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Q: Most members of the national elite at the Constitutional Convention believed that enlightened self-interest was better for the nation than the revolutionary ideal of __________. A) anarchy B) republicanism C) constitutional monarchy D) disinterested virtue

Q: One of the Spaniards' most important methods of labor control was the __________. A) encomienda B) repartimiento C) recate D) conquistador

Q: One effect of the congressional committee's questioning of Anita Hill was __________. A) the defeat of Clarence Thomas's nomination for the Supreme Court B) millions of women were angered that U.S. senators badgered Ms. Hill C) women became so disillusioned that they became politically inactive D) an increase among women in the popularity of the Republican Party

Q: Meetings of Allied leaders at Casablanca and Tehran revealed that __________. A) China would not continue to aid the Allies' cause B) Japan was on the verge of surrender C) the Soviet Union was no longer experiencing significant casualties D) the Allies possessed differing views of the world after the war

Q: Which of the following was a rationale for imperialism in the era 1890"1910? A) American ideas and institutions were superior to those of inferior nations. B) The United States needed a vast buffer zone to offset communist expansionism. C) American prosperity now depended on larger isolation from access to foreign markets and resources. D) The spread of Christianity would help lesser nations develop morally.

Q: Which statement about cotton in the late 1800s of the New South is true? A) It could not be used as collateral on loans. B) Growing even more cotton would have bolstered sagging prices. C) Fewer numbers of southern farmers began to cultivate cotton. D) Many farmers chose growing cotton over diversification.

Q: Immigration by which of the following groups was banned completely in 1920? A) Irish B) Greek C) Chinese D) Polish

Q: Judicial review is the __________. A) Supreme Court's right to have the final say on constitutionality B) method used to settle tied elections C) system of funding the American court system D) right of state courts to have the final say on federal laws

Q: Which European settlers sought the greatest amount of direct control over Indian laborers? A) French B) Spanish C) Russians D) English

Q: In supporting political ideals, women often show that they are especially concerned with __________. A) foreign policy B) organized labor in traditional industries C) practical problems of schools and neighborhoods D) retaining the status quo in American politics

Q: After the fall of Mussolini __________. A) the Axis Powers withdrew all of their troops from central Europe B) the British shifted their focus back to North Africa C) bitter fighting for the control of Italy took place between the Allies and Germany D) George Patton was able to invade eastern France

Q: Mahanism emphasized __________. A) the importance of the navy in imperial expansion B) opposition to the new imperialism of the United States C) the spread of Christianity to remote nations D) the equality of people who lived in imperial territories

Q: After the Civil War, farmers from the South __________. A) grew more cotton, but made less money B) grew more food crops and less cotton C) paid low prices for fertilizer and farm tools D) enjoyed an increase in cotton prices

Q: What was the response of many religious leaders to the rapid technological and economic changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution? A) They perceived a breakdown in moral authority and attempted to impose strict moral discipline through the law. B) They welcomed the changes because they created greater economic equality. C) They became frustrated with reduced church attendance due to a growing consumer culture. D) They were satisfied with the new wealth being created because it increased church revenue through tithing.

Q: The Constitution established a __________ government. A) federal B) unitary C) confederate D) monarchical

Q: By 1750, which group dominated much of North America? A) European colonists B) African slaves C) Native Americans D) Russian fur traders

Q: Who was the first female vice-presidential candidate? A) Geraldine Ferraro B) Patricia Schroeder C) Dianne Feinstein D) Sandra Day O"Connor

Q: Who replaced Henry Wallace as FDR's running mate in 1944? A) John Kennedy B) Harry Truman C) Harry Hopkins D) Dwight Eisenhower

Q: Many historians believe that the election of 1912 revealed a desire by voters for a continuance of moderate reforms. What evidence supports this thesis? Did voters get what they wanted?

Q: Many rural southerners objected to urbanization because they disliked __________. A) the exploitation of women in the new cities B) the technological advances that accompanied it C) its contribution to the spread of socialist ideas in the Deep South D) the changes it caused in individual and family life

Q: The "cult of domesticity" emphasized that __________. A) women should preserve religion and the morals of a family B) members of the elite were enemies of true religion C) industrial production was not as suitable as household industries D) Christians must be reborn before they can understand God

Q: James Madison's political philosophy regarding the creation of the Constitution was that "Ambition must be made to counter __________." A) ambition B) commercial dominance C) self-interest D) monarchy

Q: How were the seeds of the coming push for self-government sown in the early colonies?

Q: Which ethnic group is the fastest growing in the United States? A) Asians B) Hispanics C) Europeans D) Jamaicans

Q: Japanese Americans in __________ were treated most leniently. A) California B) Washington C) Oregon D) Hawaii

Q: Compare and contrast the ideas of reform expressed by two of the three following presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

Q: Low farm incomes in the New South resulted in __________. A) a food shortage in the North B) the creation of a labor force for new industries C) legislation that dismantled the banking system of the South D) most southerners moving into large cities

Q: Which of the following was a result of the new middle class in the mid-eighteenth century? A) increased hostility toward capitalism B) the separation of the home from work interests C) their rejection of status symbols D) the drop in percentage of upper-class Americans

Q: Regarding the chief executive, the Constitution __________. A) prohibits the president from appointing judicial officers B) allows the executive to conduct foreign affairs C) prohibits the president from vetoing legislation D) sets the length of a mayoral term

Q: What factors determined what kinds of relations the different groups of colonists had with the Indians?

Q: Supporters of the North American Free Trade Agreement include __________.A) the leaders of organized laborB) environmentalists worried about lax regulations in MexicoC) professional businesses that want foreign customersD) communities already hit by industrial shutdowns

Q: Of the following groups, which was most likely to be interned without any evidence that the individual posed a threat to the United States? A) German Americans B) Italian Americans C) Chinese Americans D) Japanese American

Q: Some historians feel that Theodore Roosevelt was the "first modern president" of the twentieth century. What evidence supports this claim? In what ways do you believe this is true or untrue?

Q: Traditional southerners felt that urban development in the South was __________. A) needed to uplift the lagging culture of the South B) a benefit to increasing participation in organized religion C) evidence of the continuing domination of the North D) a positive development in the transformation toward an industrial economy

Q: What was the first national labor union? A) American Federation of Labor B) Anti-Masons C) National Trades Union D) Workers of North America

Q: What concession was made to southern delegates to gain their support for the federal government's power to regulate trade policies? A) Northern delegates agreed to never pass tariffs that favored manufacturing interests. B) James Madison proposed that southern states could nullify federal laws. C) Delegates returned to the original idea of entirely proportionate legislation. D) Northern delegates agreed to drop demands for abolition of the slave trade.

Q: Was it economic conditions or religious backgrounds that caused the North to rely so little on slavery compared with the South?

Q: The Internet grew out of __________. A) Americans' desire to do research at home B) Americans' desire to have another way to communicate beyond the phone and letters C) concerns about defense and national security D) a trade agreement between Microsoft and IBM

Q: During World War II, riots in Harlem and Detroit revealed that __________. A) the Communist Party had a strong foundation in urban areas B) antiwar sentiment was on the rise as the war continued C) labor unions were not following FDR's no-strike appeals D) racial divisiveness was still a social problem in America

Q: How did the role of women change during the Progressive Era? What effect did this have on the advancement of progressivism?

Q: How did the lumber industry typify the South's economic development in the late 1800s? A) It required advanced skills that were not available in the region. B) It required little skilled work but devastated the environment. C) It was an ongoing source of union and labor disputes. D) It was dangerous work that put female workers in harm's way.

Q: A supporter of temperance believed __________. A) that immigration should be stopped B) in separation of church and state C) in the prohibition of alcoholic beverages D) that church attendance should be mandatory

Q: The Great Compromise, created by Roger Sherman, __________. A) actually aggravated the situation of free and slave states B) successfully split the differences between small and large states by providing two senators for every state C) made all representation proportionate to the size of individual states D) called for a policy of "one state, one vote"

Q: Analyze the ways in which the various American colonies supported and restricted religious freedom.

Q: Advances in technology for personal electronics and the Internet helped to make America __________. A) more vulnerable to war B) into the country with the best school system C) an "instant" society D) the healthiest country on Earth

Q: Which of the following experienced the greatest financial advances during the war years? A) Native American men B) African American men C) Native American women D) African American women

Q: In what ways did social reform and social control often intermingle in the Progressive Era? Which impulse was more prevalent in the period from 1905 to 1918?

Q: Which of the following was true about the textile industry in the New South? A) Good access to capital increased the quality of textiles. B) The workforce in textile factories was largely poor and uneducated. C) Most textile factories were located in the urban areas of the Upper South. D) The consumer base for purchasing textiles in the South was strong.

Q: Working-class activists of the 1830s promoted which of the following ideas? A) the establishment of universal health care B) the abolition of private property C) increased use of workhouses D) the abolition of debtors' prisons

Q: The New Jersey Plan __________. A) was the basis for voting in the Senate B) favored large states C) would not allow the national government to levy taxes D) was excluded from the Great Compromise

Q: Analyze the role joint-stock companies had in settling America.

Q: In the late 1990s and into the new century, __________ was the most networked state in the United States. A) New Hampshire B) Alaska C) Washington D) Utah

Q: FDR's issuance of Executive Order 8802 __________. A) allowed women to join the Army-Air Corps B) required participation in scrap drives and victory gardens C) gave approval for the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan D) banned racial discrimination in employment for defense industries

Q: Conservatives opposed Wilson's nomination of Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court __________. A) after Brandeis made it clear that he had never voted for Republicans B) due to Brandeis's lack of legal experience C) because Brandeis was Jewish and had issued pro-labor opinions D) as a result of Brandeis's close friendship with Eugene Debs

Q: In the South, between 1870 and 1900, urban-area populations __________. A) grew relatively quickly B) grew very slowly C) shrank slowly D) shrank dramatically

Q: Which statement about the American system of manufacturing is true? A) It was influenced by the ideas of William Lloyd Garrison. B) It emphasized low-cost production. C) Its focus was on home industries rather than factories. D) Its main goal was standardized and fair work hours.

Q: The Virginia Plan was introduced by __________. A) Alexander Hamilton B) Thomas Jefferson C) James Madison D) Patrick Henry

Q: The Dutch colony of New Netherland split to become the two proprietary colonies of __________. A) New York and Connecticut B) New Jersey and Delaware C) New Jersey and New York D) Pennsylvania and Delaware

Q: The center of the electronics industry, Silicon Valley, is located in __________. A) California B) New York C) Texas D) Michigan

Q: Under the bracero program, more than 200,000 __________ worked on U.S. farms and railroads. A) Mexicans B) Puerto Ricans C) Cubans D) Native Americans

Q: The __________ Act was designed to decrease child labor. A) Keating-Owen B) Smith-Lever C) Harrison D) Hepburn

Q: Industrialism in the New South __________. A) barely kept pace with the booming industrial economy of the North B) developed with higher wages for workers when compared to the North C) put the South at the forefront of the national economy by the early 1900s D) dramatically increased consumer spending throughout the South

Q: Conditions in towns that used the Waltham system included which of the following? A) voluntary church attendance B) strict curfews C) fair and competitive wages D) access to New England's finest public schools

Q: The Constitution does not provide __________. A) equal representation in a unicameral Congress B) shared power between the national and state governments C) Congress with power to control military affairs D) a balance of power between the three branches of government

Q: The Quakers rejected __________ and believed that salvation was possible for anyone who sought it. A) Hell B) confession C) baptism D) predestination

Q: Examples of jobs in the information economy include which of the following? A) hospital orderlies B) secretaries C) creators of advertising D) construction workers

Q: The war greatly facilitated the assimilation of which of the following groups? A) Native Americans B) Mexican Americans C) African Americans D) Japanese Americans

Q: Which of the following would be most likely to support the Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act? A) a wealthy northern industrialist and member of the Republican Party B) a poor southern sharecropper and member of the Progressive Party C) a middle-class merchant and member of the Democratic Party D) a middle-class factory owner with no party affiliation

Q: Houston became the largest city in the South in the early 1900s thanks to the __________ business. A) textile B) oil C) lumber D) cattle

Q: What is the best description of an artisan? A) a gentleman farmer B) an unskilled laborer in a large factory C) an ethnic immigrant that provides a cheap source of labor D) a skilled craftsmen who makes things by hand

Q: The two main leaders who called for a Constitutional Convention were James Madison and __________. A) Patrick Henry B) Thomas Jefferson C) Samuel Adams D) Alexander Hamilton

Q: Which of the following colonies had an established practice of peaceful and respectful interactions with the native population? A) Massachusetts B) Virginia C) Pennsylvania D) Connecticut

Q: Between 1965 and 1990, __________. A) industrial growth brought great prosperity to the old cities of the Northeast B) commercial farming declined as a portion of the agricultural economy C) corporate "downsizing" reached an all-time low D) the number of service workers continued to increase

Q: Which of the following statements about women workers on the home front is true? A) The majority of women contributed to the war effort through victory gardens and other domestic labor. B) Women played vital roles in the shipyards and in the aircraft industry. C) Employment of women was discouraged during the war years. D) The percentage of women working in manufacturing jobs was the same as before the war.

Q: Woodrow Wilson sought to reform banking primarily through the __________. A) Keating-Owen Act B) Smith-Lever Tariff Act C) Federal Reserve Act D) Federal Trade Commission

Q: What modern-day commodity became successful in the South by the early 1900s? A) Kleenex B) Hershey candy bars C) Ford automobiles D) Coca-Cola

Q: Where was the growing middle class most likely to find jobs during the Industrial Revolution? A) western towns B) northern cities C) southern rural areas D) southern cities

Q: The Constitutional Convention took place in __________. A) Philadelphia B) Annapolis C) New York D) Washington, D.C.

Q: Which colonial religious group granted women spiritual equality with men? A) Puritans B) Quakers C) Anglicans D) Catholics

Q: Passed in California in 1978, __________ limited property taxes and continued into the 1990s. A) Proposition 13 B) Proposition 187 C) Proposition 52 D) Proposition 113