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Q: What were the vital factors that led to a Union victory in the Civil War?

Q: Which of the following crops caused severe soil depletion in the Upper South? A) tobacco B) cotton C) corn D) rice

Q: Whose nickname was "Gentleman Johnny"? A) John Adams B) John Jay C) John Howe D) John Burgoyne

Q: King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth first targeted __________ for colonization. A) France B) North Africa C) Ireland D) Cuba

Q: In the period 1964"1989, organized labor __________. A) defeated all attempts at "union busting" B) won victories in areas such as the Los Angeles garment district C) benefited from an increase in blue-collar jobs D) experienced a decline in membership

Q: Section 7a of the National Industrial Recovery Act __________. A) was supported by members of the Liberty League B) established modernization projects in the Tennessee Valley C) guaranteed workers the right to collective bargaining D) was FDR's first attempt at stabilizing the private banking system

Q: Which of the following articles would most likely be published in the Kansas Farmer? A) an article calling for the United States to adopt the gold standard B) an article advocating women's suffrage C) an article calling for banking reform D) an article pressing the rights of labor unions

Q: In what ways were the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg turning points in the Civil War?

Q: In the antebellum period, increasing reliance on __________ improved the economy of the Upper South. A) slave labor B) cotton production C) free labor D) rice production

Q: During the late colonial period, the headquarters of the British Army in America was in __________. A) Boston B) New York C) Philadelphia D) Norfolk

Q: Which British monarch formed the Church of England separate from the Catholic Church? A) Mary, Queen of Scots B) Elizabeth I C) Henry VIII D) Victoria

Q: __________ is considered one of popular culture's best takes on the problems of blue-collar America. A) Roseanne B) Everybody Loves Raymond C) Seinfeld D) Yes, Dear

Q: Which of the following intensified the suffering of American farmers during the depression? A) devastating droughts and dust storms throughout the 1930s B) the Socialist Party's active role in rural politics of the 1930s C) FDR's refusal to develop a comprehensive farm policy D) the refusal of large producers to participate in the AAA

Q: What was the first action of the Farmers' Alliance? A) organizing political rallies to protest credit inequities B) pushing for government control of railroads C) buying farmland from farmers facing foreclosure D) organizing farmers' cooperatives

Q: What evidence reveals that, in 1861 and 1862, Confederate generals were consistently outwitting their Union opponents?

Q: In 1860, __________ of white southerners lived in the Upper South. A) one-third B) three-fifths C) two-thirds D) three-fourths

Q: Why was the enlistment of black soldiers controversial in the Continental Army? A) White soldiers did not believe additional soldiers were necessary. B) White soldiers did not want to share wages with black soldiers. C) More soldiers were needed, but funds for wages were very limited. D) More soldiers were needed, but southerners didn't want to fight with slaves.

Q: Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River in order to __________. A) find a water route to Asia B) find gold C) establish the fur trade D) spread Christianity throughout Canada

Q: One effect of deregulation was __________. A) the strengthening of organized labor unions B) more economic power for the poor C) the destruction and bailout of the savings and loan industry D) big business withdrawing its support for President Reagan

Q: How did the Agricultural Adjustment Administration attempt to raise farm incomes? A) by nationalizing rail lines that carried farm products B) by attacking overproduction C) by decreasing the emphasis on scientific agriculture D) by acknowledging farmers' calls for collective bargaining rights

Q: The Farmers' Alliance movement was propelled in large part by the __________beliefs of its members. A) religious B) communist C) socialist D) populist

Q: John Wilkes Booth __________. A) was tried for murder and hanged B) was shot to death in a barn in northern Virginia C) escaped to Europe for the rest of his life D) also planned the assassination of William Sherman

Q: Southern planters believed that the system of slavery would be weakened by __________.A) urbanization and industrializationB) an increase in the internal slave tradeC) the use of short-staple cottonD) government subsidies

Q: Republicanism was least associated with __________. A) "country" ideology B) the Enlightenment C) the Renaissance D) Tory philosophy

Q: Which of the following initially prevented France and England from pursuing rights to New World lands? A) the Protestant Reformation B) the Crusades C) the Hundred Years' War D) the Black Plague

Q: The appointment of __________ as secretary of the interior was controversial, particularly because of his sympathy to the Sagebrush Rebellion. A) James Lee Witt B) James Watt C) David Stockman D) George Bush

Q: Which of the following agencies was most popular with the public? A) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation B) the Reconstruction Finance Corporation C) the Civilian Conservation Corps D) the Farm Credit Administration

Q: Which of the following generated the political crisis of the 1890s? A) anger about increased immigration B) discontent among women C) anger about the suppression of wages D) discontent among farmers

Q: The last army surrendered by the Confederacy was the __________. A) army of Northern Virginia B) trans-Mississippi army C) army of Tennessee D) Order of the Heroes of America

Q: Which of the following explains a particularly cruel aspect of the internal slave trade?A) It required minimum sale prices.B) It resulted in the passage of slave codes.C) It separated slaves from their families.D) It encouraged slaveholders to use more harsh punishments on runaway slaves.

Q: Early in the war, some royal officials sought to recruit black slaves into the loyalist forces with a promise of __________. A) freedom B) land C) money D) passage to Africa

Q: The Treaty of Tordesillas affected which countries? A) England and France B) England and Spain C) Portugal and Spain D) Portugal and France

Q: Neoconservatives such as Edward Banfield believed that __________. A) the federal government was spending too much money on defense B) liberal policies failed only because conservatives failed to provide support C) government regulation was more economically effective than promoting free markets D) social problems could not be solved through public policies enacted by the government

Q: Why was the Securities and Exchange Commission created? A) to regulate international trade B) to regulate banks C) to regulate the stock market D) to regulate corporate mergers

Q: The Farmer's Alliance originated in __________. A) Kansas B) Oklahoma C) Illinois D) Texas

Q: General Lee surrendered his army to General Grant at the courthouse in __________. A) Richmond, Virginia B) Appomattox, Virginia C) Washington, D.C. D) Columbia, South Carolina

Q: In the slave market of 1815 " 1850, which of the following was most valuable as a slave?A) Older males who had years of experience working in cotton fields of the Lower South.B) Males who possessed the skills of an artisan, such as carpentry and engraving.C) Older females who acted as matriarchs within slave communities.D) Females of childbearing age used as a means of increasing the slave population.

Q: Why did the British troops lack supplies, even though they had sufficient money? A) They got most of their supplies from the British Isles. B) American troops frequently ambushed their suppliers. C) Rebels damaged their supplies. D) British troops used their supplies inefficiently.

Q: During the sixteenth century, which of the following countries was unsuccessful in its attempt to create a permanent settlement in the Americas? A) Spain B) Portugal C) England D) Germany

Q: Why was Reagan a popular candidate for small businesses? A) He was an environmentalist interested in green jobs. B) He wanted to increase military spending, which included small business products. C) He was against Nixon-era regulation. D) He promised a tax break to all small business owners.

Q: The Federal Emergency Relief Administration __________. A) combined relief work with conservation B) furnished funds to local and state governments C) created a regulatory board for settling labor disputes D) was one of FDR's ideas that was rejected by Congress

Q: Railroad freight rates were the highest in the __________ and __________. A) West; South B) East; North C) West; North D) East; South

Q: Confederate General Johnston realized that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln __________. A) was the only victory the South had gained in two years B) was the worst thing that could have happened for the South's future C) could have been avoided by an earlier Confederate surrender D) would put an end to radical Republican policies in Congress

Q: What was the average rate of return on capital invested in a slave?A) 5 percentB) 10 percentC) 25 percentD) 50 percent

Q: The Newburgh affair was defused by __________. A) congressional appropriations of payment for soldiers B) a show of force from soldiers loyal to the government C) George Washington D) Alexander Hamilton

Q: Which of the following aspects of the Columbian Exchange had the greatest negative effect? A) the exchange of monetary wealth B) the exchange of diseases C) the exchange of crops and other plants D) the exchange of animals and livestock

Q: Ronald Reagan won the election of 1980 because __________. A) he was more intelligent than Jimmy Carter B) he advocated for conservative social values C) Americans felt threatened by political and economic forces they couldn"t control D) Americans had become disenchanted by the many political scandals of the Carter years

Q: Franklin Roosevelt's first action as president was to __________. A) provide pensions for the elderly B) strengthen the faltering bank industry C) balance the national government's budget D) cut income taxes for the wealthy

Q: Which of the following made it difficult for farmers to obtain credit at fair interest rates? A) Farmers often defaulted on their debts. B) Federal law prohibited national banks from making loans for farm property and real estate. C) Most farmers were immigrants and federal law prohibited loans to immigrants. D) Farm loans were considered risky investments by urban bankers.

Q: Confederate defeats at the battles of Franklin and Nashville __________. A) resulted in General Johnston's resignation B) removed any threat from the rear of General Sherman's army C) were the last Union victories of the war D) were narrow victories for Union forces

Q: Why was slavery more profitable in the Lower South than the Upper South?A) The dominant religious groups in the Lower South supported slavery, while the dominant religious groups in the Upper South attacked slavery.B) The cash crops grown in the Lower South required year-round labor, while the crops grown in the Upper South generally did not require year-round labor.C) Plantations in the Lower South had access to the cheaper international slave trade, while plantations in the Upper South were forced to rely on the more expensive internal slave trade.D) Slaves in the Lower South were mostly skilled artisans who could produce valuable goods, while slaves in the Upper South were mostly unskilled laborers.

Q: What kept professional soldiers in line? A) money B) food C) discipline D) women

Q: Who introduced horses to America? A) de Soto B) Coronado C) de Vaca D) Columbus

Q: Some of Reagan's most articulate support for president came from __________, who feared that the United States was losing influence in the world. A) anti-communists from both parties B) conservative Democrats C) liberal Republicans D) the Moral Majority

Q: "The 100 Days" refers to __________. A) the active first three months of FDR's first term of office B) the "lame duck" final few months of Hoover's presidency C) the immediate after-effects of the stock market crash D) the length of the sit-down strike at the General Motors plant

Q: Support for the free silver movement was strongest among __________. A) industrialists of the Northeast B) Southern Republicans C) rural debtor groups D) Eastern conservative Democrats

Q: After the election of 1864, the Republicans controlled __________. A) only the presidency B) only the presidency and the Senate C) only the presidency and the House D) the presidency, the Senate, and the House

Q: What was the leading economic institution in the Lower South?A) family farmsB) plantationsC) factoriesD) yeoman farmers

Q: Benedict Arnold offered to surrender what to the British? A) West Point B) Annapolis C) Valley Forge D) Providence

Q: Which of the following was a transplant from the Old World to the New World? A) turkeys B) sheep C) maize D) tomatoes

Q: Ronald Reagan's first foray into politics and governing occurred in 1966 when he successfully ran for __________. A) governor of California B) state senator of Illinois C) governor of Illinois D) lieutenant governor of California

Q: By the time Franklin Roosevelt took office in 1933, __________ thousand American banks had already failed. A) one B) two C) six D) ten

Q: The Greenback Party formed primarily in response to __________. A) the rise of the Populist Party B) corruption in the federal bureaucracy C) congressional laws passed by sound money advocates D) the success of the free silver advocates

Q: General Grant's effective strategy for winning the war was based on __________. A) coordinating Union attacks on all fronts of the war B) emphasizing the naval blockade and not land battles C) a careful, steady pace that would eventually tire the Confederacy D) avoiding battles on Confederate soil

Q: Why was long-staple cotton production limited to South Carolina and Georgia?A) Only the planters in these states had sufficient wealth to purchase the equipment required to harvest long-staple cotton.B) These were the only states with the proper climate for growing long-staple cotton.C) These were the only states with enough slave labor to tend and harvest long-staple cotton.D) Only the plantations in these states had implemented the gang system required to harvest long-staple cotton.

Q: German mercenaries were called what by the Americans? A) Prussians B) Badens C) Bavarians D) Hessians

Q: The "Black Death" killed what fraction of Europe's population? A) three-fourths B) one-half C) one-third D) one-fifth

Q: How did the backgrounds and individual personalities of Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Carter shape their successes and failures as national leaders?

Q: The Bonus Army __________. A) was dispersed by troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur B) was treated civilly by President Hoover C) gained their main objective through a law pushed through Congress by progressive Republicans D) left Washington after promises of immediate relief from president-elect Roosevelt

Q: Bankers' concept of a sound money policy favored __________. A) a switch toward a silver-backed currency B) implementation of the sub-treasury plan C) extending the flow of currency in the South D) limiting the money supply to maintain property values

Q: Many of General Grant's victories in Virginia were characterized by __________. A) miscalculations made by Robert E. Lee B) his use of guerrilla warfare C) large loss of lives by the Union army D) winning despite having less troops

Q: The __________ system involved a division of labor in which teams of field hands worked at a regimented pace.A) plantationB) groupC) gangD) planter

Q: Why did Republican theory mistrust professional armies? A) They were the instrument of tyrants. B) They were reckless and sloppy. C) They were prone to desertion. D) They were too costly.

Q: _________ was an eloquent advocate for the Indians of Hispaniola. A) Coronado B) Las Casas C) Luther D) Calvin

Q: Discuss the connections between the antiwar movement, hippies, the counterculture, and the Black Power movement. What were the successes and failures of the New Left?

Q: What was the Bonus Army protesting? A) the inability of the federal government to pay current veteran's benefits B) the refusal of the federal government to pay service bonuses early C) President Hoover's decision to cut the pay of all military personnel by half D) the poor conditions in veterans' hospitals

Q: What was the purpose of the Bland-Allison Act? A) to increase the value of silver B) to establish the dollar as a silver-backed currency C) to increase the value of gold D) to establish the dollar as a gold-backed currency

Q: Early in the Atlanta campaign, William T. Sherman refused to make the mistake of __________. A) trying flanking maneuvers B) fighting on Confederate soil C) launching a frontal assault D) committing a large number of troops in battle

Q: What percentage of the white southern population belonged to the plantation-owning class?A) 5 percentB) 12 percentC) 20 percentD) 32 percent

Q: During the Revolutionary War, loyalists made up about __________ percent of the colonial population. A) 3 B) 5 C) 10 D) 20