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The Navigation Acts were part of the British policy known as a) isolationism b) capitalism c) mercantilism d) monopolism e) imperialism
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c) mercantilism
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Jasksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that a) an aristocracy posed no danger to the Republic b) the National Republicans alone knew what was right for the people c) political participation by the common man should be increased d) political rights should be granted to women e) franchise restrictions should be racially neutral
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c) political participation by the common man should be increased
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President Monroe articulated the Monroe Doctrine in his 1823 address to Congress primarily in order to a) respond positively to the recent Latin American revolutions b) rule out United States involvement in South America c) provide a rationale for United States intervention in the Isthmus of Panama d) warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere e) encourage Britain to help the fledgling Latin American states
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d) warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere
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Which of the following transportation developments opened the West to settlement and trade between 1790 and 1830? a) turnpikes and canals b) railroads and steamships c) turnpikes and railroads d) clipper ships and turnpikes e) canals and railroads
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a) turnpikes and canals
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Which of the following best describes the situation of freedmen in the decade following the Civil War? a) Each was given 40 acres of land and a mule by the Union government b) All were immediately granted political equality by the Emancipation Proclamation c) The majority entered sharecropping arrangements with former masters or other nearby planters d) They were required to pass a literacy test before being granted United States citizenship e) They supported the passage of Black Codes to ensure their economic and political rights
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c) The majority entered sharecropping arrangements with former masters or other nearby planters
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Which of the following was a serious constitutional question after the Civil War? a) the restoration of the power of the federal judiciary b) the legality of the national banking system c) the political and legal status of the former confederate states d) the relationship between the United States and Britain e) the proposed annexation of Columbia
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c) the political and legal status of the former confederate states
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The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) did which of the following? a) denounced business combinations in restraint of trade b) sanctioned separate but equal public facilities for African Americans c) declared that the 14th amendment applied principally to the protection of corporations d) defined the Constitution as color-blind e) empowered Congress to cancel treaties with American Indian tribes unilaterally
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b) sanctioned separate but equal public facilities for African Americans
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The flappers of the 1920's challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting a) a federal birth control and abortion rights protection law b) gender equality in salaries c) and equal rights amendment d) greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior e) a federal law to establish prenatal clinics in rural areas
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d) greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior
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During the 1930's, the Great Depression led to a) the nationalization of major industries b) the strengthening of the family unit and a higher birth rate c) a decline in highway construction d) a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work e) a decrease in labor union membership
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d) a mass internal migration of Americans looking for work
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The policy of containment, justified by George Kennan's 1947 analysis of the international situation, called for a) blocking the expansion of the Soviet Union's influence b) curbing United States foreign investment to limit involvement in world conflict c) liberating Eastern Europe from communism d) destabilizing the Soviet Union e) dividing Germany into zones administered by the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union
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a) blocking the expansion of the Soviet Union's influence
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The Dutch settled New Netherland primarily to a) secure a refuge for the persecuted b) check the growth of English colonies in North America c) expand their commercial and mercantile network d) gain colonies to produce agricultural surpluses e) secure naval supplies
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c) expand their commercial and mercantile network
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France negotiated a treaty of alliance with the new American nation in 1778 following a) the defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga b) American naval victories on the Great Lakes c) the dispatch of an American peace mission to Britain d) an ultimatum by American diplomats e) a personal plea by George Washington
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a) the defeat of the British General Burgoyne at Saratoga
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Which of the following is true of the case of Marbury v. Madison? a) it established that Congress had the sole right to formulate national legislation b) it supported Thomas Jefferson in his claim to have "executive review" c) it backed William Marbury in his request for a bank charter d) it affirmed the principle of judicial review e) it determined the Senate's right to "advise and consent"
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d) it affirmed the principle of judicial review
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After the Revolution, the concept of the "republican mother" suggested that a) women would be responsible for raising their children, especially their sons, to be virtuous citizens of the young republic b) voting would soon become a privilege granted to educated and/or married women c) the first duty of mothers was to serve the needs of the government d) wives and mothers would be welcome in the emerging political parties e) women's virtues had been the inspiration for the ideals of the Revolution
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a) women would be responsible for raising their children, especially their sons, to be virtuous citizens of the young republic
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All of the following accurately describe Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France EXCEPT: a) it opened the Mississippi River permanently to western farmers b) it ended the threat of American Indian raids on western settlements c) it was made possible by the failure of Napoleon's forces to suppress a slave revolt in Haiti d) it showed Jefferson's considerable flexibility in dealing with foreign policy e) it violated Jefferson's own views concerning the strict construction of the Constitution
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b) it ended the threat of American Indian raids on western settlements
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President Jackson resisted the admission of Texas into the Union in 1836 primarily because he a) acknowledged the legitimacy of the Mexican government's claim to Texas b) feared that debate over the admission of Texas would ignite controversy about slavery c) was ideologically opposed to territorial expansion d) could find no support within his own party for admitting Texas e) believed that admitting Texas would violate international law
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b) feared that debate over the admission of Texas would ignite controversy about slavery
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The Republican party originated in the mid-1850's as a sectional party committed to which of the following? a) opposition to the further extension of slavery into the territories b) immediate emancipation of the slaves c) repeal of Whig economic policies d) restriction of immigration e) acknowledgement of popular sovereignty as the basis for organizing federal territories
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a) opposition to the further extension of slavery into the territories
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In 1890 the most important source of revenue for the federal government was a) income taxes b) inheritance taxed c) sales taxes d) liquor sales e) customs duties
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e) customs duties
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William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" oration was primarily an expression of his a) fundamentalist religious beliefs b) neutral stance toward the belligerents of the First World War c) advocacy of the free and unlimited coinage of silver d) opposition to teaching the theory of evolution in public schools e) anti-imperialist convictions
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c) advocacy of the free and unlimited coinage of silver
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The American home front in the Second World War is best described as a) politically divided over the wisdom of the American war effort b) unaffected by the ethnic and racial tensions c) economically invigorated by military spending d) rededicated to the reform efforts of the New Deal e) demoralized by food shortages
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c) economically invigorated by military spending
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In which of the following British North American colonies was slavery legally established by the early 1700's? a) the southern colonies only b) the middle and southern colonies only c) the tobacco and rice growing colonies only d) all the colonies except Pennsylvania and the New England colonies e) all the colonies
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e) all the colonies
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In the United States, the Haitian rebellion of the 1790's prompted a) the acquisition of Puerto Rico for colonization by emancipated slaves b) a movement of free African Americans to Haiti c) the passage of a federal law increasing the severity of punishments for slave rebellions d) an increased fear of slave revolts in the South e) a military expedition of southern slaveholders to restore French rule in Haiti
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d) an increased fear of slave revolts in the South
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Which of the following statements about African American soldiers during the Civil War is correct? a) they were primarily engaged in military campaigns west of the mississippi b) they were limited to noncombat duty c) they were barred from receiving awards for valor in combat d) for most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank e) for most of the war, they were led by African American officers
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d) for most of the war, they were paid less than White soldiers of equal rank
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The Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT), expanded trade with the Soviet Union, and President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China were all facets of the policy of a) brinkmanship b) deterrence c) detente d) rollback e) liberation
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c) detente
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All of the following contributed to the passage of the 18th amendment legislating Prohibition in 1919 EXCEPT a) the continued efforts of the Anti-Saloon League b) the fervor of the First World War lending patriotism to the cause of prohibition c) the Progressive belief in social reform d) the cumulative impact of state prohibition laws e) the high death toll from alcohol-related automobile accidents
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e) the high death toll from alcohol-related automobile accidents
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In the decade following the Second World War, the Supreme Court decision that had the most widespread consequences concerned which of the following? a) immigration policy b) Congressional reappointment c) the rights of minority groups d) the jurisdiction of courts in determining war guilt e) the federal government's powers of taxation
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c) the rights of minority groups
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Prior to the Civil War, a transformation occurred in the workforce of the New England textile mills as New England farm girls were replaced by a) French-Canadian immigrants b) freed African Americans from the South c) Irish immigrants d) German immigrants e) Italian immigrants
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c) Irish immigrants
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The primary power granted to the Civil Rights Commission created in 1957 was the authority to a) investigate and report on cases involving discrimination b) issue writes to enforce its decision after a hearing c) initiate court cases to challenge gender discrimination d) fine employers found guilty of discriminatory hiring practices e) grant monetary awards to victims of discrimination
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a) investigate and report on cases involving discrimination
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During his presidency, Richard Nixon did which of the following? a) supported the use of busing to end racial segregation in public schools b) intensified conflict between the United States and Japan c) abolished the Tennessee Valley Authority d) ended American participation in the war in Vietnam e) created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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d) ended American participation in the war in Vietnam
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http://historyscoop.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/tweed.jpg The cartoon above is a commentary on late-ninteenth-century a) municipal corruption b) imperialism c) labor unrest d) business monopolies e) civil-rights campaigns
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a) municipal corruption
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Which of the following was true of the United States Constitution as adopted at the Constitutional Convention? a) it was built on a series of compromises b) it provided exact specifications covering all aspects of government c) it was a revised version of the English Constitution d) it included a Bill of Rights e) it allowed all male citizens over the age of 21 to vote
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a) it was built on a series of compromises
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The Jefferson administration advocated which of the following changes as a means of restoring republican ideals? a) abolishing the Bank of the United States b) reducing the scope of activities of the federal government c) discontinuing the funding of state debts d) increasing the size of the United States military e) adopting the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions at the national level
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b) reducing the scope of activities of the federal government
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The Wilmot Proviso specifically provided for a) the prohibition of slavery in Louisiana Purchase territory b) the primacy of federal law over state-legislated Black Codes c) the abolition of the international slave trade d) the prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War e) federal return of fugitive slaves
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d) the prohibition of slavery in lands acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War
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The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine expanded America's role in a) Central America and the Caribbean b) the Philippines c) North Africa d) Asia e) Europe
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a) Central America and the Caribbean
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Which of the following emerged during the Progressive Era as the most influential advocate of full political, economic, and social equality for Black Americans? a) W. E. B. DuBois b) Frederick Douglass c) Booker T. Washington d) Ida B. Wells e) Langston Hughes
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a) W. E. B. DuBois
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During the Great Depression, the federal government responded with force when a) the communist-dominated National Mine Worker's Union denounced the American government and flag b) audiences booed newsreels showing President Herbert Hoover c) mobs of farmers tried to prevent foreclosures on farms and threatened to lynch judges who allowed them d) the Bonus Expeditionary Force encamped in Washington e) protesters displayed "Hoover flags," empty pockets turned inside out
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d) the Bonus Expeditionary Force encamped in Washington
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Which of the following is a correct statement about college-level education in the 20th century United States? a) state universities increased scholarship aid during the Depression b) private universities raised admission standards during the 1940's c) The GI Bill financed the education of male students during the post-Second World War era d) the "baby boomers" finished college in large numbers in the 1950's e) there was a sharp decline in college enrollment during the Vietnam War
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c) The GI Bill financed the education of male students during the post-Second World War era
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"The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered...Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night-she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-'Is this all?'" The author of the statement above most likely was a) Angelina Grimke b) Susan B. Anthony c) Betty Friedman d) Angela Davis e) Phyllis Schlafly
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c) Betty Friedman
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"Reaganomics," or supply-side economics, led to which of the following? a) a decline in unemployment and poverty b) greater tax revenues than government expenditures c) large increases in the incomes of wealthy Americans d) an increase in appropriations for school lunches e) lower military expenditures than during the Carter administration
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c) large increases in the incomes of wealthy Americans
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The leaders of the Progressive movement were primarily a) farmers interested in improving agricultural production b) immigrant activists attempting to change restrictive immigration laws c) representatives of industries seeking higher tariffs d) workers concerned with establishing industrial unions e) middle-class reformers concerned with urban and consumer issues
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e) middle-class reformers concerned with urban and consumer issues
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The majority of White families in the antebellum South owned a) more than 100 slaves b) 50 to 100 slaves c) 10 to 50 slaves d) 5 to 10 slaves e) no slaves
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e) no slaves
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The Missouri Compromise did which of the following? a) prohibited slavery in all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase b) provided for admission to the Union of all future states in pairs of one free, one slave c) allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state d) finally settled the question of congressional power over slavery in the territories e) provided for the annexation of Texas
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c) allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state
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Which of the following best characterizes the writings of American authors F. Scott Fitzgerald, e. e. cummings, and Sinclair Lewis? a) disillusionment with modern American society b) glorification of modern American capitalism c) celebration of Black culture d) glamorization of war e) reaffirmation of traditional American values
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a) disillusionment with modern American society
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One of the immediate consequences of the Tet Offensive in 1968 was that a) Presiden Johnson completed the process of Vietnamization b) North Vietnamese troops took control of Saigon c) popular support for the war declined in the United States d) the South Vietnamese government was overthrown e) Congress gave greater support for President Johnson's war policies
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c) popular support for the war declined in the United States
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All of the following contributed to discontent among soldiers in the Continental Army EXCEPT a) most soldiers were draftees b) the soldiers feared for the welfare of families back home c) the army had inadequate arms and ammunition d) the army paid soldiers in depreciated paper money e) the army was inadequately fed and clothed
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a) most soldiers were draftees
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Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives is a study of a) Jim Crow segregation and its effect on African Americans b) the plight of Great Plains farmers in the 1890's c) immigrant urban poverty and despair in the 1890's d) the corruption in city political machines in the 1890's e) the rise of industrial capitalists in the late 19th century
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c) immigrant urban poverty and despair in the 1890's
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Margaret Sanger is best known for her a) contribution to the radical suffragist movement b) endorsement of coeducation c) advocacy of birth control d) presidency of the Women's Christian Temperance Union e) organization of the Women's Trade Union League
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c) advocacy of birth control
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The Republican Presidents of the 1920's favored a) membership in the League of Nations b) tax cuts for wealthy Americans c) stringent federal regulation of American business d) reduced American tariffs on foreign imports e) forgiveness of European war debts from the First World War
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b) tax cuts for wealthy Americans
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From the 1880's to the beginning of the New Deal, the dominant American Indian policy of the United States government sought to a) strengthen traditional tribal authority b) relocate all American Indians to the Oklahoma territory c) encourage American Indian emigration to Canada d) encourage American Indians to preserve their languages and religions e) break up tribal landholdings
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e) break up tribal landholdings
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Alexander Hamilton's financial program was most favorable to a) western farmers b) war veterans c) southern planters d) eastern merchants e) state banks
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d) eastern merchants
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The goal of the American Colonization Society was to a) return freed slaves to Africa b) recruit immigrant labor for American factories c) assimilate recent immigrants into American society d) extend United States influence to overseas colonies e) promote western expansion by funding internal improvements
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a) return freed slaves to Africa
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The most unpopular and least successful of President Thomas Jefferson's policies was his a) advocacy of territorial expansion b) handling of the Barbary Coast pirates c) reduction of the size of the military d) reduction of the national debt e) adherence to neutrality in dealing with England and France
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e) adherence to neutrality in dealing with England and France
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Which of the following principles was established by the Dred Scott decision? a) Congress could abolish slavery at will b) national legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories c) the rights of all people are protected by the Constitution d) slaves residing in a free state automatically became free e) through squatter sovereignty, a territory had the sole right to determine the status of slavery within its territorial limits
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b) national legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories
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The precipitating factor in the 1894 Pullman strike was Pullman's a) dismissal of union workers b) introduction of scrip in part payment of wages c) retraction of its promise to provide an employee insurance and retirement plan d) employment of immigration labor at less than a living wage e) cutting of wages without proportionate cuts in company housing rents
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e) cutting of wages without proportionate cuts in company housing rents
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In his Atlanta Compromise speech, Booker T. Washington called for which of the following? a) African American voting rights b) an end to racial segregation c) support for African American self-help d) educational equality for African Americans e) racial integration of religious organizations
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c) support for African American self-help
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All of the following contributed to the growth of the free African American population in the United States in the early 19th century EXCEPT a) the gradual emancipation laws of individual states b) manumission granted for Revolutionary War service c) manumission granted by slaveholders' wills d) natural increase among free African Americans e) federal constitutional provisions for emancipation
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e) federal constitutional provisions for emancipation
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In the 1930's, the movement led by Dr. Francis Townsend contributed to congressional approval of a law a) insuring the bank deposits of consumers b) securing federal protection of labor union organizers c) providing larger federal subsidies to farmers d) implementing a federal program of old-age benefits e) protecting ethnic minorities from discrimination
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d) implementing a federal program of old-age benefits
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Which of the following civil rights groups is NOT correctly matched with one of its leading figures? a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference...Marcus Garvey b) Black Panthers...Huey Newton c) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...Roy Wilkins d) Black Muslims...Malcolm X e) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe...Stokely Carmichael
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a) Southern Christian Leadership Conference...Marcus Garvey
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Which of the following is true of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? a) it ended the Vietnam War b) it barely passed in Congress, reflecting the bitter division over American involvement in Vietnam c) it was a statement of American policy that followed the Tet Offensive d) it allowed the President to deploy combat troops in South Vietnam e) it provided for the first peace negotiations between the United States and North Vietnam
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d) it allowed the President to deploy combat troops in South Vietnam
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The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following? a) admitted Texas to the Union as a slave state b) admitted California to the Union under the principals of popular sovereignty c) prohibited slavery in the District of Columbia d) enacted a stringent fugitive slave law e) adjusted the Texas-Mexico boundary
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d) enacted a stringent fugitive slave law
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One means by which President Hoover attempted to fight the Great Depression was a) the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority b) the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation c) a lowering of barriers to free trade d) the early payment of bonuses to veterans e) direct government aid to the needy
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b) the establishment of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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The principal reason for the formation of the Dixiecrat party in 1948 was the opposition of dissident Democrats to President Truman's a) establishment of the Central Intelligence Agency b) removal of General MacArthur from his military command c) support for the Taft-Hartley Act d) proposal for civil rights legislation e) call for an investigation of the loyalty of all federal employees
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d) proposal for civil rights legislation
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Throughout the first half of the 19th century, women reformers were most active in the cause of a) temperance b) woman suffrage c) pacifism d) immigrants' rights e) workers' rights
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a) temperance
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Which of the following was true of most Puritans who emigrated to 17th century New England? a) they had renounced the Church of England b) they rejected the authority of the English king c) they considered themselves non-Separatists d) they approved of the Crown's religious policy e) they intended to return eventually to England
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c) they considered themselves non-Separatists
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http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/teaching/2001_03/sources/image_riseandfall.html The cartoon above was intended primarily as a satirical comment on a) Social Darwinism b) the Ku Klux Klan c) the election of 1896 d) the Scopes trial e) Lochner v. New York
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d) the Scopes trial
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The Federalist papers challenged the conventional political wisdom of the 18th century when they asserted that a) a republican form of government could succeed only in small countries b) limitations on the popular will led to tyranny c) a weak central government was the only guarantee of individual rights d) a large republic offered the best protection of minority rights e) political parties were crucial to the success of the new government
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d) a large republic offered the best protection of minority rights
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Wilson's Fourteen Points incorporated all of the following EXCEPT a) open diplomacy b) freedom of the seas c) recognition of Allied economic and territorial agreements made during the war d) creation of an international organization to preserve the peace and security of its members e) national self-determination
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c) recognition of Allied economic and territorial agreements made during the war
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The first massive migration of Black Americans from the South occurred during which of the following periods? a) immediately following the Civil War b) during and immediately after the First World War c) during the Great Depression d) in the decade after the Second World War e) during the civil rights movement of the 1960's
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b) during and immediately after the First World War
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In the last quarter of the 19th century, American agriculture was characterized by a) a decline in the number of tenant farmers b) a decline in foreclosures on midwestern farms c) a decline in the number of farm cooperatives d) an increase in wholesale prices for farm products e) an increase in acres under cultivation
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e) an increase in acres under cultivation
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Which of the following statements about Africans brought as slaves to the British North American colonies is true? a) they were the primary labor source for plantations in the Chesapeake by 1630 b) they had a much lower life expectancy in the Chesapeake than in South Carolina or in the West Indies c) they greatly outnumbered Europeans in every colony south of the Mason-Dixon Line by 1776 d) they maintained cultural practices brought from Africa e) they were the primary labor source in Pennsylvania until 1720
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d) they maintained cultural practices brought from Africa
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Progressive reformers rejected Social Darwinism because they believed that a) all races were equal in ability b) personal development was influenced solely by hereditary factors c) conflict and competition did not necessarily improve society d) science had no role in society e) society was fixed by the laws of nature and incapable of significant change
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c) conflict and competition did not necessarily improve society
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Pinckney's Treaty with Spain is considered a diplomatic highlight of Washington's administration because it a) allowed the United States to use the port of New Orleans b) ceded Florida to the United States c) invited Americans to settle in Texas d) opened Spanish Caribbean ports to American trade e) withdrew Spain's military forces from the Caribbean
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a) allowed the United States to use the port of New Orleans
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Major domestic developments in the United States during President Eisenhower's two terms included all of the following EXCEPT a) a rise in the gross national product (GNP) b) the dismantling of New Deal welfare programs c) the peaking of the postwar baby boom d) the exodus of Black families from the rural South e) the beginning of construction of an interstate highway system
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b) the dismantling of New Deal welfare programs
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The immediate effect of Andrew Jackson's attack on the Second Bank of the United States in 1834 was a) the creation of the "independent treasury" b) an expansion of credit and speculation c) the failure of state bank d) the establishment of modern banking regulations e) the creation of a federal deficit
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b) an expansion of credit and speculation
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The primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763 was to a) encourage westward colonial migration b) avoid conflict with the trans-Appalachian Indians c) gain much-needed revenue d) drive out French colonists e) provide a haven for Catholics
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b) avoid conflict with the trans-Appalachian Indians
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By the 1750's, the British colonies on the North American mainland were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT a) disdain for British constitutional monarchy b) many religious denominations c) a society without a hereditary aristocracy d) a growing number of non-English settlers e) acceptance of slavery as a labor system
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a) disdain for British constitutional monarchy
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"Let Southern oppressors tremble....I shall strenuously contend for immediate enfranchisement....I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice." The author of the statement above was a) John C. Calhoun b) Stephan A. Douglas c) Henry Clay d) Abraham Lincoln e) William L. Garrison
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e) William L. Garrison
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All of the following have been cited as reasons for the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 EXCEPT the need to a) block a planned Japanese invasion of the United States b) keep the Soviet Union out of the war against Japan c) save American lives d) demonstrate American superiority in weaponry to the Soviet Union e) force the unconditional surrender of Japan
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a) block a planned Japanese invasion of the United States
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Influential critics of the 1950's, such as David Riesman, were most concerned with which of the following aspects of life in the United States following the Second World War? a) alienation and conformity in modern society b) schooling for the baby-boom generation c) the economic responsibilities of being a world superpower d) the threat to the nation from communist subversion e) the spread of political corruption
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a) alienation and conformity in modern society
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The "Three-Fifths Compromise" originally contained in the Constitution referred to the a) proportion of states permitted to practice slavery b) rate at which one slave counted toward congressional representation c) number of African Americans who could vote d) number of adult women who could vote e) number of American Indians allowed citizenship
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b) rate at which one slave counted toward congressional representation
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Which of the following best explains why Massachusetts Bay officials banished Anne Hutchinson? a) she challenged gender roles and Puritan orthodoxy b) she was found guilty of practicing witchcraft c) she preached the doctrine of predestination d) she gave birth to a child out of wedlock e) she opened an unlicensed tavern
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a) she challenged gender roles and Puritan orthodoxy
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"Competition is a law of nature...and can no more be done away with than gravitation...[I]f we do not like survival of the fittest, we have only one possible alternative, survival of the unfittest. The former is the law of civilization, the latter is the law of anti-civilization." The quote above is an example of which of the following schools of thought? a) dialectical materialism b) utopian socialism c) social darwinism d) transcendentalism e) existentialism
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c) social darwinism
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Parliament enacted the Stamp Act (1765) primarily to a) regulate trade between the colonies and European nations b) strengthen the communication network within the colonies c) raise revenue to pay for British troops in the colonies d) regulate commercial activity within colonies e) control population movement to the colonial backcountry
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c) raise revenue to pay for British troops in the colonies
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Kent State University was the site in 1970 of which of the following events? a) a rock concert second only to the Woodstock concert in the number of attendees b) a highly publicized sit-in advocating women's rights c) the first event in observance of Earth Day, which sought to increase public awareness of environmental degradation d) an anti-war demonstration in which four students were killed by members of the national guard e) a demonstration by African American, Hispanic, and White students in support of affirmative action that helped draw public attention to the issue
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d) an anti-war demonstration in which four students were killed by members of the national guard
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Perfectionism in the mid 19th century is best defined as a) improvement in the manners of the lower classes b) faith in human capacity to achieve a better life on earth through conscious acts of will c) the rewards of church membership and regular attendance at Sunday services d) allegiance to the political tenets of Jacksonian Democracy e) belief in the inevitability of economic progress
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b) faith in human capacity to achieve a better life on earth through conscious acts of will
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The Congress of Industrial Organizations was most interested in unionizing which of the following? a) migrant farmworkers b) white-collar factory managers c) unskilled and semiskilled factory workers d) sailors on American merchant ships e) women clerical workers
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c) unskilled and semiskilled factory workers
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Longshoremen-1901.jpg/350px-Longshoremen-1901.jpg The union membership card pictured above is designed to accomplish which of the following? a) encourage United States workers to unite against foreign competition b) assure the public that strikes and walkouts were not part of union policy c) link union membership with patriotic and religious images d) point out the dangers of working as a longshoreman e) show that membership in the longshoremen's union was open only to workers born in the United States
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c) link union membership with patriotic and religious images
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The Open Door policy in China called for which of the following? a) a consortium of nations to govern China b) international acknowledgement of China's right to exclude the trade of any nation c) recognition of Chinese territorial gains in Manchuria d) reduction of foreign tariffs on Chinese goods e) equal commercial access by all nations to the existing spheres of influence in China
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e) equal commercial access by all nations to the existing spheres of influence in China
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Shay's Rebellion frightened many Americans when a) city mobs raided flour supplies in Philadelphia b) debt-ridden farmers attacked courts in western Massachusetts c) Indians raided frontier settlements in Virginia d) squatters terrorized proprietors in New York e) vigilantes in South Carolina patrolled the frontier
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b) debt-ridden farmers attacked courts in western Massachusetts
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Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, was founded by a) three aristocratic proprietors seeking private gain b) a joint stock company anxious to return a profit to investors c) Sir Walter Raleigh, wishing to gain favor with Elizabeth I d) King James I, eager to gain a base for expeditions against Spanish shipping e) John Smith, seeking to spread Christianity
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b) a joint stock company anxious to return a profit to investors
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http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/new-lives-for-dead-suburban-malls/ The 1950s picture above shows what some social critics believed to be a) the cause of decreased agricultural production b) tangible evidence of the strength of the nation's largest cities c) a representation of the conformity of postwar culture d) the end of social and economic differentiation in housing e) a sign that Americans were becoming more tolerant of cultural differences
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c) a representation of the conformity of postwar culture
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Around 1920, the number of children aged 10 to 15 in the industrial workforce began to decline for which of the following reasons? a) The Supreme Court sustained laws barring the interstate sale of goods produced by child labor b) introduction of the minimum wage made child labor uneconomical c) the American birth rate declined, thus reducing the number of children available to work d) factory owners advocated state child labor laws e) states began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed
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e) states began to require children to attend school until a certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed
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http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/PRAXIS/taag/0089/img/VB541294.gif Which of the following generalizations can be supported by the information provided in the map above? a) frontier life tended to promote the acceptance of greater political equality for women b) fewer women lived in the southeastern states than in other parts of the country; therefore, suffrage was less of an issue c) none of the states of the Confederacy granted votes to women before 1920 d) the Seneca Falls Movement resulted in gains in the area of political and legal rights for women e) states that made free public education a priority led the way in extended the vote to women
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a) frontier life tended to promote the acceptance of greater political equality for women
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The purpose of the Lend-Lease Act was to a) create military bases outside the borders of the United States b) lend money to impoverished farmers c) provide military supplies to the Allies d) provide subsidies to railroads and businesses e) exchange scientific information among nations
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c) provide military supplies to the Allies
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The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, the Hartford Convention, and the South Carolina Exposition and Protest were similar in that all involved a defense of a) freedom of the seas b) freedom of speech c) the institution of slavery d) states' rights e) presidential power in foreign affairs
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d) states' rights
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The United States involvement in Vietnam increased dramatically in the 1950s with the withdrawal of a) Japanese b) British c) Chinese d) French e) Soviets
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d) French
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In an influential 1947 article, diplomat George F. Kennan advocated that the United Stated should a) invade the Soviet Union to establish democracy b) adopt a more conciliatory policy toward the Soviet Union c) conduct covert activities in underdeveloped countries to undermine communist movements d) grant most-favored-nation status to China e) focus its foreign policy on containing the spread of Soviet communism
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e) focus its foreign policy on containing the spread of Soviet communism
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one reason early 20th century muckrakers were able to have a significants impact on society was because a) sales and circulation of newspapers and magazines increased b) most citizens of the United States were already convinced that Jim Crow laws must be overturned c) they had the sympathy and support of industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller d) drought conditions in the Midwest drew attention to social problems e) radio programs devoted to the problems in cities attracted wide listening audiences
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a) sales and circulation of newspapers and magazines increased
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Which of the following best describes the position on slavery of most northerners during the sectional crises of the 1850s? a) they were willing to accept slavery where it existed but opposed further expansion to the territories b) they were active supporters of complete abolition c) they favored continued importation of slaves from Africa d) they advocated expansion of the slave system to provide cheap labor for northern factories e) they advocated complete social and political equality for all races in the United States
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a) they were willing to accept slavery where it existed but opposed further expansion to the territories
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All of the following contributed to the decline of open-range cattle ranching at the end of the 19th century EXCEPT a) excessively cold winters b) federal recognition of American Indian land claims c) a drop in cattle prices at stockyards d) overgrazing e) production of crops for distant markets
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b) federal recognition of American Indian land claims
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"In the new Code of Laws which I supposed it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies." The appeal quoted above was made by a) Judith Sargent Murray b) Abigail Adams c) Philip Freneau d) Mercy Otis Warren e) Thomas Pain
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b) Abigail Adams
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Jacob Riis is best known for his work in the 1890s as a a) labor organizer and Socialist Party activist b) leader of the People's Party c) reformer who encouraged new immigrants to homestead d) playwright whose dramas celebrated the assimilation of immigrants into American society e) journalist and photographer who publicized the wretched conditions in which many immigrants lived
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e) journalist and photographer who publicized the wretched conditions in which many immigrants lived
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The Black Power movement of the late 1960s advocated that African Americans a) organize political parties sympathetic to communism b) establish African American communities in Africa c) seek the racial integration of northeastern cities d) establish control of their political and economic life e) assimilate into White society
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d) establish control of their political and economic life
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The major objective of the antipoverty programs of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society was to a) break the cycle of poverty among poor people through education and job training b) provide temporary benefits to the "new poor" during times of recession c) transfer the federal government's responsibility for welfare back to the states d) simplify welfare by replacing job programs with cash grants for the poor e) build a socialist society in the United States
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a) break the cycle of poverty among poor people through education and job training
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Between 1870 and 1900, farmers did all of the following in an attempt to better their condition EXCEPT a) seek state regulation of railways b) limit production of crops c) organize cooperative marketing societies d) form a third political party e) advocate inflation of the currency
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b) limit production of crops
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http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/PHI2364.jpg the purpose of the Liberty Loan Campaign illustrated in the drawing above was to a) encourage young men to enlist in the army b) finance American involvement in the First World War c) support the establishment of Boy Scout troops throughout the nation d) aid in the implementation of New Deal programs e) support funding for Franklin Roosevelt's Lend-Lease program
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b) finance American involvement in the First World War
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The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in 1966 in order to a) encourage women to believe in the "feminine mystique" b) challenge sex discrimination in the workplace c) oppose the proposed Equal Rights Amendment d) advocate restrictions on access to abortion e) advocate equal access for women to athletic facilities
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b) challenge sex discrimination in the workplace
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Under the Articles of Confederation the United States central government had no power to a) levy taxes b) make treaties c) declare war d) request troops from states e) amend the Articles
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a) levy taxes
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Which of the following is a true statement about the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War? a) it resulted in the return of all property confiscated from Loyalists by individual American states during the war b) it recognized United States sovereignty over territory east of the Mississippi, between the Great Lakes and Florida c) it led to the speedy withdrawal of all British troops from American soil d) American negotiators consistently followed the guidelines specified by the Continental Congress e) the only parties to the treaty were Great Britain and the allied nations, the United States and France
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b) it recognized United States sovereignty over territory east of the Mississippi, between the Great Lakes and Florida
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http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist111/WilsonTalkToTheBoss.jpg The cartoon above portrays President Wilson trying to a) conceal from the public the true reason for United States entry into the First World War b) arouse public support for United States entry into the First World War c) assess the public's support of his bid for a third presidential term d) warn the public that Germany had not been treated fairly at Versailles e) arouse public support for the Treaty of Versailles
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e) arouse public support for the Treaty of Versailles
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Which of the following was true of women in the five years following the Second World War? a) those working outside the home demanded equality in pay and promotion opportunities b) large numbers left their industrial jobs to make room for returning soldiers c) they contributed to a sudden decline in the birth rate by employing new family planning techniques d) large numbers were elected to high office because of their contributions to the war effort e) young women participated in a revolution in manners and morals that challenged the values of their parents
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b) large numbers left their industrial jobs to make room for returning soldiers
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Theodore Roosevelt was the first President to a) use troops without congressional approval b) balance the federal budget c) advocate an antilynching bill d) pursue an imperialistic foreign policy e) arbitrate a labor dispute
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e) arbitrate a labor dispute
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The LEAST prosperous group in the 1920s consisted of a) workers in older industries like steel and railroads b) workers in newer industries like radio and automobiles c) farmers in the Midwest and the South d) skilled workers threatened by new labor-saving technologies e) workers in service industries
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c) farmers in the Midwest and the South
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The "graying" of American since the 1970s is widely seen as threatening which of the following? a) the American tourist industry b) the consumer culture of American society c) the long-term viability of the social security system d) voter turnout in local and national elections e) immigration quotas
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c) the long-term viability of the social security system
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Marcus Garvey's prominence during the 1920s arose from his a) establishment of a political party focusing on civil rights issues b) emphasis on the importance of Black pride and Black nationalism c) development of a national network of Black-owned businesses d) financial and literary contributions to the Harlem Renaissance e) service as an unofficial adviser to Presidents and cabinet members
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b) emphasis on the importance of Black pride and Black nationalism
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The 1979 incident at Three Mile Island had which of the following effects? a) it intensified criticism of the Supreme Court b) it intensified American Indian political activism c) it forced the United States to reconsider the policy of "massive retaliation" d) it increased public pressure to free the United States from dependence on foreign energy sources e) It increased support for the movement against nuclear power
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e) It increased support for the movement against nuclear power
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Members of the Hudson River School were best known for their paintings of a) portraits b) battle scenes c) sporting scenes d) landscapes e) still lifes
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d) landscapes
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The purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 was to a) ease the economic difficulties of sharecroppers and tenant farmers b) provide for the distribution of surplus meat and produce to the poor c) reapportion electoral districts to give farmers greater representation in Congress d) expand agricultural production by subsidizing farmers e) raise farm prices by limiting agricultural production
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e) raise farm prices by limiting agricultural production
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The Supreme Court ruling in Korematsu v. United States upheld the constitutionality of a) flag burning as a form of free speech b) the internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity c) prohibiting Japanese workers from immigrating to the United States d) private prayer in public schools e) excluding Japanese American children from California public schools
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b) the internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity
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The first attempt to apply the doctrine of popular sovereignty in determining the status of slavery occurred in a) Texas b) California c) Kansas d) Missouri e) Oregon
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c) Kansas
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Immigrants to the United States in the last quarter of the 19th century came primarily from a) Latin America b) Asia c) Canada d) middle-class backgrounds e) European farms and villages
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e) European farms and villages
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During the presidency of William H. Taft, United States policy in Latin America was driven primarily by a) the administration's desire to benefit from European colonial inroads in the region b) the President's goal of founding an effective Pan-American organization to deal with hemispheric issues c) Congress' determination to ameliorate the hostility engendered by Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick policy d) concern for the development of democracy and the protection of civil rights in the region e) concern for the United States economic and strategic interests in the region
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e) concern for the United States economic and strategic interests in the region
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When war broke out in Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson established a policy that called for a) immediate American aid to the Allied powers b) acknowledgement of American neutral rights on the high seas c) American trade with Europe on a cash-and-carry basis only d) a strict embargo on trade with all warring nations e) strict prohibition of American travel on the ships of belligerents
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b) acknowledgement of American neutral rights on the high seas
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The Constitutional Convention designed the electoral college to a) strengthen the legislative branch against the executive branch b) strengthen the executive branch against the legislative branch c) ensure the independence of the judiciary d) protect the sovereignty of the states e) insulate the presidency from the popular will
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e) insulate the presidency from the popular will
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What was the main reason for the major decrease in the number of Europeans immigrating to the United States in the 1920s? a) there was widespread prosperity in Europe after the First World War b) Most European countries passed laws forbidding immigration to the United states c) a significant increase in emigration from Latin America left fewer jobs for European immigrants d) fear of political persecution after the Palmer raids and the Sacco and Vanzetti case discouraged many Europeans from emigrating e) The United States passed the Nation Origins Act
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e) The United States passed the Nation Origins Act
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Under Chief Justice John Marshall, Supreme Court decisions tended to a) promote business enterprise b) restrict federal powers of taxation c) restrict corporate development d) expand state control of economic activity e) reduce federal control of the economy
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a) promote business enterprise
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The women's movement in the antebellum period was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT a) close links with the antislavery and temperance movements b) conventions in the Northeast and the Midwest, but not the South c) involvement of middle-class women d) a broad-based platform of legal and educational rights e) demands for equal compensation for equal work
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e) demands for equal compensation for equal work
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The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case in 1857 effectively repealed the a) Missouri Compromise b) Fugitive Slave Act c) Ostend Manifesto d) Wilmot Proviso e) the 11th amendment to the Constitution
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a) Missouri Compromise
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Which of the following is an example of Progressive Era legislation? a) The Pure Food and Drug Act b) The Hawley-Smoot Tariff c) The Comstock Law d) The Pendleton Act e) The Dawes Severalty Act
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a) The Pure Food and Drug Act
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The decisions of the Supreme Court in the late 19th and early 20th centuries generally did which of the following? a) strengthened the position of big business b) strengthened the regulatory powers of the federal government c) strengthened the position of organized labor d) protected the civil and political rights of African Americans e) protected the civil and political rights of women
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a) strengthened the position of big business
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"We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will either own the people or the people must own the railroads...We demand a national currency, safe, sound, and flexible...We demand a graduated income tax...We demand a free ballot" Which of the following groups included the passage above in its platform? a) American Federation of Labor b) Union-Labor Party c) People's Party (Populists) d) National Grange e) Democratic Party
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c) People's Party (Populists)
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In 1950 a major factor in President Harry Truman's commitment of American troops to combat North Korea aggression was a desire to a) force Congress to appropriate more money for the armed services b) preserve South Korea's markets for United States exports c) overcome the stigma that the Democratic party had "lost" China to communism d) convince Americans that containment was an inefficient way to deal with communist expansion e) direct the focus of American postwar foreign policy away from Europe
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c) overcome the stigma that the Democratic party had "lost" China to communism
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Which of the following conditions in England motivated Puritans to migrate to New England in the 1630s? I. political repression of dissident Protestants II. an economic recession III. restrictions on Puritan religious practices a) I only b) II only c) III only d) I and II only e) I, II, and III
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e) I, II, and III
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Policy initiatives during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first two presidential terms included all of the following EXCEPT a) restricting agricultural production b) restoring public confidence in the banking system c) deficit financing d) nationalizing basic industries e) creating new jobs in the public sector
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d) nationalizing basic industries
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http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap08_us_history_q1.pdf The Central point of the 1960s cartoon above was that a) the public was more interested in foreign policy than in domestic reforms b) the President was more interested in domestic programs that in foreign policy c) protesters were successfully challenging the goals of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society d) opposition to the Vietnam War improved Lyndon B. Johnson's hopes for reelection e) the cost of the Vietnam War limited the President's ability to carry out domestic programs
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e) the cost of the Vietnam War limited the President's ability to carry out domestic programs
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Which of the following achievements of the "carpetbag" governments survived the "Redeemer" administrations? a) participation by both Whites and African Americans in local government b) establishment of a public school system c) election of American American majorities to state legislatures d) establishment of a vigorous Republican Party in the South e) opening of public facilities to African Americans
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b) establishment of a public school system
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Which of the following is true of the slave system in 18th century British North America? a) the slave system was legal only in the southern colonies b) indentured servants increasingly replaced slaves in the southern colonies c) slaveowners gained increased legal power over their slaves d) most slaves worked on cotton plantations e) all the southern colonies passed laws against freeing slaves
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c) slaveowners gained increased legal power over their slaves
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The 1896 Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson did which of the following? a) upheld segregated railroad facilities b) declared civil rights legislation unconstitutional c) upheld literacy testing as a condition of voting in federal elections d) outlawed segregation in public schools e) restricted the right to purchase or sell land
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a) upheld segregated railroad facilities
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Which of the following aroused the greatest controversy in the United States at the end of the Spanish-American War? a) payment of a $20 million indemnity to Spain b) humanitarian efforts on behalf of concentration camp victims c) acquisition of the Philippine Islands d) Liberation of Cuba from Spanish control e) increases in the size of the army and navy
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c) acquisition of the Philippine Islands
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The decade after the Second World War was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT a) unprecedented prosperity b) rapid and extensive suburbanization c) a population explosion known as the "baby boom" d) the growing strength of the movement for African American civil rights e) widespread student opposition to the development of nuclear weaponry
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e) widespread student opposition to the development of nuclear weaponry
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The American Colonization Society was established in the early 19th century with the goal of a) encouraging immigration from Ireland and Germany b) encouraging Chinese contract laborers to emigrate to the United States c) settling White Americans on western lands d) settling American Indians on reservations e) transporting African Americans to Africa
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e) transporting African Americans to Africa
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Which of the following best accounts for the success of the American Federation of Labor in organizing labor in the late 1800s? a) its policy of organizing only skilled craftsmen b) its organization of all workers within a single industry into one union c) its policy of racial inclusiveness d) its campaign for a minimum wage e) its active recruitment of immigrant workers
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a) its policy of organizing only skilled craftsmen
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Which of the following groups was LEAST likely to respond with enthusiasm to the religious fervor of the Great Awakening in the 1730s and 1740s? a) established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia b) Presbyterians in the southern colonies c) backwoods farmers isolated on the colonial frontier d) landless sons in New England communities e) itinerant preachers unable to find permanent parishes for themselves
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a) established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia
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The 1968 Tet Offensive was significant because it a) showed that American soldiers were ill equipped to fight in the jungle b) pressured North Vietnam to come to the bargaining table c) convinced President Johnson to begin bombing Cambodia d) reaffirmed popular support for the South Vietnamese government e) led to increased antiwar sentiment in the United States
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e) led to increased antiwar sentiment in the United States
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The Northwest Ordinances did which of the following? a) provided for the annexation of the Oregon Territory b) Established reservations for Native Americans c) Granted settlers a free homestead of 160 acres d) established the terms for settlement and admission of new states e) banned slavery north of the 36 30' line
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d) established the terms for settlement and admission of new states
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Which of the following is true of the 1935 Social Security Act? a) it legislated a tax that transfers money from workers to pensioners b) it provided health insurance for anyone who needed it c) it created benefits for the needy by using taxes on corporate profits d) it made the United States the first industrialized country to provide a social welfare system e) it was ended during the first hundred days of the New Deal
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a) it legislated a tax that transfers money from workers to pensioners
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Daniel Webster's address to the Senate in 1830 in reply to Senator Hayne is best remembered for its a) attack on the Tariff of Abominations b) defense of the principal of national union c) assertion of the idea of States' rights d) apology for New England's disloyalty in the War of 1812 e) praise for President Andrew Jackson
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b) defense of the principal of national union
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The Dawes Act (1887) did which of the following? a) divided Native American tribal lands into individual holdings b) promoted the preservation of Native American cultural identity c) granted immediate citizenship to Native Americans d) set up the reservation system e) forbade the use of Native American languages in public schools
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a) divided Native American tribal lands into individual holdings
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In the Colonial period, Quakers were known for all of the following EXCEPT their a) acceptance of a greater role for women in public worship b) opposition to the institution of slavery c) advocacy of freedom of worship d) refusal to pay taxes e) refusal to bear arms
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d) refusal to pay taxes
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"I have come to this country to introduce an entire new state of society; to change it from an ignorant, selfish system to an enlightened social system which shall gradually unite all interests into one and remove all causes for contest between individuals." The statement above was made by which 19th century Utopian reformer? a) John Humphrey Noyes b) Robert Owen c) Karl Marx d) Andrew Carnegie e) Ann Lee
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b) Robert Owen
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During the Gilded Age, which of the following groups generally voted Republican? a) black northerners b) southern Protestant farmers c) Roman Catholic immigrants d) unskilled wage earners e) confederate war veterans
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a) black northerners
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Which of the following was LEAST involved in the struggle for women's rights? a) Elizabeth Cady Stanton b) Alice Paul c) Lucretia Mott d) Carrie Chapman Catt e) Dorothea Dix
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e) Dorothea Dix
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The Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, is considered pivotal to the outcome of the Civil War because it a) represented the Union's deepest thrust into southern territory b) forestalled the possibility of European intervention c) resulted in the border states joining the Confederacy d) marked the first use of Black troops by the Union army e) confirmed George McClellan's status as the leading Union general
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b) forestalled the possibility of European intervention
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Which of the following was a characteristic of colonial Pennsylvania? a) there was no established church b) founder William Penn endorsed a policy of removing American Indians to the western region of the colony c) poor farmland in the backcountry aggravated the colony's economic woes d) all white males could vote e) the office of governor was an elective post
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a) there was no established church
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The Stono Rebellion and the New York conspiracy trials of 1741 revealed which of the following? a) increasing resistance to taxation b) the inability of newcomers to acquire fertile farmland c) overpopulation in urban areas d) sectional divisions between northern and southern colonies e) resistance to slavery
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e) resistance to slavery
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http://www.oah.org/pubs/nl/2005nov/Venerate-the-Plow.gif The illustration above was most likely meant to symbolize which of the following? a) the principles of republican agrarianism b) improvements in agricultural technology c) popular sovereignty d) large-scale Plains farming e) the cult of domesticity
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a) the principles of republican agrarianism
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Although Congress accepted most of Alexander Hamilton's economic proposals, it rejected his a) report on the Public Credit b) call for direct subsidies to manufacturers c) plans for a Bank of the United States d) call for a whiskey tax e) call for a tariff
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b) call for direct subsidies to manufacturers
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In adopting the 14th amendment, Congress was primarily concerned with a) protecting the powers of the southern state governments established under Andrew Johnson b) protecting legislation guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves c) ending slavery d) guaranteeing all citizens the right to vote e) establishing the Freedman's Bureau
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b) protecting legislation guaranteeing civil rights to former slaves
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In the 1930s the Great Depression resulted in a) a dramatic increase in the emigration to Canada b) a major migration from California to the Central Plains c) an increase in the number of transient people searching for work d) a dramatic increase in the number of foreign immigrants e) a significant increase in the birth rate
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c) an increase in the number of transient people searching for work
