THE PONY RIDERS!!!
Created in 2010 by:
· Central Organizer:
Jake Milstead
· Unit I – V Multiple Choice coordinator:
Cliff Hegedus
· Unit VI – X Multiple Choice coordinator:
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· Essay coordinator:
Bimal Amin
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 Great Ice Age accounted for the origins
of North America’s human history because
a. it exposed a land bridge connecting Eurasia
with North America.
b. the glacial withdrawal allowed migration
from South America.
c. the glacial withdrawal formed freshwater
lakes that supported life.
d. when it ended European migration to the
west became possible
e. it prevented the migration of dangerous
2. The financial means for England’s first
permanent colonization in America were
provided by
a. a joint-stock company.
b. a royal proprietor.
c. Queen Elizabeth II.
d. the law of primogeniture.
e. an expanding wool trade.
3. The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown
resulted in all of the following except
a. the destruction of the soil.
b. a great demand for controlled labor.
c. soaring prosperity in the colony.
d. diversification of the colony’s economy.
e. the broad-acred plantation system.
4. The one valuable resource in New France
was
a. fish.
b. gold.
c. trees
d. corn
e. beavers
5. The climactic clash between Britain and
France for control of the North American
Continents sprang from their rivalry for
control of:
a. Cape Breton Island.
b. the Ohio River Valley.
c. the Mississippi River.
d. the Great Lakes.
e. the St. Lawrence River.
6. The long-range purpose of the Albany
Congress in 1754 was to
a. achieve colonial unity and common defense
against the French threat.
b. propose independence of the colonial
Britain.
c. declare war on the Iroquois tribe.
d. prohibit New England and New York from
trading with the French and West Indies
e. gain peace with France.
7. Under mercantilist doctrine, the
American colonies were expected to do all
of the following except
a. supply Britain with raw materials not
available there.
b. become economically self-sufficient as soon
as possible.
c. furnish ships, seamen, and trade to bolster
the strength of the Royal Navy
d. provide a market for British manufactured
goods.
e. refrain from exporting woolen cloth.
8. The British Parliament passed the Stamp
Act to
a. raise money to support new military forces
needed for colonial defense.
b. punish the American colonists.
c. reduce the number of printed documents in
America.
d. enable tax collectors to become wealthy.
e. raise taxes to a higher level than in Britain.
9. One purpose of the Declaration of
Independence was to
a. warn other nations to stay out of the
Revolution.
b. ask for an end to slavery.
c. appeal for fairer treatment by Parliament.
d. explain to the rest of the world why the
colonies had revolted.
e. condemn Parliament for its actions.
10. Shay’s Rebellion convinced many
Americans of the need for
a. lower taxes.
b. granting long-delayed bonuses to
Revolutionary War veterans.
c. a vigilante effort by westerners to halt the
Indian threat.
d. a stronger central government.
e. a weaker military presence in the West.
11. One of the major criticisms of the
Constitution as drafted in Philadelphia
was that it
a. was too long and detailed
b. was far too short and required more detail
c. failed to guarantee property rights
d. failed to provide a mechanism for
amendment
e. did not provide guarantees for individual
rights
12. Alexander Hamilton’s financial program
for the economic development of the
United States favored
a. agricultural interests.
b. trade with France.
c. the wealthy
d. the poor.
e. the middle class.
13. Alexander Hamilton’s proposed bank of
the United States was
a. rejected by the House of Representatives.
b. supported by Thomas Jefferson.
c. enthusiastically supported by
George Washington.
d. based on the “necessary and proper,” or
“Elastic” clause in the Constitution.
e. never fully enacted.
14. One of the greatest problems that John
Adams and the Federalists faced in the
election of 1800 was
a. Adam’ efforts to get America involved in a
war with France.
b. increased public debt brought on by war
preparations.
c. Adam’s refusal to take the country to war
against France
d. Alexander Hamilton’s support of Adams.
e. the stories circulating about Adam’s
relationship with a slave woman.
15. 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
b. William Marbury
c. John Marshall
d. Samuel Chase
e. John Jay
16. 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.
17. Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the
United States because
a. he had suffered misfortunes in Santo
Domingo
b. he hoped that the territory would one day
help America to thwart the ambitions of the
British.
c. he did not want to drive America into the
arms of the British.
d. yellow fever killed many French troops.
e. all of the above.
18. In diplomatic and economic terms, the
War of 1812
a. was a disaster for the United States
b. could be considered the Second War for
American Independence
c. was considered a victory for Britain
d. resulted in the fall of the British
government that concludes the conflict
e. was a disaster for Britain
19. The United States’ most successful
diplomat in the Era of Good Feelings was
a. John C. Calhoun.
b. Daniel Webster
c. John Quincy Adams
d. Andrew Jackson
e. James Monroe
20. The Monroe Doctrine was
a. a striking new departure in American
foreign policy.
b. quickly codified into international law.
c. a binding pledge on each subsequent
presidential administration.
d. an expression of the illusion of deepening
American isolation from world affairs.
e. a commitment by the U.S. to
internationalism
21. The “nullification crisis” of 1832–1833
erupted over
a. banking policy
b. internal improvements.
c. tariff policy
d. public land sales.
e. Indian policy.
22. Andrew Jackson and his supporters
disliked the Bank of the United States
for all of the following reasons except
a. minted gold and silver coins but
issued no paper money.
b. controlled much of the nation’s gold and
silver.
c. was a private institution.
d. foreclosed on many western farms.
e. put public service first, not profits
23. When the Irish flocked to the United
States in the 1840s, they stayed in the
larger seaboard cities because they
a. preferred urban life.
b. were offered high-paying jobs.
c. were welcomed by the people living there.
d. were too poor to move west and buy land
e. had experience in urban politics.
24. As a result of the development of the cotton gin
a. slavery revived and expanded.
b. American industry bought more southern cotton
than did British manufacturers.
c. a nationwide depression ensued.
d. the South diversified its economy.
e. the textile industry moved to the south.
25. Religious revivals of the Second Great
Awakening resulted in
a. little increase in church membership.
b. a strong religious influence in many areas of
American life.
c. surprisingly few humanitarian reforms.
d. greater attention to church history and
reforms.
e. all of the above.
26. The Religious sects that gained most from
the revivalism of the Second Great
Awakening were the
a. Roman Catholic and Episcopalians.
b. Unitarians and Adventists.
c. Methodists and Baptists.
d. Congregationalists and Presbyterians.
e. Lutherans and Mennonites.
27. By 1860, slaves were concentrated in the
“black belt” located in the
a. border states of Kentucky, Missouri, and
Maryland.
b. deep south states of Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana.
c. old south states of Virginia, North Carolina
and South Carolina.
d. mountain regions of Tennessee, West
Virginia, and Kentucky.
28. William Lloyd Garrison pledged his
dedication to
a. shipping freed blacks back to Africa.
b. outlawing the slave trade.
c. preventing the expansion of slavery beyond
the south.
d. forming an antislavery political party.
e. the immediate abolition of slavery in the
south
29. The area in dispute between the United
States and Great Britain in 1845 lay
between
a. the forty-second parallel and the Columbia
River.
b. the Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River
and Puget Sound.
c. the 36* 30’ line and the 54*40’ line.
d. the forty-ninth parallel and the 54* 40’ line.
e. the Columbia River, the forty-ninth parallel
and the Pacific Ocean.
30. The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe-
Hidalgo ending the Mexican War included
a. a guarantee of the rights of Mexicans living in
New Mexico
b. United States annexation of Texas
c. the banning of slavery from all territory ceded to
the United States.
d. a requirement that Mexico pay $3.25 million in
damages to the United States
e. United States payment of $15 million for the
cession of northern Mexico.
31. In his Seventh of March speech, Daniel
Webster
a. attacked Henry Clay’s compromise
proposals.
b. called for a new, more stringent fugitive-
slave law.
c. advocated a congressional ban on slavery
in the territories
d. proposed a scheme for electing two
presidents, one from the North and one
from the South, each having veto power.
e. became a hated figure in the South.
32. Most American leaders believed that the
only way to keep the new Pacific Coast
territories from breaking away from
United States control was
a. to allow slavery in these areas.
b. to build a canal across Central America.
c. to grant the territories quick statehood
d. to construct a transcontinental railroad
e. to establish large naval bases in San Diego
and Seattle.
33. When the people of Britain and France
read Uncle Tom’s Cabin, their
governments
a. realized that intervention in the Civil
War on behalf of the South would not be
popular.
b. concluded that they must end slavery in
their own territory.
c. decided to give aid to the slaveholding
South.
d. banned the book.
e. distributed the book as anti-American
propaganda.
34. The central plank of the Know-Nothing
Party in the 1856 election was
a. popular sovereignty.
b. expansionism.
c. proslavery.
d. abolitionism.
e. nativism.
35. The Border States offered all of the
following advantages except
a. a large population
b. a good supply of horses and mules.
c. valuable manufacturing capacity.
d. shipbuilding facilities.
e. large navigable rivers.
36. As the Civil War began, the South
seemed to have the advantage of
a. greater ability to wage offensive
warfare.
b. more talented military leaders.
c. superior industrial capabilities
d. superior transportation facilities.
e. a more united public opinion.
37. Britain did not protest too loudly against
the Union naval blockade of the
Confederacy because
a. Britain might want to use a similar
blockade in a future war.
b. the British government clearly supported
the Union.
c. it would have been useless to try to run the
blockade.
d. profits were not high enough to justify the
risk.
e. the blockade did not cut off cotton
shipments.
38. The Battle of Antietam was particularly
critical because it
a. inflated an already dangerous overconfidence
among Southerners.
b. ended Lee’s plan of invading the North
c. delayed Lincoln’s plan to announce
the Emancipation Proclamation.
d. ensured the reelection of President Lincoln.
e. probably prevented intervention by Britain
and France on behalf of the Confederacy.
39. The “Exodusters” westward move to Kansas
faltered when
a. they began migrating North.
b. the Fifteenth Amendment was passed.
c. steamboat captains refused to transport them
across the Mississippi.
d. they failed to receive the promised homesteads.
e. none of the above.
40. The first ex-Confederate state to ratify the
Fourteenth Amendment and thus be admitted to
the union under congressional Reconstruction was
a. Virginia.
b. Arkansas.
c. Louisiana.
d. Tennessee.
e. West Virginia
41. As a result of the Civil War
a. the population of the United States declined.
b. political dishonesty grew while honesty in
business rose.
c. the North developed a strong sense of moral
superiority.
d. the great majority of political and business
leaders became corrupt.
e. waste, extravagance, speculation, and graft
reduced the moral stature of the Republic.
.
42. In the 1896 case of Plessy 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. voting tests were constitutional.
43. The Compromise of 1877 resulted in
a. a renewal of the Republican commitment
to protect black civil rights in the South.
b. the withdrawal of federal troops from the
South.
c. the election of a Democrat to the
presidency.
d. passage of the Bland-Allison Silver
Purchase Act.
e. a plan to build the first transcontinental
railroad.
44. The first federal regulatory agency designed
to protect the public interest from business
combinations was the
a. Federal Trade Commission.
b. Interstate Commerce Commission.
c. Consumer Affairs Commission