According to the principles of mercantilism,

D) a successful nation should export its own goods in exchange for gold and silver

A) the individual is the key to economic progress

B) the world’s supply of wealth is almost unlimited

C) free trade is good for a country because it maximizes both imports and exports

Andrew Jackson and his followers believed that the United States needed to

B) challenge the power of the eastern elites

A) create a totally egalitarian society

C) confront sectional differences over slavery

D) put an end to the existence of slavery

The “bank war” of the 1830s was to a large extent

D) a personal struggle for power between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle

A) a battle of decisive Southern business interests

B) responsible for the death of the Whig Party

C) the end of Henry Clay’s political career

The Know-Nothing party was formed largely around the idea of

B) passing laws that discriminated against Irish Catholics

A) vetoing the charter renewal for the Bank of the United States

C) ending slavery through the use of military force

D) demanding internal improvements for the western states

The provisions of the Compromise of 1850 included

D) abolishing the slave trade in the District of Columbia

A) abolishing fugitive slave laws

B) admitting California as a slave state

C) prohibiting slavery in New Mexico territory

Operation Desert Storm:

quickly drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait.

ousted Saddam Hussein from power.

was another military defeat for the United States.

was criticized by the United Nations.

In 1992, Bill Clinton secured the Democratic nomination for president because he:

combined social liberalism with elements of conservatism.

promised to restrict access to abortion.ANS: C

Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in October 2001:

against Afghanistan, because they were harboring Osama bin Laden.

against Saudi Arabia, because they were harboring Osama bin Laden.

against Afghanistan, because the United States did not approve of the Taliban’s treatment of women.

against Afghanistan, because the Afghan government had ordered the terrorist attacks of September 11.

Ronald Reagan’s economic policy focused on:

government spending on welfare.

Under the policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military:

attempted to shift the burden of fighting to South Vietnamese soldiers.

brought an end to antiwar protest.

brought an immediate end to the war.

The Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision:

created a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.

was the least controversial piece of the rights revolution.

declared school prayer was unconstitutional.

government policies reflected the pro-business spirit of the decade.

the Federal Trade Commission aggressively regulated business.

the courts became increasingly pro-labor.

the Harding administration distanced itself from the business community.

According to the policy of containment, as laid out by George Kennan, the:

United States was committed to preventing the spread of communism.

Soviets could have a free hand in international affairs.

United States should invade the Soviet Union.

United States accepted the right of communism to exist anywhere.

Republican economic policies, during the Gilded Age, strongly favored:

eastern industrialists and bankers.

Which was NOT part of the Populist platform?

direct election of U.S. senators

government ownership of railroads

In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court:

ruled that “separate but equal” accommodations were constitutional.

ruled that “separate but equal” accommodations were unconstitutional.

supported the right of women to vote.

supported the right of workers to join unions.

In the “Insular Cases,” the Supreme Court:

held that the Constitution did not fully apply to the territories acquired by the United States during the Spanish-American War and they would not be able to become states.

determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos would become U.S. citizens in 1904.

determined that Puerto Ricans and Filipinos were entitled to the same rights as U.S. citizens.

held that the annexation of the Philippines violated the Fourteenth Amendment

Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820:

the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones.

Congress banned slavery in any new territory that might ever be added to the United States.

Missouri agreed to gradual emancipation of slavery in exchange for admission to the Union.

Ohio became a free state to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state.

declared the Americas off-limits for further European colonization.

settled the nullification crisis favorably for South Carolina.

stated that the United States would be neutral in all international conflicts.

During Reconstruction, the Freedmen’s Bureau was able to

greatly increase the number of former slaves who could read (literate).

distribute 40-acre plots to all ex slaves who wanted land.

convince many Southern whites to join the Republican Party.

repress much of the violence committed against ex-slaves.

Andrew Carnegie became representative of those in big business who believed that:

the affluent should return some wealth to the public through philanthropy

settlement houses were ineffective at addressing the needs of the poor.

socialist and capitalists should cooperate in labor negotiations.

poverty or weakness was a punishment from God

The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions:

were written in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts

argued the Alien and Sedition Acts were necessary for proper order

got their authors arrested for questioning the federal government

supported strong federal authority in wartime

The principal difficulty involved in Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana Territory was that:

the Constitution did not give the president clear authority to acquire new territory.

the Federalist appeared to have enough votes to defeat it in Congress

most Americans either did not care or were opposed to the purchase

it consisted of worthless land that had no practical value.

The slogan “Manifest Destiny” referred to the conviction of Americans in the 1840s that the United States had a(n)

obligation to spread across the continent.

God-Given right to exist as a nation.

opportunity to replace greed with benevolence

Which of the following was a characteristic of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation?

Congress could not levy taxes or regulate commerce

Congress could amend the Articles by a two-thirds vote

There were two branches of government--judicial and legislative--but no executive

The more populous a state, the more votes it cast in Congress

Republican motherhood encouraged:

greater educational opportunities for women

women to become public speakers for various social causes in the 1780s

widespread resentment among women

a significant increase in women’s direct involvement in elected office

What was the most significant consequence of the Seven Years’ War?

its virtual destruction of American Indians

the assassination of George III

a distaste for further fighitng by the colonists.

Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision because

the decision allowed slavery in the territories

the Court included no Republican Justices

several justices were slave owners

blacks and whites were not treated equally

Due to the natural environment, which region of American Indains were the most mobile?

The Great Basin and Western Plains

The Northeast and the Atlantic Seaboard

The organizers of the Jamestown colony were motivated primarily by a desire to:

earn profits by discovering gold and developing trade with the Indians.

pursue military advantures against the Spanish.

spread Christian religion to native peoples.

escape political oppression and religious persecution.

In contrast to life in the Chesapeake region, life in New England:

did not involved class-based hierarchies

allowed for equal legal rights for women and men

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