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Question 1.The Spanish who settled in Florida and New Mexico were primarily

conquistadors.

merchants.

missionaries.

plantation owners.

Question 2.The Jamestown colony was established by

a joint-stock company.

religious dissenters.

English missionaries.

an aristocratic explorer.

Question 3. Why did English immigration to the colonies drop dramatically after 1660?

The English were no longer sought after as indentured servants.

The political turmoil in England kept them close to home.

The English economy improved and political and religious conflict diminished.

The English were opposed to the growing slave trade in the colonies.

Question 4. The Great Awakening led to

the Enlightenment.

declining interest in religion.

strengthened evangelical sects, such as the Baptists.

scientific discoveries.

Question 5. After Britain issued the Intolerable Acts, colonists punished anyone supporting British policies or officials by

dunking them in water.

hanging them upside down.

putting them in the stocks.

covering them with tar and feathers.

Question 6. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson refers to the natural rights due to every citizen as

life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

independent liberty.

Paine's freedoms.

radical power.

Type: MC

Question 7. The Patriots would not have won the Battle of Yorktown and the American Revolution without help from

Spanish explorers.

Germans.

the French.

Native Americans.

Question 8. The Articles of Confederation created a national government with

three branches of government.

a president.

a bicameral parliament.

a congress of delegates.

Question 9. The constitution divides government power

among many different states.

among multiple branches of national government.

among representatives of the people.

between state and national government.

Question 10. The assertion that states the right to disobey federal law was called

filibuster.

Calhounism.

anti-Jacksonism.

nullification.

Question 11. In the early 19th century, the largest source of European immigration came from

Germany.

Poland.

England.

Ireland.

Question 12. Slavery expanded with the growth of

freight shipment.

public education.

cotton plantations.

northern industries.

Question 13. James Polk

opposed the annexation of Texas.

purchased Texas from Mexico.

favored the annexation of Texas.

was the only governor to serve two terms in Texas.

Question 14. Congress tried to resolve the dispute between the North and the South about slavery in the territories by

repealing the Wilmot Proviso.

adopting the Wilmot Proviso.

adopting the Compromise of 1850.

repealing the Compromise of 1850.

Question 15. In 1856, Border Ruffians attacked

a New York abolitionist named John Brown.

a group of southern farmers.

Senator Charles Sumner.

the antislavery town of Lawrence, Kansas.

Question 16. Lee's smaller army defeated McClellan's larger force and kept Union troops out of Richmond because

Lee was lucky.

McClellan surrendered.

Lee found McClellan's battle plans.

McClellan was too cautious.

Question 17 Why did President Lincoln want Grant commanding the Union army after the Battle of Gettysburg?

He wanted to give Grant a chance to prove himself.

He knew victory required the destruction of the Confederate Army and its source of supplies.

He had heard that Grant had recruited more Union troops.

He thought the South would surrender.

Question 18. After the Civil War, a new immigrant was most likely to be from

England.

Germany.

Ireland.

Italy.

Question 19. Progressivism and populism largely differed in

their goals.

their ideology.

that progressives built political coalitions that transcended party lines.

their organization.

Question 20. The invasion of Belgium turned American opinion against Germany because

many Americans were immigrants from Belgium.

Americans depended on products imported from Belgium.

Belgium was an important U.S. ally.

Belgium was a neutral nation.

Question 21. During World War I, which of these did the Germans use against British ships?

Radar

Convoys

Airplanes

Submarines

Question 22. This trial became a symbol of the conflict within Protestantism between modernists and fundamentalists.

Scopes Monkey Trial

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

Fatty Arbuckle Trial

None of the above

Question 23. What brought the Harding administration to an end?

President Harding was impeached.

President Harding was defeated in the 1924 election.

President Harding died of a heart attack.

President Harding resigned in response to the Teapot Dome scandal.

Question 24. The Great Depression affected

only American farmers.

only the U.S. economy.

only the U.S. and European economies.

the global economy.

Question 25. What event marked the beginning of World War II?

The Nazi-Soviet Pact

The German invasion of Poland

The Anschluss

Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland