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Q: Which of the following transportation systems was the last to be developed? A) horse-drawn wagons B) canals C) ocean-going ships D) railroads

Q: Efforts to offset British attempts to hurt the American economy failed due to the __________. A) refusal of northern states to pass protective tariffs B) American public's reluctance to blame England for economic woes C) release of too much currency by the American government D) lack of a unified national policy regarding Great Britain

Q: Which country turned Brazil into one of the world's major producers of sugar? A) Portugal B) England C) Spain D) the Netherlands

Q: In order to field a full baby boomer and southern ticket in the election of 1992, Clinton chose __________ as his running mate. A) Al Gore B) Bob Dole C) Dan Quayle D) Mario Cuomo

Q: Why did the Allies decide to defeat Germany before Japan? A) because the Japanese could not continue without German support B) because the Japanese posed no threat to the Soviet Union or Great Britain C) because Germany was engaged in the systematic extermination of the Jewish people in Europe D) because an atomic bomb could be used to defeat Japan quickly, but such a bomb would not defeat Germany

Q: When mine owners refused to meet with coal workers at the White House, Roosevelt __________. A) decided that the executive branch no longer had a role in labor disputes B) used his influence to mediate social conflict for the public good C) appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene on behalf of management D) stated that John Mitchell's unreasonable nature had kept mine owners away

Q: The significant outcome of the presidential election of 1876 was that it __________. A) marked an end of the federal government's commitment to Reconstruction reforms B) signaled the beginning of an era in which the Democrats dominated the White House C) rallied the forces of radical reform in the Republican Party D) established that southern state laws would not be tolerated by the federal government

Q: Which of the following was an effect of the increased use of steamboats? A) a revolution in transportation on western rivers B) making canals a thing of the past C) a drop-off in trade between the West and the South D) the onset of an economic depression in the East

Q: One of the problems for the United States' economy in 1784 was __________. A) competition increased the prices of British imports B) the circulation of too much currency C) a sharp increase in wages vs. profits D) the lack of debts to reflect a credit history to lenders

Q: The Spanish began importing African slaves to Santa Domingo to grow sugar cane, because __________. A) many Indians had died from disease B) the Indians refused to work C) the Indians were treated as business partners D) the Indians fled when the Spanish arrived

Q: In the mid-1990s, the safest political stance for a politician to take was __________. A) in the center B) to the far left of the issues C) to the far right of the issues D) to not make any decisions

Q: Which of the following most likely contributed to the ultimate defeat of the German Army? A) Hitler's decision to engage in a blitzkrieg attack against Great Britain. B) Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union. C) Hitler's attack on the Jewish people of Europe. D) Hitler's support for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Q: A major difference between Theodore Roosevelt and the presidents of the Gilded Era was __________. A) Roosevelt was much more aggressive in his use of presidential power. B) Roosevelt did not feel that labor-management relations were a vital issue. C) Roosevelt distanced himself from the growing influence of the press. D) Roosevelt was a Republican and they were Democrats.

Q: Which statement best summarizes the outcome of the election of 1876? A) The Republicans traded the presidency in exchange for railroad monopolies. B) The Democrats failed to win because Tilden was an unpopular candidate. C) The South exchanged the presidency in favor of more local autonomy. D) Northern apathy resulted in the victory of a southern Democrat.

Q: In Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court held that __________. A) rail companies could not purchase farmland without the consent of farmers B) states could not restrict trade within their jurisdictions C) monopolies were better for the public good than open competition D) the national government had no say in supervising interstate commerce

Q: After the Revolution, British merchants __________. A) canceled all debts owed to them by American merchants B) continued to close their markets to American goods C) refused to sell goods to consumers in America D) eagerly accepted Continental money as a means of payment

Q: The first Europeans in the Caribbean concentrated on __________. A) exporting slaves B) mining for precious metals C) agriculture D) timber export

Q: What changes have occurred in American family patterns since the 1960s? How have economic factors and new social values been reflected in these changes?

Q: Which of the following areas was most insulated from the fighting in World War II? A) North Africa B) North America C) East Asia D) southern Europe

Q: Theodore Roosevelt modified the executive branch by __________. A) reinstating the spoils system B) shrinking the size and number of federal agencies C) institutionalizing administrative procedures D) shifting power from the executive branch to the legislative branch

Q: Of the following, which one is something that worked in the Democrats' favor in the election of 1876? A) the scandals of the Grant administration B) the background and experience of Samuel J. Tilden C) northern support for southern Republican governments D) abating economic depression

Q: Which of the following groups provided half of all capital for early railroads? A) wealthy southern investors B) the federal government C) European investors D) state governments

Q: The American economy in the mid-1780s was __________. A) highly inflationary B) growing at a slow rate C) growing at a rapid rate D) in a depression

Q: Relative to Virginia's economy, New England's economy was __________. A) more agricultural B) less diversified C) more rural D) more diversified

Q: Analyze three examples of issues in American life that have been a point of contention between progressives and conservatives: abortion, homosexual rights, and sexuality.

Q: A turning point on the Eastern Front came when __________. A) the Americans defeated the Japanese navy at the Battle of Midway B) Allied forces defeated the Germans at El Alamein C) the Soviet Union forced a German surrender after the Battle of Stalingrad D) FDR sent two million troops to the aid of the battered Soviet Union

Q: The initiative and referendum were designed to thwart the power of __________ in state government. A) party bosses B) governors C) judges D) legislators

Q: A long-lasting legacy of the ideas of the Redeemers was the __________. A) commitment to achieving civil rights for all minorities B) establishment of the "solid South" as a Republican stronghold C) fostering of antagonistic race relations throughout the South D) promotion of pro-Union versions of the Civil War

Q: Who first demonstrated the practical commercial use of the steamboat? A) Samuel Slater B) Robert Fulton C) Samuel Morse D) Walt Whitman

Q: Regarding trade between Britain and the United States between 1783 and 1789, it is true that __________. A) exports approximately equaled imports B) America imported more from Britain C) Britain imported more from America D) Britain imposed a total trade ban on its former American colonies

Q: Compared to families in the Chesapeake region, New England families __________. A) had more children B) had shorter lives C) were less common because there was a lower ratio of women to men D) suffered more from malaria

Q: Choose three of the following groups and analyze their changing roles in American society after 1965: older people, organized labor, women, religious conservatives, blue-collar workers, and educated suburbanites.

Q: In 1942, __________ submarines dominated the North Atlantic. A) American B) British C) Soviet D) German

Q: The Seventeenth Amendment __________. A) made the distribution and use of alcohol illegal B) provided for the direct popular election of U.S. senators C) limited presidential terms D) gave immigrants the right to vote

Q: The Redeemers portrayed themselves as the __________. A) saviors of the South from the injustices of Republican rule B) leaders who had saved the Union from Confederate treason C) true descendants of the abolitionists D) loyal supporters of Ulysses S. Grant

Q: What was the relationship between the transportation revolution and the industrial revolution? A) The two revolutions were completely independent and had no effect on each other. B) The industrial revolution prompted changes to the method of transporting goods. C) The transportation revolution allowed goods to be moved efficiently and quickly, which fueled the industrial revolution by creating an incentive to increase production. D) The transportation revolution made the transportation of goods more expensive, which slowed the progress of the industrial revolution.

Q: Economic nationalists wanted to __________. A) secure a charter for the Bank of North America B) weaken the ties between the Confederation and the Bank of North America C) have the President assume payment of the entire national debt D) increase the national deficit to fund the military

Q: Unlike the Virginia settlers, most New Englanders settled in America with __________. A) no family B) their families C) little money D) slaves in tow

Q: Cultural conservatives have aggressively backed efforts to __________. A) protect the environment B) provide further social relief programs C) secularize public education D) prevent states from protecting homosexuals' rights

Q: Which of the following countries was an Allied power during World War II? A) the Soviet Union B) Greece C) India D) Poland

Q: Use of the initiative allowed reformers to __________. A) become directly involved in labor negotiations B) propose legislation directly to the electorate C) impeach legislators who were unresponsive to change D) run third-party candidates and receive federal funds

Q: In United States v. Cruikshank, the Supreme Court __________. A) upheld all convictions in the Colfax Massacre B) held that the Enforcement Act applied to individuals C) held that the Enforcement Act applied to states D) essentially overturned the Thirteenth Amendment

Q: What profound changes in slavery occurred in the period 1815"1860? What were the causes and consequences of this significant shift?

Q: What happened in 1642 that slowed the number of settlers to New England? A) the spread of smallpox in New England B) a widespread war with Indians in New England C) initiation of naval warfare with Spain D) the outbreak of the English Civil War

Q: Liberal or "modern" Protestants __________. A) attack the immorality and corruption of modern life B) believe there is one literal interpretation of the Bible C) emphasize building the Kingdom of God through social justice D) express that personal sexual indulgence is ruining the nation

Q: Which statement about Pearl Harbor is true? A) The attack left the United States with no naval carriers in the Pacific. B) Japan destroyed all of the oil storage tanks at Pearl Harbor. C) More than 2,000 Americans were killed in the surprise Japanese attack. D) Even after the attack, many congressmen voted against a declaration of war.

Q: Reformers who called for use of the Australian ballot secured __________. A) the guarantee of biracial tickets in the North B) the right of voters to have privacy in the voting process C) an end to illegal campaign contributions D) an end to the use of literacy tests as a requirement for voting

Q: In the 1876 election, Samuel J. Tilden ran strongest in the __________. A) West B) Midwest C) Northeast D) South

Q: What changes occurred in the southern economy in the first half of the nineteenth century? What factors accounted for these changes?

Q: The leader of the economic nationalists was __________. A) Thomas Jefferson B) Robert Morris C) Patrick Henry D) William Paterson

Q: Why did Anne Hutchinson move to Rhode Island? A) Rhode Island had a policy of religious toleration. B) Rhode Island treated men and women equally under the law. C) Rhode Island allowed women to own land. D) Rhode Island allowed women to serve as political leaders.

Q: Which statement about fundamentalists is true? A) They never get involved in politics. B) They represent a large segment of the Roman Catholic Church. C) They are never part of a larger evangelical denomination. D) They believe there is one literal interpretation of the Bible.

Q: The Atlantic Charter of 1941 __________. A) created further distance between the United States and European involvement B) provided a political framework for the possibility of American involvement C) did not express American opposition to territorial change by conquest D) emphasized the defeat of imperial Japan as the first priority

Q: The __________ Amendment extended the right to vote to women. A) Twenty-First B) Twentieth C) Nineteenth D) Fifteenth

Q: Who were the main candidates in the presidential election of 1876? A) Ulysses S. Grant and Horace Greeley B) Horace Greeley and Rutherford B. Hayes C) Samuel Tilden and Ulysses S. Grant D) Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden

Q: How did southern whites attempt to defend slavery and reconcile it with their Christian beliefs? Why did they feel compelled to express these defenses?

Q: By the end of the war, Continental money was __________. A) actively invested in the London stock exchange B) used to effectively pay off the nation's war debts C) virtually worthless D) more valuable than the British pound

Q: Anne Hutchinson held religious meetings in __________. A) Providence B) Manhattan C) Boston D) Plymouth

Q: Which American president helped the Roman Catholic Church move toward the center of American life? A) John Kennedy B) Lyndon Johnson C) Ronald Reagan D) George Bush

Q: Which of the following was allowed under FDR's "lend-lease" program? A) States could earn block grants from the federal government. B) The United States could sell military supplies to the Axis Powers. C) Britain could borrow military equipment from the United States. D) Racial minorities could obtain land in exchange for military service.

Q: Which of the following reforms gave special interest groups increased power in electoral politics? A) eliminating the poll tax B) direct primaries C) adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment D) strict voter registration laws

Q: To challenge the state's Republican government in Louisiana, a group of elite Democrats in New Orleans organized a military organization called __________. A) Redeemers B) Anti-Reconstructionists C) the White League D) Orleans for Justice

Q: In what ways did slaves nurture the survival of West African culture as part of their African-American culture?

Q: Most state constitutions put into effect by the end of 1777 included __________. A) increasing the power of governors in the states B) the end of annual elections C) expressions of the rights of common citizens D) a commitment to custom rather than written constitutions

Q: The settlers in which area adopted the Fundamental Orders? A) New York B) Maryland C) Virginia D) Connecticut

Q: Life in gay communities took an abrupt turn in the 1980s when __________. A) the Supreme Court ruled that companies could not provide insurance for gay workers B) the American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as a mental illness C) Congress supported passage of a national equal rights law for homosexuals D) a worldwide AIDS epidemic began to impact the population of the United States

Q: In the months leading up to Pearl Harbor __________. A) relations between the United States and Japan appeared to be getting better B) Germany withdrew its troops from the Soviet Union C) Japan signed a non-aggression pact with China D) FDR froze Japanese assets and increased the U.S. naval presence in the Pacific

Q: Which of the following tactics increased public support for women's suffrage? A) appealing to the view that women possessed special moral instincts B) advancing the view that women possessed the same intellectual capabilities as men C) exempting African American women from the proposed voting rights expansion D) writing scathing letters to the editor of major newspapers

Q: In the presidential election of 1872, Ulysses S. Grant defeated the former Republican __________. A) Charles Sumner B) Horace Greeley C) Samuel Tilden D) Horatio Seymour

Q: What conditions typified the lifestyle of a plantation slave?

Q: Overall, state constitutions __________. A) weakened the executive relative to the legislature B) increased property requirements for voting C) decreased the frequency of elections D) made lower houses popularly elected

Q: Freemen in the General Court in Massachusetts were those male property holders who __________. A) were church members B) owned slaves C) had royal titles D) were church clergy

Q: One of the reasons why more women entered the workforce in the 1970s was __________. A) men mostly encouraged their wives to work B) more management jobs were suddenly open to women C) factories actively recruited women workers D) a broad shift from manufacturing to service jobs

Q: Which of the following countries was allied with the Axis in 1941? A) Greece B) Hungary C) Spain D) Denmark

Q: Changes in the strategy of female suffragists in the early 1900s included __________. A) nominating middle class women for national political office B) not allowing men to join women's rights organizations C) adopting activist tactics such as rallies and political lobbying D) focusing on achieving local voting rights, not national voting rights

Q: The Liberal Republicans of the early 1870s __________. A) splintered their party and weakened Reconstruction policies B) strengthened the national dominance of the Republican Party C) called for more radical democratic reforms in the South D) rejected ideas that espoused the "scientific" superiority of whites

Q: By the 1850s, which of the following was threatening the continued existence of slavery in the Lower South?A) heavy taxes on planters who utilized slave laborB) an increase in slavery in the Upper SouthC) the belief of most northerners in the complete equality of whites and blacksD) the rapid spread of free labor in the Border South

Q: Official state constitutional support for religions in the 1780s was strongest in __________. A) the mid-Atlantic states B) New England C) the Lower South D) the Chesapeake region

Q: Which of the following offered colonists the greatest religious freedom? A) Virginia B) Rhode Island C) Massachusetts D) Maryland

Q: The Roe v.Wade decision was based on the right to __________. A) privacy B) assemble peaceably C) freedom of expression D) freedom of religion