U.S. History II

Several ideologies—social Darwinism, the self-made man and the Gospel of Wealth—emerged in the Gilded Age, each with its advocates. Choose the statement most likely spoken by Horatio Alger.

"A person born into a disadvantaged situation can succeed through ingenuity and hard work."

Determine which statement was more likely spoken by Herbert Hoover than by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

"America has endured financial panics before, and I am certain the economy will recover."

One component of containment policy was the Marshall Plan. Which of the following was one of the conditions of the Marshall Plan?

"Any money received from the plan must be spent on American goods."

Which of the statements agree with the court case Obergefell v. Hodges?

"As a millennial, I accept homosexuality and support equal rights for all sexual orientations."

By the late 1800s, some settlers' dreams of the West were not matched by the realities. Choose the statement that describes one of these "realities."

"Establishing a farm is expensive."

Choose the statement that best reflects the idea that those who didn't conform to the American way were threats to the nation.

"Homosexuals and lesbians are morally weak and likely to betray this country."

Which statement is most likely to have been spoken by W.E.B. Du Bois, reflecting his approach to black equality in the Progressive Era?

"I call for immediate and uncompromising activism for African American civil rights in order to achieve social progress."

Which of the statements agree with the English Only law proposals?

"I live in Arizona. We have a large Spanish-speaking population that needs to learn our language."

Which statement best represents Henry Cabot Lodge's position on American involvement in the proposed League of Nations?

"I offer 14 reservations I have about the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations."

Which of the statements reflects President Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression?

"I oppose the Federal Emergency Relief Act because it interferes with the balance of power between states and the federal government."

Which statement would be characteristic of a historian looking at this cartoon published during the Civil War through the lens of class? (emancipation)

"The center image shows an African American family earning fair wages, allowing them to live independently after the end of slavery."

What statement describes the effect NAFTA had on the U.S. economy in the 1990s for average Americans?

"The elimination of tariffs and trade restrictions between the U.S., Canada and Mexico made the household goods I buy cheaper."

Choose the statement that best reflects a reaction against Brown v. Board of Education by Southerners during the 1950s.

"The enforcement of the Brown decision is unconstitutional."

By the late 1800s, some settlers' dreams of the West were not matched by the realities. Choose the statement that describes one of these "realities."

"The establishment of bonanza farms offers opportunities to work the land for a wage."

Determine which statement was more likely spoken by Franklin D. Roosevelt than by Herbert Hoover.

"The federal government must act to provide direct aid to Americans who need it."

Choose the statement that accurately reflects the relationship between private business and the federal government during World War II.

"The government paid most of the costs for my company to convert to wartime production."

Choose the statement that expresses sympathy with the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges.

"The law is now on the right side of history and reflects the opinion of the majority of Americans."

Which description best matches the Federal Emergency Relief Administration from Roosevelt's New Deal?

"This program sent federal money to the states to help put Americans back to work."

Which description best matches the Civilian Conservation Corps from Roosevelt's New Deal?

"This was put in place to help provide jobs mainly to young men who didn't have work. They helped with some labor-intensive tasks such as constructing roads, planting trees and a variety of other land management projects."

Choose the statement that best reflects the views of a protester in the Pullman strike.

"To our credit, we managed to temporarily bring trains nationwide to a stop."

Choose the true statement about the relationship between private business and the federal government during World War II.

"Wartime mobilization was so important that the government eased antitrust regulations while we were in production."

Choose the statement that describes the work of muckrakers in the late 19th century.

"We are investigative reporters and photographers who shine a light on social ills among the working poor."

Choose the statement that best reflects the experiences of African Americans after the United States entered World War II.

"We began a civil rights campaign to achieve both a victory in Europe and a victory over racism in the U.S."

Which statement describes an effect of economic expansion in the 1950s?

"We began to see more convenience stores and fast-food restaurants as car ownership increased."

Which statement best reflects rural consumption practices in the late 19th century?

"We can purchase goods through mail-order catalogs for far less money than we would pay locally."

Because of the economic downturn in the 1890s, many Americans organized in order to seek relief from corporations and elected officials. Choose the statement that reflects an action undertaken in the 1890s to improve conditions for workers.

"We marched on Washington, D.C. to advocate for public works jobs for the unemployed."

Choose the statement that best reflects an argument in favor of Indian assimilation in the late 1800s.

"We must destroy Indian cultures so Indians will be forced to conform to American society."

Match the Council on Environmental Quality to the statement that exemplifies it.

"We must establish a single, unified system of governmental oversight to protect the United States' air, water and land."

What statement reflects the position of the Democrats on America's involvement with the proposed League of Nations?

"We must ratify the treaty as it is written to ensure a peaceful world and future."

Which of the following statements is the best representation of the goals of the Populist political movement of the 1890s?

"We support the increase of the money supply, restricted immigration and an eight-hour workday."

Which of the following statements best describes the Reservationists' stance toward the Treaty of Versailles?

"We support this treaty with amendments."

Choose the statement that best reflects an argument used by Chief Joseph to oppose federal assimilation.

"We want to live as other men live; we want to travel, work, worship and live where we choose."

Choose the statement that explains one way the federal government supported private business during World War II.

"We will assume the majority of costs associated with converting your factory to produce wartime materials."

Which statement reflects the position of the Irreconcilables concerning the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and America's involvement in the proposed League of Nations?

"We will not consider any aspect of this international treaty."

Which statement reflects the position of the Reservationists on America's involvement with the proposed League of Nations?

"We will support this treaty if amendments are made to the role of the U.S. in the League of Nations."

Choose the statement that best reflects the experience of women as a social group after the United States entered World War II.

"We, both single and married, comprised over 30% of the domestic workforce during the war."

Which statement best reflects rural consumption practices in the late 19th century?

"With credit, we can become part of the middle class."

Hannah runs a hospitality business with Ray and Susan, backed by a group of investors who provide the funding but rely on Hannah and company to operate the business. What term best describes this type of business arrangement?

A trust

How would viewers at the time of its creation most likely interpret the 1872 painting American Progress?

A viewer at the time would likely have had the sense that all settlers would profit from their labor in the West.

Why did President Theodore Roosevelt use the power of his office to advance Progressive reform?

He believed the country needed governmental solutions to the ills of industrialization and corruption.

Choose the statement that best explains why Eugene McCarthy had the support of many students during the 1968 presidential election.

He decided to compete in the Democratic primary by running on an antiwar campaign.

What was one reason president John Kennedy was slow to put forth an aggressive civil rights agenda?

He didn't have the support of Congress on the issue.

Choose the statement that reflects a success for President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy.

He oversaw the drafting of a historic peace treaty that marked the recognition of Israel by an Arab nation.

Read the excerpt from The New York Times about the Haymarket affair. "The celerity [speed] with which the leaders of the dynamite movement got out of the way as soon as the explosion occurred was little short of marvelous, and this fact led many to believe that they had knowledge of what was to be done, and therefore took occasion to escape the consequences they knew would follow." Of the following groups involved in the Haymarket Riot, which one is the author least sympathetic toward?

Labor organizers

Which of the following traditions reflected the relationship between conformity and the American family in the 1950s?

Advertisers offered "labor-saving" devices aimed directly at a female audience.

Choose the statement that applies equally to the "Old South" and the "New South."

African Americans endured intimidation, violence and political disfranchisement.

Choose a consequence of government efforts to address violent crime and drug use in the 1980s and 1990s.

African Americans were seven times more likely to be imprisoned than white Americans.

Choose the statement that best analyzes events in the year 1968 through the lens of politics.

Divisions over the Vietnam War paved the way for a more conservative coalition to come to power.

Theodore Roosevelt's "Square Deal" had three main components, one of which was consumer protections. What else was included in his plan?

Federal oversight of public lands

The political cartoon reflects the economic trends of the late 19th century that contributed to the expansion of American imperialism. Choose the statement below that best reflects the trends shown in the cartoon.

Foreign nations were eager to access the products of American industry.

What was a cause of the Great Depression?

France and Great Britain were unable to repay loans American banks had extended them during the war and were unable to collect reparations from Germany.

During the 1920s, W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey were early proponents of an ideology known as Pan-Africanism. What was a key way in which Garvey's beliefs differed from that of Du Bois?

Garvey believed that black and white Americans were incapable of working together to overcome racism.

If a historian were to question why most of the immigrants coming into the United States were pictured as male, when large numbers of females also immigrated to the United States, they would probably be viewing this picture through which lens?

Gender

Choose the true statement about the American economy in the early 2000s.

Investments in high-tech companies increased, but few of them turned a profit.

President Wilson's stance on American neutrality in World War I changed between 1914 and 1917. Which event occurred most proximate to Wilson's request to Congress to declare war?

Germany broke its promise to restrict its use of submarine warfare and sank the Laconia.

During President Carter's term, a revolution overthrew the government of what country, where 53 male employees at the American embassy were held captive?

Iran

Which statement is a success of the United States' New World Order foreign policy following the end of the Cold War?

Israel recognized the legitimacy of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Which of the following is a reason why President Theodore Roosevelt pushed for progressive reform within the federal government?

He believed that it was government's responsibility to create a climate in which all Americans could rise together.

Which action was supported by Kennedy's Flexible Response foreign policy?

It created the Green Berets, a new special forces units trained in counterinsurgency.

President Roosevelt introduced a First New Deal and a Second New Deal to overcome the Great Depression. Choose the action that was associated with the Second New Deal.

It focused on long-term reform in addition to relief and recovery.

Choose the true statement about the American Federation of Labor.

It focused on the economic advancement of its members.

Which statement about populism most closely aligns with historian Michael Kazin's interpretation of the term?

It is a political style that uses a certain type of language and rhetoric to advance the agenda of a political coalition.

Choose one way that traditional assumptions about male and female roles were reinforced during the 1950s.

It was expected that people would marry young and have large families.

Select the statement that best reflects John Kennedy's Flexible Response strategy during the Cold War.

It was reluctant to embrace the idea of "massive retaliation" in response to Soviet aggression.

What popular 1920s musical style, which had a quick rhythm and was largely improvised, was associated with the "new generation" of urban young people?

Jazz

"As part of the Lyndon Johnson administration's War on Poverty, my teenage son participated in a program which provided training and work experience so he could have the same advantages as others." What was the name of that program?

Job Corps

Choose the true statement about conformity in the 1950s.

Just as the Cold War encouraged political conformity, economic expansion encouraged cultural conformity.

In 1912, the National Child Labor Committee pushed President William Howard Taft to establish the U.S. Children's Bureau and worked to help pass a policy that barred the trade of any goods that used child labor for production. What was the name of that policy?

Keating-Owen Act

What statement describes the effect globalization had on the 1990s economy for an average American?

My buddies and I worked in auto manufacturing before our company moved to Mexico. Now I work in retail."

The United Nations issued a Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Which of the following statements reflects an idea contained in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

Reason and conscience can guide human beings to treat one another as equals.

Which consequence of containment policy on American politics is described as "accusing specific individuals of having ties to communism?"

Red-baiting

What was one consequence of containment policy on American politics in the 1940s and 1950s?

Red-baiting, or falsely accusing political opponents as Communist sympathizers

Choose the statement that best characterizes the "New South" rather than the "Old South."

Segregation and Jim Crow laws were supported by Supreme Court decisions.

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court handed down its decision. Choose the statement that best reflects the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.

Segregation violates the Equal Protection Clause.

Why did President Ronald Reagan begin to change his position toward the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s?

Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev made efforts to reform the Soviet government and economy.

Which of these statements is a consequence of government efforts to reduce drug use and violent crime during the 1980s and 1990s?

States implemented mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes, violent or not.

Which of these statements is a cause of government efforts to reduce drug use and violent crime during the 1980s and 1990s?

Suburban residents were alarmed by the violence associated with drug crime.

Which statement best characterizes the state of race relations in the "New South?"

Supreme Court decisions validated segregation and Jim Crow laws.

Choose the statement that reflects a planned consequence of Reaganomics.

Taxes were lowered.

Which of the following was associated with the New Left during the 1960s?

The Free Speech Movement

What was a cause of the Great Depression?

The Great Depression exposed significant, underlying weaknesses in the U.S. economy and the national banking system.

What group was one of the intellectual arms of the New Right, providing policy positions and political recommendations for conservative candidates?

The Heritage Foundation

Which act brought a number of government agencies into a single department to better manage terrorist threats, both foreign and domestic?

The Homeland Security Act

In 1916, pressure from activists and the National Child Labor Committee contributed to legislation that prohibited interstate trade of any goods produced by child labor. What was the name of this legislation?

The Keating-Owen Act

Which statement about 1968 reflects the lens of race?

The Kerner Commission reported that white society and institutions were responsible for the continued suffering in black communities.

Choose the true statement about the nature of the American economy in the 1970s.

The Sunbelt gained political influence as a center for economic and technological progress.

Which of these actions occurred as a part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's First New Deal?

The Supreme Court overturned some federal actions as unconstitutional.

Choose the statement that best describes an example of U.S. containment policy.

The Truman Doctrine stated that the U.S. was obligated to assist anti-communist forces around the world.

Determine which action was supported by both Eisenhower's New Look foreign policy and Kennedy's Flexible Response foreign policy.

The U.S. committed to fighting communism through containment policy.

Which of the following was an effect of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

The U.S. created internment camps for Japanese Americans.

Choose the statement that reflects U.S. involvement in Vietnam during the Eisenhower administration.

The U.S. provided support—money and advisors—to Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam because the administration believed that the Soviet Union and China controlled North Vietnam.

Which of these statements about Operation Iraqi Freedom is true?

The U.S. was not prepared for lengthy occupation in Iraq after they invaded.

The United States, while concerned with the rise of fascism, was committed to nonintervention in European affairs in the 1930s for which of the following reasons?

The United States did not fully comprehend the scale of Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic campaigns.

Which statement is most reflective of Eisenhower's New Look foreign policy?

The United States dramatically increased its nuclear arsenal.

How did the American economy in the 1970s differ from the economy in previous decades?

The United States fell into an economic recession.

Which statement accurately reflects reasons why the U.S. government adopted containment as a foreign policy strategy?

The United States wanted to expand free markets around the world.

Read the excerpt from an address to Congress made by President George W. Bush on September 20, 2001:"Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. . . We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime. "What does this excerpt say that the U.S. will do?

The United States will engage in preemptive military action to fight terrorism.

When civil rights activists crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Salem, they were beaten by police on a day that became known as "Bloody Sunday;" the violence was a factor in prompting President Lyndon Johnson to sign which bill into law?

The Voting Rights Act

Choose the statement that best describes an example of U.S. containment policy.

U.S. and U.K. planes delivered more than two million tons of supplies to the Western zones of Berlin.

Choose the statement that describes a success of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

U.S. forces occupied Baghdad within one month.

A meat packing plant slaughters cattle for meat. As the company expands, it begins to raise cattle and also develops refrigerated railroad cars to transport the meat to wholesale markets in larger cities. What aspect of industrialization does this represent?

Vertical integration

Which group or person is correctly paired with their contribution to racial equality during the Progressive Era?

W.E.B. DuBois - advocated for immediate and uncompromising agitation for black civil rights

Which economic development in the 1980s was intended by Reaganomics?

Wealthy Americans benefited more from tax breaks than those with lower incomes.

Frederick Jackson Turner wrote a paper in 1893 titled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History. "Identify the statement that best represents Turner's views about the significance of the American frontier.

Western expansion contributed to the uniqueness of the United States and played a role in developing its democracy.

The political cartoon reflects the economic trends of the late 19th century that contributed to the expansion of American imperialism. Choose the statement below that best reflects the trends shown in the cartoon.

The economy of the U.S. was booming and the U.S. was a leading economic power.

Kino, an experienced historian, is very interested in the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. As a historian, he is aware of possible influences on his interpretation of events. Which factor should be allowed to influence his interpretation?

The lenses he wants to apply

Match the G.I. Bill with an effect it had on economic expansion in the 1950s.

The local university reported an increase in graduates and thus an increase in the number of white collar workers in the community.

Which of the statements reflect a reason behind Christian evangelicals organizing to have more influence on American politics?

The majority in Congress are liberal and do not see homosexuality or premarital sex as sins."

Choose the statement that most accurately describes the rural economy of the late 19th century.

The more farmers produced, the more the market became saturated and crop prices dropped.

Choose the true statement about the Johnson administration's Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.

The new law placed an annual limit on immigrants from Latin American countries.

Read the following accounts of an incident in Chicago in 1919 that resulted in the deaths of a young African American boy and 37 others. From the Chicago Defender: "The presence of a black face in their vicinity was a signal for a carnival of death, and before any aid could reach the poor, unfortunate one his body reposed in some kindly gutter, his brains spilled over a dirty pavement." From the Chicago Daily Tribune: "Fists flew and rocks were hurled. Bathers from the colored Twenty-fifth street beach were attracted to the scene of the battling and aided their comrades in driving the whites into the water." What could explain the different perspectives of each newspaper account?

The newspapers wrote for different audiences.

Read the excerpt from an address to Congress made by President George W. Bush in which he declared war on terrorism: "The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism that has been rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics—a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam. The terrorists' directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews, to kill all Americans and make no distinction among military and civilians, including women and children." What is the significance of this excerpt from President Bush's September 20, 2001 address?

The president distinguishes between extremists and the vast majority of Muslims, and only the former is identified as the enemy.

Why were many immigrants attracted to life in the U.S. in the late 19th century?

The prospect of steady, well-paid industrial jobs

Choose the factor that should influence a professional historian's interpretation of politics in the Gilded Age.

The questions the historian chooses to ask

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court handed down its decision. Which of the following arguments helped to convince the Supreme Court to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson and end segregation in public schools?

The right to education is a right that must be equally available to everyone in the U.S.

Select an argument used in favor of U.S. involvement in World War II.

The rise and spread of fascism threatens the entire globe.

Two national labor unions emerged during the late 19th century: the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor. Which statement is true of the American Federation of Labor but not the Knights of Labor?

They allowed autonomy among the different craft unions it brought together.

What did the Harlem Renaissance, the "New Negro" movement and Pan-Africanism all have in common?

They celebrated African American unity and culture and rejected racist stereotypes.

Two national labor unions emerged during the late 19th century: the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor. Which statement is true of both the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor?

They encountered anti-union tactics by employers.

When the United States entered World War I, suffragists saw the opportunity to enact a women's suffrage amendment. What was one of their main reasons for optimism?

They found it hypocritical to fight a war to defend freedom and democracy abroad and deny the vote to women at home.

Read the testimony of a Mexican American migrant laborer, given in a 1969 Senate hearing: "So when crops are over in the State of Florida, there is no way that he can continue to survive, so he migrates. And because of that the migrant farmworkers have had great difficulties in their employment relationships, much of this arising out of exploitation and abuse by irresponsible farmers and crew leaders who sometimes underpay them, short count them, and overcharge them for transportation. "Based on the excerpt, which two statements describe the experience of migrant workers in the U.S.?

They have little security or social support.

White Democrats, or "redeemers," were central to the development of the Jim Crow system in the South during the late 19th century. Which statement most represents their efforts?

They passed laws that required potential voters to read and interpret the Constitution to the satisfaction of white voting registrars.

Which statement is true of the Progressives?

They sought to improve industrial working conditions for men, women and children.

When the United States entered World War I, anti-alcohol groups saw the opportunity to enact a national Prohibition amendment for which of the following reasons?

They thought grain should not be used to make beer and liquor when soldiers overseas needed food.

How did the "nervous generation" react to changes in America during the 1920s?

They upheld traditional values and customs.

Two national labor unions emerged during the late 19th century: the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor. Which statement is true of the Knights of Labor but not the American Federation of Labor?

They welcomed women, African Americans and both skilled and unskilled laborers.

White Democrats, or "redeemers," were central to the development of the Jim Crow system in the South during the late 19th century. Which statement best represents their efforts?

They worked to destroy black political coalitions after regaining control of state and local governments.

Which of the following actions or groups increased gender equality in the 1970s?

Title IX of the Education Amendments

What was one purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act as a part of Franklin Roosevelt's First New Deal?

To address the problem of overproduction and low prices for agricultural crops

Why did the three major Allies—the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union—want to launch a "second front" in Europe?

To divide the German army

Which of the following were goals of the Populist Party in the late 19th century?

To enact an eight-hour workday

Read the excerpt from the Chicago Defender that describes what happened during a race riot in Chicago during the Red Summer. "In all parts of the city, white mobs dragged from surface cars, black passengers wholly ignorant of any trouble, and set upon them. An unidentified man, young woman and a three-month-old baby were found dead on the street at the intersection of 47th street and Wentworth avenue." What is the most likely purpose of this description?

To inspire outrage at whites' treatment of blacks

What was one motivation behind the development of the United States' containment policy following World War II?

To limit the expansion and influence of Communism in places currently undergoing decolonization.

Which of the following were goals of the Populist Party in the late 19th century?

To promote government ownership of the railways

Choose the statement that describes a cause of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

To protect its interests in the Pacific, the U.S. imposed economic sanctions against Japan.

Read the excerpt from a speech president Ronald Reagan made in 1987: "There is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" What is the most likely purpose of Reagan's speech?

To reassert to the Soviet Union his commitment to ending communism

What was the purpose of the U.S. strategy of "island-hopping" in the Pacific?

To seize outlying islands in order to get close enough to bomb the Japanese mainland.

In a geopolitical sense, what was one motivation behind President Harry Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan?

To send a message to the Soviet Union about America's strength

Which description best matches the National Industrial Recovery Act from Roosevelt's New Deal?

To stabilize the manufacturing sector, businesses worked together to establish fair codes of competition."

Choose the law or agency correctly matched with its example.

Troubled Asset Relief Program - The President oversaw the distribution of trillions of dollars to support the nation's banking system

In the summer of 1893, a young historian, Frederick Jackson Turner, presented a paper that explained his views on the significance of the frontier in American history. Choose the statement that best reflects Turner's views on the significance of the Western frontier.

Turner argued that Western expansion allowed those who were dissatisfied with their economic or social positions elsewhere to improve them on the frontier.

Prior to Brown v. Board of Education, President Truman created a committee to ________.

investigate racial discrimination in the United States

Which statement is true of a primary source?

A primary source is a firsthand account of an event.

What did President Kennedy order in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A quarantine zone around Cuba

Choose the factor that most contributed to rapid industrialization in the late 19th century.

An abundance of natural resources

What sequence of events best reflects the experiences of homeowners in the U.S. in the 2000s?

"A mortgage company offered me a subprime mortgage with a low-interest rate." "The mortgage company sold my mortgage to a big national bank." "My mortgage payments increased, but my wages remained flat and I was forced to foreclose."

Choose the statement that describes an economic consequence of the United States as an "arsenal of democracy" during World War II.

"My community is growing wealthier every year."

Dust storms, such as the one depicted above, had a number of consequences. Which of the following is NOT an effect of the "Dust Bowl?"

A major population shift to the East

Which of the following was a factor in President Harry Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan?

A need to limit Soviet expansion in Asia

Select the statement that best describes the reform efforts of 'muckrakers' in the late 19th century.

"My brother is writing articles to expose the problems associated with urban living—living conditions are atrocious for many."

Identity politics emerged in the 1960s as movements began to focus on issues specific to the subgroups to which their participants belonged. Choose the true statement about the effects of the Black Power movement.

"I supported the decision to kick whites out of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee."

Which statement reflects an effect that World War II had on American workers?

"I'm grateful that the government is helping me to take care of my children while I support the war effort."

Choose the statement that best describes a way in which Americans were encouraged to conform during the second Red Scare.

"If a witness refuses to testify before our committee, he or she should be placed on a blacklist and refused employment."

Choose the statement that best reflects an argument in favor of Indian assimilation in the late 1800s.

"If we kill the Indian in children through education, we will have saved the man."

Choose the statement that best reflects reactions to the Supreme Court's ruling in southern politics and culture.

"In the Southern Manifesto, we accuse the Supreme Court of misusing its power."

What statement would a historian most likely make if they were analyzing this image through the lens of politics? (American flag)

"In the election of 1900, the Republican McKinley administration argued that their policies had transformed the country from an economic downturn into prosperity."

Which statement best reflects rural consumption practices in the late 19th century?

"My aunt ordered a sewing machine from a catalog and paid much less than in the past."

Put the steps that an American homeowner in the 2000s might have experienced in chronological order.

"My credit wasn't the best, but I was able to get a subprime mortgage with an adjustable interest rate." "I didn't know at the time that my lender had sold my mortgage to a larger bank." "Suddenly, my variable interest rate increased, and I was unable to keep up with my higher mortgage payments."

Choose the statement that describes an economic consequence of the United States as an "arsenal of democracy."

"My factory converted its production lines to produce bombers, and we hired more workers."

Choose the statement that describes a way that conformity was encouraged among Americans during the Second Red Scare.

"Our neighbors seem to have an unusual family structure and nontraditional gender roles, and we think they might be Communists."

Which of the statements reflect a result of Christian evangelicals organizing to influence American politics and government?

"Pat Buchanan challenged incumbent George H.W. Bush in the 1992 election."

Choose the statement that accurately reflects the relationship between private business and the federal government during World War II.

"Since the government guaranteed a profit on sales, our corporation accepted a defense contract."

Which statement reflects Republican leaders' opinions about Roosevelt's New Deal?

"The New Deal is moving us away from America's traditional values of individualism and small government."

Which of the following statements reveal a cause of political organizing by evangelical Christians during the 20th century?

"The Scopes Trial/Monkey Trial ridiculed our beliefs and painted us as ignorant of science."

Which of the following statements describes circumstances that led to the rise of identity politics in 1960s America?

"The Selective Service has it set up so that white Americans can avoid active duty in the Vietnam War."

Which of the following statements reflects a reason for political organizing by evangelical Christians?

"The Soviet Union seeks to turn the United States into a godless nation."

Choose the statement that best reflects an argument in favor of Indian assimilation in the late 1800s.

"The best way forward is through white education for Indians and subdividing Indian lands into individual allotments."

Which statement is most likely to have been spoken by Booker T. Washington, reflecting his approach to black equality in the Progressive era?

"The burden of change is on black communities, not on white men to fix it for us."

During the 1890s, American businesses increased their investments in foreign markets, which made foreign affairs more important to their success. The creation of new and stronger international ties led to new markets for exports and better prices on raw materials. In addition, what other two factors changed American foreign policy in the 1890s?

1) America extended its empire by establishing naval bases in the Pacific Ocean and expanding the navy. 2) Missionaries worked to increase the influence of Christianity and American democracy around the world.

Which answer accurately reflects President Wilson's progression of thought on American neutrality in World War I?

1. In a speech, President Wilson said, "The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name." 2. President Wilson outlined a new agenda, calling for "peace without victory." 3. Wilson addressed Congress, saying "the world must be made safe for democracy."

Select the correct chronological sequence of the civil rights victories prior to Brown v. Board of Education.

1. Jackie Robinson became the first to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball. 2. President Harry Truman desegregated the armed forces with an executive order. 3. Heman Sweatt successfully sued the University of Texas for denying his admission into law school.

Place the events that led up to U.S. involvement in World War II in the correct order, following Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany.

1. The United States passes several Neutrality Acts limiting American involvement in European affairs.2. Hitler launches a blitzkrieg against Poland.3. Congress passes the Lend-Lease Act to bolster Great Britain's defense.

Which of these is an example of a secondary source for historical research on President Theodore Roosevelt?

A biography of Theodore Roosevelt

Determine the true statement about the American economy during the 1970s.

A general rise in prices along with declining wages meant Americans consumed less.

Choose the factor that most contributed to rapid industrialization in the late 19th century.

A growing urban labor force

Which of the statements best expresses one of the common realities of homesteaders?

All one had to do to acquire land was pay a minimal fee and promise to "improve" it.

Which statement reflects the principles within the first four articles of the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

All people are born free and with equal rights.

Choose the true statement about the nature of the rural economy in the late 19th century.

Although cotton remained a significant crop in the South, it was not profitable for many farmers.

Choose the true statement about American foreign policy during the Progressive era that is reflected in this cartoon.

American leaders believed in white Anglo-Saxon superiority.

Choose the true statement about the effects of the 1990s economy in America.

American manufacturing jobs were outsourced to Mexico where wages were lower.

A judge tells Uncle Sam, "If Immigration was properly Restricted you would no longer be troubled with Anarchy, Socialism, the Mafia, and such kindred evils!" Some of the labels on the immigrants include: "German socialist," "Polish vagabond" and "English convict." Choose the statement that best reflects the experience of immigrants in America as illustrated in the cartoon.

Americans are suspicious of how immigrants might change the character of the nation.

Which statement reflects how the New Deal changed Americans' relationship with the government?

Americans expected the federal government to regulate the economy.

hat is the correct sequence of the changes in American immigration policy during the 20th century?

An act drastically reduced immigration by restricting it to a certain percentage of that nation's presence in the United States. A law placed less emphasis on an immigrant's country of origin and more emphasis on reuniting families. An act offered amnesty to any individual who had entered the country illegally and continued to reside here.

Choose the true statement about events that led to uncovering President Richard Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal.

An anonymous source implicated the White House to two Washington Post reporters.

Choose the true statement about the press's role in uncovering the Watergate scandal.

An anonymous source in the FBI provided information that implicated President Richard Nixon's administration in the Watergate break-in.

Match the statement below with its most likely speaker from the Gilded Age. "When giving to charity, we must only help those who are willing to help themselves."

Andrew Carnegie

Choose the statement that best reflects the relationship between Progressive reform and the United States' entry into World War I.

Anti-German sentiment contributed to the greater citizen and federal support for Prohibition.

Which of the statements best expresses one of the common myths of prospective homesteaders?

Any American could profit from Western lands and resources by simply claiming them.

Which list of activities best represents the basic practices of historians?

Applying historical lenses, asking questions about the nature of history, compiling facts about past events and interpreting evidence from the past

President Truman issued an executive order in 1947 that provided the FBI with broad powers to investigate communist ties among which group of people?

Federal employees

Which list of activities best represents the basic practices of historians?

Asking questions about the nature of history, interpreting evidence from the past, remaining objective and selecting relevant primary and secondary sources

Which event that led to the economic recession of 2008 happened first?

Banks marketed subprime mortgages to individuals who had low incomes and low credit ratings.

Which statement accurately reflects reasons why the U.S. government adopted containment as a foreign policy strategy?

Because of destabilization after the war, the United States had to remain engaged in world affairs.

Why did President Kennedy begin to publicly support civil rights?

Because of the violence white southerners inflicted on civil rights activists

Read the excerpt from a 1983 speech by President Reagan in which he discusses the Soviet Union: "Yes, let us pray for the salvation of all of those who live in that totalitarian darkness—pray they will discover the joy of knowing God. But until they do, let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and predict its eventual domination of all peoples on the Earth, they are the focus of evil in the modern world. "According to this excerpt, why does Reagan refer to the Soviet Union as "the focus of evil in the modern world?"

Because the Soviet Union was atheist

Which of the following World War II events happened first?

Benito Mussolini granted himself dictatorial powers in Italy.

Which of the statements best expresses one of the common realities of homesteaders?

Bonanza farms hired migrant workers who traveled from farm to farm during the harvest.

Which of the following World War II events happened first?

Britain and France adopted a policy of appeasement toward Germany.

Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal had three main tenets: consumer protection, conservation and regulation of corporations. Which of the following is an example of regulation of corporations?

By signing the Hepburn Act of 1906, Roosevelt expanded federal oversight of railroads and interstate transportation.

The New Generation of the 1920s is most closely associated with what kind of changes in urban America?

Cultural

Read the sentence from a Chicago newspaper account of a race riot during the Red Summer. Some of the victims were chased, caught and dragged into alleys and lots, where they were left for dead. In all parts of the city, white mobs dragged from surface cars, black passengers wholly ignorant of any trouble, and set upon them. The writer of this account was most likely sympathetic to which group?

Chicago's black population

What does this primary source suggest about why the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in 1882?

Chinese immigrants did dangerous, back-breaking work for the transcontinental railroad but competition with white Americans for jobs led to hostility.

Men stand outside a soup kitchen in Chicago opened by Al Capone in February 1931. 60 million people, including many members of the middle class, were affected by the Great Depression by the end of 1932, and soup lines became common in urban cities. For many, the descent into poverty was a result of which of the following?

Collapsed banks that consumed life savings

Which two areas of American life did the G.I. Bill have the largest impact on in the 1950s?

College enrollment and home ownership

What was one assumption behind the United States's decision to adopt a strategy of containment after World War II?

Communism was poised to expand into Asia and Europe.

One consequence of containment policy on American politics occurred during Richard Nixon's run for Congress in 1946, when he accused his opponent of having been endorsed by groups with links to which political party?

Communist Party

Which of these actions occurred as a part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second New Deal?

Congress passed legislation, such as the Social Security Act, to reform society and create a welfare state.

Young urban professionals (yuppies) were preoccupied with individual prosperity and consumerism during the 1980s. The values of the yuppies were most easily embraced by which of the following political groups?

Conservatives

Match the term "suburbanization" with its effect on American economic expansion in the 1950s.

Convenience stores and drive-in movie theaters sprang up on the edges of cities.

Identify the most important reason that the election of 1896 was significant in American politics.

Corporate dollars donated to the campaign had a significant impact on the election's results.

Choose the most accurate statement about the nature of politics in the Gilded Age.

Corruption and inefficiency were hallmarks of politics in this time period.

What was one way that the Second Red Scare encouraged conformity in the American people after World War II?

Discovery and dismissal of homosexuals employed by the government

Specific actions by real estate developers, local politicians and individuals worked together to deprive many African Americans from becoming homeowners. This was an example of what form of segregation?

De facto segregation

The separation of races was common during this time period because of specific laws that authorized it in schools and other public accommodations. What is the best term to describe these laws?

De jure segregation

Which of the following was a cause of the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Diplomacy failed between the United States and Japan.

Match Congress with its role in uncovering the Watergate scandal.

During hearings, it was discovered that a recording system had been installed in the Oval Office

In the late 19th century, the consolidation of manufacturing in large cities and an ever-growing railroad system changed the nature of consumption in rural America. Choose the statement that best describes one of these changes in the nature of rural consumption.

Ed's newspaper began to include full-page advertisements for new consumer products.

Which action is an example of a U.S. foreign initiative that reflected the New World Order during the 1990s?

Ethnic cleansing in southeastern Europe gave member nations of NATO a new focus on protecting international human rights.

"I will run for president on an antiwar campaign. "This quotation would best reflect the views of which candidate in the presidential campaign of 1968?

Eugene McCarthy

Men stand outside a soup kitchen in Chicago opened by Al Capone in February 1931.Which factor contributed to the descent into poverty of many Americans?

Families that had savings exhausted them quickly, trying to stay afloat.

The Red Scare was in response to labor unrest and radical activism following World War I. Which event is considered a consequence of the Red Scare?

Federal agents arrested (often without warrants) thousands of individuals affiliated with radical organizations and labor unions.

Read the newspaper excerpt from the Austin Weekly Statesman about a railroad strike in Fort Worth, Texas in 1886."Governor Ireland, who was present, said the quarrel between the Knights of Labor and the railroads did not concern the state. The lawlessness existing here was the matter with which the state had to deal. Every order had among its members a heap of bad men, and would not undertake to become responsible for them. The Knights of Labor made a great mistake in permitting a man in another state to order men in Texas to quit work, who struck without being able to give any reason except that they had been ordered out. He did not believe the Knights of Labor sanctioned lawlessness."What group of people's perspective is being described in this excerpt?

Government officials

During the Gilded Age, city bosses appropriated funds from politicians for community needs and promised to direct votes their way in the next election. These bosses pocketed the extra funds not used for the project. What term best describes this practice?

Graft

Understand the factors that contributed to the establishment of Jim Crow. Which of the following terms is paired correctly?

Grandfather clauses - an exemption from poll taxes or other voting requirements provided to anyone whose ancestors could vote before the Civil War

"....It seems to me that God, with infinite wisdom and skill, is training the Anglo-Saxon race for an hour sure to come in the world's future. Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of the East have poured their surplus populations. But the widening waves of migration, which millenniums ago rolled east and west from the valley of the Euphrates, meet to-day on our Pacific coast. There are no more new worlds... The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history—the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled. Long before the thousand millions are here, the might centrifugal tendency, inherent in this stock and strengthened in the United States, will assert itself. Then this race of unequaled energy, with all the majesty of numbers and the might of wealth behind it—the representative, let us hope, of the largest liberty, the purest Christianity, the highest civilization—having developed peculiarly aggressive traits calculated to impress its institutions upon mankind, will spread itself over the earth." In writing his book titled Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis in 1885, and particularly the passage above, Reverend Josiah Strong made what argument about America's foreign policy goals?

He believed that expansion of missionary work would not only benefit people around the world, but would also invigorate American democracy.

President Reagan's Cold War foreign policy resulted in a military buildup in the United States. Choose the answer that best explains why.

His administration wanted to restore America's stature as a world power

Why did President Theodore Roosevelt use the power of his office to advance Progressive reform?

His prior experiences led him to sympathize with many of the goals of the Progressive movement.

John works for a business that owns the majority of stock in several companies in the food, manufacturing and real estate industries. John's job is not to produce a product, but to manage these investments. What term best describes the business John works for?

Holding company

Choose the law or agency correctly matched with its example.

Homeland Security Act - Government agencies work together to monitor the security of the country's borders and ports of entry

Match the statement below with its most likely speaker from the Gilded Age. "I wrote novels in which characters succeeded in business despite their poor beginnings."

Horatio Alger

Choose the statement that best reflects the views of a member of Coxey's Army.

I demand a public works program to provide work for unemployed Americans like myself."

Which of the following men was associated with the growth of the Populist Party in the late 19th century?

Ignatius Donnelly

Which statement characterizes American immigration policy during the early 20th century?

Immigrants from Europe were subject to quota requirements based on nationality.

Read the excerpt from an address to Congress made by President George W. Bush articulating the Bush Doctrine: "Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign unlike any other we have ever seen. . . We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime." Under what circumstances was the Bush Doctrine articulated?

In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001

Choose the statement that reflects an unintended consequence of Reaganomics.

Income inequality rose.

Choose the most accurate social or cultural effect of industrialization in the United States in the late 19th century.

Increasing immigration

Herbert Hoover's response to the Great Depression differed from Franklin D. Roosevelt. Part of the difference was a belief that every person should be responsible for themselves and pull themselves out of poverty through their own hard work. This idea reflects what ethos?

Individualism

A neighborhood in New York City, Harlem, became a center for a black political and cultural movement in the 1920s. Which of the following statements best describes the "New Negro" movement?

It promoted a black literary culture that celebrated its racial heritage.

Which action did President John F. Kennedy's administration support in Vietnam?

It sought a military coup against the Diem regime in South Vietnam.

Read the excerpt from a letter written by Albert Parsons after the Haymarket Riot. "There was no evidence that any one of the eight doomed men knew of, or advised, or abetted the Haymarket tragedy. But what does that matter? The privileged class demands a victim, and we are offered a sacrifice to appease the hungry yells of an infuriated mob of millionaires, who will be contented with nothing less than our lives. Monopoly triumphs! Labor in chains ascends the scaffold for having dared to cry out for liberty and right!" What group of people would most likely agree with Albert Parsons's perspective?

Labor organizers

Read the testimony of a Mexican American migrant laborer to Congress in 1969: "So when crops are over in the State of Florida, there is no way that he can continue to survive, so he migrates. And because of that, the migrant farmworkers have had great difficulties in their employment relationships, much of this arising out of exploitation and abuse by irresponsible farmers and crew leaders who sometimes underpay them, short count them, and overcharge them for transportation." How did migrant workers attempt to combat the exploitation mentioned above?

Labor organizing

Choose the true statement about the American economy in the early 2000s.

Large corporations were accused and convicted of allegations of massive accounting fraud.

One significant aspect of the election of 1896, exemplified by William Jennings Bryan's campaign, was:

Large crowds hearing his speeches

The farmers of the Alliance were poor and humble. In their Alliance, they had found collective confidence, free of deference and ridicule. Which historian would this perspective best represent, and why?

Lawrence Goodwyn, because he identifies populism as a political movement with a distinct political ideology.

Which statement is an example of a "consequence" of the rise of mass incarceration in the 1980s and 1990s?

More prisons were built and increasingly turned over to private management companies.

Select the statement that most accurately characterizes the nature of Gilded Age politics.

Local politics were dominated by political machines.

Choose the statement that most accurately describes the rural economy of the late 19th century.

Many Southern farmers lacked sufficient land, tools or money to succeed in the new market economy.

Choose the true statement about the effects of industrialization in the United States during the late 19th century.

Many immigrants were attracted to the United States in hopes of finding consistent work.

One of the most famous civil rights demonstrations, which took place in August of 1963, attempted to build support for Civil Rights Act. What was the name of this demonstration?

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Match the 1970s court case Milliken v. Bradley with the quotation that voices a reaction to it.

Match the 1970s court case Milliken v. Bradley with the quotation that voices a reaction to it.

Why did President Reagan change his foreign policy approach towards the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s?

Mikhail Gorbachev implemented a series of economic and political reforms in the Soviet Union.

Select a factor that shifted American foreign policy toward imperialism in the 1890s.

Missionaries believed their work abroad would benefit people and help expand democratic principles.

During the 1880s, Standard Oil owned or controlled nearly all facets of oil refining. When a company has such control over the marketplace, what term best describes it?

Monopoly

Jerry Falwell was a Virginia minister who identified with the Republican Party and founded a political organization to advance conservative ideas and policies. What was the name of that organization?

Moral Majority

Select a factor that shifted American foreign policy toward imperialism in the 1890s.

Navy officials supported the acquisition of Pacific islands to establish bases and coaling stations.

Choose the factor that was most likely an effect of rapid industrialization in the United States during the late 19th century.

New consumer methods such as mail-order catalogs

Choose the factor that was most likely an effect of rapid industrialization in the United States during the late 19th century.

New infrastructures in large cities, such as elevated trains

Read the following excerpt on rioting in Chicago from the Chicago Defender: "Rioters operating in the vicinity of the stock yards, which lies in the heart of white residences west of Halsted street, attacked scores of workers—women and men alike returning from work. Stories of these outrages began to fluster into the black vicinities and hysterical men harangued their fellow to avenge the killings—and soon they, infected with the insanity of the mob, rushed through the streets, drove high powered motor cars or waited for street cars which they attacked with gunfire and stones. Shortly after noon all traffic south of 22nd street and north of 55th street, west of Cottage Grove avenue and east of Wentworth avenue, was stopped with the exception of trolley cars. Whites who entered this zone were set upon with unmeasurable fury. Policemen employed in the disturbed sections were wholly unable to handle the situation. When one did attempt to carry out his duty he was beaten and his gun taken from him. The fury of the mob could not be abated. Mounted police were employed, but to no avail." What does this excerpt reveal about the United States in 1919?

Northern cities like Chicago were diverse, but geographically segregated by race.

Which of the following made same-sex marriage legal in the United States?

Obergefell v. Hodges

Choose the statement the best explains how most farmers such as those depicted in the image experienced the Great Depression.

Over-farming and drought led to economic hardships for farmers and their families.

Choose the region where the United States acquired territory after the Spanish-American War of 1898.

Pacific Ocean

The New Deal transformed the Democratic Party. Choose one example of this transformation.

Party dominance by white Southerners was challenged by new members, including northern liberals and African Americans.

Choose the form of political corruption most commonly associated with the Gilded Age.

Patronage

Which of the following was a cause leading up to the Great Depression?

Plentiful money brought about dubious investment schemes that took advantage of novice investors.

The caption reads, "The Anarchist Riot in Chicago - a Dynamite Bomb Exploding Among the Police. "What group of people does this image show in the most positive manner?

Police officers

Choose the answer that best describes the culture wars of the 1980s.

Political polarization over issues such as gender rights and sexual orientation

Historians have a renewed interest in the 1890s because, in many ways, the 1890s reflect elements of modern America. What was the most significant political movement of the 1890s?

Populism

Choose the most likely statement by Kazin to support the idea of populism as a political style.

Populism has continued to influence American politics in that candidates portray themselves as outsiders to the political establishment.

Choose the most likely statement by Lawrence Goodwyn to support his interpretation of Populism.

Populism represented a coherent political ideology concerned with public participation and reform.

Read the excerpt from a memoir written by Allan Pinkerton about the Great Railway Strike of 1877."For this reason the strike of '77 was a complete failure. Although in many instances riotous excesses were not committed, the attempt of which they were all guilty—to prevent the movement of trains—made their strike as truly a riotous proceeding as the pillage, arson, and murder of Pittsburgh could have made it. By this act the strikers placed themselves in an attitude of defiance to all law and to society, and as surely arrayed law, order, and society against them. Had they won, it would have been a triumph of anarchy; and anarchy is a something impossible to exist. No community can exist save under law and order; and no riotous strike is possible of success short of revolution; while revolution itself is a failure, unless it brings to a people a still purer law and a more secure order."What group of people would most likely agree with Allan Pinkerton's opinion?

President Hayes

Choose the true statement about the consequences of President Nixon's policy of Vietnamization.

President Nixon claimed he was limiting the war in Vietnam, but he secretly escalated it.

Choose which phrase was a factor in President Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan

Prevention of Soviet expansion in Asia

Choose which phrase was a factor in President Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan.

Prevention of Soviet expansion in Asia

Choose the statement that reflects a feature of Progressivism.

Progressives pursued a social justice agenda that sought greater equality for women, workers and black Americans

Choose the statement that reflects an unintended consequence of Reaganomics.

Public services deteriorated from a lack of tax revenue.

Choose the factor that most contributed to rapid industrialization in the late 19th century.

Railroads

Select the statement that best describes either a cause or effect of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Rather than invade Cuba, the CIA developed a strategy to send Cuban exiles to the Bay of Pigs.

"During the period from 1881 to 1924, millions of Russian Jews immigrated to the United States where they were welcomed by their Jewish relatives and formed close-knit communities, usually in or near New York City."A historian would most likely make this statement if they were analyzing this image through what historical lens?

Religion

"I drew my support from the 'silent majority,' who have had their needs ignored by Washington for too long." Of the candidates who ran for President in 1968, match the statement with its likely speaker.

Richard Nixon

Choose the true statement about American foreign policy during the Progressive Era that is illustrated in the cartoon

Roosevelt believed that shows of military strength were sufficient to establish American dominance in the western hemisphere.

Select the late 19th century social reform movement associated with the statement below. "A building in my neighborhood offers free healthcare for working women and daycare for children."

Settlement house movement

Which of these actions occurred as a part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's First New Deal?

Several government initiatives quickly provided work for the unemployed.

Which statement best characterizes the economy of the "New South?"

Sharecropping kept farmers in debt to the landowners.

Select the late 19th century social reform movement associated with the statement below. "Our pastor urges us to pay attention to social ills and work together to better American society."

Social gospel

Which action is reflective of an individual who identified with the counterculture movement?

Someone who chose alternative lifestyles such as living in communes

Which of the following is an agreement formed during the Potsdam Conference?

The Allied leaders required the unconditional surrender of Japan.

A chemical company wants to release wastewater directly into a river that abuts its property. Which policy requires the company to follow certain regulations and to obtain a permit before doing so?

The Clean Water Act

President Harry Truman created a committee to investigate racism, which had released its findings in 1947. The committee determined that the federal government had a responsibility to ensure equal protection under the law. Please read the following excerpt from the report: "We cannot escape the fact that our civil rights record has been an issue in world politics. The world's press and radio are full of it. This Committee has seen a multitude of samples. We and our friends have been, and are, stressing our achievements. Those with competing philosophies have stressed—and are shamelessly distorting—our shortcomings. They have not only tried to create hostility toward us among specific nations, races and religious groups, they have tried to prove our democracy an empty fraud, and our nation a consistent oppressor of underprivileged people. . . "Select the statement that best reflects the "competing philosophies" to which the report refers.

The Committee is referencing the emerging Cold War with the Soviet Union.

The Johnson administration's Office of Economic Opportunity funded programs that enabled citizens to create agencies to improve their lives at the local level. What was the name of this policy?

The Community Action Program

Most historians would agree with which of these statements?

The New Deal greatly increased the size and scope of the federal government in everyday life.

Many historians have argued that the New Deal changed American politics and governance. Which statement supports this argument?

The New Deal represented one of the few times in history in which the federal government successfully implemented substantial social changes.

President Richard Nixon's process of "Vietnamization" shifted the responsibility for defending South Vietnam to the Vietnamese. Choose the true statement about the consequences of Vietnamization.

The Nixon administration moved swiftly to prevent future government leaks following the release of the Pentagon Papers.

Which statement regarding the "New World Order" after the Cold War ended is true?

The Oslo Accords and the New World Order temporarily lessened tensions in the Middle East.

Read the excerpt from a presidential committee report published in 1947, at the beginning of the Cold War. "The international reason for acting to secure our civil rights now is not to win the approval of our totalitarian critics. We would not expect it if our record were spotless; to them our civil rights record is only a convenient weapon with which to attack us. Certainly we would like to deprive them of that weapon. But we are more concerned with the good opinion of the peoples of the world." The excerpt twice refers to "them." Who is "them?"

The Soviet Union

Which statement describes events associated with the conference at Yalta?

The Soviet Union agreed to participate in the United Nations.

Select the statement that best describes the effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Soviet Union and the United States took some steps to try to prevent a threat of nuclear war in the future.

"Don't Fence Me In," by Robert Fletcher "Oh, give me land, lots of land, under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide-open country that I love. Don't fence me in... Just turn me loose. Let me straddle my old saddle underneath the western skies. On my cayuse let me wander over yonder till I see the mountains rise. I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences. Gaze at the moon until I lose my senses. I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences. Don't fence me in." What idea is best expressed by the poem above?

The West was a place of individualism and self determination.

Match the press with its role in uncovering the Watergate scandal.

The White House was implicated in the Watergate scandal by information provided by an anonymous government source to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.

Choose a true statement about consequences of the War of 1898.

The acquisition of Pacific islands after the war resulted in more naval bases and a larger U.S. Navy.

Which action did President Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration support in Vietnam?

The administration supported Diem's decision not to hold a reunification election.

Choose the factor that should influence a professional historian's interpretation of the economic depression in the 1890s.

The choice of historical lenses the historian applied

What reform in city governance divided responsibilities for specific city operations and greatly decreased corruption?

The commission system

Which of the following statements was a cause of the Red Scare?

The cost of living in the United States nearly doubled between 1916 and 1919.

How did a series of Supreme Court rulings in the 1870s influence the establishment of Jim Crow in the South?

The court's rulings diminished protections provided by the 14th Amendment.

Choose the statement that most accurately describes the rural economy of the late 19th century.

The cycle of debt left farmers unable to buy their own land or stop working for their creditors.

10 Read the excerpt from the autobiography of Russian immigrant Mary Antin, published in 1912: "I am not afraid to live on and on, if only I do not have to remember too much. A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you run. And I have thought of a charm that should release me from the folds of my clinging past. I take the hint from the Ancient Mariner, who told his tale in order to be rid of it. I, too, will tell my tale, for once, and never hark back any more." What aspect of the immigrant experience is reflected in Antin's excerpt?

The effort to assimilate to American culture

Which statement best reflects the significance of the election of 1896?

The election redefined the agendas of both the Democratic and Republican parties.

Which event from the 1920s is associated with the resurgence of American nativism during that decade?

The execution of Sacco and Vanzetti

Choose a reason why the federal government increased efforts to address violent crime and drug use in the 1980s and 1990s.

The expanding population of men aged 16 to 36 was associated with a rise in crime rates.

Many historians have argued that the New Deal permanently changed the U.S. Which of the following is a long-term effect of the New Deal identified by historians?

The government assumed greater responsibility for the security of the people.

Which statement reflects Huey P. Long's opinion about Roosevelt's New Deal?

The government is not doing enough to redistribute wealth from the rich to those less fortunate."

Which of the following is the best analysis of the 1872 painting American Progress?

The idea of manifest destiny represented in the painting would most likely be celebrated by white Americans.

Which statement reflects a way in which historians have argued that the New Deal changed the nature of American politics?

The inability of states to deal with the Great Depression led to growth in the federal government.

What Progressive reform enabled the public to propose new laws?

The initiative

"In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms." According to this excerpt from the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, why was public school segregation unconstitutional?

The segregation of public schools is in violation of the "equal protection" clause of the 14th Amendment.

In 1893, a young historian, Frederick Jackson Turner, presented a paper that explained his views on the significance of the frontier in American history. Since then, Turner's argument that western expansion was integral to the development of American democracy and features of the American character has been challenged by other historians. Which of the following best expresses a criticism of Turner's work?

The significance of the frontier in American history is much more complex and mixed than Turner portrayed it.

Choose the factor that should influence a professional historian's interpretation of Native Americans' experiences during the westward expansion of America in the late 1800s.

The time period during which the historian is writing

Choose a true statement about the War of 1898.

The war was against Spain, but it took place in Cuba and in the Philippines.

Choose the statement that reflects a feature of Progressivism.

Theodore Roosevelt's rise to the presidency brought Progressivism to the federal government.

Frederick Jackson Turner wrote a paper in 1893 titled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History. "Choose the statement that best represents Turner's argument about the significance of the American frontier.

Western expansion has been integral to the development of American democracy and the American character.

Consider the excerpt from a speech given by the former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society: "I have had but one idea for the last three years to present to the American people, and the phraseology in which I clothe it is the old abolition phraseology. I am for the 'immediate, unconditional, and universal' enfranchisement of the black man, in every State in the Union. [Loud applause.] Without this, his liberty is a mockery; without this, you might as well almost retain the old name of slavery for his condition; for in fact, if he is not the slave of the individual master, he is the slave of society, and holds his liberty as a privilege, not as a right. He is at the mercy of the mob, and has no means of protecting himself." Which question would be most relevant for analyzing this historical speech?

What did Douglass want for African American men following the Civil War?

Consider the excerpt from a speech given by the former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass: "I have had but one idea for the last three years to present to the American people, and the phraseology in which I clothe it is the old abolition phraseology. I am for the 'immediate, unconditional, and universal' enfranchisement of the black man, in every State in the Union. [Loud applause.] Without this, his liberty is a mockery; without this, you might as well almost retain the old name of slavery for his condition; for in fact, if he is not the slave of the individual master, he is the slave of society, and holds his liberty as a privilege, not as a right. He is at the mercy of the mob, and has no means of protecting himself." Which question would be most relevant for analyzing this historical speech?

What was the purpose of the speech?

Choose the statement that best reflects the views of a participant of the Homestead Strike.

When our union contract came up for renewal, we weren't able to reach a settlement with Carnegie Steel and we were locked out of the facility."

Consider the excerpt from a speech given by the former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society: "I have had but one idea for the last three years to present to the American people, and the phraseology in which I clothe it is the old abolition phraseology. I am for the 'immediate, unconditional and universal' enfranchisement of the black man, in every State in the Union. [Loud applause.] Without this, his liberty is a mockery; without this, you might as well almost retain the old name of slavery for his condition; for in fact, if he is not the slave of the individual master, he is the slave of society, and holds his liberty as a privilege, not as a right. He is at the mercy of the mob, and has no means of protecting himself." Which question would be most relevant for analyzing this historical speech?

When was the speech presented?

Which statement reflects Charles Coughlin's opinion about Roosevelt's New Deal?

Which statement reflects Charles Coughlin's opinion about Roosevelt's New Deal?

Which statement best characterizes the politics of the "New South?"

White Democrats worked steadily to erode voting rights for blacks at national, state and local levels.

Consider the excerpt from a speech given by the former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society: "I have had but one idea for the last three years to present to the American people, and the phraseology in which I clothe it is the old abolition phraseology. I am for the 'immediate, unconditional and universal' enfranchisement of the black man, in every State in the Union. [Loud applause.] Without this, his liberty is a mockery; without this, you might as well almost retain the old name of slavery for his condition; for in fact, if he is not the slave of the individual master, he is the slave of society, and holds his liberty as a privilege, not as a right. He is at the mercy of the mob, and has no means of protecting himself." Which question would be most relevant for analyzing this historical speech?

Who was Frederick Douglass?

Match the statement below with its most likely speaker from the Gilded Age. "My success is proof of my own biological fitness and ability to adapt."

William Graham Sumner

Read the testimony of a Mexican American migrant laborer given in a 1969 Senate hearing: "So when crops are over in the State of Florida, there is no way that he can continue to survive, so he migrates. And because of that the migrant farmworkers have had great difficulties in their employment relationships, much of this arising out of exploitation and abuse by irresponsible farmers and crew leaders who sometimes underpay them, short count them, and overcharge them for transportation." What hardship for migrant workers in the United States is described in the excerpt?

Workers are often taken advantage of by unscrupulous employers.

Which of these is an example of a secondary source for historical research on World War II?

a U.S. history textbook about World War II

One significant aspect of the election of 1896, exemplified by William McKinley's campaign, was actively seeking

corporate campaign contributions

Which of these is an example of a primary source for historical research on the American Civil Rights movement?

an audio recording of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his "I Have a Dream" speech

Which list of activities best represents the basic practices of historians?

applying historical lenses, asking questions about the nature of history, compiling facts about past events and creating narratives about the past

Which list of activities best represents the basic practices of historians?

applying historical lenses, compiling facts about past events, remaining objective and selecting relevant primary and secondary sources

Which list of activities best represents the basic practices of historians?

asking questions of the past, compiling facts about historical events, creating stories about the past and using historical lenses

Discrimination in the housing sector after World War II allowed whites to live in houses they owned in the suburbs, but when blacks tried to buy homes in predominately white neighborhoods, they were often unable to do so because of legal agreements or contracts that prevented white property owners from selling their houses to black buyers. These agreements or contracts were called __________.

covenants

All of the following are aspects of U.S. foreign policy during the Progressive Era represented in this political cartoon EXCEPT __________.

dollar diplomacy