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WorksheetsAP US History
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1.
Operation Desert Storm:
a)
quickly drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait.
b)
ousted Saddam Hussein from power.
c)
was another military defeat for the United States.
d)
was criticized by the United Nations.
2.
Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in October 2001:
a)
against Afghanistan, because they were harboring Osama bin Laden.
b)
against Saudi Arabia, because they were harboring Osama bin Laden.
c)
against Afghanistan, because the United States did not approve of the Taliban’s treatment of women.
d)
against Afghanistan, because the Afghan government had ordered the terrorist attacks of September 11.
3.
The USA Patriot Act:
a)
overhauled airport security measures.
b)
expanded the rights of law enforcement agencies to conduct secret searches and detain suspect aliens.
c)
required every American to swear a loyalty oath.
d)
ceased all Islamic immigration into the United States.
4.
Ronald Reagan’s economic policy focused on:
a)
tax cuts.
b)
high tariffs.
c)
government spending on welfare.
d)
empowering unions.
5.
Under the policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military:
a)
ceased bombings in Vietnam.
b)
brought an end to antiwar protest.
c)
attempted to shift the burden of fighting to South Vietnamese soldiers.
d)
brought an immediate end to the war.
6.
The Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision:
a)
created a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.
b)
was the least controversial piece of the rights revolution.
c)
legalized birth control.
d)
declared school prayer was unconstitutional.
7.
The flapper:
a)
epitomized the change in standards of sexual behavior.
b)
represented a new political movement.
c)
disapproved of smoking.
d)
demanded a return to earlier standards of behavior.
8.
In the 1920s, movies, radios, and phonographs:
a)
were all out of reach of most consumers.
b)
helped create and spread a new celebrity culture.
c)
were not yet available.
d)
appealed only to women.
9.
During WWII, Americans:
a)
experienced the rationing of scarce consumer goods such as gasoline.
b)
experienced extreme deprivation
c)
still suffered from high unemployment.
d)
were told that the end of war might bring a return of the Great Depression.
10.
According to the policy of containment, as laid out by George Kennan, the:
a)
Soviets could have a free hand in international affairs.
b)
United States should invade the Soviet Union.
c)
United States was committed to preventing the spread of communism.
d)
United States accepted the right of communism to exist anywhere.
11.
The Truman Doctrine:
a)
advocated a return to isolationism.
b)
was an alliance between the United States and Great Britain.
c)
called for more cordial relations with the Soviet Union.
d)
committed the United States to fighting communism anywhere.
12.
In Brown v. Board of Education, what was Thurgood Marshall’s main argument before the Supreme Court?
a)
that segregation did lifelong damage to black children, stigmatized and undermined their self-esteem
b)
that Plessy v. Ferguson was an outdated ruling that needed to be updated
c)
that the white, southern politicians did not adequately provide for black schools, thereby violating the “but equal” part of the Plessy ruling
d)
that children ought to attend the school that is closest to them, and Linda Brown lived within a mile of the “white” school and should be able to attend that school
13.
Farmers, during the Gilded Age, believed that their plight derived from all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
high freight rates charged by railroads.
b)
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
c)
the high tariff policies of the federal government.
d)
the fiscal policy that reduced the supply of money in the economy.
14.
In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the Supreme Court:
a)
ruled that “separate but equal” accommodations were constitutional.
b)
ruled that “separate but equal” accommodations were unconstitutional.
c)
supported the right of women to vote.
d)
supported the right of workers to join unions.
15.
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820:
a)
the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones.
b)
Congress banned slavery in any new territory that might ever be added to the United States.
c)
Missouri agreed to gradual emancipation of slavery in exchange for admission to the Union.
d)
Ohio became a free state to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state.
16.
The Monroe Doctrine:
a)
settled the nullification crisis favorably for South Carolina.
b)
secured Florida from Spain.
c)
declared the Americas off-limits for further European colonization.
d)
stated that the United States would be neutral in all international conflicts.
17.
The nullification crisis:
a)
involved the fears of some slaveholders that the federal government might take action against slavery.
b)
was based on southern concerns that tariffs were preventing the South from industrializing as fast as the North.
c)
largely concerned the opposition of Southwestern planters to federally financed internal improvements.
d)
brought Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun closer together politically.
18.
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions:
a)
argued the Alien and Sedition Acts were necessary for proper order
b)
got their authors arrested for questioning the federal government
c)
supported strong federal authority in wartime
d)
were written in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts
19.
In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court:
a)
showed the Supreme Court was commitment to states’ rights.
b)
ruled that the Federal Government could ignore the Bill of Rights
c)
supported Jeffersonian ideals
d)
declared a federal law unconstitutional, effectively giving itself judicial review
20.
The slogan “Manifest Destiny” referred to the conviction of Americans in the 1840s that the United States had a(n)
a)
God-Given right to exist as a nation.
b)
opportunity to replace greed with benevolence
c)
obligation to spread across the continent.
d)
mission to free slaves.
21.
Which of the following was a characteristic of the federal government under the Articles of Confederation?
a)
Congress could not levy taxes or regulate commerce
b)
Congress could amend the Articles by a two-thirds vote
c)
There were two branches of government--judicial and legislative--but no executive
d)
The more populous a state, the more votes it cast in Congress
22.
Shay’s Rebellion was significant because it demonstrated:
a)
that slaves could successfully rebel against their owners
b)
that Congress was unpopular with merchants and farmers
c)
to some influential Americans the need for a stronger central government
d)
the inability of Congress to remove Native Americans from the Old Northwest Territories
23.
The Virginia Plan:
a)
It proposed a one house legislature, with population determining representation
b)
It proposed a two house legislature, with population determining representation in each house
c)
It called for each state to have one vote in Congress
d)
It was strongly opposed by the larger, more populous states
24.
Anti-Federalist argued that a bill of rights was necessary in the Constitution because:
a)
England had one, so America should mirror that example
b)
the militia’s right to bear arms should be protected by law
c)
they believed in the protection of freedom of speech and freedom of the press
d)
it would protect the minority against the tyranny of the majority
25.
Which of the following statements describes how the United States dealt with Native Americans in the 1790s?
a)
Native Americans received all rights and privileges that other Americans received
b)
Native American tribes were treated as sovereign nations, much like Great Britain and France
c)
The United States used treaties to take control of Native American lands
d)
The United States largely ignored Native Americans because they could not stop westward migration
26.
According to Alexander Hamilton, the proper role of the new government was to:
a)
extend democratic privileges.
b)
provide for the public welfare.
c)
redistribute personal wealth.
d)
promote economic enterprise.
27.
Which philosopher had the greatest influence upon the drafting of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
John Locke
b)
David Hume
c)
William Buckley
d)
Immanuel Kant
28.
Republican motherhood encouraged:
a)
greater educational opportunities for women
b)
women to become public speakers for various social causes in the 1780s
c)
widespread resentment among women
d)
a significant increase in women’s direct involvement in elected office
29.
What was the most significant consequence of the Seven Years’ War?
a)
its virtual destruction of American Indians
b)
Britains staggering war debt.
c)
the assassination of George III
d)
a distaste for further fighitng by the colonists.
30.
An increase in which of the following was the key part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act to attract Southern support?
a)
Transportation in the South
b)
Popular sovereignty
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Representation in Congress
31.
Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:
a)
did not believe slaves could be productive American citizens.
b)
promised during his 1860 campaign that he was against abolition.
c)
feared losing the support of the slaveholding border states within the Union.
d)
did not want to support the policies of the Radical Republicans.
32.
The Seneca Falls Convention’s Declaration of Sentiments:
a)
did not demand voting rights for women because participants were so divided on the issue
b)
was modeled on the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution
c)
condemned the entire structure of inequality between men and women
d)
inspired Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to become abolitionists
33.
Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?
a)
Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.
b)
Members of the abolitionist Republican Party, formed in 1844, insisted on debating slavery.
c)
President John Tyler’s antislavery policies cause a major proslavery backlash led by John C. Calhoun.
d)
As the 1848 Constitutional deadline for ending the African slave trade drew near, Americans became obsessed with s
34.
The Columbian Exchange was:
a)
the agreement that documented what Christopher Columbus would give to Spanish leaders in return for their sponsorship of his travel to the New World.
b)
the transatlantic flow of plants, animals, and germs that began after Christopher Columbus reached the New World.
c)
John Cabot’s exploration of the New World, which brought more of the goods that Columbus had found back to the Old World.
d)
the first store in the New World, named for the man who founded it.
35.
Bartolomé de Las Casas argued that Indians:
a)
could be enslaved because they lacked true religion.
b)
were more akin to beasts than humans.
c)
were treated well by the Spanish.
d)
should enjoy “all guarantees of liberty and justice” as subjects of Spain.
36.
In their relations with Native Americans, the Dutch:
a)
sought to imitate the Spanish.
b)
concentrated more on economics than religious conversion.
c)
tried to drive Native Americans into the puritan colony.
d)
called them members of a deceitful race.
37.
Under English law in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, women:
a)
enjoyed far greater rights than they did in Spain and Spanish America.
b)
outlived their husbands were entitled to one-half of the husband’s property.
c)
surrendered their legal identities when they married.
d)
were expected to submit to their husbands in public, but not in private.
38.
As a result of the Pueblo Revolt
a)
American Indians were exterminated from the Southwest area of the Americas.
b)
Spanish authorities adopted a more tolerant attitude toward traditional religious practices
c)
Spanish authorities made more demands of Indian labor
d)
Spain abandoned exploration in the Americas
39.
During the seventeenth century, indentured servants;
a)
made up less than one-third of English settlers in America.
b)
were almost entirely Irish
c)
had a great deal of trouble acquiring land.
d)
had to pay half the fare to get them to the New World
40.
Most seventeenth-century migrants to North America from England:
a)
arrived with other members of their families.
b)
were single, middle-class men.
c)
were lower-class men
d)
sought to escape the Black Death then ravaging England
41.
The primary cause for continuing conflicts between English colonists and Native American in the Americas during the 17th century was:
a)
the English murder of Nemattanew, a Powhatan war captain and religious prophet.
b)
organization of Chesapeake tribes into a large confederacy.
c)
steady encroachment by land-hungry settlers on Indian territories.
d)
presence of African slaves
42.
The Virginia House of Burgesses:
a)
was dissolved by King James because he objected to all representatives government.
b)
was created as part of the Virginia Company’s effort to encourage the colony’s survival
c)
banned the importation of servants.
d)
was included in the original charter for the Jamestown colony.
43.
The organizers of the Jamestown colony were motivated primarily by a desire to:
a)
pursue military advantures against the Spanish.
b)
spread Christian religion to native peoples.
c)
earn profits by discovering gold and developing trade with the Indians.
d)
escape political oppression and religious persecution.
44.
To entice settlers to Virginia, the Virginia Company established the headright system, which:
a)
granted religious freedom.
b)
provided land to settlers who paid their own passage.
c)
brought slavery to the colony.
d)
promised every single mana bride.
45.
Tobacco production in Virginia:
a)
enriched an emerging class of planters and certain members of the colonial government.
b)
declined after its original success, as Europeans learned the dangers of smoking
c)
lead to the replacement of Sugar as the main cash crop in the caribbean.
d)
lead to the end of the colony as production resulted in Indians attacking.
46.
Unlike the Puritans, the Pilgrims
a)
expected to convert a sinful world.
b)
preferred to settle in Holland rather than America.
c)
squabbled with Local Indians.
d)
separated from the Church of England.
47.
According to the economic theory known as mercantilism:
a)
Merchants should control the government because they contributed more than others to national wealth.
b)
The government should regulate economic activity so as to promote national power.
c)
the government should encourage manufacturing and commerce by keeping its hands of of the economy.colonies existed as a place for the mother country to send raw materials to be turned into manufactured goods.
d)
colonies existed as a place for the mother country to send raw materials to be turned into manufactured goods.
48.
Bacon’s Rebellion contributed to which of the following in Virginia?
a)
a large and sustained increase in the importation of indentured servants.
b)
generous payments to Native Americans to encourage them to give up their lands to white farmers.
c)
the replacing of indentured servants with African slaves on Virginia’s plantations.
d)
an order from Governor Berkeley that Native Americans could serve in the milita.
49.
What term do historians give to the time period from around 1816 to 1824?
a)
The Era of Happiness
b)
The Monroe Years
c)
The Roaring 20s
d)
The Era of Good Feelings
50.
Following the War of 1812, nationalism spread through America. What is nationalism?
a)
feelings that other countries are better than your own
b)
patriotic feelings that your country is the best
c)
a belief that every nation is equal
d)
a system of government where a king has total control
51.
Francis Scott Key was detained on a British ship while he watched the Battle of Baltimore. The battle inspired him to write the words to a very famous song. What was the name of that song?
a)
"America, the Beautiful"
b)
"My Country 'Tis of Thee"
c)
"The Star Spangled Banner"
d)
"O, Canada!"
52.
Several southern states adopted Jim Crow laws in the late 1800s to te
a)
enforce legal segregation
b)
deny women the right to vote
c)
protect the freedom of speech
d)
preserve the separation of church and state
53.
Which of the following was a major cause for the War of 1812?
a)
Federalism
b)
firing of soldiers
c)
consignment of sailors
d)
Impressment of sailors
54.
Which of the following political parties was founded by Andrew Jackson?
a)
Federalist Party
b)
Democratic Party
c)
New Years Party
d)
Bull Moose Party
55.
Established Judicial Review.
a)
Brown vs BOE
b)
Smurfs vs Gargamel
c)
Plessy vs Ferguson
d)
Marbury vs Madison
56.
Which of the following does the political review refer to?
a)
New Jersey Plan
b)
Albany Plan
c)
Virginia Plan
d)
New York Plan
57.
The British Act which prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains because the region was too costly for the British to protect was the
a)
Quebec Act
b)
Declaratory Act
c)
Navigation Act
d)
Proclamation Act
58.
The main purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862 was to
a)
provide land for building a transcontinental railroad
b)
raise revenue for the federal government
c)
maintain a balance between slave and free states
d)
encourage settlement of public lands in the west
59.
The term "Muckraker" has been used to describe authors whose writing deal mainly with
a)
criticizing the government's welfare policies
b)
publicizing Constitution issues relating to minority groups
c)
advancing the cause of press freedom
d)
exposing social conditions in need of reform
60.
The Bessemer process was a method of producing cheap
a)
Oil
b)
Steel
c)
electricity
d)
cotton cloth
61.
What was the belief of many Progressives who followed Walter Rauschenbusch’s Social Gospel program?
a)
Christianity should be the basis of social reform
b)
government should not regulate business
c)
laws shortening the workweek were unconstitutional
d)
child labor encouraged discipline and a strong work ethic
62.
Which Native American region(s) would rely on hunting and gathering rather than farming based on their climate and landscape?
a)
Arctic, Subarctic, California, Plateau, Great Basin, Great Plains, Southeast
b)
Arctic, Subarctic, Eastern Woodlands, Plateau, Great Basin, Great Plains, Southeast
c)
Eastern Woodlands, California, Plateau, Great Plains, Southeast
d)
Arctic, Subarctic, California, Plateau, Great Basin, Northwest, Southeast
63.
What event freed the slaves?
a)
Gettysburg Address
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Declaration of Independence
64.
What Union general is known for his march to the sea?
a)
Grant
b)
Sherman
c)
Lee
d)
Jackson
65.
What do we call a person who makes a journey for religious reasons?
a)
indentured servant
b)
slave
c)
pilgrim
d)
colonist
66.
Someone who agreed to work without pay in exchange for paid passage to the New World was called a(n)...
a)
slave
b)
indentured servant
c)
pilgrim
d)
governor
67.
What nation started colonies in the Americas first?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Netherlands
d)
Spain
68.
Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania?
a)
William Penn
b)
Peter Stuyvesant
c)
King Charles II
d)
Tamanend
69.
Which of these people was a leader of the Great Awakening?
a)
William Penn
b)
Jonathan Edwards
c)
Peter Stuyvesant
d)
King Charles II
70.
The religious movement that changed the way people in the Middle Colonies practiced religion
a)
Great Awakening
b)
Great Wakeup
c)
Grand Awakening
d)
Great Church
71.
What religious group founded the Maryland Colony?
a)
Catholics
b)
Quakers
c)
Puritans
d)
Christians
72.
What was South Carolina's most important crop?
a)
rice
b)
corn
c)
tobacco
d)
cotton
73.
James Oglethorpe founded what colony for debtors?
a)
Georgia
b)
Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
74.
Why was Olaudah Equiano important?
a)
He wrote about his life as a slave after he earned his freedom.
b)
He ran away.
c)
He was always a slave.
d)
He fought against his overseer.
75.
Which settlement was the first permanent English settlement?
a)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
b)
Roanoke Island
c)
Jamestown, Va
d)
Fort Augustine, Fl
76.
Who was a puritan that was kicked out and founded their own colony?
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Roger Williams
c)
Ben Roethlisberger
d)
John Rolfe
77.
What region produced huge amounts of grain during the colonial period?
a)
Middle Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
d)
frontier region
78.
The long cold winters in the ____________________ colonies was not ideal for growing cash crops and so they focused on lumbering, fishing & fur trading.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Winter
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