History of the American People
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This course offers a comprehensive exploration of the history of the American people, tracing the nations development from pre-colonial societies to the present day. Students will examine major political, social, economic, and cultural transformations, including the formation of American identity, the impact of colonization, revolutionary change, the Civil War and Reconstruction, industrialization, immigration, and the ongoing struggles for equality and civil rights. Emphasis is placed on diverse perspectives, highlighting the experiences of Indigenous peoples, immigrants, African Americans, and other historically marginalized groups, to provide a dynamic and nuanced understanding of Americas past and its influence on contemporary society.
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AMERICA A Narrative History 10th Edition by David Emory Shi
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Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures
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Q1) All of the following are true of Cortés's invasion of Mexico EXCEPT:
A) Cortés explained that the Spanish had a disease that only gold could cure
B) smallpox proved to be a very powerful weapon against the natives
C) Tenochtitlán held out for three months against a Spanish siege
D) regional Indian tribes attempted to help the Mexica against the Spanish
E) over 100,000 warriors were killed
Answer: D
Q2) Sir Humphrey Gilbert
A)conquered the Inca Empire
B)wrote The Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536)
C)led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe but was killed in the Philippines
D)began the Protestant Reformation
E)was the captain of the Santa Maria
F)led the first French effort to colonize the New World
G)defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588
H)explored what is now the southeastern United States
I)a priest who advocated for humanitarian treatment of natives
J)founded the first British colony in the New World at Roanoke Island
Answer: J
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Chapter 2: Englands Colonies
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Q1) Pocahontas:
A) was the favorite daughter of Powhatan
B) refused to convert to Christianity
C) married John Smith
D) played virtually no role in the relationship between the natives and the English
E) like many women of that era, died young and childless
Answer: A
Q2) By the mid-1670s, many of Virginia's free white adult males owned no land, and squatting became a significant problem.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Puritans sought to have Indians :
A) executed when convicted of even minor crimes
B) pushed farther to the north and west
C) move to "praying towns"
D) move into English settlements
E) relocate to Rhode Island with Roger Williams
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Colonial Ways of Life
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Q1) New England was settled by:
A) a joint-stock company
B) religious fundamentalists
C) military officers
D) the king and his family
E) ex-convicts and debtors
Answer: B
Q2) Slave codes:
A) helped potential runaways plan their escapes
B) outlined the local laws that governed slave life and ownership
C) were universal rules that applied to all slave owners regardless of colony
D) outlined the kinds of work slaves could do in certain geographic areas
E) guaranteed slaves the right to worship weekly
Answer: B
Q3) George Whitefield was a great preacher who impressed even Benjamin Franklin with his eloquence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: From Colonies to States
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Q1) One change brought to the American colonies after the Glorious Revolution was that the:
A) concept of the Dominion of New England was extended to the southern colonies
B) colonies were inspired to lead a revolt against King William
C) new monarch showed little interest in the colonies because of his desire to force the French out of North America
D) monarchy attempted to tighten its grip on the colonies by making more of them royal colonies
E) Crown paid for more people to migrate to the colonies
Q2) The triumph of what Britain called the Great War saw Americans :
A) very nervous about their own future
B) compassionate toward the French
C) jealous of British military power
D) turn their anger on the king
E) celebrating as joyously as Londoners
Q3) John and Samuel Adams urged their fellow colonists to reject the arguments of Common Sense.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What were the various effects of the Glorious Revolution in America?
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Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1776-1783
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Q1) Which of the following was NOT true of the expedition against Canada in 1775-1776?
A) Smallpox was perhaps their greatest adversary on that campaign.
B) It resulted in an important American victory and set the tone for the coming campaign.
C) It was led in part by General Benedict Arnold.
D) It had as its main goal the expulsion of Indian tribes in the area.
E) It made Americans see the long-term nature of their struggle.
Q2) Which city did the British capture early in the American Revolution and hold for the remainder of the war?
A) Atlanta
B) Boston
C) Williamsburg
D) Philadelphia
E) New York
Q3) Daniel Boone led settlers who fought both the British and the Indians in Kentucky.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In what ways were the campaigns in the North different from those in the South?
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Chapter 6: Strengthening the New Nation
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Q1) Just before he left office, Adams:
A) repealed Hamilton's tax policies
B) questioned the fair outcome of the election
C) cemented Federalism within the judiciary
D) destroyed his official records
E) renewed his friendship with Jefferson
Q2) Jay's Treaty:
A) shut American merchants out of the West Indies
B) ended a war with the British
C) was most strongly opposed in New England
D) infuriated Republicans for its concessions to the British
E) forced Hamilton's resignation from the cabinet
Q3) Describe the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Why had the Articles been written that way?
Q4) The Founding Fathers viewed the most democratic branch of the government as the:
A) presidency
B) Senate
C) Supreme Court
D) cabinet
E) House of Representatives
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Chapter 7: The Early Republic, 1800-1815
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Q1) The United States felt that with only slight pressure:
A) it could seize Florida from England
B) the French Revolution would reignite with better results
C) Canada would separate from Great Britain
D) France would stop impressing American sailors
E) Indian conflicts would cease
Q2) Who said, "We are all Republicans-we are all Federalists"?
A) Alexander Hamilton
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) George Washington
D) James Madison
E) John Adams
Q3) Thomas Jefferson's inaugural address reflected:
A) his strong partisan desire to oppose the Federalists now that he was in office
B) his desire to adopt Federalist principles now that he was in office
C) an affirmation of educational elitism and commitment to continued governmental formality
D) a tone of simplicity and conciliation
E) his hopes for a new war to unify the country
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Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850
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Q1) Samuel F. B. Morse
A)invented the telegraph
B)invented the sewing machine
C)with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company
D)wrote "Oh! Susanna"
E)immigrant piano maker
F)invented the primitive grain reaper
G)advocate of free public education
H)patented a process for vulcanizing rubber
I)improved the steamboat
J)used his memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States
Q2) The major impetus for the huge Irish immigration to the United States after 1845 was:
A) religious freedom in the United States
B) an abundance of cheap land
C) high wages in factories
D) a deadly potato famine
E) hatred of British rule in Ireland
Q3) Discuss the communications revolution and its impact on advancing the nation.
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Chapter 9: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828
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Q1) The Monroe Doctrine was part of President Monroe's annual message to Congress.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In this new political era, Jackson had a tremendous advantage because of his:
A) rise from common origins
B) aristocratic manners
C) patriotism
D) eloquence as a speaker
E) clear stance on the issues
Q3) In what ways might the foreign policy of this period be called nationalistic?
Q4) The Tariff of 1828:
A) was once again opposed by Daniel Webster
B) showed Calhoun's continued devotion to nationalism
C) lowered tariffs dramatically over President Adams's objections
D) boosted the presidential hopes of Jackson
E) caused the breakup of the Republican party
Q5) Much has been made of the "corrupt bargain." Explain the events in question and discuss the merits of such a deal.
Q6) How might one account for the rise of Andrew Jackson to victory in the election of 1828?
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Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840
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Q1) When Congress rechartered the Bank of the United States in 1832:
A) the economy went into a depression
B) Jackson made Nicholas Biddle its new director
C) Western farmers revolted in anger
D) Jackson vetoed the recharter
E) Jackson announced plans to nationalize it
Q2) Which of the following statements about Martin Van Buren is NOT true?
A) called the "Little Magician" because of his political skill
B) was Jackson's closest adviser and a dedicated ally
C) enjoyed a strong economy during his single term as president
D) played a major role in the destruction of Calhoun's presidential ambitions
E) had been Jackson's first secretary of state
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) Slave religion:
A) mixed African and Christian elements
B) caused slaves to accept their condition
C) required reading of the Bible
D) was stamped out by white masters
E) was best observed during racially integrated church services
Q2) Gabriel Prosser
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) John Calhoun
A)set up Seneca Falls Convention
B)founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
C)pro-slavery senator from South Carolina
D)founded Mormonism
E)founder of the Oneida Community
F)revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
G)promoted statewide school systems
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums
I)escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
Q2) A Treatise on Domestic Economy argued that men and women should share equally in completing the work of the household's domestic sphere.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most of the utopian communities of the early nineteenth century:
A) received funding from the government
B) saw their ideas quickly become accepted by the public
C) were established inside major cities
D) quickly became failures
E) were led by religious extremists
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Chapter 13: Western Expansion, 1830-1848
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Q1) Daniel Webster
A)was the young congressman who argued that Polk had maneuvered the Mexicans into attacking
B)led American forces at Veracruz
C)was elected vice president in 1840
D)was one of the defenders at the Alamo
E)was the American who captured San Diego and Los Angeles
F)was the secretary of state who negotiated the treaty resolving the boundary between the northeastern United States and British Canada
G)was known as "the Pathfinder"
H)died after one month in office
I)was president of the Republic of Texas
J)was known as "Young Hickory"
Q2) President Martin Van Buren ultimately failed to win the Democratic party's nomination in 1844 because of his position on Texas.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss the American movement to annex Texas between 1820 and 1845. Why did it take so long for annexation to succeed?
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Chapter 14: The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860
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Q1) Preston Brooks
A)was a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election
B)led Pottawatomie Massacre
C)elected president of the Confederate States of America
D)died in July 1850
E)caned Charles Sumner
F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their property into the territories
H)was the chief justice for Dred Scott case
I)was the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
J)was the president who supported the Compromise of 1850
Q2) James Buchanan's great experience in public service helped him become one of the most successful presidents.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Detail the Wilmot Proviso. What impact did it have on the debate over slavery?
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15: The War of the Union, 1861-1865
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Q1) Union forces suffered defeat at Shiloh due to Grant's heavy drinking.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Alexander Stephens
A)was Lincoln's second vice president
B)was killed at Chancellorsville by his own men
C)had his division destroyed at the Battle of Gettysburg
D)was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans
E)marched through Georgia living off the land while destroying plantations, crops, and railroad lines
F)devised the Union's "Anaconda Plan"
G)was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
H)was the vice president of the Confederacy
I)was the Union admiral who captured Mobile, Alabama
J)was the president of the Confederacy
Q3) Why did the South lose the war? What were its weaknesses and disadvantages?
Q4) Discuss how the Civil War was "the most traumatic event in American history."
Q5) Trace the Battle of Antietam and describe its overall significance for the outcome of the Civil War.
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Chapter 16: The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877
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Q1) The Radical Republicans understood that essential to maintaining Republican control of the federal government was:
A) a quick restoration of the Union
B) continued military occupation of the South
C) close cooperation with President Johnson
D) pardons for ex-Confederates
E) the right of ex-slaves to vote
Q2) After the House of Representatives impeached President Johnson, the Senate failed to convict him by just one vote.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most popular religious denomination among blacks in the postwar South was Baptist.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Fourteenth Amendment recognized the validity of Confederate debts.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the Fourteenth Amendment and how it was received throughout the country.
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Q6) What were the major economic issues between 1868 and 1876?
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Q1) The term "robber baron" was used to describe railroad executives known for their shady financial practices.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why was there a growth of craft unions during the Civil War?
A) The end of slavery flooded the labor market with workers.
B) The war sparked an increased demand for skilled labor.
C) Unskilled laborers were constitutionally prohibited from unionizing.
D) Craft unions would not have to admit the freedmen.
E) The American education system expanded dramatically during that period.
Q3) Most Americans experienced a rising standard of living in the late nineteenth century.
A)True
B)False
Q4) For industrial workers in Gilded Age America:
A) real wages fell because of rising prices
B) a forty-hour work week was the standard
C) government regulations provided a safe work environment
D) working and living conditions remained precarious
E) forging a work permit for children was seen as taboo
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Chapter 18: The New South and the New West, 1865-1900
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Q1) Redeemers were all of the following EXCEPT:
A) conservative
B) pro-business
C) members of the Republican party
D) white politicians
E) members of the Democratic party
Q2) Twenty-five percent of the cowboys who participated in the Texas cattle drives were African Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?
A) It was designed to sever ties the Native Americans had with Canada.
B) It gave individual Indians up to 520 acres of land.
C) It made the KKK illegal.
D) It sought to "Americanize" Indians by dealing with them as individuals.
E) It made Native Americans U.S. citizens.
Q4) Describe the government's policy toward Indians. How did this policy develop over the years, and what were the main factors that influenced its development?
Q5) 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) Mugwumps were centered in:
A) the land grant colleges across the country
B) the agricultural colleges of the South
C) the Far West and major universities
D) the Midwest and small colleges
E) large cities and major universities in the Northeast
Q2) Trace the issues and events surrounding the election of 1888. How was it that the person who won the popular vote still lost the election?
Q3) The peak decade of immigration was the 1890s.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Compare social Darwinism and reform Darwinism. What were the basic assumptions of each movement?
Q5) The spread of mass transit was a major factor in the growth of the suburbs. A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe politics in the Gilded Age. What were the main issues? What factors influenced voters to be either Republican or Democrat?
Q7) Describe how living in an urban environment impacted women's lives.
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Chapter 20: Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913
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Q1) The battleship Maine:
A) sank the entire Spanish fleet in Manila without a single American loss of life
B) exploded in Havana Harbor and fueled calls for war with Spain
C) carried arms to the Cuban insurrectionists
D) disappeared at sea with no trace, but newspaper reporters claimed that Spain had ordered it sunk
E) delivered Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders from Tampa to Cuba
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) Trace Theodore Roosevelt's climb to the presidency of the United States and explain why he was such an appealing vice presidential candidate in 1900.
Q4) What effect did American ownership of the Philippines have on U.S. foreign policy?
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Chapter 21: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920
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Q1) In what ways was the election of 1912 significant?
Q2) Woodrow Wilson was a minister's son who grew up in the South. A)True
B)False
Q3) Frederick W. Taylor:
A) was an Oregon reformer responsible for many progressive measures enacted there B) wrote The Principles of Scientific Management
C) was the progressive editor of Arena
D) was founder of the National Child Labor Committee
E) authored the bill on reclamation for the western states
Q4) What changes did progressivism bring to America? How was America different in 1920 from what it had been in 1900 because of progressivism?
Q5) "From its beginning to its end, the progressive movement was, more than anything else, paradoxical." What evidence could be used to support this statement?
Q6) Having been elected in his own right to a second term, Theodore Roosevelt set his sights on regulation and control of business. Trace his agenda in these endeavors. Was he successful?
Q7) 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) President Wilson suffered a temporarily incapacitating stroke in France while negotiating the peace treaty.
A)True
B)False
Q2) During the midterm elections of 1918:
A) Democrats lost control of both houses of Congress
B) labor, eastern businessmen, and western farmers expressed support for Democratic policies
C) Republican victories in the South were offset by heavy losses in the Northeast
D) Wilson asked voters to elect progressive candidates of either party
E) Wilson angered Democrats by appointing Taft to the Peace Commission
Q3) On November 9, 1918, the German republic was proclaimed after:
A) the Battle of Verdun
B) Germany surrendered to U.S. forces
C) Adolf Hitler took power
D) the German Kaiser resigned
E) a great victory at Belleau Wood
Q4) Discuss the various initial American reactions to the start of World War I.
Q5) Detail the American "preparedness" movement during World War I.
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Chapter 23: A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929
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Q1) After encountering strong resistance, Mabel Puffer and Arthur Hazzard:
A) were married in New Hampshire
B) were married in New York
C) were married in Canada
D) were never allowed to marry
E) were really not engaged to be married
Q2) Who wrote "fed up With Jim Crow laws, / People who are cruel And afraid, / Who lynch and run, / Who are scared of me And me of them"?
A) Claude McKay
B) Jean Toomer
C) DuBose Heyward
D) Langston Hughes
E) W. E. B. Du Bois
Q3) Gertrude Stein was a(n):
A) disc jockey
B) Dada artist
C) experimentalist poet
D) freedom fighter in World War I
E) member of Congress
Q4) Describe the influence of modernism in literature.
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Chapter 24: The Reactionary Twenties
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Q1) Robert La Follette
A)was the secretary of the Treasury
B)was Harding's secretary of state
C)was the secretary of the interior
D)was the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan
E)died in 1923
F)wrote American Individualism
G)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1920
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928
I)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1924
J)was the Progressive party presidential candidate in 1924
Q2) How did farmers and veterans react to the Hoover administration's response to the Great Depression?
Q3) The "Ohio gang":
A) rivaled Charlie Chaplin in box office receipts in the 1920s
B) directed Herbert Hoover's rise to the presidency
C) was a group of angry young men in a short story by Sinclair Lewis about the consumer culture
D) hosted the first national radio program
E) was a group of President Harding's friends who were named to political office
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Chapter 25: The Great Depression, 1929-1939
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Q1) The conservative Democratic opposition to the New Deal in the late 1930s:
A) was heaviest in the South
B) succeeded in removing three of Roosevelt's cabinet members
C) supported plans to replace Roosevelt with Henry Wallace as the Democratic presidential candidate in 1936
D) supported plans to replace Roosevelt with Huey Long as the Democratic presidential candidate in 1936
E) was heaviest in New England
Q2) In the case of Norris v. Alabama, the Supreme Court:
A) upheld the state's Democratic white primary
B) overturned a state law restricting the sale of petroleum products beyond certain quotas
C) upheld Alabama's claim that the Scottsboro Boys were not entitled to public defenders
D) dealt a major blow to FDR's New Deal
E) ruled that the systematic exclusion of blacks from juries denied Scottsboro defendants equal protection of the law
Q3) Describe the gains made by labor during the New Deal.
Q4) Describe the impact the Great Depression had on popular culture in America.
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Chapter 26: The Second World War, 1933-1945
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Q1) Which of the following statements about the 1940 presidential election is true?
A) Franklin Roosevelt named a Republican as his vice-presidential running mate in the name of national unity.
B) Franklin Roosevelt became the first sitting president to lose a reelection bid in the midst of a national crisis.
C) Republican Thomas Dewey defeated Franklin Roosevelt in a landslide.
D) Franklin Roosevelt followed precedent and declined to run for a third term.
E) Franklin Roosevelt became the only president to run for and win a third term.
Q2) Following the aerial Battle of Britain, Germany invaded England.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Members of the America First Committee were likely to be all of the following, EXCEPT:
A) supporters of Roosevelt's foreign policy
B) opposed to risking conflict with Germany
C) supportive of isolationist policies
D) not worried about the threat that Nazi Germany posed to U.S. interests
E) opposed to U.S. assistance to Britain
Q4) Detail the Yalta Conference and show its importance to the postwar world.
Q5) Describe the Atlantic Charter and explain its significance.
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Chapter 27: The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952
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Q1) The GI Bill did all of the following EXCEPT:
A) provide educational benefits for veterans
B) provide housing loans for veterans
C) help prevent a postwar depression
D) pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military
E) provide medical treatment for veterans
Q2) Henry Wallace ran for president in 1948 as the Progressive party candidate.
A)True
B)False
Q3) At the end of World War II, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Truman's firing of MacArthur in 1951 was one of the most popular actions of his presidency.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the Red Scare that followed the end of World War II. What factors caused it? What were its major results?
Q6) What did Truman mean by a Fair Deal? How did it compare to FDR's New Deal?
Q7) Describe the social and economic effects of demobilization.
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Chapter 28: Cold War America, 1950-1959
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Q1) Describe the major trends in American foreign policy in the 1950s.
Q2) Orval Faubus
A)wrote Invisible Man
B)wrote The Affluent Society
C)advocated "massive resistance" to integration
D)challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama
E)wrote The Crack in the Picture Window
F)was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
G)proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam
H)was a suburban home builder
I)was an Arkansas governor
J)was a Supreme Court chief justice
Q3) The Reverend Norman Vincent Peale emphasized:
A) man's sinful nature
B) the spiritual appeal of Eastern faiths like Buddhism
C) faith, enthusiasm, and joy
D) the need to give lots of money to churches
E) the difficulty of attaining salvation
Q4) How did the image of women reflect the corporate life of the 1950s?
Q5) How did religious revival and neo-orthodoxy fit into the culture of the 1950s?
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Chapter 29: A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968
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Q2) Johnson's Medicare program provided medical benefits to:
A) the unemployed
B) all Americans
C) the elderly
D) single mothers and their children
E) the handicapped
Q3) The legislation passed by Congress at Johnson's urging in 1965 included all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Medicare
B) funds for urban renewal and public housing
C) anti-poverty aid to Appalachia
D) government guarantee of full employment
E) massive federal aid to education
Q4) By 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. had become a leading spokesman for "black power."
A)True
B)False
Q5) Trace the early foreign-policy setbacks during the Kennedy administration.
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Chapter 30: Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s
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A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded NOW
D)founded SDS and authored the Port Huron Statement
E)was convicted for the My Lai Massacre
F)gave testimony before a Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground
H)was a philosophy major who led UC Berkeley's free-speech movement (FSM)
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)led the United Farm Workers
Q2) Nixon's southern strategy involved winning southern support by:
A) capitalizing on their skepticism of federal social welfare programs
B) stepping up the military effort in Vietnam
C) expressing sympathy toward fundamentalist Christians
D) making southerners dominant in his cabinet
E) increasing federal support of the South's economy
Q3) Detail all aspects of the counterculture in the United States during the 1960s.
Q4) Trace how the Watergate crisis brought an end to the Nixon presidency.
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A)championed women's roles as wives and mothers
B)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1980
C)led the Moral Majority
D)was the former governor of California
E)was budget director in the Reagan administration
F)was the main actor in the Iran-Contra affair
G)was a Supreme Court justice
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1988
I)was a vice-presidential candidate in 1984
J)said, "[My opponent] will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did."
Q2) A high percentage of the homeless people of the 1980s were:
A) Reagan supporters
B) formerly wealthy
C) mentally ill
D) easy to lift out of homelessness
E) receiving large welfare payments
Q3) Detail the election of 1980. Who were the major parties? What issues dominated the campaign?
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Chapter 32: Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present
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A) Clinton was completely exonerated
B) the Senate convicted Clinton of obstruction of justice
C) Clinton had no influence for the rest of his presidency
D) Clinton was impeached
E) the personal lives of presidents were declared to be off-limits
Q2) George W. Bush
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
Q3) Detail the election of 2004. Who were the major parties, and which issues dominated this campaign?
Q4) Explain the historic victory of Barack Obama in 2008.
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