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1
As described in "America's First Immigrants," the boldest new proposal among the ideas being suggested about the peopling of the Americas is the idea that:
A)Clovis people migrated from Asia across the Bering Strait.
B)the first people in America came from Europe.
C)the first Americans walked here over a million years ago.
D)Indians are indigenous to North America.
2
As reported in "America's First Immigrants," finds at the Gault site suggest that Clovis people:
A)subsisted largely on mammoth.
B)created no permanent settlements.
C)were entirely nomadic.
D)had tools for gathering plants.
3
As noted in "America's First Immigrants," new research suggests that Clovis people were responsible for the extinction of most of the large fauna such as giant beavers and mastodons of North America.
A)True
B)False
4
As discussed in "1491," environmentalists dislike the theory that Native Americans were once altering the Amazon rain forest's landscape to suit their needs as the keystone species because:
A)environmentalists are no longer guided by the pristine myth.
B)it has been largely proven that Native Americans were not a keystone species.
C)crediting ancient peoples with such endeavors would allow modern governments to do as they see fit with the Amazon.
D)there is little solid evidence that the Native Americans cultivated the Amazon rain forest.
5
As put forward by "1491," colonists were able to settle in New England without serious opposition from the natives because:
A)the Puritans made fair treaties with the natives, which they honored.
B)diseases brought by Europeans had decimated native populations in coastal New England.
C)early traders had paved the way by making contacts with Native Americans.
D)the colonials purchased the lands they settled from the Indians.
6
As cited in "1491," author Henry F. Dobyns estimated that in 1491 there were more people living in North America than in Europe.
A)True
B)False
7
As reported in "Mystery Tribe," the Fremont Indians lived in:
A)Arizona.
B)New Mexico.
C)California.
D)Utah.
8
In describing the culture of the Fremont Indians, the author of "Mystery Tribe" observes that they:
A)lived in a variety of kinds of homes.
B)relied exclusively on hunting and gathering for food.
C)were physically and culturally isolated from their neighbors.
D)did not create art work.
9
As pointed out in "Mystery Tribe," when Europeans arrived in the area, they clashed violently and frequently with the Fremont Indians.
A)True
B)False
10
As discussed in "Before New England," the experience of the Popham colonists:
A)could only be described as catastrophic.
B)contributed to the success of the pilgrims in Massachusetts.
C)made recruiting participants for other colonies more difficult.
D)was ruined by lack of skilled craftsmen.
11
According to "Before New England," the Popham Colony on the Kennebec River:
A)was begun by the London Company.
B)suffered from a chronic shortage of funds.
C)named its fortification St. George.
D)did not survive the first harsh Maine winter.
12
As noted in "Before New England," Ferdinand Gorges lost interest in North America after the failure of the Popham Colony.
A)True
B)False
13
As noted in "Instruments of Seduction: A Tale of Two Women," among the findings of the court in the case against Anne Hutchinson was that she:
A)was a witch.
B)had despised the Holy Ordinances.
C)had committed no punishable offense.
D)had been led astray by wicked male companions.
14
As reported in "Instruments of Seduction: A Tale of Two Women," supporters of Anne Hutchinson in her holding of women's meetings in her home included all of the following except:
A)Governor Harry Vane.
B)John Cotton.
C)John Wilson.
D)John Wheelwright.
15
As stated in "Instruments of Seduction: A Tale of Two Women," submissiveness was the best guarantee for a woman in Massachusetts to be treated fairly in court.
A)True
B)False
16
As related in "Penning a Legacy," William Penn's primary objective in Pennsylvania was to:
A)secure his family's fortune.
B)establish a colony where people of all faiths could live in mutual harmony.
C)convert the Indians to Christianity.
D)found a gunpowder factory.
17
According to "Penning a Legacy," William Penn received a huge land grant from King Charles II:
A)to satisfy a debt that the king owed Penn's father.
B)in payment for the king's gambling debts.
C)because Charles felt guilty about persecuting Quakers.
D)in return for Penn's support of the king's Roman Catholic sympathies.
18
As shown in "Penning a Legacy," the Quakers' different religious views were respected throughout the colonies.
A)True
B)False
19
Conclusions about belief in witchcraft in New England and elsewhere, as reached in "Blessed and Bedeviled: Tales of Remarkable Providences in Puritan New England," include that such belief was:
A)strengthened by the providential air the Puritans gave their enterprise.
B)peculiar to New England.
C)seen as disruptive to societal order.
D)not present among Roman Catholics.
20
As discussed in "Blessed and Bedeviled: Tales of Remarkable Providences in Puritan New England," Giles Corey was executed for:
A)being a warlock.
B)shielding his wife from the prosecutor.
C)refusing to stand trial for witchcraft.
D)teaching witchcraft to his daughter.
21
As noted in "Blessed and Bedeviled: Tales of Remarkable Providences in Puritan New England," Governor Hutchinson held in his writings that from its founding Massachusetts had been obsessed with hanging witches.
A)True
B)False
22
According to "Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide?" the event that brought about a fundamental change in Indian-white relations in California was:
A)redeployment of soldiers to the Civil War.
B)mass immigration of Chinese.
C)discovery of gold.
D)the scarlet fever epidemic.
23
As noted in "Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide?" the most lethal of the pathogens introduced by the Europeans to the Indians was:
A)small pox.
B)diphtheria.
C)bubonic plague.
D)influenza.
24
As stated in "Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide?" biological warfare was waged against Native Americans on multiple occasions by the U.S. government.
A)True
B)False
25
As told in "Flora MacDonald," Flora MacDonald was:
A)determined to make peace between the Scots and the English.
B)revered in Scotland for safely hiding Bonnie Prince Charlie from the English.
C)the richest woman in Scotland.
D)best known for recruiting troops to fight the Loyalists in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War.
26
As explained in "Flora MacDonald," Flora and her family left Scotland because:
A)relatives in North Carolina needed her help.
B)they received a large grant of land in North Carolina.
C)they sought religious freedom.
D)their financial situation, like that of many who supported Bonnie Prince Charlie, steadily worsened over the years.
27
As related in "Flora MacDonald," Flora took Bonnie Prince Charlie to safety by disguising him as her maid.
A)True
B)False
28
As reported in "Info Highwayman," Vice President Al Gore considers Benjamin Franklin the patron saint of American networking in part because Franklin:
A)made a profit running the postal service.
B)established the principle of open access.
C)published the first American magazine.
D)carefully monitored the flow of information.
29
In describing the relationship between Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Keimer, the author of "Info Highwayman" notes that:
A)the two never competed against one another.
B)they worked together to bring down Andrew Bradford.
C)Franklin refrained from writing about Keimer.
D)Franklin's fictional character Cretico was based on Keimer.
30
As stated in "Info Highwayman," Benjamin Franklin wrote under several pen names for Alexander Bradford's Mercury.
A)True
B)False
31
In discussing Paul Revere, the author of "Midnight Riders" notes that Revere:
A)was a dependable messenger.
B)never served in the colonial army.
C)was not a member of the Sons of Liberty.
D)was unknown to the British.
32
As pointed out in "Midnight Riders," the Boston Tea Party:
A)was a noisy melee.
B)caused significant damage to several ships in Boston Harbor.
C)was opposed by John Adams.
D)was condemned by Benjamin Franklin.
33
According to "Midnight Riders," the legislative measures called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists resulted in demonstrations in all major American cities.
A)True
B)False
34
As reported in "The Rocky Road to Revolution," the action on the part of the British government that convinced many colonists that Britain was bent on the absolute conquest of North America was:
A)rejection of the Olive Branch Petition.
B)defeat of the Continental Army at Concord.
C)hiring of foreign mercenaries.
D)appointment of commissioners under the Prohibitory Act.
35
As noted in "The Rocky Road to Revolution," during the Second Continental Congress, sentiment for severing ties with England was only strong in New England and:
A)South Carolina.
B)Georgia.
C)Delaware.
D)Virginia.
36
As stated in "The Rocky Road to Revolution," John Adams was considered an authority in the Continental Congress on diplomacy and political theory.
A)True
B)False
37
The national holiday on July 4, as presented in "Making Sense of the Fourth of July," makes sense only if the celebration is of the:
A)Declaration of Independence.
B)decision by Congress to declare the colonies independent of Britain.
C)start of the Revolutionary War.
D)acceptance of the Declaration by people in the states.
38
As explained in "Making Sense of the Fourth of July," a vote could not be taken on the decision to declare the colonies independent states when it was first proposed because:
A)not all colonies had representatives present.
B)several colonies were unsure of the consequences of declaring independence.
C)not all of the delegates had been granted permission by their home governments to vote for independence.
D)the Congress wanted the declaration to be a surprise to Britain.
39
When the resolution to declare the colonies independent was first taken up, as reported in "Making Sense of the Fourth of July," the vote was unanimous.
A)True
B)False
40
As noted in "Hamilton Takes Command," Professor Willard Sterne Randall suggests that Alexander Hamilton is the least appreciated of the founding fathers because:
A)he was not of a notable family.
B)his successes were limited to the battlefield.
C)he never became president.
D)he had no formal education.
41
According to "Hamilton Takes Command," Alexander Hamilton's service during the Revolutionary War was in the:
A)infantry.
B)navy.
C)cavalry.
D)artillery.
42
As pointed out in "Hamilton Takes Command," Alexander Hamilton and his men built the fort called Bunker Hill.
A)True
B)False
43
As reported in "Winter of Discontent," historian John Ferling contends that the moment George Washington captured the imagination of the American people was when he:
A)defeated the British at Trenton.
B)caused the British to withdraw from Boston.
C)wintered at Valley Forge with his men.
D)won a victory at Brandywine Creek.
44
As noted in "Winter of Discontent," as a result of the victory at Saratoga:
A)Horatio Gates temporarily replaced Washington as the head of the army.
B)the Continental Congress disbanded the Board of War.
C)foreign officers were removed from leadership positions in the army.
D)the French were induced to come into the war.
45
As stated in "Winter of Discontent," one out of every four soldiers who wintered at Valley Forge died there.
A)True
B)False
46
In reconsidering the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the author of "Your Constitution Is Killing You" maintains that it:
A)must be adhered to, whatever the democratic majority believes.
B)does not give individuals the right to bear arms, unless they are members of state militias.
C)is little more than a historical curiosity and has little or no ideological importance.
D)supports the right-wing position that Americans have a right to bear arms whether they are serving in an official state militia or not.
47
Rather than guns, according to "Your Constitution Is Killing You," Representative Henry Hyde of Illinois blames the recent spate of violence in the United States on:
A)the entertainment industry.
B)godlessness.
C)materialism.
D)day care.
48
As asserted in "Your Constitution Is Killing You," the U.S. Constitution is a product of a time very much like our own.
A)True
B)False
49
According to "The Best of Enemies," in Alexander Hamilton's view, the supreme threat to liberty arose from:
A)a conservative reading of the Constitution.
B)insufficient government power.
C)concentration of property.
D)spread of slavery.
50
As stated in "The Best of Enemies," characteristics shared by Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton included:
A)questionable financial dealings.
B)scrupulous fidelity in marriage.
C)potent hedonism.
D)lack of personal ambition.
51
As pointed out in "The Best of Enemies," both Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton disliked all things British.
A)True
B)False
52
In discussing the Alien and Sedition Acts, the author of "Cliffhanger" notes that:
A)Republicans saw the legislation as a necessity in time of crisis.
B)the laws did not attempt to control what was spoken, only what was printed.
C)Jefferson saw them as a violation of the Bill of Rights.
D)both Republicans and Federalists supported them.
53
As noted in "Cliffhanger," the candidate who was the popular choice for president in 1800 was:
A)Charles Pinckney.
B)John Adams.
C)Aaron Burr.
D)Thomas Jefferson.
54
As stated in "Cliffhanger," the presidential campaign of 1800 was largely played out in the print media.
A)True
B)False
55
Features of the American situation at the onset of the nineteenth century, as described in "The Revolution of 1803," included:
A)overcrowding in many parts of the nation.
B)skyrocketing real-estate prices.
C)deep divisions caused by partisan and sectional differences.
D)lack of any real threats from abroad.
56
As explained in "The Revolution of 1803," the French philosopher Montesquieu contended that:
A)republican government is best suited to large states.
B)a large state could only be sustained with a powerful central government.
C)republican governments inevitably lead to despotism.
D)the more states that existed in a country, the stronger local governments would be.
57
According to "The Revolution of 1803," news of the Louisiana Purchase was met in the United States with a generalized feeling of outrage.
A)True
B)False
58
As noted in "Paddle a Mile in Their Canoes," on their expedition, Lewis and Clark's experiences with native Americans:
A)were very rare.
B)caused enormous disruption to tribal life.
C)were mostly friendly.
D)were often dangerous.
59
According to "Paddle a Mile in Their Canoes," the actual name of the expedition conducted by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark was the:
A)Louisiana Purchase Expedition.
B)Western Enterprise.
C)Lewis and Clark Expedition.
D)Corps of Discovery.
60
As reported in "Paddle a Mile in Their Canoes," the regional expedition conducted by Lewis and Clark took about four years.
A)True
B)False
61
According to "African Americans in the Early Republic," more blacks fought on the side of the British than the colonists in the American Revolutionary War because:
A)they wanted to remain in the British Empire.
B)the British promised them freedom.
C)the British had outlawed slavery in England.
D)they wanted revenge for the enslavement of their people.
62
As reported in "African Americans in the Early Republic," free blacks who sought new lives:
A)were most likely to settle in rural communities.
B)tended to rely on white benevolence.
C)sought the isolation of the wilderness.
D)gathered especially in seaports.
63
As noted in "African Americans in the Early Republic," Thomas Jefferson was the first world leader to recognize the new government in Haiti in 1804.
A)True
B)False
64
According to "Pirates!" the war against state-sponsored pirates in the early nineteenth century:
A)was unpopular with the American people.
B)began and ended during the administration of James Madison.
C)was almost universally applauded.
D)weakened the sense of nationhood in the United States.
65
As noted in "Pirates!" the pirates of the Barbary Coast:
A)had no religious background at all.
B)collected blackmail and enslaved prisoners.
C)pillaged because of their ideological background.
D)were not sanctioned by any state.
66
As stated in "Pirates!" John Adams considered the pirates of the Barbary Coast specialists in avarice and fear.
A)True
B)False
67
According to "How American Slavery Led to the Birth of Liberia," the most dangerous foe of the Liberia colony was:
A)neighboring Sierra Leone.
B)corruption in government.
C)disease.
D)racial discrimination.
68
As pointed out in "How American Slavery Led to the Birth of Liberia," among those who supported the American Colonization Society were all of the following except:
A)Daniel Webster.
B)William Lloyd Garrison.
C)Francis Scott Key.
D)Henry Clay.
69
As stated in "How American Slavery Led to the Birth of Liberia," Liberia was the first independent country run by black people in modern Africa.
A)True
B)False
70
As described in "Andrew Jackson Versus the Cherokee Nation," in the famous Cherokee Nation v. Georgia decision the Supreme Court decided that Indian territory:
A)was a sovereign independent nation.
B)was part of the United States as domestic dependent nations and subject to the ruling of individual states.
C)had no legal basis as a sovereign territory and was thus subject to the rule of Georgia.
D)was part of the United States as domestic dependent nations independent from the state governments.
71
As detailed in "Andrew Jackson Versus the Cherokee Nation," John Ridge became convinced the Cherokee had no choice but to leave their lands because:
A)Georgia always defended illegal squatters by bringing in force.
B)President Jackson assured him that the federal government could not force Georgia to respect Cherokee territory.
C)John Ridge had no faith in the Cherokee chief, John Ross.
D)the Supreme Court had ruled against the Cherokee.
72
As addressed in "Andrew Jackson Versus the Cherokee Nation," President Jackson did not believe that John Ross had the legal authority to speak for the Cherokee.
A)True
B)False
73
As noted in "Storm Over Mexico," the positions taken by the movement called Young America included:
A)a consistent call for the abolition of slavery.
B)a belief in the doctrine of Manifest Destiny.
C)a fascination with all things British.
D)an opposition to the annexation of Texas.
74
As reported in "Storm Over Mexico," Professor Linda S. Hudson contends that Jane McManus:
A)was of dark complexion and may have been of Native American descent.
B)was poorly educated.
C)did not coin the phrase "Manifest Destiny."
D)only cared about Manifest Destiny because she thought she could profit from it.
75
As stated in "Storm Over Mexico," Jane McManus was cited in Aaron Burr's divorce.
A)True
B)False
76
As identified in "Free at Last," the center of the Underground Railroad was:
A)the Ohio River Valley.
B)upstate New York.
C)rural Massachusetts.
D)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
77
As discussed in "Free at Last," the 1850 Fugitive Slave law:
A)did not apply in states that had outlawed slavery.
B)was rarely enforced.
C)required Northerners to cooperate in the capture of escaped slaves.
D)resulted in the formation of the Underground Railroad.
78
As reported in "Free at Last," the number of fugitive slaves who traveled the Underground Railroad will probably never be known.
A)True
B)False
79
According to "The Volume of History: Listening to 19th Century America," the issue on which Northern and Southern elites could not agree was:
A)political affiliations.
B)women's rights.
C)slavery.
D)use of public resources.
80
As discussed in "The Volume of History: Listening to 19th Century America," Angelina Grimke was the first:
A)woman to speak in public about slavery.
B)woman to address an American legislative body about slavery.
C)Quaker to address the question of slavery.
D)South Carolinian abolitionist.
81
As reported in "The Volume of History: Listening to 19th Century America," slaveholders rejected modernity completely because it challenged their status quo.
A)True
B)False
82
As reported in "Richmond's Bread Riot," during the course of the Civil War, the city of Richmond saw increases in all of the following except:
A)overall population.
B)prostitution.
C)food surpluses.
D)brawling.
83
As noted in "Richmond's Bread Riot," conditions that contributed to the farmers' problems in Virginia in 1863 included:
A)an extended drought.
B)poor quality of soil.
C)inferior agrarian practices.
D)nearly impassable roads.
84
As stated in "Richmond's Bread Riot," because of almost constant warfare, much of Virginia's farmland was not producing crops late in the Civil War.
A)True
B)False
85
As described in "Jefferson Davis and the Jews," Confederate Congressman Henry S. Foote's main reason for arousing suspicions of a Jewish conspiracy was to:
A)cover-up his own shortcomings as a politician.
B)banish Jews from the Confederacy.
C)discredit President Jefferson Davis and his associates.
D)gain himself a seat in the Davis cabinet.
86
As stated in "Jefferson Davis and the Jews," Henry S. Foote was barred in 1826 from practicing law for three years in Virginia because:
A)of his public drunkenness that he failed to control.
B)he owed large sums of money that he nearly defaulted.
C)of a duel he fought with future governor John. A Winston.
D)of public comments made about Jefferson Davis.
87
As cited in "Jefferson Davis and the Jews," Jefferson Davis lost the 1851 election for Mississippi governor to Foote because Davis was sick with a severe fever.
A)True
B)False
88
As described in "A Gallant Rush for Glory," black leaders and abolitionists were eager to see black regiments formed to fight for the Union primarily because:
A)it would ensure the loyalty of the border states to the federal government.
B)there was a critical shortage of volunteers by 1863.
C)once they had proved themselves in battle, the nation would be obligated to grant blacks full citizenship.
D)it was estimated that such a move would speed the collapse of the South.
89
As elaborated in "A Gallant Rush for Glory," Captain Shaw hesitated when offered the command of the 54th Massachusetts because:
A)leading a regiment of armed blacks would not be popular among the white ranks.
B)he had been wounded at Antietam.
C)Shaw did not possess the anti-slavery calling of his parents.
D)he was hoping to be offered the command of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry.
90
As cited in "A Gallant Rush for Glory," debate over the issue of black recruitment continued within the Union command until January 1, 1863, when President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
A)True
B)False
91
As reported in "Lincoln as Statesman," the actual author of the Lincoln myth was:
A)Mary Todd Lincoln.
B)William Seward.
C)Thomas Gray.
D)Abraham Lincoln.
92
As noted in "Lincoln as Statesman," what unites the left-wing and right-wing attacks on Abraham Lincoln is that they:
A)deny that he had any sense of right and wrong.
B)claim that he cared nothing about slaves and slaveholders.
C)deny that he respected the law.
D)show that he had no concern for economic issues.
93
As stated in "Lincoln as Statesman," it was because of Abraham Lincoln that slavery was ended.
A)True
B)False
94
In describing the character of the Civil War, the author of "America's Birth at Appomattox" concludes that it was:
A)essentially a class struggle.
B)inevitable because of basic moral differences.
C)a clash between aristocracy and democracy.
D)a struggle going on within one identity.
95
As reported in "America's Birth at Appomattox," in March 1865, Abraham Lincoln suggested to Generals Grant and Sherman and to Admiral Porter that the Union's aim should be to:
A)so subdue the Confederacy that it would be incapable of fighting ever again.
B)checkmate the malice that could jeopardize peace.
C)root out and punish those responsible for secession.
D)leave the South in ruins so that it would have to rely on the Union for survival.
96
As observed in "America's Birth at Appomattox," the America that existed after the Civil War was a vastly different nation than it had been before the conflict began.
A)True
B)False
97
According to "Death of John Wilkes Booth," Booth died:
A)crossing the Potomac River.
B)from a gunshot wound.
C)from a leg infection.
D)while fleeing to Pennsylvania.
98
As noted in "The New View of Reconstruction," the United States was unique as compared to other nations that freed their slave populations in that the U.S. Reconstruction:
A)prevented true freedom.
B)offered slaves a measure of freedom over their own destinies.
C)offered just a few years of freedom.
D)prevented most "former slaves" from leaving their masters.
99
According to "The New View of Reconstruction," the Radical Republicans were:
A)stubborn, racist politicians who lacked the ability to compromise.
B)in league with Northern capitalists who wished to manipulate the freedmen.
C)motivated by an irrational hatred of Rebels.
D)idealists in the best nineteenth-century reform tradition.
100
As discussed in "The New View of Reconstruction," the scalawags were traitorous Southern whites.
A)True
B)False





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