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- Constitutional amendments enacted during the Progressive Era concerned all of the following EXCEPT(A) imposition of an income tax' (B) imposition of poll taxes (C) extension of suffrage to women (D) prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages (E) procedures for electing United States senators.
- Which of the following was true of the Northeast American Indian tribes at the time Europeans first began colonization?(A) Their economies depended entirely on hunting and gathering. (B) Their political and linguistic differences hindered their united opposition to the Europeans. (C) Their populations were immune to European diseases. (D) Their warriors rarely engaged in intertribal warfare. (E) Their cultures made no distinction between men's work and women's work.
- D. W. Griffith's epic film The Birth of a Nation (1915) became controversial because of its(A) portrayal of the Sons of Liberty as a radical mob (B) celebration of American freedoms at a time of protest against radical groups (C) celebration of America's cultural diversity (D) depiction of Ku Klux Klan activities as heroic and commendable (E) sympathetic treatment of Germany in the years before the First World War.
- Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mellon's policies did which of the following?(A) Reduced income-tax rates for the wealthy to release money for private investment. (B) Provided aid to the Allies during the First World War. (C) Provided federal guarantees for bank deposits. (D) Restricted loans to Mexico after the Tampico and Veracruz incidents. (E) Combated the Depression by giving lower income groups more purchasing power.
- The intent of the Dawes Act of 1887 was to(A) assimilate American Indians into the mainstream of American culture (B) recognize and preserve the tribal cultures of American Indians (C) legally establish the communal nature of American Indian landholding (D) restore 10 American Indians land seized unjustly (E) remove all American Indians to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
- In his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned Americans about the dangers of(A) presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon (B) insufficient federal spending on the needs of the poor (C) communist subversion of the civil rights movement (D) the military-industrial complex (E) the lack of a national health insurance program
- During the 1930's, the Roosevelt administration did which of the following?(A) Ceded the Panama Canal Zone to Panama (B) Granted immediate independence to the Philippines. (C) Formally renounced the right to intervene in Latin America (D) Established the Organization of American States. (E) Held a referendum in Puerto Rico on the commonwealth's entry into the Union.
- All of the following statements about higher education in the United States from 1865 to 1917 are correct EXCEPT(A) Many states established new institutions under the provisions of the Morrill Act. (B) The teaching of religion became increasingly important at major northeastern institutions. (C) An increasing number of institutions of higher education admitted women. (D) Graduate education based on the German model became widespread.(E) Many new scientific and engineering institutions were established.
- Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were similar as presidential candidates in that both(A) articulated the public's desire for less involvement in foreign affairs (B) capitalized on their status as Washington outsiders (C) promised Congress increased control over domestic matters (D) renounced private fund-raising in support of their campaigns (E) had built national reputations as legislators
- Which of the following is true of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?(A) It had little immediate impact on the regulation of large corporations. (B) It quickly limited the number of mergers taking place. (C) It led to federal control of the railroads. (D) It forced businesses to adopt pooling agreements. (E) It ended effective cooperation between business and the federal government.
- Andrew Jackson supported all of the following EXCEPT(A) Indian removal (B) the right of nullification (C) the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States (D) annexation of new territory (E) use of the presidential veto power.
- All of the following led Congress to impose Radical Reconstruction measures EXCEPT the(A) enactment of Black Codes by southern legislatures (B) outbreak of race riots in New Orleans and Memphis (C) massive exodus of former slaves from the South(D) election of former Confederates to Congress(E) response of southern legislatures to the Fourteenth Amendment
- All of the following characterized the economy during the Carter Administration EXCEPT(A) high interest rates (B) inflation (C) increased government spending (D) rising unemployment (E) increased union membership.
- The financial programs of Alexander Hamilton included all of the following EXCEPT(A) funding of the national debt (B) nullification of all private debts to the states (C) imposition of a tax on distilled liquor (D) establishment of the Bank of the United States (E) assumption of all state debts.
- In the early 1830's, the majority of the workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were(A) young unmarried women from rural New England (B) newly arrived immigrants from Ireland(C) men who were heads of households(D) married women whose children were of school age (E) free African Americans from urban areas.
- The 1970's and 1980's saw an increase in all of the following EXCEPT(A) the influence of Christian fundamentalism (B) the average age of Americans (C) support for consumer and environmental movements (D) the number of women holding political office (E) the percentage of two-parent households.
- In Marbury vs. Madison, the United States Supreme Court affirmed(A) its right to determine the constitutionality of state court decisions (B) its right to determine the constitutionality of state laws (C) its right to determine the constitutionality of congressional enactments (D) the sanctity of property rights against harassment by unfriendly state legislatures (E) the broad scope of the federal government's commerce power.
- When the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, its immediate effect was to(A) end the Civil War (B) abolish slavery (C) free slaves held in the border slates (D) alienate Britain and France (E) strengthen the moral cause of the Union.
- Which of the following had integration, rather than separation as a goal?(A) W. E. B. Du Bois and the Niagara movement (B) Marcus Garvey and the Back-to-Africa movement (C) Elijah Muhammad and the Black Muslim movement (D) Stokely Carmichael and the Black Power movement (E) Huey Newton and the Black Panther movement.
- Which of the following best characterizes the writers of the associated with the literary flowering of the 1920's, such as Sinclair Lewis and F. Scott Fitzgerald?(A) Sympathy for Protestant fundamentalism (B) Nostalgia for the "good old days" (C) Commitment to the cause of racial equality (D) Advocacy of cultural isolationism (E) Criticism of middle-class conformity and materialism.