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Gavin Menzies, who argues that the Chinese discovered America, says that |
| | A) | these Chinese discoverers left no evidence of their contact. |
| | B) | these Chinese explorers built a palace in honor of their emperor along the coast of Nova Scotia. |
| | C) | the California coastline is full of evidence of these Chinese voyages. |
| | D) | these explorers established permanent residence along the Sacramento River. |
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Robert Finlay, who insists that the Chinese did not discover America, says that |
| | A) | the Chinese did not have any navy at the time of their alleged discovery. |
| | B) | Columbus was aware of these Chinese voyages. |
| | C) | the voyages described by Menzies were confined to South America and did not extend to the area that is now the continental United States. |
| | D) | all of the evidence presented by Menzies for these Chinese fleets is baseless. |
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According to Professor Morgan, relations between the English colonists and Powhatan's Indians in Virginia in the years 1609-1619 were for the most part |
| | A) | peaceful |
| | B) | contentious |
| | C) | non-existent |
| | D) | tolerant of one another |
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According to Morgan, the earliest Virginia settlers: |
| | A) | never grew enough food to feed themselves |
| | B) | were dependent upon the Indians for food |
| | C) | lacked the desire to become self-sufficient farmers |
| | D) | did all of the above |
| | E) | did none of the above |
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According to Kevin Kenny, who believes that conflict between Europeans and Native Americans was inevitable, the Paxton Boys ushered in a new order of hostility toward Native Americans that reached fruition in the |
| | A) | French and Indian War. |
| | B) | American Revolution. |
| | C) | Pontiac's Rebellion. |
| | D) | War of 1812. |
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According to Cynthia Van Zandt, who does not believe conflict between Europeans and Native Americans was inevitable, alliances between European colonists and American Indians were |
| | A) | doomed to failure from the start. |
| | B) | fell victim to racial prejudices each group had for the other. |
| | C) | not broken apart by cultural differences between the two groups. |
| | D) | continued into the early nineteenth century. |
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According to Lyle Koehler, who believes that the Salem witchcraft hysteria was caused by women's search for power, those who were accused of witchcraft often were |
| | A) | non-traditional women who did not clearly fit the ideal image of femininity |
| | B) | older men who had abandoned their wives. |
| | C) | the wives of ministers. |
| | D) | None of the above |
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According to Laurie Winn Carlson, who does not believe that the Salem witchcraft hysteria was caused by a fear of women, the tensions in Salem were a product of |
| | A) | colonial conflict with England. |
| | B) | frontier disputes with Native Americans and the French in northern New England. |
| | C) | conflicts between residents of Salem Town and Salem Village. |
| | D) | an unrecognized epidemic of encephalitis. |
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According to Thomas Kidd, who believes that there was a Great Awakening in mid-eighteenth-century America, this series of religious revivals |
| | A) | took place only in New England |
| | B) | inspired the outbreak of the American Revolution |
| | C) | had no impact in Pennsylvania |
| | D) | gave birth to American evangelicalism |
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Jon Butler, who does not believe that there was a Great Awakening in mid-eighteenth-century America, concludes that historians should |
| | A) | place more emphasis on the Great Awakening as the key to the Revolution. |
| | B) | abandon the term Great Awakening altogether. |
| | C) | stress the importance of the Enlightenment to the Revolution. |
| | D) | none of the above |
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Neo-Whig historians believe that the major causes of the American Revolution were |
| | A) | military. |
| | B) | political and ideological. |
| | C) | social and economic. |
| | D) | none of the above. |
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Strict constructionist interpretations of the American Revolution argue for |
| | A) | violent political and military changes of government. |
| | B) | deep societal changes. |
| | C) | revolutionary changes in transportation and communication. |
| | D) | revolutionary changes in religious beliefs. |
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According to Gordon Wood, the primary motive for writing the Constitution was |
| | A) | political. |
| | B) | social. |
| | C) | economic. |
| | D) | military. |
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Howard Zinn, who does not believe that the Founding Fathers were democratic reformers, contends that they were actually |
| | A) | seasoned statesmen. |
| | B) | narrow-minded politicians motivated only be local issues. |
| | C) | elitists motivated by their own economic concerns |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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The modern American monetary system was devised by |
| | A) | Alexander Hamilton |
| | B) | Thomas Jefferson |
| | C) | John Adams |
| | D) | George Washington |
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The origins of the dollar lies in the _______ word for valley |
| | A) | English |
| | B) | Dutch |
| | C) | French |
| | D) | German |
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According to Robert Remini, who believes that Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy benefited Native Americans, Jackson did all of the following as president EXCEPT |
| | A) | appoint pro-removal officials to his administration. |
| | B) | seek Congressional approval for removal. |
| | C) | promise the Indians land and self-government. |
| | D) | support forced removal of the Indians from their homelands. |
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According to Alfred Cave, who does not believe that Jackson's removal policy benefited Native Americans, Jackson |
| | A) | expected the states to extend land rights to the Indians. |
| | B) | attempted to protect Indians from speculators and swindlers. |
| | C) | refused to intervene to protect Cherokee self-government from actions taken by the State of Georgia. |
| | D) | supported the nation's prior treaty agreements with Native Americans. |
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By the 1830s, according to Professor Gerda Lerner, women were able to become |
| | A) | lawyers. |
| | B) | doctors. |
| | C) | business managers. |
| | D) | none of the above. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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According to Professor Nancy Cott, the changed role of "a separate sphere" for women in the 1830s |
| | A) | improved the status of women. |
| | B) | diminished the status of women. |
| | C) | both improved and diminished the status of women. |
| | D) | did none of the above. |
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According to W. J. Rorabaugh, who believes that antebellum temperance reform was motivated primarily by religious moralism, a majority of the members of the early temperance movement were |
| | A) | industrial workers. |
| | B) | women. |
| | C) | evangelical clergymen. |
| | D) | immigrants. |
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According to John Rumbarger, who does not believe that antebellum temperance reform was motivated by religious moralism, the key objective of temperance reform was to |
| | A) | eradicate all the distilleries in the United States. |
| | B) | subjugate the immigrant Catholic population. |
| | C) | enhance the status of women. |
| | D) | increase worker productivity. |
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Which one of the following terms best expresses the belief that the North American continent would become American territory? |
| | A) | Monroe Doctrine |
| | B) | Manifest Destiny |
| | C) | "Fifty-four-forty or fight" |
| | D) | "Remember the Alamo" |
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According to Nugent, the Mexican War was caused by |
| | A) | Mexican soldiers stationing their troops on territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers. |
| | B) | American soldiers occupying the territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers. |
| | C) | American soldiers commencing fire on Mexican soldiers in the disputed area. |
| | D) | Mexican soldiers commencing fire on American soldiers in the disputed area. |
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According to James N. Gilbert, who believes that John Brown was an irrational terrorist, Brown's actions |
| | A) | were no worse than those undertaken by other abolitionists. |
| | B) | were not comparable to those of modern day terrorists. |
| | C) | conform to modern definitions of terrorism and are comparable to recent acts of terrorism in the United States. |
| | D) | were consistent to later strategies adopted in the civil rights movement. |
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According to Scott John Hammond, who does not believe that John Brown was a terrorist, Brown's ideas |
| | A) | conformed with the basic principles of America's founders. |
| | B) | were those of a madman. |
| | C) | were never transformed into action. |
| | D) | are fully consistent with those of the Taliban. |
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Charles B. Dew, who believes that slavery was the key issue in the sectional conflict leading to the Civil War, bases his conclusion on the speeches and letters of |
| | A) | Jefferson Davis |
| | B) | Abraham Lincoln |
| | C) | southern secession commissioners |
| | D) | Frederick Douglass |
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According to Marc Egnal, who believes that slavery was not the key issue in the sectional conflict leading to the Civil War, citizens in the Deep South states |
| | A) | were united in their support for secession. |
| | B) | opposed Jefferson Davis's presidency of the Confederacy. |
| | C) | who held slaves unanimously favored secession. |
| | D) | were divided over the wisdom of secession |
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According to Professor James M. McPherson, the Civil War was a total war because it |
| | A) | destroyed slavery |
| | B) | eliminated the Confederate government |
| | C) | did not distinguish between combatants and non-combatants |
| | D) | did both a and b |
| | E) | did all of the above |
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According to Professor Mark E. Neely, Jr., the Civil War was not a total war because it |
| | A) | destroyed slavery |
| | B) | eliminated the Confederate government |
| | C) | did not distinguish between combatants and non-combatants |
| | D) | did both a and b |
| | E) | did all of the above |
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According to Philip Paludan, who believes that Abraham Lincoln was America's greatest president, Lincoln faced greater challenges than any other President of the United States in order to |
| | A) | strengthen the Republican Party. |
| | B) | maintain slavery where it existed. |
| | C) | punish southern secessionists. |
| | D) | protect and defend the Constitution. |
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According to Melvin E. Bradford, who does not believe that Lincoln was America's greatest president, Lincoln |
| | A) | abused his presidential authority and engaged in misconduct. |
| | B) | should be congratulated for freeing the slaves. |
| | C) | was the person most responsible for the outbreak of the Civil War. |
| | D) | held the same views of slavery as did Jefferson Davis. |
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LeeAnna Keith, who argues that Radical Reconstruction failed as a result of racism, says that the siege at Colfax Courthouse was brought on by white desires to |
| | A) | establish a biracial democracy in Louisiana. |
| | B) | reinstitute the slave system in the South. |
| | C) | protect themselves from African American attacks on white women. |
| | D) | uphold the doctrines of white supremacy and home rule. |
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Heather Cox Richardson, who does not believe that Reconstruction failed as a result of racism, argues instead that Reconstruction ideals fell victim to |
| | A) | the real limitations of African Americans to contribute to the national economy |
| | B) | the violence of the Ku Klux Klan |
| | C) | the lack of commitment by the national government to voting rights for blacks |
| | D) | a national commitment to the free-labor ideology that prevented the central government from legislating rights for African Americans that other citizens had acquired through hard work |
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