American Studies Review Questions
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American Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the history, culture, politics, and society of the United States from diverse perspectives. This course explores the development of American identities and values by analyzing literature, art, media, social movements, and historical events. Students engage with issues such as race, ethnicity, gender, class, and national identity, and consider how these factors have shaped and been shaped by American experiences. Through critical reading, discussion, and research, students gain a deeper understanding of the complexities and influences that define America both domestically and in a global context.
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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) The French captain Jacques Cartier most importantly explored the: A)Caribbean.
B)Mississippi River.
C)Great Lakes.
D)St.Lawrence River.
E)Hudson Bay.
Answer: D
Q2) The presidios established by the Spaniards in the Southwest housed: A)missionaries.
B)settlers.
C)soldiers.
D)ranchers.
E)explorers.
Answer: C
Q3) The presence of horses transformed the ecology of the Great Plains.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Englands Colonies
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Q1) Puritans sought to have Indians:
A)executed when convicted of even minor crimes.
B)pushed farther north and west.
C)moved to "praying towns."
D)moved into English settlements.
E)relocated to Rhode Island with Roger Williams.
Answer: C
Q2) James Oglethorpe
A)Carolina
B)Georgia
C)Maryland
D)Massachusetts Bay
E)New Jersey
F)New Netherland
G)Pennsylvania
H)Plymouth
I)Rhode Island
J)Virginia
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Colonial Ways of Life
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT true of early colonial slavery?
A)Far more slaves went to the West Indies than to North America.
B)Slavery was present in all the English colonies.
C)Slaves had higher survival rates in North America than in the West Indies.
D)No colony had a majority slave population.
E)All slaves could expect a lifetime in bondage.
Answer: E
Q2) The most important crop in the Virginia colony was tobacco.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The covenant theory from which the Puritans drew their ideas contained:
A)the justification for New England's strict theocracy.
B)the notion that the king replaced God as the head of the government of the people.
C)the notion that men were capable of governing themselves well because they had been absolved of all sin when they entered the church.
D)a fundamental belief in democracy.
E)certain kernels of democracy in both church and state.
Answer: E
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Chapter 4: From Colonies to States
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Q1) Colonial royal governors:
A)held their offices for life.
B)tended to be devoted and effective public servants.
C)were elected by property-owning males.
D)had veto power over colonial assemblies.
E)were required to be devoutly religious.
Q2) Discuss the background,details,and results of the Boston Massacre.What impact did this conflict have on the impending Revolution?
Q3) John Locke's social contract theory of government argued that:
A)men have certain rights in the state of nature,including the right to life,liberty,and property.
B)governments were formed when strong men seized authority as kings to protect natural rights.
C)kings have a "divine right" to rule their subjects as long as their subjects prosper.
D)the only legitimate governments are ones that allow all adults,regardless of sex and race,to vote.
E)government's chief duty is to wage war against other nations.
Q4) Describe the background,major events,and results of the French and Indian War.
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Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1776-1783
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Q1) In late December 1776,George Washington was able to reverse American fortunes by:
A)recapturing New York City from the British.
B)convincing Congress to give the army all the resources it needed.
C)getting France and Spain to enter the conflict.
D)destroying a British force outside of Boston.
E)winning battles at Trenton and Princeton.
Q2) In what ways were the campaigns in the North different from those in the South?
Q3) The first conflicts of the American Revolution took place in South Carolina.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The peace treaty was signed in:
A)Brussels.
B)London.
C)Madrid.
D)Amsterdam.
E)Paris.
Q5) 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?
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Chapter 6: Strengthening the New Nation
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Q1) By raising taxes in the early 1780s,the Confederation was able to reduce the national debt.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Federalist essays were written by:
A)Madison and Washington.
B)John Jay.
C)Patrick Henry.
D)Hamilton,Madison,and Jay.
E)John Adams.
Q3) The first of these states to ratify the Constitution was:
A)Delaware.
B)New York.
C)Rhode Island.
D)Virginia.
E)Massachusetts.
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) 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) 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.
Q2) Jefferson showed his commitment to limited government by:
A)cutting military spending.
B)selling the national bank.
C)ending the tariff.
D)abolishing the post office.
E)canceling the national debt.
Q3) Describe President Jefferson's foreign policy,especially as it related to the Barbary pirates and the French.
Q4) The 1804 presidential election resulted in:
A)a comeback for the Federalists.
B)Aaron Burr's duel with Alexander Hamilton.
C)Jefferson's landslide reelection.
D)the rise of a powerful third party.
E)months of confusion over the actual winner.
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Chapter 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850
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Q1) German immigrants in the 1850s:
A)were mostly poor and nonreligious.
B)almost never returned to their native country.
C)tended to come as groups and families.
D)usually spoke English already.
E)were not the target of the nativists.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT true of boxing in the antebellum era?
A)Fighters used bare knuckles.
B)The sport was imported from Britain.
C)Some bouts resulted in fatalities.
D)It was strictly entertainment for the lower classes.
E)Fighters were often from Ireland or England.
Q3) A market-based economy frequently produces boom-and-bust cycles.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Why is the "age of the so-called common man" or "the age of Jacksonian democracy" an ironic name for this period?
Q5) Describe the general immigration trends of the period.What forms did the nativist response to this immigration take?
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Q6) Trace the impact that industrialization had on the environment.
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Chapter 9: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828
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Q1) In what ways might the foreign policy of this period be called nationalistic?
Q2) Four presidential candidates received electoral votes in 1824.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Andrew Jackson:
A)was elected to the U.S.Senate from Tennessee in 1823.
B)served as President Monroe's secretary of state.
C)supported a national bank.
D)worked hard to revive the Federalist party.
E)was an advocate of protective tariffs.
Q4) In what ways did the Supreme Court act as a force for nationalism in this period?
Q5) The phrase "Era of Good Feelings" resulted from President Monroe's tour of:
A)New England.
B)Canada.
C)the West.
D)Pennsylvania.
E)the Deep South.
Q6) What factors led to the decline of the first party system?
Q7) Examine the factors contributing to the rise of Jacksonian democracy.
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Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840
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Q1) Antidemocratic voices freely acknowledged that democracy was incompatible with:
A)intelligence.
B)slavery.
C)informed political participation.
D)a successful republic.
E)the natural order.
Q2) Examine the role of violence in Andrew Jackson's life and how he incorporated that into his presidency.
Q3) As a result of the Eaton affair:
A)John C.Calhoun became an outspoken advocate of nullification.
B)both John Eaton and Martin Van Buren left the cabinet.
C)Floride Calhoun was forbidden from attending White House functions.
D)John Eaton and John C.Calhoun were fired.
E)Jackson became less sympathetic toward women.
Q4) The Whig presidential candidate in 1840,William Henry Harrison,was the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How did Jackson's early life shape his development into adulthood?
Q6) Describe the new party system that emerged in the 1830s.
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11: The South, slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860
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Q1) The South was overwhelmingly Catholic.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Tobacco was the first major cash crop of the South.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The rules that governed virtually every aspect of slave life were known as:
A)paternalism.
B)a slave code.
C)civil law.
D)slaveocracy.
E)total control.
Q4) Which of the following was NOT a part of the "masculine" culture of the Old Southwest's frontier?
A)violence
B)gender equality
C)alcohol use
D)gambling
E)sexual promiscuity
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) Describe the various facets and accomplishments of the women's movement of the first half of the nineteenth century.
Q2) The successful example of antebellum utopian communities converted many Americans to socialism.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the text,the Romantics "preferred the stirrings of the heart over the calculations of the head." Explain this statement.
Q4) Describe the various religious movements of the era-the "rational religions," the Second Great Awakening,the Mormons,and so on-characterizing the origin and adherents of each.
Q5) The secular utopian community Brook Farm hosted both male and female visiting lecturers.
A)True B)False
Q6) Discuss the concept of Deism and its influence on the development of American society.
Q7) Trace the evolution of early American literature.Who were the major writers? Discuss their works.
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Chapter 13: Western Expansion, 1830-1848
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Q1) Assess the presidency of James K.Polk.What were his successes and failures,and what impact did his administration have on the future of the United States?
Q2) How did the Mexican-American War ultimately deepen sectional divisions in the United States?
A)All the territories acquired were immediately opened to slavery.
B)Slavery was prohibited in all the territories acquired.
C)Slaves who fought in the war began rebelling for their freedom in the South.
D)The newly acquired territories fueled a violent debate over the extension of slavery into them.
E)Southern states refused to recognize the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Q3) Most of the American settlers in Texas went there because of: A)furs.
B)gold and other mineral deposits.
C)fertile,inexpensive lands.
D)trading opportunities with the Indians and the Mexicans.
E)legal problems in the United States.
Q4) William Henry Harrison died one month after his inauguration as president.
A)True
B)False
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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) All of the following statements about John Brown are true,EXCEPT that he:
A)was the father of twenty children.
B)and his followers were responsible for the Pottawatomie Massacre.
C)believed blacks deserved both liberty and full social equality.
D)led an unsuccessful raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
E)was fanatically committed to fight to protect the institution of slavery.
Q3) Abraham Lincoln:
A)opposed the further spread of slavery.
B)supported black equality.
C)would abolish slavery wherever it existed.
D)was a military hero.
E)was born in 1810.
Q4) In 1857,the majority of the population in Kansas was anti-slavery.
A)True
B)False
Q5) 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) Thaddeus Stevens
A)a candidate for the presidency in the 1860 election
B)led the Pottawatomie Massacre
C)elected president of the Confederate States of America
D)died in July 1850
E)caned Charles Sumner
F)the "Little Giant" who succeeded in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed by breaking it into separate proposals
G)argued that Congress needed to protect the right of slave owners to take their "property" into the territories
H)the chief justice for the Dred Scott case
I)the 1848 Free-Soil presidential candidate
J)the president who supported the Compromise of 1850
Q2) The First Battle of Bull Run was a Union defeat.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Copperheads were members of the extreme fringe of the peace wing of the Democratic party.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877
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Q1) Most scalawags were white southerners who had:
A)owned slaves.
B)served in the Union army.
C)changed their minds about race relations.
D)become educated.
E)opposed secession.
Q2) Pinckney B.S.Pinchback
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
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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) Andrew Carnegie was an outspoken opponent of the idea of "the Gospel of Wealth."
A)True
B)False
Q3) Write an essay that explains why labor unions developed as they did in the United States.What factors shaped the growth of labor unions during this period? What factors delayed or weakened their growth? What were their limitations,and what achievements can they claim?
Q4) From the end of the Civil War to the turn of the century:
A)corporations grew in size and power.
B)farm production declined.
C)average wages and earnings declined.
D)fewer women and children worked.
E)innovation in business remained stagnant.
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Chapter 18: The New South and the New West, 1865-1900
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Q1) 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."
Q2) What was a "fifty-niner"?
A)a cowboy on the verge of mandatory retirement at age sixty
B)a congressional representative from frontier district fifty-nine
C)someone in the 1870s who lived beyond the average life expectancy of fifty-eight
D)a miner who came to Colorado following several new discoveries made in 1859
E)someone who played for the first organized sports franchise based in California
Q3) One might say that the West actually consisted of three frontiers: the miners',the cowboys',and the farmers'.What problems did each of these groups face?
Q4) 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) 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
Q2) The exclusion of Chinese immigrants:
A)came only after the exclusion of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe.
B)came only after the exclusion of immigrants from northern and western Europe.
C)was opposed by white workers in the Far West.
D)was supported by President Chester A.Arthur.
E)originally called for a ten-year term.
Q3) The spread of mass transit was a major factor in the growth of the suburbs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The peak decade of immigration was the 1890s.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the explosive growth of urbanization in the late nineteenth century.What factors led to this growth,and where did the largest growth take place?
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Q1) To reward Theodore Roosevelt for his vigorous campaigning on behalf of William McKinley in 1896,the new president appointed Roosevelt:
A)assistant secretary of the navy.
B)secretary of the navy.
C)secretary of the interior.
D)secretary of state.
E)as his running mate that same year.
Q2) When the United States and Colombia could not agree on a price for the Canal Zone:
A)the matter was submitted to an international board for arbitration.
B)Roosevelt sent the army to Colombia to force Colombian leaders to accept the American offer.
C)the United Fruit Co.brought in Venezuelan and American mercenaries.
D)Colombian leaders offered the deal to the British.
E)the United States lent support to a separatist rebellion in the Colombian province of Panama.
Q3) How did Hawaii become part of the United States?
Q4) What were the reasons for American expansionism at the turn of the twentieth century? What justifications did Americans offer for expansionism?
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Chapter 21: The Progressive Era, 1890-1920
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Q1) William H.Taft achieved the most significant tariff reduction of any progressive president.
A)True
B)False
Q2) During the presidential election of 1912,William Howard Taft:
A)was the Republican candidate.
B)campaigned for his Bull Moose program.
C)named George W.Norris as his vice-presidential running mate.
D)defeated Woodrow Wilson.
E)lost to Grover Cleveland.
Q3) 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.
Q4) Describe the major themes of progressive reform.
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) During the early twentieth century,the nation's century-long isolation from European conflicts increased.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Henry Cabot Lodge was one of the biggest supporters of the League of Nations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) John J.Pershing
A)was governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston police strike
B)was the U.S.attorney general that led the Red Scare
C)was Wilson's first secretary of state
D)was Wilson's second secretary of state
E)was a leading reservationist concerning League of Nations
F)headed the Food Administration during World War I
G)headed the War Industries Board
H)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1916
I)was a World War I general
J)was the French premier during World War I
Q4) Describe the economic mobilization on the American home front.
Q5) 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) Modernists in art and literature recognized:
A)nature's reality can be captured in art.
B)human reason ruled all of nature.
C)science and art had no connection.
D)art,in the end,had rules that should be obeyed.
E)new technologies and embraced scientific discovery.
Q2) Ernest Hemingway
A)wrote This Side of Paradise
B)coined the word "Aframerican"
C)wrote The Sun Also Rises
D)wrote The Waste Land
E)founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association
F)comic genius who perfected their art,transforming it into a form of social criticism
G)Christian moralist who denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight
Q3) Describe the influence of modernism in literature.
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Chapter 24: The Reactionary Twenties
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Q1) Calvin Coolidge
A)was secretary of the Treasury
B)was critical of Hoover's "trickle-down" theory
C)was secretary of the interior
D)was Harding's secretary of state
E)died in 1923
F)endorsed the trade-association movement
G)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1920
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928
I)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1924
J)was the Progressive party presidential candidate in 1924
Q2) 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.
Q3) Discuss the various causes of the stock market crash,paying particular attention to government policies that helped bring on the crash.
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Chapter 25: The Great Depression, 1929-1939
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Q1) Although the New Deal initiatives produced mixed results,they halted the economic downturn and provided the foundation for a system of federal social welfare programs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Ellison "Cotton Ed" Smith
A)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1932
B)proposed the Share-the-Wealth program
C)as a law student,found work through the Works Progress Administration
D)was the Bureau of Indian Affairs commissioner
E)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1936
F)was a Congress of Industrial Organizations leader
G)proposed to pay $200 a month to those over sixty years old who retired and promised to spend the money
H)was director of an National Youth Administration program
I)was a "radio priest"
J)cringed at the thought of Roosevelt running for a fourth term
Q3) The Wagner Act helped dramatically boost union membership.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 26: The Second World War, 1933-1945
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Q1) What did the governments of Italy and Germany have in common by the 1930s?
A)Both had established communist forms of government.
B)Both had thriving liberal democracies.
C)Both had strong monarchies.
D)Both had established fascist forms of government.
E)Both went to war with the United States.
Q2) Why did America drop the atomic bomb on Japan? Was the action justified?
Q3) The Atlantic Charter included all the following principles EXCEPT:
A)freedom of the seas.
B)economic cooperation.
C)the elimination of communism.
D)self-determination for all peoples.
E)a new system of international security.
Q4) 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.
Q5) Detail the Yalta Conference and show its importance to the postwar world.
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Chapter 27: The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952
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Q1) George C.Marshall
A)wrote influential article on cold war policy in Foreign Affairs
B)was taunted and baited during the 1947 baseball season
C)was the Dixiecrat presidential candidate in 1948
D)was convicted in 1950 of perjury in an espionage case
E)was the Republican presidential candidate in 1948
F)was a former Soviet agent and later an editor of Time magazine
G)proposed to widen the Korean War by attacking Communist China
H)was a senator from Wisconsin
I)was secretary of state in 1947
J)led UN forces in Korea after April 1951
Q2) What did Truman mean by a Fair Deal? How did it compare to FDR's New Deal?
Q3) All of the following were established by the National Security Act of 1947 EXCEPT:
A)the Central Intelligence Agency.
B)the Air Force.
C)the National Security Council.
D)the Office of Homeland Security.
E)a permanent Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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) During the 1950s,the black population in the North decreased as a result of the great migration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In regard to New Deal programs,Eisenhower:
A)was intensely hostile.
B)ended subsidies to agriculture.
C)promised to outdo Roosevelt.
D)retained most programs and even expanded some.
E)wanted to privatize Social Security.
Q3) Show briefly how playwrights,novelists,painters,and the Beats reacted to the corporate life.
Q4) As president,Eisenhower reverted to the nineteenth-century view that Congress:
A)should declare war whenever it desires.
B)be in charge of foreign policy.
C)has no power over the budget.
D)should make policy,and the president should carry it out.
E)should ask the president for money.
Q5) How did the image of women reflect the corporate life of the 1950s?
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) Malcolm X:
A)said blacks should be proud of their African heritage.
B)was killed by a white racist during a speech in Harlem.
C)headed the Black Panthers.
D)supported the nonviolent tactics of Martin Luther King Jr.
E)was a militant black Christian.
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) Johnson's Medicare program provided medical benefits to:
A)the unemployed.
B)all Americans.
C)the elderly.
D)single mothers and their children.
E)the handicapped.
Q4) The year 1968 has been called the most turbulent year of the 1960s.Explain why some people believe this.
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Q1) Detail the New Left movement in America during the 1960s.Who were the participants,and what issues were at the core of their organization?
Q2) What percentage of military inductees were college students during the Vietnam War?
A)2
B)10
C)25
D)40
E)50
Q3) Describe the gains made by women and ethnic minorities in the 1960s and early 1970s.In each case,what accounted for the gains?
Q4) Describe the domestic policy of the Nixon administration.
Q5) Nixon's new relationship with China was made possible by:
A)the discovery of China's vast oil deposits.
B)China's growing fear of the Soviet Union.
C)Nixon's landslide reelection in 1972.
D)the American public's more favorable attitude toward communism.
E)the removal of Vietnam as a source of division between the United States and China.
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A)True
B)False
Q2) Reagan's experience as an actor:
A)helps explain his skill as a public speaker.
B)was irrelevant once he entered politics.
C)had been limited to a few performances on radio.
D)helped him master policy details.
E)caused conservative Christians to view him with suspicion given the immorality of Hollywood.
Q3) In late 1989,all the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe toppled bloodlessly EXCEPT that of:
A)East Germany.
B)Poland.
C)Bulgaria.
D)Czechoslovakia.
E)Romania.
Q4) What were the main foreign policy achievements of the Carter administration? Where did Carter fail?
Q5) Describe and illustrate the main features of Reaganomics.
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Chapter 32: Twenty-First-Century America, 1993-Present
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Q1) As the 2008 presidential campaign started,the early front-runner for the Democratic nomination was:
A)Barack Obama.
B)Joe Biden.
C)Al Gore.
D)John Edwards.
E)Hillary Clinton.
Q2) The most evident sign of the economic crisis by October 2008 was:
A)plummeting stock prices.
B)fuel shortages and long lines at gas stations.
C)a drying-up of illegal immigration.
D)a large number of bankers being sent to prison.
E)growing public support for socialism.
Q3) Bush won a second term in 2004 by defeating:
A)Al Gore.
B)John Edwards.
C)Howard Dean.
D)John Kerry.
E)Hillary Clinton.
Q4) Explain the historic victory of Barack Obama in 2008.
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