Unit 1
The Mayflower Compact is important to the concept of a democratic society because it represents
1) a clear step toward self-government
2) absolutism
3) despotism
4) limited monarchy
1) a clear step toward self-government
What were biggest flaws of the Articles of Confederation?
1) federal government was too weak to enforce laws
2) couldn’t regulate trade throughout states
3) could not enforce taxes to repay war debts
4) all of the above
4) all of the above
The Lewis and Clark expedition (1803–1806) was important because it
to better know the area included in the Louisiana Purchase
Slavery throughout the United States was permanently abolished by the
adoption of the 13th amendment to the Constitution
Which president signed the Meat Inspection Act & the Pure Foods & Drugs Act?
1) Herbert Hoover
2) Theodore Roosevelt
3) Woodrow Wilson
4) John F. Kennedy
2) Theodore Roosevelt
Women played a major role on the domestic front during World War I by
taking jobs in factories alongside African Americans
The lend-lease Act
1) Attempted to aid Cuba prior to the Spanish American War
2) Attempted to aid Native Americans
3) Attempted to aid Europe prior to America's entry into WW2
4) attempted to aid banks during the great depression
3) Attempted to aid Europe prior to America's entry into WW2
In 1948, the US responded to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by
organizing an airlift of supplies to West Berlin
Kennedy. 90 miles from Florida. Potential for World War III
Cuban Missile Crisis
Civil Rights leader; non-violence; civil disobedience; "I have a dream"
Martin Luther King Jr.
During the Colonial Period the economic development of the South was most directly dependent on
labor of enslaved Africans
The primary purpose of the Federalist Papers was to
encourage ratification of the United States Constitution
In Marbury v. Madison (1803), the Supreme Court established a precedent for
judicial review
President Abraham Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction after the Civil War included
reuniting the nation as quickly as possible
What was one effect of the Industrial Revolution on US agriculture in the late 1800's?
1) a decrease in the size of farms
2) a decrease in tenant farming and sharecropping
3) an increase in agricultural imports
4) an increase in productivity
4) an increase in productivity
A major result of the Spanish-American War (1898) was that the United States
assumed a more prominent role in world affairs
A major criticism of the New Deal was that it
1) did not attempt enough reforms
2) Increased the role of Government in people's lives
3) Led to war with Germany
4) Protected Unions
2) Increased the role of Government in people's lives
During WWII the federal government urged Americans to support the war effort by
reducing consumption of resources needed for the military
Fear of communists in US and US Government
Red Scare
Supreme Court; rights read at time of arrest
Miranda V. Arizona
Colonial-era New England town meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses were both
steps in the growth of representative democracy
According to the United States Constitution, the federal census is used to determine the
apportionment of members in the House of Representatives
The Monroe Doctrine policy warned
Europeans to stay out of Americas
Order of the Reconstruction Amendments (13, 14, 15)
Ends Slavery, Citizenship, Vote
Founder of the Hull House in Chicago
Jane Adams
Spanish-American War; sensational newspapers; "Remember the Maine"
Yellow Journalism
The threat of communist influence in the United States during the 1920s caused Congress to
prosecute suspected communist sympathizers
Which president decided to use the atomic bombs on Japan to end WW2?
1) Hoover
2) FDR
3) Truman
4) Eisenhower
3) Truman
1950s; Senator; list of 205 names; communist hunter
Joseph McCarthy
The decisions in Brown v. Board of Ed and Plessy V. Ferguson are both based on the language in
1) 14th Amendment
2) The Bill of Rights
3) Literacy Tests
4) Compromise of 1877
1) 14th Amendment
During the Colonial Era, the British promoted the policy of mercantilism to
control the commerce of their American colonies
President Washington's precedents
1) Cabinet, Neutrality Proclamation, and Political Parties
2) Neutrality Proclamation, Two Terms, and Political Parties
3) Two Terms, Neutrality Proclamation, and Political Parties
4) Two Terms, Neutrality Proclamation, and Cabinet
4) Two Terms, Neutrality Proclamation, and Cabinet
If you see: Seneca Falls Convention, what is it asking about?
women's rights
The Dawes Act of 1887 was passed to assimilate Native Americans into American culture?
True or False
True
W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington most strongly disagreed over which issue?
1) the constitutionality of the Sherman Antitrust Act
2) the construction of the Panama Canal
3) methods to achieve racial equality
4) support for the Allies in World War I
3) methods to achieve racial equality
The Roosevelt Corollary (1904) to the Monroe Doctrine enabled the right of the United States to
intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American nations
Supreme court case; interment is legal in time of war.
Korematsu v. United States
In 1944, Congress enacted the GI Bill of Rights in order to
provide economic aid to veterans
Both the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963) and SALT (1972) attempted to
ease Cold War tensions
The terrorist group responsible for the September 11 attacks.
1) ISIS
2) al-Queda
3) KKK
4) Nazis
2) al-Queda
The Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses are most closely associated with
steps toward colonial self-government
Created a bicameral legislature
Great Compromise
What was one result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?
1) power of the fed. gov't over state commerce was strengthened
2) the rights of accused individuals was strengthened
3) the power of the judicial branch was limited
4) the court declined to hear cases involving state disputes
1) power of the fed. gov't over state commerce was strengthened
The name for a Northerner who went South after the Civil War
Carpetbagger
Nativism is a feeling of anti-immigrant racism?
True or False
True
Which conflict did we gain Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines?
Spanish American War
What was one economic consequences of FDR's New Deal?
the role of the federal government in the economy expanded
The US placed Japanese Americans in internment camps during WWII. This action illustrates that
1) residents generally uphold Constitutional rights of minorities
2) violations of civil liberties tend too increase during wartime
3) unpopular groups should be placed in custody
4) minorities often have uncertain loyalties during wartime
2) violations of civil liberties tend 2 increase during wartime
1964 Congressional statement authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What was a major effect of the creation of the interstate highway system on the United States?
an increase in suburbanization