Foundations of the United States Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental principles, historical events, and key figures that shaped the origins of the United States. Students will examine the colonial experience, the American Revolution, the drafting of foundational documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the development of early American political, social, and economic systems. Through primary sources and scholarly interpretations, the course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the nations foundational ideals, conflicts, and the evolution of American identity up to the early 19th century.
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Created Equal A History of the United States Volume 1 5th Edition by Jacqueline Jones
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Chapter 1: First Founders
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Q1) Hopewell __________ laid the groundwork for larger mound-building societies.
A) conquests
B) trade networks
C) agriculture
D) religious ideas
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following made the Aztec vulnerable to external attack?
A) their harsh treatment of conquered peoples
B) their lack of military training
C) their peaceful nature
D) their emphasis on trade and agriculture
Answer: A
Q3) Why is the cultivation of squash, beans, and maize such an effective combination?
A) The three crops can all be grown year round.
B) The three crops are all resistant to insects.
C) The three foods are all high in protein.
D) The three foods complement each other in dietary terms.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: European Footholds in North America, 1600-1660
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Q1) What factors prompted increased migration to North America from England during the reigns of James I and Charles I?
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1. During the reigns of James I and his son Charles I, religious and economic forces prompted an increasing number of people to consider migrating overseas.
2. As religious strife escalated, English public officials were glad to send both Puritans and Catholics overseas.
3. Many religious dissenters welcomed the opportunity to find a safe haven abroad.
4. The development of joint stock organizations enabled investors to raise capital for risky settlement efforts.
5. The fluctuating domestic economy prompted many people to consider seeking their fortunes elsewhere.
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Chapter 3: Controlling the Edges of the Continent, 1660-1715
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Q1) Which of the following was a consequence of Bacon's Rebellion?
A) The Virginia planter class lost its political power.
B) The Virginia planter class sought to create a labor force made up of African slaves.
C) The Virginia planter class sought to increase their authority over indentured servants.
D) The Virginia planter class abolished the House of Burgesses.
Answer: B
Q2) Under the terms of the Navigation Act of 1660, __________.
A) merchants could not conduct trade to or from the English colonies in foreign-owned ships
B) free trade was established throughout the English empire
C) emigration from England was limited to 1,000 people per year
D) England and the Netherlands entered into an economic alliance
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: African Enslavement: The Terrible Transformation
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Q1) The roots of American slavery extend back to the __________.
A) early eighteenth century
B) early seventeenth century
C) late sixteenth century
D) late fifteenth century
Q2) Thomas Bray was determined to __________.
A) end slavery in his lifetime
B) convert slaves to Christianity
C) send slaves back to Africa
D) expand slavery in the New World
Q3) In eighteenth-century North America, by far the greatest number of enslaved workers lived in Virginia or __________.
A) Maryland
B) New York
C) Georgia
D) Pennsylvania
Q4) What factors fueled the Stono Rebellion?
Q5) Detail the stages experienced by an African, from sale to arriving at a plantation in America.
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Chapter 5: Colonial Diversity, 1713-1763
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Q1) The policies of Louis XIV help explain the arrival in New York of which of the following?
A) Methodists
B) Mennonites
C) Anabaptists
D) Huguenots
Q2) The __________ led settlers and commerce from Pennsylvania to the Piedmont of central Carolina.
A) Overland Route
B) Inland Trail
C) Great Wagon Road
D) National Road
Q3) Why did many eastern Indians gain access to guns before their counterparts in New Spain and its adjacent regions?
A) Spanish policy forbade the sale of firearms to Native Americans.
B) From the beginning, the British deliberately set out to arm eastern Indians.
C) Eastern Indians were more interested in firearms than their counterparts in New Spain.
D) Eastern Indians were willing give up all of their land claims in exchange for weapons.
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Chapter 6: The Limits of Imperial Control, 1763-1775
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Q1) Which of the following was a consequence of the Currency Act of 1764?
A) a surge in colonial economic growth
B) a reduced money supply in the colonies
C) mass unemployment
D) an increase in colonial exports
Q2) __________ helped establish the initial Spanish outpost at San Diego Bay.
A) José de Galvez
B) Juan Bautista de Anza
C) Bartolome de Las Casas
D) JunÃpero Serra
Q3) What was the most effective form of protest used by the colonists?
A) public demonstrations
B) threats of violence against crown officials
C) colonial assemblies sending petitions to the crown
D) boycotts of British goods
Q4) What rumor was confirmed by Cook's fleet?
A) There was gold in Southeast Asia.
B) The Spanish and Dutch were allied in the South Pacific.
C) The Russians had a foothold in the North American fur trade.
D) The French had seized control of Hawaii.
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Chapter 7: Revolutionaries at War, 1775-1783
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Q1) General Burgoyne's entire army was forced to surrender at the Battle of
A) Trenton
B) Bunker Hill
C) Yorktown
D) Saratoga
Q2) Benjamin Franklin was sent to __________ as part of a commission seeking European support.
A) Amsterdam
B) Madrid
C) Paris
D) London
Q3) Congress initially created the navy for what purpose?
A) to prey on British supply ships
B) for coastal defense
C) to capture British supply ships
D) to secure trade routes in the Caribbean
Q4) What common concerns shaped all of the new state constitutions?
Q5) How did Washington turn the tide of war in late 1776 and early 1777?
Q6) How did the alliance between France and America alter the course of the war?
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Chapter 8: New Beginnings: the 1780s
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Q1) Noah Webster worked to make the American language __________.
A) conform to standard British English
B) more independent and accessible
C) more sophisticated and precise
D) the universal language of business
Q2) What approach to the growth of white settlement was favored by Dragging Canoe?
A) violent resistance
B) compromise and diplomacy
C) assimilation and acceptance
D) westward migration
Q3) __________Yazoo claim stretched west from the Chattahoochee River to the Mississippi River.
A) Georgia's
B) Virginia's
C) Alabama's
D) South Carolina's
Q4) How did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention deal with the issue of slavery?
Q5) Describe the key aspects of the postwar economic crisis.
Q6) What was the Newburgh conspiracy and why is it important?
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Chapter 9: Revolutionary Legacies, 1789-1803
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Q1) How did the models offered by Great Britain and France shape American political views?
Q2) __________Treaty gave Americans the right to navigate the Mississippi River.
A) Jay's
B) Pinckney's
C) Jefferson's
D) Genet's
Q3) Manumission was a process by which __________.
A) owners freed selected slaves
B) slaves gained free status after having run away
C) slavery was established in new territories
D) free blacks were enslaved
Q4) Samuel Slater helped revolutionize the __________ industry.
A) steel
B) textile
C) coal
D) lumber
Q5) Detail the impact of the new political and economic climate on northern blacks.
Q6) What led to the Louisiana Purchase? How did Jefferson reconcile the purchase with his own devotion to a strict interpretation of the Constitution?
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Chapter 10: Defending and Expanding the New Nation, 1804-1818
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Q1) Aaron Burr shot and killed __________ in a duel
A) John Hancock
B) Martin Van Buren
C) James Madison
D) Alexander Hamilton
Q2) Why did slave owners in the Chesapeake increasingly put their slaves to work in crafts like barrel making and yarn spinning?
A) because the slave population of the region was shrinking
B) because the acquisition of work skills increased a slave's value
C) because there was enormous demand for such products in Europe
D) because tobacco was no longer as viable a crop
Q3) To reward veterans of the War of 1812, Congress offered them land in __________.
A) Virginia
B) western Pennsylvania
C) the western territories
D) New England
Q4) What were the objectives of the Lewis and Clark expedition? How successful was it in achieving those objectives?
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Q5) In what ways was Speaker of the House Henry Clay typical of the war hawks?
Q6) What led to the Market Revolution?
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Chapter 11: Society and Politics in the Age of the Common
Man, 1819-1832
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Q1) Moses Austin played a key role in __________.
A) writing the Texas constitution
B) defeating hostile Indian peoples in Texas
C) spearheading American settlement in Texas
D) sparking the Mexican-American War
Q2) All of the candidates in the 1824 presidential election called themselves __________.
A) Federalists
B) Democratic-Republicans
C) Whigs
D) Independents
Q3) The Land Act of 1820 encouraged __________.
A) European American migrants to move west
B) Indians to assimilate into white American society
C) the expansion of slavery
D) states to build canals and roads
Q4) Why was the question of Missouri's admission to the Union controversial? How was the controversy resolved?
Q5) What were the core values of early American Victorianism?
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Chapter 12: Peoples in Motion, 1832-1848
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Q1) What were the key issues in the election of 1844?
Q2) What was the gag rule?
A) a ban on the reading of antislavery petitions in Congress
B) a ban on the publication of antislavery petitions in newspapers
C) a ban on mailing antislavery literature to the South
D) a ban on giving antislavery speeches in Washington D.C.
Q3) Who were the nativists and why did they oppose immigration and immigrants?
Q4) The Whigs promoted William Henry Harrison as a(n) __________.
A) simple, humble man
B) natural aristocrat
C) an enlightened man of ideas
D) polar opposite of Andrew Jackson
Q5) By 1835, only one out of every __________ Texans was a native Spanish speaker.
A) three
B) five
C) two
D) eight
Q6) How did public education emerge and develop in the 1830s and 1840s?
Q7) Describe the development of the American antislavery movement in the 1830s.
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Chapter 13: The Crisis Over Slavery, 1848-1860
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Q1) Under the doctrine of popular sovereignty, the citizens of new states decided
A) whether to permit slavery within their borders
B) who was eligible to vote in their state
C) which parts of the Constitution to accept
D) what their relationship would be to the federal government
Q2) Which of the following was part of the Compromise of 1850?
A) California entered the Union as a free state.
B) Slavery was outlawed in the territory acquired during the Mexican-American War.
C) The Fugitive Slave Law was repealed.
D) Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C.
Q3) Henry David Thoreau's Walden focused on __________.
A) social ties
B) race relations
C) politics
D) nature
Q4) What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dred Scott case? What were the implications of the ruling?
Q5) What challenges did Plains Indians face in the 1850s?
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Q1) The Union strategy of "hard war" included authorizing Union troops to __________.
A) torture suspected Confederate spies
B) fire on civilians
C) shoot prisoners of war
D) burn everything that the Confederates might find useful
Q2) Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? What were the practical and symbolic consequences of this decision?
Q3) What obstacles did the Confederacy face as its leaders sought to mobilize for war?
Q4) In the North, the Emancipation Proclamation __________.
A) was greeted with general indifference
B) was seen by most whites as an act of desperation
C) spurred the enlistment of black men in the Union army and navy
D) made Lincoln the most popular man in the Union
Q5) Lincoln's running mate in 1864 was the Democrat __________.
A) Clement Vallandigham
B) Philip Sheridan
C) Andrew Johnson
D) philip Sheridan
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Chapter 15: Consolidating a Triumphant Union, 1865-1877
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Q1) Boss Tweed was the leader of __________'s Tammany Hall.
A) New York
B) Boston
C) Chicago
D) San Francisco
Q2) Which of the following was a consequence of the decision by the U.S. government to renounce the practice of seeking treaties with various Indian groups?
A) the expansion of the reservation system
B) the facilitation of a more conciliatory approach to Indians
C) the abolition of the reservation system
D) the establishment of a new, and larger, Indian Territory
Q3) Which of the following was most likely to be elected to political office in the South during Reconstruction?
A) a southern black minister who had been free before the war
B) a field hand who escaped and joined the Union army during the war
C) an older slave who was freed when the war came to an end
D) a northern black who came South after the war
Q4) Describe the Compromise of 1877. What were its consequences?
Q5) What role did Chinese immigrants play in the economy of postwar California?
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Q1) Which of the following led to unemployment among California white manufacturing workers in the 1870s?
A) the Tariff of 1872
B) the Edmunds Act
C) an influx of Chinese immigrants
D) the availability of cheap eastern-made goods
Q2) According to the 1880 census, the three cities with the highest percentage of foreign-born residents were Chicago, San Francisco, and __________.
A) Pittsburgh
B) Los Angeles
C) New York
D) Boston
Q3) Created in 1879, the _______________ took on a task originated in 1804 with the Lewis and Clark expedition.
A) Environmental Protection Agency
B) Bureau of Land Management
C) Army Corps of Engineers
D) U.S. Geological Survey
Q4) What role did urban machines play in late nineteenth-century American cities?
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Chapter 17: Challenges to Government and Corporate
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Q1) In addition to its anti-alcohol crusade, the Women's Christian Temperance Union
A) worked to put an end to the settlement house movement
B) fought for racial equality
C) lobbied on behalf of the Democratic party
D) sponsored homes for unwed mothers
Q2) Leonora Barry sought to do which of the following?
A) overcome male resistance to female workers
B) win ratification of a temperance amendment to the Constitution
C) encourage middle-class women to join reform organizations
D) create a women's auxiliary to the Northern Alliance
Q3) Which of the following best characterizes the Ghost Dance?
A) The dance was an ancient ceremonial rite.
B) The dance was part religion and part resistance movement.
C) The dance was created to attract tourists.
D) The dance was a form of relaxation and recreation.
Q4) Why did reformers consider the Indian reservation system a failure? What did they want to put in its place?
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Q5) What were the goals of the Knights of Labor in the 1880s?
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Chapter 18: Political and Cultural Conflict in a Decade of
Depression and War: the 1890s
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Q1) The 1891 lynching of eleven Italian immigrants in __________ drew no public outcry.
A) Chicago
B) New York City
C) Atlanta
D) New Orleans
Q2) What led Americans to view Robert Peary as a national hero?
A) his explorations of the Arctic
B) his seizure of Hawaii
C) his escape from a Chinese prison
D) his valor in the Spanish-American War
Q3) Why did employers in the 1890s manipulate racial, ethnic, and religious prejudices among workers?
A) to improve efficiency
B) to keep them happy
C) to increase productivity
D) to keep them from unifying
Q4) What were the key elements of Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise"?
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Q5) Explain Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis. Why did he think that 1890 was a turning point in American history?
Chapter 19: Visions of the Modern Nation: the Progressive Era, 1900-1912
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Q1) Clara Lemlich began her career as a __________ at an early age.
A) stage actress
B) moral reformer
C) temperance activist
D) labor activist
Q2) How did Henry Ford revolutionize automobile production?
Q3) In 1910, Roosevelt promoted a plan called the "New __________."
A) Nationalism
B) Freedom
C) Deal
D) Day
Q4) In 1900, Roosevelt sent U.S. troops to __________ to crush the Boxer uprising.
A) China
B) Japan
C) the Philippines
D) Guam
Q5) Discuss the role of socialism in American politics and the labor movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Q6) What explains the influx of Jewish immigrants between 1880 and 1920?
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Chapter 20: War and Revolution, 1912-1920
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Q1) Which of the following provoked fears of a Soviet-style revolution in the United States in 1919?
A) race riots
B) industrial unrest
C) the influenza epidemic
D) the assassination of General John Pershing
Q2) In October 1917, Vladimir Lenin and the __________ seized control of the Russian government.
A) Bolsheviks
B) Mensheviks
C) Anarchists
D) National Socialists
Q3) The Zimmerman telegram secretly offered German aid to __________.
A) Mexico
B) Turkey
C) the United States
D) Italy
Q4) What was the connection between European global expansion and the growing tensions between European powers?
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Chapter 21: All That Jazz: the 1920s
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Q1) Prohibition gave a major boost to __________.
A) organized crime
B) the Ku Klux Klan
C) the Democratic party
D) Progressive reformers
Q2) __________'s Babbitt critiqued empty materialism.
A) Sinclair Lewis
B) Upton Sinclair
C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
D) Langston Hughes
Q3) Why did the federal government create the Federal Radio Commission?
A) to establish a network of radio stations across the nation
B) to govern the first national broadcasting network
C) to regulate and control access to radio airwaves
D) to oversee the merging of AT&T and NBC
Q4) The most serious scandal of Harding's presidency involved __________.
A) government oil reserves
B) misuse of classified information
C) Harding's personal finances
D) Albert Fall's marital infidelities
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Chapter 22: Hardship and Hope: the Great Depression of the 1930s
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Q1) What was the Civilian Conservation Corps and what did it achieve?
Q2) Federal One provided financial support for __________.
A) writers
B) plumbers
C) farmers
D) construction workers
Q3) The Civilian Conservation Corps involved the government doing which of the following?
A) building a network of superhighways
B) raising electricity rates in the region
C) planting trees, stocking rivers and lakes, and preserving historic sites
D) occupying the Tennessee Valley to ensure regional stability
Q4) How did the repeal of prohibition help the economy?
A) It saved the cost of enforcement.
B) It improved public morale.
C) It provided additional tax revenue.
D) It opened up new export markets.
Q5) What were the root causes of the Great Depression?
Q6) Describe the political career of Huey Long.
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Chapter 23: Global Conflict: World War Ii, 1937-1945
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Q1) FDR created the Fair Employment Practices Commission to __________.
A) ensure equal pay for blacks and women
B) control wages in vital war industries
C) help unions organize wartime labor
D) arbitrate labor disputes and prevent strikes during the war
Q2) By January 1944, Allied forces had __________.
A) lost control of the war in the Pacific
B) been forced to retreat and regroup
C) driven the Germans out of France
D) occupied southern Italy
Q3) What did FDR call the day that would "live in infamy"?
A) D-Day
B) the attack on Pearl Harbor
C) the invasion of Poland
D) the annexation of Austria
Q4) "Victory girls" reflected which of the following?
A) the desperation of the U.S. government
B) the low morale in southern cities
C) the impact of the war on the sexual order
D) the need to draft women into the military
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Chapter 24: Cold War and Hot War, 1945-1953
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Q1) Suburban life encouraged __________.
A) the promotion of spirituality over materialism
B) the liberalization of American society
C) the formation of interracial communities
D) a sharpening of gender roles
Q2) What was the intent of Taft-Hartley Act?
A) to strengthen national security
B) to reduce gender inequality
C) to weaken labor unions
D) to identify subversives
Q3) The academic studies of Dr. Alfred Kinsey __________.
A) shocked the American public
B) were greeted with indifference by the American public
C) were censored by the federal government
D) were proven to be fraudulent
Q4) How did Truman respond to the Jewish desire for a homeland in the Middle East?
A) He actively opposed the creation of the state of Israel.
B) He refused to take a stand on the creation of the state of Israel.
C) He decided to recognize the state of Israel.
D) He urged Jews to reconsider establishing the state of Israel.
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Chapter 25: Domestic Dreams and Atomic Nightmares, 1953-1963
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Q1) In the early 1960s, supporters of civil rights faced a powerful coalition of Republicans and __________.
A) southern Democrats
B) northeastern business interests
C) conservative New Englanders
D) Mid-Western factory workers
Q2) The Eisenhower Doctrine was developed with which of the following regions in mind?
A) Central America
B) Southeast Asia
C) the Middle East
D) Africa
Q3) Kennedy's policies in Vietnam __________.
A) were a continuation of the policies of Truman and Eisenhower
B) were a sharp departure from earlier U.S. policies
C) were deeply unpopular with the American people
D) almost led to war with the Soviet Union
Q4) Describe the key components of Kennedy's domestic policy agenda.
Q5) How did white Southerners respond to the Brown decision?
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Chapter 26: The Nation Divides: the Vietnam War and Social Conflict, 1964-1971
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Q1) Which of the following was a key strategic goal of the United States in the Vietnam War?
A) to avoid drawing China into the war
B) to colonize all of Vietnam
C) to draw the Soviets into the war
D) to put NLF leaders in charge in South Vietnam
Q2) Why was the Battle of Dien Bien Phu so significant?
A) The Vietnamese dealt the French a decisive defeat.
B) The French dealt the Vietnamese a decisive defeat.
C) The Vietnamese dealt the United States a decisive defeat.
D) The United States dealt the Vietnamese a decisive defeat.
Q3) The zenith of liberalism was reached during the presidency of __________.
A) Harry Truman
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Lyndon Johnson
D) Jimmy Carter
Q4) What did the slogan "black power" mean? How were the feelings behind the slogan expressed?
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Q5) What steps did President Johnson take to combat poverty and discrimination?
Q6) Describe Nixon's approach to his political opponents in his first term.
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Chapter 27: Reconsidering National Priorities, 1972-1979
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Q1) Which of the following was true of Richard Nixon's presidency?
A) He rejected the use of covert actions to achieve foreign policy objectives.
B) He blocked all efforts to pass environmental legislation.
C) He used federal agencies to harass his political enemies.
D) He governed as a hard-core social conservative.
Q2) Nixon stunned the world in 1972 when he __________.
A) announced a trip to China
B) signed a peace treaty with North Vietnam
C) began sending aid to the Soviet government.
D) opened trade with Cuba.
Q3) Who was fired in the Saturday Night Massacre?
A) Alexander Butterfield
B) Archibald Cox
C) Sam Ervin
D) Howard Baker
Q4) Which of the following contributed to the reassertion of Congressional power?
A) defeat in Vietnam
B) the oil embargo
C) the election of Jimmy Carter
D) the Three Mile Island disaster
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Q1) How did Ronald Reagan respond to revelations about the Iran-Contra scandal?
A) He claimed he knew nothing about any illegal activities.
B) He admitted that the plan had been his all along.
C) He claimed he made an effort to stop the plan from being implemented.
D) He claimed that the whole affair had been invented by his political enemies.
Q2) Who were the new immigrants?
Q3) Reagan tended to see world events ____________.
A) in black and white terms
B) in historical context
C) only in terms of their economic importance
D) in "realpolitik" terms
Q4) In 1980, the Republicans won __________ for the first time since 1952.
A) a majority of governorships
B) the presidency
C) the House
D) the Senate
Q5) What were the key components of President Reagan's domestic budgetary agenda?
Q6) Describe the events that led to the Iranian hostage crisis. How was the crisis resolved?
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Chapter 29: Post-Cold War America, 1991-2000
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Q1) During the 1990s, __________
A) new barriers to international trade were put in place
B) all sectors of American society enjoyed the fruits of economic growth
C) the gap between the rich and poor shrank
D) union membership declined
Q2) President Clinton was the first American president to __________.
A) visit China
B) negotiate a trade deal with the European Union
C) visit Vietnam
D) open talks with Fidel Castro
Q3) In 1992, Bill Clinton __________.
A) failed to win a majority of the popular vote
B) won both the popular and electoral college votes
C) won more than 60 percent of the popular vote
D) ran for president as a New Deal Democrat
Q4) During the 1990s, the __________ sector of the economy grew rapidly.
A) technology
B) defense
C) manufacturing
D) agricultural
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Chapter 30: A Global Nation in the New Millennium
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Q1) Which of the following was a consequence of the demise of communist regimes in Russia and eastern Europe?
A) decreased American cultural influence around the world
B) a strengthened social safety net
C) the shrinking of the gap between rich and poor
D) increased Western cultural influence in those countries
Q2) The response of Americans to new immigrants in the early twenty-first century was
A) similar to that in previous periods of high immigration
B) strikingly different than that in previous periods of high immigration
C) almost universally negative
D) universally positive
Q3) The electoral college outcome of the 2004 election hinged on __________.
A) Pennsylvania
B) Michigan
C) Ohio
D) Florida
Q4) What justifications did the Bush administration offer for the 2003 invasion of Iraq? What explanations did outside observers offer for the invasion?
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