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| 1 | According to Seymour Martin Lipset, who supports the concept of American exceptionalism, the United States remains an outlier because, in comparison with other nations: |
 | A) | it is more welfare oriented. |
| B) | it levies lower taxes on its citizens. |
| C) | it is more religious. |
| D) | Americans are much less mobile than other citizens of the world. |
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| 2 | According to Thomas Bender, who dismisses the validity of the concept of American exceptionalism, most world history courses ignore the history of: |
| A) | the United States. |
| B) | Russia. |
| C) | China. |
| D) | Western Europe. |
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| 3 | According to Kevin Kenny, who believes that conflict between Europeans and Native Americans was inevitable, the Paxton Boys ushered in a new order of hostility toward Native Americans that reached fruition in the |
| A) | French and Indian War. |
| B) | American Revolution. |
| C) | Pontiac’s Rebellion. |
| D) | War of 1812. |
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| 4 | According to Cynthia Van Zandt, who does not believe conflict between Europeans and Native Americans was inevitable, alliances between European colonists and American Indians were |
| A) | doomed to failure from the start. |
| B) | fell victim to racial prejudices each group had for the other. |
| C) | not broken apart by cultural differences between the two groups. |
| D) | continued into the early nineteenth century. |
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| 5 | According to Gloria L. Main, who believes that the colonial period was a "golden age" for women in America, in early New England, women who were not tied down to rearing young children spent their time |
| A) | reading. |
| B) | weaving. |
| C) | making bread and butter. |
| D) | outdoors working in gardens or with the men folk In the fields. |
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| 6 | According to Mary Beth Norton, who does not believe the colonial period was a "golden age" for women in America, compared to rural women, urban women |
| A) | possessed greater educational opportunities. |
| B) | faced more demanding household tasks. |
| C) | were more isolated from other women. |
| D) | all of the above. |
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| 7 | According to Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum, who believe that socioeconomic tensions were responsible for the witchcraft hysteria in Salem, the spark that finally ignited the Puritan temper was |
| A) | the arrival of a new minister. |
| B) | a heightened interest in fortunetelling. |
| C) | political and legal developments in Boston and London. |
| D) | All of the above. |
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| 8 | According to Laurie Winn Carlson, who does not believe that socioeconomic tensions were responsible for the witchcraft hysteria in Salem, geographically the Salem witch hunts reached |
| A) | throughout Massachusetts only. |
| B) | throughout New England only. |
| C) | as far away as the Maine frontier. |
| D) | only into Salem and a few miles beyond its borders. |
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| 9 | According to Thomas Kidd, who believes that there was a Great Awakening in mid-eighteenth-century America, this series of religious revivals |
| A) | took place only in New England |
| B) | inspired the outbreak of the American Revolution |
| C) | had no impact in Pennsylvania |
| D) | gave birth to American evangelicalism |
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| 10 | Jon Butler, who does not believe that there was a Great Awakening in mid-eighteenth-century America, concludes that historians should |
| A) | place more emphasis on the Great Awakening as the key to the Revolution. |
| B) | abandon the term Great Awakening altogether. |
| C) | stress the importance of the Enlightenment to the Revolution. |
| D) | none of the above |
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| 11 | Neo-Whig historians believe that the major causes of the American Revolution were |
| A) | military. |
| B) | political and ideological. |
| C) | social and economic. |
| D) | none of the above. |
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| 12 | Strict constructionist interpretations of the American Revolution argue for |
| A) | violent political and military changes of government. |
| B) | deep societal changes. |
| C) | revolutionary changes in transportation and communication. |
| D) | revolutionary changes in religious beliefs. |
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| 13 | According to Professor Robert Shalhope, the Second Amendment permits |
| A) | an individual to own guns. |
| B) | an individual to own guns only if he is a member of a well-regulated militia. |
| C) | both a and b. |
| D) | none of the above. |
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| 14 | According to Professor Lawrence Cress, the Second Amendment permits |
| A) | an individual to own guns. |
| B) | permits an individual to own guns only if he is a member of a well-regulated militia. |
| C) | both a and b. |
| D) | none of the above. |
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| 15 | According to Morton Borden, who believes that President Jefferson was a political compromiser, Jefferson was primarily |
| A) | an uncompromised ideologue. |
| B) | a naïve idealist. |
| C) | a practical politician. |
| D) | a believer in the Republican virtues of a limited government and a small national debt. |
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| 16 | According to Lance Banning, who does not believe that President Jefferson was a political compromiser, Jefferson was primarily |
| A) | an uncompromised ideologue. |
| B) | a naïve idealist. |
| C) | a practical politician. |
| D) | a believer in the Republican virtues of a limited government and a small national debt. |
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| 17 | According to Professor Wilentz, the 1828 presidential election |
| A) | led to the development of the two-party system of the 1830s. |
| B) | was not as important as the 1840 presidential election in attracting a large number of voters to the polls. |
| C) | was fought over distinct ideological issues. |
| D) | All of the above. |
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| 18 | According to Professor Howe, the 1828 presidential election in attracting a large number of voters to the polls, |
| A) | led to the development of the two-party system of the 1830s. |
| B) | was not as important as the 1840 presidential election in attracting a large number of voters to the polls. |
| C) | as fought over distinct ideological issues. |
| D) | All of the above. |
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| 19 | By the 1830s, according to Professor Gerda Lerner, women were able to become |
| A) | lawyers. |
| B) | doctors. |
| C) | business managers. |
| D) | none of the above. |
| E) | all of the above. |
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| 20 | According to Professor Nancy Cott, the changed role of “a separate sphere” for women in the 1830s |
| A) | improved the status of women. |
| B) | diminished the status of women. |
| C) | both improved and diminished the status of women. |
| D) | did none of the above. |
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| 21 | According to W. J. Rorabaugh, who believes that antebellum temperance reform was motivated primarily by religious moralism, a majority of the members of the early temperance movement were |
| A) | industrial workers. |
| B) | women. |
| C) | evangelical clergymen. |
| D) | immigrants. |
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| 22 | According to John Rumbarger, who does not believe that antebellum temperance reform was motivated by religious moralism, the key objective of temperance reform was to |
| A) | eradicate all the distilleries in the United States. |
| B) | subjugate the immigrant Catholic population. |
| C) | enhance the status of women. |
| D) | increase worker productivity. |
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| 23 | Which one of the following terms best expresses the belief that the North American continent would become American territory? |
| A) | Monroe Doctrine |
| B) | Manifest Destiny |
| C) | “Fifty-four-forty or fight” |
| D) | “Remember the Alamo” |
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| 24 | According to Nugent, the Mexican War was caused by |
| A) | Mexican soldiers stationing their troops on territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers. |
| B) | American soldiers occupying the territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers. |
| C) | American soldiers commencing fire on Mexican soldiers in the disputed area. |
| D) | Mexican soldiers commencing fire on American soldiers in the disputed area. |
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| 25 | According to James N. Gilbert, who believes that John Brown was an irrational terrorist, Brown’s actions |
| A) | were no worse than those undertaken by other abolitionists. |
| B) | were not comparable to those of modern day terrorists. |
| C) | conform to modern definitions of terrorism and are comparable to recent acts of terrorism in the United States. |
| D) | were consistent to later strategies adopted in the civil rights movement. |
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| 26 | According to Scott John Hammond, who does not believe that John Brown was a terrorist, Brown’s ideas |
| A) | conformed with the basic principles of America’s founders. |
| B) | were those of a madman. |
| C) | were never transformed into action. |
| D) | are fully consistent with those of the Taliban. |
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| 27 | Charles B. Dew, who believes that slavery was the key issue over which the Civil War was fought, bases his conclusion on the speeches and letters of |
| A) | Jefferson Davis. |
| B) | Abraham Lincoln. |
| C) | southern secession commissioners. |
| D) | Frederick Douglass. |
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| 28 | According to Gary Gallagher, who believes that slavery was not the key issue over which the Civil War was fought, the main reason for fighting the Civil War was to |
| A) | save the Union. |
| B) | abolish slavery. |
| C) | preserve slavery. |
| D) | preserve states’ rights. |
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| 29 | According to Professor James M. McPherson, the Civil War was a total war because it |
| A) | destroyed slavery |
| B) | eliminated the Confederate government |
| C) | did not distinguish between combatants and non-combatants |
| D) | did both a and b |
| E) | did all of the above |
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| 30 | According to Professor Mark E. Neely, Jr., the Civil War was not a total war because it |
| A) | destroyed slavery |
| B) | eliminated the Confederate government |
| C) | did not distinguish between combatants and non-combatants |
| D) | did both a and b |
| E) | did all of the above |
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| 31 | According to Philip Paludan, who believes that Abraham Lincoln was America’s greatest president, Lincoln faced greater challenges than any other
President of the United States in order to |
| A) | strengthen the Republican Party. |
| B) | maintain slavery where it existed. |
| C) | punish southern secessionists. |
| D) | protect and defend the Constitution. |
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| 32 | According to Melvin E. Bradford, who does not believe that Lincoln was America’s greatest president, Lincoln |
| A) | abused his presidential authority and engaged in misconduct. |
| B) | should be congratulated for freeing the slaves. |
| C) | was the person most responsible for the outbreak of the Civil War. |
| D) | held the same views of slavery as did Jefferson Davis. |
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| 33 | LeeAnna Keith, who argues that Radical Reconstruction failed as a result of racism, says that the siege at Colfax Courthouse was brought on by white desires to |
| A) | establish a biracial democracy in Louisiana. |
| B) | reinstitute the slave system in the South. |
| C) | protect themselves from African American attacks on white women. |
| D) | uphold the doctrines of white supremacy and home rule. |
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| 34 | Heather Cox Richardson, who does not believe that Reconstruction failed as a result of racism, argues instead that Reconstruction ideals fell victim to |
| A) | the real limitations of African Americans to contribute to the national economy |
| B) | the violence of the Ku Klux Klan |
| C) | the lack of commitment by the national government to voting rights for blacks |
| D) | a national commitment to the free-labor ideology that prevented the central government from legislating rights for African Americans that other citizens had acquired through hard work |