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1
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.
2
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.
3
As discussed in "The New View of Reconstruction," the scalawags were traitorous Southern whites.
A)True
B)False
4
As described in "1871 War on Terror," America's first war on terror was against the:
A)New England Indian tribes in the Pequot War.
B)Ku Klux Klan.
C)Apaches under Geronimo.
D)marauding Mexicans during the Texas war for independence.
5
As stated in "1871 War on Terror," terrorism thrives on:
A)ignorance.
B)dissatisfaction among recent immigrants.
C)great turmoil.
D)the lax security of peaceful conditions.
6
As noted in "1871 War on Terror," most Southerners considered the Klan's activities immoral.
A)True
B)False
7
As discussed in "Little Bighorn Reborn," within a year after the Battle of the Little Bighorn:
A)gold was discovered in California and settlers left most of the upper Great Plains in the hands of the natives.
B)the United States declared the closing of the American frontier.
C)Custer faced a court martial and was forced to resign in disgrace.
D)there was not a free Native American left on the Great Plains.
8
As concluded in "Little Bighorn Reborn," the reenactment performed on the anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn:
A)stresses the heroic resistance given by the outnumbered cavalrymen.
B)is based on interview with a Cheyenne veteran of the battle.
C)follows the largely mythical account of the battle given in a 1950s John Wayne film.
D)reflects the account of two surviving soldiers that was published shortly after the battle.
9
As stated in "Little Bighorn Reborn," many Native Americans continue to resent the fact that the battlefield is named after George Custer.
A)True
B)False
10
As given in "The Spark of Genius," the key to Edison's success was that he:
A)aimed to build a technological system and a series of businesses to manage that system.
B)focused exclusively on creating innovative technological systems.
C)was principally concerned with starting businesses and had little interest in the technical aspects of new technology.
D)adhered to a strict work schedule and made time for a life outside his work.
11
As explained in "The Spark of Genius," Edison's insight regarding the incandescent bulb was to push a:
A)large current through a thick wire to a low-resistance filament.
B)small current through a thick wire to a high-resistance filament.
C)large current through a thin wire to a low-resistance filament.
D)small current through a thin wire to a high-resistance filament.
12
As noted in "The Spark of Genius," Edison exemplified the lone inventor working in solitude.
A)True
B)False
13
The first woman to mount a serious campaign for U.S. President, as explained in "Lockwood in '84," had a career as a(n):
A)surgeon.
B)university professor.
C)attorney.
D)accountant.
14
Belva Lockwood, as put forth in "Lockwood in '84," gained her chance to pursue her own desires after:
A)her first husband died.
B)her parents left her a small inheritance.
C)she found she could not have children.
D)she made a decision never to marry.
15
The other leaders of the suffrage movement, as pointed out in "Lockwood in '84," were strongly in support of Belva Lockwood's campaign for president.
A)True
B)False
16
As explained in "A Day to Remember: November 18, 1883," one of the major reasons why the United States instituted official time zones was because:
A)businesses had a hard time coordinating inter-communication.
B)standardized timing became more critical with the advent of the wristwatch.
C)standardized timing became more critical with the advent of the railroad and train travel.
D)the British had already established standardized time zones.
17
As given in "A Day to Remember: November 18, 1883," the worldwide time zone system that we use now:
A)consists of 24 zones, each spaced 15 degrees apart.
B)consists of 4 zones, each spaced 15 degrees apart.
C)was proposed in 1869 by Professor Charles Dowd.
D)was opposed by influential groups such as the American Railroad Association.
18
As mentioned in "A Day to Remember: November 18, 1883," there were more than 100 official times for North America in the mid-1800s.
A)True
B)False
19
As stated in "Where the Other Half Lived," Riis' use of photography of the Bend was critical because:
A)photographs conveyed the living conditions with impact.
B)the photos could easily be copied into newspapers and magazines.
C)Riss was not a writer.
D)the immigrants of the Bend often could not speak English to him.
20
As indicated in "Where the Other Half Lived," Riis' use of maps during his lectures proved inadequate because they:
A)lacked the appeal and impact of photographs.
B)were not three dimensional.
C)conveyed the perception that conditions in the Bend were limited in scope.
D)were misunderstood by the majority of the public.
21
As cited in "Where the Other Half Lived," the death rate of children under five living within the Bend would today rank among the highest in the world.
A)True
B)False
22
As discussed in "The Murder of Lucy Pollard," the newspaperman John Mitchell Jr. was connected to the case of the Pollard killing in Lunenburg County, Virginia, because he:
A)was also an attorney who represented the defendants.
B)was related to two of the defendants, Mary and Pokey Barnes.
C)used his famous paper to help exonerate the three female defendants who many felt had been wrongly accused and convicted.
D)used his position as a banker to establish a defense fund for the three female defendants.
23
According to "The Murder of Lucy Pollard," one of the main reasons why John Mitchell Jr. took over the newspaper (The Richmond Planet) was because:
A)the paper paid more than his former teaching job.
B)he and other black teachers were forced out of their teaching jobs when white Democrats took over the Richmond school board.
C)his heart had always been in writing rather than teaching.
D)his mother's former master used his connections to get him the job.
24
As cited in "The Murder of Lucy Pollard," the real killer was eventually definitively identified as William Henry "Solomon" Marable, who had threatened Lucy Pollard's husband earlier on the day of her murder.
A)True
B)False
25
As established in "Our First Olympics," the American team:
A)was the largest of any country.
B)members held many world records in track and field.
C)won only two medals in Athens.
D)received no financial support from the U.S. government or sports organizations.
26
As related in "Our First Olympics," Pierre de Coubertin believed that resuscitating the Olympic Games in their old grandeur would:
A)promote Europe's leadership in world affairs.
B)facilitate increased international trade.
C)foster international harmony.
D)make the Mediterranean basin countries dependent on France.
27
Most of America's team members, as given in "Our First Olympics," nearly missed the beginning of the Olympic Games because of a misunderstanding about the calendar being used.
A)True
B)False
28
As suggested in "T.R.'s Virtuoso Performance," President Theodore Roosevelt was adamant about controlling a canal across the Central American Isthmus of Panama primarily because it would:
A)be seen by historians as a major accomplishment of his presidency.
B)allow him to further his conservation agenda in other parts of the world.
C)allow him to shake down the Colombian government for money and power in the region.
D)considerably shorten the travel time for American commercial and military ships from one coast to the other and advance his vision for a new foreign policy.
29
As detailed in "T.R.'s Virtuoso Performance," the Hay-Herran Treaty was an agreement between the United States and Colombia that was:
A)designed to lease Central American land to the United States in order to build a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
B)overwhelmingly rejected by the U.S. Senate in a bid to pressure the Colombian government for more concessions.
C)designed to benefit only the United States and France.
D)opposed by many other countries, including France.
30
According to "T.R.'s Virtuoso Performance," President Theodore Roosevelt believed that supremacy of the seas was vital to American interests.
A)True
B)False
31
As discussed in "And Still Champion," Jack Johnson was reviled across white America because:
A)racist attitudes of the times did not allow whites to accept the boxing victory of a black man over a white opponent.
B)many whites thought that black men should not be involved in boxing at all.
C)he was known as an untrustworthy man.
D)he was an immigrant, and it was thought that he should not benefit from the advantages of native-born Americans.
32
As portrayed in "And Still Champion," Jack Johnson began his boxing career by:
A)attending regular boxing lessons at one of Galveston's many gymnasiums.
B)fighting white opponents in an integrated school program in his youth.
C)fighting in street gangs as a youth and then among fellow dockworkers for extra money.
D)defeating Canadian Tommy Burns in a shockingly brutal match.
33
As mentioned in "And Still Champion," boxer Jim Jeffries admitted to a reporter that he could never have beaten Jack Johnson even at his prime.
A)True
B)False
34
As noted in "The Fate of Leo Frank," all of the following are given as reasons why Leo Frank was convicted of murder except that he was:
A)white.
B)a Northerner.
C)a Jew.
D)an industrialist.
35
As presented in "The Fate of Leo Frank," Leo Frank was eventually:
A)lynched by a mob.
B)executed.
C)set free on a legal technicality.
D)proved innocent.
36
As explained in "The Fate of Leo Frank," Frank's conviction for murder was based on very strong evidence.
A)True
B)False
37
According to "The Ambiguous Legacies of Women's Progressivism," female progressive activism left a legacy that included all of the following except:
A)failed to overcome racial divisions.
B)opening a multiplicity of roles for women.
C)winning the right for women to vote.
D)establishing that motherhood and economic independence were incompatible.
38
The specific goals of women Progressives, as outlined in "The Ambiguous Legacies of Women's Progressivism," included all of the following except:
A)equal pay for women and men.
B)abolition of prostitution.
C)prohibition of alcohol.
D)women's suffrage.
39
The author of "The Ambiguous Legacies of Women's Progressivism" states that most women's activism took place through local, regional, and national organizations that women formed around 1900.
A)True
B)False
40
As described in "Uncovering History," the diary recorded its author's experiences:
A)as a black doctor with white patients.
B)as a black enlisted man in World War I.
C)dealing with segregation in the South.
D)as a combat surgeon in World War II.
41
As identified in "American Biography: Edith Galt Wilson," Edith Galt Wilson was the:
A)first female advisor appointed to an official White House position.
B)first wife of President Woodrow Wilson.
C)second wife of President Woodrow Wilson.
D)eldest daughter and confidante of President Woodrow Wilson.
42
As maintained in "American Biography: Edith Galt Wilson," many historians see Mrs. Wilson's activities during her husband's illness as:
A)the manipulations of a particularly ambitious woman taking advantage of an opportune situation.
B)merely fulfilling the traditional role of serving her husband as loyal wife and confidante.
C)her chance to further her particular interest in the suffragette movement.
D)her chance to further her particular interests in policymaking and political science.
43
As discussed in "American Biography: Edith Galt Wilson," Mrs. Wilson disagreed vehemently with her husband's acceptance of the resignation of then Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan.
A)True
B)False
44
The "engines of indirection," as described in "The Home Front," was intended to convince the U.S. population of all of the following except the need to:
A)pay for the war.
B)conserve scarce resources.
C)participate in home-front activities.
D)give up some civil liberties during the crisis.
45
The Committee on Public Information (CPI), as stated in "The Home Front," was primarily an organization dedicated to:
A)education.
B)propaganda.
C)reporting on world events.
D)preventing war crimes.
46
During the run-up to involvement in World War I, as asserted in "The Home Front," ideas of self-sacrifice and patriotism ran alongside efforts to reap private gain from the war effort.
A)True
B)False
47
As defined in "From Front Porch to Back Seat: A History of the Date," the term "date" as a romantic appointment:
A)is a very old-fashioned term from colonial times.
B)was replaced by the term "call" in the early twentieth century.
C)was derived from prostitution.
D)is considered more respectable than the term "call."
48
As mentioned in "From Front Porch to Back Seat: A History of the Date," the term "once-arounder" refers to a young:
A)man who is suitable to date only once.
B)woman who is suitable to date only once.
C)man who only comes around once.
D)woman who inspires other men to cut in on her dance partners before they can dance to one full song.
49
As detailed in "From Front Porch to Back Seat: A History of the Date," World War II changed priorities for many American youth by inspiring them to postpone marriage until later ages.
A)True
B)False
50
The president best remembered for leading the United States through the Great Depression, as shown in "'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'" was:
A)Herbert Hoover.
B)Calvin Coolidge.
C)Franklin Roosevelt.
D)Harry Truman.
51
As noted in "'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'" the Depression was noted for lines in front of all of the following except:
A)schools.
B)soup kitchens.
C)relief offices.
D)banks.
52
In "'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'" one out-of-work man remarks that undertakers are "good for clothes."
A)True
B)False
53
As defined in "A Promise Denied," the Bonus Marchers who traveled to Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1932 were:
A)members of the American Communist Party intending to incite riots against the federal government.
B)World War I veterans supporting a bill to supply bonus payments promised them in 1924 for wages lost during their military service.
C)workers from across America displaced from their jobs by the Great Depression.
D)troops led by Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur parading to show their support for unemployed World War I veterans.
54
As explained in "A Promise Denied," the bill proposed by Congressman Wright Patman to advance bonus payments to World War I veterans was passed by:
A)the House of Representatives but defeated in the Senate.
B)the Senate but defeated in the House of Representatives.
C)both houses of Congress but vetoed by President Herbert Hoover.
D)neither house of Congress.
55
Fortunately, as stated in "A Promise Denied," there were no civilian deaths incurred during the government's attack on the Bonus Marchers.
A)True
B)False
56
According to "A Monumental Man," President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) was a master of:
A)deceit.
B)honesty.
C)misdirection.
D)the common people.
57
As reported in "A Monumental Man," President Franklin D. Roosevelt's (FDR) oratory style was:
A)aloof.
B)stilted and ill-at-ease.
C)directed to the ordinary person.
D)almost Victorian.
58
As explained in "A Monumental Man," FDR treated commoners like kings and kings like commoners.
A)True
B)False
59
According to "The Greatest Convention," the last really exciting political convention to occur in the United States took place in:
A)1976 when Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford vied for the Republican presidential nomination.
B)2000 when George W. Bush and John McCain squared off of the Republican presidential nomination.
C)1940 when six votes were held to finally select Wendell Willkie as the Republican presidential nominee from a wide field of candidates.
D)1944 when Henry Wallace fought against Harry S. Truman for the vice-presidential spot on the Democratic ticket.
60
As reported in "The Greatest Convention," Wendell Willkie's position in the horse race for the nomination:
A)lagged far behind other candidates early on, despite the best efforts of influential friends.
B)was off to a fiery start when he received 35 percent in an April Gallup Poll.
C)fell far behind others after Hitler's aggressive invasions of Norway and Denmark undermined Willkie's isolationist message.
D)took off after people found out he was a regular guy from small-town Indiana rather than the wealthy New York businessman as he had been characterized.
61
As given in "The Greatest Convention," the original frontrunners Tom Dewey, Robert Taft, and Arthur Vandenberg initially ran as isolationists, which hurt them when Hitler began his takeover of Europe.
A)True
B)False
62
As claimed in "We Need to Reclaim the Second Bill of Rights," the greatest presidential speech of the twentieth century may be:
A)Ronald Reagan's "Evil Empire" speech.
B)Richard Nixon's "Checkers" speech.
C)Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech proposing a Second Bill of Rights.
D)Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
63
As noted in "We Need to Reclaim the Second Bill of Rights," President Roosevelt felt that the post-war priority for America should be based on security, meaning:
A)economic, social, and moral security for all Americans.
B)making sure that rogue nations like Germany never threatened the United States again.
C)eliminating the threat from terrorist organizations around the world.
D)securing the American borders from illegal aliens who would lower U.S. economic standing.
64
As described in "We Need to Reclaim the Second Bill of Rights," the Second Bill of Rights that Roosevelt envisioned included 10 rights, just as the original Bill of Rights had.
A)True
B)False
65
As noted in "What They Saw When They Landed," the importance of D-Day for World War II is that:
A)it was the end of Operation Overlord.
B)it signaled an end to the oppression of the Allied Powers across Europe.
C)this vast and dramatic invasion of a coastal strip of France ensured an Allied victory.
D)more American soldiers died in one day's fighting than on any other day in all of America's wars.
66
As related in "What They Saw When They Landed," one of the most harrowing accounts is given by a:
A)then 19 year-old rifleman who continued fighting for Omaha Beach even while receiving 5 individual wounds.
B)German officer who received much abuse from the Allies when taken prisoner in the town of Caen.
C)private in the Parachute Infantry Regiment whose chute did not open properly on his jump.
D)private who severely burned two-thirds of his face while lighting a cigarette with his flamethrower.
67
According to "What They Saw When They Landed," the fiercest and bloodiest D-Day battle occurred at Omaha Beach.
A)True
B)False
68
As described in "The Biggest Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb," in the minds of American military leaders, the most important consideration in dropping the atomic bomb was to:
A)teach the Japanese a lesson.
B)send a message to the Soviet Union.
C)minimize American casualties.
D)force the Japanese to negotiate a peace.
69
According to "The Biggest Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb," to President Harry Truman, the alternative to dropping the atomic bomb on Japan was:
A)losing the war in the Pacific.
B)never receiving a Japanese surrender.
C)never being able to teach the Japanese a lesson.
D)having to invade the Japanese islands, with many American casualties.
70
As described in "The Biggest Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb," the "peace feelers" that the Japanese were sending to Washington were simply weapons of psychological warfare.
A)True
B)False
71
As reported in "The Tangled Web: America, France, and Indochina, 1947-1950," America was committed to assisting the French in its war in Indochina because:
A)the United States was laying the groundwork for its own war against the country that became known as Viet Nam.
B)the United States needed French assistance in its goal to reconstruct a Western Europe beneficial to American interests.
C)the United States has always supported the model of colonial imperialism.
D)France was vital in the defeat of Germany during World War II, and this was a way to return the favor.
72
As related in "The Tangled Web: America, France, and Indochina, 1947-1950," the French gave up their attempt to hold onto their colony of Indochina:
A)in 1954, after their defeat at Dien Bien Phu.
B)in 1954, because the United States was financing most of the war effort and therefore felt it should be the governing power as well.
C)because the French public was weary of fighting for a small impoverished country halfway around the world.
D)because the United Nations threatened to institute sanctions against France for its aggressive behavior toward its imperial possession.
73
As discussed in "The Tangled Web: America, France, and Indochina, 1947-1950," Indochina had been an important money-maker for France due to its rubber and pepper trade.
A)True
B)False
74
As pointed out in "From Rosie the Riveter to the Global Assembly Line: American Women on the World Stage," American women who had entered the work force during World War II were encouraged to:
A)continue utilizing their newly acquired skills and opportunities in the labor market.
B)also pursue leadership positions in government.
C)return to the domestic sphere of life.
D)enter colleges and universities to educate themselves further.
75
As noted in "From Rosie the Riveter to the Global Assembly Line: American Women on the World Stage," the term "feminization of poverty" refers to:
A)how issues such as discrimination and the wage gap disproportionately affect the economic welfare of women.
B)the fact that women are more likely to care about issues that affect the poor.
C)how childrearing responsibilities cause more women to experience poverty.
D)the fact that more women than men apply for welfare benefits.
76
As related in "From Rosie the Riveter to the Global Assembly Line: American Women on the World Stage," although the United States encouraged other countries to grant equal rights to women, the Equal Rights Amendment in America was virtually ignored by Congress.
A)True
B)False
77
Dominating the 1950s, as shown in "The Split-Level Years," was a belief in the goodness of:
A)hard work.
B)progress.
C)family values.
D)living in the suburbs.
78
As brought out in "The Split-Level Years," the feeling of the 1950s was that:
A)everybody is different.
B)the more people are different, the more they are alike.
C)everybody is somebody.
D)everyone deserves 15 minutes of fame.
79
As disclosed in "The Split-Level Years," the Kinsey Report found that women were just as interested in sex as men.
A)Trur
B)False
80
As depicted in "The Rise of Conservatism Since World War II," during the election of 1964 the conservative movement in America:
A)reached its apex with the resounding victory of Barry Goldwater.
B)was declared all but dead with the election of Lyndon Johnson and the increase in the Democratic majority in Congress.
C)achieved new heights with the election of Lyndon Johnson.
D)supported Lyndon Johnson for President of the United States.
81
As given in "The Rise of Conservatism Since World War II," social welfare programs enacted in the 1930s, such as the Social Security Act of 1935, were seen by conservatives as:
A)necessary evils that protected the less-privileged from destitution and stanched the growth of communism in the United States.
B)generally good ideas that were mismanaged by a bloated government bureaucracy.
C)obstacles to wealth-producing entrepreneurialism that encouraged idleness and dependence among its recipients.
D)a rational response to the unbridled greed that marked the 1920s.
82
As claimed in "The Rise of Conservatism Since World War II," the author Frederick Hayek argued in 1944 that controlling the economic freedom of the citizenry was necessary to thwart the rise of communism.
A)True
B)False
83
In assessing the 1960s in "The Spirit of '68," author John Judis concludes that the era was of:
A)almost no importance in the sweep of American history.
B)average importance in American history.
C)extreme importance in American history.
D)more importance to Europe than to the United States.
84
As maintained in "The Spirit of '68," reform in the 1960s was aided by an alliance of all of the following except:
A)religious fundamentalists.
B)popular movements.
C)elite organizations.
D)pragmatic business leaders.
85
As pointed out in "The Spirit of '68," in the 1960s Americans turned away from the sacrificing Protestant work ethic for an ethic of the good life, worrying about the quality of life.
A)True
B)False
86
As characterized in "The Cold War and Vietnam," the war in Vietnam was born out of:
A)the Japanese conquering and occupation of Indochina during World War II.
B)the American desire to dominate the world.
C)its disentanglement from French colonial rule and its strategic importance in the Cold War.
D)the desire of France to dominate the world.
87
As portrayed in "The Cold War and Vietnam," any gain for the Communist powers of the world was seen by the capitalist powers as a:
A)net loss for the Free World.
B)positive move toward equality for all peoples of the world.
C)warning flag that the Soviet Union would soon attempt to invade the United States.
D)defeat to colonialism and imperialism.
88
As profiled in "The Cold War and Vietnam," the Manchuria/Munich analogy illustrated the need to stand firm against the Communist menace in small theaters such as Vietnam rather than having it escalate to world-wide conflict.
A)True
B)False
89
As disclosed in "Soft Power: Reagan the Dove," Soviet documents have confirmed that President Reagan's SDI program was:
A)the catalyst in coercing the Soviet Union into surrendering in the Cold War.
B)considered to be the greatest threat to Soviet national security.
C)actually a copy of a similar anti-missile program developed by Soviet scientists in the late 1950s.
D)not considered a major threat to Soviet security and was not as significant in the downfall of the USSR as people think.
90
As noted in "Soft Power: Reagan the Dove," Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev desired to reform the Soviet Union and put an end to the Cold War but was frustrated by:
A)the hawkish stance toward Soviet interests that marked President Reagan's first term in office.
B)the threat of SDI.
C)his own country's cultural liberalization of the 1960s.
D)President Reagan's demands for unconditional surrender.
91
As stated in "Soft Power: Reagan the Dove," President Reagan was adamantly opposed to the abolition of nuclear armaments, preferring instead to maintain security by the insurance of mutually assured destruction.
A)True
B)False
92
As discussed in "The Tragedy of Bill Clinton," there is an "everyman" quality to President Bill Clinton's autobiography since:
A)he writes about his youth in a desperately poor household very similar to others of his generation.
B)his family's socio-economic status was right in the middle; he was neither a child of poverty nor privilege.
C)he is a very talented writer with a gift for finding the common threads that bind us all.
D)his rural Arkansas upbringing gives lends him "regular guy" credibility.
93
While an undergraduate at Georgetown University, as noted in "The Tragedy of Bill Clinton," Bill Clinton was elected class president as a freshman and a sophomore, but did not run as a junior because:
A)he had become an intern for Sen. William Fulbright, gaining entree to the national political arena.
B)he predicted that his apparent opponent would beat him, so he ran for class secretary in order to avoid losing an election.
C)a scandal involving several young women at the Jesuit institution placed him on probation, so he was not allowed to run that year.
D)as a junior he spent his year abroad studying European political systems in England.
94
As claimed in "The Tragedy of Bill Clinton," Bill Clinton was able to avoid being drafted into service during the Vietnam war by having family contacts procure a position for him in the Arkansas Air National Guard.
A)True
B)False
95
The central problem with the Bush Administration's approach to national security, as explicated in "The Pros From Dover," concerns its:
A)processes for implementing National Security Council decisions.
B)lack of attention to detail.
C)conceptualization of the fight against terrorism as a war.
D)methods of policymaking.
96
At the outset of its term in office, as maintained in "The Pros From Dover," the Bush Administration's national security priority involved:
A)resolving international ethnic- and religious-based conflicts.
B)combating international terrorism.
C)combating domestic terrorist threats.
D)refashioning U.S. relationships with traditional allies.
97
As detailed in "The Pros From Dover," President Bush received intelligence reports in the summer of 2001 warning of specific, imminent threats from Al Qaeda.
A)True
B)False
98
As argued in "Breaking the Global-Warming Gridlock," the debate over global warming:
A)is being debated on political rather than scientific grounds.
B)should focus primarily on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
C)is being made irrelevant by changes in the political climate.
D)needs to focus on the global effects of severe weather patterns.
99
The first mention of global warming, as documented in "Breaking the Global-Warming Gridlock," was:
A)in a 1965 report on the environment issued by White House.
B)at a meeting of the United Nations Global Health Symposium in 1975.
C)in Al Gore's 1992 book Earth in the Balance.
D)at the 1997 Kyoto Conference.
100
According to "Breaking the Global-Warming Gridlock," promoting democratic movements in the developing countries could be a key factor in reducing a country's risk of weather-related disaster.
A)True
B)False
101
As presented in "A Legend's Soul is Rested," Rosa Parks became a civil-rights icon by:
A)integrating lunch counters in Montgomery, Alabama.
B)marrying a white man.
C)becoming the first black student in a whites-only high school in Alabama.
D)refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
102
As mentioned in "Ending the Fool's Game: Saving Civilization," nuclear weapons are referred to as a "fool's game" because they:
A)are extremely expensive to maintain and will probably never be used.
B)do not offer security, so the only sensible solution is to dismantle them all.
C)are extremely easy to manufacture; one can download instructions for creating an atomic bomb from the Internet.
D)will contaminate the Earth for generations, thereby creating a permanent hazard from a momentary skirmish.
103
As detailed in "Ending the Fool's Game: Saving Civilization," since the end of the Cold War, nuclear weaponry in the United States and the former Soviet Union is:
A)still maintained at levels high enough to ensure destruction of both regions within hours.
B)largely obsolete.
C)a relic of the Cold War that is kept at minimum levels as a "just-in-case" measure for extraordinary circumstances.
D)in danger of being acquired by rogue states that would have no qualms about using them.
104
As claimed in "Ending the Fool's Game: Saving Civilization," President John F. Kennedy's secretary of defense credits only the unbending hard-line stance of his boss in avoiding nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
A)Trure
B)False
105
As identified in "Pssst...Nobody Loves a Torturer," one of the main problems in the Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal was that:
A)soldiers were given strict instruction in torture techniques.
B)soldiers were given very little guidance from the top levels on what was and was not allowed.
C)some of the torturers were female and therefore sullied the reputation of American women around the world.
D)Iraqis and other people from that part of the world are not familiar with standard American operating procedures and mistook them for torture.
106
As set forth in "Pssst...Nobody Loves a Torturer," President Bush and Vice President Cheney responded to the anti-torture amendment proposed by John McCain by:
A)embracing it wholeheartedly.
B)attempting to have it killed in the Senate.
C)denying that such an amendment was necessary since they do not believe that they are engaging in torture.
D)Bush threatening to veto it and Cheney trying to fill it with loopholes.
107
As presented in "Pssst...Nobody Loves a Torturer," autopsies performed on 44 men who were held in Iraq and Afghanistan showed little or no evidence of torture.
A)True
B)False
108
The far-reaching effects of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as maintained in "The Bubble of American Supremacy," are primarily a result of the:
A)large number of people killed.
B)overall surprise of the attack.
C)realization of the coordination these attacks required.
D)response of President Bush and his administration.
109
The terrorist attacks of September 11, as described in "The Bubble of American Supremacy," had a more powerful emotional impact than any previous terrorist action because:
A)of the number of people who were killed.
B)many people were able to watch the attack on television.
C)no one could have predicted the attack.
D)Americans had never before been attacked at home.
110
According to "The Bubble of American Supremacy," the foreign policy principles adopted by the Bush Administration had been in place well before the terrorist attacks of September 11.
A)True
B)False
111
Even if a concern for autonomy explains the reluctance over made-to-order children through genetic engineering, as maintained in "The Case Against Perfection," it does not explain the moral hesitation over people who would:
A)support ongoing genetic research.
B)apply genetic remedies or enhancements to themselves.
C)prefer extreme measures to have a biologically related child rather than an adopted one.
D)screen for genetic defects prior to pregnancy.
112
Modern philosophers and political scientists tend to avoid questions concerning the moral status of nature, as asserted in "The Case Against Perfection," because these issues tend to verge on matters of:
A)physics.
B)political contention.
C)theology.
D)history.
113
Most scientists, as noted in "The Case Against Perfection," believe that even human cloning will soon become a safe procedure, with even less risk of abnormalities than conventional conception.
A)True
B)False
114
According to "A Politics for Generation X," Generation Xers are:
A)more politically engaged than their predecessors.
B)less politically engaged than their predecessors.
C)completely self-absorbed.
D)still very patriotic.
115
As presented in "A Politics for Generation X," the political apathy of Generation X has been blamed on all of the following except:
A)television, for their cynicism and lack of civic education.
B)the breakdown of the traditional family.
C)the booming economy.
D)negative attitudes toward politics, caused by growing up during the Reagan-Bush presidencies, when government-bashing was the norm.
116
The author of "A Politics for Generation X," claims that the only way Generation Xers can reverse their sad situation is to enter the political arena they have every reason to loathe.
A)True
B)False





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