Advanced Placement United States History
Year In Review #02
Unit: National Economy/Topic--Erie Canal
01. This means of transportation:
a. was financed by investors.
b. was used for recreational purposes.
c. was promoted by plantation owners.
d. increased costs for northern manufacturers.
e. increased exports for western farmers.
Unit: The New Nation
02. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787:
a. divided land into sections that were sold to investors.
b. resulted in Shays Rebellion.
c. prohibited settlement of the Appalachian Mountains.
d. removed the British presence in the Ohio River Valley.
e. provided a procedure for admitting new states.
Unit: World War II/Topic--Potsdam Conference
03. At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945:
a. the Allied leaders decided to defeat Germany first, Japan second.
b. the United Nations was created.
c. the Soviet Union agreed to fight Japan after Germany fell.
d. a plan was made to open a second front in France.
e. a trial was conducted to prosecute war criminals.
Unit: Sectionalism/Topic--Legislation
04. The Fugitive Slave Act was a provision of the:
a. Wilmot Proviso.
d. Kansas-Nebraska Act.
b. Compromise of 1850.
e. Missouri Compromise.
c. Ostend Manifesto.
Topic: Supreme Court Decisions
05. Which of the following cases is IMPROPERLY matched with its description?
a. Fletcher v. Peck = State laws conflicting with federal laws are invalid
b. McCullough v. Maryland = A state cannot tax the federal government
c. Gibbons v. Ogden = Interstate commerce
d. Dartmouth College v. Woodward--States rights protected
e. Marbury v. Madison = Judicial review
Topic: The American Revolution/Topic--Writ Of Assistance
06. A writ of assistance:
a. helped colonial merchants cut through the red tape of imperial trade regulations.
b. allowed the British to ransack a colonial merchant's house in search of illegal goods.
c. required prosecutors to present evidence of probable cause of suspicion of smuggling.
d. specified colonial products be inspected in Great Britain before shipped to other nations.
e. raised taxes for colonial merchants who traded with foreign countries.
Unit: World War I/Topic--Propaganda
07. What word would LEAST describe the message conveyed by the poster regarding
Germans?
a. Distrustful.
b. Malicious.
c. Unfriendly.
d. Menacing.
e. Depraved.
Topic: Quotations
08. Herman Melville called this person the “the meteor of the war”. Henry David Thoreau
called this person “an angel of light”. What pre-Civil War figure is being described?
a. Abraham Lincoln.
c. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
e. William Lloyd Garrison.
b. John Brown.
d. Harriet Tubman.
Unit: The 1920’s/Topic--African-American Leaders
09. W.E.B. Du Bois thought:
a. political and economic equality must be gradually sought from whites.
b. African-Americans must refuse help from whites to gain self-confidence.
c. earning a college degree provided opportunities for blacks to advance.
d. separation, not integration, from whites was the proper course of action for blacks.
e. cooperation, not confrontation, with whites was the best path for blacks to take.
Topic: Religion
10. This scene reflects:
a. the Spanish in Florida.
b. the French in Quebec.
c. Mormons in Utah.
d. Protestants in Texas.
e. Franciscans in California.
Unit: Civil Rights Movement/Topic--Politicians
11. “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” is attributed to the
governor of _____ who sought to prevent two black students from entering a state
college.
a. Alabama
b. Arkansas
c. Texas
d. Louisiana
e. Georgia
Unit: World War I/Topic--Fourteen Points
12. All of the following were one of President Wilson’s Fourteen Points EXCEPT:
a. freedom of the seas.
d. war reparations.
b. self-determination.
e. international peace.
c. open agreements.
Topic: Religion
13. “Communalism, celibacy, craftmakers, recruitment of members” describes:
a. Mormons (Latter-Day Saints).
d. Anabaptists.
b. Millerites (Seventh-Day Adventists).
e. Amish (Mennonites).
c. Shakers.
Topic: Supreme Court Cases
14. In _____, it was ruled that state government s could regulate railroad and grain elevator
companies.
a. Munn v. Illinois
d. Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company
b. Commonwealth v. Hunt
e. Northern Securities Company v. U.S.
c. U.S. v. E.C. Knight Co.
Unit: Antebellum Period/Topic--Jackson Administration
15. The nullification crisis of 1832-1833 arose over which issue?
a. Rechartering the bank.
d. Import duties.
b. Indian removal.
e. Peggy Eaton affair.
c. Maysville Road.
Unit: Antebellum Period/Topic--Literature
16. The dramatic increase in printed periodicals between 1828 and 1860 was in part the result
of:
a. the emphasis of reading the Bible during the Second Great Awakening.
b. the development of the printing press.
c. an influx in immigrants who were literate.
d. information being moved by different modes of transportation.
e. national education programs designed for the poor.
Unit: The 1970’s/Topic--Environment
17. The Three Mile Island incident in 1979 consisted of:
a. a near meltdown of a nuclear power plant.
b. a toxic waste dump located underneath a suburb.
c. perpetual smog that made its way to the East Coast.
d. contaminated water in major Pennsylvania cities.
e. lead-based paint in slum areas in Philadelphia.
Topic: Artistic
18. This scene reflects the _____ style of architecture found in the early 19th century.
a. Georgian
c. European classical
e. Greek Revival
b. Baroque
d. Egyptian Revival
Unit: Reconstruction/Topic--Policies
19. Reconstruction followed MOST closely the wishes of:
a. northern Democrats.
d. President Lincoln.
b. northern Republicans.
e. President Johnson.
c. southern plantation owners.
Unit: Great Depression-The New Deal/Topic--Economic Theory
20. According to John Maynard Keynes:
a. increase tariff duties to generate revenue.
b. balanced budgets leads to financial stability.
c. deficit spending leads to growth.
d. fiscal restraint is a state government role.
e. raise interest rates to assist banks.
Topic: Quotations
21. “Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a
prison.” Who would NOT be influenced by these sentiments expressed by Henry David
Thoreau?
a. Malcolm X.
c. Cesar Chavez.
e. MLK.
b. Harriet Tubman.
d. Susan B. Anthony.
Topic: Comparing Proposals
22. Both the Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions and the South Carolina Exposition & Protest
were concerned with:
a. states rights. b. tariffs. c. slavery. d. westward expansion. e. excise taxes.
A childhood acquaintance, greatly changed
Unit: Immigration And Urbanization
23. According to the cartoonist:
a. the man and the woman are expected to marry.
b. the man and woman lack respect for each other.
c. the man is unsophisticated.
d. the woman has become well-adjusted.
e. the woman is the man’s political equal.
Topic: Native Americans
24. “Confederacy, clan mothers, and the trading of pelts” describes the _____.
a. Cherokee
b. Iroquois
c. Shawnee
d. Sioux
e. Apache
Unit: National Economy/Topic--Inventors
25. Eli Whitney promote the process of interchangeable parts in the manufacture of:
a. clocks.
b. steam engines.
c. bicycles.
d. clocks.
e. muskets.
Unit: Three Worlds Meet/Topic--Exploration
26. This scene of exploration in the American Southwest reflects the exploits of Spanish
conquistador:
a. Hernando de Soto.
c. Francisco Coronado.
e. Francisco Pizarro.
b. Ponce de Leon.
d. Hernan Cortes.
Topic: Quotations
27. “I am tired of fighting...The old men are killed. It is the young men who say yes and no. It
is cold and have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death...I am tired, my heart
is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.” _____ is
the author of this statement.
a. Cochise of the Apaches
d. Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
b. Tecumseh of the Shawnee
e. Crazy Horse of the Sioux
c. Black Kettle of the Cheyenne
Topic: Peace Treaties
28. Which of the following battles/wars is IMPROPERLY matched?
a. Battle of the Thames = Treaty of Greenville
b. Red Cloud’s War = Treaty of Fort Laramie
c. Mexican-American War = Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
d. War of 1812 = Treaty of Ghent
e. World War I = Treaty of Versailles
Unit: National Economy/Topic--Railroads
29. Which of the following is TRUE regarding the growth of railroads prior to the Civil War?
a. Tracks were standardized.
d. Wood was the preferred fuel.
b. Regular schedules were maintained.
e. Federal investment was predominant.
c. Transporting goods was inexpensive.
Topic: Elections
30. _____ pledged to serve only one term, to obtain California from Mexico, and to lower
import duties in 1844.
a. Martin Van Buren
c. James K. Polk
e. John C. Freemont
b. Henry Clay
d. Zachary Taylor
Unit: Slavery
31. All of the following increased due to this invention EXCEPT:
a. production.
c. harvesting.
e. purchasing land.
b. tariffs.
d. profits.
Topic: Quotations
32. _____ said, “No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No
woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not
be a mother.”
a. Gloria Steinem
c. Susan B. Anthony
e. Margaret Sanger
b. Lucretia Mott
d. Barbara Jordan
Topic: Literature
33. “Call me, Ishmael” is the opening line of what famous example of 19th century American
Romantic literature?
a. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.
b. Moby Dick by Herman Melville.
c. Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper.
d. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe.
e. The Dying Need But Little, Dear by Emily Dickinson.
Topic: Religion
34. “The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked” is from Sinners In The
Hand of an Angry God, a sermon delivered by:
a. Cotton Mather.
c. Dwight L. Moody.
e. Charles G. Finney.
b. Jonathan Edwards.
d. George Whitefield.
Unit: Vietnam War/Topic--Protests
35. “Yippies, police beatings, Democrat convention” describes the city of _____ in 1968.
a. Philadelphia
b. Boston
c. New York
d. Chicago
e. Los Angeles
Topic: Quotations
36. “Gradually, without seeing it clearly for quite a while, I came to realize that something is
very wrong with the way American women are trying to live their lives today [as a housewife in a middle class neighborhood]. _____ is the author of this quotation.
a. Betty Friedan
c. Sandra Day O’Connor
e. Phyllis Schafly
b. Geraldine Ferraro
d. Sarah Grimke
Unit: The New Nation/Topic--Foreign Affairs
37. “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute” became a rallying cry for Americans as
word leaked out about:
a. the Jay Treaty.
c. Citizen Genet’s visit.
e. the Alien/Sedition Acts.
b. the Whiskey Rebellion.
d. the XYZ Affair.
Unit: The New Nation/Topic--Foreign Affairs
38. The United States and Great Britain agreed to demilitarize the Great Lakes in the:
a. Rush-Bagot Agreement.
d. Convention of 1818.
b. Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
e. Oregon Treaty.
c. Hartford Convention.
Unit: The 1920’s
39. All of the following were examples of tension between urban and rural Americans in the
1920’s EXCEPT:
a. prohibition. b. fundamentalism. c. suffrage. d. evolution. e. modernism.
Unit: Antebellum Period/Topic--Women’s Rights
40. The principles of the women’s rights movement developed at the 1848 Seneca Falls
Convention were expressed in a document patterned after:
a. the Magna Carta. c. the Declaration of Independence. e. the Declaration of Sentiments.
b. Common Sense. d. the Bill of Rights.
Unit: Thirteen Colonies
41. Place the following events in the CORRECT chronological order.
I. Restoration of the English monarchy.
II. Puritan Great Migration.
III. Separatists arrival at Plymouth.
IV. Protestant Reformation.
a. I, II, III, IV
b. IV, III, II, I
c. III, IV, I, II
d. IV, II, III, I
e. II, IV, I, III
Unit: Reconstruction/Topic--1876
42. The disputed presidential election in 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel
Tilden was decided by:
a. the Supreme Court.
c. the House.
e. an electoral commission.
b. the Electoral College.
d. a Senate committee.
Unit: The American Revolution/Topic--Military Strategy
43. In 1777, the British decided to focus on:
a. isolating New England from the rest of the colonies.
b. building upon its support in the South.
c. implement a naval blockade on northern ports.
d. pillage and plunder Boston.
e. kidnap members of the Continental Congress.
Unit: The Great Depression/The New Deal/Topic--Legislation
44. Social Security was financed by:
a. direct taxes on businesses.
c. import duties.
e. employer and employee taxes.
b. property taxes.
d. levies on goods.
Truth
Under The Demagogue’s Thumb
Justice
Sacks Of Money
Workers
Unit: Progressivism
45. According to the author, political bosses:
a. usually serve a useful purpose.
b. at times may be shady in nature.
c. are somewhat unresponsive to the public.
d. are undoubtedly treacherous figures.
e. reform democracy.
Unit: World War II
46. Place the following events in the CORRECT chronological order.
I. Germany invades Poland.
II. Germany surrenders at Stalingrad.
III. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.
IV. German counteroffensive nearly succeeds at the Battle of the Bulge.
V. Allied Forces invade Europe at Normandy.
a. I, II, III, IV, V
b. I, II, IV, III, V
c. I, III, II, V, IV
d. II, I, III, V, IV
e. I, III, II, IV, V
Unit: Sectionalism/Topic--Compromise of 1850
47. The major concession made by the North in the Compromise of 1850 was the proposal
regarding:
a. the return of runaway slaves.
b. the settlement of a boundary dispute between Mexico and Texas.
c. the trading of slaves in Washington, D.C.
d. popular sovereignty.
e. California’s admission to the Union.
Topic: Foreign Affairs
48. _____ spoke these words--”To our sister republics south of the border, we offer a
special pledge; to convert our good words into good deeds, in an alliance for progress.”
a. Theodore Roosevelt
c. JFK
e. Jimmy Carter
b. Woodrow Wilson
d. LBJ
Unit: Articles Of Confederation-Constitution
49. The Federalist Papers were written in support of ratification of the U.S. Constitution and
provide insights into their decision making process. Though they used aliases, _____ are
thought to be the principal writers.
a. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
d. John Marshall and John Jay
b. James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
e. Sam Adams and Henry Knox
c. George Washington and Thomas Pinckney
Topic: Religion
50. The teachings of Martin Luther proved formative in the founding of American. All of the
following ideas were preached by him EXCEPT:
a. the right to rebel against unjust authority.
b. the freedom of human will to accept or reject salvation.
c. the priesthood of all believers.
d. justification by faith alone.
e. repenting through the purchase of indulgences were evil.
Topic: Quotations
51. “I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code
of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember
the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. All men
would be tyrants if they could.”
The author of this quotation is:
a. Martha Washington.
d. Elizabeth Blackwell.
b. Dolly Madison.
e. Mary Lyons.
c. Abigail Adams.
Topic: Quotations
52. “No rumor could have exceeded the reality [in the White House]; the study was filled
with cronies, the air heavy with tobacco smoke, trays with bottles containing every
imaginable brand of whiskey stood about, cards and poker chips ready at hand--a general
atmosphere of waistcoat unbuttoned, feet on the desk, and the spittoon alongside.”
The scandal-plagued administration of President _____ is being described.
a. Reagan
b. Hayes
c. Grant
d. Nixon
e. Harding
Topic: Historians
53. Frederick Jackson Turner’s thesis may have indirectly led to the United States embracing:
a. imperialism. b. isolationism. c. protectionism. d. socialism. e. neutrality.
Topic: Court Cases
54. In Muller v. Oregon (1908), the Supreme Court ruled that companies:
a. are limited in their request for a court injunction that limits strikes.
b. are prohibited from using children under 14 as laborers.
c. may provided comprehensive benefits to their workers.
d. may require shorter hours for females compared to males.
e. must provide safe working conditions for their employees.
Unit: Sectionalism
55. Which of the following events from the 1850’s is NOT in the correct chronological order?
a. Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
d. Dred Scott decision.
b. Execution of John Brown.
e. Lincoln-Douglas debates.
c. Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Unit: Three Worlds Meet/Topic--Explorers
56. Which explorer is INCORRECTLY matched with the region he explored?
a. Pizarro = Peru
d. Vespucci = Cuba
b. DeSoto = Florida
e. Balboa = Panama
c. Coronado = New Mexico
Unit: Populism/Topic--Labor Unions
57. Samuel Gompers:
a. organized skilled craft unions.
b. opposed industrial unions.
c. united skilled and unskilled workers.
d. targeted government employees to unionize.
e. targeted women and minorities to unionize.
Unit: Vietnam War
58. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution resulted in:
a. the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam.
b. the overthrow of the Diem regime in South Vietnam.
c. an escalation in the bombing of Hanoi.
d. Congressional support for increased military presence in Vietnam.
e. a formal declaration of war on North Vietnam.
Unit: World War II/Topic--Propaganda
59. The intended message for the audience is to:
a. participate in recreational activities.
b. work smarter, not harder.
c. support strikes.
d. save your rationing stamps.
e. refrain from loafing on the job.
Unit: World War II/Topic--Conferences
60. At _____, the United States informed Great Britain and the Soviet Union of its successful
testing of an atomic bomb.
a. Tehran
b. San Francisco
c. Yalta
d. Casablanca
e. Potsdam
Unit: The Great Depression-The New Deal
61. A technique that labor unions first used with tremendous impact in the 1930’s was:
a. collective bargaining.
c. boycotting.
e. the picket line.
b. blacklisting.
d. the sit-down strike.
Unit: Three Worlds Meet/Topic--Native Americans
62. The _____ were responsible for constructing extensive canals and irrigation systems.
a. Hohokam
b. Sioux
c. Iroquois
d. Kwakiutl
e. Seminoles
Unit: Three Worlds Meet/Topic--Native Americans
63. Which of the following would describe the Incan civilization?
a. Ceremonial burial mounds.
d. Cave paintings.
b. Terrace farming.
e. Hunting-gathering.
c. Wigwams and longhouses.
Topic: Primary Source Document Analysis
64. The decade of the _____ is depicted in this montage.
a. 1900’s b. 1910’s c. 1920’s d. 1930’s e. 1940’s
Unit: Slavery
65. The _____ slave rebellion occured in South Carolina. Promised their freedom by the
Spanish governor of Florida, a group of mostly Catholic slaves revolted.
a. Turner
b. Prosser
c. Boxley
d. Vesey
e. Stono
Unit: World War I
66. During World War I:
a. intellectuals welcomed the outpouring of patriotism.
b. black and white soldiers were integrated.
c. civil liberties were protected.
d. state governments individually set prices and controlled production.
e. women were counted on to work in factories.
Unit: Thirteen Colonies/Topic--New England
67. Which of the following does NOT involve relations between Native Americans and the
colonists in New England?
a. Powhatan Confederacy.
d. “Praying towns”.
b. Squanto assisting the Plymouth Separatists.
e. Pequot War.
c. King Philip’s War.
Unit: Three Worlds Meet/Topic--Europeans
68. The MOST profitable economic product of New France was:
a. lumber production. b. animal skins. c. fishing. d. silver mining.
e. shipbuilding.
Unit: Populism
69. According to the cartoonist, _____ ought to oppose unlimited coinage of silver.
a. sharecroppers b. farmers c. immigrants d. manufacturers e. miners
Unit: The American Revolution
70. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense:
a. persuaded the colonists to abandon Great Britain.
b. emphasized that Parliament, not the monarch, was the oppressor.
c. urged colonists to be patient with British policies.
d. counseled the colonists to focus on solving internal problems.
e. pleaded to the King of England to intervene on behalf of the colonists.
Topic: Comparing Plans
71. Which of the following is COMMON among Alexander Hamilton’s Report on Manufactures
and Henry Clay’s “American System”?
a. Funding transportation.
d. Regional economies.
b. Duties on purchases of goods.
e. Income taxes.
c. National lending system.
Topic: Comparing Presidents
72. Which of the following is FALSE regarding Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln?
a. Both came from modest backgrounds.
b. Both took an activist approach as chief executive.
c. Both had extensive military careers.
d. Both believed in the importance of federalism.
e. Both were attorneys.
Unit: National Economy/Topic--Inventions
73. Refer to the diagram. _____mechanized virtually all of the operations of a flour mill using
high-pressure steam engines.
a. Eli Whitney b. Oliver Evans c. Francis Lowell d. Samuel Slater e. James Watt
Unit: Populism/Topic--Labor Unions
74. The American Federation of Labor in the 1880’s and 1890’s:
a. was led by Eugene V. Debs.
b. was active in politics at the state and national level.
c. replaced the Knights of Labor as the leading union.
d. preferred state laws to ensure higher wages and shorter hours.
e. opposed the open shop movement.
Unit: American West/Topic--Federal Land Grants
75. _____ received the largest amount of federal western lands.
a. Native Americans
d. Homesteaders
b. State governments
e. Private corporations
c. Railroad companies
Unit: Progressivism/Topic--Higher Education
76. All of the following changes in college education occurred in the late 1800’s EXCEPT:
a. an emphasis on the classics.
d. growth in higher learning institutions.
b. separate graduate schools.
e. opportunities for females to attend universities.
c. laboratories in the sciences.
Unit: American Business/Topic--Philosophy
77. In Progress and Poverty (1879), Henry George contended that equality in American society
could be obtained through:
a. socialism. b. laissez-faire. c. Social Darwinism. d. a tax on land. e. a tax on income.
Unit: American Business/Topic--Inventions
78. Which of the following was NOT an invention by Thomas Edison?
a. Alternating current.
d. Stock ticker.
b. Phonograph.
e. Incandescent light bulb.
c. Motion picture camera.
Unit: Thirteen Colonies/Topic--Philosophy
79. What was the result of Enlightenment thinkers?
a. Respect for authority.
d. Divine revelation.
b. Unified colonial congregations.
e. The questioning of reason.
c. The freedom of conscience.
Unit: American West/Topic--Native Americans
80. The Dawes Act of 1887:
a. discouraged assimilation into American society.
b. enabled Great Plains Indians to return to hunting and gathering.
c. was intended to strengthen tribal loyalty.
d. prevented the sale of reservation land to settlers.
e. sought to reduce Indian dependency on the community.
Unit: Reconstruction/Topic--Sharecropping
81. Sharecropping:
a. led cotton prices to rise to their pre-Civil War levels.
b. allowed former slaves to become individual property owners.
c. enabled African-American families to become experts in business affairs.
d. increased debt for whites despite sharing in the harvest profits.
e. resulted in a lower socioeconomic standing for blacks.
Topic: Religion
82. “Communes, selective breeding, complex marriage, silverware manufacturing” refers to:
a. the Oneida Community.
c. New Harmony.
e. Millerites.
b. Brook Farm.
d. Mennonites.
Topic: Politics
83. What group is INCORRECTLY matched to their contribution?
a. Mugwumps = Elitist Republicans who opposed patronage and supported Democrat
Grover Cleveland in 1884
b. Half-breeds = Moderate Republicans who favored civil service reform and supported
James Blaine in 1880
c. Stalwarts = Traditional Republicans who favored political machines and supported
Ulysses S. Grant in 1880
d. Anti-Masonic = Democrats and Republicans who favored nativism and supported Millard
Fillmore in 1856
e. Free Soilers = Radical Democrats who opposed the spread of slavery and supported
Martin Van Buren in 1848
Topic: Comparing Acts
84. The Sugar Act was distinctive from the Navigation Acts in how it:
a. was designed to produce revenue.
b. was approved by the colonial legislatures.
c. led to a colonial boycott of British imports.
d. compelled the colonies to trade exclusively with Great Britain.
e. regulated trade within the colonies.
Topic: Law
85. The 1735 trial of John Peter Zenger provided the foundation for:
a. freedom of religion.
b. freedom of press.
c. freedom of unreasonable search/seizure.
d. the right to peacefully assemble.
e. the right to know the charges.
Topic: Famous Documents
86. What document is INCORRECTLY matched to its quotation?
a. Preamble to the Constitution = We the people of the United States
b. Articles of Confederation = Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence
c. Declaration of Independence = All men are created equal
d. Constitution = Government of the people, by the people, for the people
e. Bill of Rights = No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house
Topic: Political Parties
87. Democratic-Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson tended to favor:
a. policies which assisted residents of the Northeast.
b. an affiliation with their former rulers.
c. centralized rule.
d. the “necessary and proper” clause.
e. strict constructionism.
Unit: Populism
88. This poster is reflective of a group that was MOST likely to:
a. compete economically with their neighbors.
b. challenge transportation rates.
c. embrace their sophisticated lifestyles.
d. rely on the federal government.
e. pay low-interest mortgages.
Unit: The New Nation/Topic--Acts
89. The 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts:
a. resulted in the arrests of prominent Federalists.
b. made it easier for naturalized citizens to vote.
c. were supported by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
d. decreased the level of partisan politics.
e. countered the proponents of states rights.
Unit: World War II
90. All of the following occurred on the homefront EXCEPT:
a. married women entering the workforce.
b. African-American immigration to northern cities.
c. de-regulation of wage and price controls.
d. relocation camps being established.
e. food and fuel allotments for families.
Unit: Cold War
91. What describes the agreement that ended the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis?
I. Soviet Union = Do not station troops in Cuba
II. Soviet Union = Withdraw missiles in Cuba
III. Soviet Union = Withdraw missiles in East Berlin
IV. United States = Do not invade Cuba
V. United States = Withdraw missiles in West Berlin
a. II and IV
b. I, III, and V
c. I and IV
d. III and V
e. II, III, and V
Unit: Vietnam War
92. A consequence of the Tet Offensive in 1968 was that:
a. the South Vietnamese government was overthrown.
b. the American military suffered a humiliating defeat to the Vietcong.
c. LBJ endorsed the policy of Vietnamization.
d. American public support for the war in Vietnam significantly declined.
e. Congress authorized federal funding for continued involvement in Vietnam.
Topic: Elections
93. In the Election of 1800 between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:
a. Adams won the majority of the southern states.
b. Adams won the popular vote, but Jefferson won the electoral vote.
c. Jefferson and his running mate each received the same number of electoral votes.
d. the Senate chose Jefferson as president.
e. Federalists supported Adams in the House of Representatives.
Unit: The New Nation/Topic--Foreign Affairs
94. Which of the following was NOT a foreign policy crisis faced by Thomas Jefferson?
a. Conflicts with the Barbary pirates.
b. The Leopard-Chesapeake incident.
c. British impressment of American sailors.
d. The Embargo Act.
e. The Battle of Tippecanoe.
Unit: National Economy
95. “Water-powered looms, young single female workers, private investors.” This scene was
part of the landscape in New England by:
a. 1770.
b. 1790.
c. 1810.
d. 1830.
e. 1850.
Unit: Civil Rights Movement/Topic--MLK
96. The PRIMARY goal of the March on Washington in 1963 was for new federal civil rights
legislation that would:
a. integrate restaurants and hotels. d. remove state voting qualifications.
b. prohibit poll taxes. e. bar discrimination in employment.
c. expedite school integration.
Unit: Reconstruction
97. Carpetbagger was the term used to describe which character during Reconstruction?
a. A Northerner who came South during Reconstruction for personal gain.
b. A Northern abolitionist who taught in Freedmen Bureau schools.
c. A corrupt Southern politician who profited from Reconstruction programs.
d. A vigilante from the South intent on terrorizing former slaves.
e. A former slave who was elected in to serve in a southern state government.
Unit: Antebellum Period
98. In the 1832 nullification crisis:
a. President Jackson supported the position of South Carolina.
b. Congress passed legislation to lower tariffs.
c. several southern states “nulled and voided” import duties.
d. the use of federal troops was required.
e. a settlement was reached that averted a violent showdown.
Unit: Cold War/Topic--1950’s Red Scare
99. Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communist crusade ended when he falsely accused that
there were communists in the:
a. State Department.
c. military.
e. House of Representatives.
b. United States Army.
d. Eisenhower Administration.
Unit: Thirteen Colonies/Topic--Puritans
100. A central theme of the Puritan work ethic is its emphasis on:
a. social mobility.
d. prudence and thriftiness.
b. material wealth.
e. demonstrating loyalty.
c. dependency on others.
Unit: The American Revolution/Topic--French-Indian War
101. The French-Indian War was a pivotal point in America’s relationship to Great Britain
because it led the mother country to:
a. ignore the needs of the colonies.
b. generate revenue at colonial expense.
c. prohibit colonial immigration to foreign countries.
d. grant colonial self-government.
e. encourage colonial manufacturing.
Unit: American Business
102. Horizontal integration was in response to:
a. economic competition.
d. federal monetary policy.
b. high tariffs.
e. state regulation of business.
c. organized labor.
Topic: 1920’s Court Cases
103. The _____ Trial illustrates the cultural conflict between fundamentalism and modernism.
a. Scottsboro
c. John T. Scopes
e. Sacco-Vanzetti
b. Leopold-Loeb
d. Albert B. Fall
Topic: Literature
104. The typical form of literary expression influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1840’s
was:
a. literary critiques.
c. rhetorical essays.
e. table-talk essays.
b. magazine articles.
d. political cartoons.
Unit: National Economy/Topic--Unions
105. What was the weakness in the pre-Civil War labor movement?
a. Congressional laws which outlawed strikes.
b. Injunctions issued by the Supreme Court.
c. Refusal by blacks and women to become involved.
d. Lack of specific reasons to join.
e. Emphasis on skilled workers.
Topic: Women’s Suffrage
106. Prior to ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, women could vote in:
a. states which granted them the right.
d. only national elections.
b. no state.
e. only local elections.
c. all states.
Topic: Foreign Policy
107. The American isolationist tradition is BEST characterized as:
a. total avoidance of involvement with other nations.
b. public avoidance of involvement with other nations, but covert dealings.
c. avoidance of political and economic but not cultural involvement.
d. avoidance of political but not economic or cultural involvement.
e. avoidance of economic and cultural but not political involvement.
Topic: Comparing The Positions Of Leaders
108. All of the following views were shared by Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X EXCEPT:
a. racial pride.
d. black economic development.
b. racial integration.
e. black nationalism.
c. suspicion of white authority figures.
Unit: The New Nation/Topic--President
109. All of the following occurred during the Monroe Administration EXCEPT:
a. a warning to European countries to stop colonizing Latin America.
b. the purchase of Florida from Spain.
c. the creation of the United States-Canadian border.
d. naval disarmament of the Great Lakes.
e. sectional disputes involving slavery.
Topic: Presidential Slogans
110. What slogan is INCORRECTLY matched to its president?
a. Tippecanoe and Tyler, too = William Henry Harrison, 1840
b. Fifty-Four Forty or Fight = James Polk, 1844
c. Full Dinner Pail = William McKinley, 1900
d. He Kept Us Out Of War = Woodrow Wilson, 1916
e. Every Man A King = FDR, 1936
Unit: Articles Of Confederation-Constitution
111. Regulating intrastate commerce BEST matches:
a. the powers reserved by the states.
d. a loose interpretation of the Constitution.
b. the powers held concurrently.
e. a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
c. the powers delegated to Congress.
Unit: The American Revolution/Topic--British Policies
112. What was the result of the Townshend Acts?
a. The First Continental Congress convened.
d. Sons/Daughters of Liberty disbanded.
b. The principle of “salutary neglect” ended.
e. Colonial support for Navigation Laws.
c. Committees of Correspondence formed.
Unit: Civil Rights Movement/Topic--Legislation
113. The changes shown in the chart were the result of legislation passed in:
a. 1968.
b. 1957.
c. 1964.
d. 1955.
e. 1965.
Topic: Quotations
114. “Those who indulge themselves will soon drop to the lower levels of society” BEST
describes the views held by:
a. Gouverneur Morris.
c. James Madison.
e. John Dickinson.
b. Benjamin Franklin.
d. Alexis de Tocqueville.
Unit: The Civil War
115. Which of the following BEST characterizes the response of Great Britain and France to the American Civil War?
a. They had no interest in the conlict and remained aloof from it.
b. They saw advantages in a divided Union, but pursued cautious policies toward both
sides.
c. They favored restoration of the Union and actively worked to arbitrate the conflict.
d. They favored permanent separation of the Union and openly supported the South.
e. They favored permanent separation of the Union and openly supported the North.
Topic: Role Of Federal Government
116. All of the following were considered proper functions of the federal government by the
general public in the mid-1800’s EXCEPT:
a. promoting industrial growth through taxes on imports.
b. granting subsidies to encourage the construction of railroads.
c. regulating immigration.
d. providing services to the poor and unemployed.
e. regulating the nation’s currency.
Topic: Religion
117. Diests of the late 1700’s/early 1800’s believed that:
a. natural laws, set by the Creator, govern the operation of the universe.
b. prayer has the power to make significant changes in a person’s life.
c. the concept of God is merely the imagination of a child.
d. the universe was created by a natural, spontaneous combining of elements.
e. intuition rather than reason leads human beings to an awareness of the divine.
Unit: Thirteen Colonies/Topic--Economics
118. Mercantilism in the 1600’s led to the:
a. intervention of the colonial economy by monarchs.
b. protection of Native Americans from European labor exploitation.
c. expansion of colonial production in finished goods.
d. explosion in the growth of the colonial economy.
e. regulation of trade by colonial legislatures.
Unit: Articles of Confederation-Constitution
119. The United States Constitution provides for all of the following EXCEPT:
a. unlimited terms for members of Congress.
b. equality under the law.
c. direct election of senators.
d. presidential nominating conventions.
e. trial by jury.
Unit: The New Nation/Topic--Politics
120. The Harford Convention pertains to which of the following?
a. Importation of slaves until 1808, Three-Fifths Compromise, Elastic Clause.
b. Petition by grievances, inalienable rights, consent of the governed.
c. Opposition to slavery, Fugitive Slave Law, protective tariff.
d. Sovereignty of each state, null and void, and the union as a compact among states.
e. Omission of slaves from the census, 2/3 vote to declare war,, one term for presidents.
Unit: The Great Depression-The New Deal
121. The legislation of the First New Deal set a notable precedent because the general public:
a. accepted laissez-faire.
b. accepted deficit spending.
c. abandoned “priming the pump” economics.
d. rejected efforts to combine private and government relief.
e. rejected federal intervention.
Unit: American Imperialism
122. President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere is BEST
characterized as:
a. diplomatic.
b. moralistic.
c. suspicious.
d. intrusive.
e. amicable.
Unit: National Economy
123. Henry Clay is closely associated with all of the following EXCEPT:
a. the American System.
d. the Compromise of 1850.
b. supporting War Hawks in 1812.
e. opposing popular sovereignty.
c. compromising on slavery.
Topic: Education
124. "In 1800 schoolchildren (ages 5-19) spent an average of only fourteen days in school each
year. By 1850 this figure had nearly doubled, going to twenty-six days, and by 1860 it had
risen to forty days per year, almost triple the figure for 1800. By 1860 the literacy rate at
age twenty had attained modern levels, exceeding ninety percent among whites."
This passage describes results brought about primarily through the:
a. efforts of state and local government.
b. work of private philanthropists.
c extension of federally supported school systems.
d. families who could afford tutors.
e. establishment of church-supported schools.
Unit: The Great Depression-The New Deal
125. All of the following were reforms made under FDR EXCEPT:
a. protecting employees from unfair labor practices.
b. granting agricultural subsidies.
c. developing hydroelectric power plants.
d. investigating accusations of workplace discrimination.
e. protecting the deposits of bank customers.
Unit: Slavery
126. All of the following statements about pre-Civil War American slavery are true EXCEPT:
a. Although experience varied on plantations, investments in slaves generally yielded rates
of return equal to or better than other forms of investments of comparable risk.
b. Although Southern legal codes did not uniformly provide for the legalization and stability of slave marriage, slaves were generally able to marry subject to their master’s
approval.
c. Although slaves were mainly employed in agriculture, they also worked as industrial laborers, in the building trades, and as dock workers.
d. Because of the relative ease with which slaves could gain their freedom by manumission
or by purchase, the proportion of freedmen to slaves was almost equal in many areas of
the South.
e. Despite the geographical diffusion of slavery throughout the South, at no time did the majority of white families in this region own slaves.
Unit: Territorial Expansion-Manifest Destiny
127. Which of the following MOST likely increased Mexican suspicion of United States territorial objectives in the 1830's and 1840's?
a. Henry Clay's speeches in the Election of 1844.
b. Andrew Jackson's policy toward the annexation of Texas.
c. Rhetoric of “linking east and west” by the media.
d. Abolitionist agitation in the North. e. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
Topic: Education
128. Free public libraries and museums were encouraged by:
a. support for the democratization of knowledge in the 1830’s and 1840’s.
b. industrial growth from 1820-1840.
c. the lyceum movement from 1820-1840.
d. belief in the progress of technology from 1830-1860.
e. support of the Sunday School movement from 1800-1860.
Unit: Sectionalism/Topic--Politicians
129. Stephen A. Douglas is closely associated with all of the following EXCEPT:
a. the presidential candidacy in 1860.
b. the Freeport Doctrine.
c. Popular Sovereignty.
d. the Kansas Nebraska Act.
e. the abolition of slavery throughout the United States.
Unit: The American Revolution/Topic--France
130. French support for the United States during the Revolutionary War was primarily
motivated by:
a. its enthusiasm for the cause.
b. its desire to weaken its rival.
c. the pressures from Spain, an ally.
d. a future plan to attack.
e. a desire to regain Canada.
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