The Civil War
Which point of view on the cause of the Civil War would have been held by a Northern Republican?
A. Southern state governments had an obligation to secede once a majority of their voters had approved it.
B. Abolitionists caused the Civil War by placing the abolition of slavery ahead of the need to preserve the Union.
C. Those voters who elected Abraham Lincoln caused the war by ignoring the fears of many white Southerners.
D. Southern slaveholders were so devoted to the immoral system of slavery that they betrayed the nation to preserve this practice.
D. Southern slaveholders were so devoted to the immoral system of slavery that they betrayed the nation to preserve this practice.
Which is the best contemporary definition of a “carpetbagger”?
A. a Northern abolitionist who supported the Freedmen’s Bureau
B. a Northerner who came to the South after the Civil War
C. a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
D. a freedman entitled to vote
B. a Northerner who came to the South after the Civil War
What was the main purpose of the reservation system?
A. to make the new transcontinental railroad safer to operate
B. to clear federal lands for settlement by railroads, ranchers, and farmers
C. to provide employment for Union troops and veterans after the Civil War
D. to make it easier for Indians to assimilate into mainstream American culture
D. to make it easier for Indians to assimilate into mainstream American culture
Which groups did not generally participate in the economic boom of the 1920s?
A. manufacturers and real estate developers
B. stock brokers and automobile workers
C. bankers and construction workers
D. minorities and railroad workers
D. minorities and railroad workers
Which New Deal agency constructed a series of dams that produced hydroelectricity?
A. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
B. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
C. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
D. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
A. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Which of the following did Stephen Douglas support in this speech?
A. Wilmot Proviso
B. Ostend Manifesto
C. Freeport Doctrine
D. Dred Scott decision
C. Freeport Doctrine
Which amendment guaranteed the “equal protection” of the laws to all American citizens, including formerly enslaved individuals?
A. 1st Amendment
B. 13th Amendment
C. 14th Amendment
D. 15th Amendment
C. 14th Amendment
In the late 1800s, how did farmers challenge the unfair rates charged by railroad monopolies controlling transportation routes?
A. by filing lawsuits in federal courts
B. by establishing the first national labor union
C. by passing Granger laws in state legislatures
D. by proposing the Sherman Antitrust Act in Congress
C. by passing Granger laws in state legislatures
Why was there racial unrest in Northern cities after World War I?
A. African Americans had been given the right to vote for the first time.
B. African-American baseball players were being allowed to play on previously all-white teams.
C. The arrival of large numbers of immigrants from Eastern Europe caused tensions with African Americans.
D. The migration of African Americans and returning African-American veterans created greater competition for jobs and housing.
D. The migration of African Americans and returning African-American veterans created greater competition for jobs and housing.
What was one effect of the dust storms across the Great Plains in the 1930s?
A. Growth of the banking industry from farm loans
B. Suspension of government assistance to farmers
C. Increase in farm production on the Great Plains
D. Migration of farmers to California and other states
D. Migration of farmers to California and other states
What was a significant impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?
A. Slaves in Northern states were freed
B. The war became a moral contest over slavery
C. Slaves in border states were immediately freed
D. African Americans were admitted into the Confederate army
B. The war became a moral contest over slavery
What was an important effect of the sharecropping system and debt peonage?
A. Freedmen achieved social and political equality in the South.
B. Freedmen played an important role in local and state government.
C. Freedmen achieved economic independence from their former masters.
D. Freedmen often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters.
D. Freedmen often remained in a state of economic dependence on their former masters
"We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1."
—Omaha Platform of the Populist Party, 1892
Why did the Populists believe free and unlimited coinage of silver would help their problems?
A. They felt railroad companies were charging too much
B. They thought it would lead to price inflation and make it easier to pay debts
C. They hoped it would help sharecroppers divide crops
D. They believed it would help buy more goods from the North
B. They thought this step would lead to price inflation and make it easier to pay their debts
Which problem was demonstrated by events at Rosewood in 1923?
A. the growing strength of the Ku Klux Klan in Southern states
B. the continuing prevalence of racism in inland Southern towns
C. racial tensions in Northern cities in the years after World War I
D. the absence of agricultural employment in Southern communities
B. the continuing prevalence of racism in inland Southern towns
Which New Deal program was responsible for these accomplishments?
• Constructing facilities in all eight original state parks
• Constructing dams for flood control, reforestation, and landscaping
• Excavating sediment from caverns and establishing tourist routes
• Fighting wildfires and creating wildfire breaks
A. The Civilian Conservation Corps
B. The National Recovery Administration
C. The Securities and Exchange Commission
D. The Florida Keys and Beach Preservation Act
A. The Civilian Conservation Corps
What was the main objective of the plan described in General Scott’s letter (Anaconda Plan)?
A. to attack and bring under control a few key Southern cities
B. to disrupt Southern supply lines by controlling railroad junctions
C. to sign treaties with Britain and France
D. to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and Southern ports
D. to suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern ports
What practice did this ruling uphold?
A. job training for freedmen
B. free public schooling for all races
C. racial segregation by Jim Crow laws
D. African-American participation in politics
C. racial segregation by Jim Crow laws
Why did Congress pass the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?
A. Only Congress had the right to regulate economic activities even within a single state
B. Congress wanted to save natural resources
C. The Supreme Court had overruled state laws against railroad abuses
D. Political machines influenced Congress to favor certain companies
C: The Supreme Court had overruled state laws against railroad abuses
Which best describes the activities of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s?
A. successfully achieved control of both the Congress and the Presidency
B. assisted Marcus Garvey in transporting African Americans “back to Africa”
C. were mainly directed at preventing African Americans from voting
D. promoted anti-immigrant, anti-African-American, anti-Catholic, and anti-Jewish sentiments
D. promoted anti-immigrant, anti-African-American, anti-Catholic, and anti-Jewish sentiments
How did popular attitudes toward the federal government shift during the Great Depression?
A. Public opinion turned against new federal programs
B. People concluded that state governments were better at promoting economic growth
C. Voters grew distrustful of the federal government because it favored the wealthy
D. Americans came to expect the federal government to help them solve their economic problems
D. Americans came to expect the federal government to help them solve their economic problems
Which constitutional issue was raised in the North during the Civil War?
A. Did citizens in the Union Army have a right to vote regardless of age?
B. Did political opponents have the right to negotiate peace with the South?
C. Did the government have the right to draft soldiers?
D. Did the President have the right to suspend habeas corpus in order to keep in prison those who spoke against the war effort?
D. Did the President have the right to suspend habeas corpus in order to keep in prison those who spoke against the war effort?
Which practices were introduced in Southern states after Reconstruction to circumvent this amendment?
A. African-American freedmen had more ways to participate in government in the nation’s first experiment in interracial democracy
B. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed, which affected African Americans more than other citizens.
C. White and black children in Southern states were required to attend separate, racially segregated public schools, and to use separate playgrounds.
D. “Jim Crow” laws imposed racial segregation in public places, including trains, restaurants, and hotels.
B. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements were passed, which affected African Americans more than other citizens.
What was the purpose of the Grange movement?
A. to fight the corruption of political machines in cities
B. to break the rural isolation of farmers and represent their interests
C. to halt the influx of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe
D. to agitate for government ownership of railroads, telegraphs, and telephones
B. to break the rural isolation of farmers and represent their interests
What did the Washington Naval Conference, the Four-Power Treaty, and the Kellogg-Briand Pact have in common?
A. They were attempts at promoting world peace without the League of Nations.
B. They created secret alliances between the former Allied and Central Powers.
C. They were a series of naval disarmament treaties involving the Allied Powers of World War I.
D. They were disarmament treaties that limited the number of tanks, use of poison gas, and airplanes.
A. They were attempts at promoting world peace without the League of Nations.
The excerpt below is from President Franklin D. Roosevelts First enagoral Address in 1933
"I Shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instruments to meet crisis broad power to wage a war againts the emergencyas great as the given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign rule"
Based on this excerpt, what could be inferred about the direction that Roosevelt planned to take the executive branch of the federal government?
A. He planned to increase its size and power to deal with the Depression
B. He planned to maintain its size in relationship to the other two branches
C. He planned to look to Congress for most of his ideas for ending the Depression
D. He planned to reduce its size to give greater power to state and local governments
A. He planned to increase its size and power to deal with the Depression