U.S. History to 1877 Study Guide
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U.S. History to 1877 explores the development of the United States from the pre-Columbian era through the aftermath of the Civil War. The course examines indigenous societies, European colonization, the evolution of colonial governments, the Revolution, the formation and challenges of the new nation, and the expansion westward. Key themes include the role of slavery, the growth of democracy, economic development, reform movements, and sectional conflict, culminating in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Through analysis of primary sources, scholarly interpretations, and historical debates, students gain a thorough understanding of the social, political, and economic forces that shaped early America.
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Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures
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Q1) Which of the following was NOT true of the Algonquians?
A) lived in wigwams or longhouses
B) villages numbered from 500 to 2,000 people
C) often moved their villages with the seasons
D) lived along the New England Seaboard and into the Upper Midwest
E) built mounds like the Mississippians
Answer: E
Q2) Food crops exported from the Americas:
A) were more valuable to Europeans than gold or silver
B) allowed a population explosion
C) included the meat of cattle and pigs
D) made Spain the most powerful nation in Europe
E) included commodities previously unknown in Europe, like rice and wheat
Answer: B
Q3) Cahokia was a large, advanced regional center for the Mississippian culture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Englands Colonies
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Q1) Nathaniel Bacon was an indentured servant who led a Virginia rebellion.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The English Puritans :
A) converted James I to their perspective
B) rejected the doctrines of Martin Luther
C) opposed Catholic elements in the Church of England
D) believed in religious freedom
E) believed people could be saved by their own actions, not just by God's grace Answer: C
Q3) Delaware was originally part of Pennsylvania.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) After being banished from Massachusetts because of his strict interpretation of the Puritan faith, Roger Williams founded Rhode Island.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Colonial Ways of Life
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Q1) Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which church dominated the Chesapeake region by 1700?
A) Anglican
B) Quaker
C) Puritan
D) Baptist
E) Presbyterian
Answer: A
Q3) In British North America, black men and women were often excluded from religious services out of the belief that Christianized slaves might seek to gain freedom.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: From Colonies to States
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Q1) Discuss how the concept of mercantilism impacted exploration and colony building in the seventeenth century.
Q2) The Gaspée incident involved the burning of a church in Boston by British soldiers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) During the period of salutary neglect:
A) the British government took less of a role in governing the American colonies
B) new and efficient trade regulations were introduced
C) William and Mary ruled Britain
D) a new trade board, the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, was introduced
E) Americans developed a powerful desire for independence
Q4) All of the following were true of the early Revolution EXCEPT:
A) Americans were farmers, not soldiers
B) The Patriots lacked military training and discipline
C) The British army was the best trained and equipped in the world
D) Patriots were universally united behind the cause of independence
E) Americans had the advantage of knowing the local terrain
Q5) In what ways did the French and Indian War pave the way for the Revolution?
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Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1776-1783
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Q1) Lord Charles Cornwallis
A)author of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
B)wrote The American Crisis
C)surrendered his army to Washington at Yorktown
D)American commander in the South known as the "fighting Quaker"
E)was a brutal British leader in the South
F)major American peace negotiator
G)arrogant British general defeated at Saratoga
H)promised American slaves their freedom if they would join the British war effort
I)fought against Indians in Kentucky
J)ended Benedict Arnold's plot, hanged as a spy
Q2) Describe the basic military strategy (or strategies) of the two sides during the Revolution. How might the British have been more successful?
Q3) Thomas Paine's pamphlet, The American Crisis, gave the colonists inspiration with the line, "These are times that try men's souls."
A)True
B)False
Q4) In what ways were the campaigns in the North different from those in the South?
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Chapter 6: Strengthening the New Nation
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Q1) Opposition to Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey was strongest among:
A) merchants
B) Federalists
C) veterans
D) frontier farmers
E) churchgoers
Q2) Thomas Pinckney
A)was the oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
B)issued a neutrality proclamation in 1793 in response to pressure to enter European conflicts
C)drafted the land ordinance of 1784
D)diplomat who sought to undermine American policy relative to the French Revolution
E)briefly represented New York at the Constitutional Convention
F)claimed to "smell a rat" at the Constitutional Convention
G)defined the United States through his tenure as chief justice of the Supreme Court
H)arrived in Philadelphia having spent months preparing for the convention
I)led American troops at the Battle of Fallen Timbers
J)negotiated the extremely popular treaty with Spain
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Chapter 7: The Early Republic, 1800-1815
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Q1) "Strict construction of the Constitution is more a matter of politics than principle." Discuss this statement in light of the conflicts described in this chapter.
Q2) The Old Republicans, led by John Randolph: A) were mostly from northern and middle states B) were staunch nationalists C) were very closely allied with the Whigs D) supported Thomas Jefferson E) supported an agrarian society
Q3) William Henry Harrison was the American hero at the Battle of New Orleans.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which war hawk loudly proclaimed that his state of Kentucky was ready to march on Canada and acquire its lucrative fur trade?
A) Felix Grundy
B) Henry Clay
C) John Randolph
D) John C. Calhoun
E) Andrew Jackson
Q5) What were the short-term and long-term results of the War of 1812?
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Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850
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Q1) Heinrich Steinweg
A)invented the telegraph
B)invented the sewing machine
C)with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company
D)wrote "Oh! Susanna"
E)immigrant piano maker
F)invented the primitive grain reaper
G)advocate of free public education
H)patented a process for vulcanizing rubber
I)improved the steamboat
J)used his memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States
Q2) Despite the rapid progress in education and professional activities, women failed to gain a significant foothold in the public sphere.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Trace the development of organized labor in early America. Be sure to include both the early union movement and the development of labor politics.
Q4) Trace the impact that industrialization had on the environment.
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Chapter 9: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828
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Q1) The Tariff of 1816 was intended to do all of the following EXCEPT:
A) raise revenue
B) protect American industry
C) tax imports
D) promote economic independence
E) lower the price of British goods
Q2) Senator Thomas Hart Benton, in opposing the new Bank of the United States, spoke for the interests of:
A) New England merchants
B) Southern planters
C) the West
D) Old Republicans
E) economic nationalists
Q3) The "corrupt bargain" in the election of 1824 referred to:
A) the widespread purchase of votes in several states
B) the belief that Clay supported Adams in return for becoming secretary of state
C) the blatant miscounting of ballots in the Electoral College
D) Jackson's promise to make Calhoun his vice president
E) Jackson's belief that the Constitution had been disregarded
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Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840
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Q1) George Fitzhugh opposed Jackson's democratic ideals, saying that in every society, "some were born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them."
A)True
B)False
Q2) John C. Calhoun
A)offered as a toast at a Jefferson Day dinner: "Our Union-It must be preserved!"
B)was the husband of the woman snubbed by wives of cabinet members
C)called the "Little Magician"
D)was the director of the Bank of the United States
E)resigned the vice presidency in 1832
F)was Jackson's opponent for president in 1832
G)won the presidency with his "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign
H)as a Massachusetts senator, said "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
I)was a presidential candidate for the Anti-Masonic party in 1832
J)was the 1840 Whig vice presidential candidate
Q3) The Tariff of 1828 proved to be the impetus behind the entire nullification controversy. Examine the process that brought this about.
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Chapter 11: The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860
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Q1) Solomon Northup
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) By 1860, slavery was most concentrated:
A) in the Lower South
B) in the Carolinas
C) in the Upper South
D) in Texas and Louisiana
E) equally through the South
Q3) What roles did religion, folklore, and family life play in the lives of slaves?
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Chapter 12: Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860
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Q1) Using specific examples, discuss the objectives, membership, practices, and success of the nineteenth-century utopian communities.
Q2) One significant factor that inspired the Second Great Awakening was:
A) the growing distrust of religion among African Americans
B) rising fears of secularism among many well-educated Americans
C) the decline of Baptists in the South
D) Joseph Smith's Book of Mormon
E) John Quincy Adams's opposition to the "gag rule"
Q3) 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
Q4) Mormon leader Joseph Smith was an advocate of monogamous marriage.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the southern defense of slavery before and after 1830.
Q6) Discuss the emergence of a popular press in antebellum America.
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Chapter 13: Western Expansion, 1830-1848
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Q1) Polk's order that Zachary Taylor move his troops to the disputed territory north of the Rio Grande:
A) protected American settlers along the border
B) provoked a Mexican attack
C) persuaded Mexico to sell California
D) expressed his belief in manifest destiny
E) won him political support in the North
Q2) Which leader is described as a president without a party?
A) William Henry Harrison
B) Sam Houston
C) James K. Polk
D) John Tyler
E) Henry Clay
Q3) Most of the American settlers in Texas went there because of:
A) furs
B) gold and other mineral deposits
C) fertile, inexpensive lands
D) trading opportunities with the Indians and the Mexicans
E) legal problems in the United States
Q4) Discuss the causes and consequences of the Mexican-American war.
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Chapter 14: The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860
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Q1) How did passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act impact the settlement of Kansas?
A) The vagaries left about the status of slavery discouraged settlement.
B) Popular sovereignty encouraged violence-prone supporters and opponents of slavery to flood Kansas.
C) It ensured that Kansas would be admitted into the Union as a free state with a population deeply committed to abolition.
D) It made Kansas a slave state with a majority population of slaveholders.
E) This is a trick question. The act had no impact on settlement of Kansas.
Q2) Discuss the Dred Scott case and how effective it was in settling the conflict over slavery.
Q3) Passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was a victory for:
A) abolitionists
B) immigrant groups in America
C) the concept of popular sovereignty
D) southerners who wanted a transcontinental railroad to run west from New Orleans
E) the preservation of the Union
Q4) Discuss the California gold rush and the mining frontier. How did these pioneers treat Mexicans and Indians as they settled in the West?
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Chapter 15: The War of the Union, 1861-1865
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Q1) The military death toll in the Civil War was roughly:
A) 1 million
B) 140,000
C) 375,000
D) 750,000
E) 2 million
Q2) Jefferson Davis
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) Discuss how the Civil War was "the most traumatic event in American history."
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Chapter 16: The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877
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Q1) Which of the following was NOT a task of the Freedmen's Bureau?
A) negotiating labor contracts
B) providing medical care
C) setting up schools
D) arming the freedmen
E) distributing food
Q2) The Compromise of 1877:
A) gave the White House to Tilden
B) ended the North-South division
C) protected the civil rights of ex-slaves
D) ended Reconstruction
E) kept federal troops in the Deep South
Q3) Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth:
A) supported the Radical Republicans
B) used a high-powered rifle
C) was never apprehended
D) shot him during a speech
E) was a pro-Confederate actor
Q4) Describe the reign of white terror during Reconstruction and how Congress reacted to the violence.
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Q1) Like the AFL, the Knights of Labor admitted only skilled workers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Sand-Lot Incident refers to:
A) Chinese workers refusing to work on the railroads
B) white workers refusing to work on the railroads
C) white men attacking Chinatown
D) the original baseball fields
E) Chinese workers protesting poor working conditions
Q3) How did the AFL differ from the Knights of Labor?
A) The AFL was socialist while the Knights were capitalists.
B) The AFL was a federation of national organizations, each of which retained a large degree of its autonomy, while the Knights organization was more centralized.
C) The AFL was controlled by anarchists, while the Knights were statists.
D) The AFL had no national leader, while the Knights looked to Terence Powderly.
E) The AFL was affiliated with Republicans, while the Knights supported Democrats.
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.
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Chapter 18: The New South and the New West, 1865-1900
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Q1) Benjamin Singleton:
A) was an early promoter of black migration to the West
B) won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his capture of Sitting Bull
C) invented the refrigerated railroad car
D) was elected Readjuster governor of Virginia in 1879
E) became the first African American elected to Congress
Q2) The American Tobacco Company was:
A) based in Dallas, Texas
B) second only to the Bull Durham Company in cigarette production at the turn of the century
C) dominating the U.S. tobacco industry by the twentieth century
D) the first such government-owned company in the United States
E) Virginia's largest industrial employer
Q3) The Indian tribe that defeated Custer and put up the greatest resistance to U.S. domination was the:
A) Apache
B) Comanche
C) Crow
D) Sioux
E) Blackfeet
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Chapter 19: Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900
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Q1) Realists' emphasis on closely observing everyday life grew out of:
A) transcendentalism
B) reform Darwinism
C) social Darwinism
D) socialism
E) the scientific spirit
Q2) Compare social Darwinism and reform Darwinism. What were the basic assumptions of each movement?
Q3) When first created, the ICC was too weak to regulate the railroads effectively.
A)True
B)False
Q4) By 1900, all of the following technologies had helped transform mass transit EXCEPT: A) subways
B) electric trolleys
C) cable cars
D) gasoline-powered buses
E) elevated trains
Q5) Trace the issues and events surrounding the election of 1888. How was it that the person who won the popular vote still lost the election?
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Chapter 20: Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913
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Q1) John Hay
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
Q2) Alfred Thayer Mahan:
A) argued that sea power was essential to national greatness
B) was little known until Roosevelt read his work
C) was a German who influenced American imperial thought
D) thought a canal in Central America was a waste of money
E) published his best-known book during the Civil War
Q3) Describe the controversy surrounding the building of the Panama Canal. How were the obstacles in the canal controversy overcome?
Q4) What was the Open Door policy, and how did it come about?
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Chapter 21: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920
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Q1) The major forces behind the social gospel movement were:
A) Jews and Catholics
B) Protestants and Jews
C) local government
D) Protestants and Catholics
E) the federal government
Q2) Congress established the Bureau of Corporations:
A) to monitor the activities of interstate corporations
B) to encourage the development of American industry
C) to educate businesses about tariff standards
D) to keep an eye on the lobbying efforts in Congress
E) to educate businesses about new interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment
Q3) 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
Q4) "From its beginning to its end, the progressive movement was, more than anything else, paradoxical." What evidence could be used to support this statement?
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Chapter 22: America and the Great War, 1914-1920
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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) William Jennings Bryan
A)was Massachusetts governor 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 the leading reservationist concerning the League of Nations
F)headed the Food Administration during World War I
G)headed the War Industries Board
H)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
I)was a World War I general
J)was jailed for encouraging draft resistance
Q3) Describe the election of 1916. Who were the major parties, and what were the significant issues in the campaign?
Q4) Trace America's attempt at neutrality prior to its entry into World War I.
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Chapter 23: A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929
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Q1) Describe the influence of modernism in literature.
Q2) Who celebrated the jazz era's spontaneity and sensual vitality?
A) Sherwood Anderson
B) Countee Cullen
C) James Weldon Johnson
D) Upton Sinclair
E) F. Scott Fitzgerald
Q3) The Universal Negro Improvement Association:
A) sponsored black artists and writers
B) was led by Marcus Garvey
C) promoted Booker T. Washington's idea of racial peace through accommodation D) was the forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
E) was conceived by W. E. B. Du Bois
Q4) Trace the career of Marcus Garvey and show how his philosophy divided the African American community in the 1920s.
Q5) Discuss the emerging mass culture from the crucible of the Great War to the Great Depression.
Q6) Examine and evaluate the characteristics of the African American life in the 1920s.
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Chapter 24: The Reactionary Twenties
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Q1) Which amendment to the Constitution is known as the Prohibition amendment?
A) Seventeenth
B) Eighteenth
C) Nineteenth
D) Twentieth
E) Twenty-first
Q2) What had the progressivism of the prewar period turned into by the 1920s? What factors led to this transformation?
Q3) In the 1920s, farm prices:
A) were subsidized by the federal government
B) stayed at their high wartime levels
C) stayed at their low wartime levels
D) fell sharply
E) rose sharply
Q4) Calvin Coolidge was determined NOT to be an activist president.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss how corruption during the Harding administration got so widespread. Survey the various scandals and show the effects they had on the administration.
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Chapter 25: The Great Depression, 1929-1939
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Q1) Conservatives lambasted the Social Security Act as:
A) an unfair tax
B) communistic
C) pure socialism
D) tyrannical
E) fascism
Q2) John Collier
A)author of The Grapes of Wrath
B)created the Share-the-Wealth program
C)served as secretary of labor
D)was a BIA commissioner
E)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a CIO leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over 60 who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was interior secretary
I)was the "radio priest"
J)headed the FERA and the WPA
Q3) How did the political pressure, and opposing views shape New Deal policies?
Q4) Describe the gains made by labor during the New Deal.
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Chapter 26: The Second World War, 1933-1945
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Q1) American isolationism declined in the turmoil of the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss America's industrial and economic mobilization for World War II and explain how it proved essential to the eventual Allied victory.
Q3) During World War II, presidential authority expanded significantly.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An incident at the Marco Polo Bridge in 1937 triggered a full-scale war between Japan and French Indochina.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The cash-and-carry provision of the Neutrality Act of 1937 permitted belligerent nations to purchase American goods, including arms and munitions, as long as they were transported on the belligerent nation's own ships.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Detail the Yalta Conference and show its importance to the postwar world.
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27: The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952
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Q1) Joseph R. McCarthy
A)wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
B)formed a new Progressive party
C)was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
D)was convicted in 1950 of lying about espionage
E)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
F)gave civil rights speech at 1948 Democratic convention
G)was removed from military command in 1951
H)was a senator from Wisconsin
I)was the secretary of state in 1947
J)led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
Q2) The Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949 inspired Truman to:
A) arrange a summit conference with Stalin
B) order the resumption of the military draft
C) order the development of a hydrogen bomb
D) see the folly of the nuclear arms race
E) arm American submarines with nuclear missiles
Q3) J. Strom Thurmond was from New York.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 28: Cold War America, 1950-1959
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Q1) Why did Eisenhower's popularity decline between 1956 and 1958?
Q2) Discuss the foreign policy philosophy of John Foster Dulles as he directed the Department of State under President Eisenhower.
Q3) The GI Bill of Rights provided financial assistance for home loans and college expenses.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Who wrote that he and other writers felt estranged "from a government that extolled business and mediocrity"?
A) James Jones
B) Ralph Ellison
C) John Updike
D) William Styron
E) Saul Bellow
Q5) Show briefly how playwrights, novelists, painters, and the Beats reacted to the corporate life.
Q6) What were the main reasons for suburban growth in this period? How did it affect American society?
Q7) How did religious revival and neo-orthodoxy fit into the culture of the 1950s?
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Chapter 29: A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968
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Q1) In what ways is the civil rights movement of the 1960s similar to protests and demonstrations today? In what ways is it different? Were civil rights activists ultimately successful?
Q2) The strongest and most visible opposition to Diem's government was led by:
A) Buddhists
B) Socialists
C) Muslims
D) American diplomats
E) French-speaking Vietnamese elites
Q3) Eugene "Bull" Connor
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
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Chapter 30: Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s
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Q1) The hippie movement ultimately:
A) disappeared once the draft was ended
B) won over much of middle America to its perspective
C) was limited to San Francisco
D) began to wane as counterculture had become counterproductive
E) got involved in civil rights activism and the war on poverty
Q2) In its earliest years, the gay rights movement especially emphasized:
A) the importance of gays "coming out"
B) the need for more funding for AIDS research
C) the passage of hate-crimes legislation
D) the push to legalize gay marriage
E) getting recognition of gay contributions to American history
Q3) The term Hispanic referred to:
A) an increasing opposition of Latin Americans to the Vietnam War
B) Mexican American opposition to illegal immigration
C) efforts of Latin Americans to make Spanish the national language
D) growing political assertiveness among Mexican Americans
E) the New Left's major influence upon young Mexicans
Q4) Discuss the election of 1972 and its implication for the future.
Q5) Trace how the Watergate crisis brought an end to the Nixon presidency.
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Chapter 31: Conservative Revival, 1977-1990
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Q1) Ronald Reagan practiced "the politics of symbolism," according to one scholar. Is this an accurate assessment of Reagan's presidential career?
Q2) Jerry Falwell
A)championed women's roles as wives and mothers
B)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1980
C)led the Moral Majority
D)was the former governor of California
E)was budget director in the Reagan administration
F)was the main actor in the Iran-Contra affair
G)was a Supreme Court justice
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1988
I)was a vice-presidential candidate in 1984
J)said, "[My opponent] will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did."
Q3) During the Reagan administration, El Salvador fell to Communists.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In Germany, a bloody revolution brought the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 32: Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present
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A) Kenneth Starr
B) Newt Gingrich
C) Dick Cheney
D) Pat Buchanan
E) Alan Greenspan
Q2) In the war against Iraq and Saddam Hussein, the United States was most closely supported by:
A) Germany
B) France
C) Great Britain
D) Russia
E) Japan
Q3) In 2005, Hurricane Katrina:
A) devastated the Texas Gulf coast
B) caused the most deaths of any natural disaster in American history
C) destroyed much of New Orleans
D) brought an efficient response from government at all levels
E) again allowed Bush to show his leadership skills during crisis
Q4) What factors might account for the Republican gains in the 1994 elections?
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