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Course Introduction
This course explores the major social, political, economic, and cultural developments in United States history from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to the present day. Students will examine key events and movements such as Reconstruction, industrialization, the Progressive Era, both World Wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movements, the Cold War, and modern developments in American society. Through primary and secondary sources, the course emphasizes the diversity of experiences within the United States and analyzes how historical events have shaped contemporary issues and the nations global role.
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HIST 3 3rd Edition by Kevin M. Schultz
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Chapter 1: Three Societies on the Verge of Contact
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Q1) Which of the following was not a factor in the emergence of the Protestant Reformation?
A) The church had grown increasingly secular in its discipline.
B) The church was selling indulgences, which limited a sinner's time in purgatory.
C) Christian humanism in Europe's growing urban centers fostered a renewed belief in the importance of the individual as opposed to the institution of the church.
D) There was growing criticism of Church rituals, including the mass.
E) Christians increasingly objected to the church's emphasis on the Bible as the sole source of authority in religious doctrine.
Answer: E
Q2) Which of the following was not a Northeastern tribe?
A) Wampanoag
B) Massachusetts
C) Narragansett
D) Mohawk
E) Cheyenne
Answer: E
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Chapter 2: Contact and Settlement, 1492-1660
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Q1) The local Wampanoag Indians were not too concerned about the English arrivals because
A) they had learned from the Powhatan Confederacy in Virginia that these were harmless people.
B) they were in dire need of European tools and equipment.
C) they hoped to trade with the newcomers and then expel them from present-day Maine.
D) they were interested in the Puritans' religious teachings.
E) the presence of women and children in the Puritan settlement convinced them of the newcomers' peaceful intentions.
Answer: C
Q2) The Virginia Company of London actually was responsible for establishing the Virginia colony.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The largest French trading post in Canadian territory was Quebec.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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3: Expansion and Its Costs, 1660-1700
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Q1) The area where whites and Indians met and traded on a fairly equal basis,also enjoying such activities as giving gifts,smoking pipes,and drinking rum,was called the "middle passage."
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Charles II granted proprietary colonies in the New World to his supporters,which were defined as
A) plantation colonies for raising cash crops.
B) religious colonies, where they could build communities around their shared faith.
C) colonies centered on the quest for gold, silver and other precious metals.
D) colonies that were run by an individual or a private corporation, and not by the Crown.
E) trade-based colonies, where they could establish wealth via trade with Native Americans for furs and other resources.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Expansion and Control, 1700-1763
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Q1) A jeremiad is a long Puritan speech that emphasized society's fall from purity and grace to its current,depraved state.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the repercussions of the American Enlightenment in colonial society and politics.
Q3) Discuss the consequences of the British victory in the French-Indian War for Native Americans.
Q4) Why did the Puritan experiment in the New World last only a few short generations?
A) People began to move further out from the town center to hinterlands that were out of the range of church authority.
B) Increasing prosperity weakened the younger generation's commitment to church principles.
C) Fervent sermons - jeremiads - on society's increasing depravity did little to rouse parishioners.
D) All of these choices.
E) None of these choices.
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Chapter 5: Toward Revolution, 1763-1775
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Q1) After the British rout of the Minutemen in Lexington,where the famous "shot heard 'round the world" was fired by the retreating Minutemen,British troops continued their march to Concord,where they met the colonial troops and A) roundly defeated them.
B) were repelled at Concord's North Bridge and had to retreat.
C) finally captured John Hancock.
D) had about one hundred of their soldiers killed.
E) fought to a draw before returning to Boston.
Q2) The first real battle of the Revolutionary War took place at A) Boston Harbor.
B) Lexington.
C) Bunker Hill.
D) Philadelphia.
E) Albany.
Q3) When Parliament repealed most of the Townshend Acts in 1770,it kept the tax on A) tobacco.
B) tea.
C) paper.
D) stamps.
E) sugar.
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Chapter 6: The Revolution
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Q1) One of General Washington's strategies for winning the war was to wear down the British army by moving around the countryside so much that they could not fight effectively.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The first state to draft and enact a statute protecting religious freedom for all was Massachusetts.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Because of a technical matter,which colony did not formally vote to declare independence,although the delegates themselves favored independence?
A) New Jersey
B) Massachusetts
C) Rhode Island
D) Georgia
E) New York
Q4) Who were the major commanding officers for both sides during the Revolutionary War? How would you describe their effectiveness?
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Chapter 7: Confederation and Constitution, 1783-1789
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Q1) For the Constitution to take effect,nine of the thirteen states had to ratify it.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Anti-Federalists preferred a weaker confederation of states and more direct democracy than provided for in the Constitution.
A)True
B)False
Q3) All of the following problems posed an immediate challenge to the young nation , <i>except</i>
A) It had amassed a huge debt from fighting for independence.
B) It suddenly had vast lands to control in the west.
C) Loyalists continued to attack the nation's central institutions with guerilla warfare.
D) It had to recreate a system of trade after England's protections had been withdrawn.
E) The revolutionary ideology of republicanism warned against a strong central authority that could address its issues forcefully.
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Q1) All of the following are true about "Citizen Genêt", <i>except</i>
A) Genêt was allowed to remain in the United States because Washington feared Genêt would most likely be executed upon his return to France.
B) When Washington proclaimed American neutrality in the European rivalries to avoid American entanglement, Genêt simply ignored it.
C) Those who welcomed the French ambassador did so because they remembered the French contribution to the American Revolution.
D) His mission was to raise support for the new French government in support against Spain and England.
E) Genêt received an enthusiastic reception everywhere in the United States.
Q2) In his farewell address,Washington urged Americans to
A) try to develop a nonpartisan political system to resolve their political differences.
B) be vigilant in their dealings with the British.
C) support the causes he had supported.
D) support his vice president, John Adams, for president.
E) deal fairly with Native Americans.
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Chapter 9: Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1814
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Q1) In the 1804 presidential election,Thomas Jefferson faced stiff competition from the Federalists.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of these people was at the center of the country's first serious plot of secession?
A) Alexander Hamilton.
B) Aaron Burr.
C) John Marshall.
D) Henry Clay.
E) Charles Pinckney.
Q3) The Federalists believed they had a good chance to win the election of 1808 because of the unpopularity of Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The person who was commissioned to design Washington,D.C.'s Capitol buildings was an Englishman named Gilbert Stuart.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The Market Revolution
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Q1) What was the role of the National Bank in the development of America's Market Revolution? Explain how the Bank operated to fulfill this role.
Q2) It could most accurately be said of Irish immigration after 1840 that
A) male Irish immigrants were welcomed by Protestant Americans of English, German, and Dutch ethnic backgrounds.
B) many Americans viewed Irish Catholics with fear and distrust because of their Catholic religion.
C) Irish fleeing the disaster of famine in their homeland brought with them much needed factory skills.
D) less than half of the immigrant arrivals after 1840 were Irish fleeing the famine in Ireland.
E) most Irish immigrants settled in the industrialized cities of the Midwest, where their opportunities for work were greater.
Q3) The region which led the nation with its public education system was the South. A)True B)False
Q4) What was the Monroe Doctrine,why and when was it issued,and what was its significance?
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Chapter 11: Politics of the Market Revolution
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Q1) Through his animosity toward the National Bank,Andrew Jackson
A) almost managed to bring the workings of the federal government to a standstill.
B) ruined the national currency, which did not recover until the Civil War.
C) convinced many people in America that paper currency was only helpful to the wealthy.
D) put personal feelings above the needs of the nation in an extremely unsettled time. E) made many of his personal friends wealthy by his actions against it.
Q2) The Trail of Tears was the name given to the forced march of the ____ nation to land in Oklahoma.
A) Shawnee
B) Seminole
C) Cherokee
D) Choctaw
E) Creek
Q3) Why did Andrew Jackson and his supporters maintain that a "corrupt bargain" had been struck in the 1824 presidential election? How did this influence his campaign for the presidency again in 1828?
Q4) Explain the differences between the Whigs and the Democrats.
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Chapter 12: A Regionalized America, 1830-1860
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Q1) Nativists tended to define a true American as someone with an English background who was born in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The traveling public affairs road show,where groups of speakers spoke in small towns,on a wide range of informative,provocative topics was called
A) the lyceum circuit.
B) the Free Soil Party.
C) revivalism.
D) the 48ers.
E) minstrel shows.
Q3) Which of the following best describes the actual treatment of slaves by slaveholders in the antebellum South?
A) Humane
B) Indifferent
C) Benignly protective
D) Sympathetic
E) Cruelly coercive and violently punitive
Q4) How did southern states react to the news of Nat Turner's Rebellion?
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Chapter 13: The Continued Move West
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Q1) Manifest destiny reflected a much older American belief that God meant for them to dominate the North American continent,bringing civilization to that great land.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In response to the admission of Texas as an American state
A) Britain withdrew from the Oregon territory.
B) Californians staged the Bear Flag revolt.
C) the Whig party officially renamed itself the Republican party.
D) Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with the United States.
E) the United States declared war on Mexico.
Q3) Most of the early mining camp settlements went on to become major California towns and cities after the Gold Rush ended.
A)True
B)False
Q4) It would be accurate to say that the early movement of Americans across the country to the West,and early settlement there,was at best haphazard.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: The Impending Crisis
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Q1) Which of these was <i>not</i> a part of the Compromise of 1850?
A) California would join the Union as a free state.
B) Slave auctions would be banned in the nation's capital.
C) Congress passed a tougher Fugitive Slave Law.
D) Texas would get $10 million but would have to stop trying to sway New Mexico toward adopting slavery.
E) New Mexico and Utah could have slaves as long as they remained territories, but when they became states, slavery would end.
Q2) In his inaugural address in March of 1861,Abraham Lincoln assured southern states that he would not interfere with slavery in the states where it already existed.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Kansas-Nebraska Act upheld all of the following <i>except</i>
A) popular sovereignty.
B) the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
C) slavery.
D) the development of new territories.
E) the establishment of new states.
Q4) What were the provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
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Chapter 15: The Civil War
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Q1) The most senseless and disastrous move ordered by Robert E.Lee during the Civil War was
A) his advance toward Washington, D.C. during the Seven Days' Battles.
B) his decision to move into Pennsylvania to relieve the Virginians who had been in the midst of so much of the fighting.
C) the Battle of Antietam, where Lee had overextended his forces into Maryland and was forced into a retreat.
D) his decision to send a group of over 12,500 men to break the Union line at Gettysburgtwo-thirds of whom were killed, wounded or captured.
E) leading Grant on a military chase that lasted for weeks and eventually put Lee's men in trenches outside Petersburg, Virginia for nine long, miserable months.
Q2) Taxes were imposed on both northerners and southerners during the war for the first time since the War of 1812.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss the challenges the Union and the Confederacy faced on their homefronts.
Q4) Discuss the historical significance of the Civil War.
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Chapter 16: Reconstruction, 1865-1877
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Q1) Northerners became consumed with economic matters after the U.S.entered a deep recession in 1873.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Immediately after the Civil War,many white landowners
A) began advertising in the North and in Europe for farm workers, determined not to use black labor and pay for it.
B) tried without success to force blacks who had once been their slaves to work under very similar conditions, even to the point of using the whip.
C) could not understand how they were to treat the former slaves, since they had never been in that situation before.
D) decided to make the first overtures and directly offered shorter hours and no gang work.
E) sold their plantations rather than have to hire and pay free blacks.
Q3) Lincoln selected Andrew Johnson for a running mate in 1864,hoping to get more support by including someone who was both non-Republican and a southerner.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: The Industrial Revolution
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Q1) Who were the major business leaders in the key industries,and how did they consolidate their companies and confirm their place as leaders in those industries?
Q2) One of the more militant labor unions of the early twentieth century,the Industrial Workers of the World hoped to overthrow capitalism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The 1911 tragedy in which 146 workers died when they were locked in the factory when a fire broke out is known as the Triangle Textile Fire.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of these became the greatest symbol of America's growing desire for consumer goods?
A) Door-to-door salesmen
B) The department store
C) The chain store
D) National advertising
E) The suburban mall
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Chapter 18: The Industrial Age: North, south, and West
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Q1) The Homestead Act of 1862 provided a way for settlers to move West,occupy land for five years,and then claim as their own a total of
A) 640 acres.
B) 120 acres.
C) 1600 acres.
D) 160 acres.
E) 4,000 acres.
Q2) Coney Island was one of the most popular amusement parks in the country. A)True B)False
Q3) The term "cow town" referred to towns that developed to facilitate the movement of cattle from Texas and Oklahoma to other parts of the country. A)True B)False
Q4) Why did Mark Twain describe this era as "The Gilded Age"? What does "gilded" mean? Why does it seem to fit this age so well?
Q5) How did industrialization affect the settlement of the West,especially in regard to farming?
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Chapter 19: The Progressive Era
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Q1) In the name of improving the human species,some Progressives embraced eugenics,which was
A) the belief in a woman's right to regulate when and how many children she has.
B) the notion that education was the key to a better society.
C) the belief that people with undesirable genetic makeup should be sterilized.
D) a campaign for laws promoting greater democratization.
E) None of these choices.
Q2) The purpose of the initiative and referendum was to sidestep the powerful lobbies of moneyed interests that seemed to control legislatures.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Working out the most efficient way to wield a shovel full of coal was just one of Frederick Winslow Taylor's time-and-motion studies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the progressive reforms in politics on local,state,and national levels.Do you think they accomplished the goals they aimed for?
Q5) Who were the Progressives? What were their main goals?
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Chapter 20: Becoming a World Power
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Q1) The election of 1900 showed that
A) a strident anti-imperialist political ideology would not be sufficiently appealing to American voters.
B) Theodore Roosevelt was a great addition to McKinley's ticket.
C) Bryan was finished as a presidential candidate.
D) a good economy takes all interest away from the usual campaign issues.
E) most people were by then in favor of imperialism.
Q2) In the Zimmerman Note,the Germans pledged to help Mexico take back Texas if Mexico would help them defeat the Americans in World War I.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The United States became a principle player in the post-World War I League of Nations.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The first country in which the United States wanted to build a canal across Central America was Colombia.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 21: Prosperity and Change in the Twenties
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Q1) The first president to make a radio broadcast was
A) Warren G. Harding.
B) Theodore Roosevelt.
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
D) Calvin Coolidge.
E) William Howard Taft.
Q2) The term "Americanization" referred to
A) the movement to restrict immigration.
B) a labor initiative to encourage employers to hire native-born workers rather than immigrants.
C) a program adopted by the KKK promoting the image of America as an all-white nation.
D) the efforts of settlement house workers to assist new immigrants in adjusting to America.
E) the notion that immigrants should leave behind the ways of the old world and blend into American culture.
Q3) What was life like in America during Prohibition? What groups did prohibition affect most,and why?
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Chapter 22: The Great Depression and the New Deal
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Q1) By 1932,there were an estimated 250,000 homeless children in the country.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Hoover's only significant attempt to address the economic crisis was to
A) get the Hawley-Smoot Tariff passed.
B) establish the Reconstruction Finance Corporation that loaned money to businesses.
C) provide basic food commodities to unemployed individuals.
D) obtain funding for what became Hoover Dam.
E) urge voluntary associations to help out in their local communities, and set an example by working in a soup kitchen once a week.
Q3) Intellectuals in America tended to place the blame for the Depression on A) the World War I peace treaty.
B) America's involvement in World War I.
C) reliance on foreign markets for the health of the American economy.
D) unbridled competition among wealthy individuals that sacrificed the good of society for selfish gains.
E) too much emphasis on industrialization over agriculture and education.
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Q1) In the Munich Agreement (1938),the leaders of Britain and France
A) allowed Hitler to annex all of Czechoslovakia.
B) elicited a promise from Hitler to end further aggressive action on smaller European countries.
C) confronted Hitler about his treatment of the plight of Jews, communists, and gays in Germany, but in the name of peace, dropped the subject.
D) permitted Hitler to occupy strategic areas of Czechoslovakia, in the hope that he would stop there.
E) told Hitler and Mussolini that they would not go to war against Nazi Germany if Hitler decided to annex German-speaking provinces of western Poland.
Q2) Which event set the stage of American involvement in the war?
A) The installation of the pro-German government installed in Vichy, France
B) The bombing of London in the Battle of Britain
C) Increased U.S. awareness of the Holocaust
D) The invasion of Poland
E) All of these choices.
Q3) Explain the Double V campaign of African Americans during World War II.What motivated black Americans to commit themselves to this campaign?
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Q1) Critics thought NSC-68 was a gross overreaction by U.S.officials to communism until A) the fall of China to Communism.
B) North Korea's invasion of South Korea.
C) the treaty between China and the Soviet Union.
D) the "long telegram" written by George Kennan from the Soviet Union.
E) the alliance between North Korea and China.
Q2) What triggered the Cold War? What prevented it from turning "hot"? In hindsight,did the United States and the Soviet Union have reason to mistrust each other?
Q3) After the Chinese entered the Korean conflict in support of North Korea,
A) Truman threatened to use the atomic bomb to end the conflict.
B) MacArthur called the North Koreans cowards and losers.
C) MacArthur and the UN troops drove the Communists back north across all of the Korean Peninsula and to the Chinese side of the Yalu River.
D) UN troops pushed the North Koreans and the Chinese back to the original dividing line at about the 38th parallel.
E) UN forces insisted that the Chinese pull out of the fight; when they did so, the North Koreans were helpless against the UN forces.
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Chapter 25: The Sixties
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Q1) The Pentagon Papers
A) showed that Nixon had no idea how to handle the war in Vietnam.
B) proved that Nixon lied when he promised during the 1972 presidential campaign that he would get America out of Vietnam.
C) showed that the government had lied to the public over major events in the Vietnam War to manipulate public opinion.
D) proved that massive numbers of civilians were murdered or abused by U.S. soldiers.
E) uncovered illegal campaign activities by Nixon and his staff.
Q2) When James Meredith sought to enroll as the first African American student in the history of the University of Mississippi,he was met with such strong resistance that President Kennedy had to send in federal troops to assure his safety.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Evaluate the leadership of Malcolm X in the civil rights movement.What was so different about his approach compared to that of Martin Luther King,Jr.?
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Chapter 26: The Age of Fracture: the 1970s
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Q1) The Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the
A) <i>Washington Post.</i>
B) Democratic National Committee headquarters.
C) National Endowment for the Arts headquarters.
D) Republican National Headquarters.
E) <i>National Review.</i>
Q2) Detenté,disillusionment,and disco dramatized the complexities of the 1970s.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of these was not enacted or created during the Nixon years?
A) Environmental Protection Agency
B) OSHA
C) Pell Grants for higher education
D) Doubling of the budget for the National Endowment for the Humanities
E) Increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts
Q4) What were Nixon's reasons for visiting China in 1972? Was he successful? Explain.
Q5) Cities blossomed as manufacturing grew during the 1970s.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 27: Reagans America
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Q1) The pro-democracy rallies in China's Tiananmen Square
A) were instigated by Buddhist monks.
B) led to strained U.S.-China relations due to the Chinese government's response.
C) demonstrated that the Chinese were willing to liberalize some policies, especially in the area of economics.
D) disenchanted and dismayed the communist party members.
E) None of these choices.
Q2) The fact that the possession of only small amounts of crack cocaine carried the same penalties as possession of considerably larger amounts of cocaine indicated that A) in the war against drugs, public officials began to target the poor more than the wealthy.
B) fears of minorities high on crack ran high.
C) Americans were terrified that the entire younger generation would be lost to drugs. D) gang wars would escalate exponentially.
E) the American criminal justice system was not functioning effectively.
Q3) What social effects did Reagan's economic policy have on Americans?
Q4) Discuss the rationale for Reagan's supply-side economics.
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Chapter 28: America in the Information Age
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A) the unpopularity of his "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on gays in the military.
B) his failure to get the Senate to pass NAFTA on its first round through the legislative process.
C) the failure of Congress to vote for joining the WTO.
D) welfare reform.
E) the failure of his administration to achieve health care reform.
Q2) The controversial head of the Federal Reserve Board through the 1990s was Alan Greenspan.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of these views did Bill Clinton <i>not</i> espouse as he campaigned for the presidency?
A) Political centrism
B) Support for tough anticrime measures
C) Anti-NAFTA
D) Advocacy of welfare reform
E) Support for the Head Start program
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Chapter 29: Globalization and Its Discontents
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Q1) Followers of Osama bin Laden and the al Qaeda network have harbored resentments against the United States for all of the following reasons,except
A) American politicians on the right have been increasingly motivated by religion.
B) Blowback from the days of the Cold War, when the United States supported Afghani Mujahideen only to fight the Russians.
C) American involvement in the Middle East.
D) American support for the state of Israel.
E) Osama bin Laden's embrace of the Islamic schismatic movement that justified a return to traditional Sharia law even by violence.
Q2) Sarah Palin was the first woman to run for vice president of the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q3) John McCain's bid for the presidency was hindered by his presumed ties to the unpopular George W.Bush.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the problems and challenges Barack Obama faced in office.
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