APUSH Exam Multiple Choice Questions WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS BEST STUDYING MATERIAL GUARANTEED PASS. The American Federation
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The American Federation of Labor under the leadership of Samuel Gompers organized - Ans - skilled workers in craft unions in order to achieve economic gains
In the period , all of the following were generally true about African Americans EXCEPT: a. voting rights previously gained were denied throu...
APUSH Exam Multiple Choice Questions
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS BEST
STUDYING MATERIAL GUARANTEED
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The American Federation of Labor under the leadership of Samuel Gompers organized
- Ans - skilled workers in craft unions in order to achieve economic gains
In the period 1890-1915, all of the following were generally true about African
Americans EXCEPT:
a. voting rights previously gained were denied through changes in state laws and
constitutions
b. Back-to-Africa movements were widely popular among African Americans in urban
areas
c. African American leaders disagreed on the principal strategy for attaining equal rights
d. Numerous African Americans were lynched, and mob attacks on African American
individuals occurred in both the North and the South
e. African Americans from the rural South migrated to both southern and northern cities
- Ans - b. Back-to-Africa movements were widely popular among African Americans in
urban areas
Conservative Republican opponents of the Treaty of Versailles argued that the League
of Nations would
- Ans - limit United States sovereignty
Which of the following best characterizes the stance of the writers associated with the
literary flowering of the 1920's, such as Sinclair Lewis and F. Scott Fitzgerald? - Ans -
criticism of middle-class conformity and materialism
Which of the following is true of the forced relocation of Japanese Americans from he
West Coast during the Second World War?
- Ans - President Roosevelt claimed that military necessity justified the action
Which of the following was an immediate consequence of the Bay of Pigs incident? -
Ans - The Soviet Union sent missiles to Cuba
The high inflation rates of the late 1960's and early 1970's were primarily the result of -
Ans - spending on social-welfare programs and the Vietnam War
Which of the following was true of a married woman in the colonial era? - Ans - She
generally lost control of her property when she married
,Which of the following colonies required each community of 50 or more families to
provide a teacher of reading and writing?
- Ans - Massachusetts
In the early years of the textile industry in Lowell, Massachusetts, owners of the textile
mills were best known for their
- Ans - idealistic efforts to avoid the worst evils of English industrialization
At the beginning of the Civil War, Southerners expressed all of the following
expectations EXCEPT:
a. the materialism of the North would prevent Northerners from fighting an idealistic war
b. Great Britain would intervene on the side of the South in order to preserve its source
of cotton
c. Northern unity in the struggle against the Southern states would eventually break
d. the economic and military resources of the South would outlast those of the North
e. the justice of the South's cause would prevail - Ans - d. the economic and military
resources of the South would outlast those of the North
Which of the following constitutes a significant change in the treatment of American
Indians during the last half of the nineteenth century?
- Ans - the division of the tribal lands among individual members
"This, then is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: to consider all surplus revenues
which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer and
strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner which, in his judgment, is
best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community-the man of
wealth thus becoming the mere agent and trustee for his poorer brethren." These
sentiments are most characteristic of
- Ans - the Gospel of Wealth
Many Mexicans migrated to the United States during the First World War because - Ans
- revolution in Mexico had caused social upheaval and dislocation
Which of the following has been viewed by some historians as an indication of strong
anti-Catholic sentiment in the presidential election of 1928?
- Ans - Alfred E. Smith's failure to carry a solidly Democratic South
During his presidency, Harry S. Truman did all of the following EXCEPT
a. abolish the Tennessee Valley Authority
b. establish a new loyalty program for federal employees
c. extend Social Security benefits
d. order the desegregation of the armed forces
e. veto the Taft-Hartley Act
- Ans - abolish the Tennessee Valley Authority
Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?
,- Ans - An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity
Conscription policies in the First and Second World Wars differed significantly in that in
the Second World War - Ans - the draft began before the United States entered the
conflict
All of the following concerns were addressed during the "Hundred Days" of the New
Deal EXCEPT
a. banking regulation
b. unemployment relief
c. agricultural adjustment
d. homeowner mortgage support
e. court restructuring - Ans - e. court restructuring
Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan were similar as presidential candidates in that both -
Ans - capitalized on their status as Washington outsiders
Richard Nixon's 1968 political comeback to win the presidency can be partly attributed
to
- Ans - dissension within the Democratic party over Vietnam
Alexander Hamilton's economic program was designed primarily to - Ans - establish the
financial stability and credit of the new government
The development of the early nineteenth-centruy concept of "separate spheres" for the
sexes encouraged all of the following EXCEPT
a. acceptance of a woman as the intellectual equal of a man
b. idealization of the "lady"
c. designation of the home as the appropriate place for a woman
d. emphasis on child care as a prime duty of a woman
e. establishment of a moral climate in the home - Ans - a. acceptance of a woman as
the intellectual equal of a man
The presidential election of 1840 is often considered the first "modern" election because
- Ans - both parties for the first time widely campaigned among all the eligible voters
Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier hypothesis" focused on the importance of - Ans -
the existence of cheap unsettled land
During the closing decades of the nineteenth century, farmers complained about all of
the following EXCEPT
a. rising commodity prices
b. high interest charges
c. high freight rates
d. high storage costs
, e. large middleman profits - Ans - a. rising commodity prices
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine did which of the following?
- Ans - Declared the United States to be the "policeman" of the Western Hemisphere
One of the principal reasons the "noble experiment" of Prohibition failed was that it led
to an enormous increase in
- Ans - law enforcement costs
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a Supreme Court decision that
- Ans - declared racially segregated public schools inherently unequal
Joseph McCarthy's investigative tactics found support among many Americans because
- Ans - there was widespread fear of communist infiltration of the United States
The Tet offensive of 1968 during the Vietnam War demonstrated that - Ans - the
Vietcong could attack major cities throughout South Vietnam
By the end of the seventeenth century, which of the following was true of women in New
England?
a. they had begun to challenge their subordinate role in society
b. they were a majority in many church congregations
c. they voted in local elections
d. they frequently divorced their husbands
e. thely could lead town meetings - Ans - b. they were a majority in many church
congregations
The First Great Awakening led to all of the following EXCEPT
a. separatism and secession from established churches
b. the renewed persecution of witches
c. the growth of institutions of higher learning
d. a flourishing of the missionary spirit
e. a greater appreciation for the emotional experiences of faith
- Ans - b. the renewed persecution of witches
The Embargo Act of 1807 had which of the following effects on the United States?
- Ans - It disrupted American shipping
The National Road was constructed primarily for the purpose of
- Ans - promoting trade and communication with the Old Northwest
The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following beliefs EXCEPT:
a. commerce and industry would decline as the nation expanded its agricultural base
b. the use of land for settled agriculture was preferable to its use for nomadic hunting
westward expansion was both inevitable and beneficial
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