Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the innovations in housing construction pioneered by William Levitt after World War II? 

 His company could build 150 homes per week by applying mass-production techniques to home construction.

 In 1947, his basic four-room house was priced at about $25,000. 

 The first Levittown was built in the Los Angeles area. 

 From the beginning in 1947, his company was willing to sell homes directly to blacks. 

Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

The “space race” began when 

 the Soviet Union exploded its first nuclear device (1949). 

 Americans learned that the Soviet Union had launched the first space satellite, Sputnik (1957). 

 President Eisenhower signed the Outer Space Exploration Act (1953). 

 John F. Kennedy called for the United States to put a man on the moon by 1970. 

Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

As the 1932 election approached, 

 the Democratic candidate, Franklin Roosevelt, publicly announced the recovery programs that would later be known as the “New Deal.”

 the socialist and Communist candidates attracted such enthusiastic crowds that the two-party system seemed to be in jeopardy. 

 despair and apathy, not anger, characterized most American voters. 

 the Republicans enthusiastically renominated Hoover because they still strongly supported his programs of voluntarism and pump-priming economics. 

Question 4 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes women's political participation during the 1920s?

 Because women had little experience with the political process, few considered themselves to be ready to seek public office. 

 Women were most effective as members of political parties' committees. 

 Women had little success in political lobbying and no formal organizations to press for political change. 

 Women did not vote as a bloc. 

Question 5 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Why did the Pullman strike of 1894 fail?

 It was crushed by the combination of federal troops and court injunctions. 

 Strikebreakers, protected by armed Pinkerton guards, broke union resistance. 

 Public opinion turned against the strikers when it was learned that one of the strike leaders, Eugene Debs, was a Marxist revolutionary. 

 John P. Altgeld, the popular governor of Illinois, persuaded the strikers to give up peacefully rather than face federal intervention. 

Question 6 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

As the racial policies of the white South hardened, the option that was least realistic for black Americans was 

 returning to Africa. 

 selective protest. 

 strategic accommodation.

 boycotts of segregated streetcars. 

Question 7 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

A severe recession occurred in 1937–1938 when Roosevelt, Congress, and the Federal Reserve 

 cut spending and attempted to balance the budget. 

 embraced deficit spending. 

 increased funds for the WPA. 

 made it easier for Americans to borrow money. 

Question 8 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Despite polls showing strong support for many feminist goals, feminism was jeopardized by 

 a campaign against the feminist agenda launched by conservative social groups. 

 the New Left's unwillingness to advance feminist goals. 

 the public's attention on foreign affairs. 

 the end of the National Organization for Women. 

Question 9 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Led by Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, the Harding administration persuaded Congress to follow an economic policy of 

 keeping federal taxes fairly high to keep the economic boom from turning into a dangerous inflation. 

 reducing tariffs to encourage postwar trade expansion, open new markets for American exports, and enable European nations to repay their war debts from the profits of increasing exports to the United States. 

 reducing federal taxes on corporate and personal income, freeing up money for private investment. 

 lowering taxes somewhat, but keeping the steeply graduated features of wartime income taxes. 

Question 10 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Supply-side economics as practiced by the Reagan administration rested on the theory that 

 balancing the federal budget was the highest priority. 

 tax cuts would promote investment. 

 the government should stimulate the national economy by increasing the level of federal spending. 

 the government should supply more money to the economy by lowering interest rates and putting more dollars into circulation. 

Question 11 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following statements does not characterize the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001? 

 No hearings and little debate took place over the act. 

 President Bush supported the measure completely. 

 The majority of congressmen did not read the legislation before signing it. 

 The act decreased the government's powers of domestic surveillance. 

Question 12 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

The urban revivalism preached by Dwight L. Moody and others represented a 

 fundamentalist attack on the doctrinal liberalism and complacency of mainstream Protestantism. 

 liberal challenge to fundamentalism. 

 strong example of communal social uplift. 

 Catholic challenge to Protestantism. 

Question 13 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

The economic recovery of the United States during the 1990s included all of the following factors except 

 Japan and Germany, two major competitors, were now struggling. 

 the nation's heavy industries increased market share. 

 the stock market value of American companies nearly tripled. 

 the boom was fueled by funds flowing into high-tech and e-commerce firms. 

Question 14 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

At the Washington Naval Arms Conference in 1921, the world's leading naval powers 

 agreed on a ratio of battleship strength that favored Great Britain and France. 

 placed limits on naval expansion to encourage stability in the Far East. 

 agreed to halt the construction of battleships indefinitely. 

 marked out restricted zones in the Pacific Ocean from which Atlantic-based ships were banned. 

Question 15 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Multinational corporations 

 often outsource jobs to regions where labor costs are lower.

 lead the fight to control the “greenhouse” effect. 

 promote the growth of labor unions in developing countries. 

 strongly supported the Kyoto accords in 1997. 

Question 16 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

On the eve of the presidential election of 1972, 

 Nixon stepped up the bombing of North Vietnam. 

 Nixon flew to the Paris peace negotiations and announced that “peace is at hand.” 

 Henry Kissinger made enough concessions to the North Vietnamese to be able to announce that “peace is at hand.”

 Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern announced that he had a “secret plan” to obtain “peace with honor” in Southeast Asia.

Question 17 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

The riots that erupted in Los Angeles in April 1992 

 took sixty lives and caused $850 million in property damage. 

 were minor disturbances compared to the “long hot summers” of the 1960s. 

 were set off by the state's decision to put former athlete O. J. Simpson on trial for the murders of his wife and her friend. 

 exclusively pitted blacks against whites and Asian immigrants, mainly Koreans. 

Question 18 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

All of the following statements accurately characterize the background of the crisis in Yugoslavia except 

 Yugoslavia began to break up in 1991 in the wake of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. 

 Bosnian Muslims opposed the attempt of Serbs to maintain the province's multinational character. 

 Bosnian Serbs began a campaign of mass murder against Muslims and Croats. 

 The United States intervened in the conflict in 1995 after the European powers had failed to resolve it. 

Question 19 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following was not included in the armistice ending the war between Spain and the United States? 

 Spain agreed to cede Puerto Rico to the United States. 

 Spain allowed the United States to annex Hawaii. 

 Spain agreed to liberate Cuba. 

 Spain ceded Guam to the United States. 

Question 20 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which one of the following was not called for by the New Right, which emerged as a major force in American politics by 1980? 

 Increasing overall federal spending 

 Banning abortion 

 Permitting school prayer 

 Mandating the death penalty for certain crimes 

Question 21 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

The hub of the mining economy was 

 San Francisco. 

 Los Angeles. 

 Virginia City. 

 Silver City. 

Question 22 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

What is the most important reason that few African American men held factory jobs in 1890? 

 There were virtually no factories in the South, where the majority of African Americans lived at that time. 

 White-dominated labor unions generally refused to allow blacks to join and seek industrial employment. 

 Factory owners found that they could satisfy most of their labor needs with immigrant workers, so they rejected most black applicants. 

 Black workers intensely disliked factory work and preferred agricultural or casual urban labor. 

Question 23 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes Theodore Roosevelt's approach to the nation's natural resources? 

 He was a preservationist who opposed the exploitation of natural resources. 

 An ardent outdoorsman, he became a convert to conservation only after 1904. 

 He called for the repeal of the Forest Reserve Act of 1891. 

 He was a conservationist who tried to balance commercial and public interests. 

Question 24 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Under the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the United States would 

 intervene in the internal affairs of a Caribbean nation only on invitation from the government in power. 

 intervene against any rebel force in a Caribbean nation.

 act unilaterally to regulate the affairs of any Caribbean nation. 

 look to Mexico, the most powerful Latin American nation, to police the Caribbean countries. 

Question 25 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) 

 investigated Joseph McCarthy and other extreme anti-Communists' abuses of power. 

 was known for its careful investigations of alleged subversive activities, unlike McCarthy and his Senate committee.

 targeted the film industry. 

 confined itself to investigating anti-American propaganda and sentiment abroad. 

Question 26 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

How did Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor's goals differ from those of the Knights of Labor?

 Gompers was deeply influenced by Marxist ideas of class struggle. 

 Gompers believed that workers should be organized as producers rather than by craft or occupation. 

 Gompers believed that workers should focus on concrete, achievable gains and possess power sufficient to back up their cause.

 Gompers believed that an eight-hour day was an unattainable goal. 

Question 27 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

In 1978, California voters began a national trend by enacting a ballot initiative called Proposition 13 that 

 denied homosexual men and women legally protected status in employment and housing. 

 outlawed affirmative action practices in employment, education, and the awarding of state contracts. 

 reduced property taxes. 

 banned busing. 

Question 28 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the experience of women who settled the Great Plains after the Civil War?

 They spent longer years in childrearing than women in the East because many children were needed to work the new farmland. 

 Women were barred from filing claims under the Homestead Act. 

 Women's prospects for marriage declined. 

 Traditional gender roles were more fluid, as many women joined their husbands in the fields and some homesteaded alone. 

Question 29 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

The root of the “military-industrial complex,” according to President Eisenhower, is the partnership between

 business and government. 

 business and education. 

 government and education. 

 government and government. 

Question 30 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

As secretary of commerce under Warren Harding, Herbert Hoover 

 led a renewed campaign of trust-busting to restore competition in the business world. 

 sought to minimize government intervention in business. 

 distrusted economic statistics generated by his department and preferred those provided by private organizations. 

 supported expansion of the federal government through voluntary cooperation with business in the public interest.

Question 31 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following was not done by the NRA to combat the Great Depression? 

 Fix prices 

 Establish maximum production quotas 

 Ban union organizing 

 Suspend antitrust laws 

Question 32 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

President Truman's response to the invasion of South Korea was to 

 ask the UN Security Council to authorize a “police action.” 

 ask Congress for a declaration of war. 

 pursue a policy of watchful waiting. 

 ask Congress to send aid to the Koreans.

Question 33 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

In 1934, the Liberty League was organized by 

 business leaders and conservative Democrats who opposed New Deal reforms.

 liberals and moderate Republicans who favored the rights of labor. 

 civil libertarians who wished to protect freedom of speech. 

 radicals who thought that the New Deal needed to be pushed farther to the left. 

Question 34 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

All of the following were policies of the Reagan administration except 

 deregulation of business. 

 cuts in the funding of human services. 

 cuts in defense spending. 

 reducing federal regulation of consumer protection. 

Question 35 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

One of the most rapidly growing job categories in America during the 1950s was 

 independent entrepreneurs. 

 blue-collar workers. 

 white-collar managers. 

 unskilled laborers. 

Question 36 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Under the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact of 1928, the United States 

 agreed to become an associate member of the League of Nations. 

 joined with many other nations in renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. 

 promised to reduce its tariffs if European debtor nations increased their rate of war-debt repayment. 

 promised to come to the aid of any European country attacked by the Soviet Union. 

Question 37 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

The low voter turnout in the 1924 election was attributed to the 

 reluctance of many women to use the voting privilege they won in 1920. 
reduction in the number of men who voted. 

 reluctance of men wanting to be seen voting at the same location as females.

 absence of any liberal alternative to the conservative Republican and Democratic candidates. 

 fissure between the rural and urban wings of the Democratic Party. 

Question 38 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 

 created a national banking system of savings and loan associations. 

 prevented all banks from reopening until treasury inspectors examined their books and ascertained whether they had sufficient cash reserves. 

 put all banks in the United States under federal control until an adequate system of deposit insurance could be developed. 

 forced all banks to join the Federal Reserve System. 

Question 39 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

President McKinley and the Republicans jumped at the chance to hold the Philippine Islands because 

 they saw them as the key to American influence in the Asian market. 

 the victory would soothe an American public angered by an unpopular war.

 the move would quiet Democratic opponents who had criticized the war effort as being unproductive. 

 control of the Philippines would guarantee the territorial integrity of China. 

Question 40 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes Samuel Gompers's and the American Federation of Labor's response to the rise of progressivism? 

 They hardened their pro-voluntarism stance and worked tirelessly to defeat progressive candidates at the ballot.

 They joined the battle for progressive legislation and increasingly became its strongest advocate, especially regarding the issue of workers' compensation. 

 They thoroughly distrusted progressive middle-class do-gooders and insisted that workers could win through their own bargaining. 

 They refused to buy newspapers and magazines known for publishing muckraking articles. 

Question 41 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

A crisis developed in American-Iranian relations in 1979 because of 

 a Communist revolution in Iran. 

 President Carter's strong criticism of human rights violations by the Iranian secret police. 

 American support for the deposed shah of Iran. 

 Iranian terrorist activity in the United States. 

Question 42 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

When the United States joined Canada and Western Europe to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1949, it 

 was the first peacetime military alliance the nation had entered into since the American Revolution. 

 asked for a token force of U.S. troops in Europe. 

 permanently excluded the Federal Republic of Germany. 

 imposed a blockade on Berlin. 

Question 43 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the Red Scare of 1919–1921? 

 The American public and press blamed labor conflict on the American Federation of Labor. 

 The American Communist Party, with over 700,000 members in 1919, posed a direct threat to the stability of American society. 

 The Industrial Workers of the World and the Socialist Party were rebounding from wartime harassment and experiencing increased memberships. 

 A series of bombings in 1919 led Americans to associate all radical or dissident political groups with violence. 

Question 44 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

Why did Bill Clinton win reelection in 1996? 

 united Democratic Party inspired by Republican control of Congress, an uninspiring opponent in Bob Dole, and great effort combined to deliver 49 percent of the popular vote for Clinton. 

 The public blamed Newt Gingrich and Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole for the rise in the “misery index” that was reported shortly before the election. 

 The Democrats benefited from the largest voter turnout since 1960. 

 He “stole” the election by rigging voting machines in Ohio and Florida. 

Question 45 (Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)

During World War II, federal income tax was 

 paid by wealthy citizens for the first time. 

 replaced by a national sales tax. 

 seen as a way for taxpayers to express patriotism. 

 cut in half for the duration of the war.

 

 

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