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1
Gavin Menzies, who argues that the Chinese discovered America, says that
A)these Chinese discoverers left no evidence of their contact.
B)these Chinese explorers built a palace in honor of their emperor along the coast of Nova Scotia.
C)the California coastline is full of evidence of these Chinese voyages.
D)these explorers established permanent residence along the Sacramento River.
2
Robert Finlay, who insists that the Chinese did not discover America, says that
A)the Chinese did not have any navy at the time of their alleged discovery.
B)Columbus was aware of these Chinese voyages.
C)the voyages described by Menzies were confined to South America and did not extend to the area that is now the continental United States.
D)all of the evidence presented by Menzies for these Chinese fleets is baseless.
3
According to Professor Morgan, relations between the English colonists and Powhatan's Indians in Virginia in the years 1609-1619 were for the most part
A)peaceful
B)contentious
C)non-existent
D)tolerant of one another
4
According to Morgan, the earliest Virginia settlers:
A)never grew enough food to feed themselves
B)were dependent upon the Indians for food
C)lacked the desire to become self-sufficient farmers
D)did all of the above
E)did none of the above
5
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.
6
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.
7
According to Lyle Koehler, who believes that the Salem witchcraft hysteria was caused by women's search for power, those who were accused of witchcraft often were
A)non-traditional women who did not clearly fit the ideal image of femininity
B)older men who had abandoned their wives.
C)the wives of ministers.
D)None of the above
8
According to Laurie Winn Carlson, who does not believe that the Salem witchcraft hysteria was caused by a fear of women, the tensions in Salem were a product of
A)colonial conflict with England.
B)frontier disputes with Native Americans and the French in northern New England.
C)conflicts between residents of Salem Town and Salem Village.
D)an unrecognized epidemic of encephalitis.
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
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
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.
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.
13
According to Gordon Wood, the primary motive for writing the Constitution was
A)political.
B)social.
C)economic.
D)military.
14
Howard Zinn, who does not believe that the Founding Fathers were democratic reformers, contends that they were actually
A)seasoned statesmen.
B)narrow-minded politicians motivated only be local issues.
C)elitists motivated by their own economic concerns
D)all of the above.
15
The modern American monetary system was devised by
A)Alexander Hamilton
B)Thomas Jefferson
C)John Adams
D)George Washington
16
The origins of the dollar lies in the _______ word for valley
A)English
B)Dutch
C)French
D)German
17
According to Robert Remini, who believes that Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy benefited Native Americans, Jackson did all of the following as president EXCEPT
A)appoint pro-removal officials to his administration.
B)seek Congressional approval for removal.
C)promise the Indians land and self-government.
D)support forced removal of the Indians from their homelands.
18
According to Alfred Cave, who does not believe that Jackson's removal policy benefited Native Americans, Jackson
A)expected the states to extend land rights to the Indians.
B)attempted to protect Indians from speculators and swindlers.
C)refused to intervene to protect Cherokee self-government from actions taken by the State of Georgia.
D)supported the nation's prior treaty agreements with Native Americans.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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"
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.
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.
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.
27
Charles B. Dew, who believes that slavery was the key issue in the sectional conflict leading to the Civil War, bases his conclusion on the speeches and letters of
A)Jefferson Davis
B)Abraham Lincoln
C)southern secession commissioners
D)Frederick Douglass
28
According to Marc Egnal, who believes that slavery was not the key issue in the sectional conflict leading to the Civil War, citizens in the Deep South states
A)were united in their support for secession.
B)opposed Jefferson Davis's presidency of the Confederacy.
C)who held slaves unanimously favored secession.
D)were divided over the wisdom of secession
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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







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