Introduction to American Studies Exam Practice Tests
Course Introduction
Introduction to American Studies offers students an interdisciplinary exploration of the cultures, histories, and social dynamics of the United States. The course examines the diverse experiences and identities that have shaped American society, including race, gender, class, and ethnicity, while engaging with key texts, media, and cultural artifacts. By analyzing historical events, cultural movements, and contemporary issues, students gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of American life and the forces that continue to influence the nations development. This foundation prepares students to think critically about the narratives and values that define America in both past and present contexts.
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Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures in the 16th Century
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Q1) Native tribes ______________ before Europeans arrived.
A)commonly fought amongst themselves
B)lived peacefully together
C)did not farm
D)were monotheistic
E)were few in number
Answer: A
Q2) Early Indian civilizations considered land and people sacred and did not make war or exploit the environment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The statement that best describes the Columbian Exchange is
A)that Europeans brought new technology and science to native peoples.
B)that native peoples gave new animals and plants to Europeans.
C)that plants and animals were shared between natives and Europeans.
D)that animals,plants,people,and cultures were exchanged between natives and Europeans.
E)that disease was the only thing exchanged.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: England and Its American Colonies, 1607-1732
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Q1) Different from the rest of the British Colonies,Maryland,a ________,was owned by Lord Baltimore.
A)proprietary colony
B)royal colony
C)penal colony
D)secular colony
E)slave-owning colony
Answer: A
Q2) The Virginia colony began to grow and eventually prosper when John Rolfe
A)adapted an Indian practice of growing tobacco for shipping to England.
B)discovered gold on the Yorktown Peninsula.
C)married Pocahontas and established an alliance with her father,ending the wars between the colony and the Powhatans.
D)established the headright system in the colony to bring the population under his control.
E)introduced slavery to make up for the labor shortage.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Colonial Ways of Life, 1607-1750
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Q1) George Whitefield was a great preacher who even impressed Ben Franklin with his eloquence.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Indentured servants
A)probably accounted for 75% of all the laborers in New England.
B)probably accounted for less than 50% of the laborers in New England.
C)probably accounted for approximately half the whites outside of New England.
D)were often kept bound for at least a decade.
E)were never freed from their contracts.
Answer: C
Q3) Both the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening
A)emphasized the power of reason.
B)encouraged individual decision making.
C)saw Native Americans as inferior.
D)began in Spain and then moved to the colonies.
E)encouraged economic development.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: From Colonies to States, 1607-1776
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Q1) The Gaspée incident involved the burning of a church in Boston by British soldiers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In what ways were the French colonial policies different from the British? How and why did their colonial settlement policy differ?
Q3) What actions did the colonists not take to protest the Stamp Act?
A)They wrote a series of resolves to the king asking for him to intervene.
B)They protested Parliament's authority to tax them.
C)They refused to buy the items that required stamps.
D)They bought their goods from duty-free French markets.
E)They destroyed a lieutenant governor's home.
Q4) In Common Sense,Thomas Paine argued that it would be necessary to secure the aid of _____ to win the colonies independence.
A)England and Russia
B)The Netherlands and Germany
C)Belgium and Italy
D)France and Spain
E)Mexico and Texas
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Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1776-1783
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Q1) During the war,Iroquois tribes like the Mohawks helped the Americans fight against the British.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Desertion was a big problem for Washington's army during the Revolution.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Admiral de Grasse
A)Provided Washington key assistance at Yorktown
B)Wrote The American Crisis
C)Held the army together at Valley Forge
D)Was the American commander in the South known as the "fighting Quaker"
E)Was a brutal British leader in the South
F)Was a major American peace negotiator
G)Lost at Saratoga
H)Won at Saratoga
I)Surrendered at Yorktown
J)Ended Benedict Arnold's plot and was hanged as a spy
Q4) Describe the basic military strategy (or strategies)of the two sides during the Revolution.How might the British have been more successful?
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Chapter 6: Creating a More Perfect Union, 1783-1800
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Q1) What was not a reason some called for strengthening the federal government in the 1780s?
A)Each state was making its own trade regulations.
B)Congress was unable to enforce federal legislation.
C)The federal government could not enforce the Treaty of Paris.
D)Congress was printing too much paper money without any form of control.
E)Each state was pursuing its own foreign policy.
Q2) Compare and contrast Federalists and Republicans.
Q3) Why did the nation replace the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution?
Q4) On the issue of the assumption of state debts,James Madison agreed with Alexander Hamilton.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The Constitution immediately outlawed the foreign slave trade.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How did the development of political parties affect the new nation?
Q7) What major compromises were made at the Constitutional Convention? What issues were settled? What issues remained unsettled?
Q8) Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
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Chapter 7: The Early Republic, 1800-1815
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Q1) Reacting to land-hungry whites and their constant westward expansion,____________ a spiritual leader,and ________________ a military leader,demanded change from Native Americans.
A)Tippecanoe,Tecumseh
B)Tecumseh,Tenskwatawa
C)Tenskwatawa,Tippecanoe
D)Mohegan,Chippewa
E)Tenskwatawa,Tecumseh
Q2) From 1801 to 1805,the United States,under President Thomas Jefferson,was at war with
A)France.
B)England.
C)France and England.
D)France and Spain.
E)the Barbary pirates.
Q3) The expansion of the United States into the West weakened the Federalists.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What were the short-term and long-term results of the War of 1812?
Q5) How did foreign events affect U.S.domestic affairs and politics?
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Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850
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Q1) The advantage clipper ships had over traditional merchant vessels was their
A)greater cargo space.
B)speed.
C)ability to carry more passengers.
D)ability to sail upriver.
E)durability.
Q2) The greatest proportionate influx of immigrants in the history of the United States came in the 1820s.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The _____ revolutionized transportation at sea during the 1840s.
A)steamboat
B)sail ship
C)submarine
D)clipper ship
E)screw-propelled ship
Q4) Most of the growth of the Catholic Church in America in the mid-nineteenth century can be attributed to immigration from Ireland.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828
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Q1) Henry Clay
A)Was a nationalist chief justice
B)Formulated a "second" Missouri Compromise
C)Came in second in popular votes in the 1824 presidential election
D)Was president at the end of the War of 1812
E)Wrote South Carolina Exposition and Protest
F)Introduced an amendment to ban slavery from Missouri
G)Led war against the Seminoles
H)Was the presidential candidate in 1824 from Georgia
I)Was elected president in 1816
Q2) John Quincy Adams displayed superb political skills during his term as president. A)True
B)False
Q3) How did Andrew Jackson impact national politics even before becoming president?
Q4) Support for the Tariff of 1816 came primarily from the South.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In what ways did the Supreme Court act as a force for nationalism in this period?
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Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840
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Q1) What event in 1830 caused the perceived differences between the North and the South to be made public?
A)The Tariff of Abominations
B)The Webster-Hayne debate
C)The corrupt bargain
D)The Coffin handbill
E)The Emancipation Proclamation
Q2) The Tariff of 1828 was also known as the "tariff of abominations."
A)True
B)False
Q3) In 1831,both major political parties followed the example of the __________ in holding national nominating conventions.
A)Whig party
B)Know-Nothings
C)American party
D)Anti-Masonic party
E)Federalist party
Q4) Why was the banking controversy so important in the 1830s? What actions did Jackson take toward the Bank? Why?
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The South and Slavery, 1800-1860
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Q1) Which of the following statements regarding African American religion is not accurate?
A)The African American slave religion was a mix of African,Caribbean,and Christian elements.
B)The majority of adult slaves adopted a Christian denomination.
C)Slaves often worshipped in secret.
D)Many slaves could identify with a supreme being.
E)Slave owners disliked the slaves' religious beliefs.
Q2) As cotton prices rose in the 19th century
A)the price of slaves declined.
B)the price of slaves rose.
C)fewer farmers planted cotton.
D)cotton farmers moved east.
E)slave owners became less defensive regarding slavery.
Q3) How important was slavery to the economy of the Old South? Discuss its effects on agriculture,industry,and any other relevant aspects of the South.
Q4) How did African Americans respond to their status as slaves?
Q5) How was the South distinct from the rest of the United States in the early 19th century?
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Q1) William Lloyd Garrison published a militant anti-slavery newspaper called the Liberator.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An early leading abolitionist was
A)James Madison.
B)Henry David Thoreau.
C)William Lloyd Garrison.
D)James Van Buren.
E)Daniel Webster.
Q3) William Lloyd Garrison
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
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Chapter 13: Western Expansion and Southern Secession, 1830-1861
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Q1) According to your textbook "Bleeding Kansas" was
A)a rehearsal for civil war.
B)a brief spate of violence.
C)a medical problem.
D)a cause for the Mexican-American War.
E)inconsequential.
Q2) James K.Polk
A)Introduced "spot resolutions" in Congress
B)Led American forces at Veracruz
C)Was elected vice president in 1840
D)One of the defenders at the Alamo
E)Was a California "governor"
F)Was the secretary of state who negotiated the treaty concerning the boundaries for Maine and the Great Lakes region
G)Died after one month in office
H)Was president of the Republic of Texas
I)Was known as "Young Hickory"
Q3) The proposed Lecompton Constitution would make Kansas a free state.
A)True
B)False
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14: The War of the Union, 1861-1865
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Q1) The defeat of the Rebels at this battle effectively broke the Confederacy In two.
A)Chancellorsville
B)Vicksburg
C)Chattanooga
D)Atlanta
E)Gettysburg
Q2) Winfield Scott
A)Was Lincoln's second vice president
B)Was killed at Chancellorsville by his own men
C)Was one of the leaders of the Radical Republicans
D)Was determined to "make Georgia howl" in 1864-1865
E)Devised the Union's "anaconda strategy"
F)Was the 1864 Democratic presidential candidate
G)Was the vice president of the Confederacy
H)Was the Union admiral who captured Mobile,Alabama
I)Was the president of the Confederacy
Q3) Account for the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation,showing how it was both shrewd military and diplomatic strategy and an effort for humanitarian reform.
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Chapter 15: Reconstruction, 1865-1877
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Q1) In the Compromise of 1877,Republicans promised to withdraw federal troops from Louisiana and South Carolina.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How was the contested election of 1876 decided? Describe the political,racial,and sectional effects of the decision.
Q3) What role did the election of 1866 play in shaping Reconstruction?
A)It gave the Radical Republicans a veto-proof majority in Congress.
B)It gave the Liberal Republicans a veto-proof majority in Congress.
C)It saw the first African American Representative elected to Congress.
D)It showed that the North had grown weary of the problems in the South.
E)It gave President Johnson a free hand in running Reconstruction.
Q4) Due to Reconstruction in the South,this group would travel to the area to fill the vacancies in the state governments for which their own citizens were forbidden.
A)Scalawags
B)Yankees
C)Carpetbaggers
D)Redeemers
E)Bourbons
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Chapter 16: Big Business and Organized Labor, 1860-1900
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Q1) Andrew Carnegie invented the process that enabled a dramatic increase in steel production.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Foran Act made it illegal for federal or state government workers to join labor unions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is one thing that the United States had that other nations did not that helped spur the Industrial Revolution?
A)An intelligent workforce
B)A universal health care system
C)Socialized medicine
D)Vast natural resources
E)Government-mandated quotas
Q4) Write an essay exploring the role of women in the late 19th century.In what ways were the roles,attitudes,and expectations for women changing? Why were those changes taking place? How was society responding to those changes? In what ways did the roles of women remain the same?
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Chapter 17: The South and the West Transformed,
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Q1) Examples of Jim Crow segregation include all of the following except
A)blacks-only restrooms.
B)blacks-only water fountains.
C)blacks-only cemeteries.
D)the grandfather clause.
E)blacks-only railroad cars.
Q2) The chilled-iron "sodbuster" plow was developed by
A)Joseph G.McCoy.
B)Henry Comstock.
C)Cyrus McCormick.
D)James Oliver.
E)Albert Singer.
Q3) Before the Civil War,Americans referred to the area between California and the Mississippi River as
A)Kansas.
B)Nebraska.
C)the Great American Desert.
D)Wyoming.
E)Washington.
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Chapter 18: Society and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900
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Q1) A common occurrence during the Gilded Age of politics was that members of Congress often
A)accepted bribes.
B)made campaign speeches.
C)blocked pieces of legislation that they did not like.
D)promoted the general welfare of their district.
E)refused to run for re-election.
Q2) One of the ways politics in the Gilded Age was different than today was that
A)voters were divided into two groups.
B)voters voted for the same party,year after year,regardless of the candidate.
C)education levels decided which party one was affiliated with.
D)the more money you had,the more likely you were to be involved with politics.
E)the more education you had,the more likely you were to be involved with politics.
Q3) The Farmers' Alliances were strongest in the Midwest and Northeast.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In major cities,politics was often a form of public entertainment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter
19: Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913
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Q1) William H.Seward
A)Was secretary of state;called the 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)Was a Panamanian ambassador to the United States
E)Was elected vice president in 1900
F)Owned the New York Journal
G)Proposed to return 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
Q2) The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million proved to be a huge bargain.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The term Seward's folly applies to
A)the United States acquisition of Alaska in 1866.
B)the United States acquisition of Alaska in 1867.
C)the United States acquisition of Alaska in 1868.
D)the United States acquisition of Alaska in 1880.
E)the United States acquisition of Alaska in 1898.
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Chapter 20: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920
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Q1) Describe the origin of the progressive movement.What were the motives of the progressives?
Q2) During the Progressive Era,what was the most popular form of reform?
A)Temperance
B)Reforming child labor
C)Abolishing sweatshops
D)Providing universal female suffrage
E)Limiting the work day to ten hours
Q3) According to your textbook,what often limited reformers like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson's actions?
A)Their belief in the supremacy of the "Anglo-Saxon race"
B)Their belief in the inherent honesty in mankind
C)Their belief that it was not the role of government to affect social change
D)Their belief that it was not their jobs to work to better society
E)Their belief that capitalism would enrich people to reach higher social statuses if they just worked harder
Q4) Compare and contrast Roosevelt's New Nationalism and Wilson's New Freedom.In what ways were they similar? In what ways were the different? How might one account for those differences?
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Chapter 21: America and the Great War, 1914-1920
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Q1) Georges Clemenceau
A)Was governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston police strike
B)Was the U.S.attorney general that led the Red Scare
C)Was Wilson's first secretary of state
D)Was Wilson's second secretary of state
E)Was a leading reservationist concerning League of Nations
F)Headed the War Industries Board
G)Was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
H)Was a World War I general
I)Was the French premier during World War I
Q2) ______________ and _________________ wanted Germany to pay for the entire financial cost of the war.
A)United States,France
B)Great Britain,France
C)Great Britain,Russia
D)Russia,Hungary
E)United States,Great Britain
Q3) What were the United States' contributions to the Great War? How did America help the Allies win the war?
Q4) Trace America's attempt at neutrality prior to its entry into World War I.
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Chapter 22: A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929
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Q1) As president,Warren G.Harding was actually more progressive than Woodrow Wilson in his attitudes and policies toward African Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to Calvin Coolidge,the president should passively defer to Congress.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Perhaps the most profound discovery of the Modernist Era is ____________'s theory of relativity.
A)Albert Einstein
B)Sigmund Freud
C)Helmut Mudd
D)William Yarborough
E)David Tindall
Q4) Describe the influence of modernism in literature.
Q5) Discuss America's turn toward nativism in the early 1920s.What motivated this ideology,and what groups supported it?
Q6) Write an essay describing the "consumer culture" that developed in the 1920s.
Q7) Trace the rise of Calvin Coolidge to the presidency of the United States.
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Chapter 23: New Deal America, 1929-1939
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Q1) Because the Great Depression was especially hard on American senior citizens and those with disabilities,the Second New Deal included the
A)Agricultural Adjustment Act.
B)Social Security Act.
C)Wagner Act.
D)National Industrial Recovery Act.
E)Wealth-Tax Act.
Q2) According to your textbook,what was the initial response of the Hoover administration to the Great Depression?
A)The Hoover administration lowered taxes.
B)The Hoover administration lowered tariffs.
C)The Hoover administration provided food to the starving.
D)The Hoover administration sought foreign aid.
E)The Hoover administration denied the problem.
Q3) Although the New Deal programs helped ease the devastation wrought by the Depression,some widespread human suffering continued.Discuss this suffering and the hardships Americans still faced.
Q4) How did farmers and veterans react to the Hoover administration's response to the Great Depression?
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Chapter 24: The Second World War, 1933-1945
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Q1) Detail how the United States financed World War II and what impact the war had on the U.S.economy.
Q2) Why did America drop the atomic bomb on Japan? Was the action justified?
Q3) The bracero program mobilized Native Americans to support the war effort.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A.Philip Randolph
A)Was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1944
B)Headed the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
C)Headed Operation Overlord
D)Was an American admiral in Pacific
E)Lost the presidential election in 1944
F)Was elected vice president in 1944
G)Alerted Roosevelt to German research on nuclear fission
H)Directed construction of atomic bombs
Q5) "D-day" refers to the cross-channel Allied amphibious invasion of Nazi-occupied France.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe the Atlantic Charter and explain its significance.
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Chapter 25: The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952
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Q1) Revisionist historians contend that this individual was responsible for the start of the cold war.
A)Harry S.Truman
B)George McArthur
C)George Patton
D)Joseph Stalin
E)Franklin Roosevelt
Q2) Of all the political witch hunts during the Truman administration,the one most damaging to his administration involved
A)Douglas MacArthur.
B)Alger Hiss.
C)Horatio Nelson.
D)William Tell.
E)Arthur Miller.
Q3) Who was arrested for helping smuggle atomic bomb plans to the Soviets?
A)Alger Hiss
B)James Fields
C)Julius Rosenberg
D)Douglas MacArthur
E)James Franklin
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Chapter 26: Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age,
1950-1959
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Q1) The postwar era witnessed tremendous economic depression and failing social contentment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What occurred immediately after World War II ended in the United States?
A)The United States declared war on the Soviet Union.
B)The United States experienced a mild recession and then its economy shot to new heights.
C)The United States reverted to the Great Depression.
D)Women stayed in the workplace.
E)Returning GIs struggled to find jobs.
Q3) A new group to emerge in the 1950s that rejected traditional values and materialism were the
A)Beats.
B)hippies.
C)yuppies.
D)baby boomers.
E)Mods.
Q4) Write an essay exploring what it was like to be a woman in the 1950s.
Q5) Describe the major trends in American foreign policy in the 1950s.
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Chapter 27: New Frontiers, 1960-1968
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Q1) What sparked race riots in more than 100 cities in 1968?
A)The election of Richard Nixon
B)The beating of Rodney King
C)The assassination of John F.Kennedy
D)The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
E)The shooting at Kent State
Q2) Barry Goldwater
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 first African American cabinet member
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 the American army commander in Vietnam
J)Became major spokesman for the black Muslim movement
Q3) Discuss,in detail,Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolent civil disobedience.How did this philosophy inspire others to challenge segregation in the South?
Q4) Discuss Robert F.Kennedy's mixed record in regard to civil rights.
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Chapter 28: Rebellion and Reaction, the 1960s and 1970s
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Q1) Nixon and his White House aides tried to cover up the Watergate break-in.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Detail all aspects of the counterculture in the United States during the 1960s.
Q3) President Nixon strongly supported court efforts to complete school desegregation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) John Dean
A)Was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)Was secretary of state in 1975
C)Founded NOW
D)Founded SDS and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)Replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)Gave testimony before Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to Watergate cover-up
G)Leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)Resigned as vice president in 1973
I)Lost the presidential election of 1976
J)Prime minister of China during Nixon's visit
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Chapter 29: Conservative Revival, 1977-1990
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Q1) The Iran-Contra affair involved the illegal sales of arms to the Contra rebels in Iran.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Despite his loss to Reagan in 1984,Walter Mondale made a close race of it.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which statement best describes the problems with President Carter's leadership?
A)He was a micromanager.
B)He liked to assign blame to places other than himself.
C)He was incompetent.
D)He expected others to do the work for him.
E)He blamed the Republican-controlled Congress for his failures.
Q4) Discuss the status of the poor and the victims of AIDS during the 1980s.How did the government respond to the needs of these groups?
Q5) What were the main foreign policy achievements of the Carter administration? Where did Carter fail?
Q6) The Sunbelt includes the southern and western states.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) Thanks to President Bush's level of popularity in 2006,this party was able to win control of Congress.
A)Republicans
B)Democrats
C)Independence
D)Whig
E)Green
Q2) One legislative victory for President Clinton came when Congress approved NAFTA.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In 1980,which of the following was not a state that had a high percentage of Hispanic residents?
A)California
B)Maine
C)New Mexico
D)Texas
E)Arizona
Q4) Bush clinched re-election in 2004 by carrying the electoral votes of Ohio.
A)True
B)False
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