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Q: Which of the following is an example of a "mound-building" society? A) Mississippian B) Cree C) Toltecs D) Cherokee

Q: Which third-party candidate earned 46 electoral votes in the election of 1968? A) Eugene McCarthy B) Dick Gregory C) George Wallace D) Eldridge Cleaver

Q: Where did the United States exert the most international influence in the 1920s? A) Western Europe B) Asia C) Latin America D) Eastern Europe

Q: Suffrage refers to the right to __________. A) strike B) vote C) free expression D) survive

Q: The Emancipation Proclamation __________. A) was widely opposed in the North B) did not provide any military advantages for the Union C) emancipated only the slaves of the border states D) freed the slaves of all states in rebellion

Q: William Lloyd Garrison believed that slavery __________. A) should gradually be legislated out of existence B) was immoral and should be immediately ended C) was not a moral issue, but an important economic issue D) was not a major issue in American politics

Q: The First Continental Congress created the __________ to organize sanctions against the British. A) Stamp Act Congress B) Sons of Liberty C) Continental Association D) committees of correspondence

Q: Which group developed Mesoamerica's most advanced writing system? A) Aztecs B) Aleuts C) Mayans D) Chinooks

Q: Which two men were assassinated within months of each other in 1968? A) Malcolm X and Robert Kennedy B) Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Kennedy C) John Kennedy and Malcolm X D) Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Q: The resolution passed at the 1928 Inter-America Conference attempted to prohibit the United States from __________. A) allowing American corporations to control natural resources in Latin American countries B) interfering in the internal affairs of Latin American countries C) imposing tariffs on goods from Latin American countries D) sending naval ships into the waters controlled by Latin American countries

Q: In the late nineteenth century, which of the following was most likely to determine the party affiliation of a voter? A) occupation B) ethnic identity C) religious background D) cultural identity

Q: The Second Confiscation Act of 1862 __________. A) earned French support for the Union's cause B) ordered the seizure of land from disloyal southerners C) was unpopular among northern abolitionists D) extended the naval blockade of the South

Q: In the 1830s, how did government and private banks influence the economy? A) They tightly controlled spending and credit. B) They inflated interest rates to earn money for governmental coffers. C) They promoted reckless economic expansion with easy credit. D) They spent too much money on failed investments.

Q: At the First Continental Congress __________. A) only a minority of delegates were willing to go to war with Britain B) all thirteen colonies were represented C) the members opposed the rival Continental Association D) the members were in general agreement on all important issues

Q: What was the name of the Aztec capital? A) Teotihuacn B) Tenochtitln C) Mesoamerica D) Mexico City

Q: Why did Columbia students begin the protests that became the "Red Spring"? A) They thought that Columbia's classes were too philosophically conservative. B) They disagreed with Columbia's support for the Vietnam War in allowing military recruiters on campus. C) They believed that tuition was too high. D) They were unhappy with Columbia's cooperation with a Pentagon-funded group and rejected the construction of a gym on a public park.

Q: In the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the United States __________. A) withdrew its commitment to free trade B) renounced aggression and condemned war C) began an arms race with European powers D) agreed to limit industrial overproduction

Q: The Greenback Party of the 1870s __________. A) called for labor reform and democratization of the economy B) represented the laissez-faire philosophy of conservative industrialists C) played upon people's dissatisfaction with the Populist Party D) failed to attract supporters across regional lines

Q: Robert E. Lee __________. A) was born in Georgia B) came from an impoverished background C) had a famous father who fought in the Revolutionary War D) had avoided military service until the outbreak of the Civil War

Q: The Independent Treasury System __________. A) established the Democratic Party as a spokesman for big government and industry B) was an economic success, but a political failure C) reduced the nation's money supply and prolonged the depression D) was not passed by Congress after President Van Buren refused to support it

Q: The Suffolk Resolves denounced the Coercive Acts as __________. A) unfair B) unmanageable C) unconstitutional D) poorly conceived

Q: Which group dominated Mexico from 900 to 1100 C.E.? A) Aztecs B) Toltecs C) Mayans D) Olmecs

Q: "Red Spring," which included student uprisings and grassroots rebellions in Europe, occurred in __________. A) 1965 B) 1968 C) 1970 D) 1973

Q: In an effort to expand markets and avoid foreign tariffs, U.S. companies __________. A) made negotiating concessions with organized labor B) increasingly became multinational corporations C) resorted to trade embargoes with European nations D) supported the Sheppard-Towner Act

Q: The Democrats of the late-1800s portrayed themselves as the party of __________. A) the industrial Northeast B) aggressive national unity C) protective tariffs and advocacy of Indian rights D) limited government and personal liberties

Q: When Joseph Johnston was badly wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, he was replaced by __________. A) Ulysses S. Grant B) Thomas Jackson C) Robert E. Lee D) Ambrose Burnside

Q: Andrew Jackson issued the Specie Circular, which prevented __________ from being purchased with anything but specie. A) cotton B) slaves C) substantial amounts of weapons D) large tracts of public land

Q: What was the impact of the Boston Tea Party during the colonial era? A) The Tea Party was a well-known event that galvanized colonial opposition to British rule. B) The Tea Party led to the passage of the Coercive Acts, which were widely unpopular. C) The Tea Party was an important symbolic event in the colonial era. D) The Tea Party was a well-known event that turned most colonists against the revolutionary cause.

Q: Which of the following was among the foods that sustained the Inuit and Aleut tribes? A) quinoa B) deer C) olives D) seals

Q: In 1968, the Soviet Union militarily suppressed moves toward democracy and liberalization in __________. A) Hungary B) Poland C) East Germany D) Czechoslovakia

Q: Which of the following created tension in the United States' relationships with European nations during the 1920s? A) debts that European nations owed the United States from World War I B) the rapid expansion of American based companies into European markets C) the continued mistreatment of African Americans in the United States D) the refusal of American companies to export oil to Europe

Q: In the late-1800s, Republicans were strongest in the __________ and __________. A) South; Midwest B) South; West C) North; Southwest D) North; Midwest

Q: Robert E. Lee opposed secession, but was __________. A) willing to do anything to preserve slavery B) unwilling to take up arms against his native Virginia C) offered more money by the Confederate government D) never a supporter of any national military operations

Q: The Whig Party believed that the Panic of 1837 happened for many reasons, including __________. A) irresponsibility on the part of Henry Clay in creating his financial plan B) the defeat of the Specie Circular of 1836 C) the predominance of "pet banks" that emerged during the 1830s D) the creation of the national bank by Andrew Jackson

Q: The Quebec Act __________. A) increased the power of the Catholic Church B) was passed in an effort to appease the thirteen colonies C) was one of the factors that led to the Boston Tea Party D) shrunk the boundaries of Quebec

Q: What allowed early Americans to start permanent villages? A) better building techniques B) trade C) farming D) better hunting practices

Q: President Johnson decided not to run for reelection because __________. A) he had become overwhelmed by the war and challenges within his party B) his health made it impossible for him to run C) he had been barely elected in the election of 1964 D) he believed that Eugene McCarthy was a better spokesman for domestic reform

Q: Which country was the world's dominant economic power in the 1920s? A) Great Britain B) the United States C) France D) Japan

Q: Which of the following best describes the Greenback Party of the 1870s? A) It was a party that fought for labor reform and greater economic equality. B) It was a political party that represented the laissez-faire philosophy of conservative industrialists. C) It was a political party that exploited people's dissatisfaction with the Populist Party. D) It was a political party that attracted supporters only in the Midwest.

Q: Union victories in the West gave them key strategic control of the __________. A) capitol of the Confederacy B) Erie Canal C) Mississippi River D) Rappahannock River

Q: Which of the following was a factor in creating the Panic of 1837? A) the lowering of interest rates and loosening of credit by the Bank of England B) a drop-off in the price and exportation of American cotton C) the lack of availability of credit for buying western lands in the early 1830s D) the payment of debts by many state governments that had borrowed lavishly in the 1820s and 1830s

Q: Colonists called the Quebec Act and the Coercive Acts collectively the __________. A) Intolerable Acts B) Shameful Acts C) Oppressive Acts D) Painful Acts

Q: In 1500, the overall state of relations among Native American groups was __________. A) isolated B) peaceful C) unstable D) cooperative

Q: In the wake of the Tet crisis __________. A) American officials censored all television coverage of the war B) the Republican Party overwhelmingly opposed the war C) President Johnson decided to withdraw all American troops from Vietnam D) advisers told Lyndon Johnson that the war was not winnable in traditional American terms

Q: A dramatic point of the Scopes Trial occurred when __________. A) the judge ruled that scientists could testify B) John Scopes was acquitted C) Clarence Darrow called William Jennings Bryan to the stand D) H. L. Mencken spoke in favor of the prosecution

Q: Why were New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and Indiana key states in national elections? A) Those states possessed 75 percent of the nation's electoral votes. B) The Republican Party garnered 80 percent of the votes in those states. C) Those states were evenly contested between the Democrats and Republicans. D) All members of the Supreme Court came from one of those four states.

Q: In the West, General Ulysses S. Grant employed the wise strategy of __________. A) guerrilla war tactics B) deceptive stalling tactics C) recruiting dissatisfied southerners D) combined land and river attacks

Q: The value of federal land sales in southern states was highest around __________. A) 1825 B) 1830 C) 1835 D) 1840

Q: The Boston Port Act was part of the __________. A) Coercive Acts B) Townshend Acts C) Navigation Acts D) Quartering Acts

Q: In 1492, how many people lived on the continents of North and South America? A) 50 million B) 70 million C) 80 million D) 100 million

Q: The impact of the Tet Offensive was magnified by which of the following facts? A) television coverage that appeared to show a Viet Cong victory B) U.S. officials had predicted that American armies were near defeat C) the permanent loss of Saigon due to the Viet Cong's surprise offensive D) the U.S. embassy in Bangkok was momentarily taken over by guerrillas

Q: In 1923, __________ banned textbooks based on Darwinian theory. A) Ohio B) Georgia C) Tennessee D) Oklahoma

Q: Which statement best describes presidential elections in the period between 1876 and 1900? A) Men participated actively and regularly in elections and campaigns. B) Many men began to call for women's suffrage so that political activism would increase. C) New immigrants rarely voted because they felt alienated from the process. D) Elections received little interest in small towns of the Midwest.

Q: Which state was formed when it seceded from the Confederacy? A) North Carolina B) West Virginia C) Missouri D) Arkansas

Q: The first crisis that besieged the administration of Martin Van Buren was the __________. A) outbreak of the Mexican War B) dissolution of the Democratic Party C) Panic of 1837 D) threat of secession by South Carolina

Q: The British reacted to the Boston Tea Party by passing the __________. A) Coercive Acts B) Acts of Remuneration C) Tea Act D) Townshend Acts

Q: Which area of the country had the highest rate of increase in immigration in the 1990s?A) the NorthB) the SouthC) the NorthEastD) the Far West