History of the United States Exam Bank
Course Introduction
This course offers a comprehensive overview of the history of the United States, tracing its development from pre-Columbian times through the modern era. Students will explore key themes such as colonization, revolution, westward expansion, slavery, industrialization, and social movements, as well as the political, economic, and cultural forces that shaped the nation. Through the examination of primary and secondary sources, the course fosters critical thinking about the complexities of American identity, continuity and change, and the nations role in the global context.
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The American Pageant 16th AP Edition by David M. Kennedy
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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings
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Q1) Which of the following generalizations could be supported by the passage?
A) European competition between European nations had little impact on the Atlantic world.
B) European imperial rivalries and competition fueled empire building in the new world.
C) European rivalries and competition occurred simultaneously with the shift from capitalism to feudalism.
D) European rivalries and competition did little to alter technological advancements.
Answer: B
Q2) De las Casas would have agreed with which of the following interpretations?
A) Christians are all motivated by greed.
B) Plantation-based agricultural systems in the Americas required the exploitation of local resources.
C) The Portuguese treated natives with dignity and respect.
D) European treatment of natives was the result of cultural and linguistic misunderstandings.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Planting of English America 1500-1733
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Q1) The passage by Countryman challenges which of the following ideas?
A) Intercultural contact was frequent and sometimes violent.
B) Clashes between Natives and Europeans produced changes to both cultures.
C) Spain was forced to accept some cultural accommodation after native revolts.
D) Native Americans passively accepted conquest of Europeans during the colonial period.
Answer: D
Q2) The legislation excerpted above reflects which of the following trends?
A) Colonial attempts to bypass British legislation
B) British attempts to develop regional differences in the colonies
C) Limited British attempts to regulate colonial economics
D) British attempts to appease colonists after numerous civil insurrections
Answer: C
Q3) The conditions described by Rowlandson were largely the result of
A) growing use of Native Americans as slaves in North America.
B) large numbers of British colonists attempting to acquire land in North America.
C) European subjugation of African slaves in the new world.
D) the development of distinctly different colonial societies.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700
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Q1) Colonial protests were generally organized by A) loyalists.
B) women.
C) religious leaders.
D) colonial elites.
Answer: D
Q2) What was generally accepted as a necessary qualification for the rights of citizenship in the first few decades of United States' government?
A) Membership in the Federalist Party
B) Participation in the American Revolution
C) Ownership of property
D) Having been born in territories of the United States
Answer: C
Q3) The alliance of the Six Nations tribes in the Iroquois Confederacy served to A) improve the economic stability of the tribes' trade agreements.
B) use their collective strength to improve their bargaining power with the Europeans.
C) reduce the amount of conflict with white settlers on the frontier.
D) reduce the impact of disease on the various tribes.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: American Life in the 17th Century 1607-1692
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Q1) In this excerpt,Calhoun is arguing against
A) the efforts of the abolitionist movement.
B) the sectional divisions that were growing in the United States.
C) the rise of the Whig Party.
D) the extension of the national government's powers over the states.
Q2) This passage reveals a contemporary American desire to
A) relocate American Indian populations out of American territory.
B) create an independent global presence.
C) promote a unified national economy.
D) assert the Monroe Doctrine as a matter of international policy.
Q3) The above painting illustrates
A) land won by the United States in the War of 1812.
B) a sense of unity between the American man and nature.
C) dangers of living in the American West.
D) the need for a canal system to encourage settlement.
Q4) Which of the following was the main reason for the Louisiana Purchase?
A) The U.S. wanted to dominate the North American continent
B) The acquisition of new lands for farming and markets
C) The extension of slavery
D) To build canals and roads
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Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution
1700-1775
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Q1) Which of the following was a long-term result of the political situation described in the excerpt?
A) Presidential power was weakened for the next several years.
B) Southerners controlled Congress for the next three decades.
C) The Republican Party was weakened.
D) Presidential impeachments occurred several times over the next four decades.
Q2) Which of the following groups was most directly affected by the development depicted above?
A) European immigrants
B) Southern plantation owners
C) Mexican-Americans
D) Nativists
Q3) Analyze the ways in which the Know Nothing,Free Soil,and Republican parties in the 1850s contributed to the breakup of the Union in 1860.
Q4) One major factor that would expand Virginia's need for posters like this one was
A) the popularity of President Lincoln.
B) the growth of the Confederate economy.
C) the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation.
D) the Union's military leadership.
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Chapter 6: The Duel for North America 1608-1763
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Q1) Which of the following developments did movements like the Grange most directly contribute to?
A) The creation of mechanized grain reapers
B) Local and regional resistance to railroad control of agricultural markets
C) The rise of Know-Nothing Party
D) The passage of the Interstate Commerce Act
Q2) William Joe Bryan's speech was focused most directly on which of the following political issues?
A) Racial segregation in the South
B) The growing wealth gap
C) The question of currency and monetary policy
D) The rise of Socialism
Q3) Which of the following is true concerning the economic condition of the South after the Civil War?
A) The South was politically, socially, and economically depressed.
B) Northerners who came to the South controlled the economics and politics of the South.
C) The North dumped all types of goods into the deprived South.
D) The Southern economy was a rival to the North in production of resources.
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Chapter 7: The Road to Revolution 1763-1775
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Q1) Which of the following was a significant cause of the trend shown between 1921 and 1929?
A) Mobilization for World War I
B) Stronger regulations of the financial system
C) The growth and consolidation of large corporations
D) The nation's transition from industry to agriculture
Q2) The problems described in the passage most directly intensified conflicts between
A) Americans of different races.
B) isolationists and interventionists.
C) fundamentalist and modernist approaches.
D) opponents and proponents of new technologies.
Q3) Americans would not be compelled to significantly modify their stance as taken in this passage until
A) the end of World War I.
B) the passage of restrictive immigration quotas.
C) the attack on Pearl Harbor.
D) the rise of the Cold War.
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Chapter 8: America Secedes from the Empire 1775-1783
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Q1) What was the most significant response of the United States' government to the sentiments expressed in the passage?
A) The expansion of the role of the Supreme Court
B) The protection of the private sector
C) The enactment of the Great Society
D) The passage of new immigration laws
Q2) Using your knowledge of United States history,answer parts a,b,and c.
a)Briefly describe ONE specific United States foreign policy during the period from 1945 to 1970.
b)Briefly describe ONE specific result of the policy you described in part a.
c)Identify and explain ONE criticism of the policy you described in part a.
Q3) Détente,as described in the passage,contrasted most significantly with
A) the military confrontations in Korea and Vietnam.
B) the support of Latin-American regimes that opposed Communism.
C) the ideological conflicts concerning the Middle East.
D) the growth of an international economic network.
Q4) Analyze the growth of the women's movement during the period from 1950 to 1980.Consider both the movement's methods and achievements in this period.
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Chapter 9: The Confederation and the Constitution
1776-1790
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Q1) The excerpt reflects all of the following except
A) fiscal conservatism.
B) a belief in the Constitutionality of the New Deal.
C) a repudiation of the Great Society.
D) federal deregulation of numerous industries.
Q2) The cartoonist would likely agree with which of the following statements?
A) Social networks are destroying family structures.
B) Growing economic equality is a serious problem that needs reform.
C) The decline of economic productivity threatens the American way of life.
D) Reform is needed to avoid further declines in union membership.
Q3) All of the following would have been likely to agree with the ideas depicted in the cartoon except
A) conservatives who denounced "big government".
B) union members.
C) Progressive-era reformers.
D) the middle class.
Q4) Evaluate the extent to which President Ronald Reagan was a conservative president.
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