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Q: Many people called the election of 1824 "the corrupt bargain" because __________. A) they felt Henry Clay unduly used his influence to determine the stalemated outcome B) supporters of a strong central government had no voice in the outcome C) popular votes were never counted by election officials D) sectional concerns were not considered suitable for public debate

Q: The Quartering Acts required colonial assemblies to __________. A) be reduced in size by 75 percent B) provide barracks for British troops C) remit one-fourth of tax revenues to England D) maintain local militias

Q: During the Freedom Summer, __________. A) students marched to Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnam War B) black and white activists registered black voters in Mississippi C) activists were not victimized by violence D) Sheriff Bull Connor ordered that dogs should be used against civil rights marchers

Q: Proponents of welfare capitalism believed that __________. A) the government should provide unemployment insurance B) corporations could undercut unions by providing certain benefits C) the ideas of scientific management had to be entirely rejected D) the national government should be more active in programs of social reform

Q: Which statement about prostitutes in mining towns is true? A) Many prostitutes came from affluent homes. B) As men came to control the vice trade, many prostitutes suffered alcoholism and violence. C) Many women chose prostitution because it was lucrative. D) Most prostitutes were able to save enough to buy small homes or businesses.

Q: Robert Walker showed integrity when he __________.A) uncovered and revealed electoral corruption in KansasB) defended John Brown at his trialC) resigned from the presidential cabinet after the Dred Scott decisionD) stopped a congressional vote on the issue of secession

Q: Henry Clay's American System included __________. A) locally funded internal improvements B) opposition to the national bank C) wider use of protective tariffs D) decreased use of federal subsidies

Q: The Proclamation of 1763 forbade white settlement __________. A) west of the Appalachians B) in Louisiana C) in Canada D) west of the Rockies

Q: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 __________. A) prohibited segregation in public facilities B) was defeated in the House of Representatives C) was not backed by Lyndon Johnson D) guaranteed blacks the right to vote

Q: As the nation's productivity increased __________. A) wages were not proportionately raised B) a high percentage of workers experienced a decent standard of living C) corporate taxes were raised by Republican administrations D) unemployment dropped significantly

Q: The population of western mining towns was overwhelmingly __________. A) male B) rich C) Chinese D) English

Q: In the Dred Scott decision, Roger Taney argued that __________.A) free blacks were citizensB) slavery could not be banned in any territoryC) all of the Founding Fathers intended for the rights of blacks to increase over timeD) President Pierce had exceeded his authority regarding slavery in Kansas

Q: One of the effects of the Missouri Compromise was that __________. A) the Louisiana Purchase was mostly closed to slavery in the future B) any newly aquired lands west of the Louisiana Purchase could not have slaves C) existing slavery in the West was allowed, but no new slaves could be brought west D) Native Americans were granted a permanent home in lands within the Louisiana Purchase

Q: The Paxton Boys massacred a group of which Indians? A) Delawares B) Oneidas C) Conestogas D) Cherokees

Q: In what year were poverty rates the highest? A) 1960 B) 1970 C) 1980 D) 1990

Q: A major industrial trend of the 1920s was the __________. A) emergence of more competition within major industries B) decline of open shops C) strengthening of local retailers D) concentration of wealth in the largest firms of an industry

Q: The last gold rush came in 1874 in the mining camp of __________. A) Boise B) Gold Hill C) Deadwood D) Virginia City

Q: In the controversial Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court declared that __________.A) blacks were only free when they entered free territoryB) blacks were not citizens of the United StatesC) Dred Scott had the right to sue, but not the right to freedomD) only the national government could end slavery in new territories

Q: What created an explosive demand for slave-produced cotton in the early nineteenth century? A) northern manufacturing B) the invention of the cotton gin C) Canadian industry D) the English textile industry

Q: Pontiac, who led the Indians against the colonists and British troops, was a(n) __________ chief. A) Ottawa B) Cherokee C) Delaware D) Oneida

Q: Who was sworn in as president immediately after John Kennedy's death? A) Dwight Eisenhower B) Lyndon Johnson C) Gerald Ford D) Richard Nixon

Q: The term __________ refers to a situation in which a few large corporations control an industry. A) monopoly B) free market C) monopsony D) oligopoly

Q: The first large gold rush in the Rocky Mountains occurred in __________. A) the northern mountains of California B) the southern hills of Montana C) the mountains of Colorado D) northwestern Oregon

Q: The Republican Party's first candidate in a presidential election was __________.A) Abraham LincolnB) William H. SewardC) Thomas Hart BentonD) John C. Fremont

Q: The main architect of the Missouri Compromise was __________. A) Henry Clay B) Daniel Webster C) William Crawford D) Thomas Jefferson

Q: Neolin, who urged Indians to reject European goods and influence, was known as the __________. A) Pennsylvania Prophet B) Ohio Prophet C) Maryland Prophet D) Delaware Prophet

Q: Which statement about the March on Washington of 1963 is true? A) It began a period of uninterrupted unity within the civil rights movement. B) It had little impact on the civil rights movement. C) A biracial crowd of approximately 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial. D) Martin Luther King's famous speech was not televised.

Q: Which of the following was a secondary effect of the automobile industry's growth? A) boosting the chemical industry B) boosting the agricultural industry C) boosting the residential construction industry D) boosting the entertainment industry

Q: Which of the following factors resulted in many Indian deaths on the Great Plains? A) the spread of smallpox B) starvation caused by decimation of the corn crop C) Indians always refusing to move to new land D) the Indians' lack of experience with English weapons

Q: Which statement would most likely have been said by creators of the Republican Party?A) "The extension of slavery must be stopped, for it is the largest issue facing our nation."B) "If the people would follow the wise counsel of President Pierce, we would be at peace."C) "States' rights were the foundation of this great republic and they must remain so."D) "We welcome ex-southern Democrats as the foundation and backbone of this party."

Q: The Missouri Compromise attempted to __________. A) ease sectional differences regarding protective tariffs B) bar free blacks from entering Missouri C) calm growing differences over the issue of slavery D) strengthen the Bank of the United States

Q: As Europeans gained more control in North America, the relationship between different native tribes became more __________. A) unified B) strained C) divisive D) peaceful

Q: In 1963, many Americans were sickened by __________. A) the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. B) the behavior of whites as black students attempted to enter a school in Little Rock, Arkansas C) accounts of massacres of civilians in the remote regions of South Vietnam D) violence committed by authorities against civil rights activists in Birmingham, Alabama

Q: What was the purpose of the Federal Radio Commission? A) to ensure public ownership of the radio airwaves B) to regulate obscenity on the radio C) to purchase and manage government-run radio stations D) to monitor the production and sale of phonograph and home radios

Q: Today, Native Americans rank __________ on most measures of economic well-being. A) at the bottom B) as just below average C) as just above average D) at or near the top

Q: Anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic sentiment gave rise to which party?A) Anti-MasonsB) Republican PartyC) Democratic PartyD) Know-Nothing Party

Q: The Panic of 1819 was initiated by __________. A) President Monroe's misguided economic policies B) a fall in cotton prices after a period of prosperity C) a reduction in debts owed by western farmers D) the absence of the Bank of the United States

Q: After the French and Indian War, European alliances with the Indians __________. A) became more important B) broke down C) became less important D) were strengthened

Q: Methods used by blacks in winning the Montgomery bus strike included __________. A) riots in certain sections of Montgomery B) the use of car pools despite police harassment C) hunger strikes D) asking federal troops to take control of the city

Q: DuPont emerged as a powerful corporation in the __________. A) steel industry B) chemical industry C) movie industry D) housing construction industry

Q: In the 1970s, official investigations labeled Bureau of Indian Affairs attempts to force Indians to adopt white culture a(n) __________. A) "near-total success" B) "qualified success" C) "endeavor with mixed results" D) "near total failure"

Q: Who was an antislavery agitator in the middle of the violent confrontation in Kansas?A) Hinton Rowan HelperB) Frederick DouglassC) John BrownD) Charles Sumner

Q: The Monroe Doctrine proclaimed the __________. A) United States would not act as the guardian of liberty in the New World B) establishment of American autonomy in foreign relations C) active American presence in republican revolutions across the globe D) assertion that America would continue to interfere in European internal affairs

Q: The Cherokee War took place in __________. A) the southern Appalachian highlands B) New England C) Florida D) the Mississippi River valley

Q: The Freedom Riders __________. A) brought their message of equality to urban ghettos of the North B) received little attention from the Kennedy administration C) challenged the segregation of interstate bus terminals D) rejected biracial organization in protests against segregation

Q: Subsidies from the __________ helped the aviation industry to thrive. A) U.S. Post Office B) Federal Aviation Administration C) Army D) Treasury Department

Q: What happened at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1890? A) The Dawes Act was signed by representatives of the Sioux. B) Red Cloud addressed his tribe for the final time. C) Geronimo was captured after eluding the army for two years. D) At least 200 Sioux men, women, and children were slaughtered.

Q: Stephen Douglas supported which of the following ideas?A) limiting the nation's rail systemB) popular sovereigntyC) the Oklahoma-Nebraska ActD) immediatism

Q: The Anglo-American Accords __________. A) provided for American fishing rights off of Rhode Island B) set the southern boundary of the Louisiana Territory C) created provisions for the joint occupation of Oregon D) extended the boundary of Maine further north

Q: Which of the following was used to justify increased taxation in the British colonies? A) The colonies had benefited the most from the wars that contributed to the imperial debt. B) The colonists were much wealthier than other British subjects. C) The colonists refused to fight in the British army. D) The colonies had received too much economic aid from Britain.

Q: In February 1960, four black college students began a trend toward mass involvement in __________. A) the Albany Movement B) violent civil disobedience C) lunch counter sit-ins D) nationwide bus boycotts

Q: What was the main force behind the 1920s economy? A) the steel industry B) automobile production C) agriculture D) the entertainment industry

Q: Many white reformers believed that Indians should __________. A) be left to live in their traditional ways B) not be taught to speak English C) be assimilated by teaching them to be Christians D) never have to accept the concepts of capitalism

Q: Results of the Kansas-Nebraska Act included __________.A) a brief period of peace in Kansas before the outbreak of the Civil WarB) a bloody civil conflict between proslavery and antislavery forces in KansasC) an increase in the popularity of Stephen Douglas in the NorthD) the congressional admission of both territories as new slave states in the Union

Q: In the Trans-Continental Treaty, the United States gained a huge amount of territory in __________. A) the Rocky Mountains B) the Mississippi Valley C) Indiana D) Florida

Q: In the mid-eighteenth century, American colonists were taxed __________ their British counterparts. A) far more than B) far less than C) the same as D) slightly more than

Q: Martin Luther King Jr. was the founder of the __________. A) Southern Christian Leadership Conference B) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People C) Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee D) Congress of Racial Equality

Q: Discuss the arguments for and against American ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.

Q: Effects of the Dawes Act included __________. A) more Indian land being owned by whites B) the widespread conversion of Indians to Christianity C) a sharing of natural resources between whites and Indians D) an immediate attack by the Sioux against the U.S. army

Q: Proslavery elements in Kansas manipulated the statutes of the Kansas-Nebraska Act by __________.A) refusing to engage in slave trade in the territoryB) encouraging and arming proslavery residents from MissouriC) boldly defending themselves against "the sack of Lawrence"D) buying all of their slaves from traders in Nebraska

Q: The Monroe Doctrine was proclaimed in response to revolutions in __________. A) Latin America B) the Caribbean C) the Middle East D) southern Europe

Q: In 1763, which of the following countries had the greatest North American presence? A) Spain B) France C) England D) Portugal

Q: The young, charismatic leader of the successful Montgomery bus strike was __________. A) Stokely Carmichael B) Malcolm X C) Martin Luther King Jr. D) Bob Moses

Q: In what ways did the government effectively silence the brief emergence of dissent against American involvement in World War I? What examples reveal the level of aggression used against those who were suspected of disloyalty?

Q: Which state or territory had the greatest percentage of its area as Indian reservation land in the mid-1890s? A) Wyoming B) Oklahoma C) Oregon D) Nebraska

Q: Northerners of all parties were outraged by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, because it __________.A) admitted Nebraska to the union as a slave stateB) was viewed as a plot to extend slavery above the Missouri Compromise lineC) did not acknowledge California's existence as a permanent free stateD) was passed after Stephen Douglas threatened that southern states would secede

Q: What tribe did Andrew Jackson and his troops attack in Florida? A) Iroquois B) Creeks C) Seminoles D) Sioux

Q: At the end of the French and Indian War, which of the following countries had lost the largest amount of North American territory? A) Spain B) France C) England D) Portugal

Q: In Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, __________. A) Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" B) Rosa Parks refused to follow the rules of segregated public transportation C) the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was created D) federal troops ensured the safety of black students from angry white mobs

Q: Assume that it is April 1917 and write a speech regarding American involvement in World War I from the vantage point of one of the following people: Woodrow Wilson, Eugene Debs, William Jennings Bryan, or Theodore Roosevelt.

Q: One of the reasons that whites destroyed the buffalo herds was __________. A) buffalo were disruptive to cattle ranchers B) they could sell buffalo hide at very high prices C) buffalo were seen as obstructions to railway traffic D) the government believed the Indians would survive better with fewer buffalo

Q: Which of the following is one of the reasons why Stephen Douglas wanted a transcontinental railroad?A) He was the majority owner of the Union Pacific railroad.B) He felt it would hasten the Civil War.C) It would limit the spread of democracy.D) He stood to profit personally from its completion.

Q: The Rush-Bagot Agreement __________. A) opened navigation of the Mississippi River to the United States and France B) helped to destroy the last vestiges of the Republican Party C) removed the Creek Indians from their ancestral homeland D) signaled a new era of cooperation between the United States and England

Q: Analyze the effects of the mercantilist economic system. Who benefited, who was hurt, and why?

Q: In Brown v.Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that __________. A) President Kennedy had to protect James Meredith's entry to the University of Mississippi B) segregation in public schools was unconstitutional C) segregation was constitutional as long as facilities were equal D) segregation of public schools should be determined by state governments

Q: What were the consequences and long-term effects of the Committee of Public Information, the Food Administration, and the War Industries Board?

Q: What statement best describes General Philip Sheridan's views on Indian resistance? A) "There would be no conflict without the stubborn nature of the Indians." B) "Looking at the situation, how could anyone expect the Indians to react in any other way?" C) "The American military has always tried to avoid conflict with Indians." D) "It is easy to defeat the Indians because they do not fight with honor or bravery."

Q: President Pierce tried to mute the conflicts about slavery by emphasizing __________.A) Indian removal actsB) rechartering of the National BankC) wide-scale social reformsD) an aggressive foreign policy

Q: A result of Dartmouth College v.Woodward was __________.A) more protections for private corporationsB) a reduction in the powers of the Supreme CourtC) constitutional backing for opponents of the Bank of the United StatesD) further segregation in public universities

Q: Analyze why the colonists rejected the Albany Plan of Union.