https://quizplus.com/study-set/419
History of the United States: Reconstruction to Modern Era Pre-Test
Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the major political, social, economic, and cultural developments in the United States from the end of the Civil War through the modern era. Beginning with the Reconstruction period, students will examine the transformation of American society during industrialization, the rise of urbanization and immigration, pivotal reform movements, the impact of the two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights era. The survey continues through late twentieth-century and early twenty-first-century events, analyzing how domestic and global forces have shaped contemporary America. Through primary and secondary sources, students will develop a deeper understanding of the nations evolving identity and the diverse experiences of its people.
Recommended Textbook
AMERICA A Narrative History 10th Edition by
David Emory Shi
Available Study Resources on Quizplus
32 Chapters
2747 Verified Questions
2747 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/study-set/419
Page 2
Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7344
Sample Questions
Q1) By 5000 B.C.E., Native Americans had transitioned into farming societies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In most cases, Spanish explorers and soldiers who came to the New World were motivated by all of the following EXCEPT:
A) religious zeal
B) desire to serve their fellow man
C) pursuit of riches
D) desire for power
E) patriotism
Answer: B
Q3) European exploration of the Americas was greatly assisted by:
A) increased literacy
B) the Reformation
C) new sailing technologies
D) decentralized European nation-states
E) the decline of European monarchies
Answer: C
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 3
Chapter 2: Englands Colonies
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
88 Verified Questions
88 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7345
Sample Questions
Q1) Which is true of English society by the early 1600s?
A) The right to trial by jury had yet to be established.
B) There was a growing population of beggars and vagabonds.
C) There were no limits on the power of the monarch.
D) Titled nobles dominated the House of Commons.
E) There were no significant class distinctions.
Answer: B
Q2) The headright system adopted for the Virginia colony consisted of:
A) giving fifty acres of land to anyone who would transport himself to the colony and fifty more for any servants he might bring
B) "selling" wives to single male settlers
C) auctioning black slaves to settlers
D) giving free land to all servants who came to the colony
E) giving free land in return for five years of military service
Answer: A
Q3) Because of its harsh winters, New England had a death rate that was higher than that of Maryland or Virginia.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 4
Chapter 3: Colonial Ways of Life
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
90 Verified Questions
90 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7346
Sample Questions
Q1) John Locke
A)gave the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
B)urged people to pursue salvation without ministers
C)urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth"
D)challenged biblical notions through science
E)former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F)author of the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G)was a newspaper editor tried for libel
H)developed indigo as an exotic staple
I)advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights"
J)confessed to witchcraft in Salem
Answer: I
Q2) Which of the following spurred shipbuilding in New England?
A) the abundance of fish and whales off its coast
B) the region's extensive forests
C) the growing American navy
D) the need for transporting southern cotton
E) southern purchases of New England-made ships
Answer: B
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
5
Chapter 4: From Colonies to States
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7347
Sample Questions
Q1) All of the following are true of Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence EXCEPT:
A) it took many ideas from George Mason and John Locke
B) it was revised by other members of the Congress
C) it was meant as a statement of American principles and grievances
D) it secured American independence
E) it spoke of certain "unalienable rights"
Q2) George Washington
A)was a British general in the French and Indian War
B)surrendered Fort Necessity to the French
C)wrote Common Sense
D)architect of the Albany Plan of Union
E)warned citizens of Lexington of a British military advance
F)wrote Two Treatises on Government
G)was a British war minister during the French and Indian War
H)organized the Sons of Liberty
I)proposed the Stamp Act
J)was the governor of the Dominion of New England
Q3) What were the various effects of the Glorious Revolution in America?
Q4) Describe the background, major events, and results of the French and Indian War.
Page 6
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1776-1783
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
90 Verified Questions
90 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7348
Sample Questions
Q1) Which of the following did NOT participate in the negotiations that resulted in the Treaty of Paris?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) John Jay
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) John Adams
E) George Washington
Q2) The baron von Steuben's contribution to the American cause was to:
A) supply the army with weapons
B) instruct Washington in military strategy
C) drill American soldiers
D) train the American cavalry
E) use his fortune to pay the troops
Q3) The battle that resulted in a hard-fought and costly stalemate that ultimately forced Cornwallis to retreat to the coastline was:
A) Cowpens
B) Kings Mountain
C) Saratoga
D) Guilford Courthouse
E) Brandywine Creek
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 7
Chapter 6: Strengthening the New Nation
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
90 Verified Questions
90 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7349
Sample Questions
Q1) Examine the Whiskey Rebellion with an eye on the issue of whether or not it was a serious threat to the life of the young nation.
Q2) Examine the importance of the Bill of Rights regarding the establishment of trust and law between the new nation and its citizens.
Q3) Delegates to the Constitutional Convention sharply debated whether to establish a monarchy or a republic.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In his inaugural address, President Washington emphasized:
A) his economic plans
B) party politics
C) national unity
D) relations with Britain
E) his cabinet selections
Q5) The Bill of Rights originally consisted of twelve amendments to the Constitution.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 8
Chapter 7: The Early Republic, 1800-1815
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
90 Verified Questions
90 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7350
Sample Questions
Q1) Led by John Randolph of Roanoke, the Old Republicans became outspoken critics of Jefferson during his second term. Examine their criticisms and their vision for America.
Q2) Francis Scott Key
A)appointed justice of the peace in the District of Columbia
B)elected president in 1804
C)negotiated the Louisiana Purchase
D)was a naval hero against the Barbary pirates
E)was a war hawk from Kentucky
F)saw the British attack of Fort McHenry from Baltimore Harbor
G)became vice president in 1801
H)was chief justice
I)was an American naval hero in the War of 1812
J)explored the Louisiana Purchase and Far West
Q3) To President Jefferson, one major incentive to purchase Louisiana was to:
A) gain the support of the Federalists
B) secure American access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans
C) spend some of the surplus money in the Treasury
D) prove that the United States had become a world power
E) acquire new ports on the Pacific
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 9
Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
90 Verified Questions
90 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7351
Sample Questions
Q1) Discuss the unique role Catholicism played in the resistance to immigration.
Q2) In what way did women NOT remain within the home?
A) working in professional occupations
B) teaching in schools
C) organizing community clubs and entertainments
D) working in religious and social service realms
E) playing leadership roles in municipal organizations
Q3) What factors account for the tremendous growth in cotton cultivation from 1790 to 1860?
Q4) By the 1850s, railroads had begun to receive encouragement from the federal government in the form of:
A) military protection
B) monetary backing
C) a ban on further canal construction
D) advertising
E) land grants
Q5) Discuss the communications revolution and its impact on advancing the nation.
Q6) A market-based economy frequently produces boom-and-bust cycles.
A)True
B)False
Page 10
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 9: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
89 Verified Questions
89 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7352
Sample Questions
Q1) In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Marshall court struck down that state's ability to tax:
A) imports
B) income
C) farmers
D) the national bank
E) private contracts
Q2) The new Bank of the United States, created in 1816:
A) served as a depository for federal funds
B) was opposed by President Madison
C) was totally owned by the government
D) would be located in Washington, D.C.
E) would be forbidden to issue paper money
Q3) In what ways did the Supreme Court act as a force for nationalism in this period?
Q4) Examine the factors contributing to the rise of Jacksonian democracy.
Q5) James Monroe was the first president from New York.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss the causes and results of the Panic of 1819.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 11
Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
90 Verified Questions
90 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7353
Sample Questions
Q1) After the Panic of 1837, working-class Americans could expect all of the following EXCEPT:
A) government assistance
B) massive joblessness
C) wage cuts
D) high prices for food and clothes
E) numerous bank failures
Q2) During the Jacksonian era, and for the first time in American political history:
A) a president assumed his position to be superior to that of Congress
B) Whigs won a majority in Congress
C) a third-party candidate finished second in a presidential contest
D) a state effectively nullified a federal law
E) black men in some northern states were permitted to vote for president
Q3) The Whig presidential candidate in 1840, William Henry Harrison, was the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How might the insults lobbed at Andrew Jackson's wife during the 1828 campaign have influenced how he dealt with the Peggy Eaton controversy?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 12
Chapter 11: The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
84 Verified Questions
84 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7354
Sample Questions
Q1) Celia
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
Q2) Middling farmers in the South:
A) usually owned slaves
B) generally supported white supremacy
C) lived on the verge of starvation
D) were the lower class of the region
E) were outnumbered by the planters
Q3) What roles did religion, folklore, and family life play in the lives of slaves?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 13
Chapter 12: Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
82 Verified Questions
82 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7355
Sample Questions
Q1) Deists:
A) believed in an all-powerful God
B) argued for the literal truth of the Bible
C) included Founding Fathers such as Jefferson and Franklin
D) were basically atheists
E) felt the United States should have an official religion
Q2) Members of the Shaker community:
A) believed that Jesus Christ had returned to Earth in the 1820s
B) practiced free love and polygamy
C) were not permitted to leave after their "initiation"
D) practiced celibacy and owned everything in common E) increased their numbers by having large families
Q3) Detail the rise of the temperance movement in American society. What was the outcome of this movement's efforts?
Q4) Using specific examples, discuss the objectives, membership, practices, and success of the nineteenth-century utopian communities.
Q5) John C. Calhoun argued that blacks were too "shiftless" to work unless enslaved. A)True B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 14
Chapter 13: Western Expansion, 1830-1848
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
83 Verified Questions
83 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7356
Sample Questions
Q1) Discuss the causes and consequences of the Mexican-American war.
Q2) The outbreak of the Mexican-American War was caused by the dispute over Oregon. A)True
B)False
Q3) Mexico initially banned all American settlement in Texas.
A)True
B)False
Q4) All the western Indian tribes eventually felt the unrelenting pressure of white expansion and conquest.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 did all of the following EXCEPT:
A) provide for joint naval patrols off of Africa
B) place the Oregon territory under sole U.S. control
C) provide for U.S.-British cooperation to police the outlawed slave trade
D) settle a long-standing dispute over the northeastern boundary with Canada
E) result in good relations with Great Britain
Q6) Why was Henry Clay and not the incumbent, John Tyler, nominated by the Whig party in 1844?
Q7) Discuss the various Indian cultures throughout the West prior to the Civil War.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 15
Chapter 14: The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
84 Verified Questions
84 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7357
Sample Questions
Q1) The discovery of gold in California did all of the following EXCEPT:
A) spur a massive migration of gold seekers
B) hasten the demise of the Indians
C) encourage American dreams of a Pacific empire
D) result in an infusion of gold into the U.S. economy that led to a prolonged period of national prosperity
E) create a population with an equal balance of men and women
Q2) What position did both the Democrats and Whigs support in the 1852 presidential election?
A) a ban on the expansion of slavery into the territories
B) support of the Compromise of 1850
C) women's suffrage
D) repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act
E) use of the popular vote rather than Electoral College to determine the election's winner
Q3) The Pottawatomie Massacre was part of the conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces in Kansas.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 16
Chapter
15: The War of the Union, 1861-1865
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
68 Verified Questions
68 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7358
Sample Questions
Q1) All of the following were advantages the North held over the South EXCEPT:
A) more experienced military leaders
B) a larger population
C) industrial development
D) transportation resources
E) naval strength
Q2) George Pickett
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?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 17
Chapter 16: The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
80 Verified Questions
80 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7359
Sample Questions
Q1) When, in late 1865, the former Confederate states sent a number of ex-Confederates to Congress, the Unionists in Congress:
A) denied them their seats
B) shunned them socially
C) gave them only minor committee assignments
D) sincerely welcomed them
E) called them traitors
Q2) Jay Gould and James Fisk triggered a scandal with their scheme to:
A) embezzle public funds
B) create a railroad monopoly
C) corner the gold market
D) sell damaged goods to the Indians
E) bribe members of Congress
Q3) The primary objective of the Ku Klux Klan was:
A) national unity
B) upholding southern honor
C) starting a new civil war
D) oppressing blacks and white Republicans
E) raising money for Confederate widows
Q4) Explain the Fourteenth Amendment and how it was received throughout the country.
Page 18
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
1860-1900
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7360
Sample Questions
Q1) Violence erupted at Homestead Steel in 1892 when:
A) Andrew Carnegie announced the plant's sale to J. P. Morgan
B) Henry Frick tried to break a strike by bringing in Pinkertons
C) police attempted to break up a protest meeting
D) Andrew Carnegie tried to replace one union with another one
E) Andrew Carnegie fired Frick
Q2) The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was provoked by:
A) wage cuts that followed a depression
B) the railroad's refusal to hire blacks and women
C) concerns over workplace safety
D) worker demands for paid vacations
E) the deaths of four children in an explosion at Pullman's factory
Q3) During the Gilded Age, the rich were getting richer and:
A) the poor were getting poorer
B) everyone was getting rich
C) many other people were at least better off
D) there were no disparities in the distribution of wealth
E) rags-to-riches stories abounded
Q4) What factors account for the dramatic growth in business after the Civil War? Write an essay that explains why each factor you identify was significant.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 19
Chapter 18: The New South and the New West, 1865-1900
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7361
Sample Questions
Q1) The fight for survival in the trans-Mississippi West made men and women:
A) more equal partners than were their eastern counterparts
B) have a mutual hatred for Native Americans
C) come to an understanding that women would play a subservient role on the frontier
D) realize their mistakes that led them to follow a very nomadic lifestyle
E) mentally instable
Q2) Following the 1867 "Report on the Condition of the Indian Tribes," Congress decided that the best way to end the Indian wars was:
A) to send in the army, under men such as George Custer, to break the morale of the Indians
B) to systematically kill most of the buffalo
C) to "Americanize" the Indians by offering them an education at the white man's schools
D) to persuade the Indians to live on out-of-the-way reservations
E) to allow Indians to follow old traditions such as the Ghost Dance
Q3) Women in the western territories and states were the last to get the right to vote.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 20
Chapter 19: Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
83 Verified Questions
83 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7362
Sample Questions
Q1) In the late nineteenth century, the least likely place you would find a woman spending her leisure time was at:
A) the movies
B) a vaudeville show
C) a saloon
D) a public park
E) a dance hall
Q2) Charles Darwin
A)chief spokesperson for reform Darwinism
B)wrote On the Origin of Species
C)Republican leader of the "Half-Breeds"
D)devised the subtreasury plan
E)wrote Folkways
F)Democratic presidential candidate in 1896
G)vetoed the Chinese Exclusion Act before it was overridden by Congress
H)led march on Washington, D.C., to demand that the federal government provide jobs for the unemployed
I)founded the Grange
J)McKinley's campaign manager
Q3) Describe how living in an urban environment impacted women's lives.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 21
Chapter
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7363
Sample Questions
Q1) Why did the United States fight a war in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?
A) to oust the remaining Spanish forces that had refused to evacuate from the island
B) to stop Japan from annexing the islands
C) to quell an insurrection of Filipinos who opposed annexation by the United States
D) to defeat the Boxer Rebellion
E) to avenge the Russian surprise attack on Manila
Q2) Josiah Strong
A)was secretary of state; called Spanish-American War "a splendid little war"
B)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1900
C)wrote Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis
D)negotiated an agreement with Japan concerning the future of Korea
E)was elected vice president in 1900
F)owned the New York Journal
G)proposed returning Queen Liliuokalani to Hawaiian throne
H)wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History
I)acquired Alaska for the United States
J)captured Manila Bay
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 22
Chapter 21: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7364
Sample Questions
Q1) As a result of the Brownsville Riot in 1906:
A) Roosevelt supported the African American soldiers
B) Roosevelt discharged the entire regiment of African American soldiers
C) Congress impeached Roosevelt
D) Congress protested Roosevelt's actions
E) The state of Texas discharged the entire African American regiment
Q2) Frances Willard lobbied for these issues important to women EXCEPT:
A) child labor laws
B) government-funded kindergartens
C) the eight-hour workday
D) women to become ministers
E) the right to vote
Q3) Theodore Roosevelt took a strong activist approach to the presidency.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the issue of conservation and what President Theodore Roosevelt did to promote this important issue.
Q5) One of Taft's major issues became his support for high tariffs.
A)True
B)False
23
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 22: America and the Great War, 1914-1920
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7365
Sample Questions
Q1) The turning point in World War I for the Allies was:
A) the Somme
B) a massive Allied offensive, which began on September 26, 1918
C) Vaux
D) Thierry
E) Calais
Q2) What gave World War I its lasting character?
A) trench warfare
B) ethnic and racial hatred
C) fascism in Germany and Italy
D) the use of airplanes
E) the long stalemate that led to so few deaths
Q3) Ethnic conflict in Central Europe led the Austro-Hungarian Empire's determination to stop the expansionism of:
A) Croatia
B) Bulgaria
C) Germany
D) Serbia
E) Switzerland
Q4) Detail the American "preparedness" movement during World War I.
Page 24
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 23: A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
86 Verified Questions
86 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7366
Sample Questions
Q1) The Harlem Renaissance grew out of the fast-growing African American community in Atlanta.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which court case or legal action brought the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments back to life?
A) Abrams v. United States (1918)
B) Schenck v. United States (1917)
C) Buchanan v. Worley (1917)
D) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
E) Guinn v. United States (1915)
Q3) Which one of the following is associated with Detroit, Michigan?
A) airplane industry
B) socialism
C) farming
D) entertainment industry
E) automobile industry
Q4) Albert Einstein was a member of Al Capone's gang in Chicago.
A)True
B)False
Page 25
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 24: The Reactionary Twenties
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7367
Sample Questions
Q1) Calvin Coolidge
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) Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were:
A) convicted of bombing eight army supply trucks
B) two Italian-born anarchists sentenced to death and executed even though there was doubt as to their guilt
C) finally exonerated of the charges of payroll robbery and murder
D) murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan
E) the New York Yankees' double-play combination during the 1920s
Q3) How might the decade of the 1920s be called "the decade of prosperity"?
Q4) Trace the rise of Calvin Coolidge to the presidency of the United States.
Page 26
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 25: The Great Depression, 1929-1939
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7368
Sample Questions
Q1) The 1937 economic slump was caused in part by:
A) a sharp decrease in government spending
B) a sharp rise in private spending
C) the huge government deficit
D) the repeal of the Revenue Act of 1935
E) the announcement that Social Security payroll taxes would be postponed
Q2) Charles E. Coughlin:
A) was the "radio priest"
B) headed the Tennessee Valley Authority
C) headed the Bureau of Indian Affairs
D) wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
E) ran on the Union ticket with Huey Long
Q3) Although the New Deal initiatives produced mixed results, they halted the economic downturn and provided the foundation for a system of federal social welfare programs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the impact the New Deal had on immoralities in the United States.
Q5) Describe the impact the Great Depression had on popular culture in America.
Q6) How did the political pressure, and opposing views shape New Deal policies?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 27
Chapter 26: The Second World War, 1933-1945
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
93 Verified Questions
93 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7369
Sample Questions
Q1) In June 1941, Germany widened the war by:
A) declaring war on the United States
B) invading the Soviet Union
C) attacking Spain
D) invading Britain
E) declaring war on Poland
Q2) Which agency was created to direct industrial conversion to war production?
A) Commerce Department
B) Treasury Department
C) War Production Board
D) Office of Scientific Research and Development
E) Office of War Information
Q3) Following the conclusion of World War II, the two most powerful nations in the world were:
A) the United States and Britain
B) Japan and Germany
C) the United States and the Soviet Union
D) Germany and Britain
E) the United States and Japan
Q4) Describe the Atlantic Charter and explain its significance.
Page 28
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 27: The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7370
Sample Questions
Q1) In the early months of the Korean War, UN forces encountered little resistance until they reached the Chinese border.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When North Korea attacked South Korea, Truman concluded:
A) it was grounds to start World War III
B) it was a good excuse to attack Communist China
C) that Stalin and the Soviets were behind it
D) that South Korea could not be saved
E) that he should bypass the United Nations
Q3) Why did Truman win the presidential election of 1948? Why was his victory considered a major upset?
Q4) The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in Eastern Europe: A) proved to be meaningless
B) were postponed for two years after the end of the war C) were fully backed by American military power
D) were honored by Stalin E) were not in the national interests of the United States
Q5) Discuss the causes and major events that led to the announcement of the Truman Doctrine.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 29
Chapter 28: Cold War America, 1950-1959
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
95 Verified Questions
95 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7371
Sample Questions
Q1) Describe the major trends in American foreign policy in the 1950s.
Q2) While college enrollments soared in the postwar period:
A) most professors were dull and uninspiring
B) black veterans encountered barriers to entrance
C) student debt became a major problem
D) few students were able to finish and earn a degree
E) campuses became hotbeds of student protest and misbehavior
Q3) Detail the election of 1952. Who were the major parties? What were the major issues of the campaign?
Q4) Most blacks who moved to the North were fleeing terrible poverty in:
A) southern cities such as Memphis and New Orleans
B) the rural South
C) the Dust Bowl
D) New England
E) other northern cities
Q5) What were the main reasons for suburban growth in this period? How did it affect American society?
Q6) How did the Red Scare of the 1950s finally come to an end? With its demise, was this the end of the anti-Communist crusade in America?
Page 30
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 29: A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7372
Sample Questions
Q1) Beginning with Watts, the major race riots of 1965 and 1966:
A) occurred in large cities
B) started when white mobs attacked blacks
C) resulted from blacks being denied the vote
D) were led by the Black Panthers
E) proved the increasing irrelevance of Martin Luther King
Q2) William Westmoreland
A)was a segregationist Alabama governor
B)won California's Democratic primary in 1968
C)was the first black student at the University of Mississippi
D)was the Birmingham police commissioner
E)won Arizona in 1964 presidential race
F)wrote The Other America
G)was elected vice president in 1960
H)was secretary of state
I)was an American army commander in Vietnam
J)became major spokesman for Black Muslim movement
Q3) Discuss, in detail, Martin Luther King Jr.'s "militant nonviolence." How did this philosophy inspire others to challenge segregation in the South?
Q4) Describe the Warren Court's impact on American domestic life in the 1960s.
Page 31
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 30: Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7373
Sample Questions
Q1) In the early 1970s, angry protests began to erupt in cities outside the South over:
A) integration of swimming pools and public parks
B) interracial dating
C) racial profiling by police
D) busing
E) rising rates of crime in the inner cities
Q2) In their role at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, the Yippies could best be described as:
A) political philosophers
B) terrorists
C) political activists
D) artists
E) pranksters
Q3) Trace how the Watergate crisis brought an end to the Nixon presidency.
Q4) Describe the domestic policy of the Nixon administration.
Q5) Along with the black power movement, other marginalized groups asserted their causes in the 1960s. Detail both the "brown power" (Hispanic rights) and "red power" (Native American rights) movements.
Q6) Discuss the election of 1972 and its implication for the future.
Page 32
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 31: Conservative Revival, 1977-1990
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
85 Verified Questions
85 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7374
Sample Questions
Q1) Democratic candidate Walter Mondale most seriously damaged his presidential prospects when he:
A) picked a woman as a running mate
B) promised to raise taxes
C) described Reagan as a lunatic and a liar
D) appeared to be soft on communism
E) criticized Reagan's handling of the economy
Q2) Reagan first became a star in Republican politics when he:
A) opposed Ford for the nomination in 1976
B) led opposition to Roosevelt in the 1930s
C) served in the Senate from California in the late 1960s
D) campaigned for Eisenhower in the 1950s
E) made a television speech for Goldwater in 1964
Q3) The fall of the Berlin Wall was soon followed by:
A) Soviet military intervention in East Germany
B) the threat of war in Central Europe
C) the formal dissolution of NATO
D) Germany's reunification
E) the Communists constructing an even stronger one
Q4) What was America's role in world affairs during the Reagan and Bush years?
Page 33
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 32: Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
87 Verified Questions
87 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/7375
Sample Questions
Q1) Describe the new patterns of immigration to the United States. What might account for this?
Q2) What nearly cost Clinton his presidency was:
A) his long history of improper sexual behavior
B) lying about his relationship with a White House intern
C) using public office to illegally enrich himself
D) improper hiring and firing practices in the White House
E) trying to pressure members of a grand jury
Q3) In January 2009, angry activists coalesced into a decentralized nationwide protest movement soon labeled the:
A) Green Party
B) Reform Party
C) New Republican Party
D) Party of Hope
E) Tea Party
Q4) Discuss the issue of global terrorism. How has this affected all aspects of American society?
Q5) Explain the historic victory of Barack Obama in 2008.
Q6) Detail the election of 2004. Who were the major parties, and which issues dominated this campaign?
Page 34
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.