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- Which of the following statements about American cities between 1890 and 1930 is correct?(A) Area of residence increasingly became an indicator of social class (B) poor people moved to the outskirts of cities (C) Industries shifted from the cities to the suburbs (D) Widespread racial integration of communities occurred (E) Neighborhoods lost their ethnic identification.
- Which of the following beliefs was central to eighteenth-century Deism?(A) God gave the Bible to human beings to guide their behavior. (B) God created a universe governed by natural law. (C) Christ is the Redeemer of the human race. (D) All human beings are born in sin.(E) God's existence has been proven by super-natural revelation.
- Which of the following is a correct statement about Harry S. Truman?(A) He proposed, through the Fair Deal, to continue and expand the aims of the New Deal. (B) He enjoyed the consistent support of the public throughout his presidency. (C) He experienced few problems in the transition from a wartime to peacetime economy after the Second World War. (D) He pursued an increasingly conciliatory foreign policy toward the Soviet Union following the Second World War. (E) He enjoyed the consistent support of Congress throughout his presidency.
- 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.
- The Open Door Policy of the early twentieth century called for(A) the continuation of the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere (B) the opening of United States markets to foreign goods (C) the elimination of passports for international travel (D) unlimited European immigration into the United States (E) open access to China for American investment and commercial interests.
- Which of the following statements about the Tennesse Valley Authority is correct?(A) It was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. (B) It provided land for immigrants who wanted to become farmers. (C) It was a state-sponsored agency established to restore eroded soil. (D) It built dams that made rural electrification possible. (E) It built interstate highways in the upper South.
- The Proclamation of 1763 did which of the following?(A) Introduce a tax on tea (B) Prohibited colonists from producing iron for the American market (C) Forbade all colonial trade with the French West Indies. (D) Set a boundary along the crest of the Appalachians beyond which the English colonists win forbidden to settle. (E) Announced the reorganization of the colonial office under Parliament, rather than directly under the Kings-in-Council.
- President Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 was issued in response to(A) Spanish expansion in the Southeast (B) Dutch economic activity in the mid-Atlantic states (C) Canadian alliances with northern American Indians (D) French diplomatic overtures to invoke the Franco-American Alliance (E) English boycotts of selected American manufactures
- Which of the following contributed the most to the American victory in the Revolution?(A) French military and financial assistance(B) The failure of Loyalists to participate in military action (C) A major American military victory at Valley Forge (D) Support from the French Canadians (E) The British failure to capture Philadelphia.
- The objective of the Bonus Expeditionary Force that marched on Washington D.C., in 1932 was to obtain(A) higher commodity prices for farmers(B) better education for children (C) civil rights for African Americans (D) payment of money to veterans of the First World War (E) legal rights for members of the Communist party.
- The Hartford Convention was a manifestation of(A) New England Federalist opposition to the War of 1812 (B) New England's desire to end United States trade with Great Britain (C) northern gratitude to General Jackson for his victory at New Orleans (D) the War Hawks' impatience with President Madison's conduct of foreign policy (E) western resentment against British-backed American Indian attacks.
- The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to(A) raise revenues to support British troops stationed in America (B) reduce colonial consumption of foreign goods (C) fund the colonial postal system (D) impose a mercantilist system on the colonies (E) reduce the authority of the colonial legislatures.
- Students staged a sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960 to protest(A) poverty in the South (B) cutbacks in student aid (C) segregation of public facilities (D) the war in Vietnam (E) the oppression of women.
- In negotiations to end the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy promised to(A) send economic aid to Cuba under the Alliance for Progress (B) allow Cuban propaganda in Latin America (C) reduce the number of United States missiles on the North American continent(D) refrain from a military invasion of Cuba(E) establish a quota system for Cuban refugees to the United States.
- During the First World War, the Committee of Public Information issued propaganda to persuade the American people of all the following EXCEPT(A) The United States was fighting for freedom and democracy. (B) The United States was fighting a barbarous nation. (C) Buying bonds was important to support the war effort. (D) A German invasion of the United States was a possibility. (E) Congress should reject the league of Nations.
- Which of the following best describes the experience of Americans of Japanese descent during the Second World War?(A) They were forced to take loyalty oaths along with Americans of Italian and German descent (B) They were expelled from Hawaii and California (C) The Supreme Court intervened to protect them from wartime hysteria (D) They were forced from their homes and businesses on the West Coast into detention camps. (E) The Department of the Army repatriated them forcibly to Japan.
- How many colonies attended the Stamp Act Congress?
- The Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka directly contradicted the legal principle established by(A) Dred Scott v. Sanford (B) Schechter V. United Slates (C) Plessy v. Ferguson (D) Schenck v. United States (E) Miranda v. Arizona
- How many colonies attended the First Continental Congress?
- Allowed officials to seize goods without due process