United States History II Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
United States History II examines the major events, movements, and developments in the United States from the end of the Civil War to the present. This course explores the nations economic growth, social changes, political transformations, and international influence through Reconstruction, industrialization, the World Wars, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights era, and into recent decades. Students will analyze the evolving nature of American democracy, the roles and struggles of diverse populations, and the countrys responses to both internal and global challenges. The course emphasizes critical thinking about continuity, change, and the complexities shaping modern America.
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AMERICA A Narrative History 10th Edition by
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Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures
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Q1) Cahokia was a large, advanced regional center for the Mississippian culture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The English attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island resulted in:
A) a severe blow to Spanish power
B) a permanent English presence in North America
C) a severe blow to English power
D) the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh
E) the disappearance of the colonists
Answer: E
Q3) At the time Europeans arrived in North America, Indians :
A) had largely died off from contagious diseases
B) all spoke dialects of the same language
C) were producing tools and weapons of iron
D) fed themselves exclusively through farming
E) tended to worship spirits in their natural surroundings
Answer: E
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Chapter 2: Englands Colonies
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Q1) Peter Stuyvesant was the defiant governor of Rhode Island.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) As a result of the Glorious Revolution, England abolished the monarchy and became a republic.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In the Southeast, the profitability of Indian captives prompted a frenzy of:
A) slaving activity
B) conversion to Christianity
C) raiding Indian villages to capture children
D) dishonest treaty making
E) missionary activity
Answer: A
Q4) Nathaniel Bacon was an indentured servant who led a Virginia rebellion.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Colonial Ways of Life
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following was true of New England in the seventeenth century?
A) Residents were required to be members of the Puritan church.
B) Residents were intensely loyal to the wishes of the king and Parliament.
C) Church and state were separated in all New England colonies.
D) Considerable cultural and racial open-mindedness was practiced.
E) It was more governed by religious concerns than the middle and southern colonies.
Answer: E
Q3) In 1691-1692, mass hysteria struck the town of Salem, Massachusetts, in the form of an outbreak of alleged witchcraft.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: From Colonies to States
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Q1) Benjamin Franklin
A)was a British general in the French and Indian War
B)surrendered Fort Necessity to the French
C)wrote Common Sense
D)architect of the Albany Plan of Union
E)warned citizens of Lexington of a British military advance
F)wrote Two Treatises on Government
G)was a British war minister during the French and Indian War
H)organized the Sons of Liberty
I)proposed the Stamp Act
J)was the governor of the Dominion of New England
Q2) Britain's adoption of mercantilist policies set it apart from other European powers of the seventeenth century.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Through the first half of the eighteenth century, the power of the colonial assemblies generally declined.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What were the various effects of the Glorious Revolution in America?
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Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1776-1783
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Q1) The Anglican Church became the Episcopal Church after the American Revolution.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Thomas Paine
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
Q3) The Articles of Confederation left many powers to the states.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain why 1777 has been referred to as the "year of setbacks" for the British.
Q5) Trace the negotiations and details of the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
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Chapter 6: Strengthening the New Nation
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Q1) After Shays's Rebellion:
A) Massachusetts was governed by martial law
B) farmers throughout America were watched by local safety committees
C) England prepared for the possibility of resuming the war
D) there were numerous calls promoting a stronger central government
E) taxes were increased
Q2) It is sometimes assumed that because the Articles of Confederation were weak, they were unpopular. Discuss the merits of this statement.
Q3) 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
Q4) The New Jersey Plan proposed keeping a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the system of checks and balances in the Constitution.
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Chapter 7: The Early Republic, 1800-1815
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Q1) Thomas Jefferson
A)appointed justice of the peace in the District of Columbia
B)elected president in 1804
C)negotiated the Louisiana Purchase
D)was a naval hero against the Barbary pirates
E)was a war hawk from Kentucky
F)saw the British attack of Fort McHenry from Baltimore Harbor
G)became vice president in 1801
H)was chief justice
I)was an American naval hero in the War of 1812
J)explored the Louisiana Purchase and Far West
Q2) Although it was soon forgotten, Americans had a fixation on incorporating Canada into the United States in the early nineteenth century. Examine that idea and discuss the philosophy behind it.
Q3) In the case of Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court:
A) showed its commitment to states' rights
B) ruled that Marbury should occupy his judicial position
C) made itself the government's most powerful branch
D) proved it was not influenced by politics
E) declared a federal law unconstitutional
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Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850
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Q1) Compare the growth of roads, river transportation, and railroads through 1860. What were the advantages and disadvantages of each means of transport?
Q2) The largest group of immigrants living in America in 1860 was:
A) British
B) Chinese
C) Irish
D) Scandinavian
E) German
Q3) By 1860, what had become the largest city, as its population surpassed 1 million?
A) Boston
B) Philadelphia
C) Baltimore
D) New Orleans
E) New York
Q4) Trace the development of organized labor in early America. Be sure to include both the early union movement and the development of labor politics.
Q5) Discuss the various aspects of popular culture in antebellum America.
Q6) Examine the impact the War of 1812 had on American industrial development.
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Chapter 9: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828
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Q1) In McCulloch v. Maryland, the Marshall court struck down that state's ability to tax:
A) imports
B) income
C) farmers
D) the national bank
E) private contracts
Q2) What factors led to the decline of the first party system?
Q3) 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
Q4) The idea of federal support for internal improvements:
A) was explicitly authorized by the Constitution
B) lost popularity due to the War of 1812
C) was represented by the construction of the National Road
D) was equally popular in all sections of the country
E) was one of Madison's key proposals in his reelection campaign
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Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840
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Q1) Martin Van Buren
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
Q2) After the Panic of 1837, working-class Americans could expect all of the following EXCEPT:
A) government assistance
B) massive joblessness
C) wage cuts
D) high prices for food and clothes
E) numerous bank failures
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Chapter 11: The South, Slavery, and
King Cotton, 1800-1860
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Q1) During the nineteenth century, major slave rebellions:
A) occurred frequently
B) were rare
C) were sometimes joined by poor whites
D) had about even odds of success
E) happened most often in the Lower South
Q2) Agricultural diversity in the Old South was practically nonexistent.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Approximately how many slaves lived in the South in 1860?
A) 30,000
B) 100,000
C) 1 million
D) 4 million
E) 10 million
Q4) One of the most realistic depictions of the Old South comes from the classic film Gone with the Wind.
A)True
B)False
Q5) 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) Evaluate the black abolitionist movement. Who were some of the major leaders, and what methods did they use to promote their cause?
Q2) Evaluate the goals, methods, and leadership of the abolitionist movement. Which of the methods were most effective? Why?
Q3) The Liberty party advocated:
A) socialism
B) anarchy
C) abolitionism
D) free trade
E) free love
Q4) Trace the reforms in prisons and asylums in America. Include the major changes in the treatment of prisoners, the disabled, and dependent children in antebellum America.
Q5) A major change in attitudes toward prisons during the 1830s was the idea that prisoners could not be rehabilitated.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe the southern defense of slavery before and after 1830.
Q7) 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) Abraham Lincoln
A)was the young congressman who argued that Polk had maneuvered the Mexicans into attacking
B)led American forces at Veracruz
C)was elected vice president in 1840
D)was one of the defenders at the Alamo
E)was the American who captured San Diego and Los Angeles
F)was the secretary of state who negotiated the treaty resolving the boundary between the northeastern United States and British Canada
G)was known as "the Pathfinder"
H)died after one month in office
I)was president of the Republic of Texas
J)was known as "Young Hickory"
Q2) The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 did all of the following EXCEPT:
A) provide for joint naval patrols off of Africa
B) place the Oregon territory under sole U.S. control
C) provide for U.S.-British cooperation to police the outlawed slave trade
D) settle a long-standing dispute over the northeastern boundary with Canada
E) result in good relations with Great Britain
Q3) Discuss the various Indian cultures throughout the West prior to the Civil War.
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Chapter 14: The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860
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Q1) 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
Q2) John Brown targeted Harpers Ferry, Virginia, because:
A) it had a large slave population
B) it was the site of a federal arsenal
C) it was an important railroad center
D) many abolitionists lived in the area
E) it had banks with large deposits
Q3) All of the following might have joined the Free-Soil party EXCEPT:
A) supporters of the Wilmot Proviso
B) admirers of Martin Van Buren
C) "cotton Whigs"
D) Liberty party members
E) "conscience Whigs"
Q4) Detail the Wilmot Proviso. What impact did it have on the debate over slavery?
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15: The War of the Union, 1861-1865
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Q1) 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
Q2) Discuss how the Civil War was "the most traumatic event in American history."
Q3) Congress in 1862 resorted to printing paper money to address the shortfall in tax revenues.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Trace the Battle of Antietam and describe its overall significance for the outcome of the Civil War.
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Chapter 16: The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877
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Q1) In response to the Klan, President Grant:
A) did nothing
B) endorsed their activities
C) created a special federal police force
D) ordered the army to crush it
E) tried to protect black rights
Q2) The primary objective of the Ku Klux Klan was:
A) national unity
B) upholding southern honor
C) starting a new civil war
D) oppressing blacks and white Republicans
E) raising money for Confederate widows
Q3) "Hard-money" advocates argued that government war bonds should be:
A) paid off in gold
B) paid off in copper
C) paid off in greenbacks
D) canceled
E) handed out to Union veterans
Q4) Explain the Fourteenth Amendment and how it was received throughout the country.
Q5) What were the major economic issues between 1868 and 1876?
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Q1) Interconnected transportation and communications networks were essential to the origins of the Second Industrial Revolution in the United States because:
A) there would have been no immigration to the United States without them
B) they allowed Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell to travel abroad to study
C) they facilitated the emergence of a national and even international markets for American goods and services
D) the South would have won the Civil War without them
E) they provided Andrew Carnegie the opportunity to earn his fortune
Q2) The invention of electric motors did all of the following EXCEPT:
A) make it possible for factories to locate wherever they wished
B) lead to the development of streetcars
C) lead to the bankruptcy of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company
D) lead to the development of elevators
E) contribute to the development of suburbs
Q3) Andrew Carnegie invented the process that enabled a dramatic increase in steel production.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: The New South and the New West, 1865-1900
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Q1) Proponents of creating a "New South" argued that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because:
A) slavery was unsustainable
B) of its inept military leadership
C) the Union embraced more desirable cultural values
D) the southern elite were soft and undisciplined
E) it relied too much upon King Cotton
Q2) In 1877, President Rutherford Hayes addressed the American approach to dealing with Native Americans, saying:
A) "we must kill the Indian in order to save the man"
B) "the only good Indian is a dead one"
C) "if we kill the bison, we control the Indians"
D) "Indians must be removed from tribes in order to progress"
E) "Many, if not most of our Indian wars have had their origin in broken promises and acts of injustice on our part"
Q3) So many critical developments shaping politics, economy, and society during the latter part of the nineteenth century were the products of unintended consequences. Identify two or three examples of unintended consequences and why they are important to understanding the history of this period.
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Chapter 19: Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900
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Q1) 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
Q2) What do cholera, typhoid, and yellow fever all have in common?
A) They are all water-related diseases.
B) They are all air-related diseases.
C) They are all sexually transmitted diseases.
D) They are all food-related diseases.
E) They are all genetic disorders.
Q3) Tenement houses in New York City:
A) were cramped, yet offered more privacy than apartments
B) were urban, yet their courtyards offered children a sense of nature
C) had higher mortality rates than among the general population
D) were clean
E) usually had two to three families in each building
Q4) Describe how living in an urban environment impacted women's lives.
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Q1) Why did the United States fight a war in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?
A) to oust the remaining Spanish forces that had refused to evacuate from the island
B) to stop Japan from annexing the islands
C) to quell an insurrection of Filipinos who opposed annexation by the United States
D) to defeat the Boxer Rebellion
E) to avenge the Russian surprise attack on Manila
Q2) John Fiske:
A) proclaimed the superior character of Anglo-Saxon peoples and institutions
B) was one of the earliest government officials to speak out against imperialism
C) used Darwinian concepts to show how American expansionism hurt the people of the areas America annexed
D) was a minister who added the sanction of religion to the expansionists' argument
E) founded an all-black college in Tennessee
Q3) Describe the controversy surrounding the building of the Panama Canal. How were the obstacles in the canal controversy overcome?
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Chapter 21: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920
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Q1) Louis D. Brandeis
A)was the original "efficiency expert"
B)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1904
C)wrote The Jungle
D)was a Socialist party presidential candidate multiple times
E)was the Progressive party presidential candidate in 1912
F)influenced New Nationalism with The Promise of American Life
G)wrote Congressional Government
H)wrote articles for McClure's
I)served on the Ohio Supreme Court
J)was the first Jewish member of the Supreme Court
Q2) Woodrow Wilson was:
A) a professor and college president
B) the leading Roman Catholic politician at the turn of the century
C) the progressive governor of Oregon
D) influenced mainly by Populist reformers
E) the first Californian to win the White House
Q3) The Underwood-Simmons Tariff created the first regular federal income tax.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 22: America and the Great War, 1914-1920
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Q1) Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918:
A) there were twenty-five prosecutions and ten convictions
B) speaking and writing against Germany and Italy became a crime
C) criticism of government leaders or war policies became a crime
D) censorship was aimed more at middle America than at socialists or other radicals
E) Milwaukee and other midwestern towns with large numbers of Germans were put under martial law
Q2) The French premier during World War I was:
A) David Lloyd George
B) Winston Churchill
C) Vittorio Orlando
D) Henry Cabot Lodge
E) Georges Clemenceau
Q3) Why did America enter the war in Europe when it did? Why did it not enter before?
Q4) Why did the reservationists and the irreconcilables oppose the Treaty of Versailles? How effective was their opposition?
Q5) Discuss the various initial American reactions to the start of World War I.
Q6) Detail the American "preparedness" movement during World War I.
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Chapter 23: A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929
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Q1) In physics, the theory that the fundamental concepts of space, time, matter, and energy are not distinct, independent things with stable dimensions was developed by:
A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) Werner Heisenberg
D) Max Planck
E) Sir Francis Bacon
Q2) Jazz music inspired rural youth to remember their culture's musical roots.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the influence of modernism in literature.
Q4) Jazz:
A) was a European innovation emerging from modern classical music
B) blended several musical traditions
C) was invented by Benny Goodman
D) helped calm the fears of rural fundamentalists
E) inspired rebellious youth to violence
Q5) Describe the variety of spectator sports common in the 1920s. How successful were they in capturing the imagination of Americans?
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Chapter 24: The Reactionary Twenties
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Q1) The "Ohio gang":
A) rivaled Charlie Chaplin in box office receipts in the 1920s
B) directed Herbert Hoover's rise to the presidency
C) was a group of angry young men in a short story by Sinclair Lewis about the consumer culture
D) hosted the first national radio program
E) was a group of President Harding's friends who were named to political office
Q2) Who said, "When the hordes of aliens walk to the ballot box and their votes outnumber yours, then that alien horde has got you by the throat"?
A) Clarence Darrow
B) Ruth Benedict
C) William J. Simmons
D) Moorfield Storey
E) Marcus Garvey
Q3) As a result of the Scopes Trial:
A) Tennessee's anti-evolution law was declared unconstitutional
B) the fundamentalist movement disappeared
C) William Jennings Bryan's political career was revived
D) John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution
E) Clarence Darrow's legal career faded into obscurity
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Chapter 25: The Great Depression, 1929-1939
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Q1) How did the political pressure, and opposing views shape New Deal policies?
Q2) Francis E. Townsend
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) The Farm Security Administration:
A) administered the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (the "Second AAA")
B) offered loans to marginal farmers (so they could avoid falling into tenancy) and to tenant farmers (so they could purchase their own farms)
C) provided federal subsidies for the expansion of large farms
D) established educational programs to teach farmers new agricultural methods
E) concentrated on rehabilitating devastated soils on the Great Plains
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Chapter 26: The Second World War, 1933-1945
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Q1) By November 1941, the United States insisted it would reopen trade with Japan only after that country:
A) gave up its recently acquired territory in New Zealand
B) signed an agreement not to attack Russia
C) withdrew completely from China
D) paid Britain and Holland for the oil and other resources it had taken from their colonies
E) compensated the United States for the loss of life and property during the Panay incident
Q2) The passage of the Lend-Lease bill in 1941 signaled what about American opinion?
A) Internationalist sentiment was weakening.
B) The president lost control over Congress.
C) Isolationist strength was weakening.
D) Americans paid little attention to the European war.
E) Pacifism was resurgent.
Q3) By the end of World War II, over 8 million women had entered the workforce.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Detail the expanding Axis power in the 1930s. What did its expansion signal for the future of the world?
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Q1) Due to shrinking military production, a deep recession followed the end of World War II.
A)True
B)False
Q2) State Department official George Kennan:
A) predicted that the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviets would continue
B) said the United States should abandon Europe and focus on the defense of the Western Hemisphere
C) said the United States should contain Soviet expansionist tendencies
D) urged the use of military force to liberate Eastern Europe
E) said the United States should be willing to bomb the Russians
Q3) The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947:
A) helped unions gain strength in the South
B) allowed the president to impose a "cooling-off" period during major strikes
C) was supported by President Truman due to his difficulties with organized labor
D) abolished the National Labor Relations Board
E) outlawed the passage of so-called right-to-work laws by the states
Q4) Trace the major developments in the cold war from 1945 to 1948.
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Chapter 28: Cold War America, 1950-1959
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Q1) Elvis Presley's first national smash hit was "Heartbreak Hotel."
A)True
B)False
Q2) How did the Red Scare of the 1950s finally come to an end? With its demise, was this the end of the anti-Communist crusade in America?
Q3) In The Crack in the Picture Window, John Keats described suburban life as:
A) the best of all possible worlds
B) the true American way
C) better than any of the alternatives
D) a life of quiet desperation
E) homogeneous
Q4) One major reason for religion's growing appeal in the 1950s was:
A) the desire to combat "godless" communism
B) tax breaks for people who joined churches
C) the fire and brimstone style of television preachers
D) widespread guilt over the country's material abundance
E) huge new churches that sponsored social and recreational activities
Q5) Discuss how the various aspects of culture changed in the 1950s. Focus particularly on theater, literature, and painting.
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Q1) 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
Q2) Student civil rights activists in the South would likely experience all of the following EXCEPT:
A) mass arrests
B) mob violence
C) extreme verbal abuse
D) Kennedy's public encouragement
E) growing public admiration
Q3) Describe the major trends in the cold war in the 1960s.
Q4) During the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy:
A) appeared nervous and unknowledgeable in a televised debate
B) promised to use the White House to promote religion
C) promised to get the country "moving again"
D) promised to provide health care to all Americans
E) opposed civil rights
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Q1) Senator George McGovern of South Dakota:
A) was the democratic nominee for president in 1972
B) resigned from the Senate
C) ran for governor in South Dakota
D) was Nixon's secretary of defense
E) led U.S. troops in Vietnam
Q2) The energy crisis of the early 1970s increased support for:
A) consumption
B) travel and tourism
C) environmentalism
D) suburbanization
E) socialism
Q3) By 1960-1961, a number of students had become inspired to become social reform activists by:
A) the fear of getting drafted and sent to Vietnam
B) the example of the civil rights movement
C) the boredom and restrictions of campus life
D) musicians and protest singers with political agendas
E) the need to rebel against their conservative parents
Q4) Describe the domestic policy of the Nixon administration.
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Q1) Michael Dukakis
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."
Q2) Discuss the status of the poor, the homeless, and the victims of AIDS during the 1980s. How did the government respond to the needs of each of these groups?
Q3) Ronald Reagan practiced "the politics of symbolism," according to one scholar. Is this an accurate assessment of Reagan's presidential career?
Q4) What were the main foreign policy achievements of the Carter administration? Where did Carter fail?
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Q1) By 2011, the conservative insurgency led by the Tea Party focused on the record-breaking federal deficit and the tepid economic recovery (2011 home sales were the worst in history).
A)True
B)False
Q2) Sarah Palin
A)was an Alaska governor and Tea Party favorite
B)carried Florida by 537 votes in 2000
C)became House Speaker as a result of the 2006 election
D)was the independent counsel who prosecuted Bill Clinton
E)finished third in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections
F)authored the Contract with America
G)was appointed secretary of state by Barack Obama
H)was the Federal Reserve Board chairman
I)was appointed secretary of defense by Barack Obama
J)was a central figure in a major sex scandal
Q3) Discuss the issue of global terrorism. How has this affected all aspects of American society?
Q4) Did American foreign policy change significantly when Bill Clinton became president? Fully explain.
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