The Flaming Bungalows
Created in 2009 by:
· Central Organizer: Jon Sabatino
· Unit I – V Multiple Choice coordinator: Brooke Sheriff
· Unit VI – X Multiple Choice coordinator: Jennifer Angelo
· Document Based Question coordinator: Michael Brown
· Essay coordinator: Victor Gomez
UNITED STATES HISTORY
SECTION I
Time – 55 minutes
80 Questions
Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet.
1. The crop that became the staple of life in Mexico and South America was
a. wheat.
b. potatoes.
c. tobacco.
d. corn.
e. beans.
2. One of the first jobs facing the new government formed under the Constitution was to
a. establish a powerful army.
b. reestablish diplomatic ties with Britain.
c. draw up and pass a bill of rights.
d. establish economic ties with France.
e. all of the above.
3. As president, John Quincy Adams
a. was more successful than as secretary of state
b. adjusted to the New Democracy.
c. was one of the least successful presidents in American history.
d. put many of his supporters on the federal payroll.
e. was successful in getting his programs enacted into law.
4. The most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to northerners was the decision concerning
a. slavery in the District of Colombia.
b. slavery in the New Mexico and Utah territories.
c. the new Fugitive Slave Law.
d. settlement of the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute.
e. continuation of the interstate slave trade.
5. In the late nineteenth century, those political candidates
who campaigned by "waving the bloody shirt" were
reminding voters
a. of the "treason" of the Confederate Democrats during
the Civil War.
b. that the Civil War had been caused by the election
of a Republican president.
c. of the graft-filled "radical" regimes in the
Reconstruction South.
d. that radical Republicans catered to freed slaves
during Reconstruction.
e. of Ku Klux Klan violence against blacks.
6. When extended, the Open Door policy called on all big powers, including the United States, to
a. recognizes Philippine independence at an early date.
b. guarantees the independence of Cuba.
c. builds a Panamanian canal.
d. observes the territorial integrity of China.
e. pursues further investment in China.
7. The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact
a. formally ended World War I for the United States, which had refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
b. set a schedule for German payment of war reparations.
c. established a battleship ratio for the leading naval powers.
d. condemned Japan for its unprovoked attack on Manchuria.
e. outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry.
8. In the epochal 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court
a. declared that the concept of “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites was unconstitutional.
b. upheld its earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
c. rejected desegregation.
d. supported the “Declaration of Constitutional Principles” issued by Congress.
e. ordered immediate and total integration of all American schools.
9. The coureurs de bois were
a. French soldiers.
b. French boatmen.
c. Catholic priests.
d. French farmers.
e. French fur trappers.
10. All of the following are guarantees provided by the Bill of Rights except
a. the right to vote for all citizens.
b. freedom of speech.
c. freedom of religion.
d. freedom of the press.
e. right to a trial by a jury.
11. The purpose behind the spoils system was
a. to press those with experience into governmental service.
b. to make politics a sideline and not a full-time business.
c. to reward political supporters with public office.
d. to reverse the trend of rotation in office.
e. the widespread encouragement of a bureaucratic office-holding class.
12. The man who opened Japan to the United States was
a. William Walker.
b. Franklin Pierce.
c. Lafcadio Hearn.
d. Clayton Bulwer.
e. Matthew Perry.
13. In an attempt to avoid prosecution for their corrupt
dealings, the owners of Credit Mobilize
a. left the country.
b. belatedly started to follow honest business practices.
c. sold controlling interest in the company to others.
d. tried to gain immunity by testifying before Congress.
e. distributed shares of the company's valuable stock to key congressmen.
14. The public outcry after the horrible Triangle Shirtwaist
fire led many states to pass
a. mandatory fire escape plans for all businesses employing more than ten people.
b. safety regulations and workmen’s compensation laws for job injuries.
c. restrictions on female employment in the clothing industry.
d. zoning regulations governing where factories could
be located.
e. laws guaranteeing unions the right to raise safety concerns.
15. The Teapot Dome scandal involved the mishandling of
a. naval oil reserves.
b. funds for veterans’ hospitals.
c. the budget for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
d. European war-debt payments.
e. the sale of presidential pardons.
16. In 1983 President Reagan sent United States marines to ______as part of an international peacekeeping force; many of them died in a terrorist attack.
a. Nicaragua
b. Grenada
c. Libya
d. Iran
e. Lebanon
17. The French and Indian War was also known in Europe as
a. the War of Jenkins’s Ear.
b. the Seven Years’ War.
c. the War of Austrian Succession.
d. King William’s War.
e. Queen Anne’s War.
18. One of George Washington’s major contributions as president was
a. keeping the nation out of foreign wars.
b. the signing of Jay’s Treaty.
c. his advice against forming permanent alliances with foreign nations.
d. securing a pledge from Britain to stop arming Indians on the western lands.
e. establishing the political party system.
19. Those who were frightened by the rapid influx of Irish immigrants organized
a. the Order of the Star-Spangled Banner.
b. the “Molly Maguires.”
c. Tammany Hall.
d. the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
e. the Ku Klux Klan.
20. HarrietBeecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
a. intended to show the cruelty of slavery.
b. was prompted by passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
c. comprised the recollections of a long-time personal witness o the evils of slavery.
d. received little notice at the time it was published but became widely read during the Civil War.
e. portrayed blacks as militant resisters to slavery.
21. In the 1896 case of Plessey v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that
a. African-Americans could be denied the right to vote.
b. segregation was unconstitutional.
c. “separate but equal" facilities were constitutional.
d. the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to African-Americans.
e. literacy tests for voting were constitutional.
22. Most muckrakers believed that their primary function in the progressive attack on social ills was to
a. formulate a consistent philosophy of social reform.
b. explain the causes of social ills.
c. devise solutions to society’s problems.
d. make the public aware of social problems.
e. link up with movements for social justice.
23. The Bonus Expeditionary Force marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand
a. the removal of American troops from Nicaragua.
b. passage of legislation introducing a lower tariff.
c. immediate full payment of bonus payments promised to World War I veterans.
d. punishment for those who had forced unemployed veterans to leave Washington, D.C.
e. housing and health care assistance for veterans.
24. The largest public works project during Eisenhower’s presidency was
a. the space program.
b. the building of Grand Coulee Dam.
c. offshore oil drilling.
d. construction of the interstate highway system.
e. the polio vaccine program.
25. “Virtual” representation meant that
a. almost all British subjects were represented in Parliament.
b. every member of Parliament represented all British subjects.
c. colonists could elect their own representatives to Parliament.
d. Parliament could pass virtually all types of legislation except taxes.
e. each member of Parliament represented only people in his district.
26. The chief justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was
a. James Madison. d. Samuel Chase.
b. William Marbury. e. John Jay.
c. John Marshall.
27. Eli Whitney was instrumental in the invention of the
a. steamboat.
b. cotton gin.
c. railroad locomotive.
d. telegraph.
e. repeating revolver.
28. As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates,
a. Lincoln was elected to the Senate.
b. Lincoln's national stature was diminished.
c. Douglas increased his chances of winning the presidency.
d. Illinois rejected the concept of popular sovereignty.
e. Douglas defeated Lincoln for the Senate.
29. In its efforts on behalf of workers, the National Labor Union won
a. an eight-hour day for all workers.
b. government arbitration for industrial disputes.
c. equal pay for women.
d. an eight-hour day for government workers.
e. the right to collective bargaining.
30. Teddy Roosevelt helped to end the 1902 strike in the anthracite coal mines by
a. using the military to force the miners back to work.
b. passing legislation making the miners’ union illegal.
c. helping the mine owners to import strike-breakers.
d. appealing to mine owners’ and workers’ sense of the public interest.
e. threatening to seize the mines and to operate them with federal troops.
31. In 1932 Franklin Roosevelt campaigned on the promise that as president he would attack the Great Depression by
a. nationalizing all banks and major industries.
b. mobilizing America’s youth as in wartime.
c. returning to the traditional policies of laissez-faire capitalism.
d. continuing the policies already undertaken by President Hoover.
e. experimenting with bold new programs for economic and social reform.
32. When the Soviet Union attempted to install nuclear weapons in Cuba, President Kennedy ordered
a. the installation of nuclear weapons in Turkey.
b. surgical air strikes against the missile sites.
c. the invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs.
d. resumption of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons.
e. a naval quarantine of that island.
33. By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was
a. Massachusetts.
b. Virginia.
c. New York.
d. Pennsylvania.
e. Maryland.
34. The case of Marbury v. Madison involved the question of who had the right to
a. commit the United States to entangling alliances.
b. impeach federal officers for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
c. declare an act of Congress unconstitutional.
d. purchase foreign territory for the United States.
e. appoint Supreme Court justices.
35. The Second Great Awakening tended to
a. widen the lines between classes and regions.
b. open Episcopal and Presbyterian churches to the poor.
c. unite southern Baptists and southern Methodists against slavery.
d. bring the more prosperous and conservative eastern churches into the revivalist camps.
e. increase the influence of educated clergy.
36. European powers favored a civil war in the United States because
a. they could regain control of a divided America.
b. war would weaken the United States' power in the Western Hemisphere.
c. war could end the concept of balance of power in the Americas.
d. such a conflict would halt the flow of blacks to Canada.
e. two North American nations would have weaker economies than one.
37. A "bird of passage" was an immigrant who
a. came to the United States to live permanently.
b. only passed through America on his or her way to Canada.
c. was unmarried.
d. came to America to work for a short time and then returned to Europe.
e. flew from job to job.
38. When Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle, he intended his book to focus attention on the
a. unsanitary conditions that existed in the meat- packing industry.
b. plight of workers in the stockyards and meat- packing industry.
c. corruption in the United States Senate.
d. deplorable conditions in the drug industry.
e. unhealthy effects of beef consumption.
39. In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the United States was motivated by
a. treaty obligations.
b. doubts about the islands’ potential profitability.
c. the view that the islands were militarily indefensible.
d. the realization that the islands were economic liabilities.
e. regrets over their imperialistic takeover in 1898.
40. In response to the collapse of the Soviet Union, President George Bush called for a “new world order” where
a. Russia would join the democratic West in containing communist China.
b. the United States would serve as policeman for the world.
c. the United Nations would assert sovereignty over the rival nation-states.
d. global capitalism would supersede all regional and local economies.
e. democracy would reign supreme and diplomacy would replace weaponry.
41. The most drastic measure of the Intolerable Acts was the
a. Quartering Act.
b. Quebec Act.
c. Sugar Act.
d. Courts Act.
e. Boston Port Act.
42. The battle of Tippecanoe resulted in
a. defeat of the British.
b. a Shawnee loss and a Creek victory.
c. a declaration of war by the United States on Great Britain.
d. the expulsion of the British from Florida.
e. William Henry Harrison becoming a national hero.
43. Transcendentalists believed that all knowledge came through
a. the writings of John Locke.
b. the senses.
c. observation.
d. inherent rational capacity.
e. an inner light.
44. The greatest weakness of the South during the Civil War was its
a. military leadership.
b. navy.
c. slave population.
d. economy.
e. political system.
45. A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century was
a. the need for additional population.
b. the desire for more farmland.
c. the construction of an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.