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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
According to "A Desperate Trek Across America," the starving Spanish adventurers stayed alive when they were first separated from the others by:
A)passing themselves off as gods.
B)eating native fowl.
C)fishing.
D)eating their horses.
8
As noted in "A Desperate Trek Across America," Cabeza de Vaca's job in the expedition was:
A)royal treasurer.
B)captain.
C)chaplain.
D)medical officer.
9
As reported in "A Desperate Trek Across America," the bulk of the Spanish adventurers perished because they refused to have contact with native populations.
A)True
B)False
10
As reported in "Brave New World," the eventual fate of the native peoples painted by John White was to:
A)migrate westward.
B)merge with nearby Lumbees.
C)be enslaved by the Roanoke colony.
D)be decimated by white men's diseases.
11
As noted in "Brave New World," John White's original watercolors are owned by the:
A)British Museum.
B)Yale Center for British Art.
C)Smithsonian.
D)North Carolina Museum of History.
12
As observed in "Brave New World," at the time White made his pictures, people in Europe had poor crops because of a global warming trend.
A)True
B)False
13
In discussing Samuel de Champlain's view of war, the author of "Champlain Among the Mohawk, 1609" notes that Champlain:
A)considered war a noble profession.
B)was dedicated to fighting for peace.
C)rated war as the world's greatest evil.
D)valued war as the equivalent of diplomacy.
14
As discussed in "Champlain Among the Mohawk, 1609," the tribe that was not part of the French alliance was the:
A)Montagnais.
B)Algonquin.
C)Huron.
D)Mohawk.
15
As suggested in "Champlain Among the Mohawk, 1609," peace treaties in Europe made North America accessible for colonization.
A)True
B)False
16
According to records left behind by the first settlers at Jamestown, as cited in "The Birth of America," during their first year in Virginia the greatest number of settlers died from:
A)famine.
B)Indian attack.
C)disease.
D)crimes committed within the settlement community.
17
The hemisphere that includes the Americas, as described in "The Birth of America," prior to the seventeenth century was dominated by:
A)England.
B)France.
C)Portugal.
D)Spain.
18
Most of the first colonists to set out for the settlement that would become Jamestown, as noted in "The Birth of America," were able to thrive and become prosperous, as they avoided some of the problems encountered by latter arrivals.
A)True
B)False
19
As reported in "Strangers in a New Land: Henry Hudson's First American Adventure," the ultimate goal of Henry Hudson's backers was:
A)to gain the mineral wealth of North America.
B)to gain glory and recognition from the throne.
C)control of the East Asia trade.
D)the colonization of new lands.
20
As noted in "Strangers in a New Land: Henry Hudson's First American Adventure," the first hostile shot in the conflict between the men of the Halve Maen and the Native Americans was fired by:
A)Robert Juet.
B)John Coleman
C)a mutineer.
D)a Munsee.
21
As pointed out in "Strangers in a New Land: Henry Hudson's First American Adventure," navigation in Hudson's day was hampered by the inability to measure longitude.
A)True
B)False
22
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.
23
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.
24
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
25
As reported in "The Real Pirates of the Caribbean," the ship Whydah was originally built as a ship for:
A)wartime.
B)maritime business in the Far East.
C)passengers.
D)the slave trade.
26
As stated in "The Real Pirates of the Caribbean," the key to authenticating the shipwreck as the Whydah was the:
A)personal items in the captain's quarters.
B)bell.
C)mast.
D)cannon marks.
27
According to "The Real Pirates of the Caribbean," without the slave trade, Caribbean piracy would never have existed.
A)True
B)False
28
As reported in "Wilderness Ordeal," the brilliance of Robert Rogers' idea was its capacity to:
A)divide and thus conquer enemy forces.
B)use massive bombardment effectively.
C)hide his movements.
D)unnerve the enemy.
29
As stated in "Wilderness Ordeal," the target of Robert Rogers' raid was:
A)Ile aux Noix.
B)Chambly.
C)Yamaska.
D)Saint-Francois.
30
As noted in "Wilderness Ordeal," Robert Rogers men saw very little game on the way back to their base.
A)True
B)False
31
According to "The Gain from Thomas Paine," Thomas Paine contended that the most prosperous invention of the Devil for the promotion of idolatry was:
A)government by kings.
B)the church.
C)marriage.
D)capitalism.
32
As noted in "The Gain from Thomas Paine," the crime for which Paine was convicted in England was:
A)treasonous utterances.
B)espionage.
C)seditious libel.
D)incitement to riot.
33
As stated in "The Gain from Thomas Paine," Thomas Paine narrowly escaped execution in France.
A)True
B)False
34
According to "Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary Spymaster," the Committee of Secret Correspondence eventually became the:
A)Department of Defense.
B)Committee for Foreign Affairs.
C)Intelligence Service.
D)Stock Exchange.
35
As noted in "Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary Spymaster," Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes:
A)did not believe the rift between the British colonies and crown was serious.
B)was a strong supporter of American independence.
C)was a career diplomat.
D)was opposed to French aid for the American colonies.
36
As reported in "Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary Spymaster," Chevalier Julein-Alexandre Archard de Bonvouloir was anxious to serve the French government and get back into the good graces of his family.
A)True
B)False
37
In return for loyal service to the British during the American Revolution, as explained in "Dirty Little Secret," escaped slaves and indentured servants were promised their freedom and:
A)passage back to Africa.
B)40 acres of land.
C)British citizenship.
D)training in a trade of their choosing.
38
A common tactic used by escaped slaves to avoid identification and capture, as noted in "Dirty Little Secret," was for them to:
A)disguise their appearance.
B)settle with an Indian tribe.
C)change their names.
D)flee to Canada.
39
Most of the former slaves freed by the British, as reported in "Dirty Little Secret," were able to successfully farm the land they were given and were no longer obligated to work for whites.
A)True
B)False
40
John Jay and John Rutledge, as described in "God and the Founders," originally objected to opening the Continental Congress with a prayer, as this would:
A)emphasize the religious foundation of the new government they were establishing.
B)open some of the members to charges that they were atheists.
C)highlight the differences in religious sentiments among the Founders.
D)distract the participants from their true purpose in meeting.
41
The religious right's conviction that the United States is a "Christian nation" and can return to its original Christian values, as described in "God and the Founders," is largely based on:
A)historical precedent.
B)wishful thinking.
C)distorted mythologizing.
D)the expressed views of a minority of Founders.
42
After considerable debate, as mentioned in "God and the Founders," the members of the Continental Congress decided against opening their session with a prayer.
A)True
B)False
43
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.
44
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.
45
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
46
As reported in "March on Quebec," the actual target of Benedict Arnold's raid was:
A)Quebec City.
B)the Kennebec River.
C)Gardiner.
D)Chaudiere.
47
As noted in "March on Quebec," boat maker Reuben Colburn:
A)was the author of an accurate travel diary used by Benedict Arnold.
B)used the best possible wood for his boats for Arnold.
C)opposed the American revolutionary cause.
D)was a British spy.
48
As stated in "March on Quebec," during the French and Indian War, the British had been forced to launch most attacks on French Canada by sea.
A)True
B)False
49
George Washington, as explained in "A Day to Remember: July 4, 1776," was particularly anxious for the Continental Congress to declare a newly independent government:
A)in order to legitimate his military campaign.
B)to provide an end goal for the war.
C)as a rallying cry for the troops.
D)in order to raise funds for the troops.
50
Some members of the Continental Congress, as noted in "A Day to Remember: July 4, 1776," were opposed to a formal declaration of independence because they:
A)wanted more time to decide the exact structure of the new government.
B)were concerned that it would give the British too much warning of their intentions.
C)thought some of the states could become nations in themselves.
D)did not trust some members of the Congress to follow through with their promises.
51
The United States, as pointed out in "A Day to Remember: July 4, 1776," did not officially declare independence from Britain until two weeks after July 4.
A)True
B)False
52
As reported in "Baron de Kalb: Plotter or Patriot?", Baron de Kalb's secret mission when he arrived in South Carolina in 1777 was to:
A)report on enemy readiness.
B)assassinate Lafayette.
C)serve as a double agent.
D)depose George Washington as commander in chief.
53
As discussed in "Baron de Kalb: Plotter or Patriot?", de Kalb became a wholehearted supporter of the American cause when:
A)France refused to enter formal alliance.
B)the British undertook a terror campaign.
C)George Washington recaptured Philadelphia.
D)his second in command was killed.
54
As stated in "Baron de Kalb: Plotter or Patriot?", the American Revolution broke out sooner that de Kalb expected because of British arrogance and stupidity.
A)True
B)False
55
As noted in "Getting Out: The First Rule of Holes," the only British exit strategy during the American Revolution was:
A)scorched earth.
B)success through attrition.
C)negotiate a truce and declare success.
D)victory.
56
As observed in "Getting Out: The First Rule of Holes," as a result of the so-called Coercive Acts:
A)colonial charters were extended and strengthened.
B)colonies were granted seats in Parliament.
C)administration of justice was turned over to crown officials.
D)commercial restrictions were relaxed.
57
As related in "Getting Out: The First Rule of Holes," George Germain believed that Britain could prevail against revolutionary sentiment by gentle perseverance.
A)True
B)False
58
As reported in "Fallen Timbers Broken Alliance," after the battle at Fallen Timbers:
A)the Indians found refuge at Fort Miamis.
B)the British-Indian alliance collapsed.
C)the Indians were joined in the field by the British.
D)none of the Indian leaders were left alive.
59
As noted in "Fallen Timbers Broken Alliance," Arthur St. Clair's main flaw was:
A)personal cowardice.
B)lack of the personal force to discipline men.
C)underestimating the abilities of the enemy.
D)failure to understand topography.
60
As suggested in "Fallen Timbers Broken Alliance," Anthony Wayne readily accepted Washington's offer because Wayne was bored with the wealthy planter lifestyle.
A)True
B)False
61
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.
62
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.
63
As pointed out in "The Best of Enemies," both Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton disliked all things British.
A)True
B)False
64
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.
65
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.
66
As stated in "Cliffhanger," the presidential campaign of 1800 was largely played out in the print media.
A)True
B)False
67
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.
68
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.
69
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
70
According to "Women in the Early Republic," the period between 1790 and 1830 is generally glossed over in the field of U.S. women's history because:
A)there is little documentation of happenings in this period.
B)the experiences of men and women in this period were very similar.
C)the periods before and after these decades were more eventful and easier to teach.
D)women's history, as a distinct field, is still very new.
71
Women's history topics covered beginning in the 1830s, as mentioned in "Women in the Early Republic," include all of the following except:
A)Lowell mill workers.
B)the cult of domesticity.
C)female reformers and abolitionists.
D)female business owners.
72
In spite of the appeal of republican motherhood, as noted in "Women in the Early Republic," there were almost no opportunities for girls to be educated in order to grow into the well-informed mothers the ideology advocated.
A)True
B)False
73
As reported in "The Everyday Life of Enslaved People," short-staple cotton became a profitable commodity due to increased demand and:
A)development of economically dyes.
B)invention of a mechanical picker.
C)climate changes in southern states.
D)introduction of efficient cotton gins.
74
As noted in "The Everyday Life of Enslaved People," owners in upper South states began to consider selling slaves because:
A)slave prices declined.
B)the profitability of tobacco declined.
C)agricultural labor became more hazardous.
D)the slave population declined.
75
As stated in "The Everyday Life of Enslaved People," enslaved people were largely unaware and uninterested in the financial condition of the men who claimed to own them.
A)True
B)False
76
The histories of the rise of the factory system in the United States that were written in the 1970s, as explained in "Liberty is Exploitation," differed from most economic and business histories in that they focused on the concerns of:
A)consumers.
B)factory managers.
C)average workers.
D)distant investors.
77
. The first to respond to Samuel Slater's advertisements looking for apprentices for his factories, as presented in "Liberty is Exploitation," were:
A)recent immigrants looking to learn a new trade.
B)poor-law officials who sent indigent boys.
C)young, unmarried women.
D)former slaves.
78
Until recently, as noted in "Liberty is Exploitation," the rise of the factory system in the early American republic has received little interest from historians.
A)True
B)False
79
According to "Play Ball!", the first openly professional baseball team was from:
A)New York City.
B)Chicago.
C)Cincinnati.
D)Cleveland.
80
As stated in "Play Ball!", the New York Mutuals baseball team represented:
A)the city's banking institutions.
B)a cooperative of insurance underwriters.
C)firefighters.
D)Tammany Hall.
81
As noted in "Play Ball!", baseball was originated by Abner Doubleday.
A)True
B)False
82
As reported in "Change Agent," the principle at the heart of Andrew Jackson's gospel was:
A)the President is the servant of Congress.
B)the people had too large a role in government.
C)the people must be managed before they can be served.
D)the majority is to govern.
83
As noted in "Change Agent," the scandal involving Andrew Jackson's wife was that she:
A)had a child out of wedlock.
B)had killed her first husband's lover.
C)had not divorced her first husband when she married Jackson.
D)was of mixed race.
84
As stated in "Change Agent," the people of the United States believed that Andrew Jackson represented their interests against the powerful few.
A)True
B)False
85
As reported in "The Inebriated Election of 1840," 30 days after his inauguration, William Henry Harrison:
A)gave up drinking for religious reasons.
B)proposed a national tax on alcohol.
C)got married.
D)died.
86
In his discussion of cider, the author of "The Inebriated Election of 1840" contends that:
A)the best brand is Samuel Smith's.
B)it is still traded for votes in some districts.
C)it was associated with New England.
D)it was the drink of choice among nineteenth-century immigrants.
87
As stated in "The Inebriated Election of 1840," William Henry Harrison was born to a poor frontier family.
A)True
B)False
88
According to "The Awful March of the Saints," the reason handcarts were used in the "Divine Scheme" of Brigham Young to bring converts to Utah was:
A)to weed out the physically weak.
B)to give Mormons an opportunity to demonstrate their faith.
C)to save money.
D)a lack of animals to pull wagons.
89
As stated in "The Awful March of the Saints," Patience Loader said that her mother got her and her sister moving on one cold morning by:
A)imploring them.
B)pretending to fall.
C)threatening them.
D)giving them food.
90
As noted in "The Awful March of the Saints," the Mormon party under Edward Martin was the only one to spend the winter in Florence.
A)True
B)False
91
As related in "The Emancipation Question," among the conclusions William Sewell reached in Barbados was that:
A)planters prefer slave to free labor.
B)the masses were worse off after emancipation.
C)a decline in sugar production predated emancipation.
D)slavery was more economical than free labor.
92
As reported in "The Emancipation Question," Alexis de Tocqueville contended that the abolition of slavery in the English colonies:
A)had not cost the life of a single man.
B)reduced the population of blacks.
C)increased the production of sugar.
D)led to multiple insurrections.
93
As stated in "The Emancipation Question," both abolitionists and pro-slavery publications agreed that slaves were expensive.
A)True
B)False
94
According to "Abolitionist John Doy," John Doy's profession was:
A)doctor.
B)lawyer.
C)newspaper editor.
D)minister.
95
As reported in "Abolitionist John Doy," African American William Riley:
A)died during Doy's arrest.
B)was an escaped slave.
C)had his free papers.
D)had never been kidnapped before.
96
As pointed out in "Abolitionist John Doy," John Doy was never convicted of any crime.
A)True
B)False
97
According to "There Goes the South," Abraham Lincoln contended at the time of his election that the sole way out of the nation's impasse over slavery was:
A)emancipation.
B)expatriation of slaves.
C)a prohibition against acquiring new territory.
D)an extension of the Missouri Compromise.
98
As noted in "There Goes the South," in the months between his election and inauguration, Abraham Lincoln:
A)said very little in public about slavery.
B)offered no means of conciliation for southern states.
C)broke with tradition by often speaking in public as president-elect.
D)made his position on slavery very clear.
99
As reported in "There Goes the South," Lincoln believed at the time of his first election that he did not have the legal authority to abolish slavery.
A)True
B)False
100
President Lincoln, as explained in "Lincoln and the Constitutional Dilemma of Emancipation," based his authority in freeing enslaved workers on:
A)the right to due process.
B)the right to free speech and association.
C)congressional authority to enact legislation.
D)presidential war powers.
101
Prior to the formal Emancipation Proclamation, as set forth in "Lincoln and the Constitutional Dilemma of Emancipation," Lincoln had felt obligated to uphold states' rights to permit slavery because the Constitution protected:
A)the right of states to establish their own laws.
B)free trade between the states.
C)property rights.
D)privacy rights.
102
According to "Lincoln and the Constitutional Dilemma of Emancipation," Lincoln believed that the treatment of slavery in the U.S. Constitution suggested that the framers had intended for the institution to continue indefinitely.
A)True
B)False
103
According to "Steven Hahn Sings the Slaves Triumphant," historians have learned that the abolitionist movement was:
A)about transferring property more than power.
B)driven by forces outside the United States.
C)made chiefly by people of African descent.
D)a small wing of the Republican Party.
104
As stated in "Steven Hahn Sings the Slaves Triumphant," southern slaveholders:
A)opposed government intervention in any aspect of slavery.
B)saw numerous huge slave uprisings.
C)had no concern about their ability to control slave behavior.
D)believed the slaves were engaging in rebellious behavior.
105
As pointed out in "Steven Hahn Sings the Slaves Triumphant," Steven Hahn maintains that theoretically slavery was not legal in the North at the time of the Civil War.
A)True
B)False
106
In discussing Wallace Turnage's background, the author of "A Slave's Audacious Bid for Freedom" notes that:
A)both of his parents had been slaves.
B)he had been sold multiple times.
C)he had no memory of his family.
D)he had always worked as a field hand.
107
As reported in "A Slave's Audacious Bid for Freedom," the incident that precipitated Wallace Turnage's leaving the Minge family was:
A)a dispute over money owed him.
B)on a river boat in Savannah.
C)a carriage accident.
D)being ordered to steal.
108
As stated in "A Slave's Audacious Bid for Freedom," Wallace Turnage lived into the twentieth century.
A)True
B)False
109
As maintained in "How the West Was Lost," short-term reasons for the conflicts on the Great Plains between whites and the Native Americans included all of the following except:
A)the bison.
B)disease.
C)gold.
D)protecting travelers.
110
As stated in "How the West Was Lost," the great natural resource of the Plains was:
A)its river system.
B)fertile land for farming.
C)the buffalo.
D)coal.
111
Before the arrival of the whites, according to "How the West Was Lost," native groups were rarely in conflict with neighboring peoples for resources.
A)True
B)False
112
As reported in "Creating a Military Image: Lincoln as Commander in Chief," Abraham Lincoln believed the best civilian morale booster would be:
A)military success.
B)prosperity.
C)personal loyalty.
D)emancipation.
113
As observed in "Creating a Military Image: Lincoln as Commander in Chief," Abraham Lincoln's understanding of the common people came from his:
A)experience in the military.
B)being one of them.
C)faith.
D)experience in elected office.
114
As stated in "Creating a Military Image: Lincoln as Commander in Chief," Mason Locke Weems's The Life of Washington was a veneration of the professional soldier.
A)True
B)False
115
During the Civil War, as described in "The American Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction on the World Stage," to the international community, the Confederacy claimed the Civil War was primarily concerned with:
A)Northern greed.
B)inheritance rights.
C)unfair taxation.
D)self-determination.
116
White Southerners, as reported in "The American Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction on the World Stage," sought sanction for their succession on recent history in all of the following countries except:
A)Poland.
B)Spain.
C)Italy.
D)Greece.
117
Both the North and the South, as noted in "The American Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction on the World Stage," sought international support for their cause.
A)True
B)False





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