Domain 1 (1-5)
Which statement BEST describes why the Southern colonies were established?
A. Settlers were seeking religious freedom.
B. Settlers wanted to make a profit from trade.
C. Settlers wanted to convert American Indians to their religion.
D. Settlers wanted to create more wealth for the English economy.
B. Settlers wanted to make a profit from trade.
Which TWO statements accurately describe the North and the South prior to the Civil War?
A. The North had more railway lines than the South.
B. The North was more eager for a war than the South.
C. The North had more cash-crop agriculture than the South.
D. The South was more focused on shipbuilding than the North.
E. The South had more highly trained military leaders than the North.
F. The South had more access to affordable manufactured goods than the North.
A. The North had more railway lines than the South.
E. The South had more highly trained military leaders than the North.
D. Growth of the railroad system led to increased conflicts with American Indians.
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A. The Red Scare
How did television news reports about the Vietnam War MOST affect American public opinion?
A. by encouraging patriotism
B. by restoring faith in the government
C. by strengthening the anti-war movement
D. by causing widespread fear of the war at home
C. by strengthening the anti-war movement
How did Shays’ Rebellion highlight the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation?
A. Inconsistent leadership led to laws that were constantly changing.
B. Tariffs between states made it difficult for farmers to conduct trade.
C. The central government could not support an army to act quickly and stop the rebellion.
D. The debt left over from the Revolutionary war caused people to lose confidence in their leaders.
C. The central government could not support an army to act quickly and stop the rebellion.
Which of these was a goal of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823?
A. to prevent southern states from seceding from the Union
B. to restrict European interference in the Western Hemisphere
C. to relocate American Indian peoples west of the Mississippi River
D. to resolve anti-Federalist concerns over the power of the federal government
B. to restrict European interference in the Western Hemisphere
Which statement correctly describes a business practice of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company during the late 1800s?
A. Only native-born U.S. citizens were hired to work as laborers.
B. Cooperation with unions was encouraged to protect working conditions.
C. American Indian peoples were relocated to make room for industrial growth.
D. Smaller companies were purchased and combined to create a monopoly.
D. Smaller companies were purchased and combined to create a monopoly.
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Blank 1: B. Eighteenth
Blank 2: The amount of organized crime
How did the Watergate scandal of the 1970s impact the United States?
A. Public trust in the honesty of the U.S. federal government declined.
B. Political tensions between China and the U.S. increased.
C. Federal oversight of U.S. weapons sales to foreign nations expanded.
D. Congressional support for U.S. involvement in peace talks decreased
A. Public trust in the honesty of the U.S. federal government declined.
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B. The Trans-Atlantic Trade
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C. Mercantilism
What was one major accomplishment of the Louisiana Purchase?
A. It increased governmental expenditures for internal improvements.
B. It opened the western lands to American settlement.
C. It gave the United States access to the Pacific Ocean.
D. It reduced the nation’s dependency on northern industrial development.
B. It opened the western lands to American settlement.
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Part 1: B. Immigrants
Part 2: D. The Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
Which of these contributed to the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression?
A. stock market speculation
B. the effects of World War II
C. foreign boycotts of U.S. products
D. success of the U.S. farm economy
A. stock market speculation
B. He worked with the Russian leader to reduce threats and reform the economy of Russia
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A. Control of Laws
B. Developed a separate identity from Britain
C. Developed self-governance
D. Less economic reliance on Britain
President James K. Polk’s policy choices were based on a desire to increase the economic power of the United States. Select the THREE correct actions that helped him achieve that goal.
A. Encouraging Americans to fulfill Manifest Destiny
B. Passing laws to encourage the settlement of lands in the West
C. Signing a treaty with Texas to add territory to the United States
D. Fighting a war with Mexico to show U.S. military strength
E. Building a transcontinental railroad to link the East and the West
F. Annexing Oregon to increase the size of the United States
A. Encouraging Americans to fulfill Manifest Destiny
C. Signing a treaty with Texas to add territory to the United States
F. Annexing Oregon to increase the size of the United States
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A. It engaged in numerous military battles
D. It relocated American Indians onto reservations
The Lend-Lease Act was an attempt by the United States to...
A. supply iron and oil to Japan.
B. divide land acquired from the Mexican War.
C. let England borrow weapons in the early 1940s.
D. stay out of World War I.
C. let England borrow weapons in the early 1940s.
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C. the successful launch of Sputnik into space
F. the fear that public education was not as successful as in other countries
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Part A: B. Enslaved persons in each state were counted as three-fifths of a person.
Part B: A. Southern states gained more influence in the House of Representatives.
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Blank 1: E. Increased fear of slave rebellions
Blank 2: B. Increased political pressure to protect the institution of slavery
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BLANK 1: A. Directly electing senators
BLANK 2: B. Passing child labor laws
Choose the THREE correct statements that describes the United States' movement from neutrality to engagement in World War I.
A. One of the main causes of the United States declaring war on Germany was the use of unrestricted submarine attacks.
B. The sinking of the Lusitania in 1916.
C. The United States began to support war against Germany after the Zimmerman telegram was intercepted.
D. Prior to the war the United States gave more loans and had more trade with Germany than Great Britain.
E. President Wilson campaigned in the 1916 election with the slogan "He kept us out of war."
A. One of the main causes of the United States declaring war on Germany was the use of unrestricted submarine attacks.
B. The sinking of the Lusitania in 1916.
C. The United States began to support war against Germany after the Zimmerman telegram was intercepted.
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1: Failure: The country became communist
2: Failure: The country became communist
3: Partial Success: The country was divided between noncommunist and communist governments