American History Survey
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Course Introduction
This course offers a comprehensive overview of American history from pre-Columbian times to the present, exploring the political, social, economic, and cultural developments that have shaped the United States. Students will examine key events, influential figures, and significant movements that contributed to the nation's transformation, with an emphasis on the diversity of experiences among Americans. The course encourages critical analysis of primary and secondary sources and aims to foster a deeper understanding of how the past informs the present and future of the country.
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Chapter 1: The Collision of Cultures
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Q1) The original Spanish settlement of New Mexico:
A)sought to Christianize Plains tribes like the Apaches.
B)was enriched by discoveries of gold and silver.
C)ended when Santa Fe was abandoned in 1620.
D)was led by Juan de Oñate.
E)soon had a larger population than Mexico City.
Answer: D
Q2) Columbus succeeded in:
A)finding a water route to Asia.
B)proving the world was round.
C)inspiring subsequent European explorations.
D)bringing the benefits of European civilization to the Indians.
E)finding rich sources of rubies and diamonds.
Answer: C
Q3) Virginia Dare of Roanoke Island was the first British child born in the New World.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Englands Colonies
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Q1) A large number of South Carolina's original settlers were British planters from:
A)Barbados.
B)Maryland.
C)Jamaica.
D)Georgia.
E)North Carolina.
Answer: A
Q2) As a result of the Christianity that was forced upon African slaves,the fundamental theme of slave religion was deliverance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following is NOT true of Georgia?
A)It was the last of the English colonies to be established.
B)It was to serve as a military buffer against Spanish Florida.
C)It was a haven for the "poor children . . .that pester the streets of London."
D)It succeeded in keeping out slavery.
E)James Oglethorpe led the initial settlers.
Answer: D
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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 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 were the middle and southern colonies.
Answer: E
Q3) Which of the following spurred shipbuilding in New England?
A)the abundance of fish and whales off its coast
B)the region's extensive forests
C)the growing American Navy
D)the need for transporting southern cotton
E)southern purchases of New England-made ships
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: From Colonies to States
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Q1) The Stamp Act placed the first tax on the new colonial postal system.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Glorious Revolution was bloodier (in terms of battle deaths)than the English Civil War.
A)True
B)False
Q3) John Locke's writings justified revolution in some cases.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Although the Seven Years' War has often been called a world war,there was very little international conflict.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the Proclamation of 1763 and the impact it had on the relationship between Britain and the American colonies.
Q6) Which was more important in the coming of the Revolution: the development of a set of intellectual assumptions in the American colonies regarding liberty,equality,and so forth,or changes in British imperial policy?
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Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1776-1783
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Q1) Under the Articles of Confederation,some legislative measures required different majorities for approval.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe the problems in America of finance,supplies,and troops during the Revolution.How did Americans attempt to solve these problems? How successful were they?
Q3) During the period of the Revolution,a slave might gain his freedom:
A)claiming amnesty as a political prisoner.
B)appealing to George Washington.
C)suing for freedom in local courts.
D)running away to northern states.
E)joining the British army.
Q4) The Marquis de Lafayette served the American cause during the war as:
A)commander of the French navy.
B)Washington's most trusted aide.
C)France's ambassador to Congress.
D)leader of the attack on the British in Canada.
E)chief fund-raiser in Europe.
Q5) Explain why 1777 has been referred to as the "year of setbacks" for the British.
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Chapter 6: Strengthening the New Nation
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Q1) It is sometimes assumed that because the Articles of Confederation were weak,they were unpopular.Discuss the merits of this statement.
Q2) Conflicts with Britain and France in the 1790s created a spirit of national unity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) One key element of Hamilton's program to encourage manufacturing was his proposal for:
A)a cutoff of trade with Britain.
B)high protective tariffs.
C)government-owned factories.
D)importation of cheap foreign labor.
E)government colleges for industrial education.
Q4) One serious economic problem under the Articles of Confederation was:
A)a scarcity of good farmland.
B)a shortage of "hard money."
C)the impossibility of obtaining credit.
D)excessively high income taxes.
E)low wages caused by an oversupply of labor.
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) Aaron Burr
A)appointed justice of the peace in the District of Columbia
B)elected president in 1804
C)negotiated the Louisiana Purchase
D)a naval hero against the Barbary pirates
E)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)an American naval hero in the War of 1812
J)explored the Louisiana Purchase and Far West
Q2) In the early 1800s,the United States engaged in a naval conflict with:
A)France.
B)North African pirates.
C)Britain.
D)Spain.
E)Canadian smugglers.
Q3) Explain the Treaty of Ghent and the end of the War of 1812.
Q4) Assess the degree to which Jefferson's election as president can accurately be called the "revolution of 1800."
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Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850
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Q1) The largest professional occupation for men in the United States by 1860 was:
A)teaching.
B)medicine.
C)the law.
D)nursing
E)engineering
Q2) Describe the general immigration trends of the period.What forms did the nativist response to this immigration take?
Q3) Samuel Slater
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
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Chapter 9: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828
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Q1) 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.
Q2) The ruling in Dartmouth College v.Woodward related to:
A)monopoly law.
B)the right to tax federal currency.
C)the constitutionality of a federal law.
D)contract rights.
E)interstate commerce.
Q3) The Missouri Compromise was almost undone when Missouri put into its constitution a provision excluding free blacks and mulattoes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In what ways did the Supreme Court act as a force for nationalism in this period?
Q5) Examine the factors contributing to the rise of Jacksonian democracy.
Q6) Contrast the expressions of nationalism and sectionalism in the period from 1815 to 1828,and explain which force was dominant in that period.
Q7) Discuss the causes and results of the Panic of 1819.
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Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840
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Q1) President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the tariff.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Jackson viewed the Bank of the United States as:
A)a valued source of credit for small farmers.
B)a "monster" that served the interests of a wealthy few.
C)necessary for issuing paper money that stabilized the economy.
D)justified by the "necessary and proper" clause of the Constitution.
E)a source of national unity because it served the whole country.
Q3) The Cherokee Indians were forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the 1840 campaign,the Whigs:
A)nominated Henry Clay.
B)explained in detail how they would fight the depression.
C)adopted a catchy campaign slogan.
D)lost in a close election.
E)failed to use campaign techniques like those of the Democrats.
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Chapter 11: The South, slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860
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Q1) Slave religion:
A)mixed African and Christian elements.
B)caused slaves to accept their condition.
C)required reading of the Bible.
D)was stamped out by white masters.
E)was best observed during racially integrated church services.
Q2) All of the following statements about southern free blacks are true,EXCEPT that:
A)most were very poor.
B)some were slave owners themselves.
C)no women were among them.
D)some owned and operated businesses that served a white clientele.
E)they were still subject to racist legal restrictions not imposed upon whites.
Q3) Trace the development of black society in the Old South.What were the different groups that comprised black society? What distinguished them from each other and what tied them together?
Q4) The operation of the domestic slave trade often meant separating families from each other.
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) Dorothea Lynde Dix
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) All of the following statements about the American Colonization Society are true,EXCEPT that it:
A)was supported by black leaders.
B)was founded in the late 1810s.
C)was backed by many prominent politicians.
D)proposed to send blacks back to Africa.
E)did not reduce the total number of slaves.
Q3) Discuss the concept of Deism and its influence on the development of American society.
Q4) Describe the southern defense of slavery before and after 1830.
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Chapter 13: Western Expansion, 1830-1848
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Q1) What effect did Mexico's winning its independence from Spain have on American settlement in the Southwest?
A)The establishment of the new Mexican state made settlement in its territories more difficult.
B)Patterns of American settlement of the former Spanish,now Mexican,territories remained unchanged.
C)American settlers were immediately and forcibly removed from all Mexican territories.
D)American settlement and expansion into the former Spanish territories increased after Mexico gained independence.
E)Americans began to flee the former Spanish territories once Mexico gained independence.
Q2) The outbreak of the Mexican-American War was caused by the dispute over Oregon.
A)True
B)False
Q3) John Tyler favored Henry Clay's American System.
A)True
B)False
Q4) 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) In 1856,the Republicans:
A)declared their opposition to slavery.
B)nominated William Seward for president.
C)stood for states' rights.
D)strongly condemned the nativist platform of the American party.
E)campaigned vigorously all over the country.
Q2) Uncle Tom's Cabin outraged slave owners because it:
A)was authored by Harriet Tubman.
B)showed how the brutal realities of slavery harmed everyone associated with it.
C)convinced many poor southern whites to oppose slavery.
D)started the Civil War.
E)was an objective description of life under slavery.
Q3) The Free-Soil party stance on slavery:
A)was endorsed by John C.Calhoun.
B)attracted Abraham Lincoln into its ranks.
C)led to the political downfall of Henry Clay.
D)infuriated John C.Calhoun.
E)opposed the Wilmot Proviso.
Q4) Trace the Kansas-Nebraska crisis.What were the causes,issues,and results,and how did the country react to the crisis?
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Chapter 15: The War of the Union, 1861-1865
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Q1) The first real battle of the war:
A)was the First Battle of Bull Run.
B)was the Battle of Harpers Ferry.
C)was a victory for the Union forces at Antietam.
D)resulted in the death of General Albert S.Johnston in Atlanta.
E)made both sides think victory would be quick and easy.
Q2) All of the following are true about the Battle of Antietam,EXCEPT that:
A)the Confederates were outnumbered more than 2 to 1.
B)it was the bloodiest single day of the war.
C)McClellan vigorously pursued the retreating Lee.
D)Lee hoped a victory would gain the Confederacy foreign recognition.
E)it helped inspire Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
Q3) 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.
Q4) Describe the Battle of Bull Run.Why was there a sense of naïve optimism,and what impact did the outcome have on both sides?
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Chapter 16: The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877
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Q1) Hiram Revels
A)a northern free black and Union soldier who was elected lieutenant governor of Louisiana
B)senator from Massachusetts,a leading Radical Republican
C)asked that the Fifteenth Amendment be modified to include women
D)secretary of war under Johnson until 1867
E)a black Mississippi native elected to the Senate
F)senator from Kansas who cast the deciding vote in favor of acquittal at Johnson's trial
G)the Democratic presidential candidate in 1876
H)opposed Grant in the 1872 presidential election
I)the former vice president of the Confederacy elected to the U.S.Senate representing Georgia in 1865
J)his would-be assassin got cold feet and wound up tipsy in the hotel bar
Q2) Discuss the nature of intransigence in the South after the Civil War.How did this intransigence affect moderate Republicans in Congress?
Q3) What were the major economic issues between 1868 and 1876?
Q4) How was the contested election of 1876 decided? Describe the political,racial,and sectional effects of the decision.
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Chapter 17: Business and Labor in the Industrial Era,
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Q1) J.Pierpont Morgan
A)founded Standard Oil
B)was president of the Homestead Steel Works
C)led the Knights of Labor
D)wrote "The Gospel of Wealth"
E)was a presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America
F)led the American Federation of Labor
G)invented the phonograph
H)organized the Workingmen's Party of California
I)coined the phrase "social dynamite"
J)consolidated the steel industry into the United States Steel Corporation
Q2) "Trusts" like Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust were vulnerable because they:
A)were often too large to earn a profit.
B)were forced to spend too much of their money on philanthropic endeavors.
C)were appealing targets for prosecution on the grounds of monopoly or restraint of trade.
D)controlled companies that had nothing to do with one another.
E)paid their various subsidiaries enormous and unjustified profits.
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Chapter 18: The New South and the New West, 1865-1900
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Q1) Helen Hunt Jackson
A)was editor of the Atlanta Constitution
B)made improved plow for plains farmers
C)a livestock dealer who helped establish Abilene,Kansas,as the first successful cowtown
D)the foremost promoter of black migration to the West
E)founded the American Tobacco Company
F)said that the Indian wars were the result of broken promises by Americans
G)wrote that the frontier had shaped the American national character
H)led the massacre of 200 Indians at Sand Creek
I)was a barbed-wire promoter
J)author of A Century of Dishonor
Q2) 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)Blackfoot.
Q3) Describe the role of women in the New West.
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Chapter 19: Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900
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Q1) Ellis Island was located right outside:
A)Boston.
B)San Francisco.
C)New York City.
D)Philadelphia.
E)Charleston.
Q2) Describe how living in an urban environment impacted women's lives.
Q3) Which region of the United States had the greatest proportion of urban dwellers?
A)the Northeast
B)the South
C)the middle Atlantic
D)the Far West
E)the Great Plains
Q4) Around 1900,saloons did all of the following EXCEPT:
A)offer mail services.
B)provide public restrooms for poor people.
C)serve alcohol.
D)provide refuges for the homeless.
E)serve as a great place for immigrant men to meet women.
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Q1) The Open Door policy:
A)allowed a certain number of Japanese immigrants into the United States each year in return for special trading rights with Japan.
B)allowed Cubans to enter the United States and Americans to enter Cuba freely.
C)proposed that foreign powers keep the China trade open to all nations on an equal basis.
D)pledged economic aid to struggling Latin American republics.
E)closed Chinese immigration except for spouses and children of men already in America.
Q2) The United States acquired all of the following as a result of the Spanish-American War EXCEPT:
A)Puerto Rico.
B)Panama.
C)Guam.
D)the Philippines.
E)Guantánamo Bay.
Q3) The purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million proved to be a huge bargain.
A)True
B)False
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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) Of the four presidential candidates in 1912,the one most likely to advocate government ownership of big business was:
A)Eugene Debs.
B)Woodrow Wilson.
C)William Howard Taft.
D)Theodore Roosevelt.
E)William Jennings Bryan.
Q3) The phrase "Square Deal" is associated with Theodore Roosevelt.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Who were the muckrakers,and what impact did they have on American society?
Q5) Which of the progressive presidents was the most progressive? Which was the least progressive? Explain.
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Chapter 22: America and the Great War, 1914-1920
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Q1) Why did the reservationists and the irreconcilables oppose the Treaty of Versailles? How effective was their opposition?
Q2) The congressional resolution for war:
A)came quickly in response to the sinking of the Lusitania.
B)passed overwhelmingly.
C)was divided strictly along party lines.
D)included a provision that the United States would accept only an unconditional surrender from Germany.
E)passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate.
Q3) The National Defense Act of 1916:
A)provided for the expansion of the U.S.Army.
B)hit farmers and low-income Americans the hardest.
C)was vetoed by President Wilson.
D)was designed to make Republicans support the war.
E)amounted to the progressives' biggest failure in the Wilson period.
Q4) President Wilson suffered a temporarily incapacitating stroke in France while negotiating the peace treaty.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 23: A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929
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Q1) "The major theme in American society in the 1920s was the theme of cultural alienation." Defend this statement.
Q2) The Harlem Renaissance:
A)made the connection between the African American experience and the legal structure of Rome.
B)emphasized socialism as the means to black empowerment.
C)sought to rediscover black folk culture.
D)was confined to jazz.
E)embraced Booker T.Washington's conciliatory strategy.
Q3) Discuss the characteristics of the African American way of life in the 1920s.
Q4) 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
Q5) Hemingway published his first novel,The Sun Also Rises,in 1922.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) Unable to convict Al Capone on bootlegging charges,the federal government arrested him for:
A)illegal immigration activities.
B)drug trafficking.
C)contempt of Congress.
D)tax evasion.
E)prostitution.
Q2) Parity,as used in this chapter,refers to farm prices.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Of all the causes of the stock market crash of October 1929,the greatest culprit was:
A)Hoover's tax policies.
B)the weak foundation of the 1920s economy.
C)international monetary policy.
D)unethical practices on Wall Street.
E)union influences on business.
Q4) The biggest scandal under President Hoover was the Teapot Dome affair of 1930.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 25: The Great Depression, 1929-1939
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Q1) The Civilian Conservation Corps addressed the problem of overcharging by doctors and others in the medical and health professions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Wagner Act helped dramatically boost union membership.
A)True
B)False
Q3) On his second day in office,Franklin D.Roosevelt called upon Congress to meet in a special session on March 9 to pass the:
A)Emergency Banking Relief Act.
B)Beer-Wine Revenue Act.
C)Emergency Farm Mortgage Act.
D)Farm Credit Act.
E)Agricultural Adjustment Act.
Q4) Discuss the impact the New Deal had on minorities in the United States.
Q5) Although the New Deal programs helped ease the devastation wrought by the Depression,some widespread human suffering continued.Discuss this suffering and the hardships Americans still faced.
Q6) 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) By late 1942,the United States effectively countered German advantages in the Atlantic with what strategic response?
A)aerial bombardment
B)cross channel invasion
C)dropping the atomic bomb
D)espionage
E)subchasers
Q2) What helped the Allies gain the advantage in the Battle of the Atlantic?
A)The Allies decoded German messages that indicated where the U-boats were.
B)The Allies had a submarine advantage over the Germans.
C)The Allied aircraft carrier superiority countered the German U-boat advantage.
D)The Allies utilized aerial precision bombing of German targets.
E)The Allies bypassed the Atlantic to confront the Germans directly in Europe.
Q3) The Atlantic Charter:
A)was a joint British-American statement of anti-Axis war aims.
B)reaffirmed American neutrality in the wars in Europe and Asia.
C)is another name for the American declaration of war against Germany.
D)advocated expanding the war in Europe to fight communism.
E)was voted down by Congress.
Q4) Why did America drop the atomic bomb on Japan? Was the action justified?
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Q1) Trace the major developments in the cold war from 1945 to 1948.
Q2) At the 1948 Democratic Convention:
A)Truman was denied renomination.
B)delegates promised to take better care of veterans.
C)segregationist delegates from Alabama and Mississippi walked out of the convention in protest.
D)people protested getting tougher on the Russians.
E)delegates could not decide on a vice-presidential nominee.
Q3) The Yalta pledges of democratic elections in Eastern Europe:
A)proved to be meaningless.
B)were postponed for two years after the end of the war.
C)were fully backed by American military power.
D)were honored by Stalin.
E)were not in the national interests of the United States.
Q4) Within a few months of the end of World War II,there were strikes and other labor disputes in many key industries.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What did Truman mean by a Fair Deal? How did it compare to FDR's New Deal?
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Q6) Describe the social and economic effects of demobilization.
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Chapter 28: Cold War America, 1950-1959
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Q1) The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Show briefly how playwrights,novelists,painters,and the Beats reacted to the corporate life.
Q3) The years after World War II witnessed a second Great Migration.
A)True
B)False
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) The GI Bill of Rights provided financial assistance for home loans and college expenses.
A)True
B)False
Q6) 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) The result of the 1960 election:
A)was a narrow victory for Kennedy.
B)was a popular-vote landslide victory for Kennedy.
C)showed the public's desire for radical change.
D)was determined when Kennedy swept the West Coast,including Nixon's home state of California.
E)was challenged in the courts by the Republicans.
Q2) Compare the philosophies and styles of Martin Luther King Jr.and the leaders of the black power movement.
Q3) The Voting Rights Act of 1965:
A)was passed by Congress over Johnson's opposition.
B)ended black protest movements.
C)dramatically expanded black votes in the South.
D)made the South more strongly Democratic.
E)was successfully resisted in the Deep South.
Q4) What were the main domestic achievements of the New Frontier and the Great Society? Which accomplished more? Why?
Q5) The Viet Cong were the rebel army in South Vietnam.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) In 1968,students managed to shut down Columbia University.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The youths of the counterculture:
A)came primarily from poor or working-class families.
B)congregated in the Watts district of Los Angeles.
C)originated when Tom Hayden formed Students for a Democratic Society in 1960.
D)believed that electoral politics would solve society's problems.
E)preferred urban surroundings to a rural life in contact with nature.
Q3) Economists coined the term stagflation in the early 1970s to describe:
A)simultaneously a stagnant economy with inflationary prices.
B)continuing declines in stock prices.
C)high oil prices along with declining profits for the petroleum industry.
D)the return of economic conditions similar to the Depression.
E)continuing economic growth along with a growing budgetary deficit.
Q4) Trace how the Watergate crisis brought an end to the Nixon presidency.
Q5) 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?
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Q6) Discuss the election of 1972 and its implication for the future.
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Q1) Reagan's hope for Nicaragua was that the Sandinistas would:
A)sign a free-trade agreement with the United States.
B)moderate their views and become democratic.
C)become a model for the rest of Central America.
D)give the United States land for military and naval bases.
E)be overthrown by the Contras.
Q2) During the Reagan administration,El Salvador fell to the Communists.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In Germany,a bloody revolution brought the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Bush's goal as president seemed to be to:
A)pursue his own ambitious legislative agenda.
B)wipe out the Democratic opposition.
C)consolidate Reagan's policies and achievements.
D)be a Kennedy-like inspirational leader.
E)establish a dynasty of Bushes in the White House.
Q5) Trace the Iran-Contra affair from its earliest existence to its conclusion.Did this incident hurt or help the Reagan administration's reputation?
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Q1) The Bush Doctrine emphasized:
A)close coordination of U.S.foreign policy with the United Nations.
B)preemptive military action against terrorists and terrorist regimes.
C)a determination to contain terrorism by keeping it where it already existed.
D)strengthening America's nuclear deterrent.
E)using terrorism against terrorists.
Q2) One of the most powerful arguments in favor of health-care reform was:
A)the need to contain soaring medical costs.
B)Hillary Clinton's leadership on the issue.
C)the fanatical opposition of conservative Republicans.
D)the benefits of government ownership of hospitals and clinics.
E)the support of drug companies and the insurance industry for reform.
Q3) Ultimately,the outcome of the 2000 election depended on the final result in:
A)Iowa.
B)Texas.
C)California.
D)Ohio.
E)Florida.
Q4) Did American foreign policy change significantly when Bill Clinton became president? Fully explain.
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