Advanced Placement United States History
Year In Review #01
Unit: The American Revolution/Topic--French & Indian War
01. What was a result of the French & Indian War in 1763?
a. The British purchase of Florida from the Spanish.
b. The end of tribal threats to Ohio River Valley settlers.
c. The disruption in colonial advancement to western areas.
d. An end to the financial difficulties for Great Britain.
e. A British plan to generate revenue from American colonists.
Unit: Progressivism/Topic--Education
02. Which of the following is NOT associated with John Dewey?
a. An emphasis on social interdependence.
b. A child-centered curriculum.
c. Establishing the teacher as the authority on knowledge.
d. Lessons which had practical meaning for students.
e. Guaranteeing immigrant children access to schools.
Unit: Territorial Expansion-Manifest Destiny/Topic--Texas
03. Why did the United States refuse to annex Texas after gaining its independence?
a. It would inflame passions in the volatile slavery issue.
b. It would upset citizens who preferred to vote on the matter.
c. It would have to meet Mexico’s demand for compensation.
d. It would disrupt the southern cotton monopoly.
e. It would experience retaliation from Spain, who was Mexico’s ally.
Unit: The New Nation/Topic--Midnight Judges
04. Why did Thomas Jefferson oppose the judicial appointments of John Adams in March 1801?
a. Adams made the selections after Jefferson's inauguration as president.
b. Adams sought to retain Federalist control of the judicial branch.
c. Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that Adams’ actions were unconstitutional.
d. Jefferson insisted that judges were to be elected, not designated.
e. Jefferson resented Adams' treatment of him when he was vice-president.
Unit: The 1920’s/Topic--Kellogg-Briand Pact
05. The countries which signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact:
a. agreed to a reduction in the number of warships.
b. forgave the reparation payments imposed on Germany.
c. reprimanded Japan for invading Manchuria.
d. created the League of Nations.
e. renounced war as an instrument of national policy.
Unit: Slavery/Topic--Cotton
06. During the early 1800’s, which of the following was TRUE regarding the impact of cotton?
a. The slave trade declined in importance.
d. The demand for slaves increased.
b. The importation of slaves increased.
e. The profits of slave owners dropped.
c. The price of slaves decreased dramatically.
Unit: The New Nation/Topic: Economy
07. According to the scene, Americans by 1815:
a. built luxurious homes.
b. experienced impoverished conditions.
c. engaged in a plethora of activities.
d. enjoyed agricultural pursuits.
e. led mundane, unfulfilled lives.
Unit: The 1970’s/Topic--Nixon
08. President Richard Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974 as a result of:
a. a Supreme Court ruling that forced him to step down from office.
b. a promise of pardon by the vice president.
c. the discovery of a taping system in the White House.
d. the conviction of impeachment in the Senate.
e. House Republican leaders informing him he would be found guilty.
Unit: Slavery/Topic--Abolitionism
09. Which of the following did David Walker and Frederick Douglas have in COMMON?
a. Both felt slave owners were justified in protecting their property.
b. Both felt slave owners were immoral in their conduct.
c. Both felt slave owners ought to be compensated for releasing their slaves.
d. Both felt slave owners should be compelled by force to free their chattel.
e. Both felt slave owners should teach their slaves how to read and write.
Unit: The American Revolution/Topic--Saratoga
10. The battle of Saratoga in the Revolutionary War is significant because it:
a. boosted colonial morale and reenlistments.
b. convinced a British rival to enter.
c. rallied Loyalist support.
d. provided a decisive colonial naval victory.
e. ended hostilities between the British and colonists.
Unit: World War II/Topic--Yalta Conference
11. At the Yalta Conference in February 1945:
a. the Axis Powers promised to pay war reparations.
b. the United Nations was created.
c. the Soviet Union agreed to fight Japan after Germany fell.
d. a plan was made to open a second front in France.
e. a trial was conducted to prosecute war criminals.
Unit: Three Worlds Meet/Topic--Native Americans
12. The tribes in the Mississippi River Valley region in pre-Columbian America:
a. were urban dwellers.
d. lived in mud brick buildings on cliffs.
b. were semi-nomadic.
e. constructed stepped pyramids.
c. built canals.
Topic: Presidential Elections
13. In which of the following controversial elections was a commission required to select the
president because of disputed electoral votes?
a. 1876.
b. 1824.
b. 1960.
d. 1800.
e. 2000.
Unit: Thirteen Colonies/Topic--Roger Williams
14. According to this print, Roger Williams is:
a. being expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
b. supporting the separation of church and state.
c. proclaiming that the King of England cannot take land by force.
d. negotiating a treaty to purchase their land.
e. converting the tribe in the tradition of the Puritan faith.
Unit: Antebellum Period/Topic--Second Great Awakening
15. Which of the following is a CAUSE of the other four?
a. Dancing, shouting, and singing.
b. Attending a frontier revival.
c. Ministers preaching the Gospel.
d. Becoming/emphasis on personal salvation.
e. Social activism.
Unit: The 1960’s/Topic--1968
16. Which of the following events did NOT occur during the tumultuous year of 1968?
a. A well-planned attack by the Vietcong on South Vietnamese urban areas.
b. A display of black power at the Olympic Games.
c. A clash between demonstrators and police in a midwestern city.
d. The landing on the moon by American astronauts/Apollo XI.
e. The assassinations of two prominent leaders.
Unit: The Civil War/Topic--Emancipation Proclamation
17. A result of the Emancipation Proclamation is that:
a. the Border States objected to its contents.
b. the South was prepared for the end of slavery.
c. slavery officially ended in the United States.
d. it discouraged blacks to join the Union Army.
e. it neutralized European nations tempted to aid the South.
Unit: Cold War/Topic--Foreign Policy
18. George Kennan is associated with:
a. the domino theory.
b. flexible response.
c. the Strategic Defense Initiative.
d. containment.
e. massive retaliation.
Unit: Three Worlds Meet/Topic--Native Americans
19. Prior to the arrival of Columbus in the New World, the Indians of Central America and
Mexico DIFFERED from those Indians in North America by being:
a. less advanced.
c. militaristic in nature.
e. devoid of religion.
b. highly civilized.
d. agriculturally based.
Unit: Territorial Expansion-Manifest Destiny/Topic--Westward Expansion
20. According to the painting, settlers are:
a. questioning their motives.
d. struggling along their journey.
b. negotiating a treaty with Indians.
e. reserved in their disposition.
c. overcoming adversity.
Unit: Territorial Expansion-Manifest Destiny/Topic--Westward Expansion
21. Place the following events in the CORRECT chronological order.
I. Annexation of Texas by the United States.
II. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
III. Oregon Treaty.
IV. United States Army captures Mexico City.
V. Battle of the Alamo.
a. III, V, I, IV, II
b. V, III, I, II, IV
c. V, I, III, IV, II
d. I, II, V, IV, III
e. I, V, IV, II, III
Unit: World War II/Topic--Neutrality
22. Which of the following was NOT a factor for American neutrality in the 1930’s?
a. Nye Committee hearings.
d. Quarantine Speech.
b. Trench warfare.
e. Isolationism.
c. Great Depression.
Topic--Supreme Court Decisions
23. Which of the following did NOT deal with racial issues?
a. Dred Scott v. Sanford.
b. Korematsu v. U.S.
c. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.
d. Plessy v. Ferguson.
e. Gideon v. Wainwright.
Unit: American Imperialism
24. Who of the following is NOT associated with American imperialism?
a. Grover Cleveland.
d. Alfred Mahan.
b. Frederick Jackson Turner.
e. John L. O’Sullivan.
c. John Hay.
Unit: The Cold War/Topic--Korean War
25. _____ was the head of the United Nations forces during the Korean War.
a. George Marshall
c. George S. Patton
e. Dwight D. Eisenhower
b. Douglas MacArthur
d. John Pershing
Topic: Presidents
26. The political cartoon is associated with the Nixon Administration, which:
a. bribed Senators with railroad stocks in exchange for preferred laws.
b. siphoned off millions of dollars in federal liquor taxes.
c. received kickbacks from building contractors.
d. sold federally controlled oil fields to private investors.
e. paid individuals to illegally spy on political rivals.
Topic: Quotations
27. "When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights
become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in
this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to
make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us
realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."
The author of this quotation is:
a. Abraham Lincoln describing how slavery will eventually cease to exist.
b. FDR discussing the defeat of totalitarian systems in Germany, Italy, and Japan.
c. MLK presenting his position of the civil rights movement.
d. Thomas Paine arguing for American colonial separation from Great Britain.
e. Woodrow Wilson promoting world peace in the Fourteen Points.
Unit: Three Worlds Meet/Topic--Pre-Columbian America
28. The inhabitants at Cahokia:
a. resided in cliff dwellings.
d. were semi-nomadic hunters.
b. constructed temple mounds.
e. built stepped pyramids.
c. created accurate calendars.
Unit: 1990’s/Topic--Clinton Administration
29. Four of the following events occurred during the Bill Clinton Presidency EXCEPT:
a. an impeachment trial.
d. the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.
b. NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
e. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.
c. passage of NAFTA.
Unit: The New Nation
30. Which of the following quotations would NOT be attributed to Thomas Jefferson?
a. “A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, not as the gift of
their chief magistrate.”
b. “The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is
but swindling futurity on a large scale.”
c. “I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are
chiefly agrarian”.
d. “The State governments possess inherent advantages. That their liberties can be
subverted by the federal head is repugnant to every rule of political calculation.”
e. “I view great cities as the cradlel to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man.”
Unit: Thirteen Colonies/Topic--Religion
31. All of the following were refuges for persecuted groups EXCEPT:
a. Delaware.
c. Rhode Island.
e. Plymouth.
b. Pennsylvania.
d. Massachusetts Bay.
Unit: National Economy/Topic--Inventors
32. Which of the following is NOT associated with the time period 1800-1840?
a. Telegraph.
c. Canal locks.
e. Sewing machine.
b. Mechanical reaper.
d. Steamboat.
Unit: The 1920’s/Topic--Ku Klux Klan
33. The KKK of the 1920’s DIFFERED from its Reconstruction predecessor by:
a. consisting of white Anglo-Saxon Protestant males.
b. lynching African-Americans.
c. including Catholics and Jews in its list of undesirables.
d. opposing the sale, distribution, and consumption of alcohol.
e. being anti-communist.
Unit: Sectionalism/Topic--1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates
34. During the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858, Lincoln’s position on slavery was viewed as:
a. moderate.
c. abolitionist.
e. pro-Northern.
b. anti-Southern.
d. favoring popular sovereignty.
Unit: Thirteen Colonies/Topic--Mercantilism
35. British economic policies in the 1600’s for its colonies focused on all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. serving as a source of raw materials.
d. trading with foreign nations.
b. serving as a source as markets.
e. mining gold and silver.
c. serving as a source of exports.
Unit: Vietnam War
36. Which of the following was NOT part of the Vietnam War policy devised by the Nixon
Administration?
a. Conducting secret negotiations with the North Vietnamese.
b. Invading Cambodia to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh Trial supply route.
c. Bombing the North Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.
d. Preparing for an invasion of North Vietnam.
e. Enabling South Vietnam to take the lead in resisting the Vietcong.
Unit: American West
37. In 1893, Frederick Jackson Turner expressed his belief that:
a. the transcontinental railroad played a pivotal role in facilitating trade.
b. the frontier was a vital factor in the development of American values.
c. settlement of the West would be a waste of time and resources.
d. states were responsible for exterminating Native Americans.
e. the federal government ought to assimilate Native Americans.
Unit: The New Nation/Topic--Lewis And Clark
38. In this scene, what adjective would LEAST describe the journey experienced by these
explorers?
a. Frustration.
b. Burdened.
c. Weary.
d. Exhilaration.
e. Straightforward.
Unit: Antebellum Period/Topic--Revivalism
39. Who is INCORRECTLY linked to an American revivalist tradition?
a. George Whitefield = First Great Awakening
d. New Harmony = utopias
b. Charles Finney = camp meetings
e. Billy Graham = evangelistic crusades
c. Charles Coughlin = moral majority
Unit: The New Nation/Topic--George Washington
40. In his 1796 Farewell Address, President George Washington warned against the dangers
of:
a. the creation of a national bank.
d. the Federalist Party.
b. entangling international alliances.
e. the Alien and Sedition Acts.
c. revolution in France.
Unit: American Imperialism
41. During the 1898 Spanish-American War:
a. the American Navy faced stiff resistance from the enemy fleet in Manila Harbor.
b. the United States discovered that the Spanish established concentration camps in Cuba.
c. an American warship exploded and sank in Havana Harbor that provoked outrage.
d. Filipinos expressed concern the United States would replace Spain as their oppressors.
e. newspapers rallied public opinion against American intervention in global affairs.
Unit: The 1920’s/Topic--African-American Leaders
42. Booker T. Washington thought:
a. political and economic equality must be granted immediately by whites.
b. African-Americans must refuse help from whites to gain self-confidence.
c. earning a college degree provided opportunities for blacks to advance.
d. separation, not integration, from whites was the proper course of action for blacks.
e. cooperation, not confrontation, with whites was the best path for blacks to take.
Unit: Thirteen Colonies/Topic--Religion
43. The Quakers believed in all of the following EXCEPT:
a. adhering to the sacraments.
d. acceptance of different faiths.
b. slavery was immoral.
e. purchasing land from Native Americans.
c. simplicity in dress was preferred.
Unit: The Civil War/Topic--Confederacy
44. Which of the following was an advantage of the South during the Civil War?
a. Greater population.
d. Extensive railroad networks.
b. Superior military leadership.
e. Stable currency backed by gold.
c. Industrial output.
Unit: National Economy/Topic--Second Bank Of The United States
45. During the 1830’s, _____ supported the Second Bank of the United States.
a. wheat farmers from New Jersey
d. shipbuilders from Massachusetts
b. the state of Georgia
e. small shopkeepers
c. milk producers from Wisconsin
Unit: Thirteen Colonies/Topic--Government
46. This scene is MOST reflective of:
a. Massachusetts.
b. Pennsylvania.
c. Virginia.
d. New York.
e. Georgia.
Topic: Slavery
47. Slavery rapidly expanded in the American colonies in the mid and late 1600’s because:
a. indigo replaced tobacco as the most labor intensive crop.
b. the King of England decreed that Africans were well-suited for brute force labor.
c. a past labor source was no longer financially viable.
d. laws regulating slave behavior significantly reduced potential uprisings.
e. new strains of cotton required more workers for planting.
Unit: National Economy/Topic--Tariffs
48. Why were southerners in the 1800’s generally opposed to tariffs?
a. They favored free trade.
b. They believed import duties were unconstitutional.
c. They thought financial panics would cease.
d. They believed income derived would harm manufacturers.
e. They purchased foreign-made goods.
Unit: 1990’s/Topic--Supreme Court
49. The appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court in 1991 was controversial
because he:
a. was considered too liberal by Republicans.
b. was viewed as pro-abortion by Democrats.
c. was accused of sexual harassment.
d. supported affirmative action.
e. favored busing to achieve racial balance in schools.
Unit: Articles Of Confederation-Constitution/Topic--Early Government
50. Which of the following was part of the Articles Of Confederation?
a. A two-house legislative branch.
d. A system of federal courts.
b. An executive branch.
e. A unanimous vote to amend them.
c. The power to tax citizens.
Unit: The 1920’s/Topic--Court Cases
51. The Scopes Trial in 1925:
a. justified evolution at the expense of religion.
b. exposed a rift between literalists and modernists.
c. depicted a sharp contrast between extremists and liberals.
d. led to the teaching of science in public schools.
e. resulted in the verdict of not guilty.
Unit: American West/Topic--Native Americans
52. The last major confrontation between the United States Army and Great Plains Indians
occurred at:
a. Wounded Knee, South Dakota. c. Little Big Horn, Montana. e. Marias River, Montana.
b. Sand Creek, Colorado.
d. Fort Laramie, Nebraska.
Unit: Articles Of Confederation-Constitution/Topic--Early Government
53. The BIGGEST controversy at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 involved:
a. the location of the new capital.
d. debt assumption.
b. whether to prohibit slavery.
e. representation.
c. having a king or a president.
Unit: Civil Rights Movement/Topic--JFK
54. The Kennedy Administration took which of the following steps to address civil rights?
a. Insisted the matter was a state rights issue.
b. Signed comprehensive legislation.
c. Nominated a black lawyer to the Supreme Court.
d. Authorized federal troops to protect demonstrators.
e. Ordered the desegregation of the armed forces.
Topic: Presidents
55. Which of the following is NOT associated with the Carter Administration?
a. A treaty granting the Canal Zone territory to Panama.
b. A failed attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran.
c. A terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon that killed 241 servicemen.
d. An American-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
e. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Unit: Colonial Society And Culture/Topic--Religion
56. The First Great Awakening resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:
a. a spirit of piety and repentance.
d. the emergence of passionate speakers.
b. a decline in Methodist congregations.
e. the founding of liberal arts colleges.
c. a rejection of Enlightenment thinking.
Unit: Colonial Society And Culture/Topic--Religion
57. What word would LEAST describe the scene?
a. Accusatory.
d. Meddlesome.
b. Injurious.
e. Congenial.
c. Bewildering.
Unit: Cold War/Topic--Foreign Policy
58. The goal of the Truman Doctrine was to prevent communist expansion in:
a. Greece and Turkey.
c. Southeast Asia.
e. Latin America.
b. Korea and Vietnam.
d. the Middle East.
Unit: 1970’s/Topic--Kent State
59. The demonstrations at Kent State University protested the:
a. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
b. My Lai Massacre.
c. Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
d. the antiwar plank of the Democratic Party.
e. American invasion of Cambodia.
Unit: The Great Depression-The New Deal/Topic--Great Stock Market Crash
60. Which of the following was NOT a cause of the 1929 Great Stock Market Crash?
a. High interest rates.
d. Buying stocks on margin.
b. Overproduction.
e. Purchasing goods on credit.
c. Company bankruptcy.
Unit: Antebellum Period/Topic--Art
61. The Hudson River School movement that developed in the mid-19th century:
a. merged Gothic and Roman architectural style.
b. depicted gritty scenes of urban realism.
c. romanticized exploration in landscape paintings.
d. featured detailed portraits of wealthy Americans.
e. photographed children in deplorable working conditions.
Unit: The American Revolution/Topic--Taxes
62. What was the MAIN reason offered by Americans for opposing taxes in the 1760’s?
a. The Continental Congress could only collect them externally.
b. Parliament lacked the authority to levy them internally.
c. Revenue generated was spent throughout the British Empire.
d. The rates were higher in the colonies than in Great Britain.
e. The rates were unevenly applied within the colonies.
Unit: National Economy/Topic--Mid-1800’s Factory System
63. Under the Lowell method of textile manufacturing, female employees were subject to all
of the following EXCEPT:
a. staying in dormitories.
d. following a relaxed schedule.
b. attending Sunday School.
e. working in tedious jobs.
c. participating in cultural activities.
Topic: Quotations
64. "I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice...I am in earnest--I will not
equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch--AND I WILL BE HEARD!”
The author of this quotation is:
a. John C. Calhoun in his doctrine of secession speech in 1828.
b. William Lloyd Garrison in his newspaper The Liberator in 1831.
c. Daniel Webster advocating for the Compromise of 1850.
d. Stephen Douglas promoting the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854.
e. James Buchanan on the secession of South Carolina in 1860.
Unit: Thirteen Colonies
65. “Cash crops, joint-stock company, limited social mobility.” _____ is/are being described.
a. Massachusetts
b. New York
c. Georgia
d. The Carolinas
e. Virginia
Unit: World War II
66. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain proclaimed he had achieved “peace for our
time” after signing the:
a. Versailles Treaty.
d. Nazi-Soviet Pact.
b. Washington Naval Conference Treaty.
e. Kellog-Briand Pact.
c. Munich Pact.
Topic: Quotations
67. What statement was made by President Lincoln during his Second Inaugural Address?
a. “Fourscore and seven years ago...”
b. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
c. “...government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the
earth.”
d. “With malice towards none, with charity towards all.”
e. “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could it by
freeing all the slaves I would do it.”
Unit: World War I/Topic--American Entry
68. The MOST influential factor in President Wilson’s decision to ask for Congress for a
declaration of war was:
a. the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare.
b. the decision by Russia to make peace with Germany.
c. British propaganda.
d. anti-German hysteria in the United States.
e. Germany’s use of nerve gas.
Unit: The Great Depression-The New Deal/Topic--Critics
69. “Every Man A King” and “Share The Wealth” is associated with:
a. Alf Landon. c. Father Francis Coughlin. e. Herbert Hoover.
b. Huey Long. d. Dr. Francis Townsend.
Unit: The American Revolution/Topic--Battles
70. Which of the following ACCURATELY describes the result of the Battle of Trenton?
a. It provided a temporary boost in colonial self-confidence.
b. It raised colonial spirits over the long-term.
c. It generated renewed support by Loyalists.
d. It crushed the colonial cause due to Washington’s defeat.
e. It tempered colonial enthusiasm for a quick end to the war.
Unit: World War II
71. During World War II, Japanese-Americans:
a. were evacuated from their homes.
d. fought only in the Pacific Theatre.
b. were deported to Japan.
e. had their property seized.
c. were treated as cruelly as Jews.
Unit: Territorial Expansion-Manifest Destiny
72. The MOST significant issue to develop as a result of the Mexican Cession in 1848 was:
a. whether Mormons would give up polygamy.
d. the debate over slavery.
b. whether to lower tariffs.
e. the treatment of Native Americans.
c. if Catholic missions would be funded.
Unit: The Progressive Era/Topic--Religion
73. The Social Gospel:
a. urged missionary work to spread American ideals around the world.
b. applied Christianity to address impoverished conditions.
c. promoted the inclusion of church and state.
d. had minimal effect in challenging the Protestant work ethic.
e. intensified the debate between Creationists and evolutionists.
Unit: National Economy
74. Which of the following did NOT characterize the American economy by 1850?
a. An emphasis in sectional specialization.
d. The foreign demand for southern cotton.
b. A domestic market for consumer products. e. The construction of railroads and canals.
c. A decrease in the overall value of slaves.
Unit: The 1970’s/Topic--Homosexuality
75. The modern gay rights movement is often said to begun with the:
a. police raid of a Greenwich bar in New York.
b. assassination of Harvey Milk.
c. declassification of homosexuality as mental disorder by the APA.
d. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy.
e. decriminalization of sodomy in Illinois.
Unit: The Great Depression-The New Deal/Topic--Critics
76. Social Security is in part associated with the proposals of:
a. Alf Landon.
c. Father Francis Coughlin.
e. Herbert Hoover.
b. Huey Long.
d. Dr. Francis Townsend.
Unit: Sectionalism/Topic--Legislators
77. The author of the Compromise of 1850 was:
a. Henry Clay.
c. Stephen Douglas.
b. David Wilmot.
d. John C. Calhoun.
Unit: The American Revolution
78. What happened as a result of this event?
a. The Olive Branch petition was rejected.
b. The Battle of Bunker Hill.
c. The Boston Massacre.
e. John Breckenridge.
d. The First Continental Congress met.
e. The Coercive Acts were passed.
Topic: Politics
79. Vice-president George H.W. Bush succeeded Ronald Reagan as president. The last
incumbent vice-president to be directly elected president was:
a. Harry Truman.
c. Martin Van Buren.
e. Theodore Roosevelt.
b. Lyndon Johnson.
d. Calvin Coolidge.
Unit: Immigration & Urbanization/Topic--Political Parties
80. The Populist Party platform of the 1890’s supported all of the following EXCEPT:
a. creation of a federal reserve banking system.
b. government ownership of railroads.
c. a graduated income tax.
d. direct election of Senators.
e. free and unlimited coinage of silver.
Unit: Vietnam War
81. American military advisors became involved in Vietnam as France withdrew from this
nation following the:
a. counterattack at Inchon.
d. Tet Offensive.
b. assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem.
e. defeat at Dein Bien Phu.
c. bombing of the Hanoi Hilton.
Unit: American Business/Topic--Industrialization
82. The United States was MOST dependent upon _____ from European countries in the
period following the Civil War.
a. raw materials
b. labor
c. coal and oil
d. steel
e. markets
Topic: Quotations
83. "But Britain is the parent country, say some. Then the more shame upon her conduct.
Even brutes do not devour their young; nor savages make war upon their families...
Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America. This new world hath been the
asylum for the persecuted lovers off civil and religious liberty from every Part of Europe.
Hither have they fled, not from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty
of the monster; and it is so far true of England, that the same tyranny which drove the first
emigrants from home pursues their descendants still."
These words appeared in a work written by which of the following American patriots in
1776?
a. Patrick Henry.
c. Thomas Paine.
e. John Dickinson.
b. Thomas Jefferson.
d. Samuel Adams.
Topic: Space Exploration
84. Which of the following is out of chronological order?
a. Soviet launch of Sputnik.
b. John Glenn circles the world.
c. Yuri Gagarin circles the world.
d. Apollo XI lands on the moon.
e. Columbia blasts off into orbit.
Unit: Immigration & Urbanization/Topic--Artistic
85. This painting by Mary Cassat is an example of:
a. impressionism.
d. the Ashcan School.
b. Cubism.
e. the Hudson River School.
c. Realism.
Topic: Tariffs
86. Tariffs result in all of the following EXCEPT:
a. a higher cost for foreign goods.
b. an increase prices for consumers.
c. reduced competition.
d. resentment from other countries.
e. a decrease in wages.
One tenement level for 12 families (D = dark, L = light, H = Hall)
Topic: Architecture
87. What time period does this floor plan BEST represent?
a. 1830-1850.
c. 1870-1890.
e. 1910-1930.
b. 1850-1870.
d. 1890-1910.
Topic: Quotations
88. “Though the people support the government, the government should not support the
people.” President Grover Cleveland made that statement after vetoing a bill that would
have provided aid to citizens following a drought. _____ would have AGREED with his
sentiments.
a. Lyndon Johnson b. Herbert Hoover c. FDR d. William Taft e. Dwight Eisenhower
Unit: Civil Rights Movement/Topic--Events
89. The _____ required the sending of federal troops to protect African-American
protestors.
a. Montgomery Bus Boycott
b. desegregation of Little Rock, AR schools
c. murder of Emmitt Till
d. Greensboro, NC sit-in demonstration
e. bombing of a Baptist church in Montgomery, AL
Topic: Religion
90. _____ MOST accurately describes the religious perspective of Benjamin Franklin and
Thomas Jefferson.
a. Deist
b. Atheist
c. Agnostic
d. Pantheist
e. Wiccan
Topic: Presidential Slogans
91. Which of the administration slogans is IMPROPERLY matched?
a. Lyndon Johnson = The Great Society
d. John Kennedy = The New Frontier
b. Harry Truman = New Freedom
e. Franklin Roosevelt = The New Deal
c. Theodore Roosevelt = The Square Deal
Unit: Thirteen Colonies
92. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the New World between:
a. Spain and France.
d. Portugal and France.
b. England and Spain.
e. Portugal and Spain.
c. France and England.
Unit: The American Revolution/Topic--Battles
93. This scene depicts:
a. Cowpens. b. Saratoga. c. Bunker Hill.
d. Yorktown.
e. Lexington/Concord.
Topic: Wars
94. Which of the following is TRUE of both the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War?
a. Territorial acquisition.
c. Stalemate.
e. Foreign intervention.
b. Naval battles.
d. Opposition in New England.
Topic: Religion
95. _____ was an advocate for religious toleration in colonial America.
a. Roger Williams
c. Cotton Mather
e. John Smith
b. John Winthrop
d. Nathaniel Bacon
Unit: The New Nation/Topic--Political Parties
96. Which of the following is NOT associated with the Federalist Party?
a. Alien and Sedition Acts.
d. Midnight judges.
b. Hartford Convention.
e. Agricultural pursuits.
c. Federal debt assumption.
Unit: The 1920’s/Topic--Movies
97. The Jazz Singer (1927) was the first:
a. silent film.
d. to gross a million dollars.
b. talking feature.
e. to show animated sequences.
c. production in color.
Topic: Wars
98. The “splendid little war” was the nickname given by Secretary of State John Hay to the:
a. War of 1812.
c. Mexican-American War.
e. Korean Conflict.
b. Black Hawk War.
d. Spanish-American War.
Topic: Technology
99. _____ successfully transmitted electricity over long distances.
a. Guglielmo Marconi
d. Nikola Tesla
b. Thomas Edison
e. Samuel Morse
c. George Westinghouse
Topic: Elections
100. “Roman Catholic candidate, incumbent vice-president had more political experience,
Democrat victory.” The Election of _____ is being described.
a. 1928
b. 1936
c. 1948
d. 1960
e. 1976
Topic: Elections
101. What is TRUE about the Election of 1800?
a. A transition between political parties.
d. A New Englander won.
b. A tie in the electoral college.
e. A candidate from the West ran.
c. A slave-owner was elected.
Unit: Populism/Topic--President
102. All of the following is associated with Grover Cleveland EXCEPT his:
a. support for the Interstate Commerce Commission.
b. vetoing of the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act.
c. use of federal troops in the Pullman Strike.
d. refusal to annex Hawaii.
e. opposition to free silver.
Unit: The Progressive Era/Topic--Political Reforms
103. _____ had a national, rather than a state or local, impact.
a. Recall
d. Referendum
b. Initiative
e. Direct primaries
c. City-manager system
Topic: Political Parties
104. The Whig Party supported:
a. the expansion of slavery.
b. low import duties.
c. educational reforms.
d. bimetalism.
e. territorial acquisition.
Topic: Quotations
105. “Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is in
prison?” _____ is the author of this quotation.
a. Ralph Waldo Emerson
c. Henry David Thoreau
e. Daniel Webster
b. Nathaniel Hawthorne
d. Elijah P. Lovejoy
Unit: The American Revolution/Topic--Politics
106. When the colonists in the 1760’s referred to “actual representation” in response to
British restraints and taxes, they meant:
a. all eligible voters in the colonies must elect representatives to Parliament.
b. women and African-Americans ought to vote for representatives to Parliament.
c. the British Empire was served every member of Parliament.
d. members of Parliament must live in the exact district they represent.
e. members of Parliament must be voted by each state legislature they represent.
Unit: Territorial Expansion-Manifest Destiny/Topic--Land Claims
107. _____ did NOT claim ownership of part of the west coast of North America in the
1830’s.
a. Great Britain
b. Russia
c. Mexico
d. France
e. The United States
Topic: Wars
108. Which of the following American wars did NOT involve peace talks in Paris, France?
a. Revolutionary War.
c. Spanish-American War.
e. Vietnam War.
b. War of 1812.
d. World War I.
Unit: Territorial Expansion-Manifest Destiny/Topic--New States
109. Which of the following is TRUE about the nine new states west of the Appalachian
Mountains which joined the Union from 1800-1840?
a. All were opposed to slavery.
b. All were dominated by Whig Party members.
c. All allowed free white men to vote.
d. All included railroad junctions.
e. All bordered the Mississippi River.
Unit: The 1960’s/Topic--International Incident
110. The capture of the American spy ship _____ by North Korea in 1968 resulted in the
imprisonment and forced confessions by the crew which were later recanted.
a. Maddox
b. Gaspee
c. Panay
d. Pueblo
e. Mayaguez
Topic: Quotations
111. “We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in
universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit.” What 1960’s group made
this statement?
a. Weather Underground.
d. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
b. Black Panthers.
e. Students For A Democratic Society.
c. Yippies.
Unit: The New Nation
112. _____ gained prominence and the nicknames of “War Hawks”.
a. Martin Van Buren And John Tyler
b. Daniel Webster and John Quincy Adams
c. William Polk and David Wilmot
d. Andrew Jackson and William Henry Harrison
e. Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
Unit: Populism/Topic--Political Parties
113. “Bourbon Democrats” opposed all of the following EXCEPT:
a. imperialism.
d. patronage.
b. laissez-faire.
e. farmer subsidies.
c. free silver.
Unit: World War II/Topic--Tehran Conference
114. At the Tehran Conference in November 1943:
a. the Axis Powers promised to pay war reparations.
b. the United Nations was created.
c. the Soviet Union agreed to fight Japan after Germany fell.
d. a plan was made to open a second front in France.
e. a trial was conducted to prosecute war criminals.
16 to 1, W.J. Bryan
Topic: Elections
115. _____ was the issue being depicted in this political cartoon from 1896.
a. Inflation b. Deflation c. Stagflation d. Tariffs e. Socialism
Unit: The 1980’s/Topic--Presidential Policies
116. _____ were fired in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan after they illegally went on strike.
a. FBI agents
c. Air traffic controllers
e. Customs agents
b. IRS auditors
d. National Park rangers
Unit: World War I
117. What was the result of the sinking of the Lusitania?
a. President Wilson sought an immediate declaration of war.
b. President Wilson paid the claims of survivors and family members from federal treasury
funds.
c. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in protest of the Wilson Administration’s actions.
d. Germany recalled its entire submarine fleet to port.
e. The United States broke off diplomatic contact with Germany.
Unit: The 1920’s/Topic--Literature
118. Who was NOT part of a group of writers known as the Lost Generation who lived as
expatriates in Europe?
a. Ernest Hemingway.
c. Gertrude Stein.
e. Sinclair Lewis.
b. F. Scott Fitzgerald.
d. Ezra Pound.
Topic: Comparing Decades
119. What is NOT common between the 1920’s and 1950’s?
a. A distinct brand of music.
d. Republican Presidents.
b. A civil rights movement.
e. Fears of communist aggression.
c. They followed global conflict.
Unit: Territorial Expansion-Manifest Destiny/Topic--1836 Texas Independence
120. Which of the following is NOT part of the other four?
a. A dispute at the Nueces and Rio Grande.
b. A final stand at the Alamo.
c. Generals named Santa Anna and Sam Houston.
d. A surrender at San Jacinto.
e. A massacre at Goliad.
Topic: Presidential Elections
121. President Lincoln won re-election in 1864 because:
a. Copperheads voted for him.
b. abolitionists and Radical Republicans voted for him.
c. Democrats split between northern and southern factions.
d. voters were mindful of the military campaigns conducted by General Sherman.
e. voters were mindful of the Union victory at Gettysburg.
Topic: Nativism
122. Which of the following is NOT an example of nativism?
a. The rise of the American Party in the 1850’s.
b. The practices of the political bosses in the 1860’s.
c. The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
d. The rise of the KKK in the 1920’s.
e. The 1924 National Origins Act.
Topic: Organized Labor
123. Though the Industrial Workers of the World is credited with the first sit-down strike in
1906, _____ staged the first major successful sit-down strike in 1937.
a. steelworkers b. autoworkers c. coal miners d. railroad porters e. postal clerks
Unit: Three Worlds Meet/Topic--Native Americans
124. Aztecs and Incas:
a. were urban dwellers.
d. lived in the American Southwest.
b. were semi-nomadic.
e. built large earthen mounds.
c. were exclusively agricultural.
Topic: Artistic
125. Photographer _____ captured human suffering during the Great Depression.
a. Lewis Hine
c. Dorothea Lange
e. Matthew Brady
b. Ansel Adams
d. Norman Rockwell
Topic: Supreme Court Cases
126. The 1960’s ruling in _____ expanded First Amendment freedoms regarding symbolic
speech.
a. Loving v. Virginia
c. Miranda v. Arizona
e. Mapp v. Ohio
b. Baker v. Carr
d. Tinker v. Des Moines
Topic: Politics
127. What issue is INCORRECTLY linked to the decade?
a. 1790’s = Chartering of a national bank
d. 1910’s = Women’s rights
b. 1840’s = Westward expansion
e. 1930’s = Interventionism
c. 1890’s = Currency
Unit: Immigration And Urbanization
128. _____ was the MOST prevalent religious affiliation of Europeans entering the United
States in the late 1800’s.
a. Roman Catholic b. Russian Orthodox c. Jewish d. Protestant e. Greek Orthodox
Unit: Territorial Expansion-Manifest Destiny/Topic--Utah
129. What outlawed polygamy in Utah?
a. A referendum by residents.
d. Congressional legislation.
b. A revelation by God.
e. Its admission to the Union.
c. Reynolds v. U.S.
Unit: The 1990’s
130. A failed American military mission in _____ in 1993 led to the United States refusing to
become involved during Rwanda’s genocide in 1994.
a. Zimbabwe
b. Uganda
c. Somalia
d. Libya
e. Angola
APUSH--YEAR IN REVIEW #01
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