American Civilization
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American Civilization explores the historical, cultural, social, and political development of the United States from its colonial origins to the present day. The course examines key events, movements, and figures that have shaped American society, including the founding of the republic, the evolution of democratic ideals and institutions, the impact of immigration and diversity, and the nation's role in global affairs. Students will analyze primary and secondary sources to gain a deeper understanding of how American values and identity have evolved, and how they continue to influence contemporary issues and challenges.
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AMERICA A Narrative History 10th Edition by
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Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures
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Q1) Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World in:
A) Venezuela
B) Hispaniola
C) Jamaica
D) Cuba
E) the Bahamas
Answer: E
Q2) Describe the role that disease played in the conquest of American natives.
Answer: Disease played a significant role in the conquest of American natives by European colonizers. The introduction of new diseases, such as smallpox, measles, and influenza, to which the native populations had no immunity, resulted in devastating epidemics that decimated their numbers. This weakened their ability to resist European incursions and conquest, making it easier for colonizers to establish control over their lands and resources. In many cases, the spread of disease was unintentional, as it was often brought by European explorers and settlers who had unknowingly contracted the diseases themselves. However, some instances also involved deliberate attempts to use disease as a weapon of conquest. Overall, the impact of disease on the indigenous populations was catastrophic and played a significant role in the colonization and conquest of the Americas.
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Chapter 2: Englands Colonies
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Q1) Sir Edwin Sandys took over the Virginia Company in 1618 and instituted important changes that stabilized the colony.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the statements is NOT true of the Dutch administration of New Netherland?
A) created as a profit-making enterprise
B) encouraged the development of a democratic society
C) purchased Manhattan for the modern equivalent of $1,000
D) encouraged settlement by granting patroonships to wealthy individuals
E) embraced ethnic and religious diversity
Answer: B
Q3) Because of its harsh winters, New England had a death rate that was higher than that of Maryland or Virginia.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Colonial Ways of Life
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Q1) Tituba
A)gave the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
B)urged people to pursue salvation without ministers
C)urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth"
D)challenged biblical notions through science
E)former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F)author of the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G)was a newspaper editor tried for libel
H)developed indigo as an exotic staple
I)advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights"
J)confessed to witchcraft in Salem
Answer: J
Q2) During the eighteenth century, demand for slaves in the southern colonies declined slightly.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: From Colonies to States
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Q1) John Locke's contract theory of government argued that:
A) men have certain rights in the state of nature, including the right to life, liberty, and property
B) governments were formed when strong men seized authority as kings to protect natural rights
C) kings have a divine right to rule their subjects as long as their subjects prosper
D) the only legitimate governments are ones that allow all adults, regardless of sex and race, to vote
E) government's chief duty is to wage war against other nations
Q2) All of the following are true of Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence EXCEPT:
A) it took many ideas from George Mason and John Locke
B) it was revised by other members of the Congress
C) it was meant as a statement of American principles and grievances
D) it secured American independence
E) it spoke of certain "unalienable rights"
Q3) In what ways did the French and Indian War pave the way for the Revolution?
Q4) Describe the background, major events, and results of the French and Indian War.
Q5) Discuss the concept of "salutary neglect."
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Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1776-1783
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Q1) In late December 1776, George Washington was able to reverse American fortunes by:
A) recapturing New York City from the British
B) convincing Congress to give the army all the resources it needed
C) getting France and Spain to enter the conflict
D) destroying a British force outside of Boston
E) winning battles at Trenton and Princeton
Q2) The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom marked the general trend away from:
A) belief in God
B) religious diversity
C) public prayer
D) revivalism
E) state-supported churches
Q3) Abigail Adams's appeal to her husband, John, to "remember the Ladies":
A) resulted in more rights for women
B) proved her subordinate nature
C) showed her rejection of women's domestic role
D) was basically ignored
E) revealed her political ambitions
Q4) Explain why 1777 has been referred to as the "year of setbacks" for the British.
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Chapter 6: Strengthening the New Nation
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Q1) In early 1789, the new Congress gathered in the national capital, which was:
A) Philadelphia
B) New York City
C) Boston
D) Washington, D.C.
E) Baltimore
Q2) The Federalist essays were written by:
A) Madison and Washington
B) John Jay
C) Patrick Henry
D) Hamilton, Madison, and Jay
E) John Adams
Q3) Opposition to Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey was strongest among:
A) merchants
B) Federalists
C) veterans
D) frontier farmers
E) churchgoers
Q4) Discuss the conflict between Federalists and anti-Federalists in the writing and ratification of the Constitution.
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Chapter 7: The Early Republic, 1800-1815
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Q1) Western settlers and politicians believed war with Britain might enable:
A) a monopoly of the fur trade
B) expansion to the Pacific
C) the conquest of Canada
D) an alliance with Tecumseh
E) an alliance with Napoléon
Q2) The "peaceful revolution" refers to the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Jefferson showed his commitment to limited government by:
A) cutting military spending
B) selling the national bank
C) ending the tariff
D) abolishing the Postal Service
E) canceling the national debt
Q4) Once in office, Jefferson set out to dismantle Hamilton's Federalist economic program.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What were the short-term and long-term results of the War of 1812?
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Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850
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Q1) The most popular form of indoor entertainment in the first half of the nineteenth century was:
A) theater
B) cockfighting
C) prizefighting
D) dog fighting
E) ballet
Q2) During the first half of the nineteenth century, professionalization increased with the development of education, law, medicine, and engineering. Examine this development.
Q3) The first American factories produced:
A) cotton textiles
B) leather goods
C) tobacco products
D) glass products
E) muskets
Q4) Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin on a plantation in Georgia.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the various aspects of popular culture in antebellum America.
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Chapter 9: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828
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Q1) James Monroe
A)was a nationalist chief justice
B)was an advocate of compromise as an effective political tool
C)won the second most popular votes in the 1824 presidential election
D)was president at the end of the War of 1812
E)wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest
F)introduced amendment to ban slavery from Missouri
G)led the war against the Seminoles in Florida
H)was the presidential candidate in 1824 from Georgia
I)presided over the "Era of Good Feelings"
J)was the Massachusetts senator who favored a protective tariff in 1828
Q2) John Quincy Adams displayed superb political skills during his term as president.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The National Road was a good example of an internal improvement because it was financed by the federal government.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What factors led to the decline of the first party system?
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Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840
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Q1) The Webster-Hayne debate is best remembered for:
A) its ultimate effect on federal land policy
B) Hayne's outspoken defense of slavery
C) Webster's eloquent defense of the Union
D) the riot it provoked on the floor of the Senate
E) its negative effect on Jackson's popularity
Q2) After his reelection, Jackson moved to destroy the Bank of the United States by:
A) firing its director
B) withdrawing its federal deposits
C) getting the Supreme Court to declare it unconstitutional
D) selling its stock to private investors
E) opening new state banks
Q3) Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill demonstrated his:
A) belief that the federal government should not fund purely local projects
B) belief that the federal government should assist states with internal improvements projects
C) tremendous respect for Henry Clay
D) initial support for John C. Calhoun's policies
E) lack of interest in western economic development
Q4) Describe the new party system that emerged in the 1830s.
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Chapter 11: The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860
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Q1) Poor whites were often employed as:
A) day laborers
B) blacksmiths and other skilled labor positions
C) slave drivers
D) teachers
E) indentured servants
Q2) Toussaint L'Ouverture
A)plotted a slave revolt near Richmond in 1800
B)was hanged for killing her master when defending herself against a sexual assault
C)ran away from slavery in Maryland and became an outspoken critic of the institution
D)plantation mistress who was a critic of the plantation system
E)led a successful slave revolt on Saint-Domingue
F)allegedly plotted slave rebellion in South Carolina
G)free black man kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South
H)led the largest slave revolt in American history just north of New Orleans
I)author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
J)led a slave revolt in 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia
Q3) What roles did religion, folklore, and family life play in the lives of slaves?
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Chapter 12: Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860
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Q1) The Liberty party advocated:
A) socialism
B) anarchy
C) abolitionism
D) free trade
E) free love
Q2) The "cult of domesticity" was the idea that:
A) women deserved education
B) professions should be open to women
C) romantic love was the basis of successful marriage
D) large families were beneficial
E) a woman's place is in the home
Q3) Describe the various trends in education during this period. Explore how geographic location, gender, or socioeconomic status impacted attitudes and access to education.
Q4) Discuss the concept of Deism and its influence on the development of American society.
Q5) Horace Mann was a notable promoter of public schools.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Western Expansion, 1830-1848
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Q1) At the Battle of the Alamo:
A) Texans secured their independence
B) the Mexicans won a costly victory
C) Santa Anna showed his strategic brilliance
D) the defenders were bombarded into surrender
E) William B. Travis and Jim Bowie were taken prisoner
Q2) What were the various roles of the California missions? Describe life at these missions and the impact they had throughout the territory.
Q3) Zachary Taylor's decisive victory at the Battle of Buena Vista led to an immediate Mexican surrender.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Among the vocal opponents of the Mexican-American War was:
A) Thomas O. Larkin
B) John Slidell
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) John Tyler
E) John L. O'Sullivan
Q5) Trace the development of the Oregon Country prior to the Mexican-American War.
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Q6) Discuss the causes and consequences of the Mexican-American war.
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Chapter 14: The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860
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Q1) The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision:
A) gave Dred Scott his freedom
B) was applauded by the Republicans
C) implied that the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional
D) guaranteed the future admission of slave states
E) recognized that free blacks were U.S. citizens
Q2) Discuss the California gold rush and the mining frontier. How did these pioneers treat Mexicans and Indians as they settled in the West?
Q3) Which of the following is NOT true of Zachary Taylor?
A) He owned more than one hundred slaves.
B) He was a Mexican War hero.
C) He opposed the extension of slavery into the new western territories.
D) The "conscience Whigs" were his strongest supporters.
E) He opposed the idea of secession.
Q4) All of the following were presidential nominees in 1860 EXCEPT:
A) William Seward
B) John Bell
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) John Breckinridge
E) Stephen Douglas
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Q1) At the beginning of the Civil War, the North:
A) generated less farm production than the South
B) had about the same extent of railroad development as the South
C) produced almost 60 percent of the nation's manufactures
D) had an edge of about 4 to 1 in potential manpower
E) had fewer ships and firearms than the South
Q2) What was the military strategy of each side at the start of the Civil War? How and why did it change as the war continued?
Q3) At the Battle of Chancellorsville:
A) the Union turned back a Confederate invasion
B) Lee displayed his typical caution
C) Lee gave Hooker a lesson in the art of "elusive mobility"
D) black troops turned the tide for the Union
E) General Hooker delivered the big victory Lincoln had been seeking
Q4) Slavery was ultimately eradicated by:
A) the Emancipation Proclamation
B) Lee's surrender
C) the Thirteenth Amendment
D) an act of Congress
E) divine intervention
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Chapter 16: The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877
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Q1) Discuss the nature of intransigence in the South after the Civil War. How did this intransigence affect moderate Republicans in Congress?
Q2) The Military Reconstruction Act:
A) was overturned by the Supreme Court
B) showed the decline of Radical power
C) required new state constitutions in the South
D) removed federal troops from the South
E) wiped out the black codes
Q3) The Fourteenth Amendment recognized the validity of Confederate debts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most carpetbaggers were:
A) corrupt and greedy
B) illiterate
C) wealthy business owners
D) Union veterans
E) former Confederates
Q5) Explain the Fourteenth Amendment and how it was received throughout the country.
Q6) What were the major economic issues between 1868 and 1876?
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1860-1900
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Q1) Industrialization transformed not only the economy and the workplace, but also the nation's:
A) social life
B) political life
C) status in the world
D) religious life
E) rural life
Q2) Describe the growth of radicalism in America's unions after the Civil War. What were the driving forces pulling the unions to the left, and how successful were they? What forces limited radicalism's success in the American political context?
Q3) The Knights of Labor allowed all occupations to join EXCEPT:
A) lawyers
B) doctors
C) bankers
D) policeman
E) those who sold liquor
Q4) By the 1880s, most states had outlawed child labor.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: The New South and the New West, 1865-1900
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Q1) Helen Hunt Jackson
A)editor of the Atlanta Constitution
B)made improved plow for plains farmers
C)a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene, Kansas, as the first successful cow town
D)the foremost promoter of black migration to the West
E)founded American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped American national character
H)led massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor
Q2) The Mississippi Plan led in stripping blacks of their voting rights.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The main goal in passing the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 was to swindle the Indians out of their remaining lands.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the role of women in the New West.
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Chapter 19: Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900
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Q1) "Nativists" believed:
A) immigration was a boon to the American economy
B) American Indians were the preferred source of workers
C) Chester Arthur was foreign-born and not a real U.S. citizen
D) religion had no place in the public sphere
E) immigrants were a threat to their jobs and way of life
Q2) Describe politics in the Gilded Age. What were the main issues? What factors influenced voters to be either Republican or Democrat?
Q3) Herbert Spencer:
A) coined the phrase "survival of the fittest"
B) was the influential president of Harvard University
C) invented the modern game of basketball
D) was the first person to earn a PhD from an American university
E) cowrote On the Origin of Species with Charles Darwin
Q4) Around 1900, saloons did all of the following EXCEPT:
A) offer mail services
B) provide public restrooms for poor people
C) serve alcohol
D) provide refuges for the homeless
E) serve as a great place for immigrant men to meet women
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Chapter 20: Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913
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Q1) The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million proved to be a huge bargain.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Mark Hanna opposed naming Theodore Roosevelt as McKinley's running mate in the election of 1900 because he:
A) believed that Roosevelt was a Democrat
B) objected to Roosevelt's southern roots
C) wanted the position himself
D) feared that Roosevelt was a socialist
E) thought Roosevelt was too hotheaded
Q3) McKinley was reelected in 1900 despite losing the popular vote to William Jennings Bryan.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Who shouted, "Kill all the gringos"?
A) Porfirio Díaz
B) Pancho Villa
C) Victoriano Huerta
D) Valeriano Weyler
E) Francisco Madero
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Chapter 21: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920
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Q1) During the coal strike of 1902:
A) President Theodore Roosevelt won support for his use of the "big stick" against corporations
B) thousands of striking miners marched on Washington, starting a riot that lasted three days
C) President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to use the army to force strikers back to work
D) arbitrators awarded the miners all their demands
E) more than 800 miners and their families died in the Rockies
Q2) The issue that provoked an open break between Taft and Roosevelt was:
A) Taft's support for lower tariffs
B) Taft's reduction in the size of the navy
C) Taft's anti-trust suit against United States Steel Corporation
D) Taft's support for the federal income tax
E) Taft's firing of Pinchot
Q3) In what ways was the election of 1912 significant?
Q4) Trace the events that led to the 1902 coal strike. What were the major issues, and what was the eventual outcome?
Q5) Describe the five major themes of progressive reform.
Q6) Who were the muckrakers, and what impact did they have on American society?
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Chapter 22: America and the Great War, 1914-1920
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Q1) Russian participation in World War I ended:
A) when Russia was defeated on the battlefield at the hands of the Germans
B) with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
C) when Russia threatened to withdraw from the League of Nations
D) with the Treaty of Versailles
E) when Stalin withdrew all Russian forces from Germany
Q2) Discuss the economic transition from wartime production to peacetime consumerism immediately following World War I. How did organized labor adjust to these changes?
Q3) A. Mitchell Palmer
A)was Massachusetts governor at the time of the Boston police strike
B)was the U.S. attorney general that led the Red Scare
C)was Wilson's first secretary of state
D)was Wilson's second secretary of state
E)was the leading reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)headed the Food Administration during World War I
G)headed the War Industries Board
H)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
I)was a World War I general
J)was jailed for encouraging draft resistance
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Chapter 23: A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929
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Q1) The NAACP favored militant protests over legal challenges as a way to end racial discrimination.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Who developed the theoretical basis for quantum physics?
A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) Max Planck
D) Werner Heisenberg
E) Sir Francis Bacon
Q3) The desire to restore traditional values and social stability in 1920 led voters to elect as president:
A) Woodrow Wilson
B) Calvin Coolidge
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Warren G. Harding
E) William Jennings Bryan
Q4) Conservative moralists saw the flappers as a positive influence on society.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 24: The Reactionary Twenties
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Q1) The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was mainly a southern rural organization.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The biggest scandal under President Hoover was the Teapot Dome scandal of 1930.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 created:
A) chaos in the federal budget process
B) a rift within the Democratic party concerning the budget
C) an end to states' budgets
D) a tax to rewrite the budget process
E) a new Bureau of the Budget to streamline the process of preparing an annual federal budget
Q4) In Texas, the Klan focused on:
A) terrorizing blacks
B) terrorizing Jews
C) imposing its severe view of righteous Protestant morality on others
D) terrorizing immigrants
E) terrorizing poor whites
Q5) How might the decade of the 1920s be called "the decade of prosperity"?
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Chapter 25: The Great Depression, 1929-1939
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Q1) Codes of fair practice were part of:
A) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
B) Home Owners Loan Corporation
C) National Recovery Association
D) Public Works Administration
E) Workers Progress Administration
Q2) Huey Long
A)author of The Grapes of Wrath
B)created the Share-the-Wealth program
C)served as secretary of labor
D)was a BIA commissioner
E)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a CIO leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was interior secretary
I)was the "radio priest"
J)headed the FERA and the WPA
Q3) Describe the various measures that President Roosevelt undertook in his first term to help relieve the human misery in America.
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Chapter 26: The Second World War, 1933-1945
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Q1) Describe America's early battlefield experiences during World War II. How did America fare in these initial battles?
Q2) Following the Pearl Harbor attack:
A) American isolationism increased
B) a congressional resolution for war passed unanimously
C) the United States avoided involvement in the European conflict
D) Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States
E) Franklin Roosevelt resigned the presidency
Q3) An incident at the Marco Polo Bridge in 1937 triggered a full-scale war between Japan and French Indochina.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In 1935, Hitler, in flagrant violation of the Versailles Treaty, began rebuilding:
A) Germany's economy
B) Germany's infrastructure
C) Germany's spy service
D) Germany's new opera halls
E) Germany's armed forces
Q5) Detail the Yalta Conference and show its importance to the postwar world.
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Chapter 27: The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952
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Q1) UN forces reaching the Yalu River brought about:
A) a massive Chinese intervention
B) North Korea's surrender
C) the bombing of mainland China
D) a cease-fire followed by peace negotiations
E) Korea's current division along the 42nd parallel
Q2) Israel's creation in 1948 was followed immediately by a war with its Arab neighbors.
A)True
B)False
Q3) President Truman vetoed the McCarran Internal Security Act:
A) to shore up his popularity ratings
B) to protect some Communist friends
C) because a Republican Congress had passed it
D) because he felt it promoted thought control
E) because he knew there were no Communist spies in the United States
Q4) Trace the development of building the United Nations. What issues did the United Nations have to deal with almost immediately after the war?
Q5) Trace the major developments in the cold war from 1945 to 1948.
Q6) What did Truman mean by a Fair Deal? How did it compare to FDR's New Deal?
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Chapter 28: Cold War America, 1950-1959
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Q1) The baby boom:
A) has been overrated in importance as a social phenomenon
B) produced a generation devoted to sacrifice
C) started in the early days of World War II
D) continued the twentieth century's steady increase in birthrate
E) started in 1941
Q2) During the 1950s, novelist John Updike observed:
A) he and other writers felt estranged "from a government that extolled business and mediocrity"
B) communism had become popular in the U.S.
C) federal government was not receptive to the needs of poor Americans
D) the "land of the free" was not the "land of the free"
E) nothing
Q3) In regard to New Deal programs, Eisenhower:
A) was intensely hostile
B) ended subsidies to agriculture
C) promised to outdo Roosevelt
D) retained most and even expanded some of them
E) wanted to privatize Social Security
Q4) Describe the major trends in American foreign policy in the 1950s.
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Chapter 29: A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968
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Q1) The Tonkin Gulf resolution:
A) was in response to a Viet Cong attack upon an American military base
B) deeply divided Congress
C) was used by Johnson as a substitute for a declaration of war
D) authorized American naval aggression off the coast of North Vietnam
E) led Johnson to de-escalate the Vietnam War
Q2) Beginning with Watts, the major race riots of 1965 and 1966:
A) occurred in large cities
B) started when white mobs attacked blacks
C) resulted from blacks being denied the vote
D) were led by the Black Panthers
E) proved the increasing irrelevance of Martin Luther King
Q3) President Johnson was not as adept at handling Congress as President Kennedy had been.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Viet Cong were the rebel army in South Vietnam.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the major trends in the cold war in the 1960s.
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Chapter 30: Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s
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Q1) James Earl (Jimmy) Carter Jr. represented:
A) the new liberal wing of the Democratic party
B) the new moderate wing of the Democratic party
C) the new moderate wing of the Republican party
D) the new liberal wing of the Republican party
E) Alabama as its senator
Q2) One major impetus behind the rise of a Native American rights movement was the:
A) effective work of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
B) interest of many Americans in Indian history
C) realization of Indians that their votes could swing elections in several states
D) fact that Indians were still not recognized as citizens
E) terrible levels of poverty that persisted in the Indian population
Q3) By the end of 1970, the unemployment rate in the United States:
A) was almost zero
B) stayed stagnant
C) nearly tripled
D) equaled that of Canada
E) nearly doubled
Q4) Detail all aspects of the counterculture in the United States during the 1960s.
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Q1) Ronald Reagan practiced "the politics of symbolism," according to one scholar. Is this an accurate assessment of Reagan's presidential career?
Q2) The anti-feminist women led by Phyllis Schlafly:
A) helped keep the equal-rights amendment from being ratified
B) succeeded in keeping abortion illegal
C) believed Ronald Reagan was too liberal
D) believed in total separation of politics and religion
E) voted about equally for Democrats and Republicans
Q3) The Grenada invasion resulted in:
A) a dangerous U.S.-Soviet confrontation
B) massive anti-war protests across America
C) a big drop in Reagan's approval ratings
D) an easy American victory
E) the commitment of UN forces just as in Korea
Q4) Describe and illustrate the main features of Reaganomics.
Q5) Ronald Reagan's years as an actor proved to be a big advantage once he entered politics.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What was America's role in world affairs during the Reagan and Bush years?
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Chapter 32: Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present
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Q1) Hillary Clinton
A)was an Alaska governor and Tea Party favorite
B)carried Florida by 537 votes in 2000
C)became House Speaker as a result of the 2006 election
D)was the independent counsel who prosecuted Bill Clinton
E)finished third in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
F)authored the Contract with America
G)was appointed secretary of state by Barack Obama
H)was the Federal Reserve Board chairman
I)was appointed secretary of defense by Barack Obama
J)was a central figure in a major sex scandal
Q2) Most Americans personally encountered the war on terror at home by:
A) being recruited into the military
B) having the government tap their phones
C) being exposed to biological warfare
D) being limited in their choice of reading material
E) enduring more extensive airport security and screening
Q3) Detail Operation Iraqi Freedom. Include the reasons given for the invasion and the status of the war as described in chapter 32.
Q4) Briefly assess Clinton's achievements in domestic policy.
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