Introduction to Historical Studies Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Introduction to Historical Studies offers students a broad foundation in the methods and perspectives used by historians to understand and interpret the past. The course explores key concepts such as historical evidence, causality, bias, and context, while emphasizing the importance of critical reading and analytical thinking. Through the examination of diverse case studies and primary sources, students will gain insight into how historical narratives are constructed and how history shapes our understanding of contemporary issues. By the end of the course, students will have developed the skills to evaluate historical arguments and appreciate the complexities of studying and writing history.
Recommended Textbook
HIST 3 3rd Edition by Kevin M. Schultz
Available Study Resources on Quizplus
29 Chapters
1316 Verified Questions
1316 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/study-set/2215 Page 2
Chapter 1: Three Societies on the Verge of Contact
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
43 Verified Questions
43 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44070
Sample Questions
Q1) Religion as practiced in Lower Guinea by the 1500s
A) was mainly that of Islam.
B) consisted of one major god and several lesser gods with specific capacities. C) was monotheistic.
D) had one major demigod the people prayed to as a direct connection between them and their major god.
E) was based almost completely on animal worship.
Answer: B
Q2) The Omaha and the Iroquois were two of the tribes living on the Great Plains.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The Native American tribes in the Northwest were known for constructing complex and dramatic totem poles.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 3
Chapter 2: Contact and Settlement, 1492-1660
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44071
Sample Questions
Q1) After becoming a royal colony under the king's ultimate control,Virginia established an assembly called the House of Burgesses which gave the colonists a great deal of self-rule.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following was <i>not</i> a problem French traders in Quebec had to deal with?
A) Disease
B) Warfare with the Iroquois
C) Harsh climate
D) Relative isolation from fellow French
E) A lack of demand for beaver furs
Answer: E
Q3) The largest French trading post in Canadian territory was Quebec.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 4
Chapter 3: Expansion and Its Costs, 1660-1700
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
48 Verified Questions
48 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44072
Sample Questions
Q1) Spain was not successful in its settlement of North America <i>mainly</i> because the Spanish
A) lacked the resources to develop colonies successfully.
B) sought quick profits and were dissuaded by clashes with Indians, believing that it would not be worth the investment to establish permanent colonies.
C) believed the French to be too strong in the areas that they wanted and feared that would mean war.
D) had used most of their gold and silver to make purchases from other countries, so they could not afford new colonization.
E) found themselves fighting with the French and the English for control of territory - and usually losing.
Answer: B
Q2) The area where whites and Indians met and traded on a fairly equal basis,also enjoying such activities as giving gifts,smoking pipes,and drinking rum,was called the "middle passage."
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
5
Chapter 4: Expansion and Control, 1700-1763
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
46 Verified Questions
46 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44073
Sample Questions
Q1) New England's flat land and long growing season encouraged tobacco cultivation.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Discuss the consequences of the British victory in the French-Indian War for Native Americans.
Q3) Which was <i>not</i> a part of the Treaty of Paris?
A) The Mississippi River became the dividing line between England and Spain.
B) France lost its holdings in North America.
C) Spain received Louisiana from France.
D) The western interior of North America went to the English.
E) England was required to accept only partial territorial control of Canada and Florida from France.
Q4) By the early 1700s,New York and Pennsylvania became known to English traders as the "bread colonies."
A)True
B)False
Q5) In what ways did religion change in the colonies as a result of the Great Awakening?
Q6) Describe what a typical "middle passage" would have been like for its slave passengers.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 6
Chapter 5: Toward Revolution, 1763-1775
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44074
Sample Questions
Q1) The Declaratory Act declared the colonists in open rebellion against the King of England.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The term "Radical Whigs" for the opponents of the Stamp Act stemmed from
A) the British opposition party, the Whigs, which opposed the central authority of the king at the expense of personal liberty.
B) a French term for the radical factions in the French Revolution.
C) the name of the king's party in Parliament in London.
D) the old Puritan tradition of wearing excessively large wigs when in a house of prayer.
E) the fact that wigs were one of the products taxed by the Stamp Act.
Q3) The incident that illustrated to Governor Gage of Massachusetts that the colonial militia outnumbered his military forces was the "Powder Alarm."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain how the various acts passed by Britain's Parliament built upon each other to anger the American colonists and to move them closer to revolution.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 7
Chapter 6: The Revolution
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44075
Sample
Questions
Q1) As Nathanael Greene and General Washington hoped,when the British moved the fighting to the South and began to raid farms for supplies,
A) the colonists burned their own crops to keep the British from getting them.
B) many people who supported the British abandoned their allegiance.
C) they became "sitting ducks" for the already entrenched patriot forces.
D) they often lost their way in the dense woods and swamps.
E) the environment took a heavy toll on the British, with many succumbing to semi-tropical diseases.
Q2) How important were the Indian tribes to the prosecution of the Revolutionary War? Which tribes fought for which sides in the conflict?
Q3) The first state to draft and enact a statute protecting religious freedom for all was Massachusetts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) "Not worth a Continental" referred to the poor fighting quality of the Continental Army.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
8
Chapter 7: Confederation and Constitution, 1783-1789
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44076
Sample Questions
Q1) Compare and contrast the Virginia and New Jersey Plans that were presented at the Constitutional Convention.Explain the compromise that brought the two sides together.
Q2) What were the major problems the country faced under the Articles of Confederation? Why was it impossible to "fix" these problems?
Q3) The Articles of Confederation did attempt to set forth a national policy on internal trade and commerce,but the plan was too vague to be of much use.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the most significant parts of the Bill of Rights,addressing each amendment separately.
Q5) Neither the Articles of Confederation nor any state constitution directly addressed powers expressly reserved to the states.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The only large state to ratify the Constitution by the end of 1788 was Virginia.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 9
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
46 Verified Questions
46 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44077
Sample Questions
Q1) Under Alexander Hamilton's financial plan for the country,he viewed the new national government's debt as
A) something to be avoided at all costs, if possible.
B) an economic instrument to commit wealthy individuals who were owed money from the Revolutionary War to the success of the federal government.
C) having no place in a strong, centralized government.
D) a responsibility that should be passed on to the states.
E) favorable to the federal government, but troublesome for bankers and merchants.
Q2) Which of these statements was <i>not</i> true of Jay's Treaty?
A) Britain agreed to leave its military posts along the frontier of the Northwest Territory.
B) Britain agreed to make reparations for cargo it had seized.
C) Britain agreed to stop impressing American sailors.
D) The United States lifted duties on British imports for ten years.
E) The treaty satisfied virtually no one and angered most.
Q3) Hamilton,Adams,and Jefferson would all come to be known as Federalists.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 10
Chapter 9: Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1814
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44078
Sample Questions
Q1) Jefferson's domestic policies focused on all of the following, <i>except</i>
A) reducing the size of government.
B) destroying the national bank.
C) expanding what he understood as the agrarian republic.
D) navigating the development of the first national court system.
E) securing the Louisiana Purchase for American expansion.
Q2) All of the following is true about the election of 1808, <i>except</i>
A) Jefferson had chosen not to run for a third term.
B) Jefferson ensured that the nomination would go to another Virginian, James Madison.
C) The Federalist presidential candidate was Charles Pinckney.
D) James Madison handily defeated his opponent.
E) Democratic Republicans got exceedingly confident in the wake of their election victory and completely disregarded the growing anger over Jefferson's Embargo Act.
Q3) What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? How successful was the journey?
Q4) America's first magazine of importance was the <i>North American Review.</i>
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 11
Chapter 10: The Market Revolution
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
47 Verified Questions
47 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44079
Sample Questions
Q1) The purpose of the Tariff of 1816 was to
A) raise revenue for the Second Bank of the United States.
B) prevent the import of British tea.
C) block the importation of slaves.
D) limit the consumption of foreign imports and encourage the development of American manufacturing and commerce.
E) foster a new trade network with Canada and Mexico.
Q2) The reform impulse that swept through America in the first half of the nineteenth century sought improvements in all of the following areas <i>except</i>
A) public education.
B) prisons.
C) working conditions.
D) treatment of the mentally ill.
E) slavery.
Q3) The nationalist program for economic growth that was put into effect in the early 1800s was very similar to the American Plan of Alexander Hamilton.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 12
Chapter 11: Politics of the Market Revolution
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
47 Verified Questions
47 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44080
Sample Questions
Q1) A significant factor leading to the Panic of 1819 was the unexpected decrease in the world's demand for the cotton grown in the American South.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of these was <i>not</i> part of the new participatory style of democratic politics that developed during the Jacksonian era and transformed American politics?
A) Partisan newspapers
B) Public rallies and speeches
C) Heavy voter fraud
D) Parades and marching bands
E) Picnics and other social gatherings
Q3) What were the events that led up to the Panic of 1837 and the depression that followed? How much credit or blame would you assign to Andrew Jackson for his actions during this time?
Q4) The biggest battles between Jackson and his vice president,John C.Calhoun,were over the National Bank.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 13
Chapter 12: A Regionalized America, 1830-1860
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
46 Verified Questions
46 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44081
Sample Questions
Q1) As the Market Revolution progressed,the northern countryside became
A) more concerned about the future.
B) less isolated from what was happening elsewhere.
C) caught up in trying to quickly change their lifestyle.
D) more interested in foreign news.
E) more interested in moving to urban areas.
Q2) Southern yeomen
A) were largely self-sufficient, living with their families in rural farms or small towns.
B) depended on commercial agriculture more than northern farmers.
C) largely avoided growing cotton.
D) cared little about the institution of slavery.
E) enjoyed a decent level of education through public schools.
Q3) Which of the following was not one of the most popular American novelists of the antebellum years?
A) Herman Melville
B) Harriet Beecher-Stowe
C) Nathaniel Hawthorne
D) Upton Sinclair
E) Fanny Fern
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 14
Chapter 13: The Continued Move West
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44082
Sample Questions
Q1) The person who coined the term "manifest destiny" was
A) newspaperman William Randolph Hearst.
B) author Mark Twain.
C) President James K. Polk.
D) Senator Henry Clay.
E) journalist John O'Sullivan.
Q2) The Liberty Party was formed by people who
A) supported the annexation of Texas.
B) were supporters of Henry Clay for president.
C) had become disillusioned by the Whig Party.
D) wanted James G. Birney to become president.
E) opposed the annexation of Texas or any other slave state.
Q3) Manifest destiny reflected a much older American belief that God meant for them to dominate the North American continent,bringing civilization to that great land.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How did Texas transform from a Mexican province to a U.S.state? Who advocated annexation,who opposed it,and why?
Q5) How did Americans manage to wrest tribal lands away from the Plains Indians?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 15
Chapter 14: The Impending Crisis
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
47 Verified Questions
47 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44083
Sample Questions
Q1) The Wilmot Proviso,passed by the House but rejected by the Senate,would have
A) banned slavery in any place where it did not at that time exist.
B) prohibited slavery in all of the territories that the United States had won from Mexico.
C) prohibited slavery in any territory that the United States might win from Mexico.
D) forced the president to declare that his real reason for desiring a war with Mexico was to gain territory.
E) prohibited anyone from owning over 1,000 acres in any new territories.
Q2) Describe the events in the Kansas Territory that led to Kansas receiving the label "Bleeding Kansas."
Q3) What argument in Congress led to the Compromise of 1850? What were its main provisions?
Q4) How and when was the Know-Nothing Party established? For what purpose?
Q5) Discuss the impact of the Wilmot Proviso.How did it contribute to the escalation of the sectional conflict over the issue of slavery?
Q6) The Free Soil Party slogan was "Free soil,free speech,free labor,and free men."
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 16
Chapter 15: The Civil War
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
46 Verified Questions
46 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44084
Sample Questions
Q1) Since one of the reasons for southern secession was to protect states' rights from a too-powerful federal government,it was ironic that
A) to prosecute the war, the Confederate government had to assume a great deal of centralized control.
B) the Confederate army was placed under President Jefferson Davis.
C) when the war ended, the South had a much larger bureaucracy than did the North.
D) the North was able to protect states' rights better than the South could.
E) Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, was not an especially strong supporter of states' rights.
Q2) Discuss the challenges the Union and the Confederacy faced on their homefronts.
Q3) Discuss the historical significance of the Civil War.
Q4) The first battle of the Civil War took place at Manassas Junction near Washington,D.C.
A)True
B)False
Q5) More than half of Lee's Confederate army was lost at the Battle of Gettysburg.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 17
Chapter 16: Reconstruction, 1865-1877
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44085
Sample Questions
Q1) The only southern state to avoid the imposition of military rule was A) Georgia.
B) Texas.
C) Florida.
D) Tennessee.
E) Louisiana.
Q2) Almost one-fourth of the South's fighting-age men died in the Civil War.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How did southern Democratic elites react to the actions of the Reconstruction Congress? What measures did they take to ensure that their way of life returned to "normal"?
Q4) White Redeemers terrorized African Americans in the South with arson,assassinations,and intimidation in order to
A) get blacks to emigrate back to Africa.
B) push freedmen to migrate to the North.
C) keep black men from voting.
D) prevent black men from dating and marrying white women.
E) force black men to work for them for substandard pay.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 18
Chapter 17: The Industrial Revolution
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44086
Sample Questions
Q1) The Crédit Mobilier scandal involved
A) railroads.
B) kickbacks.
C) congressmen.
D) company stock.
E) All of these choices.
Q2) The need for managers in the many new businesses of the late 1800s contributed significantly to the growth of
A) the middle class.
B) America's expanding debt.
C) payroll clerks.
D) big business.
E) company takeovers.
Q3) Within twenty years of the first oil discovery,____ Oil Company controlled 90 percent of the country's petroleum.
A) National
B) American Standard
C) Standard
D) U.S. Oil
E) American Petroleum
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 19
Chapter 18: The Industrial Age: North, south, and West
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
46 Verified Questions
46 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44087
Sample Questions
Q1) In the last two decades of the nineteenth century,almost 2,000 black men in the South
A) managed to purchase small plots of land.
B) were wrongfully imprisoned.
C) were shot in arguments with whites.
D) left the South because there was so much violence against African Americans. E) were lynched by white mobs.
Q2) The most prominent educational institution founded for African Americans was A) the Tuskegee Institute.
B) Atlanta University.
C) Fisk University.
D) Howard University.
E) Spellman.
Q3) Why did Mark Twain describe this era as "The Gilded Age"? What does "gilded" mean? Why does it seem to fit this age so well?
Q4) By 1890,the wealthiest 1 percent of the American population owned as much property as the remaining 99 percent.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 20
Chapter 19: The Progressive Era
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44088
Sample Questions
Q1) Many Progressive cities took heed from the poor political planning and selfish business interests that marked the pre-hurricane planning of ____ to develop and implement their respective Progressive political and social reforms.
A) New York
B) Galveston
C) Chicago
D) Miami
E) Philadelphia
Q2) Progressive education advocates like John Dewey embraced child-centered education,which referred to
A) ensuring children had balanced exposure to the arts and sciences.
B) the introduction of a core curriculum at schools nationwide.
C) encouraging children to pursue their interests rather than forcing them into a standard curriculum.
D) teaching children the value of living in a democracy.
E) the practice of learning by rote.
Q3) What reforms were most important to progressives who were working in America's urban areas? Why did they concentrate on these changes specifically?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 21
Chapter 20: Becoming a World Power
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44089
Sample Questions
Q1) All of the following were part of the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War <i>except</i>
A) Spain gave Cuba its independence.
B) The United States got Guam and Puerto Rico.
C) The U.S. gained Hawaii.
D) The U.S. gained the Philippines.
E) Spain got $20 million from the U.S.
Q2) The Treaty of Versailles included all of the following, <i>except</i>
A) German reparations.
B) Germany's admission of guilt.
C) self-determination for nationalities.
D) an end to British and French colonial rule in Africa and Asia.
E) the League of Nations.
Q3) President Taft's use of American soldiers to protect the interests of the American business community in Latin America was called
A) the Taft Treatment.
B) the Good Neighbor Policy.
C) self-serving and un-American.
D) hemispheric hegemony.
E) dollar diplomacy.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 22
Chapter 21: Prosperity and Change in the Twenties
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
46 Verified Questions
46 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44090
Sample Questions
Q1) Most of the changes that took place in America could be described as a shifting "inward," away from the international community.
A)True
B)False
Q2) <i>Birth of a Nation</i>,a film designed to show the evils of slavery,was produced and financed by the NAACP.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The first president to make a radio broadcast was
A) Warren G. Harding.
B) Theodore Roosevelt.
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
D) Calvin Coolidge.
E) William Howard Taft.
Q4) After World War I,President Harding lost little time in removing governmental regulations on business and blocking or repealing political and economic aspects of Progressivism.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 23
Chapter 22: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44091
Sample Questions
Q1) Woody Guthrie's song "This Land is Your Land" is about the suffering of America's farmers during the Depression.
A)True
B)False
Q2) During the winter of 1932-1933,the Depression
A) showed some signs that the crisis might be over.
B) deepened, with neither the lame duck president nor the president-elect able to act effectively.
C) led to the deaths of over 2,000 homeless people in cities (from exposure) across the nation.
D) led to closure of 60 percent of the nation's banks.
E) caused food riots in the cities of the Northeast.
Q3) What was FDR's "court-packing plan"? Why did he attempt such a thing? How was this plan received by the public? What was the final outcome?
Q4) Discuss the ways in which the New Deal transformed national culture.What has been the legacy of the New Deal in American life?
Q5) Who were the Bonus Army Marchers? What was their mission? Describe what happened during their time in the nation's capital.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 24
Chapter 23: World War II
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44092
Sample Questions
Q1) By September 1944,the countries of France,Belgium,and Luxembourg had been liberated from the Germans,and by late 1944,Allied troops crossed the border into Germany.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following was not one of Roosevelt's Four Freedoms?
A) Freedom of Religion
B) Freedom from Fear
C) Freedom from Want
D) Freedom of Assembly
E) Freedom of Speech
Q3) Which of the following statements about World War II is not correct?
A) Historic buildings - some a thousand or more years old - were obliterated in Europe by the war.
B) More than 23 million Soviets lost their lives.
C) The war deaths worldwide totaled over 62 million.
D) About half of the Jews killed were from Poland, and about half from other European countries.
E) About 1 million American soldiers died and about half that figure came home injured.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 25
Chapter 24: Cold War America
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44093
Sample Questions
Q1) In the court case <i>Brown v.Board of Education</i>,the Supreme Court held that
A) separate educational facilities for black and white students were by nature unequal and public schools must desegregate.
B) separate facilities of any kind for the two races were illegal.
C) major league sports must desegregate by 1955.
D) America's armed forces must abolish segregation in fighting units.
E) All of these choices.
Q2) The main reason that the Dixiecrats broke with Truman in 1948 and formed their own party was his
A) support for civil rights.
B) accommodationist stand on Communism.
C) lack of charisma compared to FDR.
D) poor treatment of General Douglas MacArthur.
E) extremely liberal views.
Q3) What was the significance of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v.Board of Education? In what ways did the Brown decision affect the actions of African Americans in the South during the ensuing years?
Q4) Who was Joseph McCarthy? Why do you think so many Americans were ready,even eager,to listen to what he had to say?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 26
Chapter 25: The Sixties
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
47 Verified Questions
47 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44094
Sample Questions
Q1) President Johnson decided not to seek reelection in 1968 because the stress of his job had already led to one heart attack,and he did not want to suffer another,perhaps fatal one.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Free Speech Movement,begun on the campus of the University of California,Berkeley is significant because
A) it garnered national media attention and fueled protests for greater academic freedom nationwide.
B) it led colleges to change their curricula to include Black Studies and Women's Studies.
C) it inspired political, civil rights and anti-war protests beyond the academy.
D) All of these choices.
E) None of these choices.
Q3) Describe the actions of African Americans and whites who campaigned for civil rights in America during the first half of the 1960s.How supportive was the federal government? The state governments? Local governments in the South?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 26: The Age of Fracture: the 1970s
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44095
Sample Questions
Q1) Which of these is <i>not</i> a reason why the Watergate scandal was a crucial event in American history and life in the 1970s?
A) It left Americans distrustful of politics and politicians.
B) After Watergate, many Americans turned to individual groups for answers, which led to the rise of identity politics.
C) Despite the disgraced Republican president, it assisted the party's objective of reducing the power and reach of government.
D) It led to the rise of the careers of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, who exposed the scandal.
E) After Watergate, the media more closely scrutinized and exposed the doings of politicians.
Q2) How could one account for the liberal policies of Republican president Richard Nixon?
Q3) How did the evangelical movement,the growing fundamentalist aspect of religion,and the case of Roe v.Wade change the American cultural landscape?
Q4) What were Nixon's reasons for visiting China in 1972? Was he successful? Explain.
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Page 28
Chapter 27: Reagans America
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
48 Verified Questions
48 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44096
Sample Questions
Q1) How did the Berlin Wall come to "fall" when it did? What was the reaction of the world to this event? What happened to East and West Germany afterward?
Q2) Even though it meant that he had to break a promise made to the American people in his nomination speech,President George Bush bowed to necessity and raised taxes in 1990.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The New Right that emerged in the 1980s concentrated on A) moral issues of the lost generation.
B) fighting desegregation.
C) social justice.
D) electoral reform.
E) popular culture and moral issues.
Q4) How did most Americans,and the American government,react to the first revelations about the new disease called AIDS? Why?
Q5) George Bush's appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court increased the number of conservatives on the bench.
A)True
B)False
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 29
Chapter 28: America in the Information Age
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
45 Verified Questions
45 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44097
Sample Questions
Q1) "A high tech lynching for uppity blacks" was the phrase used
A) to describe the murder of James Byrd, Jr.
B) to explain the horrific attack on Matthew Shepard.
C) by Clarence Thomas regarding charges he faced at his Supreme Court nomination hearing.
D) to denounce the failure to pass legislation making certain crimes against African Americans "hate crimes."
E) by Rodney King to describe televised reports of his beating by white police officers.
Q2) What is the purpose of NAFTA? What is the purpose of the WTO? How successful have those two institutions been?
Q3) Which of the following was NOT affected by the government shutdown in 1995?
A) national parks
B) federal agencies
C) federal government employees
D) state parks
E) national museums
Q4) Discuss the emergence of "two Americas" in the 1990s.What does this term mean? What kinds of changes contributed to this divisiveness?
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 30
Chapter 29: Globalization and Its Discontents
Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper
38 Verified Questions
38 Flashcards
Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44098
Sample Questions
Q1) As a political movement,the Tea Party is characterized by
A) its disdain for wealthy Americans.
B) its free-market libertarianism.
C) its racism.
D) its efforts to end the war in Iraq.
E) its embrace of humanitarian issues and global social justice.
Q2) After September 11,it became clear that the al Qaeda network operated from a base of power in
A) Indonesia.
B) Somalia.
C) Afghanistan.
D) Pakistan.
E) Saudi Arabia.
Q3) Almost 2,000 people lost their lives along the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How did Hurricane Katrina reinforce Americans' beliefs that the federal government was inept?
Q5) Discuss the problems and challenges Barack Obama faced in office.
Page 31
To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.