U.S. History to 1877
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This course offers an in-depth survey of United States history from pre-Columbian times through Reconstruction in 1877. Students will explore the diverse cultures of Native American societies, European colonization, the development of colonial societies, the American Revolution, and the formation of the new nation. The class examines key themes such as the origins and growth of American democracy, the expansion of slavery, economic and social transformations, westward expansion, sectional conflict, the Civil War, and the challenges of Reconstruction. Emphasis is placed on critical analysis of primary and secondary sources, as well as the historical forces and individuals that shaped the early United States.
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America A Narrative History Brief Tenth Edition by David E. Shi
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Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures
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Q1) Which of the following foods did Europeans introduce to the New World?
A)beans
B)corn
C)potatoes
D)squash
E)wheat
Answer: E
Q2) The brutal and exploitative systems that the Spanish implemented in the New World were largely the work of Bartolomé de Las Casas.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following was NOT true of Bartolomé de Las Casas:
A)He was a Catholic priest.
B)He provided some of the most extensive writings on the Spanish conquest of native tribes.
C)He designed the system of native slavery adopted by Spain.
D)His father had sailed with Columbus.
E)He accused Spaniards of abusing natives.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Englands Colonies
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Q1) Metacomet:
A)was the Indian principal behind King Philip's War.
B)confessed to the murder of John Sassamon,a Christian Indian.
C)survived the war by escaping west with his tribe.
D)was the leader of the Pequots.
E)was a devout Christian opposed to the primacy of the Puritan Church.
Answer: A
Q2) Charles I:
A)was willing to negotiate the extent of royal power.
B)was returned to power after the English Civil War.
C)protected Puritans during his reign.
D)disbanded Parliament from 1629 to 1640.
E)married numerous times in an effort to secure a male heir.
Answer: D
Q3) Sir Edwin Sandys took over the Virginia Company in 1618 and instituted important changes that stabilized the colony.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Colonial Ways of Life
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Q1) Discuss the unique nature of colonial cities.Focus your emphasis on the social and political order,as well as the urban web.
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Q2) In the New World,people were generally safe from disease and epidemics.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The Tennents did all of the following,EXCEPT:
A)call old-line ministers "cold and sapless."
B)urge people to renounce their ministers and pursue salvation on their own.
C)become disciples of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield.
D)consider the gathering of wealth to be acceptable for Christians.
E)urge parishioners to change their condition through political activity.
Answer: B
Q4) England transported more than 50,000 convicts to the North American colonies for settlement.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: From Colonies to States
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Q1) John and Sam Adams,the "Patriot brothers of Philadelphia," urged their fellow colonists to reject the arguments of Common Sense.
A)True
B)False
Q2) As a result of the Boston Massacre:
A)dozens of Americans were killed by the British.
B)the Sons of Liberty adopted peaceful methods.
C)Samuel Adams defended the British soldiers.
D)all but two of the British defendants were acquitted.
E)Americans now quietly paid their taxes.
Q3) All of the following were true of the early Revolution,EXCEPT that:
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.
Q4) Describe the background,major events,and results of the French and Indian War.
Q5) George Grenville continued the policy of "salutary neglect."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1776-1783
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Q1) American settlers who defended Kentucky were led by:
A)Daniel Boone.
B)George Rogers Clark.
C)Ethan Allen.
D)Francis Marion.
E)Andrew Jackson.
Q2) The British shifted their military effort to the South in order to:
A)protect their settlements in Florida.
B)fight in a milder climate.
C)destroy rebel plantations.
D)utilize the strength of local Tories.
E)utilize the strength of their navy.
Q3) At the end of the American Revolution,many of the old traditions were replaced with new ones.Examine how religion changed as a result.
Q4) Abigail Adams's appeal to her husband,John,to "remember the Ladies":
A)resulted in more rights for women.
B)proved her subordinate nature.
C)showed her rejection of women's domestic role.
D)was basically ignored.
E)revealed her political ambitions.
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Chapter 6: Strengthening the New Nation
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Q1) The Constitution addressed slavery by:
A)referring numerous times to "slaves" or "slavery."
B)counting slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of apportionment.
C)requiring that all slaves count toward a state's congressional representation.
D)making it legal in every state.
E)requiring that slaves have full legal protections.
Q2) The Supreme Court has final interpretive power over the Constitution.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Shays's Rebellion was led by:
A)merchants.
B)factory workers.
C)bankers.
D)indebted farmers.
E)ambitious politicians.
Q4) Describe the presidency of John Adams.Be sure to include both the domestic and foreign issues that confronted his administration and how he succeeded in dealing with these issues.
Q5) 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.
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Chapter 7: The Early Republic,1800-1815
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Q1) 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.
Q2) The War of 1812:
A)made the United States a world power.
B)strengthened the Federalists.
C)was the deadliest in U.S.history.
D)gave the United States its first colonies.
E)generated intense patriotic pride.
Q3) The British invasion of the mid-Atlantic coast in 1814 resulted in:
A)their capture of Baltimore.
B)their defeat by American militia.
C)the capture and burning of Washington,D.C.
D)Madison's resignation as president.
E)the U.S.decision to sue for peace.
Q4) Describe the Lewis and Clark expedition.What impact did it have on developing the United States west of the Mississippi River?
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Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850
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Q1) Examine the movement westward that took place in the early nineteenth century,making note of the various pieces of legislation that played a role in the process.
Q2) Trace the development of organized labor in early America.Be sure to include both the early union movement and the development of labor politics.
Q3) 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
Q4) Commonwealth v.Hunt:
A)ruled that it was legal to force members of labor unions to work unpaid overtime.
B)declared that forming a trade union was not illegal.
C)failed to win Supreme Court approval for mandatory union membership.
D)applied to labor organizing on the factory floor.
E)made the sabotage of equipment by striking workers a federal offense.
Q5) Discuss the various aspects of popular culture in antebellum America.
Q6) Discuss the transportation revolution that followed the opening of the Erie Canal.
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Chapter 9: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828
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Q1) The South Carolina Exposition and Protest was published in response to the:
A)election of 1824.
B)Tariff of 1828.
C)Missouri Compromise.
D)Second Bank of the United States.
E)Panic of 1819.
Q2) The Convention of 1818 did all of the following,EXCEPT:
A)settle the northern limit of the Louisiana Purchase.
B)open Oregon to joint occupation by the United States and Great Britain.
C)return control of the Southwest to Spain.
D)acknowledge the right of Americans to fish off Newfoundland and Labrador.
E)settle several points of contention between the United States and Britain.
Q3) Following the War of 1812,political positions shifted,with Republicans supporting many former Federalist ideas,like the banks,and Federalists supporting former Republican programs.Discuss this phenomenon.
Q4) What led to the development of the Monroe Doctrine,and how did President Monroe transmit his ideas to the American people?
Q5) Trace the "trinity of economic nationalism" as it relates to the rise of the second national bank,protective tariffs,and internal improvements.
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Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840
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Q1) The Tariff of 1828 proved to be the impetus behind the entire nullification controversy.Examine the process that brought this about.
Q2) William Henry Harrison:
A)was a leader of the states'-rights wing of the Whigs.
B)was known as "the Little Magician."
C)had defeated the Shawnees at Tippecanoe.
D)directed the Bank of the United States until Jackson destroyed it.
E)like Jackson,was born in frontier poverty.
Q3) The Distribution Act provided for each veteran of the War of 1812 to receive 360 acres of land in the West.
A)True
B)False
Q4) 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.
Q5) Describe the new party system that emerged in the 1830s.
Q6) How did Jackson's early life shape his development into adulthood?
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Chapter 11: The South, slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860
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Q1) In the antebellum period,which of the following was in the Old Southwest?
A)Virginia
B)North Carolina
C)Mississippi
D)Georgia
E)South Carolina
Q2) Denmark Vesey plotted a slave insurrection in Charleston,South Carolina.
A)True
B)False
Q3) To be called a "planter," one had to:
A)own at least twenty slaves.
B)work alongside slaves.
C)be engaged in the slave trade.
D)own thousands of slaves.
E)avoid involvement in politics.
Q4) How prevalent were slave rebellions in antebellum America? Detail the most significant of the nineteenth-century rebellions and explain their significance to understanding the period.
Q5) Describe white society in the Old South.What myths have been associated with its various groups? In each case,what was the reality?
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Chapter 12: Religion, romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860
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Q1) Joseph Smith
A)set up Seneca Falls Convention
B)founder of the anti-slavery newspaper 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
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) Frederick Douglass was a black abolitionist.
A)True
B)False
Q4) 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) 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.
Q2) Polk settled the Oregon boundary dispute with the British by:
A)agreeing to a border along the 49th parallel.
B)paying the British $10 million to give up their claim.
C)sending the navy to back up the U.S.claim.
D)agreeing to a permanent joint occupation of the Pacific Northwest.
E)promising not to go to war with Mexico.
Q3) Polk's nickname of "Young Hickory" most reflected his:
A)association with Jackson and support for Jacksonian policies.
B)toughness in dealing with his enemies.
C)common origins in North Carolina.
D)relative youth for a presidential candidate.
E)enthusiastic support for territorial expansion.
Q4) What were the various roles of the California missions? Describe life at these missions and the impact they had throughout the territory.
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Chapter 14: The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860
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Q1) Stephen Douglas was one of the most extreme pro-slavery and states' rights advocates in the Democratic party.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The election of 1852:
A)saw both major parties denounce the Compromise of 1850.
B)resulted in a second term for Millard Fillmore.
C)saw the disappearance of the Free-Soil party.
D)was dominated by the current economic depression.
E)was won by Franklin Pierce.
Q3) In response to secession,President Buchanan:
A)said he supported it.
B)declared martial law.
C)abandoned Fort Sumter.
D)did practically nothing.
E)let Lincoln take office ahead of schedule.
Q4) As a result of the Compromise of 1850,California entered the Union as a free state.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) The argument that the Civil War began primarily as a southern fight to defend liberty and the right of self-government is unsatisfactory because:
A)the Union already claimed to be fighting to defend liberty and self-government.
B)southerners never claimed to be concerned with liberty and self-government.
C)the South established a monarchy after secession.
D)the Confederacy envisioned a dictatorship as the ideal government.
E)it ignores slavery,the actual reason that southern leaders used in 1860-1861 to justify secession and war.
Q2) As the Civil War dragged on,increasing numbers of enslaved blacks in the South:
A)volunteered to help the Confederacy.
B)remained neutral.
C)worked in a variety of ways to undermine and weaken the Confederacy.
D)fled to Canada.
E)enslaved their former masters.
Q3) Describe the Battle of Bull Run.Why was there a sense of naïve optimism,and what impact did the outcome have on both sides?
Q4) Why did the South lose the war? What were its weaknesses and disadvantages?
Q5) 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) Southern Democrats agreed to the Compromise of 1877 because it:
A)gave the Democrats the White House for the first time since before the Civil War.
B)permitted the Democrats to gain control of the Senate.
C)ensured that the last federal troops would be withdrawn from the South.
D)restored slavery.
E)recognized the rights of states to secede.
Q2) Johnson's Proclamation of Amnesty excluded:
A)everybody with taxable property worth more than $20,000.
B)the freedmen.
C)the small farmers.
D)the British.
E)northern industrialists.
Q3) Emancipation had what impact on the South?
A)It ended cotton cultivation throughout the region.
B)It left the South's agricultural economy in disarray.
C)It resulted in the immediate rebound of tobacco production.
D)It eliminated racial prejudice in many states.
E)It encouraged reconciliation with the North.
Q4) What were the major economic issues between 1868 and 1876?
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1860-1900
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Q1) All of the following statements are true of the Pinkertons EXCEPT:
A)they were a detective agency.
B)they relied on Chinese labor to fill their ranks.
C)they busted unions.
D)they were hired to end the Homestead strike.
E)they won every battle they were sent into.
Q2) The Knights of Labor:
A)formed a successful political party.
B)admitted only skilled workers,such as printers or cigar makers.
C)called for men and women to have equal pay for equal work.
D)advocated the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism.
E)allowed doctors,lawyers,and bankers to join their ranks.
Q3) Westinghouse's system of transmitting electricity over long distances lost the "battle of the currents."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most Americans experienced a rising standard of living in the late nineteenth century.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: The New South and the New West, 1865-1900
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Q1) The number of cotton mills in the South more than doubled between 1880 and 1900.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Black migrants to the West were called Exodusters because:
A)most were ex-crop dusters.
B)they were often making their exodus from the South.
C)they carried exodermic infections.
D)most saw the West as an exotic destination.
E)their bodies were extremely dusty after the long trip.
Q3) What was the African American experience during the latter part of the nineteenth century? How did that experience vary depending on the region?
Q4) The so-called frontier thesis is problematic because,among other things,it:
A)argued that the frontier was an insignificant force for American history.
B)exaggerated the homogenizing effect of the frontier environment and virtually ignored the role of women.
C)suggested the frontier could endure limitless expansion.
D)claimed Indians did more to shape the frontier than white settlers did.
E)said the American frontier experience was identical to the experiences endured by all developed nations.
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Chapter 19: Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900
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Q1) During the campaign for the presidential election of 1884,many prominent Republican leaders and supporters left the party because:
A)they would not vote for a woman as vice president.
B)the Mugwumps had gained power within the party.
C)letters were discovered linking candidate James G.Blaine to the railroads.
D)the party refused to take a firm stand on the tariff.
E)they would not vote for Grant to serve a third term.
Q2) The reason that Chester A.Arthur did not win a second term in 1884 is that:
A)the Republican party leaders were not pleased with his first-term record and did not nominate him to run for a second term.
B)he died in office.
C)he pledged to serve only one term after replacing the assassinated James Blaine.
D)he switched parties.
E)he was elected to the presidency with less than half of the popular vote.
Q3) Saloons were the poor man's social clubs during the late nineteenth century.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe how living in an urban environment impacted women's lives.
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Chapter 20: Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913
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Q1) William Jennings Bryan
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)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) Which of the following statements about the American acquisition of Puerto Rico is true?
A)The Foraker Act of 1900 eliminated the island's government.
B)Puerto Rico was denied the right to have an elected legislature.
C)Puerto Rico had little strategic value for the United States.
D)The Jones Act of 1917 made residents of Puerto Rico U.S.citizens.
E)Puerto Rico became a U.S.state.
Q3) Trace Theodore Roosevelt's climb to the presidency of the United States and explain why he was such an appealing vice-presidential candidate in 1900.
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Chapter 21: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920
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Q1) WCTU:
A)was the first radio station in America.
B)stood for Women's Christian Temperance Union.
C)was the radio station Roosevelt made famous while president.
D)stood for Western Colorado Teamsters Union.
E)was the abbreviation of Western Connecticut University,where Wilson got his start as a professor.
Q2) 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.
Q3) Theodore Roosevelt gave muckrakers their name.
A)True
B)False
Q4) William H.Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 22: America and the Great War, 1914-1920
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Q1) Vittorio Orlando,prime minister of Italy,focused his efforts on:
A)defeating Russia.
B)destroying the United States.
C)Austria.
D)surrendering Luxembourg.
E)annexing Switzerland.
Q2) Henry Cabot Lodge was one of the biggest supporters of the League of Nations. A)True
B)False
Q3) For all of his accomplishments and abilities,Woodrow Wilson had:
A)no executive experience.
B)no formal education.
C)extensive experience and expertise in international relations before he was elected president.
D)no experience or expertise in international relations before he was elected president.
E)very little experience or expertise in international relations before he was elected president.
Q4) How and why were civil liberties curtailed during World War I? What was the effect of these curtailments?
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Chapter 23: A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929
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Q1) Trace the career of Marcus Garvey and show how his philosophy divided the African American community in the 1920s.
Q2) Who in 1921 told Hemingway that he and his friends who had served in the war "are a lost generation?"
A)Gertrude Stein
B)Ezra Pound
C)T.S.Eliot
D)Franz Boas
E)Ernest Hemingway
Q3) All of the following were prophets of modern art and literature EXCEPT:
A)Ezra Pound.
B)Edward Bellamy.
C)Gertrude Stein.
D)T.S.Eliot.
E)Ernest Hemingway.
Q4) Jazz music inspired rural youth to remember their culture's musical roots.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the influence of modernism in literature.
Q6) Discuss the characteristics of the African American way of life in the 1920s.
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Chapter 24: The Reactionary Twenties
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Q1) The Smoot-Hawley Tariff raised import duties to an all-time high.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Trace the rise of Calvin Coolidge to the presidency of the United States.
Q3) Coolidge's administration was marked by:
A)a continuation of the post-World War I economic slump.
B)continued tax breaks for the lower and middle classes at the expense of the upper class.
C)prosperity.
D)the creation of the Internal Revenue Service,which drastically reformed taxation formulas and duty lists.
E)a slow economic downturn.
Q4) What had the progressivism of the prewar period turned into by the 1920s? What factors led to this transformation?
Q5) In the 1920s,many investors bought stocks on margin-that is,with borrowed funds.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Who were the Ohio gang,and how did they impact the presidency of Warren G.Harding?
Q7) Why might the decade of the 1920s be called "the decade of prosperity"?
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Chapter 25: The Great Depression, 1929-1939
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Q1) Why did Roosevelt attempt to "pack" the Supreme Court? Did he achieve his goals?
Q2) South Carolina Senator Ellison "Cotton Ed" Smith:
A)was FDR's staunchest ally in the South.
B)was appointed head of the Public Works Administration.
C)was Huey Long's running mate for vice president in 1936.
D)cringed at the thought of Roosevelt running for a fourth term.
E)came up with the term "New Deal."
Q3) On March 12,in the first of his radio-broadcast "fireside chats," the president:
A)promised to push through a bank bailout bill worth more than $7 billion.
B)announced he would use his emergency powers to nationalize the banking industry.
C)ordered strict limits on the issuance of paper currency.
D)ordered the Federal Reserve Board to lower interest rates.
E)assured the 60 million Americans listening that it was safer to "keep your money in a reopened bank than under the mattress."
Q4) Trace the election of 1932.How did both parties settle on their respective nominees,and what was the result of the election?
Q5) Describe the gains made by labor during the New Deal.
Q6) Describe the impact the Great Depression had on popular culture in America.
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Chapter 26: The Second World War, 1933-1945
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A)Italy
B)the Soviet Union
C)Hungary
D)Bulgaria
E)Romania
Q2) In early 1942,the biggest challenge the United States faced in the Atlantic was:
A)German submarine warfare.
B)German aircraft carrier attacks.
C)German blitzkrieg.
D)German espionage.
E)German American disloyalty.
Q3) Less than a month before the surrender of Germany:
A)President Roosevelt lost his reelection bid.
B)the war in Asia ended with the Japanese surrender.
C)Hitler was captured by advancing Allied forces.
D)atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.
E)President Roosevelt died in office.
Q4) Describe the agreements made during the war that shaped the postwar world.In your view,did Roosevelt "sell out" to the Soviets?
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Chapter 27: The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952
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Q1) In early 1950,Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed to have a list of Communists in:
A)the White House.
B)the State Department.
C)the FBI.
D)Congress.
E)the movie industry.
Q2) The GI Bill did all of the following EXCEPT:
A)provide educational benefits for veterans.
B)provide housing loans for veterans.
C)help prevent a postwar depression.
D)pay veterans large bonuses to remain in the military.
E)provide medical treatment for veterans.
Q3) Discuss the causes and major events that led to the announcement of the Truman Doctrine.
Q4) Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council:
A)now include Germany and Japan.
B)meet every two years.
C)do not participate in the General Assembly.
D)periodically rotate so that new countries participate.
E)each have veto power over major UN decisions.
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Chapter 28: Cold War America, 1950-1959
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Q1) Describe those who challenged the moral complacency and social conformity of American life in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Q2) Adlai Stevenson was:
A)a senator revealed by Joseph McCarthy to be a Communist.
B)secretary of state for most of Eisenhower's presidency.
C)Eisenhower's opponent for president in both 1952 and 1956.
D)appointed by Eisenhower to be chief justice of the Supreme Court.
E)a leader unusually skilled in communicating with common people.
Q3) Elvis Presley
A)was an Arkansas governor
B)wrote The Affluent Society
C)wrote On the Road
D)was the U.S.president in the 1950s
E)was a U-2 spy-plane pilot
F)challenged bus segregation in Montgomery,Alabama
G)proclaimed the creation of a Democratic Republic of Vietnam
H)advocated "massive resistance" to integration
I)was a young Memphis truck driver
J)was a Supreme Court chief justice
Q4) Trace the rise of youth culture in the 1950s.
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Chapter 29: A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968
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Q1) "American military intervention in Vietnam was a logical culmination of the assumptions widely shared by the foreign-policy establishment and leaders of both political parties since the early days of the cold war." Explain this statement.
Q2) President Johnson's first priority on the domestic front was to:
A)balance the federal budget.
B)give more power to the states.
C)break the logjam in Congress that had blocked Kennedy's legislative efforts.
D)redistribute wealth and income.
E)reduce the bloated power of the executive branch of government.
Q3) Malcolm X
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
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Chapter 30: Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s
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A)2
B)10
C)25
D)40
E)50
Q2) Discuss President Nixon's reasons for believing that a new multipolar world order was emerging to replace the conventional cold war.What actions did he take to shift his foreign policy in that direction?
Q3) By 2015,Hispanics:
A)still rarely voted.
B)had become the country's largest minority.
C)had attained equality with whites in average income levels.
D)launched their own political party.
E)no longer desired to speak Spanish.
Q4) Within days of the U.S.withdrawal,the cease-fire in Vietnam collapsed.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the election of 1972 and its implication for the future.
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Chapter 31: Conservative Revival, 1977-1990
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Q1) As he had predicted,Reagan's tax cuts helped reduce the federal deficit.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One major factor working in Reagan's favor in his 1984 reelection bid was:
A)a robustly growing economy.
B)the collapse of the Soviet Union.
C)the deeply divided Democrats.
D)surpluses in the federal budget.
E)the support he received from minorities and organized labor.
Q3) The leader of the Moral Majority was:
A)Pat Robertson.
B)John Osteen.
C)Billy Graham.
D)Jerry Falwell.
E)Oral Roberts.
Q4) In Germany,a bloody revolution brought the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What were the main foreign policy achievements of the Carter administration? Where did Carter fail?
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Chapter 32: Twenty-First-Century America, 1993-Present
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Q1) In 1999,NATO air strikes helped stop "ethnic cleansing" in:
A)Bosnia.
B)Somalia.
C)Haiti.
D)Kosovo.
E)Northern Ireland.
Q2) In January 2009,angry activists coalesced into a decentralized nationwide protest movement soon labeled the:
A)Tea Party.
B)Reform Party.
C)New Republican Party.
D)Party of Hope.
E)Green Party.
Q3) Bush's major legislative victory in 2001 came with Congress's passage of:
A)new environmental regulations.
B)health-care reform.
C)term limits.
D)a tax cut.
E)banking industry regulation.
Q4) What factors might account for the Republican gains in the 1994 elections?
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