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Democratic - Republicans represented all but:
States rights
States pay their own debts
Strong central government
Against the National Bank
In what ways, if any, did women participate in the Market Revolution?
many women owned businesses
women worked in unskilled or semi-skilled jobs for little pay
women began to fill large numbers of skilled manufacturing jobs
women did not participate in the Market Revolution
Which of the following factors put pressure on Native American territory in the southeastern US in the early 19th century?
Rumors of gold and silver on Native American land
A desire to build factories and canals on Native American land
Soil depletion pushed farmers west in search of new land
A desire to punish Native American tribes for supporting Union forces during the Civil War
What consequences did Manifest Destiny have in the mid-19th century?
It brought democracy to the entire world
It led to the passage of the Bill of Rights
It led to conflict with Mexico
It led to religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics
What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the debate about slavery?
None
urged slave owners to liberate slaves
urged slaves to return to Africa
concern about the status of slavery in the western territories
What consequences did Irish immigration have in America during the mid-19th century?
The influx of Irish immigrants caused a nativist backlash.
Irish immigrants forced the US government to adopt Catholicism as the nation’s official religion.
Irish immigrants used their political clout to enforce temperance laws.
Irish immigrants had no impact because they were few in number.
In what way, if any, was the Emancipation Proclamation so significant?
It authorized racially integrated military units and gave black soldiers equal pay and promotions.
It banned slavery throughout the nation.
It added the abolition of slavery to Northern war goals during the Civil War.
It simply reaffirmed the abolition of slavery which was promulgated by the Dred Scott decision.
Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to the Northern victory in the Civil War?
Greater industrial capacity.
Greater manpower.
A “home field” advantage by fighting to defend Northern territory.
Greater wealth
What impact did the Transcontinental Railroad have on Native Americans tribes of the Great Plains and West?
The railroad brought prosperity to Native Americans because the railroad companies paid high prices for their land and hired many Indians as laborers.
It allowed large numbers of Native Americans to resettle their homelands in the eastern United States.
The railroad brought increased cultural and political pressure on the Native Americans.
It had little impact because most of the Native Americans had died or left the area.
What connection, if any, did Social Darwinism have to American imperialism?
Social Darwinism supported American imperialism by arguing some people were naturally inferior to others.
Social Darwinism supported American imperialism by claiming Darwin’s explorations had officially annexed territories.
Social Darwinism was used to oppose American imperialism by arguing for greater social evolution at home.
None — Social Darwinism only addressed evolutionary changes in birds of the Galapagos Islands.
What did the “Gospel of Wealth” suggest as an answer to the inequality Carnegie observed?
Poor people must pray for greater wealth and success
Religious revivals must occur in order to end sin and create wealth.
Wealthy individuals must serve as role models and give lectures to the poor.
Benefactors should use their wealth to create greater economic opportunity.
Was the relationship between immigrants and political machines in the late 19th century cooperative or oppositional?
Political machines helped immigrants learn English and become citizens.
Political machines provided favors to immigrants in exchange for votes.
Political machines worked to restrict immigration and block naturalization.
Political machines organized violent protests against immigrants.
How much economic opportunity did blacks have in the post-war South?
Blacks had the same economic opportunity as whites and many became rich cotton planters.
Blacks used their newfound political power to engage in rampant political corruption and massive embezzlement.
Blacks had few opportunities which led to a massive exodus of families who farmed the Great Plains.
Sharecropping meant blacks had were trapped in a cycle of economic dependency.
Which of the following statements best describes the status of Native American tribes in the late 19th century?
They had been completely destroyed as political, military, and cultural forces.
They were still strong political, military, and cultural forces that successfully resisted attempts to interfere with their affairs.
The US government treated tribes as sovereign units and allowed them to keep large amounts of land.
The US government no longer treated the tribes as sovereign units and forced them onto modest reservations.
With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the great majority of Americans
earnestly hoped to stay out of the war
favored entering the war in support of the Allies
supported the Central Powers
wanted to form a military alliance of neutral nations
Which of the following British passenger liners was sunk by German submarines?
Lusitania
Arabic
Sussex
None of these were American ships.
The Zimmermann note involved a proposed secret agreement between
Britain and France
Russia and Germany
Mexico and Germany
Mexico and Russia
Two constitutional amendments, adopted in part because of World War I, were the Eighteenth, which dealt with ____, and the Nineteenth, whose subject was ____.
prohibition; an income tax
direct election of senators; woman suffrage
prohibition; woman suffrage
women suffrage; prohibition
The movement of tens of thousands of Southern blacks north during World War I resulted in
better race relations in the South.
racial violence in the North.
fewer blacks willing to be used as strikebreakers
a new black middle class
Woodrow Wilson's ultimate goal at the Paris Peace Conference was to
stop the spread of communism.
blame no one for starting the war.
force Germany to pay reparations for the war.
establish the League of Nations.
The red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by
the wartime migration of rural blacks to northern cities.
urban immigrants' resistance to prohibition.
public anger at evolutionary science's challenge to the biblical story of the Creation.
the public's fear that labor troubles were sparked by communist and anarchist revolutionaries.
The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against
Canadians and West Indians.
northern and western Europeans.
Latin Americans.
Jews and Muslims.
southern and eastern Europeans and Japanese.
In response to the need to develop greater and greater mass markets for their products, American business in the 1920s relied especially on the new techniques of
developing a large range of product variation.
price competition.
direct selling through catalogs and door-to-door solicitation.
consumer advertising.
The 1920 census revealed that, for the first time, most
men worked in manufacturing.
adult women were employed outside the home.
Americans lived in cities.
Americans lived in the trans-Mississippi West.
families had fewer than four children.
The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as
a celebration of black culture and creative expression
the migration of Southern blacks to northern sections of New York City
the movement led by Marcus Garvey
the effort to resist racism and segregation in the North.
None of these
The Democratic party platform on which Franklin Roosevelt campaigned for the presidency in 1932 called for
extensive social reforms and a balanced budget.
deficit spending and a higher military budget.
higher tariffs and support for American manufacturers.
breaking up monopolistic corporations and supporting small business.
Both ratified in the 1930s, the Twentieth Amendment ____ and the Twenty-first Amendment ____.
shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibition
limited a president to two complete terms in office; repealed the Eighteenth Amendment
rendered most New Deal programs unconstitutional; limited a president to two complete terms in office
ended prohibition; shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration
expanded the size of the Supreme Court; ended prohibition
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the farm problem by
reducing agricultural production.
subsidizing American farm exports overseas.
encouraging farmers to switch to industrial employment.
helping farmers to pay their mortgages.
creating farm cooperatives.
The Social Security Act of 1935 provided all of the following except
unemployment insurance.
old-age pensions.
economic provisions for the blind and disabled.
support for the blind and physically disabled.
health care for the poor.
Throughout most of the 1930s, the American people responded to the aggressive actions of Germany, Italy, and Japan by
assisting their victims with military aid.
giving only economic help to the targets of aggression.
beginning to build up their military forces.
demanding an oil embargo on all warring nations.
retreating further into isolationism.
Efforts to bring large numbers of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to the United States were largely blocked by
restrictive immigration laws and opposition from southern Democrats and the State Department.
internal tensions between German-Jewish and eastern European Jewish communities in the United States.
pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic organizations within the United States.
the inability to find sufficient passenger ships to bring refugees across the Atlantic to the United States.
Zionist organizations that wanted to steer Jewish immigration to Israel, not the United States.
By 1941, Japan believed that it had no alternative to war with the United States because Franklin Roosevelt absolutely insisted that Japan
withdraw from the Dutch East Indies.
withdraw from China.
renew its trade with America.
break its treaty of nonaggression with Germany.
The court case that ended segregation in public schools
Brown v. Board
Plessy v. Ferguson
Miranda v. Arizona
Engel v. Vitale
Tinker v. DesMoines
LBJ's plan for increased domestic spending on anti-poverty & anti-racism programs
New Deal
New Frontier
Great Society
Welfare for All
Southern Strategy
Which of the following did NOT grow during the 1950s?
Middle Class
Opposition to the Vietnam War
Suburbs
Nuclear Arsenal
Counterculture
Which of the following was NOT a factor in the rise of conservatism before 1980?
Backlash against the counterculture
Backlash against the Civil Rights Movement
Backlash against the Rights Revolution
Backlash against the hawks of the Vietnam era
The overall strategy of the US during the Cold War
Truman Doctrine
Containment
Marshall Plan
Domino Theory
What organization was formed to pursue world peace in 1945?
United Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
What effect did the Pentagon Papers have on society?
It increased the Credibility Gap
It exposed government corruption
It increased the pressure on Nixon to resign
It created the public know about government plans
Nixon's policy of relaxing tensions with the USSR
Detenté
Containment
Domino Theory
Brinksmanship
The Civil Rights process of registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964.
Freedom Summer
Freedom Rides
Sit-Ins
March on Selma
The controversial event that led to the US directly intervening in Vietnam.
Gulf of Tonkin
Tet Offensive
Operation Rolling Thunder
My Lai Massacre
The top goal of the Reagan presidency included
eliminating all social programs and balancing the federal budget
reducing the size of the federal government and increasing defense spending
using the federal government to enforce civil rights and reducing U.S. influence in Central America
increasing income tax rates and strengthening environmental regulations
All of the following acts of President Reagan's administration are characterized as a return to conservative political values EXCEPT
cuts in the federal budget
appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court
tax cuts for corporations
the loosening of government regulations
During the 1990s, President George H.W. Bush
signed the welfare reform bill
persuaded Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin to sing the Camp David Accords
sent troops to fight in the Persian Gulf War
raised taxes
Despite Reagan's opposition to large government, which area did he choose not to cut?
Medicare
Air traffic controllers
Regulatory agencies
The Environmental Protection Agency
Which was true of Republicans in the 1980s?
They supported quotas to ensure equal employment opportunities
They opposed government inaction in social welfare issues
Their core was upper-middle class white Protestants
To save money, they wanted to cut defense spending
What country did Iraq invade in 1990 to the dismay of the United Nations?
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Israel
What was put into place to help the government prevent terrorist attacks and allowed gov. to see private information
Patriot Act
New England Patriots
Freedom Act
USA Intervention Act
Sweeping 2010 health-care reform bill championed by President Obama that established nearly universal health insurance by providing subsidies and compelling larger businesses to offer coverage to employees.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
Obamacare Act
During whose Administration do we get involved in the Persian Gulf War?
Bill Clinton
George H. W. Bush
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
During whose administration did the United States suffer the greatest economic disaster since the Great Depression of 1929-1942?
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
President Obama opened up diplomatic ties with Cuba for the first time since
the Eisenhower Administration
the Kennedy Administration
the Truman Administration
the Nixon Administration
