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1
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.
2
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.
3
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
4
In "How a War of Terror Kept Blacks Oppressed Long After the Civil War Ended," the "war of terror" refers to the:
A)enslaving of blacks in the United States.
B)revenge taken by freed black slaves against white former slave owners after the Civil War.
C)Northerners' treatment of Southerners at the end of the Civil War.
D)fear and murder campaigns against black freed slaves by white Southern Democrats during Reconstruction.
5
As explained in "How a War of Terror Kept Blacks Oppressed Long After the Civil War Ended," the Sweetwater Sabre Club was a group of:
A)black freedmen who established a town in South Carolina.
B)white men who hoarded guns with the intention of demonstrating white superiority.
C)black politicians who rose to power after the Civil War.
D)white Northerners who came South to help black freed slaves after the Civil War.
6
As noted in "How a War of Terror Kept Blacks Oppressed Long After the Civil War Ended," the raid on Hamburg, South Carolina, was a direct result of the murder of a white man by black residents of the city.
A)True
B)False
7
As presented in "The Nez Perce Flight for Justice," the Oregon Nez Perce under Chief Joseph left the Wallowa Valley, where they had lived for centuries, because:
A)natural resources in the area had dried up, and the land could no longer sustain such a large population.
B)white settlers had moved into the area, and the Nez Perce did not get along with white people.
C)the federal government forced the group to relocate to a reservation.
D)the group wished to relocate to Canada, where other Nez Perce awaited them.
8
As profiled in "The Nez Perce Flight for Justice," Chief Joseph is characterized as a:
A)skilled negotiator.
B)fierce warrior.
C)enemy of white people.
D)troublesome dissident.
9
As described in "The Nez Perce Flight for Justice," Chief Joseph's downfall was his refusal to listen to the advice of other chiefs traveling with his party.
A)True
B)False
10
According to "How the West Was Spun," Sitting Bull offered "star power" to William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West show because the Sioux chief was known as the man who:
A)killed more than 4,000 buffalo in a U.S. government campaign to wipe out the animal.
B)instigated the uprising that overwhelmed George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
C)volunteered to serve the U.S. Army in its battles against other Indian tribes.
D)consistently prevailed in battles against U.S. military troops.
11
As profiled in "How the West Was Spun," Sitting Bull's presence in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show reinforced to white audiences the message that:
A)Americans were generous conquerors who attacked only when provoked.
B)Indians were the enemy and should not be trusted or cooperated with.
C)Indians had been mistreated and abused at the hands of white conquerors.
D)what mattered most in any battle was who was right and who was wrong.
12
As noted in "How the West Was Spun," one of the biggest concerns with Cody's Wild West show was Cody's mistreatment of the Indian actors.
A)True
B)False
13
According to "Gifts of the 'Robber Barons'," the greatest blemish on the reputation of Andrew Carnegie was:
A)the pollution of the Ohio River caused by U.S. Steel.
B)insider trading in shipbuilding stocks.
C)the lockout and strike at the Homestead Steel Works.
D)sweetheart deals for cronies.
14
As reported in "Gifts of the 'Robber Barons'," the motivation of Andrew Carnegie's philanthropy was:
A)guilt.
B)that he thought it was the right thing to do.
C)religious conviction.
D)a desire to affect public opinion.
15
As related in "Gifts of the 'Robber Barons'," Andrew Carnegie was first attracted to the Republican Party because of its antislavery sentiments.
A)True
B)False
16
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.
17
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.
18
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
19
As reported in "A Day to Remember: December 29, 1890," the most influential of all Sioux leaders was:
A)Red Cloud.
B)Short Bull.
C)Kicking Bear.
D)Sitting Bull.
20
As discussed in "A Day to Remember: December 29, 1890," the new beliefs introduced by the Paiute Wovoka:
A)called for armed uprisings to drive the whites off the prairie.
B)involved the use of hallucinogenic drugs.
C)were never embraced by Kicking Bear.
D)included the rebirth of the dead.
21
As noted in "A Day to Remember: December 29, 1890," Ghost Dancers believed their garments rendered them impervious to the white man's bullets.
A)True
B)False
22
According to "Utopia Derailed," the community of Pullman was originally intended to be a:
A)small area within a larger city where factory workers would be housed.
B)low-cost refuge for striking labor-union members.
C)working-class paradise, free from the usual labor-management concerns.
D)suburb for wealthy management-level employees of Pullman-car factories.
23
As claimed in "Utopia Derailed," the majority of factory workers employed in Pullman were:
A)American born.
B)commuters from downtown Chicago.
C)immigrants from dozens of different countries.
D)educated professionals who had fallen on hard times.
24
As noted in "Utopia Derailed," George Pullman's actions in the face of the economic depression and its aftermath demonstrated his personal conviction to support his lowest-earning workers.
A)True
B)False
25
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.
26
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.
27
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
28
As presented in "TR's Wild Side," Theodore Roosevelt believed that first-rate soldiers were best made by:
A)exposure to hand-to-hand combat.
B)extensive formal military training.
C)serving the public in a political office.
D)learning to survive in the wild.
29
As defined in "TR's Wild Side," "biophilia" refers to a:
A)desire to be touched by nature in daily life.
B)discomfort with natural surroundings.
C)fear of animals.
D)desire to go to war.
30
As noted in "TR's Wild Side," historians believe that Roosevelt's creation of federal bird sanctuaries in Florida was a direct result of his being delayed there before going to war.
A)True
B)False
31
According to "Joe Hill: 'I Never Died'," police suspected Joe Hill in the murders of John and Arling Morrison because:
A)Hill had a large sum of money for which he could not account.
B)Hill had acquired a bullet wound on the night of the crime.
C)the Mormon church despised Joe Hill.
D)there was known to be bad blood between Hill and the Morrisons.
32
As stated in "Joe Hill: 'I Never Died'," the Industrial Workers of the World union:
A)contends that the more unions there are, the better.
B)advocates violence in extreme cases.
C)advocates industrial sabotage.
D)no longer exists.
33
The author of "Joe Hill: 'I Never Died'" maintains that the trial of Joe Hill was by all accounts a shambles.
A)True
B)False
34
According to "A Machine of Practical Utility," October 5, 1905, was of supreme significance to Wilbur and Orville Wright because it was the day that the brothers:
A)discussed the possibility of creating a flying machine.
B)were able to get an airplane into the air.
C)were able to sustain the long, controlled flight of an airplane.
D)moved their experimental flight operations from sand flats to a cow pasture.
35
As explained in "A Machine of Practical Utility," the first experimental aircraft that the Wright brothers attempted to fly was a:
A)kite.
B)piloted glider.
C)powered airplane.
D)hot-air balloon.
36
As argued in "A Machine of Practical Utility," it was not surprising that the Wright brothers would eventually create an airplane, since both had studied aerodynamic principles in college.
A)True
B)False
37
As claimed in "A Brief History of Fear," the outcome of a market panic hinges on the:
A)presence of a strong leader.
B)existence of adequate technology.
C)adequacy of government bank regulations.
D)ability of banks to maintain secrecy.
38
As explained in "A Brief History of Fear," trust companies were a source of financial uncertainty for J.P. Morgan because they:
A)did not operate like commercial banks.
B)were secretive in their dealings with the public.
C)were never able to achieve solvency.
D)fell outside regulatory purview.
39
According to "A Brief History of Fear," the ability of the telegraph to widely convey information eased investor uncertainty when the Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Co. failed.
A)True
B)False
40
According to "A Day to Remember: March 25, 1911 Triangle Fire,", most of the employees of the Triangle Waist Company were:
A)Irish immigrants.
B)African Americans.
C)middle aged men.
D)young women.
41
As pointed out in "A Day to Remember: March 25, 1911 Triangle Fire," the Greene Street exit to the Asch Building was:
A)impassable on the day of the fire.
B)limited as an exit because of partitions.
C)where the fire began.
D)routinely locked from the outside.
42
As stated in "A Day to Remember: March 25, 1911 Triangle Fire," Charles E. Murphy of Tammany Hall supported the 1909 strike by the Women's Trade Union League.
A)True
B)False
43
As explained in "The $5 Day," besides sharing the wealth that Ford Motor Company had accumulated, Henry Ford and James Couzens decided to raise the minimum wage for factory workers because the:
A)company had decided to hire only skilled workers.
B)company's current workers had sought out training to become more skilled.
C)United Auto Workers union had pressured the company to raise wages.
D)new assembly-line method of production resulted in high worker turnover.
44
As claimed in "The $5 Day," Ford Motor Company's $5 day redefined the relationship between:
A)workers and management.
B)compensation and skill.
C)thinking and following orders.
D)stockholders and business owners.
45
As noted in "The $5 Day," rising factory wages accelerated the migration of immigrants and rural Americans to industrial cities.
A)True
B)False
46
According to "To Make the World Safe for Democracy," President Woodrow Wilson and Congress declared war on Germany because:
A)Germany had attacked the United States at Fort Sumter.
B)the United States government saw the affairs of Europe as its own.
C)Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare appeared to threaten democratic nations.
D)European soldiers had entered the United States to protect their own interests in the Americas.
47
As explained in "To Make the World Safe for Democracy," World War I marked the first time that:
A)America would enter into a European war.
B)the United States was attacked on its own soil by a foreign nation.
C)the U.S. public disagreed with a decision to go to war.
D)Congress did not support the president in a declaration of war.
48
As noted in "To Make the World Safe for Democracy," only after World War II did the United States maintain an ongoing military presence abroad.
A)True
B)False
49
According to "The Democrats' Deadlocked Ballot Brawl of 1924," the most recent deadlocked Democratic convention occurred in:
A)2008, and resulted in the nomination of Barack Obama.
B)1964, and resulted in the nomination of Lyndon B. Johnson.
C)1932, and resulted in the nomination of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
D)1952, and resulted in the nomination of Adlai Stevenson.
50
As profiled in "The Democrats' Deadlocked Ballot Brawl of 1924," as the 1924 Democratic convention opened:
A)one candidate had a clear lead over all the others.
B)there were 15 candidates, and no one was close to a two-thirds majority.
C)the frontrunners agreed on most issues.
D)there were no particular issues that stood out as important to the candidates or delegates.
51
As noted in "The Democrats' Deadlocked Ballot Brawl of 1924," when there is no clear winner in a party convention, the voting continues until someone receives a two-thirds majority.
A)True
B)False
52
As explained in "Between Heaven and Earth," Charles Lindbergh became an American symbol of the triumph of technology over geography when he:
A)became an aviation hero in World War II.
B)made the first successful transatlantic solo flight.
C)invented a machine that allowed for organ transplants.
D)was honored in Germany for his accomplishments.
53
As presented in "Between Heaven and Earth," with his early flight accomplishments, Lindbergh was most interested in:
A)extolling the virtues of American technology and engineering.
B)gaining fame and hero status for himself.
C)advancing the cause for World War II.
D)demonstrating the dangers of experimental air flight.
54
As noted in "Between Heaven and Earth," Lindbergh blamed the kidnapping and death of his son on his own fame and notoriety in the media.
A)True
B)False
55
The author of "Evolution on Trial" concludes that the creation versus evolution trial took place in Dayton because:
A)only John Scopes had the courage to teach evolution in the classroom.
B)it was chosen as the best possible test case.
C)it was a stunt by enterprising town boosters.
D)the people of the town were eager to have the state law changed.
56
As reported in "Evolution on Trial," in discussing the town of Dayton, H.L. Mencken:
A)made it clear that he hated the town because it was impossible to get a drink there.
B)found it a beautiful country town.
C)was surprised by the intelligence of its residents.
D)pointed out the animosity the trial had engendered among residents.
57
As noted in "Evolution on Trial," the American Civil Liberties Union offered a reward to anyone who would challenge the Tennessee statute outlawing the teaching of evolution.
A)True
B)False
58
According to "Remember the Roaring '20s?", the principal reason that the fundamentals of U.S. economy were not strong in the 1920s and are not strong today is because:
A)economists refuse to recognize the "natural economy" of the free market.
B)politicians are not aware of the economic crisis.
C)economic fundamentalists are in charge of the economy.
D)consumers refuse to spend money to boost the economy.
59
As portrayed in "Remember the Roaring '20s?", the survival of the industrial economy of the 1920s required:
A)increased taxation of the middle class.
B)a return to "market-god" fundamentalist policy.
C)the existence of a strong work ethic.
D)a rise in mass consumption.
60
As noted in "Remember the Roaring '20s?", one of the best ways to encourage a consumption economy is through advertising.
A)True
B)False
61
As presented in "15 Minutes that Saved America," President Franklin Roosevelt's March 12, 1933, address to the nation marked the first time that a president had:
A)used the radio as a tool to reach the American people.
B)prepared a speech to be published in a newspaper.
C)spoken to the public through an address prepared for Congress .
D)prepared and delivered an intimate talk specifically directed to the American public.
62
As portrayed in "15 Minutes that Saved America," within 48 hours of taking office, President Roosevelt:
A)delivered his first fireside chat.
B)declared a national bank holiday.
C)established "Hoovervilles," or homeless communities, for the public.
D)released $700 million from the Federal Reserve to keep banks alive.
63
As noted in "15 Minutes that Saved America," by studying his predecessors, Roosevelt became aware of the power of the presidential word.
A)True
B)False
64
According to "Lessons from the Great Crash," President Franklin Roosevelt placed the blame for the Depression squarely on the shoulder of the:
A)American people.
B)bankers and industrial lenders.
C)socialists.
D)populists.
65
As claimed in "Lessons from the Great Crash," the two themes that informed much of Roosevelt's presidency were:
A)the support of private ownership and the elimination of the welfare state.
B)a return to normalcy and the reenactment of traditional economic policies.
C)the virtues of communism and the evils of capitalism.
D)hostility to big business and a readiness to break with tradition.
66
As noted in "Lessons from the Great Crash," the United States was one of the few industrial nations of Roosevelt's time that did not adopt a socialist political philosophy.
A)True
B)False
67
As reported in "When America Sent Her Own Packing," when repatriation began in 1931:
A)it was at the direction of the federal government.
B)only illegal aliens were involved.
C)the Mexican consul in Los Angeles condemned it.
D)a disproportionate number of deportees were Mexicans.
68
According to "When America Sent Her Own Packing," when Emilia Castaneda left the United States in 1935:
A)she was returning to the country of her birth.
B)she was an American citizen.
C)she did not speak English.
D)only her mother accompanied her.
69
As noted in "When America Sent Her Own Packing," the Wickersham Commission found nothing wrong with Labor Secretary Doak's efforts to deport Mexicans.
A)True
B)False
70
According to "Labor Strikes Back," the central battlefield of the sit-down strikes was in:
A)retail establishments.
B)craft industries.
C)the automobile industry.
D)the service sector.
71
As reported in "Labor Strikes Back," the catalyst that led to the sit-down strike at General Motors was management's decision to:
A)tie wages to production speed.
B)eliminate certain benefits.
C)stall negotiations for a new contract.
D)relocate the dies to sites with less union penetration.
72
As noted in "Labor Strikes Back," by the end of 1937, public opinion had turned against sit-down strikes.
A)True
B)False
73
As profiled in "Flight of the Wasp," the purpose of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) organization created during World War II was to:
A)work in the factories that manufactured planes for the war.
B)fly combat missions as the war escalated and more pilots were needed.
C)train women to become pilots for future military operations.
D)fly domestic missions to free up male pilots for war duties.
74
As presented in "Flight of the Wasp," the Pentagon rejected the use of female pilots in the military, saying that women:
A)were too high strung for wartime flying.
B)would threaten the jobs of male pilots with their superior skills.
C)were needed for more important tasks during wartime.
D)would never be able to learn how to fly.
75
As noted in "Flight of the Wasp," an important consideration for Jacqueline Cochran, the head of the WASP program, was that her pilots be physically attractive.
A)True
B)False
76
According to "Ike at D-Day," the only factor over which Gen. Dwight Eisenhower had no control during the invasion of Normandy was the:
A)response of the Germans.
B)weather.
C)preparedness of the Allied troops.
D)cooperation of the British government.
77
As claimed in "Ike at D-Day," one of the few signs of Eisenhower's tension leading up to the decision to invade Normandy was his:
A)frantic back-and-forth pacing in his small quarters.
B)frequent phone contact with Washington.
C)escalating anger when interacting with his advisors.
D)increasingly rapid rate of chain-smoking.
78
As noted in "Ike at D-Day," the easiest factor in planning the invasion of Normandy was that the invasion could be launched at any time.
A)True
B)False
79
In discussing the provisions of the Marshall Plan, the author of "Dollar Diplomacy" notes that:
A)the aid could only be used for a specific list of purposes.
B)the plan made distinctions between former allies and former enemies.
C)it was up to the European governments whether to accept the aid or not.
D)Marshall listed specific nations that would not be eligible for aid.
80
Among the heroes of the Marshall Plan identified in "Dollar Diplomacy" were all of the following except:
A)William Clayton.
B)Arthur Vandenberg.
C)Ernest Bevin.
D)W. Averell Harriman.
81
As pointed out in "Dollar Diplomacy," Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin denounced the Marshall Plan.
A)True
B)False
82
According to "Command Performance," Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway believed that the disappointing early performance of U.S. troops in Korea was due to the Americans':
A)failure to understand the war as an ideological crusade.
B)reluctance to use atomic weapons against the Chinese.
C)inadequate weaponry when compared to the Chinese.
D)overdependence on machinery and technology.
83
As detailed in "Command Performance," the difference between Ridgway's concept of leadership and that of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's was that Ridgway believed that:
A)troop confidence stemmed primarily from the greatness of the troop leader.
B)no leader should impose his will on the troops under his command.
C)troop confidence stemmed primarily from the men's confidence in themselves.
D)a dead leader is a greater loss overall than a dead soldier.
84
As noted in "Command Performance," one of Ridgway's philosophies was to downplay the true nature of war in order to win the support of the public for military actions.
A)True
B)False
85
As explained in "Crisis at Central High," the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education:
A)established the doctrine of "separate but equal."
B)outlawed segregation in the southern U.S. states.
C)forced black students to attend all-white schools.
D)outlawed segregation in all public schools.
86
As claimed in "Crisis at Central High," the key battleground states for the implementation of the Court's ruling were:
A)southern states with large black populations.
B)northern states with primarily liberal political views.
C)southern states with relatively few black residents.
D)Midwestern, conservative farming communities.
87
As set forth in "Crisis at Central High," when the Court issued its Brown v. Board of Education ruling, Little Rock, Arkansas, had already successfully implemented limited desegregation in several areas.
A)True
B)False
88
As presented in "Launch of a New World," the successful launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik sparked the:
A)beginning of the Space Age.
B)end of the Cold War.
C)creation of the U.S. satellite Vanguard.
D)invention of television.
89
As defined in "Launch of a New World," Arpanet was a:
A)Pentagon technology think-tank.
B)computer network that evolved into the Internet.
C)U.S. surveillance satellite.
D)global scientific program.
90
According to "Launch of a New World," the launch of Sputnik was a shock to the United States because most Americans, including U.S. scientists, did not think the Russians were capable of satellite technology.
A)True
B)False
91
As argued in "Will the Left Ever Learn to Communicate across Generations?", a major problem with the radical left movement of the 1960s was:
A)generational discontinuities.
B)emotional detachment.
C)a shortage of new, committed leaders.
D)a lack of interest on the part of students on campus.
92
As presented in "Will the Left Ever Learn to Communicate across Generations?", the founding document of the organization Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was:
A)"Two, Three, Many Columbias."
B)"Two, Three, Many Vietnams."
C)the Port Huron Statement.
D)Writings for a Democratic Society.
93
As stated in "Will the Left Ever Learn to Communicate across Generations?", it is best for young radicals to listen to their elders without scrutinizing or critiquing the wisdom they receive.
A)True
B)False
94
As claimed in "King's Complex Legacy," like other historical figures, the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has been:
A)enhanced to make King appear more important than he was.
B)simplified by glossing over his anger, militancy, and disappointments.
C)denigrated in an attempt to discredit him.
D)diminished, with most of his major accomplishments ignored.
95
According to "King's Complex Legacy," at the time of King's death, he was consumed by the issues of:
A)race relations and affirmative action.
B)the economy and the environment.
C)war and poverty.
D)politics and religion.
96
As noted in "King's Complex Legacy," King believed that the U.S. national purpose was to fulfill the promise of equal citizenship.
A)True
B)False
97
According to "The Spirit of '78, Stayin' Alive," November 1978 marked the birth of the modern:
A)gay rights movement.
B)civil rights movement.
C)New Deal liberalism.
D)Republican Party.
98
As claimed in "The Spirit of '78, Stayin' Alive," in 1978, all of the following impacted the gay community except the:
A)assassination of San Francisco politician Harvey Milk.
B)repeal of gay-friendly laws in several cities.
C)coming out of popular entertainer Anita Bryant.
D)hiring of the gay community's first Washington lobbyist.
99
As noted in "The Spirit of '78, Stayin' Alive," by 1978, most wealthy households had home computers and were already communicating by e-mail.
A)True
B)False
100
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.
101
As noted in "Soft Power: Reagan the Dove," Soviet premierMikhail 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.
102
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
103
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.
104
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.
105
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
106
As discussed in "The Rove Presidency," Karl Rove's political hero is:
A)Thomas Jefferson.
B)Franklin Roosevelt.
C)William McKinley.
D)Andrew Jackson.
107
As noted in "The Rove Presidency," the element of Karl Rove's realignment project that was successfully enacted was reform in:
A)Social Security.
B)education.
C)welfare.
D)immigration law.
108
As reported in "The Rove Presidency," the reason for George Bush's reelection was his ability to persuade just enough people that he was the better man to manage the war.
A)True
B)False
109
As claimed in "Good Health for America?", President Barack Obama's healthcare reform package has caused controversy because opponents say it:
A)does nothing to regulate the private insurance market.
B)only benefits the wealthiest citizens.
C)is tantamount to communism.
D)does not include a "public option."
110
As defined in "Good Health for America?", "path dependency" is the idea that:
A)people can become too dependent on the government for services.
B)early decisions can significantly constrain later possibilities for change.
C)different groups or governments can take different paths to reach the same goal.
D)the right path for one group is not necessarily the right path for another.
111
As noted in "Good Health for America?", the concept of statutory health insurance originated in Germany as an effort, in part, to counteract the appeal of socialism.
A)True
B)False
112
According to "An Empire at Risk," the ability of the United States to manage its finances is closely tied to its ability to:
A)maintain the size of its population.
B)remain the predominant global military power.
C)provide stimulus packages to banks.
D)avoid another world war.
113
As claimed in "An Empire at Risk," the thing that makes a stimulus program actually work is the:
A)amount of the stimulus package compared to the overall deficit.
B)ability to put simultaneous tax increases into place.
C)rules and requirements that go along with the stimulus.
D)change in borrowing by the entire public sector.
114
As argued in "An Empire at Risk," unless entitlements are cut or taxes are raised, there will never be another balanced budget in the United States.
A)True
B)False
115
As profiled in "What Do We Owe the Indians?", the twenty-first-century "battle" to which Crow tribal member Bill Yellowtail refers involves:
A)military actions.
B)legal disputes.
C)gang warfare.
D)inter-tribal disagreements.
116
According to "What Do We Owe the Indians?", George Washington believed that the Indians:
A)were a threat to the sovereignty of the new federal government.
B)should be relocated to allow white settlers to move westward.
C)had a right to the land on which they lived.
D)should be allowed to participate in the workings of the U.S. government.
117
As presented in "What Do We Owe the Indians?", the irony of the forced relocation of the Indians by the U.S. government is that the land the Indians were forced to accept contains valuable amounts of essential natural resources.
A)True
B)False
118
As claimed in "Becoming Us," the dilemma of assimilation has re-emerged powerfully in the past decade due to the influx of:
A)Asian immigrants, who attend U.S. colleges and enter middle-class neighborhoods.
B)Jewish immigrants, who threaten the Christian religious heritage of the country.
C)Mexican immigrants, many of whom are in the country illegally.
D)Western European immigrants, who maintain their own language and cultural traditions.
119
According to "Becoming Us," statistics show that Mexican immigrants are more likely than other immigrant populations to:
A)assimilate into U.S. culture.
B)identify emotionally with their country of origin.
C)marry outside of their ethnic group
D)graduate from high school.
120
As claimed in "Becoming Us," immigrants in the United States are either assimilated or they are not.
A)True
B)False
121
As defined in "Ending the Slavery Blame-Game," in discussions of slavery in the United States, very little attention is given to the:
A)idea of reparations for the descendants of American slaves.
B)role of European countries in the advancement and continuation of slavery.
C)underlying racism that supported slavery in the United States.
D)role that Africans played in the slave trade.
122
As argued in "Ending the Slavery Blame-Game," one truth about slavery is that it:
A)usually involved white slave traders capturing Africans and bringing them to America.
B)existed on a much larger scale than has ever been reported.
C)was a lucrative business arrangement between European buyers and African sellers.
D)requires extensive historical guesswork in order to understand its complexity.
123
As noted in "Ending the Slavery Blame-Game," African leaders have recently become more comfortable discussing African involvement in slavery.
A)True
B)False
124
As defined in "The American Character," "American exceptionalism" refers to the idea that:
A)America's struggles reflect the struggles of all people.
B)the American story is somehow unique.
C)Americans are better than other people.
D)Americans are inferior to other people.
125
As detailed in "The American Character," the American exceptionalist paradigm is evident in all of the following concepts except:
A)rugged individualism.
B)a melting pot of immigrants.
C)the self-made man.
D)the working-class struggle.
126
As noted in "The American Character," ongoing European influence on American ideas and culture undermines the notion of American exceptionalism for many historians.
A)True
B)False
127
In "Global Warming," the author's contentions about global climate change include that it:
A)can in no measure be controlled.
B)was caused by the market.
C)has no winners, only losers.
D)will have little to do with global distribution of power and money.
128
As suggested in "Global Warming," what seems to be the perfect large firm of the future, from an investment standpoint, is:
A)Eli Lily.
B)Syngenta.
C)Monsanto.
D)General Electric.
129
As pointed out in "Global Warming," progress on greenhouse-gas-reduction research would be faster if the government spent nothing on it.
A)True
B)False
130
As reported in "Boom Century," most of the optimism of the baby boomers came from:
A)victory in World War II and Korea.
B)television and popular media.
C)the nation's dynamic economy.
D)the Jeffersonian ideal of progress.
131
Regarding the attitudes of baby boomers, the author of "Boom Century" notes that they:
A)used their sense of privilege to work for the better good.
B)have an overall undeveloped sense of personal entitlement.
C)are less tolerant of loose personal mores than were their parents.
D)have political apathy as their calling card.
132
As stated in "Boom Century," many of the ideas in Benjamin Spock's child care books had been around for decades.
A)True
B)False





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