History Final Multiple Choice and True/False
A second phase of the civil rights struggle that had emerged by the middle of the 1960s and continued into the 1970s witnessed increasingly more nonviolent protests and rhetoric that urged more patience( True/False)
False
Agriculture expanded during and after the Civil War because of improvements in technology, which ushered in a period of continued prosperity for most farmers up until World War I.(True/False)
False
Civil rights for African-Americans were the most continuous and long lasting achievement of the reconstruction era.(True/False)
False
The early years parentheses 1861 into 1862) of the Civil War witnessed significant union victories but only in the western theater, in New Orleans and along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers.(True/False)
False
The election of 1876 was a landslide for the Republican candidate. The party took this as a mandate to steadfastly pursue its radical reconstruction well into the 1890s until it was then determined by the supreme court.(True/False)
False
The surge in nationalism ending the War of 1812 took many forms but, when it came to foreign relations, the United States had no success in asserting itself with Britain or Spain(True/False)
False
Vietnamization refers to Nixon's plan to get out of Vietnam immediately and was completed by the midterms in his first term(True/False)
False
the Democratic revolution underway in the 1820s witnessed a decline in voter turnout (True/False)
False
the Harlem Renaissance refers to dramatic increase in political power and civil rights gained by African-Americans in New York City during the 1920s(True/False)
False
the abolitionist movement began to gain momentum in the 1830s and quickly a majority of the northern population became supporters(True/False)
False
the for freedom speech was Roosevelt's demand that Congress has a bill that guaranteed a basic income for all Americans(True/False)
False
the neutrality acts of 1935 to 1937 represent the strongly held belief that the US must actually support our friends and allies around the world against military aggression(True/False)
False
the triangle factory was an unmitigated disaster: the owners were found innocent and did not lead to any reform for workers or sweatshops.(True/False)
False
the zoot suits referred to the hundreds of sailors that attacked African-Americans in Detroit during World War II(True False)
False
Although internal improvements were not subsidized by the federal government ( with the National Road as an exception), transportation was revolutionized in the early nineteenth century by efforts carried out at the state level (True/False)
True
American commitments in Vietnam grew over fears of the spread of Communism in Asia, particularly after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954(True/False)
True
Antietam was a significant turning point in the war because it prompted Lincoln to issue the emancipation proclamation which subsequently shifted the meaning of the war.(True/False)
True
Compared to earlier large businesses before the Civil War, the new railroad companies that emerged in the decades following the war were much larger and required a new corporate structure to operate.(True/False)
True
Historians celebrate the "Revolution of 1800" because it is the first example of the peaceful transfer of power between two opposition political parties( True/False)
True
Horizontal integration refers to the practice of a business establishing a monopoly over one step of the process of bringing a product to market.(True/False)
True
The establishment of the United Nations and financial institutions to promote a capitalist global economy were in certain ways a realization of the foreign policy principles of Woodrow Wilson at the end of World War I (True/False)
True
The period following WWII witnessed the longest sustained economic expansion in American history(True/False)
True
anti-imperialists questioned whether America sacrificed it's democratic values with the actions in the Philippines following the Spanish American war (True/False)
True
consumer credit any increase in advertising expenditures are two features of the emerging consumer capitalism of the 20s(True/False)
True
federal one refers to the program to employ the money struggling American artists and writers during the depression years(True/False)
True
muckraking journalism served to expose corruption in politics and big business in the late 19th and early 20th century(True/False)
True
the benevolent Empire grew out of the second great awakening and sought to address urban social ills such as alcohol abuse, poverty, and prostitution.(True/False)
True
Which of the following best describes the context under which the Sedition Acts was passed: a) American ships were engaged in a "Quasi-War" with the French, b) American ships had come under attack in the Mediterranean Sea, c) The U.S.S. Chesapeake was sunk by H.M.S Leopard off the Virginia Coast
a) American ships were engaged in a "Quasi-War" with the French
Which political party lost power for good in the Revolution of 1800: a) Federalist, b) Republican, c) Whig
a) Federalist
The Reconstruction finance corporation is an example of a stimulus package designed to combat the economic downturn of the 1930s first passed during: a) Herbert Hoover's administration b) Franklin Roosevelt administration
a) Herbert Hoover's administration
Which of the following was the largest public works project in American history: a) Highway Act that created the Interstate Highway b) Tennessee Valley Authority c) Reconstruction Finance Corporation d) military-industrial complex
a) Highway Act that created the Interstate Highway
What do Andrew Jackson's supporters believe happened to prevent his becoming president in 1824: a) John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay made a "corrupt bargain" that resulted in Adams becoming president and Clay appointed Secretary of State, b) Clay instructed his home state of Kentucky to cast their electoral votes for Adams, c) William H. Crawford had a stroke, and it was decided to award Adams his electoral votes, d) The Pennsylvania state legislature decided to switch the state's electoral votes to Adams
a) John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay made a "corrupt bargain" that resulted in Adams becoming president and Clay appointed Secretary of State
The term laissez-faire is often applied to the gilded age because: a) Of the perception that there were a few government regulations over big business b) the government took over the railroad industry during World War I c) The Sherman antitrust act curb the power and influence of corporations d) culturally that nouveau riche emulated the French when decorating their mansions
a) Of the perception that there were a few government regulations over big business
Which group displaced by the dust bowl, migrated to California looking for work? a) Okies b) unemployment urbanites c) sharecroppers d) Mexican fieldhands
a) Okies
Which of the following is not associated with the urban areas during the 1920s? a) Revolution in morals and manners b) speakeasies and nightclubs purveying alcohol despite prohibition c) large foreign born population d) fundamentalist Christianity
a) Revolution in morals and manners
The American pledge to support free people facing Communist subjugation with an initial economic aid package to Greece and Turkey began a foreign policy knows as: a) The Truman Doctrine b) The Marshall Plan c) The "New Look" under Eisnehower d) The Bretton Woods system
a) The Truman Doctrine
Which of the following was a disadvantage for the north in comparison to the south in the Civil War?: a) The north had to win battles in the southern territory while the north could fight defensively b) Population numbers c) Capacity for industrial output d) Amount of railroad track
a) The north had to win battles in the southern territory while the north could fight defensively
The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin was Most inherently: a) a major cultural event that contributed to the emerging sectionalism of the 1850s, b) a Congressional decision that contributed to the 1850s turmoil, c) an economic factor that divided the northern and the southern economies even further
a) a major cultural event that contributed to the emerging sectionalism of the 1850s
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions articulated: a) a states' rights position, b) a national supremacy position, c) that the Supreme Court should have judicial review
a) a states' rights position
FDIC, established by the glass Steagall act during the "hundred days" of the Roosevelt administration was: a) an effort to restore stability to the banking system by ensuring people savings in the banks b) the law that distinguished investment banks from the more traditional savings and loans banks and regulating each accordingly c) establish the security exchange commissions to regulate Wall Street
a) an effort to restore stability to the banking system by ensuring people savings in the banks b) the law that distinguished
The House Un-American Activities Committee and the federal loyalty oath program are evidence of: a) fears of domestic communism b) Civil Rights protests c) espionage during WWll d) anti-Vietnam War protestors
a) fears of domestic communism
The 1918 to 1919 pandemic that took the lives of an estimated 20 million people worldwide involved: a) Influenza b) malaria c) yellow fever d) tuberculosis
a) influenza
The two primary fronts of the Civil Rights movement in the decades during and after WWII were: a) legal battles in the courts and demonstrations in the streets b) petitions to Congress and a public relations campaign on television c) direct mailings to Americans across the country and voter registration drives d) rioting and physical attacks on law enforcement
a) legal battles in the courts and demonstrations in the streets
The Barbary Coast: a) refers to northern Africa's Mediterranean shore, in which the United States was involved in a war during Thomas Jefferson's presidency, b) refers to the Gulf Coast of the southern United States, where slaves were being brought in increasing numbers during the early 1800
a) refers to northern Africa's Mediterranean shore, in which the United States was involved in a war during Thomas Jefferson's presidency
The demands of the "Conscience Whigs" for "spot resolutions", the Wilmot Proviso, and the Slidell Mission were all part of the lead to which of the following: a) the Mexican War, b) the Civil War, c) Manifest Destiny, d) Bleeding Kansas
a) the Mexican War
The Supreme Court decisions in McCullough v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden promoted: a) the power of the national government and the growing market-oriented economy, b) the power of the states to regulate corporations, c) the abolition of slavery and the removal of Native Americans to the West
a) the power of the national government and the growing market-oriented economy
The Nineteenth amendment established: a) women's suffrage b) Prohibition c) an income tax d) muckraker
a) women's suffrage
The cross of gold speech delivered by the Democratic candidate for presidency in the election of 1896 was about which of the following issues: a) Monetary policy b) Direct election of US senators c) government ownership of the railroads d) Segregation laws
b) Direct election of US senators
Which political party was behind the Alien and Sedition Acts: a) Republicans, b) Federalists, c) Whigs
b) Federalists
As a result of the Embargo Act of 1807, the American economy: a) Suffered little damage because American merchants ordered their ships to trade only between neutral ports, b) Fell into a slump, and by 1808, exports had plunged to about one-fifth of the level they were before the embargo, c) Suffered less damage than did the economies of France and Britain, d) Underwent dramatic growth and Jefferson was hailed as a genius by farmers and merchants alike
b) Fell into a slump, and by 1808, exports had plunged to about one-fifth of the level they were before the embargo,
The Union victory in this Pennsylvania battle, which occurred in the same week as the battle above, which in hindsight to the turning point of the war: a) Antietam b) Gettysburg c) Vicksburg
b) Gettysburg
What body decided both the election of 1800 and the Election of 1824: a) Senate, b) House of Representatives, c) Supreme Court, d) Congress
b) House of Representatives
1944 Supreme Court decision upheld the federal government's decision to place Japanese Americans in internment camps? a) Ex parte Endo b) Korematsu v. United States c) Milliken v. Bradley d) Miranda versus Arizona
b) Korematsu v. United States
Which party is attacking the political leaders who participated in the meeting in Connecticut referenced in the cartoon above: a) Federalist, b) Republican, c) Whig
b) Republican
The US right to intervene in the affairs of the Caribbean and Central and South America was asserted by the: a) Monroe doctrine b) Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine c) open door policy d) farewell address of George Washington
b) Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine
The South Carolina Exposition and Protest articulated "nullification" in response to which of the following issues: a) Second Bank of the United States, b) Tariff, c) Internal Improvements
b) Tariff
Anaconda plan" was the war strategy: a) maintaining that a good offense is the best defense b) That held the south should be surrounded and starved of all available resources from the outside c) That decided to wait for the Confederates to attack in the north d) Relying on actual anaconda snakes to take out the most influential southern leaders
b) That held the south should be surrounded and starved of all available resources from the outside
The predominant crop of the great plains was: a) Cotton b) Wheat c) rice d) tobacco
b) Wheat
Which political party Most supported the economic policies associated with the American System: a) Democrats, b) Whigs, c) American Party(nativist), d) Liberty Party
b) Whigs
The Grange was a group found it first and foremost to serve: a) Local foundation to elect candidates who would serve the meatpackers interests b) a social and educational function to bring together for families who are isolated c) as a labor union for Cowboys
b) a social and educational function to bring together for families who are isolated
What was the controversial article in the league of Nations charter that proved controversial in the United States; this provision kept the US from joining the league: a) Roosevelt corollary b) article 10 c) open door policy d) 14 points
b) article 10
In 1932 Franklin D Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover disagreed mouth strongly about the desirability of: a) A balanced federal budge b) federal relief to individuals c) federal aid to corporations d) a program of public works
b) federal relief to individuals
The 18th amendment established: a) Women's suffrage b) Prohibition c) An income tax d) Direct election of Senators
b) prohibition
Which region emerged as the leading producer of cotton in the years after the War of 1812: a) the "upper South" around the Chesapeake Bay, b) the "Deep South" along the Gulf of Mexico, c) the "Old Northwest" north of the Ohio River and out to the Mississippi River, d) the "Far West" as Manifest Destiny extended the country to the Pacific Ocean
b) the "Deep South" along the Gulf of Mexico
what demographic phenomenon in the two decades following WWII is evidenced in the following graphic: a) the population of urban areas in decline, moving to suburban areas b) the baby boom c) the movement from the rust belt to the sun belt d) the increase in the birthrate as a result of industrialization
b) the baby boom
The massive movement of African-Americans out of the south into northern industrial cities that began during and after World War I is referred to as: a) Exodus: movement of the people b) the great migration c) black flight d) the Harlem Renaissance
b) the great migration
Progressivism included all of the following except: a) A faith in the power of a state to remedy social and economic problems b) the laissez-faire free markets will lead to an economy that worked for all American c) rational scientific approach is to forming policies that would improve society, d) middle-class white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant took weed roles and many reform efforts
b) the laissez-faire free markets will lead to an economy that worked for all American
What does the fall/loss of china refer to: a) the United States decision to not enlist China as an ally in WWII b) the victory of the Communists and new government under Mao Zedong in 1949 c) Japanese control over China during WWII d) British occupation of Hong Kong
b) the victory of the Communists and new government under Mao Zedong in 1949
A legal Entity, invented in the 1800s, which enabled a group of companies to come bind and operate as a single unit. In doing so, I think avoid competing with one another for customers, and were able to raise market prices and gain near monopoly power over and give them market. These entities were called: a) Economies of scale b) trusts c) Labor union d) predatory pricing
b) trusts
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s: a) was particularly harmful to the states of the far west b) was an ecological catastrophe brought on by both man-made and natural occurrences c) Was devastating but only for a small number of farmers in Oklahoma
b) was an ecological catastrophe brought on by both man-made and natural occurrences
Government agency established during world war one led by Bernard Baruch that mobilized American manufacturers to support the war effort: a) Committee on public information b) war industries Board c) food administration d) national war labor board
b) was industries board
The "right to overspread the continent" from coast to coast: a) was understood to respect Native Americans lands and culture, b) was justified in that Christianity and capitalist values were emblematic of a higher civilization, c) would be tolerated by Americans only if it was conducted peacefully and respected prior land claims
b) was justified in that Christianity and capitalist values were emblematic of a higher civilization
Which of the following refers to the sensationalist newspapers from the turn of the century? It is argue with that this contributed to the war fever in the lead up to and during 1898: a) Jingoism b) yellow journalism c) great white fleet d) muckraker
b) yellow journalism
The role of mass consumption and the automobile in the 1950s economy most resembled which of the previous decades: a) 1890s b) 1910s c) 1920s d) 1930s
c) 1920s
When did Congress make a formal apology for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War? a) At the conclusion of the war b) 1950s c) 1980s d) during the Obama presidency
c) 1980s
The new deal program for Roosevelts first hundred days went on to become one of his most popular for providing work relief for young urban males or conserving natural resources: a) RFC b) TVA c) CCC d) ABCD
c) CCC
Which of the following provided educational opportunities and low interest mortgages for veterans of Wall: a) National Science Foundation b) Marshall Plan c) GI Bill d) NSC-68
c) GI Bill
What was the driving economic force behind the Indian Removal Act passed 1830: a) American belief that Indians were inferior to whites, b) Railroads were opening up the settlement of these areas inhabited by Indians, c) Industrialization and the demands for cotton
c) Industrialization and the demands for cotton
The US entered World War II after: a) Hitler captured France b) Hitler bombarded Great Britain c) Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor d) the US never officially entered the war
c) Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor
The interstate commerce commission was formed to regulate which of the following industries: a) Steel b) oil c) Railroad d) Mining
c) Railroad
What American ethnic group's culture came under attack more than any other during the Red Scare : a) Ottoman b) Austrian c) Russian d) German
c) Russian
Which of the following refers to the most prevalent economic system to emerge in the south during the reconstruction due to blacks rejection of any effort to restore the gang labor system of antebellum?: a) Vagrancy laws b) assembly line division of labor c) sharecropping d) task system
c) Sharecropping
Which of the following was the single most valuable economic asset in the antebellum American economy("next to the land itself"): a) Railroads, b) Stocks and bonds, c) Slaves, d) Textile Mills
c) Slaves
The population shift in the post WWII decades saw the greatest increase in which of the following regions of the country: a) Northeast and Mid Atlantic states b) New England and Great Lakes states c) Southern and Western States d) Ohio Valley and Great Plains states
c) Southern and Western States
Lincoln's Gettysburg address is one of the most clear-cut illusions to the idea that, as historians have called it, the Civil War is: a) Total war b) The second war for independence c) The second American revolution d) The lost cause
c) The second American revolution
The union victory in this battle was important for controlling the Mississippi river in the Civil War: a) Antietam b) Gettysburg c) Vicksburg d) Atlanta
c) Vicksburg
It can be said of both 1873 and 1893: a) Democratic presidents were an office b) the country was becoming more rural c) a financial panic occurred and led to a depression d) the United States was at war abroad
c) a financial panic occurred and led to a depression
Which of the following is Not true of the Missouri Compromise: a) Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, b) Maine entered the Union as a free state, c) an amendment to the Constitution to ensure that there would always be an equal number of free and slave states, d) a line extending west from the southern border of Missouri in which all new territories north of the line would be off limits to slavery in the future
c) an amendment to the Constitution to ensure that there would always be an equal number of free and slave states
The national origins act of 1924: a) was the first ever exclusionary immigration policy b) provided for citizenship for all migrants regardless of their country of origin c) established a quota system based on population statistics from the 1980 census d) sought to welcome as many migrants fleeing famine from the Soviet union as possible
c) established a quota system based on population statistics from the 1980 census
The map above shows the location of: a) sites of projects carried out by the CCC b) work progress administration for the damn construction projects c) internment camps during World War II
c) internment camps during World War II
When the Civil War broke out, Lincoln believed war was necessary to: a)Liberate the slaves b)Prevent European powers from meddling in American affairs c)Preserve the union d) Drive the southern states out of the United States forever
c) preserve the union
Which of the following most immediately led to the secession crisis and formation of the Confederate states of America: a)Dred Scott decision b) John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry Virginia c) presidential election of 1860 d) the firing at Fort Sumter in Charleston South Carolina
c) presidential election of 1860
The goal of Whigs in the "log cabin and hard cider" campaign was to: a) make their candidate appeal to urban workers who frequented saloons, b) denigrate the rural electorate, c) promote their candidate as a friend to the common man, particularly rural folks, d) appeal to women voters, whose roles relegated them to the home in these years
c) promote their candidate as a friend to the common man, particularly rural folks
Protective tariffs are designed to: a) raise revenue for the federal government to operate, b) raise revenue to pay off down the national debt, c) provide an advantage to American producers against foreign competition, d) provide American producers an advantage in exporting their goods to foreign countries
c) provide an advantage to American producers against foreign competition
Ex Confederates you sought to return to the political and economic control of the south to White southerners were known as: a) Republicans b) carpetbaggers c) redeemers d) Scalawags
c) redeemers
Which of the following is evident from the map above: a) the First Party System was still very much alive, b) Americans were united politically across the different regions of the country, c) regional voting patterns dominated and, with four candidates, no candidate received a majority of the popular or electoral vote
c) regional voting patterns dominated and, with four candidates, no candidate received a majority of the popular or electoral vote
The US stance after war broke out in Europe in 1914: a) Joined triple entente allies b) joined Central Powers c) remained neutral d) entered war immediately with no allies
c) remained neutral
The growing rift in the Democratic Party in the postwar years, witnessed in the Election of 1948, was in part due to : a) differences in opinion over foreign policy during the Cold War b) differences in opinion over the handling of the conflict in Vietnam c) some Democrats growing support for Civil Rights d) whether or not to censure congressmen for past membership in Communist organizations
c) some Democrats growing support for Civil Rights
Which of the following provided black male suffrage? a) The 13th amendment b) the 14th amendment c) the 15th amendment d) black codes
c) the 15th amendment
Which Legislation guaranteed unions the right to organize and engage in collective bargaining? a) Glass Steagall act b) Social Security act c) the Wagner act d) Johnson Reed act
c) the Wagner act
The line showing activity in the graph above is reflective of: a) The unchecked growth of the American economy in the industrial age b) the collapse of the American economy in the gilded age c) the boom and bust cycles of industrial capitalism d) falling prices in the last three decades of the 19 century
c) the boom and bust cycles of industrial capitalism
Which of the following Most reflects the "credibility gap" emerging in the late 1960s: a) defiance to integration of public schools from Little Rock, Arkansas to Boston, Massachusetts b) the emergence of the counterculture and sexual revolution c) the difference between what officials said about the progress of the Vietnam War and what Americans were seeing reported in the news, particularly the images on television d) the advantage that the Soviets had in science and technology, particularly after the launch of Sputnik
c) the difference between what officials said about the progress of the Vietnam War and what Americans were seeing reported in the news, particularly the images on television
"Rosie the riveter" refers to which of the following developments of World War II: a) the expectation that women would contribute to the war effort in their conventional roles as wives and mothers b) women would expand the roles during the war by doing office work and serving as nurses in the Red Cross c) the many women who enter the workforce in manufacturing in defense industries
c) the many women who enter the workforce in manufacturing in defense industries
Which of the following suggests a greater influence for the federal government during the Civil War years?: a) Federal banking legislation passed by Congress b) Suspension of habeas corpus c) The enrollment act d) All above are correct
d) All above are correct
The Tennessee Valley Authority is an example of which of the following efforts by the federal government during the new deal? a) Putting unemployed Americans to work on infrastructure projects b) providing electricity to rural Americans throughout the south c) flood control and irrigation d) All of the above were all part of the TVA efforts
d) All of the above were all part of the TVA efforts
The "Sack of Lawrence", Border Ruffians, and Pottawatomie Brown all pertain to: a) the Mexican War, b) the Civil War, c) Manifest Destiny, d) Bleeding Kansas
d) Bleeding Kansas
Which Supreme Court decision definitively overturned the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson: a) Morgan v. Virginia b) Shelly v. Kraemer c) Korematsu v. United States d) Brown v. Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
d) Brown v. Board of Education (of Topeka, KS)
What American ethnic group's culture came under attack more than any other during WWi? a) Ottoman b) Austrian c) Russian d) German
d) German
The National Security Act of 1947 established all of the following Except: a) Department of Defense b) National Security Council c) Central Intelligence Agency d) Homeland Security
d) Homeland Security
The great railroad strike of 1877 precipitated the rise of which of the following inclusive labor organization of the 1800s? a) AFL b) CIO c) The Wobblies d) Knights of labor
d) Knights of labor
Which of the following explains why Harlem became a center for African-American culture in the 1920s? a) The record industry was centered in New York City b) opportunities to perform music and dance were available on Broadway and numerous clubs c) the publishing industry was centered in New York City d) all of the above contributed to the Harlem Renaissance
d) all of the above contributed to the Harlem Renaissance
The graph above is evidence of: a) The expansion of railroad building around the turn of the century b) An increase use of steel as a building material between the 1880s and 1920s c) An increase in the construction of bridges between the 1880s and 1920s d) all of these
d) all of these
The utopian settlements, although the number of people involved with small, were significant for representing: a) A challenge to the emerging industrial, capitalist society b) a challenge to gender roles and tradition of family c) that Socialism would become the dominant economic system in years ahead d) both A and b are correct
d) both A and b are correct
Which of the following was a significant outcome of the Lincoln Douglas debate in 1858: a) Douglas did not support the Dred Scott decision strongly enough for proslavery in southern Democrats, b) Lincoln articulated the republican party position on slavery in the west admirably and gained national attention within his party c) Lincoln surprised everyone by winning the election d) both a and B or significant outcomes of the debates
d) both a and B or significant outcomes of the debates
All of the following concerns were addressed during the "hundred days" of the new deal except: a) banking regulation b) unemployment relief c) agricultural adjustment d) court restricting
d) court restricting
Which of the following represents the argument by the author of this following image?: a) Singing we're all in this together b) the federal government must protect our industries with subsidies for the owner c) US economy in the gilded age was immune to hard times d) economic inequalities it's a reality, but it was the workers that protected and boosted the wealth amassed by the owners of large enterprises
d) economic inequalities it's a reality, but it was the workers that protected and boosted the wealth amassed by the owners of large enterprises
In the 1930s, the movement led by Dr. Francis Townsend contributed to congressional approval of: a) ensuring the banks deposits of consumers b) securing federal protection of labor union organizers c) providing larger federal subsidies to farmers d) implementing a federal program of old age benefits
d) implementing a federal program of old age benefits
Which of the following terms describes the American military campaign in the Pacific theater during World War II? a) Operation torch b) operation overload c) D-Day d) island hopping
d) island hopping
Which of the following is true of the resurgence of the KKK during the 1920s: a) it discriminated only against African-Americans b) it was based entirely in the south c) membership was exclusively in rural areas d) it included urban and rural members, in the south as well the north and Midwest, and discriminated against Jews, Catholics, and immigrants, as well as African-Americans
d) it included urban and rural members, in the south as well the north and Midwest, and discriminated against Jews, Catholics, and immigrants, as well as African-Americans
The infamous 1857 Supreme Court decision that determined the legal status of a slave that had been brought for an extended period to a free territory held: a) that the slave should be released and forever free, b) that the Emancipation Proclamation did not apply in the case because it was a war measure, c) popular sovereignty should determine the status of the slave, d) that the Fifth Amendment protected slaveowners in bringing their property anywhere in the US
d) that the Fifth Amendment protected slaveowners in bringing their property anywhere in the US
Which region emerged as the leading supplier of slaves in the US in the decades following 1809: a) West Africa, b) West Indies and Brazil, c) New England, d) the "upper South" around the Chesapeake Bay
d) the "upper South" around the Chesapeake Bay
In response to the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO), the Soviet Union established: a) the Iron Curtain b) a wall diving East and West Berlin c) a blockade on access to West Berlin d) the Warsaw Pact
d) the Warsaw Pact
Which of the following did Eisenhower's Farewell Address express apprehension about concerning the American economy in the 1950s: a) the triumph of the middle class b) the automobile industry c) consumer spending and the impact of television advertising d) the military industrial complex
d) the military industrial complex
"New immigrants" that arrived in the greatest numbers around the turn of the century who were specifically targeted by immigration legislation in 1924: a) Were from northern and western Europe b) were from western Europe, specifically the Iberian Peninsula c) were from Mexico and Canada d) were from southern and Eastern Europe
d) were from southern and Eastern Europe
The newly formed Republican Party in the 1850s included most of those who compromised the following groups except: a) former northern Whigs, b) supporters of the (earlier and short lived) Liberty Party, c) Free-soilers, d) yeoman farmers from southern states
d) yeoman farmers from southern states
Which of the following was Not a part of the Compromise of 1850: a) Abolition of the slave trade in Washington D.C, b) California enters Union as free state, c) Utah Territory and New Mexico territories would have popular sovereignty, d) Stricter fugitive slave code, e) a constitutional amendment that would permanently balance power between slave and free states
e) a constitutional amendment that would permanently balance power between slave and free states