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WorksheetsU.S. History Regent Practice
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1. Revel’s poem suggests what about his identity?
(A) He was a Negro who was captured into slavery
B) He was a prisoner who likely became an indentured servant
C) He was slave master
D) He was a British ship captain who mostly transported slaves
2. What is the most likely reason Revel would have been needed in Virginia in 1680?
(A) Increased need for labor for cash crops such as tobacco
(B) Ship masters were needed to fish for cod
(C) There was a call for laborers on small family farms
(D) Due to a large number of slaves, there was an increased need for slave masters
3. What do the demographics described in Revel’s poem reflect about the overall composition of Virginia’s population
(A) Males were only the acceptable servants for the slave master’s family
(B) The majority of forced laborers were white indentured servants or debtors
(C) The majority of forced laborers in Virginia at the time consisted of slaves of African descent
(D) White land owning masters vastly outnumbered the enslaved population of Virginia
4. The above map illustrates which of the following trends in the development of colonial societies?
A) The Americans were increasingly dependent upon raw materials from Europe and Africa
B) The northern and southern colonies were divergent in their economic development
C) The escalated role of Dutch merchants in the Atlantic slave trade
D) The growing neglect of the British government towards its American colonies
5. The Atlantic trade in the early 18th century most directly contributed to
A) the social distinctions between the coastal and backcountry settlers
B) a surge of colonial independence against the British empire
C) a sense of unification and economic self-sufficiency within the colonies
D) an increase in the southern agrarian economic cash crop system
6. What British law most directly affected the trade depicted on the map?
A) The Navigation Acts
B) The Woolen Act
C) The Molasses Act
D) The Barbados Slave Code
7. Which of the following was a significant cause of the Native American population changes depicted in the graph?
A) European diseases such as smallpox
B) The trade of guns from Europeans to American Indians
C) Wars between Europeans and American Indians and between different tribes of American Indians
D) All of the above
8. Which of the following was a direct effect of the white population changes depicted in the graph?
A) Increased environmental pressure on the land
B) Increased immigration and better health among colonists
C) The importation of significantly greater numbers of African slaves to New England
D) A growing independence movement against the British government
9. The main trends shown in the graph were most directly associated with which of the following processes occurring in New England at the time?
A) The gradual expansion of British colonists’ landholdings
B) The increasing importation of guns and other metal goods
C) The spread of Enlightenment ideas
D) The development and growth of cash crop agriculture
10. Which of the following events most directly caused the creation of the Sedition Act?
A) Federalist criticism of Thomas Jefferson during the Election of 1800
B) The Anti-Federalists’ criticism of the United States Constitution during the ratification process
C) Republican criticism of the undeclared naval war between France and the United States
D) Federalist support of the British during the Napoleonic Wars
11. The Kentucky Resolution of 1798 and 1799 serves as evidence of which of the following developments in the United States during this time period?
A) Continuing arguments over states’ rights in relation to federal law
B) Continuing arguments regarding the nation’s alliance with France
C) A general consensus about the supremacy of federal law within the states
D) A general consensus between Federalists and Republicans regarding foreign relations with France and Britain
12. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions propose the Doctrines of Nullification and Interposition, stating that
A) individual states have a responsibility to protect their citizens from unconstitutional federal laws
B) individual states can consider federal laws void if those laws violate the Constitution
C) the determination of a federal law’s constitutionality lies with the states
D) All of the above
13. The number and position of nations’ soldiers on the map most directly challenges which of the following statements?
A) The French were very useful to American efforts during the American Revolution
B) The French helped to defeat the British at Yorktown in 1783
C) The alliance between France and America was not important during the American Revolution
D) The British were besieged by French and American troops on all sides
14. The relationship depicted on the map between France and America would most directly lead to
A) An awkward position for America during the French Revolution and the XYZ Affair
B) Jay’s Treaty in 1794
C) The United States poor relationship with France under President Jefferson
D) A decrease in trade between France and American in the post-revolution period
15. The siege at Yorktown best illustrates which of the following statements about the American Revolution?
A) The British had an enormous advantage because of their superior navy
B) The Americans quickly and easily defeated the strongest empire on earth
C) The Americans used guerrilla warfare very effectively
D) The British were at a disadvantage because they relied on supplies from across the Atlantic Ocean
16. The phrase “all other Persons” demonstrates which of the following aspects of the Constitutional Convention?
A) The deliberate attempt to downplay or minimize the role of slavery in the young nation
B) The deliberate attempt to downplay or minimize the role of women in the young nation
C) The delicate balance between pleasing the northern states and pleasing the southern states
D) The establishment of a method which would be used to count the population in each state
17. The position of Indians as described in the excerpt most directly challenges which of the following statements?
A) Indians were largely ignored by the writers of the Constitution, who mentioned Indians only to establish that they would not be considered part of the American population
B) Indians were not considered American citizens
C) Indians were incorporated into the new government structure, and all potential conflicts with American Indians were solved by the writers of the Constitution
D) Indians were not represented in either house in Congress and therefore did not have to pay taxes that they had no part in creating
18. Someone arguing that the Constitution was influenced by Thomas Hobbes could support his or her argument with which of the following pieces of evidence from the excerpt?
A) The election method for the House of Representatives
B) The election method for the Senate
C) The method of apportioning taxes
D) The method of determining population
19. Someone arguing that the Constitution was influenced by John Locke could support his or her argument with which of the following pieces of evidence from the excerpt?
A) The election method for the House of Representatives
B) The election method for the Senate
C) The method of apportioning taxes
D) The method of determining population
20. The method of apportioning the number of representatives each state would receive in the House of Representatives and the Senate most directly relates to
A) Conflict between northern and southern states during the Constitutional Convention
B) Conflict between agricultural and industrial states during the Constitutional Convention
C) Conflict between states’ rights and federal power during the Constitutional Convention
D) Conflict between large and small states during the Constitutional Convention
21. The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly challenge which prevailing idea regarding the founding of the United States?
A) The American Revolution led to the creation a limited democracy that did not alter the underlying social structure of the colonies
B) The Declaration of Independence overstated Americans’ commitment to social and political equality, especially in regards to the poor, women, and African Americans
C) From the British-American system of slavery to the political leadership of Puritan ministers, American society before and after the American Revolution was not truly equitable
D) The American Revolution ushered in an age of equality by leading to the creation of a thoroughly democratic form of government
22. The Antifederalists’ opinions on aristocracy resulted in their desire for
A) Limited power for the federal government
B) Abolition
C) The immediate ratification of the Constitution
D) The continued use of the Articles of Confederation, unchanged
23. Which of the following evidence would best support Gordon’s argument?
A) Data showing the greater wealth of political leaders compared to the general population
B) Data showing the wealth of the Federalists and the wealth of the Antifederalists
C) A collection of the Federalist Papers
D) The language of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution
24. Marshall’s opinion in Marbury v. Madison would most directly lead to
A) Increased power of the judicial branch because of judicial review
B) Loose construction of the Constitution
C) The Supremacy Clause in the Constitution
D) The doctrines of nullification and interposition
25. Marshall’s opinion in McCulloch v. Maryland serves as evidence of
A) The lack of clarity in the Constitution regarding state versus federal law
B) The Supreme Court’s belief in strict construction of the Constitution
C) The Supreme Court’s belief in loose construction of the Constitution
D) Andrew Jackson’s disregard for the Supreme Court
26. South Carolina’s Ordinance of Nullification most directly challenged which of the following ideas from McCulloch v. Maryland?
A) Strict construction of the Constitution
B) Loose construction of the Constitution
C) The supremacy of federal law
D) The power of judicial review
27. Jackson’s reasons for vetoing the charter of the Bank of the United States most directly challenged which of the following ideas from McCulloch v. Maryland?
A) Strict construction of the Constitution
B) Loose construction of the Constitution
C) The supremacy of federal law
D) The power of judicial review
28. Lewis and Clark’s map most directly fueled which of the following nineteenth century ideas?
A) Transcendentalism
B) White superiority
C) Belief in the “common man”
D) Manifest Destiny
29. Lewis and Clark’s expedition demonstrated which of the following dangers, faced by thousands of future migrants?
A) Conflict with American Indians
B) Extreme cold weather
C) Difficult mountainous terrain
D) All of the above
30. Which of the following most directly led to the increase shown in the chart?
A) The banning of the slave trade in 1808
B) The invention of the cotton gin in 1793
C) The decreasing competition in worldwide cotton production
D) The use of slavery in Midwestern food farming
31. The trend indicated in the chart would most directly lead to
A) Increasing sectional or regional differences
B) Increasing industry in the south
C) Increasing westward migration
D) Increasing industry in the north
32. The trend indicated in the chart had what effect on the abolition movement?
A) It led to the abandonment of gradualism and the embrace of active anti-slavery tactics
B) It led to the abandonment of active anti-slavery tactics and the embrace of gradualism
C) It led to the deportation of millions of slaves to Liberia
D) It led to abolitionists abandoning their cause in the face of increasing numbers of slaves
33. The painting most directly reflects
A) the dangers and fears associated with westward migration
B) the arguments over whether slavery would be allowed in western territories
C) the idea of Manifest Destiny
D) the triumph of the railroad and other advanced technology
34. Which of the following represents a later example of the development highlighted in the painting?
A) the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad
B) the expansion of slavery to western territories
C) the Second Great Awakening
D) industrialization and urbanization in 19th Century American cities
35. Within the context of Jackson’s presidency, the many-headed monster most likely represents
A) The Bank of the United States
B) The Federalists
C) Northern industrialists
D) All of the above
36. Which of the following best describes the artist’s point of view as expressed through the image?
A) Jackson was a war hero and defender of the common man against the elite
B) Jackson was a bully who frequently violated the U.S. Constitution
C) Jackson was a weak president who could not solve the nation’s problems
D) Jackson was a defender of loose construction of the Constitution and the rights of American Indians
37. The ideas about government expressed in the Elastic Clause are most consistent with which of the following?
A) the opinions of Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist Party in the 1787- 1800 period
B) the opinions of Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican Party in the 1787-1800 period
C) the opinions of the Anti-federalists during the debate over ratification of the Constitution
D) states’ rights advocates in the lead-up to the Civil War
38. Which Supreme Court decision marked a turning point in the interpretation of both clauses?
A) Marbury v. Madison
B) Worcester v. Georgia
C) McCulloch v. Maryland
D) Dred Scott v. Sanford
39. The Supremacy Clause was most directly challenged by
A) The power of judicial review
B) The doctrine of nullification
C) The creation of the National Bank
D) The political philosophy of Abraham Lincoln
40. The cartoon was intended to
A) express colonial resentment of British imperial attempts to reassert control over its colonies
B) warn Americans of the dangers of divisive political parties and permanent foreign alliances
C) safeguard the United States’ borders and promote its economic interests
D) depict regional differences among the British American colonies
41. The ideas expressed in the cartoon most directly led to
A) renewed efforts to consolidate imperial control over North American markets
B) English population growth and expansion into the interior of North America
C) the emergence of an independence movement that rested on arguments over the rights of British subjects and the rights of the individual
D) new state constitutions reflecting republican fears of excessive popular influence
42. Which of the following groups would have most likely challenged the views of the cartoonist?
A) Patriots
B) Enlightenment philosophers
C) Federalists and Republicans
D) Loyalists
43. The cartoon would be most useful to historians as a source of information about which of the following?
A) The formation of early political parties within the United States
B) Loyalist opposition during the revolutionary war
C) The creation of a grassroots movement supporting independence
D) White-Indian conflicts after the Seven Years’ War
44. Which document most directly addressed the concerns expressed by Abigail Adams in this passage?
A) Federalist Papers
B) Monroe Doctrine
C) Declaration of Sentiments
D) Emancipation Proclamation
45. Based on the letter, what problem is being discussed?
A) Inequality between men and women
B) British tyranny
C) Slavery
D) The Intolerable Acts
46. Which constitutional provision was used by Chief Justice Marshall to reach this conclusion?
A) electoral college clause
B) elastic clause
C) due process clause
D) equal protection clause
47. Critics feared that this decision would result in
A) a stronger federal government that would limit state powers
B) states being able to nullify federal laws
C) elimination of the amendment process
D) congressional actions that would limit the federal courts
48. The precedent set in this case was later used by Congress to
A) declare war against Spain in 1898
B) reject the Treaty of Versailles following World War II
C) establish New Deal programs during the Great Depression
D) confirm the appointment of Earl Warren to the Supreme Court
49. Based on the speech, what course of action is Washington recommending?
A) Expanding international trade
B) Remaining neutral in foreign affairs
C) Taking an active role in foreign affairs
D) Gaining more international allies
50. This speech is an example of
A) a precedent established by Washington
B) Washington’s expansion of presidential power
C) Washington’s interpretation of the Constitution
D) Debates between Federalists and Anti-Federalists
50. The event referenced in the documents represented a turning point in history because
A) it expanded the powers of the federal government.
B) it led to anti-trust laws
C) it led to Hamilton becoming president.
D) it led to the southern states seceding
52. Based on Document 1, why would the acquisition of New Orleans be significant to the United States?
A) New Orleans was owned by France before the Louisiana Purchase
B) New Orleans connected the United States to Spanish Mexico
C) The United States needed the Port of New Orleans to transport produce
D) France would no longer be an American enemy
53. The Louisiana Purchase led to a turning point in history because
A) The Louisiana Purchase allowed the United States to defeat France in a war
B) The Louisiana Purchase tripled the American population
C) The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and accelerated its westward expansion
D) The Louisiana Purchase led to an alliance between France and the United States
54. A historian would find Document 1 most useful for
A) Studying President Jefferson’s motivations for making the Louisiana Purchase
B) Studying Robert Livingston’s motivations for making the Louisiana Purchase
C) Proving President Jefferson did not believe in expansion of executive powers
D) Proving the French government did not want to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States
55. Which statement best expresses the purpose of President Monroe’s speech?
A) to declare war against European powers who have intervened in the Western hemisphere
B) to strengthen alliances with European powers to suppress independence movements in the Western hemisphere
C) to warn European powers not to interfere with independence movements in their former colonies in the Western hemisphere
D) to gather support from Congress members for war with Europe
56. Which foreign policy is most closely related to the Monroe Doctrine?
A) FDR’s Lend Lease policy
B) Roosevelt Corollary
C) Containment of communism
D) The war on terror
57. Which claim is supported by both Documents 1 and 2?
A) Uncle Tom’s Cabin painted an inaccurate picture of slavery
B) Uncle Tom’s Cabin scared pro-slavery critics
C) Harriet Beecher Stowe influenced President Lincoln
D) Harriet Beecher Stowe was an influential abolitionist
58. According to Document 2, what was a major effect of the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
A) More Americans learned how to read in order to read the book
B) Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States
C) The Abolitionist movement began across the United States
D) Harriet Beecher Stowe became a figure in the women’s suffrage movement
59. According to the author, which of these was the most direct result of the Dred Scott decision?
A) The Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy
B) Abraham Lincoln’s election to the Presidency in 1860
C) The Supreme Court overturning the Dred Scott decision
D) The Abolition movement was sparked in the Southern states
60. According to the author, the Dred Scott decision was a turning point in American politics because
A) The decision further divided the North and the South in the debate over slavery
B) The decision forced the North and the South to compromise on slavery
C) The decision changed the Republican party’s stance on slavery
D) The decision encouraged Americans to vote against Lincoln in the election of 1860
61. Which generalization is supported by the information in the chart?
A) The South exported more manufactured goods than the North
B) The North would have more difficulty supplying an army than the South
C) The North had greater economic strength than the South
D) The South would be better able to transport an army than the North
62. A historian would find this document most useful for
A) Attempting to prove that the South had an economic advantage over the North at the start of the Civil War
B) Studying the economic and social differences between the North and South at the start of the Civil War
C) Investigating the outcomes and impact of the American Civil War on both the North and the South
D) Predicting whether the North or the South would lose the first battle of the Civil War
63. Which key event influenced the writing of the document above?
A) Mass casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg
B) Confederate victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run
C) Mass casualties at the Battle at Antietam
D) The surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee
64. According to President Lincoln, what is the great task remaining for the living?
A) To support a new birth of freedom across the United States
B) Ensure that the Confederacy wins the Civil War
C) To grant women the right to vote in elections
D) Ensure that the government maintains its power
65. Which key event influenced the writing of this document?
A) President Lincoln’s suspension of the writ of habeas corpus at the start of the Civil War
B) The Supreme Court’s decision in the case Dred Scott vs. Sandford (1857)
C) South Carolina’s secession from the Union in December of 1860
D) Abraham Lincoln’s election to the presidency in November of 1860
66. Which statement best describes the author’s purpose in writing the document excerpted above?
A) To argue that President Lincoln did not have the authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus
B) To argue that the Constitution does not clearly outline how to suspend the writ of habeas corpus
C) To suggest that suspending the writ of habeas corpus is a power that belongs to the executive branch
D) To suggest that the legislative branch has no check on the President’s power
67. Based on this analysis, which of the following best describes the political and economic developments of the North and the South in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries?
A) The North and the South cooperated politically and economically to develop a successful textile industry.
B) Both the North and the South depended upon legislation supporting slavery.
C) The North and the South further separated because of rapid industrialization in the North and heavy dependence on agriculture in the South.
D) As the South began to develop industrially, it became politically and economically independent of the North.
68. The cotton gin’s impact on society is analogous to the impact of all of the following innovations EXCEPT
A) the assembly line
B) the telegraph
C) the sewing machine
D) the application of steam power to factories
69. Which of the following was a direct effect of the invention of the cotton gin?
A) The invention of the steel plow
B) The spread of the plantation system into Northern states
C) The development of the Lowell factory system in New England
D) The introduction of the factory system in the South
70. The excerpt suggests that Europeans used the lifestyle of American Indian tribes to justify
A) warfare and eradication of the native population
B) the creation of an extensive trade network
C) expansion into native lands
D) the creation of the encomienda system
71. The map most directly depicts the
A) inland expansion of the colonial population
B) effects of industrialization
C) pattern of American Indian resistance
D) decline of tobacco production
72. The pattern of colonial settlement up to 1700 resulted most directly from which of the following factors?
A) The large size of British colonial populations relative to American Indian populations
B) British recognition of Native American sovereignty
C) The orientation of the British colonies toward producing commodities for export to Europe
D) British government attempts to impose greater control over the colonies in the late 1600s
73. The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to 1775 had which of the following effects?
A) A decrease in the coastal population
B) An increase in conflicts between British settlers and American Indians
C) A decrease in the economic importance of slavery and other forms of coerced labor
D) An increase in trade with French Canada
74. The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to 1775 best explains the
A) development of economic differences between the northern and southern colonies
B) colonists’ difficulties in effectively resisting the British military during the American Revolution
C) significant proportion of colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution
D) growth of social tensions between backcountry settlers and coastal elites
75. Which of the following groups would have been most likely to support Calhoun’s views expressed in the excerpt?
A) Members of nativist political parties
B) Members of the Whig Party
C) Southern landowners
D) Northern industrialists
76. Which of the following most directly undermines Calhoun’s assertions?
A) Many slaves adopted elements of Christianity
B) Many slaves engaged in forms of resistance to slavery
C) Abolitionist societies encountered difficulty organizing in Southern states
D) A majority of White Southerners were not slaveholders
77. In the 1840s and 1850s, the views expressed by Calhoun most directly contributed to
A) the United States acquisition of new territory in the West
B) increased sectional divisions between the North and the South
C) the development of sharecropping and tenant farming in the South
D) the rise of voluntary organizations to promote religious reform
78. Schurz’s analysis most directly illustrated the debates about which of the following issues in the South?
A) The industrialization of the South
B) The issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation
C) The process of readmitting Confederate states
D) The extent of federal legislative power
79. The attitudes of White Southerners described by Schurz contributed to which of the following developments in the last quarter of the nineteenth century?
A) The sale of most plantations to African Americans to keep them in the South
B) The establishment of sharecropping throughout the South
C) The Nullification Crisis caused by Southern resistance to federal policy
D) The rise of the Whig Party in the South
80. Efforts by Republicans such as Schurz to establish a base for their party in the South after the Civil War ultimately failed because
A) Republicans feared the South would secede again if the party became too successful
B) Republican opposition to African American rights alienated many White Southerners
C) Republicans grew weary of pressing their Reconstruction agenda in a hostile environment
D) Republicans believed it better to withdraw from the South than to become corrupted by Southern politics
81. The export of New World crops to the Old World transformed European society mostly by
A) improving diets and thereby stimulating population growth
B) encouraging enclosure of open lands and pushing workers off of farms
C) promoting greater exploration of the interior of the American continents
D) fostering conflicts among major powers over access to new food supplies
82. The patterns described in the excerpt most directly foreshadowed which of the following developments?
A) The spread of maize cultivation northward from present-day Mexico into the American Southwest
B) The population decline in Native American societies
C) The gradual shift of European economies from feudalism to capitalism
D) The emergence of racially mixed populations in the Americas
83. The trends described by Taylor most directly illustrate which of the following major historical developments in the Atlantic world?
A) The growth of mercantile empires that stretched across the Atlantic
B) The increasing Anglicization of the English colonies
C) The phenomenon known as the Columbian Exchange
D) The rise of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
84. Which of the following was an immediate consequence of the secession of South Carolina?
A) Southern Democrats appealed to the powers of Congress to stop military action against South Carolina
B) Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
C) Other Southern states seceded from the Union, forming the Confederacy
D) Jefferson Davis drafted Confederate soldiers into war, defending the siege on Fort Sumter
85. The sentiments above are most consistent with which of the following ideologies?
A) States' Rights
B) Nullification
C) Neutrality
D) Civil disobedience
86. In the excerpt above, the reference to "the sanctions of a more erroneous religious belief" most probably refers to
A) Southern Baptist justification of slavery on the grounds of white racial superiority
B) the Puritan abolition of slavery in New England states
C) Jewish acceptance of slavery in the Torah
D) Christian abolitionist rejection of slavery on moral grounds
87. Which of the following best explains why South Carolina chose to secede from the Union in 1860?
A) The failures of the Compromise of 1850 hindered South Carolina's trade relationships with Western states, leading to severe economic recession
B) The Battle of Fort Sumter occurred in Charleston, prompting public outrage over Union aggression
C) President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, thus undermining slavery in the South
D) Lincoln's election on a Free-Soil platform led Southern politicians to conclude that secession was necessary
88. Which of the following groups would be most likely to support the perspective of the cartoon?
A) Democrat supporters of Jackson
B) Whig opponents of Andrew Jackson
C) Know-Nothing opponents of immigration
D) Anti-Masonic opponents of special privilege
89. The cartoon most likely refers to which of the following policies of Andrew Jackson?
A) The "war" against the Bank of the United States
B) Opposition to nullification threats in South Carolina
C) Indian removal
D) Support for the spoils system
90. Andrew Jackson saw himself as a champion of which of the following continuities in United States history?
A) The struggle for civil rights for all
B) Government assistance for the underprivileged
C) The cooperation of government and big business
D) The democratization of American life
91. The sentiment expressed by Beveridge best exemplifies which of the following?
A) Imperialism
B) Anti-imperialism
C) Isolationism
D) Manifest Destiny
92. The United States became politically engaged with the Philippines after what military conflict?
A) Mexican-American War
B) World War II
C) Spanish-American War
D) The Boxer Rebellion
93. Which of the following rationales does Beveridge employ in his argument?
A) The closing of the western frontier impels the United States to expand its territory overseas
B) Governing territories confers economic benefits to both European and nonwhite nations
C) Powerful nations have a moral duty to govern less developed nations
D) Racial superiority confers responsibility to the United States and Europe over the affairs of developing nations
94. The statement above was most likely prompted by which of the following world events?
A) Cuban revolt against Spanish control
B) Adolph Hitler's invasion of Poland
C) Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia
D) Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia
95. The statement above is most in harmony with the sentiments in which of the following speeches?
A) Washington's Farewell Address
B) George H. W. Bush's "A Thousand Points of Light"
C) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy"
96. All of the following increased federal government power during World War I EXCEPT the
A) War Industries Board
B) Food Administration
C) Espionage Act
D) Dawes Plan
97. Which of the following statements about the Treaty of Versailles is true?
A) The United States Senate rejected it because it treated Germany too leniently
B) The United States Senate rejected it because it required increased American involvement in European affairs
C) The United States Senate approved it, with reservations concerning the division of Eastern Europe
D) It was never voted on by the United States Senate
98. Which of the following statements is most accurate?
A) After World War I, debates intensified over American involvement overseas
B) After World War I, Americans generally favored the new era of American involvement overseas
C) American involvement in World War I was an extension of a long tradition of involvement overseas
D) American involvement in World War I was a direct result of "dollar diplomacy"
99. A primary goal of the Dawes Severalty Act (1887) was to
A) turn American Indians into property-owning, profit-oriented, individual farmers
B) keep alive traditional practices and languages
C) open up American Indian lands in Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama to mining and cotton production
D) compensate American Indian tribes for lands that had been taken through fraudulent treaties
100. An important impetus for the passage of the Dawes Severalty Act was
A) the Supreme Court decision in the case of Worcester v. Georgia
B) a nonviolent protest movement against existing policies led by Crazy Horse
C) the success of the Freedmen's Bureau in addressing the problems of African Americans in the South
D) the depiction of mistreatment of American Indians in Helen Hunt Jackson's book, A Century of Dishonor
101. Which of the following developments was similar to the Dawes Severalty Act in that they both had the same goal for the future of American Indians?
A) The formation of the Ghost Dance movement
B) The establishment of Indian Boarding Schools
C) The passage of the Indian Reorganization Act
D) The founding of the American Indian Movement
102. The business model described by George Rice could best be described as
A) global distribution
B) horizontal integration
C) regional planning
D) vertical consolidation
103. Attempts to rein in the power of corporations, such as the Standard Oil Company, in the 1890s and 1900s
A) were frequently approved by Congress but were stymied by presidential vetoes
B) were largely successful, as a coalition of reformers, political leaders, and labor leaders collaborated on realigning the American economy
C) were discussed by radical groups but were rejected by the vast majority of Americans as communistic and "anti-American"
D) were often hindered by Supreme Court decisions that upheld the rights of business to operate without excessive government regulation
104. Defenders of corporate actions, such as the ones described in the passage above, would find support in
A) Herbert Spencer and the ideas of social Darwinism
B) Henry George's proposal for a "single tax" on land
C) the Omaha Platform of the Populist Platform
D) Upton Sinclair's novel, The Jungle
105. The position of Abraham Lincoln in the above passage emerged most directly in response to which of the following mid-nineteenth century trends?
A) Large-scale immigration from Ireland.
B) The spread of the ideas of Romanticism
C) Violent slave rebellions in the South
D) Territorial growth of the United States
106. The legislative act, excerpted above, enjoyed widespread public support, despite opposition from Democratic–Republican leaders, because, in part,
A) President John Adams was extremely popular; any opposition to him was seen as treasonous
B) Irish immigration was changing the composition of many American cities; many Americans wondered if the United States could retain its Anglo-Saxon heritage without limiting immigration
C) federal authorities had uncovered and thwarted a plot by disgruntled North Carolina farmers to assassinate President John Adams; desperate times, it seemed, called for desperate measures
D) large numbers of Americans had become intensely critical of the revolutionary French government during the Quasi-War with France; restricting the ability of French immigrants to participate in American politics seemed reasonable
107. Leaders of the Democratic–Republican Party responded to legislative acts, such as the one excerpted, by
A) calling for the impeachment of President John Adams.
B) challenging the laws in the Supreme Court
C) putting forth the theory of state nullification of federal legislation
D) boycotting the elections of 1800
108. The governmental action allowed for in the excerpt is similar to government actions taken
A) against Mexican-Americans during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848)
B) during the "Red Scare" following World War I
C) in the aftermath of the sit-in strikes of the 1930s
D) as part of the COINTELPRO program, initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation against protest movements in the 1960
109. Which of the following best reflects the perspective of the above image?
A) Slaves represent a public health threat
B) The importation of slaves is a legitimate enterprise
C) The importation of slaves needs to be halted
D) Smallpox is a major danger to Charleston
110. During the 1780s, which of the following was the most widespread crop cultivated by slaves in North America?
A) Wheat
B) Sugar
C) Tobacco
D) Cotton
111. Following the American Revolution, many Founding Fathers believed which of the following?
A) Slavery would gradually disappear in the United States
B) The freeing of slaves should be outlawed
C) Slavery would be the foundation of the American economy
D) Freed slaves deserved government reparations for their suffering
112. Which of the following was a reference to slavery in the Constitution?
A) The banning of slavery in the Northwest Territory
B) Slavery was outlawed above the Mason-Dixon Line
C) Slavery could not be outlawed
D) A prohibition for 20 years of any law banning the importation of slaves
113. The circumstances depicted in the cartoon suggest that the cartoon was published in the immediate aftermath of
A) the War of 1812
B) the Mexican-American War
C) the Spanish-American War
D) World War I
114. Which of the following reflects a main point of the political cartoon?
A) The United States used excessive violence in suppressing independence movements in its recently acquired territories
B) The inhabitants of America's newly acquired colonial holdings might not initially be able to handle self-government and would require some degree of long-term American control
C) American expansionist efforts were misguided and costly; the United States would be well-advised to abandon its experiment in imperialism
D) The United States should extend citizenship rights to inhabitants of its newly acquired colonies; the Constitution should follow the flag
115. In the period following the events depicted in the cartoon, the United States
A) formed multilateral agreements and regional alliances with developing nations
B) withdrew from global affairs in the face of opposition at home and abroad to imperialistic ventures
C) expanded its economic and military presence in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia
D) insisted that the countries referred to in the cartoon improve their human rights records or suffer a reduction of foreign
116. The 1899 cartoon shown above makes the point that
A) insurgents in Cuba were being manipulated by Spain into resisting the presence of American troops
B) native Hawaiians behaved in a childlike manner when the Hawaiian islands were annexed by the United States
C) the United States misread the reaction of the Filipino people when it acquired the Philippines following the Spanish-American War
D) the task of completing the Panama Canal was more time consuming, and more costly, than the United States had originally anticipated
117. The cartoon reflects which of the following continuities in U.S. history?
A) Debates over extending constitutional rights to peoples in territories acquired by the United States
B) Debates over the wisdom of asserting American control over foreign possessions
C) Debates over the morality of tactics used by the United States in wars of colonial independence
D) Debates over allowing the Central Intelligence
118. The event depicted in the cartoon represents which of the following?
A) A shift in American foreign policy from "gunboat diplomacy" to "dollar diplomacy"
B) The beginning of a period of isolation from world affairs
C) A shift from "brinksmanship" to détente
D) The beginning of a period of imperialistic activities by the United States
