Introduction to U.S. History Exam Bank
Course Introduction
Introduction to U.S. History offers a comprehensive overview of the major events, people, and themes that have shaped the United States from its earliest colonial beginnings to the present day. The course explores the formation and development of American political institutions, economic systems, and social structures, as well as the complex interplay of race, class, gender, and culture. Through critical analysis of primary and secondary sources, students will gain a deeper understanding of how historical forces have influenced contemporary American society and the nations role in a global context.
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Revel for Learning U.S. History Semester 1 1st Edition by H. W. Brands
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Chapter 1: Old Worlds and New
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Q1) Which of the following explains why civilizations on the scale of those of the Aztecs and Incas failed to emerge in the area that would become the United States?
A) Volcanic eruptions occurred frequently.
B) There were no rivers to support irrigation.
C) Most of the land was uninhabitable.
D) Agriculture was not as fully developed.
Answer: D
Q2) To what extent did the Americas develop in geographic isolation?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a.When the ice age came to an end,the land bridge connecting Siberia to Alaska melted.
b.The people who had migrated to the Americas could no longer return to Asia.
c.The Old World and the New World developed independently of one another.
d.Although the Vikings established a short-lived colony in eastern Canada,it did not lead to sustained contact between people in the Americas and people in Europe.
e.The lack of resistance to European diseases among the indigenous population reflects the consequences of geographic isolation.
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Chapter 2: Exploration and Conquest
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Q1) According to the introductory video in section 2.2,what evidence suggests that learned Europeans knew that the earth was round?
A) Marco Polo had gone around the entire world during his travels.
B) Ancient Greek scholars had measured the earth's circumference.
C) The Crusaders discovered evidence that the earth was a sphere.
D) Alexander the Great's empire encompassed the entire world.
Answer: B
Q2) According to the introductory video in section 2.1,who captured Constantinople in 1453?
A) Ottoman Turks
B) Roman senators
C) Spanish conquistadors
D) Inca priests
Answer: A
Q3) Which country sponsored Columbus's voyages?
A) Portugal
B) Britain
C) France
D) Spain
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: The English Colonial Enterprise
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Q1) Which of the following was placed under the direct authority of the British Crown?
A) Maryland
B) Pennsylvania
C) New Jersey
D) New England
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following was a way that the English colonists acquired Indian territory?
A) signing treaties with Indian chiefs
B) marrying into Indian tribes
C) negotiating indenture contracts
D) regulating the Middle Passage
Answer: A
Q3) Which colony became a haven for Roman Catholics persecuted in England?
A) Georgia
B) Massachusetts
C) Virginia
D) Maryland
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: The English and the Americans
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Q1) The Great Awakening appealed to people's __________.
A) intellect
B) humor
C) emotions
D) reason
Q2) The testimony of Daniel Wescot in the trial of Elizabeth Clawson reveals that they had __________.
A) grown up together in England
B) planned to run away together
C) been previously married
D) a falling out some years ago
Q3) According to the introductory video in section 4.4,as a teenager,Franklin had a difficult time __________.
A) reading English
B) seeing colors
C) passing exams
D) obeying orders
Q4) Compare relations between Britain and its American colonies in 1689 and in 1763.
Q5) What accounts for the differences between the northern and southern colonies?
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Chapter 5: Declaring Independence
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Q1) The Intolerable Acts reflected Britain's response to which event?
A) Battle of Concord
B) Battle of Lexington
C) Boston Tea Party
D) Boston Massacre
Q2) Which of the following was formed in response to the Intolerable Acts?
A) Boston Tea Party
B) Sons of Liberty
C) Continental Congress
D) Stamp Act Congress
Q3) Compare and contrast American and British expectations of one another.What did the Americans expect from the British,and what did the British expect from the Americans?
Q4) How did the French and Indian War pave the way for the American Revolution?
Q5) The words "all men are created equal" are found in which document?
A) Declaration of Independence
B) Declaratory Act
C) Proclamation of 1763
D) Mayflower Compact
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Chapter 6: The Revolutionary War
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Q1) Which of the following was a victory for the Americans?
A) Valley Forge
B) Camden
C) Charles Town
D) Yorktown
Q2) The painting shows George Washington leading his army in __________.
A) King Philip's War
B) the French and Indian War
C) the Whiskey Rebellion
D) the American Revolution
Q3) Why did George Washington want a long war?
A) He wanted to give his soldiers more experience in the battlefield.
B) He hoped a war would break out in Europe to distract Britain.
C) The strategy of guerrilla warfare succeeded only in long wars.
D) He needed time to formulate a military strategy and battle plan.
Q4) In what respects was the American Revolutionary War a civil war?
Q5) Who were the people who supported British rule,and what were their reasons for supporting the British side in the American Revolutionary War?
Q6) What was George Washington's strategy in the American Revolutionary War? How effective was it?
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Chapter 7: The Constitution
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Q1) Which of the following contributed to the economic problems faced by farmers in Massachusetts?
A) sudden increase in the price of agricultural goods
B) opening of the northwest territories to settlement
C) prohibition against the spread of slavery north of the Ohio River
D) tax policies that favored businesses in the eastern part of the state
Q2) Which of the following was an Antifederalist?
A) Patrick Henry
B) James Madison
C) Alexander Hamilton
D) John Jay
Q3) In the Arguing History video in section 7.6,what was the priority of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
A) increase chances of the constitution being passed
B) limit the powers of the federal government
C) reach a permanent solution on the slavery issue
D) take a moral stand against the practice of slavery
Q4) How did the new American government deal with the issue of slavery?
Q5) What does the Shays Rebellion reveal about America in the years after the Revolutionary War?
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Chapter 8: Federalists and Republicans
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Q1) How did party politics shape American political life during the first two administrations?
Q2) Which of the following would have most likely supported the Alien and Sedition Acts?
A) John Adams
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) James Madison
D) George Washington
Q3) The idea of nullification was proposed in the __________.
A) Whiskey Rebellion
B) Alien Enemies Act
C) Sedition Act
D) Kentucky Resolution
Q4) Compare and contrast Federalist and Republican views on the French Revolution.
Q5) According to the introductory video in section 8.1,George Washington was the first president to be inaugurated under the __________.
A) Articles of Confederation
B) U.S. Constitution
C) Virginia Resolution
D) Coinage Act
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Chapter 9: Republicans Take Over
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Q1) In his letter to Meriwether Lewis,Thomas Jefferson instructed Lewis to find a river route to the __________.
A) Great Salt Lake
B) Gulf of Mexico
C) Atlantic Ocean
D) Pacific Ocean
Q2) During the presidential race in 1800,who published a letter that discredited John Adams and cost him the presidency?
A) Thomas Jefferson
B) Aaron Burr
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) George Washington
Q3) Which of the following Indian communities did the Lewis and Clark expedition encounter?
A) Powhatan
B) Pueblo
C) Shoshone
D) Iroquois
Q4) To what extent was Thomas Jefferson a man of contradictions?
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Chapter 10: The Second War of Independence
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Q1) According to the introductory video in section 10.1,the similarities between Americans and the British enabled Britain to pursue a policy of __________.
A) impressment
B) containment
C) annexation
D) evacuation
Q2) In his speech calling for war,Henry Clay stated,"Let us come home to our own history. It was not by submission that our fathers achieved our independence." To what event is he referring?
A) French and Indian War
B) King Philip's War
C) French Revolution
D) American Revolutionary War
Q3) In McCulloch v.Maryland,the Supreme Court based its decision on a broad interpretation of the __________.
A) Declaration of Independence
B) elastic clause
C) Treaty of Ghent
D) Constitution's definition of treason
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Chapter 11: Jacksonian Democracy
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Q1) Andrew Jackson's handling of the nullification crisis in 1832 and the battle over the Bank of the United States reflects the
A) weakness of the executive branch
B) strength of the executive branch
C) weakness of the legislative branch
D) strength of the legislative branch
Q2) According to the introductory video in section 11.2,who symbolized the contradiction in America between democracy and slavery?
A) George Washington
B) Andrew Jackson
C) James Madison
D) Thomas Jefferson
Q3) Andrew Jackson is referred to as the People's President.To what extent did he live up to that name? To what extent did he fall short?
Q4) Who won the presidential election of 1824?
A) John Quincy Adams
B) Henry Clay
C) Andrew Jackson
D) William H. Crawford
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Chapter 12: Manifest Destiny
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Q1) Who would have most likely agreed with the following statement?: "Hatred to slavery is very generally little more than hatred of negroes."
A) George Fitzhugh
B) Henry Watson
C) William Lloyd Garrison
D) Henry Clay
Q2) Which of the following arguments would an apologist for slavery make?
A) Slavery is a political issue.
B) Slavery is morally wrong.
C) Slavery undermines equality.
D) Slavery civilizes Africans.
Q3) To what extent was the expansion of the United States in the middle of the nineteenth century more a result of greed than a reflection of divine will?
Q4) As expressed by John L.O'Sullivan,the notion of Manifest Destiny linked American expansion to __________.
A) divine will
B) secular values
C) racial equality
D) economic exploitation
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Chapter 13: The Sectional Crisis
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Q1) In what way were Dred Scott v.Sandford and the Fugitive Slave Act similar?
A) Both represented victories for abolitionists.
B) Both worked to the advantage of slaveholders.
C) Both weakened the institution of slavery.
D) Both made it easier for slaves to gain freedom.
Q2) Which state would have been the most likely to oppose the admission of California into the Union?
A) Massachusetts
B) New York
C) South Carolina
D) Pennsylvania
Q3) Which of the following did Abraham Lincoln criticize during his debates with Stephen Douglas?
A) Marbury v. Madison
B) Dred Scott v. Sandford
C) Missouri Compromise
D) statehood of California
Q4) How did events in the middle of the nineteenth century push the South toward secession?
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Chapter 14: The Civil War
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Q1) What contributed to the victory of the Union over the Confederacy in the Civil War?
Q2) According to the introductory video in section 14.5,which of the following was the farthest north that Confederate troops reached?
A) Vicksburg
B) Gettysburg
C) Antietam
D) Bull Run
Q3) According to the Arguing History video in section 14.6,why did the majority of soldiers join the Confederate Army?
A) to keep their slaves
B) to defend the South
C) to avoid state taxes
D) to preserve the Union
Q4) How many states joined the Confederate States of America?
A) four
B) seven
C) eleven
D) fifteen
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Chapter 15: Reconstruction
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Q1) Which of the following ended Reconstruction?
A) Compromise of 1877
B) Ku Klux Klan Act
C) Plessy v. Ferguson
D) The Birth of a Nation
Q2) Which of the following was proposed by Congress to deal with the financial panic that broke out in 1873?
A) Ku Klux Klan Act
B) Peace Policy
C) Inflation Bill
D) Reconstruction Amendments
Q3) According to the video in the introduction,the period from 1865 to 1877 is referred to as __________.
A) Redemption
B) Peace Policy
C) Reconstruction
D) The Birth of a Nation
Q4) Identify and explain the attitude toward Reconstruction expressed by the following presidents: Abraham Lincoln,Andrew Johnson,and Ulysses Grant.
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