US History Diagnostic (Test)

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90 QUESTIONS Directions: Please answer your questions by filling in the corresponding bubble sheet and bringing it to the SEED location near you. Make sure you download and print out the correct bubble sheet according to diagnostic test and location. 1) By the time the Europeans arrives, the Native Americans of the

Northeast Woodlands lived primarily by

(A) fishing (B) farming (C) hunting (D) trade (E) raiding

2) Great Britain’s policy of governing its colonies to build up its own

gold reserves and expand trade is known as

(A) nationalism (B) favorable balance of trade (C) mercantilism (D) Navigation Acts (E) enumerated goods

3) “On almost all questions, great and small, which have come up

since the first session of Congress, __________ and __________ have been found among those who want to limit federal power. In respect to foreign policy, the views of these gentlemen are, in my judgment, equally unsound and dangerous. They have a womanish attachment to France and a womanish resentment against Great Britain.” The above statement was probably written by

(A) Thomas Jefferson (B) James Madison (C) Alexander Hamilton (D) Alexis de Tocqueville (E) Edmund Burke

4) The two men whose names are omitted in the quotation above are

most probably

I. Thomas Jefferson II. James Madison III. Alexander Hamilton IV. Alexis de Tocqueville V. George Washington

(A) I and II only (B) II and III only (C) I and III only (D) III and IV only (E) II and V only

5) The issue of protective tariffs led to fierce debate in Andrew Jackson’s administration over

(A) internal improvements (B) Indian removal (C) state’s rights (D) popular sovereignty (E) specie circular

6) All of the following were true of U.S. foreign policy during the

second half of the nineteenth century EXCEPT

(A) the United States purchased Alaska from Canada (B) business interests influences U.S. annexation of Hawaii (C) the Open Door policy in China brought the United States

little gain (D) the Spanish American War resulted in U.S. acquisition of an

empire (E) in an effort to improve relations with Latin American nations,

the United States invited them to an Inter-American conference in Washington in 1889

7) The major problem with enforcing the Sherman Antitrust Act was

(A) few cases were brought to court under the act (B) the law did not define the terms trust, conspiracy, and

monopoly, so it was difficult to prove illegal activity (C) the administrations of Harrison, Cleveland, and McKinley

did not actively prosecute companies and individuals under the law

(D) there was little political support for the law (E) the law was used against labor unions rather than

corporations 8) “The next great economic disturbance in which phases of ultra-

radicalism appeared was the coal strike of 1919. As always, the ultra-radical element took advantage of an industrial disturbance….Evidence obtained at the time of this strike showed active participation therein of the Communist Party of America.” The writer of the above would most likely agree with which of the following statements?

(A) All union members are ultra-radicals. (B) Immigration should be severely limited. (C) The Communist Party works with unions during strikes to

negotiate better contracts for workers. (D) The Communist Party should be banned. (E) Without Communist influence, workers would not strike.


9) All of the following were part of Eisenhower’s foreign policy EXCEPT

(A) breaking off diplomatic relations with Cuba (B) supporting a revolt by the Shah of Iran against Communist-

leaning politicians (C) providing economic support to the South Vietnamese under

Diem (D) sending troops into Hungary to aid the freedom fighters (E) supporting nuclear disarmament

10) All of the following are characteristics of the 1960s EXCEPT

(A) failure to make progress in eliminating racial inequalities (B) conservative backlash against civil rights and antiwar

demonstrations (C) “war on poverty” (D) Inability to balance the cost of social programs and the war in

Vietnam (E) Deepening government commitment to an unpopular war in

Vietnam 11) Which of the following statements is consistent with the data in

the graph below?

(A) The number of minority students enrolled in higher education is estimated to grow between 2000 and 2005.

(B) Americans’ recognition of the need for a college degree in order to advance in the workplace is evident in the projected increase in college enrollment between 2000 and 2005.

(C) Part-time enrollment for men and women shows an increase between 2000 and 2005.

(D) More men than women are enrolled as full-time students. (E) The number of college students aged 18 to 25 is greater than

the number of college students aged 25 to 30. 12) Which of the following statements about the economic

development of the thirteen British colonies is INCORRECT?

(A) Large Southern plantations were the exception rather than the rule.

(B) Slavery failed to develop in New England because of the environment.

(C) The Middle Colonies developed an economy based on subsistence farming.

(D) Southern farming for the most part was at the subsistence level.

(E) New England developed a mixed economy of framing, manufacturing, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade.

13) All of the following were weaknesses of the Articles of

Confederation EXCEPT

(A) nine of the thirteen states had to approve all laws (B) a national court system ruled on the constitutionality of laws (C) Congress worked in committees without a chief executive (D) all states were required to approve amendments (E) Congress could raise money by borrowing or by asking the

states for money

14) Marbury v. Madison established

(A) the principle of one man, one vote (B) the principle of judicial review (C) the principle of implied powers in the Constitution (D) Congress’s right to regulate interstate commerce (E) the principle of separate but equal

15) James Madison vetoed a bill to continue work on the National

Road at deferral expense because. (A) Southerners wanted the road to go south rather than west (B) Westerners were against the use of federal money for internal

improvements (C) Madison believed that using federal money for internal

improvements was beyond the scope of what the U.S. Constitution authorized

(D) New Englanders supported the bill and Madison, as a Southerner, opposed it

(E) Canal owners lobbied Madison to veto the bill in exchange for their support

16) Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?

(A) To oversee the distribution of land and supplies to former

slaves (B) To help freed slaves adjust to their new lives (C) To sign up former slaves to run for office (D) To feed, clothe, and educate former slaves (E) To assist former slaves in finding work and to negotiate fair

work terms for them

17) Which of the following statements about the labor market in the second half of the nineteenth century is NOT true? (A) Union strikes and boycotts were considered “conspiracies in

restraint of trade.” (B) The national labor market was highly competitive because of

the movement of people from farms to cities and the influx of immigrants.

(C) The AFL effectively recruited and organized immigrants. (D) A series of economic depressions drove wages down. (E) Installment of new machines sometimes resulted in

technological unemployment.

18) The Zimmerman Note (A) requested U.S. neutrality in World War I (B) offered Canada an alliance (C) announced that all vessels near Great Britain, France, and

Italy would be sunk without warning by U-boats (D) promised Mexico that in exchange for an alliance, it would

return Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona at the end of the war (E) revoked the Sussex Pledge


19) Which statement best describes why Prohibition failed? (A) Racketeers took control of the illegal manufacture and sale of

alcohol. (B) It was easy for people to set up stills and make alcohol for

their own use. (C) The long un-policed borders and coastlines made smuggling

alcohol into the country relatively easy. (D) Many Americans did not take the law seriously. (E) Communities continued to observe local option laws.

20) Roosevelt’s stated purpose in proposing the alleged “court packing” bill was to (A) avoid Supreme Court rulings against the National Labor

Relations Act and the Social Security Act (B) remove judges who were still living in the “horse-and-buggy

era” (C) increase the efficiency of the federal judicial system (D) establish a “Roosevelt court” (E) preserve the constitutional system of checks and balances

21) The ruling in Miranda v. Arizona established (A) the right to privacy (B) the right to be represented by counsel (C) the principle of clear and present danger (D) the rights of a suspect under questioning (E) that the defendant had been rightfully convicted for failure to

relocate

22) The Truman Doctrine was issued in support of “free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure” in (A) Turkey and Greece (B) Poland and Hungary (C) Albania and Yugoslavia (D) East Germany (E) Cyprus

23) The only Native Americans who were able to unite and become strong enough to resist the English colonists successfully were the (A) Powhatan Confederacy (B) Seminoles (C) Iroquois League (D) Pequots (E) Wampanoag

24) A major characteristic of colonial British society on the even of the revolution was the (A) lack of free Africans in the colonies (B) ability of indentured servants to move into the middle class

after they served their term of indenture (C) relatively low position of women

(D) value placed on education (E) lack of diversity among the population

25) The major achievement of the government under the Articles of

Confederation was

(A) the defeat of the Whiskey Rebellion (B) levying of the nation’s first protective tariff (C) establishment of the procedure for settling the Northwest

Territory (D) the negotiation of the treaty with Spain giving the United

States the right of deposit at New Orleans (E) removal of the Native American threat in the Ohio Valley

26) Which of the following contradicts Thomas Jefferson’s position as

an advocate of states’ rights and strict construction?

(A) He opposed Hamilton’s financial program during Washington’s administrations.

(B) As president, he reduced taxes. (C) He maintained U.S. neutrality with Europe. (D) He authorized the Louisiana Purchase. (E) He employed laissez-faire policy toward the economy during

his administration. 27) The painters and novelists of the new nation took inspiration for

their works from all of the following EXCEPT (A) European Romantics (B) Native Americans (C) factory life (D) nature (E) colonial life

28) The major difference between the Knights of Labor and the AFL

was that the Knights of Labor

(A) did not accept African Americans, women, and immigrants as members

(B) was organized by industrial unions, and the AFL was organized by craft unions

(C) were radical labor unionists (D) advocated arbitration rather than strikes (E) campaigned for shorter workdays and high wages

29) The National Origins Act of 1924 can best be described as

(A) necessary stopgap measure after World War I to control

limitless immigration (B) an effort to remedy the Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1907

between Theodore Roosevelt and Japan (C) having been passed in response to Sacco and Vanzetti (D) discriminatory against all those who did not come from

Northern or Western Europe (E) an effort to equalize the flow of immigrants from all

countries


30) Which of the following agencies benefitted African Americans LEAST during the New Deal?

(A) AAA (B) SSA (C) NYA (D) CCC (E) NRA

31) Which of the following did not contribute to the growth of

suburbia after World War II?

(A) The availability of low-cost housing (B) The development of a national highway system (C) Low-interest loans to veterans (D) A boom in the construction of schools, factories, offices, and

government buildings (E) The railway system

32) According to the two pie graphs below, the fastest growing source

of government revenue between 1972 and 1982 was

(A) Personal Income Taxes (B) Social Insurance Contributions (C) Corporate Income Taxes (D) Excise and Customs Duties (E) Estate and Gift Taxes

33) Social Insurance Contributions (FICA) include

(A) Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; Medicare; Unemployment Insurance

(B) Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Medicare (C) Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance; Medicare; and

Medicaid (D) Worker’s Compensation (E) Unemployment Insurance

34) The Stamp Act was significant because

(A) it was the first tax levied on goods imported from Great Britain

(B) it was to be strictly enforced by the British (C) it was the first tax placed on goods made and sold in the

colonies, and therefore, not part of mercantile policy (D) if enforced, it would drain colonial merchants of gold and

silver (E) it was the first instance of taxation without representation

35) Common Sense would most likely have been bought and read by

(A) Patriots (B) secessionists (C) Unionists (D) Loyalists (E) abolitionists

36) All of the following were part of U.S. foreign policy under Washington EXCEPT

(A) Pinckney’s Treaty (B) Jay’s Treaty (C) Proclamation of Neutrality (D) Treaty of Greenville (E) XYZ Affair

37) Which of the following was an example of sectional interests

intervening in national politics

(A) Hartford Convention (B) New England Confederation (C) Albany Congress (D) Annapolis Convention (E) Niagara Movement

38) “The autumn of 1854 witnessed the erection of the first log-

huts…by a few families of New England settlers. During the year 1855 its population increased rapidly, chiefly by the arrival of emigrants from the Northern States. Its log-hut existence gave way to a more advanced stage, …and the growing prosperity…early began to excite the jealousy of the abettors of slavery. Viewed as the stronghold of the Free-state party, it was made the point of attack…” The description above was most likely written about

(A) the settling of Missouri (B) the settling on the frontier of Irish laborers who had left New

England mill towns (C) the fight over the admission of Kansas as a free or slave state (D) a settlement of New Englanders in the South (E) a settlement of Republicans in the South

39) Which of the following Union strategies did the most damage to

the South’s economy during the Civil War?

(A) breaking off diplomatic relations with Cuba (B) supporting a revolt by the Shah of Iran against Communist-

leaning politicians (C) providing economic support to the South Vietnamese under

Diem (D) sending troops into Hungary to aid the freedom fighters (E) supporting nuclear disarmament

40) “…[C]onsider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as

trust funds, which he is called upon to administer…in manner which, in his judgment, is best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community.” The above reflects the philosophy of

(A) Andrew Carnegie (B) Theodore Roosevelt (C) William Jennings Bryan (D) Frederick Douglass (E) Jane Adams


41) Between 1860 and 1920, the largest number of immigrants from one country to come to the United States was

(A) Russian (B) Austro-Hungarian (C) German (D) Canadian (E) Mexican

42) Which of the following presidents is correctly paired with the

domestic policy enacted during his term in office?

(A) John F. Kennedy: “war on poverty” (B) Lyndon B. Johnson: Medicare (C) Ronald Reagan: establishment of the Peace Corps (D) Jimmy Carter: integration of Little Rock High School (E) Dwight Eisenhower: Camp David Accords

43) The most significant difference between Spanish and French

colonial policies in the Americas was that the French

(A) did not establish an extensive system of colonial settlements (B) were on friendly terms with the English colonists (C) were not interested in converting Native Americans to

Catholicism (D) system of colonial government was more democratic than the

Spanish system (E) established a successful fur trade with Native Americans

44) In the English colonies in the 1600s, the role of Africans shifted

from that of indentured servant to slave for life because

(A) European indentured servants were no longer interested in coming to the colonies

(B) Agricultural colonies like Maryland were looking for a cheap, plentiful labor supply

(C) Africans found it difficult to cope with European ways (D) New England merchants found that they could profitably

transport Africans on the Africa-to-Caribbean leg of the trans-Atlantic trade

(E) the English believed that they were superior to the Africans 45) What action of Andrew Jackson is the subject of the cartoon?

(A) Jackson’s support for the annexation of Texas (B) Jackson’s support of Indian removal (C) His issuance of the “Proclamation to the People of South

Carolina” (D) His veto of the charter of the Second Bank (E) His veto of the Maysville Road bill

46) Labor did not think of itself as a powerful force in the U.S. economy in the 1830s and 1840s because

(A) immigrants were willing to work for low wages (B) the Panic of 1837 caused many people to lose their jobs (C) only Massachusetts recognized the legality of labor unions

(D) Americans were used to working on their own as farmers or skilled craft workers

(E) women who made up a significant part of the work force of early factories were reluctant to join unions

47) “No race can prosper until it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life we must begin, and not at the top.” (A) Paul Laurence Dunbar (B) W.E.B. Du Bois (C) Langston Hughes (D) Booker T. Washington (E) Ralph Ellison

48) All of the following are examples of reforms supported by progressives EXCEPT (A) Adoption of the Australian ballot (B) welfare reform (C) use of the initiative, referendum, and recall (D) direct election of U.S. senators (E) women’s suffrage

49) Which of the following novelists of the early twentieth century wrote about the hypocrisy and materialism of small-town life? (A) Sinclair Lewis (B) Ernest Hemingway (C) Edith Wharton (D) Gertrude Stein (E) Langston Hughes

50) Which of the following applied pressure to Franklin Roosevelt to ensure that defense industries did not discriminate against African American workers in hiring and employment practices? (A) Martin Luther King (B) Marcus Garvey (C) Ralph Abernathy (D) A. Philip Randolph (E) Mary McLeod Bethune

51) U.S. immigration policies in the 1950s reflected all of the following EXCEPT (A) the desire to help displaced persons and children orphaned by

World War II (B) fear of immigrants who might subvert the U.S. government (C) the goal of equalizing immigration between Asian nations

and European nations (D) the desire to provide a haven for those fleeing Communist

governments (E) the need to hurry development of the U.S. missile program by

admitting a limited number of scientists and technicians


52) César Chávez used which of the following tactics in the National Farm Workers of Association strike against grape owners in California? (A) Sit-down strike (B) Injunction (C) Huelga (D) National consumer boycott of grapes (E) Jurisdictional strike

53) All of the following were goals of James I’s charter to the Virginia Company EXCEPT to (A) bring Christianity and civilization to the native people (B) build a commonwealth based on God’s word (C) explore for precious metals (D) trade with the native people (E) find a Northwest Passage

54) The Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 was significant because it (A) made it easier to fulfill the terms of indenture (B) granted religious freedom to Christian sects (C) provided for gradual emancipation of slaves in Maryland (D) was the earliest colonial statute related to religious freedom (E) allowed any male to hold office

55) The map above shows North America in which of the following

years?

(A) 1754 (B) 1763 (C) 1776 (D) 1789 (E) 1803

56) Ten years later, the above map would look different because

(A) British would have lost its territory along the Atlantic in the Revolutionary War

(B) Russians would have claimed the northern California coast (C) Northwest Territory would have been carved out of the Great

Lakes area (D) United States would have taken control of the center of the

continent after the Louisiana Purchase (E) French would have lost their territory after the French and

Indian War 57) Belief in the divinity and unity of people and nature and the

supremacy of intuition over reason as a source of knowledge were characteristics of (A) The Hudson River School (B) Transcendentalism (C) nationalism (D) deism (E) the Harlem Renaissance

58) The decision in Scott v. Sanford did all of the following EXCEPT

(A) overturn the Missouri Compromise (B) outlaw the teaching of slaves to read and write (C) uphold the right of slave owners to their property in new

territories (D) overturn the Compromise of 1850 (E) call into question the validity of popular sovereignty

59) The primary reason that Mexicans immigrated to the United States

between 1910 and 1920 was (A) for better economic opportunities (B) to participate in the bracero program that provided workers

for the United States defense industry (C) to flee the Mexican Revolution (D) to be able to practice their religion as Roman Catholics

without government interference (E) the U.S.’s proposal to impose quotas on Mexican

immigration 60) The primary reason that the TVA was controversial was that it

(A) used government money to build factories (B) moved farmers off their lands (C) served as a yardstick to measure the fairness of electricity

rates charged by private utilities (D) diverted the river through a series of twenty dams (E) aided large farmers at the expense of small farmers

61) Which of the following laws of the New Deal was declared

unconstitutional?

(A) Civilian Conservation Corps (B) Works Progress Administration (C) Federal Housing Authority (D) National Industrial Recovery Act (E) National Youth Administration

62) The General Court banished Roger Williams primarily because he

(A) believed that the colonists should pay the Native Americans for their lands

(B) preaches separation of church and state (C) believed in the right of women to vote (D) challenged the rights of leaders to force people to attend

religious services (E) was a secret Pilgrim

63) The greatest disparity in wealth in the British colonies was found

among people in

(A) the Piedmont (B) New England towns (C) cities in all the colonies (D) the cities of the Middle Colonies (E) the backcountry of all the colonies


64) “This kingdom…has always bound the colonies by her laws, her regulations…in every thing except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent. Here I would draw the line.” The above statement was most likely spoken by

(A) Benjamin Franklin (B) Edmund Andros (C) Patrick Henry (D) William Pitt (E) Alexis de Tocqueville

65) Which statement best describes the significance of the War of 1812?

(A) Neither the United States nor Great Britain lost any territory; they agreed to return to their prewar boundaries.

(B) The two nations eventually agreed on a boundary between the United States and Canada.

(C) Any movement toward secession among New Englanders ended with the end of the war.

(D) The United States emerged as a power in its own right having fought the most powerful nation in the world to a draw.

(E) The possibility of U.S. entanglement in European wars increased after the war.

66) A major document of the women’s rights movement was

(A) Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (B) The Feminine Mystique (C) “Ain’t I a Woman” (D) Liberator (E) A Century of Dishonor

67) The most significant fact about free African Americans in the

North before the Civil War was

(A) custom rather than law kept whites and blacks separated (B) African Americans could not attend public schools (C) African Americans faced competition in the job market from

European immigrants with fewer skills (D) In most Northern states, African Americans could not vote,

serve on juries, or testify against a white person (E) free African Americans were free and not free

68) The most significant effect of “dollar diplomacy” was

(A) the Panama Canal (B) intervention in domestic elections in Nicaragua (C) suspicion and mistrust of the United States (D) large profits for U.S. banks from Latin American investments (E) the reduction of U.S. protective tariffs

69) All of the following contributed to the period of intolerance after

World War I EXCEPT

(A) fear of the Bolsheviks

(B) the Sacco-Vanzetti case (C) anti-immigration laws (D) anti-Semitism and Catholic-baiting (E) the power of organized labor

70) Which of the following is the correct chronological order in which

the events occurred?

I. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution II. Invasion of Cambodia III. Tet offensive IV. Commitment of U.S. ground troops to the war in

Vietnam

(A) I, II, III, IV (B) I, IV, III, II (C) IV, I, II, III (D) IV, I, III, II (E) III, IV, I, II

71) The end of Communist governments in Eastern Europe in the late

1980s proved the wisdom of the

(A) domino theory (B) Eisenhower Doctrine (C) Truman Doctrine (D) policy of containment (E) Marshall Plan

72) The case against John Peter Zenger is considered a landmark in

the development of which freedom?

(A) Speech (B) Religion (C) The press (D) Right to bear arms (E) Right to assemble

73) A broad discussion of the significance of the Stamp Act,

Declaratory Act, and the Townshend Acts would necessarily mention which of the following?

(A) Power of the purse (B) Virtual representation (C) Balance of trade (D) Mercantilism (E) New England Confederation

74) Which of the following events is an example of the economic

problems facing the government under the Articles of Confederation?

(A) Whiskey Rebellion (B) Stono Uprising (C) Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (D) Shay’s Rebellion (E) Tariff of Abominations


75) Which of the following was not one of Lincoln’s beliefs about reconstructing the South? (A) Reconstruction was part of his responsibility as commander

in chief; it was not Congress’s responsibility. (B) Congress did not have the authority to abolish slavery; a

Constitutional amendment was needed to end slavery. (C) Lincoln wanted a generous practical policy of reconstruction

in order to “bind up the nation’s wounds” with “malice toward none, with charity for all.”

(D) Lincoln believed that the rebellion had been caused by individuals; the Southern states had never left the Union.

(E) The right of African Americans to vote should be guaranteed in each new Southern state constitution.

76) African Americans were disenfranchised in Southern states by all of the following practice EXCEPT

(A) poll tax (B) literacy test (C) property test (D) white primary elections (E) separate but equal ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson

77) “You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard. We reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile plains. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms, and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.” The above reflects the philosophy in the election of 1896 of a (A) Silver Democrat (B) Republican (C) Gold Democrat (D) Wall Street banker (E) Greenback Party member

78) The U.S. Senate did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles principally because (A) Wilson agreed to the end of the Ottoman Empire in the

Middle East (B) Wilson waffled but then agreed to require Germany to repay

the Allies for their costs in fighting the war (C) Wilson insisted that the League of Nations be part of the

peace treaty (D) Wilson would not agree to the division of Austria-Hungary (E) of Wilson’s intemperate remarks about the “narrow, selfish,

provincial purposes” of his critics in Congress

79) “If you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost” reflects the foreign policy of (A) President Dwight Eisenhower (B) President John F. Kennedy (C) John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State (D) Madeline K. Albright, Secretary of State (E) Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister

80) In the coalition Franklin Roosevelt put together, which of the following groups was to the Democratic Party? (A) Northern political machines (B) Southern whites (C) African Americans (D) Southern political machines (E) first- and second-generation immigrants

81) Executive Order 9981 guaranteeing equal opportunity in the military was issued by (A) General Douglas MacArthur (B) Franklin Roosevelt (C) Harry Truman (D) Dwight Eisenhower (E) Lyndon Johnson

82) President Nixon resigned rather than face Articles of Impeachment accusing him of (A) income tax evasion (B) using income tax records against political enemies (C) ordering a cover up of the break-in and attempt to wiretap

Democratic National Party headquarters (D) obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and refusal to supply

subpoenaed information (E) the use of campaign funds to buy the silence of the Watergate

burglars

83) Which statement best supports the data in the above table? (A) The colonies generally bought more from England than they

exported to it between 1700 and 1775. (B) Mercantilism sought to create a closed system in which the

empire would provide for all its own needs. (C) The end of the French and Indian War created a demand in

England for raw materials and a market for manufactured goods.

(D) According to mercantilism, the colonies should never compete with England.

(E) There was a steady increase in both exports and imports from 1700 until 1775.

84) In order to gain passage of the Assumption Bill, Alexander Hamilton agreed to (A) withdraw his tariff bill (B) specify that speculators would be paid the full value of their

bonds (C) hold the bill authorizing the First Bank until Washington’s

second term (D) support building the new capital city on Southern land (E) support Madison’s version of the bill


85) The Grange movement did all of the following EXCEPT

(A) successfully lobby for passage of laws in several states that set maximum railroad passenger and freight rates

(B) win Munn v. Illinois (C) support laissez-faire capitalism (D) organize businesses such as mills, banks, and grain elevators (E) admit women on an equal basis with men

86) The Census Bureau’s report in 1890 that the frontier was “closed”

resulted in

(A) the opening of Oklahoma to white settlement (B) concern that there would be nowhere for the “social

discontent” to go (C) speculation in the remaining open land (D) a shift in power from rural areas to cities (E) forced removal of Mexican Americans from their lands in

New Mexico and Arizona 87) The election of 1928 is significant because

(A) it demonstrated the anti-Catholic prejudice that had been

underground up to that time (B) However broke the Democratic Party hold on the “solid

South” (C) Smith transformed the Democratic Party from a rural, small-

town party to an urban party (D) it showed a shift in the rural/urban alignment of the parties (E) the election repudiated the policies of Harding’s return to

normalcy 88) The counterculture of the 1960s was characterized by all of the

following EXCEPT

(A) antiwar protests (B) a sexual revolution (C) the reemergence of the women’s movement (D) materialism (E) distrust of authority

89) During the Nixon administration, state governments would most

likely have favored which of the following forms of federal aid? (A) revenue sharing (B) grants in aid (C) block grants (D) categorical grants (E) supply-side economics

90) The trend in the 1990s was

(A) rising employment and decreasing inflation (B) an expanding federal deficit (C) declining unemployment and rising inflation (D) rising unemployment and rising inflation (E) a favorable balance of trade

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