovered that he had undergone psychiatric care.d. by appealing to racial minorities, feminists, and youth.e. by opposing the power of labor unions.

Your Answer: d


Question 14: CORRECTThe Watergate scandals caused by the actions of Richard Nixon’s staff in the 1972

presidential campaign involved all of the following excepta. ballot stuffing.b. obstruction of justice.c. use of the Internal Revenue Service to harass political opponents.d. illegal use of the FBI and CIA.e. burglarizing enemies’ psychiatry offices.

Your Answer: a


Question 16: CORRECTThe 1973 War Powers Acta. gave the president the power to commit troops without declaring war.b. compelled President Nixon to end the secret bombing war in Cambodia.c. required the president to report to Congress any commitment of American troops.d. ended the military draft and created an all-volunteer army.e. required Congress to approve funds for military operations.

Your Answer: c


Question 17: CORRECTRichard Nixon tried to resist giving his taped conversations to the special prosecutor and

the Congress by claiming thata. portions of the tape were erased.b. they were his private property.c. he had executive privilege (confidentiality).d. they were inaudible.e. it would violate his right to privacy.

Your Answer: c


Question 18: CORRECTThe most controversial action of Gerald Ford’s presidency wasa. signing the Helsinki accords with the Soviet Union.b. frantically evacuating the last Americans and Vietnamese by helicopter during the fall

of South Vietnam to the Communists.c. arranging the deal whereby Nixon resigned the president.d. pardoning Nixon for any known or unknown crimes he had committed while

presidency.e. pardoning Vietnam War draft resisters and evaders.

Your Answer: d


Question 19: CORRECTTitle IX was passed by Congress in 1972 toa. prohibit sex discrimination in any federally funded education program or activity.b. guarantee women equal pay for equal work.c. prohibit any form of sexual harassment or sexual innuendoes on the job.d. establish quotas for women in sports, business, and government positions.e. protect women’s access to birth control and abortion.

Your Answer: a


Question 20: CORRECTThe Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade declared state laws prohibiting abortion were

unconstitutional because theya. violated the First Amendment by using a religious definition of “person.”b. violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by placing a

particular burden on women not placed on men.c. wrote into law a particular philosophical and scientific view of human life that

imposed unfair treatment on those who disagreed.d. violated the Fifth Amendment by interfering with doctors’ professional medical

practices.e. violated a woman’s constitutional right to privacy in her own person.

Your Answer: e


Question 21: CORRECTThe Supreme Court in the Bakke case held thata. all forms of affirmative action in college admissions were unconstitutional.b. “reverse discrimination” was just as wrong as antiblack discrimination.

c. public universities could impose racial quotas but private universities did not have to do so.

d. it was acceptable for universities to establish minority-based programs and housing arrangements.

e. racial quotas were unconstitutional but race could be taken into account as one factor in college admissions.

Your Answer: e


Question 22: CORRECTThe major goal successfully pursued by Indian civil rights activists in the 1970s wasa. a recognition of the semisovereign status of the various Indian tribes under American

law.b. full integration of Indians into the mainstream of American life.c. an end to discrimination against Indians in housing and employment.d. the right to speak Indian languages in reservation schools.e. a restoration of all Indian lands obtained by conquest or unfair treaties.

Your Answer: a


Question 23: CORRECTThe guiding principle of President Carter’s foreign policy wasa. isolationism.b. containment.c. détente.d. unilateralism.e. human rights.

Your Answer: e


Question 24: CORRECTArrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Arab oil embargo, (B) Iranian

hostage crisis, (C) fall of Saigon, (D) invasion of Afghanistan.a. B, A, C, Db. A, C, B, Dc. D, B, A, Cd. C, B, D, Ae. D, A, C, B

Your Answer: b

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Multiple-Answer Multiple Choice

Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court handed down rulings toa. prevent required prayer and Bible readings in public schools.b. protect the rights of individuals accused of crime.c. preserve states’ rights.d. support civil rights for blacks.e. establish a right to choose abortion.

Your Answer: abde


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