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Q: Why was Henry Wallace critical of the United States' increased militarization? A) He believed it was a distraction from addressing poverty and racism. B) He was a pacifist who believed the country was too aggressive. C) He was a veteran who experienced the horrors of war first-hand. D) He believed that the end of World War II required all countries to decrease their militaries.

Q: How was the Gentlemen's Agreement an effort to improve Japanese-American relations? A) It closed immigration. B) It allowed for some immigration. C) It allowed American businesses to work with Japan. D) It lifted trade embargos against Japan.

Q: What factors accounted for the quick appeal, and then the sudden fall, of the Populist Party in the South?

Q: In 1850, which of the following people would most likely be a resident in northern Ohio? A) a pro-slavery, former tenant farmer from South Carolina B) an anti-slavery, pro-temperance family farmer from Massachusetts C) a pro-slavery, Republican, wealthy merchant from Maryland D) an anti-slavery, anti-temperance factory worker from Canada

Q: Southerners were most successful in opposing what aspect of Hamilton's financial plan? A) his attempts to accelerate industrialization B) the creation of the Bank of the United States C) the use of excise taxes to generate revenue D) the federal government's funding of the national debt

Q: In 1750, indentured servitude was most common in __________. A) New England B) Virginia C) the Chesapeake region D) Georgia

Q: Third-party presidential candidate Henry Wallace believed that __________. A) U.S. foreign policy was instigating the Cold War B) civil rights should not be a national political issue C) progressive reforms were ruining the country D) big business should have more power in the American economy

Q: America supported Japan in the Russo-Japanese War because __________. A) the American military relied on Japanese technology B) Russia had approved of open door policies in China C) pro-Japanese sentiment was strong in California D) Russia had obstructed open trade in Manchuria

Q: The era of the New South __________. A) was very much like the South in the years before the Civil War B) emerged as a time of growing economic opportunities for blacks and poor whites C) saw a marked drop in the development of urban centers in the South D) was characterized by the persistence of rural poverty and racial divisiveness

Q: Which state was the last one to gain statehood in the Old Northwest? A) Ohio B) Indiana C) Illinois D) Wisconsin

Q: To gain southern support for his financial plan, Hamilton offered to __________. A) win northern support for moving the nation's capital to a southern location B) get an appointment for Jefferson as Secretary of State C) drop all of his proposals that supported the promotion of industry D) join the party that opposed the Federalists

Q: Which of the following was a southern response to African slave rebellion? A) more humane treatment of slaves B) greater governmental supervision of the slave trade C) encouragement of more white immigration D) increased Indian slave trade

Q: Third-party presidential candidate Strom Thurmond left the Democratic Party because of his __________. A) belief that the Soviet threat was not a serious concern B) contention that the party had abandoned organized labor C) opposition to civil rights reforms raised by party members D) dislike of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Q: How did the American victory in the Spanish-American War impact European policies? A) European nations started to take the United States into account in crafting their foreign policies. B) European nations became resentful of the United States' strong military. C) Britain formed an alliance with France against the United States. D) Germany rejected the idea of forming a European alliance and sought to develop its connection with the United States.

Q: Which of the following statements about W. E. B. Du Bois is true? A) He strongly believed that southern whites could aid blacks. B) He was the first African-American to earn a degree at Yale. C) He stressed agricultural education as the major aspect of improving life for blacks. D) He promoted pride in the strengths of African-American culture.

Q: Which product became the Old Northwest's major cash crop for the northern market? A) corn B) hogs C) soybeans D) wheat

Q: Why did some object to Hamilton's financial plan on republican grounds? A) They believed the plan would be too costly for trade relations. B) They believed the plan would slowly eliminate slavery. C) They believed it was a plan to create permanent national debt. D) They believed the plan would be too beneficial to industry.

Q: Who could typically be found in a"maroon settlement"? A) British indentured servants B) Indians C) creole slaves D) runaway slaves

Q: After the war, middle-class Americans overwhelmingly expressed the desire to __________. A) assure peace by developing close relations with the Soviet Union B) have small families and live in remote, rural areas C) establish prosperity after 15 years of depression and war D) include socialist policies in the national political agenda

Q: The main Asian imperialist power around the turn of the twentieth century was __________. A) Japan B) China C) Korea D) Thailand

Q: In his book, The Souls of Black Folk, __________. A) Washington laid out his plan of self-help B) Du Bois attacked the stance of accommodation expressed by Washington C) Washington expressed that blacks should not vote until they received proper education D) Du Bois stated that southern whites were not needed for blacks to make social gains

Q: Local associations known as claims clubs __________. A) worked to stop slavery from spreading to the West B) promoted an increase in profits for speculators C) enforced extralegal property rights for squatters D) showed the national government's commitment to promoting slavery

Q: What bold plan did Hamilton create in an effort to address the Revolutionary War debt? A) paying the debt with duty taxes and refusing to levy internal taxes B) forcing the individual states to pay off their own accrued debts C) refusing to have any financial relations with Great Britain D) having the federal government fund the national debt at its full value

Q: Family ties for slaves made life more tolerable, but hindered __________. A) escape plans B) the work structure C) relationships with masters D) education

Q: One trend of the period 1946"1950 was __________. A) further segregation in professional sports B) a growth of power for organized labor C) a declining fear in the threat of communism D) a significant increase in the number of babies being born

Q: The United States and European nations contested spheres of influence in __________. A) the Philippines B) China C) Cuba D) India

Q: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People __________. A) was created by an act of Congress B) was shunned by W. E. B. Du Bois C) started out as an interracial organization D) made economic opportunity for blacks its main focus

Q: How did Westerners promote industrialization in the East? A) by providing food for the growing workforce of the East B) by demonstrating methods of industrial success in western iron mills C) by sending many young people to work in eastern factories D) by investing large amounts of capital in eastern manufacturing

Q: The first Secretary of Treasury was __________. A) Thomas Jefferson B) Alexander Hamilton C) James Madison D) John Jay

Q: Who did slave owners use to capture slaves during rebellions? A) slaves B) Indians C) children D) wage laborers

Q: In what year was the number of births per 1000 women highest? A) 1933 B) 1942 C) 1958 D) 1978

Q: The Open Door policy __________. A) lasted only a few years B) allowed America to create an informal economic empire C) was applied as much to Japan as to China D) did not prevent the British takeover of China

Q: In the Atlanta Compromise, Washington urged whites to provide education for blacks, and __________. A) called for blacks to run for political office in the South B) urged blacks to accommodate themselves to segregation C) abandoned his hopes that blacks could become part of the industrial labor force D) denounced the powerful, white elite who dominated southern politics

Q: Migration into the Old Northwest was characterized by __________. A) a rapid period of movement that slowed after the War of 1812 B) the dominant spread of commercial farming in the region C) not enough land in the East D) the convergence of varying regional cultures from all parts of the East

Q: Why did southerners and northerners disagree about the Tariff Act of 1789? A) Southerners believed the tax fairly earned revenue from northern manufacturing, whereas northerners disagreed with the increased financial burden on their factories. B) The tariff was based on geography, so it was more burdensome to southerners than northerners. C) Southerners did not want to pay a tariff on slave labor, and northerners wanted a moral take on slavery. D) The tariff kept down foreign competition for northern manufacturers but made it more expensive for southerners to buy goods.

Q: Which of the following was the largest slave uprising in the eighteenth century? A) Stono Rebellion B) Yoruba Rebellion C) Nat Turner's Rebellion D) Shays's Rebellion

Q: The courageous athlete who broke the "color line" in major league baseball was __________. A) Jackie Robinson B) Hank Aaron C) Jesse Owens D) Willie Mays

Q: An appalling aspect of the Filipino War was __________. A) America's use of Spanish troops to put down the nationalist rebellion B) the brutal suppression of the antiwar movement C) that atrocities committed by the American army drew no attention from Americans D) the death of many Filipinos in concentration camps

Q: Booker T. Washington emphasized __________. A) vocational training as a way of establishing economic independence B) the immediate rise of blacks into the professional class C) the creation of interracial colleges and other public institutions D) non-violent civil disobedience to gain legal reforms

Q: During the years of the Jeffersonian Republicans, the government's land policies __________. A) focused mainly on the commercial farmers of the mid-Atlantic region B) attempted to aid Americans who wished to become freeholders C) made it more difficult for small farmers to purchase land in the West D) guaranteed that a migrant farmer in the West would become wealthy

Q: Madison was motivated to strengthen the financial foothold of the federal government, because __________. A) the Articles of the Confederation had crippled the government's ability to secure revenue B) elections were expensive C) he believed revenue was important to international trade D) the government had already spent a substantial amount on wars with Native Americans

Q: What was the rarest form of slave resistance? A) organized rebellion B) suicide C) running away D) murder of the slave master

Q: Levittown represented a change toward __________. A) an increase in Americans who owned small farms B) affordable homes in American suburbs C) a belief in labor-management equity D) the development of suburbs tied to ethnic identity

Q: After Dewey's victory, Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo __________. A) petitioned Congress for Filipino statehood B) wrote to President McKinley to plea for annexation C) declared the Philippines an independent country D) immediately attacked American forces

Q: One of the ways the black community responded to disenfranchisement and hate was __________. A) by giving up on the right to vote B) sabotage C) violence D) humor

Q: Which statement about the westward shift of population in the period of 1800"1850 is true? A) The national base population increased by almost fifteen times. B) The percentage of Americans living in the West grew slowly. C) Through purchase and conquest, the land area of the nation more than tripled. D) Smaller families became more prevalent in rural society.

Q: Sectional differences arose over the debate about __________. A) nominations to Washington's cabinet B) Thomas Jefferson's appointment as ambassador to France C) including the right to free expression in the Bill of Rights D) specific aspects of the Tariff Act of 1789

Q: In North America, slaves often __________. A) sought to forge community ties and preserve elements of their African heritage B) eschewed everything that reminded them of Africa C) converted to Christianity in large numbers D) converted to Islam

Q: What have been the results of the September 11 terrorist attacks, both domestically and internationally? What security measures have been put into place?

Q: One immediate problem in the first few years after the war was __________. A) a housing shortage B) the national feeling that not much was gained by victory in the war C) large-scale unemployment D) a marked decrease in the standard of living for the middle class

Q: Samuel Gompers was against acquiring the Philippines, because he __________. A) wanted to protect the sugar trade in Hawaii B) believed Asian people were racially inferior C) feared that cheap Asian labor would undercut American wages D) was an anti-imperialist for moral reasons

Q: D. W. Griffith's successful film, Birth of a Nation, promoted an image of __________. A) blacks as equal citizens B) southerners and northerners working together C) radicalism within the rural reform movement D) a heroic Ku Klux Klan

Q: By 1850, the population of the United States had grown to __________ million. A) twelve B) twenty-three C) fifty-five D) one hundred

Q: There was robust debate regarding __________ in the State Department, Treasury, and War Department. A) whether slavery as a public policy should be addressed B) whether women could serve C) the amount of presidential control over officials D) how best to earn revenue

Q: Which slave population lived longer than African immigrants? A) the Creole slave population B) the charter slave population C) the female slave population D) the Seneca slave population

Q: What were the major goals of the Bush administration after the election of 2000? How did Bush go about putting his ideas and goals into effect?Discuss Bush's approach to the economy, domestic and foreign policy, and education.

Q: Which of the following had the highest population growth rate between 1940 and 1998? A) suburbs B) central cities C) non-metropolitan areas D) rural areas

Q: McKinley feared that if the United States did not take over __________ it might be acquired by Japan or Germany. A) the Philippines B) Hawaii C) Guam D) Cuba

Q: In general, attempts to eliminate government use of the Confederate battle flag in the South __________. A) have garnered little attention from the media B) have met with little success C) showed that most white Southerners have little interest in the Confederate battle flag D) have helped politicians who supported such attempts

Q: In what ways can it be said that new divisions between a "North" and "South" were developing in America during the period of 1800"1850?

Q: The framers were intentionally vague about the federal judiciary, because __________. A) they expected individual state judiciaries to be more powerful that the federal courts B) Antifederalists and states' rights advocates did not want a federal judiciary enforcing a uniform judiciary C) the federal courts were intended to address a limited number of issues D) they could not agree about what role the federal judiciary should play in national government

Q: Which of the following used family farms as the predominant labor system? A) Rhode Island B) Pennsylvania C) Delaware D) Virginia

Q: The FHA __________. A) financed nearly 40 percent of all home mortgage debt between 1946 and 1950 B) required that labor leaders take oaths that they were not communists C) began a trend that resulted in rampant inflation during the early 1950s D) supported the third-party candidacy of Henry Wallace in 1948

Q: Which of the following was a major outcome of the Spanish-American War? A) the establishment of an extensive American empire B) the emergence of the nation's status as a world power C) the reluctance of the government to get involved in other foreign conflicts D) the beginning of a new period of opportunity and problems in foreign policy

Q: Grandfather clauses and poll taxes were used to __________. A) stop blacks from migrating to the North B) deny blacks the right to vote C) equalize wealth between poor and wealthy farmers D) exclude women from joining the Populist Party

Q: How did class structure change in the first half of the 1800s? What examples reveal the emergence of new tensions between the classes?

Q: The Judiciary Act __________. A) was a heavy-handed move for power by the Federalists B) showed that Southerners would never compromise on judicial powers C) was designed to raise revenues D) represented an artful compromise that balanced legal powers

Q: The first generation of slaves in America is referred to as __________. A) the charter generation B) slave forefathers C) the genesis generation D) the lost generation

Q: Discuss the election of 2000, why it was contested, and what it revealed about the American people and the nation.

Q: The G.I. Bill was geared at helping veterans in the areas of __________. A) medical care and cash bonuses B) mental health and self-esteem C) welfare payments and job counseling D) housing and education

Q: Of the people listed below, who supported the Treaty of Paris? A) William Jennings Bryan B) Andrew Carnegie C) Jane Addams D) Theodore Roosevelt

Q: The most commonly used form of disenfranchisement in the South was the __________. A) grandfather clause B) literacy test C) poll tax D) understanding clause

Q: Describe the events that led to more of the citizens of the United States becoming abolitionists. Which religious groups were involved in decrying slavery and why? What political organizations grew out of the abolitionist movement?

Q: The first government's base of support was strengthened by __________. A) stopping Fries's Rebellion B) repealing the Sedition Act C) passing the Bill of Rights D) calming Southerners with Jay's Treaty

Q: Georgia was founded as a refuge for __________. A) Christians B) runaway slaves C) English debtors D) newly-free indentured servants

Q: One of the reasons for Barack Obama's successful campaign was __________. A) that he earned far more money that his adversary B) his appeal to conservative voters C) his focus on Bush's failures D) that he gave few public speeches

Q: The Taft-Hartley Act __________. A) represented the most progressive labor reforms since the Wilson administration B) was an attempt by big business to reverse gains made by organized labor C) limited the immigration of Asians and eastern Europeans D) was successful because it was supported by John L. Lewis

Q: Why was the attack on the Philippines the decisive engagement of the Spanish-American War? A) It diverted attention from Cuba. B) It provoked the Spanish into attacking without a thought-out strategy. C) It allowed the United States to expand its foothold into Asia. D) It prevented Spain from forming Asian alliances that might have helped them.

Q: Prior to disenfranchisement, blacks' participation in the politics of the South was __________. A) not a factor in state politics B) active and influential C) sporadic and weak D) unimportant in local elections

Q: Why did economic growth widen the gap between the rich and poor?