8/27/01

THE FIRST AMERICANS PROBABLY CAME TO NORTH AMERICA:

A.  IN THE EARLY 1400’S

B.  VIA A LAND BRIDGE FROM ASIA

C.  FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO MEXICO

D.  BY UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

8/28/01

THIS  13TH CENTURY ADVENTURER WROTE ABOUT HIS  20 YEAR STAY IN CHINA AND HELPED BRING ABOUT EXPLORATION OF THE NEW WORLD:

A.  JOHN SMITH

B.  CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

C.  FERDINAND MAGELLAN

D.  MARCO POLO

8/29/01

WHAT CAUSED 90% OF NATIVE AMERICANS TO DIE WITHIN A CENTURY OF THE COLUMBUS LANDFALL?

A.  WARS

B.  POOR HARVESTS

C.  DISEASE

D.  SUICIDE

8/30/01

THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT ON

MAINLAND NORTH AMERICA WAS AT:

A.  ST. AUGUSTINE

B.  ROANOKE ISLAND

C.  PLYMOUTH

D.  JAMESTOWN

8/31/01

MEN WENT TO THE NEW WORLD BECAUSE THEY WANTED:

A.  ADVENTURE

B.  TO GAIN CONVERTS FOR CHRISTIANITY

C.  TO FIND WEALTH

D.  ALL OF THESE

09/04/01

THE CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO IN RESULTED IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT:

A.  DESTRUCTION OF THE SOIL

B.  A ONE PRODUCT ECONOMY

C.  DIVERSIFICATION OF THE COLONIAL ECONOMY

D.  SOARING PROSPERITY IN THE COLONY

09/05/01

THE ISSUE OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT:

A.  JAMES OGLETHORPE

B.  LORD BALTIMORE

C.  ROGER WILLIAMS

D.  WILLIAM PENN

09/06/01

WHEN JOHN WINTHROP SAID, “WE SHALL BE A CITY UPON A HILL,  A BEACON TO HUMANITY”, HE WAS REFERRING TO:

A.  JAMESTOWN

B.  RHODE ISLAND

C.  THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY

D.  PLYMOUTH

09/07/01

THE PRIMARY ECONOMIC PURSUIT OF EARLY SETTLERS IN NEW

FRANCE WAS:

A.  FARMING

B.  FISHING

C.  MINING

D.  FUR TRAPPING

09/11/01

ENGLAND FIRST RESTRICTED COLONIAL TRADE BY THE:

A.  NAVIGATION ACTS

B.  STAMP ACT

C.  INTOLERABLE ACTS

D.  DECLARATORY ACT

09/12/01

THE FIRST ACT PASSED BY PARLIAMENT FOR RAISING

REVENUE IN THE COLONIES FOR THE CROWN WAS:

A.  THE STAMP ACT

B.  THE QUARTERING ACT

C.  THE SUGAR ACT

D.  THE WOOL ACT

09/13/01

THE STATEMENT, “NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”

PROTESTED TAXATION OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES BY:

A.  ROYAL GOVERNORS

B.  THE KING OF ENGLAND

C.  COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES

D.  PARLIAMENT

09/14/01

COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE WERE ORGANIZED IN MASSACHUSETTS BY

A.  PAUL REVERE

B.  SAMUEL ADAMS

C.  PATRICK HENRY

D.  JAMES OTIS

09/17/01 MONDAY

THOMAS PAINE’S MOST FAMOUS WORK WAS:

A.  THE IMPENDING CRISIS

B.  ON TO REVOLUTION

C.  LETTERS FROM A PENNSYLVANIA FARMER

D.  COMMON SENSE

09/18/01 TUESDAY

THE WORDS “WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL” ARE FOUND IN:

A.  COMMON SENSE

B.  THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

C.  THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

D.  THE BILL OF RIGHTS

09/20/01 THURSDAY

AMERICA’S FIRST CONSTITUTION WAS:

A.  THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT

B.  THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

C.  THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

D.  THE VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

09/21/01 FRIDAY

WHICH LANDMARK LEGISLATION PROVIDED FOR THE SALE AND

SETTLEMENT OF ACREAGE IN THE OLD NORTHWEST?

A.  THE PROCLAMATION LINE ACT OF 1763

THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE OF 1787

THE LAND ORDINANCE OF 1785

THE VIRGINIA STATUTE FOR RELIGIOUS  FREEDOM

9/24/01

SHAYS’ REBELLION FLARED UP BECAUSE:

A.  MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS WERE BEING ATTACKED BY INDIANS

B.  MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS WERE LOSING THEIR FARMS DUE TO MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES

C.  MASSACHUSETTS FARMERS HAD NO “HARD MONEY” TO PAY DEBTS

D.  CANADA ATTACKED MASSACHUSETTS

9/25/01

ALL STATES OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE EQUAL REPRESENTATION IN THE:

A.  CABINET

B.  SUPREME COURT

C.  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

D.  SENATE

9/26/01

IN THE ORIGINAL U.S. CONSTITUTION, REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WAS BASED ON:

A.  POPULATION

B.  LAND AREA

C.  A UNICAMERAL SYSTEM

D.  SEX, RACE, AND CONDITION OF SERVITUDE

9/27/01

THE “FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION” WAS:

A.  GEORGE WASHINGTON 

B.  BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 

C.  THOMAS JEFFERSON  

D. JAMES MADISON

10/01/01

THE FIRST CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES WAS:

A.  JOHN MARSHALL

B.  GEORGE CLINTON

C.  JOHN JAY

D.  JAMES MADISON

10/02/01

IN HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS, GEORGE WASHINGTON ADVISED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO:

A.  MAINTAIN A LARGE ARMY AND NAVY

B.  AVOID PERMANENT ENTANGLING ALLIANCES WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES

C.  SUPPORT THE TWO TERM TRADITION FOR THE PRESIDENCY

D.  SEEK WESTWARD EXPANSION

10/03/01

FORCIBLE ENLISTMENT OF SAILORS WAS CALLED:

A.  FORECLOSURE      

B.  THE DRAFT    

C.  IMPRESSMENT    

D.  FRENCH IMPRISONMENT    

10/04/01

“OH GRAB ME” AND “GO BAR ‘EM” WERE WAYS IRATE CITIZENS

PROTESTED:

A.  THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE    

B.  THE ELECTION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON

C.  THE EMBARGO ACT

D.  THE CHESAPEAKE AFFAIR

10/08/01

IN MARBURY V MADISON, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT:

A.  VOIDED THE ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS

B.  RULED JEFFERSON SHOULD BE MADE PRESIDENT OVER BURR

C.  DECLARED A SECTION OF THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1789

      UNCONSTITUTIONAL

D.  RULED  A STATE COULD NOT TAX A U.S. POST OFFICE

10/09/01

DURING THE WAR OF 1812, THE U.S. INVADED:

A.  CUBA

B.  CALIFORNIA

C.  MEXICO

D.  CANADA

10/10/01

WHOSE PLAN WAS CALLED THE AMERICAN SYSTEM?

A.  HENRY CLAY

B.  JOHN C. CALHOUN

C.  DANIEL WEBSTER

D.  JAMES MONROE

10/11/01

THIS PROHIBITED SLAVERY IN THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE NORTH OF THE

36’ 30 LINE

A.  THE MONROE DOCTRINE

B.  MCCULLOCH V MARYLAND

C.  THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE

D.  COHENS V VIRGINIA

10/15/01

THIS MAN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1824:

A.  ANDREW JACKSON

B.  JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

C.  WILLIAM CRAWFORD

D.  WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON

10/16/01

WHO WROTE THE SOUTH CAROLINA EXPOSITION?

A.  HENRY CLAY 

B.  ANDREW JACKSON

C.  JOHN C. CALHOUN

D.  DANIEL WEBSTER

10/17/01

THE WEBSTER-HAYNE DEBATE IN 183O CENTERED ON THE SUBJECT OF:

A.  PRESIDENTIAL VETO POWER

B.  STATE NULLIFICATION OF FEDERAL LAWS

C.  THE SPOILS SYSTEM

D.  SLAVERY

10/18/01

THE “NULLIFICATION CRISIS” OF 1832-1833 WAS OVER:

A.  BANKING POLICY

B.  INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS

C.  TARIFF POLICY

D.  INDIAN REMOVAL

10/19/01

THE “TRAIL OF TEARS” ENDED IN PRESENT DAY:

A.  INDIANA

B.  ALABAMA

C.  OKLAHOMA

D.  TEXAS

10/23/01

THE FIRST TEXTILE MILL IN AMERICA WAS BUILT BY:

A.  ELI WHITNEY

B.  GEORGE CLINTON

C.  ROBERT FULTON

D.  SAMUEL SLATER

WHO IS CREDITED WITH INVENTING THE COTTON GIN?

A.  GEORGE CLINTON

B.  ROBERT FULTON

C.  ELI WHITNEY

D.  SAMUEL SLATER

10/24/01

THIS SUPREME COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS CASE RULED THAT

LABOR UNIONS WERE NOT ILLEGAL CONSPIRACIES:

A.  COMMONWEALTH V  HUNT

B.  MARBURY V MADISON

C.  ROE V WADE

D.  MCCULLOCH V MARYLAND

10/25/01

BRIGHAM YOUNG LED THE MORMONS INTO:

A.  OKLAHOMA

B.  UTAH

C.  IDAHO

D.  CALIFORNIA

10/26/01

THE TIRELESS REFORMER WHO WORKED TO IMPROVE

TREATMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL WAS:

A.  CARRIE NATION

B.  MARY LYON

C.  DORTHEA DIX

D.  ELIZABETH CADY STANTON

10/29/01

WHICH OF THESE MEN WAS A TRANSCENDENTALIST?

A.  WASHINGTON IRVING                        

 B.  WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

C.  JAMES FENIMORE COOPER                 

 D.  RALPH WALDO EMERSON

11/01/01

WHICH FAMOUS WOMEN’S RIGHTS PIONEER KEPT HER MAIDEN NAME WHEN SHE MARRIED?

A.  ELIZABETH CADY STANTON

B.  ANGELINA GRIMKE

C.  SUSAN B. ANTHONY

D.  LUCY STONE

11/02/01

SUSAN B. ANTHONY’S FIRST REFORM VENTURE WAS IN THIS AREA:

A.  TEMPERANCE

B.  ANTI-SLAVERY

C.  WOMEN’S RIGHTS

D.  PRISON REFORM

11/05/01

TEST DAY

11/06/01

ELECTION DAY

11/07/01

IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH, MOST WHITE SOUTHERNERS WERE:

A.  PLANTER ARISTOCRATS

B.  SMALL SLAVE OWNERS

C.  NON-SLAVING OWNING SUBSISTENCE FARMERS

D.  “POOR WHITE TRASH”

11/08/01

THE ONLY GROUP OF WHITE SOUTHERNERS WHO STRONGLY OPPOSED SLAVERY WERE:

A.  POOR SOUTHERN WHITES

B.  URBAN MERCHANTS

C.  RELIGIOUS LEADERS

D.  APPALACHIAN POOR WHITES

11/09/01

AS A RESULT OF THE MEXICAN WAR, THE UNITED STATES ACQUIRED:

A.  ALASKA

B.  PUERTO RICO

C.  CALIFORNIA

D.  LOUISIANA

11/12/01

THIS TREATY ENDED THE MEXICAN WAR:

A.  WEBSTER-ASHBURTON

B.  THE OVERLAND TREATY

C.  GUADALUPE HIDALGO

D.  TREATY OF PARIS OF 1848

11/13/01

TEST

11/14/01

 THIS “CONDUCTOR” OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD WAS GIVEN THE TITLE “MOSES”:

A.  WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON

B.  HARRIET TUBMAN

C.  HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

D.  SOJOURNER TRUTH

11/15/01

PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR, WHICH POLITICAL LEADER WAS MOST ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOCTRINE OF STATES’ RIGHTS?

A.  JOHN C. CALHOUN

B.  HENRY CLAY

C.  ABRAHAM LINCOLN

D.  DANIEL WEBSTER

11/16/01

THIS POLITICAL PARTY FELL APART AND DISAPPEARED AFTER THE ELECTION OF 1852:

A.  DEMOCRATIC

B.  REPUBLICAN

C.  WHIG

D.  FEDERALIST

11/19/01

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WERE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE ELECTION OF 1860 EXCEPT:

A.  ABRAHAM LINCOLN

B.  JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE

C.  JEFFERSON DAVIS

D.  STEPHEN DOUGLAS

11/26/01

IN WHICH STATE DID THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR TAKE PLACE?

A.  VIRGINIA

B.  ALABAMA

C.  SOUTH CAROLINA

D.  GEORGIA

11/27/01

IN-CLASS DBQ

11/28/01

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN REPORTEDLY SAID HE HOPED TO HAVE GOD ON HIS SIDE BUT HE HAD TO HAVE…….

A.  ROBERT E. LEE

B.  AMMUNITION

C.  ENGLAND

D.  KENTUCKY

11/29/01

THE CONFEDERACY’S MOST EFFECTIVE COMMERCE RAIDER WAS THE:

A.  MONITOR

B.  MERRIMACK

C.  ALABAMA

D.  VIRGINIA

11/30/01

ABRAHAM LINCOLN PROCLAIMED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

IN 1863 AFTER THIS FAMOUS BATTLE:

A.  FIRST BULL RUN

B.  ANTIETAM

C.  GETTYSBURG

D.  VICKSBURG
 

12/03/01

IN WHICH AMERICAN CITY DID VIOLENT ANTI-DRAFT RIOTS OCCUR IN 1863?

A.  NEW YORK CITY

B.  WASHINGTON, D.C.

C.  CHARLESTON, SC

D.  MONTGOMERY, AL

12/04/01

IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE MERRIMACK AND THE MONITOR, WHAT WAS THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME?

A.  THE MERRIMACK SUNK THE  MONITOR

B.  THE MONITOR SUNK THE MERRIMACK

C.  IT WAS A DRAW

D.  THE ALABAMA SUNK BOTH THE MERRIMACK AND THE MONITOR
 

12/05/01

AFTER WHICH BATTLE DID ABRAHAM LINCOLN DECLARE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?

A.  ANTIETAM

B.  GETTYSBURG

C.  VICKSBURG

D.  CHANCELLORSVILLE

12/06/01

WHICH UNION GENERAL MADE THE FAMOUS MARCH TO THE SEA IN 1864-1865?

A.  U.S. GRANT

B.  ROBERT E. LEE

C.  NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST

D.  WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

12/07/01

TEST #12

12/10/01

WHAT UNION GENERAL HEADED THE FREEDMAN’S BUREAU?

A.  U.S. GRANT

B.  GEORGE MEADE

C.  OLIVER O. HOWARD

D.  WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

12/11/01

HOW DID ABRAHAM LINCOLN DEAL WITH THE WADE-DAVIS BILL OF 1864?

A.  HE SIGNED IT

B.  HE VETOED IT

C.  HE POCKET VETOED IT

D.  HE SENT IT BACK TO THE SENATE FOR REVISION

12/12/01

A NORTHERNER WHO CAME TO THE SOUTH AFTER THE CIVIL WAR TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE IS CALLED A:

A.  SCALAWAG

B.  COPPERHEAD

C.  CARPETBAGGER

D.  FREE SOILER

12/13/01

THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FREEDMEN’S BUREAU WAS IN:

A.  LAND DISTRIBUTION

B.  EDUCATION

C.  GIVING OUT FOOD AND CLOTHING

D.  FINDING JOBS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED

12/14/01

“SEWARD’S FOLLY AND “SEWARD’S ICEBOX” WERE NICKNAMES FOR:

A.  SOUTH CAROLINA

B.  FRANCE

C.  ALASKA

D.  RUSSIA

12/17/01

THE IMPEACHMENT CASE AGAINST ANDREW JOHNSON WAS TRIED IN THE U.S.:

A.  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

B.  COURT OF APPEALS OF THE  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

C.  SUPREME COURT

D.  SENATE

12/18/01

TEST #13

12/19/01

CHRISTMAS BROADCAST

01/02/02

THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN 1868 WAS:

A.  RUTHERFORD B. HAYES

B.  ABRAHAM LINCOLN

C.  HORACE GREELEY

D.  U.S. GRANT

01/03/02

IN 1869, JAMES FISK AND JAY GOULD TRIED TO CORNER THE MARKET IN THIS COMMODITY:

A.  SILVER

B.  GOLD

C.  OIL

D.  DIAMONDS

01/04/02

THE CREDIT MOBILIER SCANDAL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INDUSTRY:

A.  BANKING

B.  WHISKEY

C.  RAILROAD

D.  OIL

01/07/02

MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW

01/08/02

MIDTERM EXAM REVIEW

01/09/02

MIDTERM EXAM

01/10-11/02

WHAT MAN RECEIVED THE MOST POPULAR VOTES IN THE ELECTION OF 1876?

A.  RUTHERFORD B. HAYES

B.  SAMUEL TILDEN

C.  U.S. GRANT

D.  HORACE GREELEY

01/14/02

TEST #14

01/15/02

WHICH RAILROAD COMPANY DID NOT RECEIVE GENEROUS GRANTS OF LAND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DURING THE POST CIVIL WAR  ERA?

A.  THE UNION PACIFIC

B.  THE CENTRAL PACIFIC

C.  THE GREAT NORTHERN

D.  THE ATCHISON TOPEKA AND SANTE FE

01/16/02

WHICH FAMOUS FINANCIER IS FOUNDED STANDARD OIL?

A.  JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

B.  ANDREW CARNEGIE

C.  CORNELIUS VANDERBILT

D.  J. P. MORGAN

01/17/02

WITH WHICH UNION WAS SAMUEL GOMPERS ASSOCIATED?

A.  THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR

B.  THE NATIONAL LABOR UNION

C.  THE AMERICAN FEDERATION  

     OF LABOR (AF OF L)

D.  THE MOLLY MAGUIRES

01/18/02

TEST #15

01/21/02

MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY

01/22/02

THE PERSON WHO OPENED THE MOST PROMINENT (BUT NOT FIRST) SETTLEMENT HOUSE IN AMERICA WAS:

A.  FLORENCE KELLY

B.  FLORENCE NIGHTENGALE

C.  LILLIAN WALD

D.  JANE ADDAMS

01/23/02

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (WHICH WAS ERECTED IN 1886) WAS A GIFT FROM THIS COUNTRY:

A.  FRANCE

B.  ENGLAND

C.  IRELAND

D.  SPAIN

01/24/02

WHAT FAMOUS TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE SMASHED AND SLASHED SALOONS WITH HER FAMOUS HATCHET?

A.  EMMA WILLARD

B.  SUSAN B. ANTHONY

C.  CARRIE NATION

D.  VICTORIA WOODHULL

01/25/02

TEST #16 ESSAY

01/28/02

TEST #17 OPEN BOOK

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01/29/02

WHICH INDIAN TRIBE WIPED OUT GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER AND HIS MEN AT THE LITTLE BIG HORN IN MONTANA?

A.  APACHE

B.  SIOUX

C.  NEZ PERCES

D.  CHEYENNE

01/30/02

THE DAWES SEVERALTY ACT OF 1887 DEALT WITH:

A.  INDIAN POLICY 

B.  INTERSTATE COMMERCE

C.  THE FRONTIER THEORY OF HISTORY

D.  CURRENCY POLICY

01/31/02

WHO WROTE “THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FRONTIER IN AMERICAN HISTORY”?

A.  MARK TWAIN

B.  HELEN HUNT JACKSON

C.  FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER

D.  HART CRANE

02/01/02

JOSEPH F. GLIDDEN PERFECTED:

A.  BARBED WIRE

B.  STANDARD GAUGE

C.  THE STEEL PLOW

D.  LATEX PAINT

02/04/02

POPULISTS LED A CRUSADE TO RELIEVE THE MISFORTUNES OF:

A.  INDIANS

B.  FARMERS

C.  WOMEN

D.  FREEDMEN

02/05/02

THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE WAS AGAINST THIS INDUSTRY:

A.  RAILROAD

B.  OIL

C.  STEEL

D.  MINING

02/06/02

WHO MADE THE “CROSS OF GOLD” SPEECH?

A.  WILLIAM MCKINLEY

B.  WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

C.  GROVER CLEVELAND

D.   J.P. MORGAN

02/07/02

WHO DID THE POPULISTS NOMINATE FOR PRESIDENT IN 1896?

A.  GROVER CLEVELAND

B.  WILLIAM MCKINLEY

C.  WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

D.  NOBODY

02/08/02

TEST #18

02/11/02

THIS MAN ARGUED IN HIS FAMOUS BOOK THAT CONTROL OF THE SEA WAS THE KEY TO WORLD DOMINANCE:

A.  JAMES G. BLAINE

B.  JOHN BULL

C.  THEODORE ROOSEVELT

D.  ALFRED THAYER MAHAN

02/12/02

WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST SENT THIS MAN TO CUBA WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS, “YOU FURNISH THE PICTURES AND I’LL FURNISH THE WAR”:

A.  MATTHEW BRADY

B.  FREDERIC REMINGTON

C.  MARK TWAIN

D.  JAMES WHISTLER

02/13/02

WHERE WAS THE U.S.S. MAINE MOORED WHEN IT EXPLODED?

A.  SPAIN

B.  CUBA

C.  THE PHILIPPINES

D.  HAWAII

02/13/02

THE FORAKER ACT GAVE LIMITED POPULAR GOVERNMENT TO:

A.  CUBA

B.  GUAM

C.  PUERTO RICO

D.  THE PHILIPPINES

02/15/02

THE U. S. “OPEN DOOR POLICY” DEALT WITH THIS COUNTRY:

A.  SPAIN

B.  THE PHILIPPINES

C.  JAPAN

D.  CHINA

02/18/02

NO BROADCAST

PRESIDENT’S DAY

02/19/02

IN 1903, WHICH COUNTRY OWNED THE LAND WHERE THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT?

A.  PANAMA

B.  THE UNITED STATES

C.  NICARAGUA

D.  COLOMBIA

02/20/02

TEST #19

02/21/02

MOST PROGRESSIVES WERE:

A.  POOR FARMERS

B.  URBAN IMMIGRANTS

C.  FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS

D.  WEALTHY PEOPLE

02/22/02

WHEN VOTERS BYPASS LEGISLATURES AND PROPOSE LEGISLATION THEMSELVES, IT IS CALLED THE:

A.  RECALL 

B.  INITIATIVE

C.  REFERENDUM

D. AUSTRALIAN BALLOT

02/25/02

WHO WAS THE SOCIALIST CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 1908?

A.  EUGENE DEBS

B.  ROBERT LA FOLLETTE

C.  THEODORE ROOSEVELT

D.  JAMES J. HILL

02/26/02

WHOSE FOREIGN POLICY WAS DUBBED “DOLLAR DIPLOMACY”?

A.  THEODORE ROOSEVELT

B.  WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

C.  EUGENE DEBS

D.  WOODROW WILSON

02/27/02

TEST #20

(OPEN NOTE)

02/28/02

THE BULLMOOSE PARTY WAS THE NICKNAME FOR THIS PARTY IN THE ELECTION OF 1912:

A.  THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

B.  THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

C.  THE SOCIALIST PARTY

D.  THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY

03/01/02

TEST #21

(IN-CLASS DBQ)

03/04/02

THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION EXEMPTED LABOR AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS FROM ANTI-TRUST PROSECUTION:

A.  THE CLAYTON ANTI-TRUST ACT

B.  THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT

C.  THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT

D.  THE UNDERWOOD TARIFF ACT

3/05/02

THIS MAN WAS ORDERED TO CAPTURE PONCHO VILLA:

A.  TEDDY ROOSEVELT

B.  FREDERIC REMINGTON

C.  JOHN J. PERSHING

D.  LEONARD WOOD

03/06/02

WHICH OF THESE COUNTRIES DID NOT FIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL POWERS IN WORLD WAR I?

A.  TURKEY

B.  GERMANY

C.  AUSTRIA HUNGARY

D.  RUSSIA

03/07/02

THE ZIMMERMAN NOTE WAS FROM GERMANY TO:

A.  MEXICO

B.  RUSSIA

C.  CANADA

D.  FRANCE

03/08/02

WHO HEADED THE WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD?

A.  GEORGE CREEL

B.  BERNARD BARUCH

C.  EUGENE DEBS

D.  HERBERT HOOVER

 3/09/02

THE COUNTRY WITH THE HIGHEST CASUALTY RATE IN WORLD WAR I  WAS:

A.  GERMANY

B.  RUSSIA

C.  FRANCE

D.  GREAT BRITAIN
 

3/12/02

TEST #22

3/13/02

A BOLSHEVIK WAS:

A.  A MEMBER OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY

B.  AN ANTI-RED UNION ORGANIZER

C.  A RUSSIAN CAR

D.  THE RUSSIAN TERM FOR TRAITOR

3/14/02

THE FIRST TALKING MOTION PICTURE WAS:

A.  THE BIRTH OF A NATION

B.  THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

C.  CITIZEN KANE

D.  THE JAZZ SINGER

3/15/02

TEST #23

3/18/02

WHO INVENTED WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY?

A.  GUGLIELMO MARCONI

B.  DAVID SARNOFF

C.  ALEXANDER FLEMING

D.  RUDOLPH VALENTINA 

03/19/02

IN THE 1920’S. THIS  MAN LED A MOVEMENT TO SEND BLACK AMERICANS “BACK TO AFRICA”:

A.  LANGSTON HUGHES

B.  W.C. HANDY

C.  MARCUS GARVEY

D.  JOSEPH KING OLIVER

3/20/02

THE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL DEALT WITH:

A.  OIL RESERVES

B.  EXPORTS AND IMPORTS

C.  INDIAN POLICY

D.  INTER-STATE COMMERCE

3/21/02

WHAT FAMOUS POLITICAL CANDIDATE OF THE 1920’S WAS DUBBED “THE HAPPY WARRIOR”?

A.  CALVIN COOLIDGE

B.  WARREN HARDING

C.  FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

D.  AL SMITH

03/22/02

THE NORRIS-LA GUARDIA ANTI-INJUNCTION ACT OF 1932 OUTLAWED:

A.  YELLOW DOG CONTRACTS

B.  SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN

C.  WAR

D.  DAMMING OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER

3/25/02

TEST #25

3/26/02

PROHIBITION WAS REPEALED BY THIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT:

A.  18TH

B.  19TH

C.  20TH

D.  21^ST

3/27/02

THIS MEASURE PROVIDED FOR THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION:

A.  THE GOLD RESERVE ACT  (1934)

B.  THE GLASS-STEGALL ACT  (1933)

C.  THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ACT  (1934)

D.  THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION ACT  (1935)

4/03/02

IN SCHECTER V NEW YORK (THE SICK CHICKEN DECISION), THE SUPREME COURT DECLARED THIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL:

A.  THE NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION (NRA)

B.  THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION (PWA)

C.  THE AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENTACT (AAA)

D.  THE CIVIL WORKS ADMINISTRATION (CWA)

4/04/02

FDR’S GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY WAS A RENOUNCEMENT OF THIS U.S. POLICY

A.  THE MONROE DOCTRINE

B.  THE ROOSEVELT COROLLARY TO THE MONROE DOCTRINE

C.  DOLLAR DIPLOMACY

D.  THE OPEN DOOR POLICY

04/05/02

THE HATCH ACT DEALT WITH:

A.  CHICKENS (AGRICULTURE)

B.  THE STOCK MARKET

C.  POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

D.  BANKS

04/08/02

TEST #25

04/09/02

THE TYDINGS-MCDUFFIE ACT DEALT WITH THIS COUNTRY:

A.  PUERTO RICO

B.  THE PHILIPPINES

C.  JAPAN

D.  GUAM

04/10/02

IN 1935, ITALY, UNDER MUSSOLINI, BRUTALLY ATTACKED THIS COUNTRY:

A.  POLAND

B.  SPAIN

C.  MANCHURIA

D.  ETHIOPIA

04/11/02

WORLD WAR II OFFICIALLY BEGAN WHEN IN 1939, GERMANY INVADED:

A.  FRANCE

B.  POLAND

C.  RUSSIA

D.  BELGIUM

04/12/02

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WERE FASCIST DICTATORS EXCEPT:

A.  BENITO MUSSOLINI

B.  WINSTON CHURCHILL

C.  ADOLPH HITLER

D.  FRANCISCO FRANCO

04/15/02

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND WINSTON CHURCHILL AGREED THAT

THE FIRST ALLIED PRIORITY IN WORLD WAR II WOULD BE:

A.  ESTABLISHING A SECOND FRONT IN FRANCE

B.  LAUNCHING AN OFFENSIVE IN THE PACIFIC

C.  DEFEATING THE AXIS  POWERS IN EUROPE

D.  ESTABLISHING A SECOND FRONT IN THE SOVIET UNION

04/15/02

WHICH TWO INDUSTRIES DID THE GOVERNMENT TAKE OVER AND PARTIALLY RUN DURING WORLD WAR II?

A.  COAL MINES-RAILROADS

B.  RAILROADS-STEEL

C.  TEXTILE-RAILROADS

D.  MUNITIONS-COAL MINES

04/17/02

D-DAY WAS THE INVASION OF:

A.  ITALY

B.  GERMANY

C.  RUSSIA

D.  FRANCE

4/18/02

THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN EASTERN EUROPE WAS STOPPED AT THE BATTLE OF:

A.  DIEPPE

B.  THE BULGE

C.  MOSCOW

D.  STALINGRAD

4/19/02

TEST #26

4/22/02

THIS LEGISLATION SENT FORMER SERVICEMEN TO SCHOOL AFTER WORLD WAR II:

A.  THE TAFT-HARTLEY ACT

B.  THE SERVICEMEN’S READJUSTMENT ACT

C.  THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT

D.  THE MARSHALL PLAN

04/23/02

WHAT AMERICAN DIPLOMAT CRAFTED THE U.S. CONTAINMENT POLICY?

A.  DEAN ACHESON

B.  GEORGE MARSHALL

C.  GEORGE KENNAN

D.  DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

04/24/02

AFTER THEIR DEFEAT, THE NATIONALIST CHINESE FLED MAINLAND CHINA AND WENT TO:

A.  TAIPEI

B.  TAIWAN

C.  JAPAN

D.  MANCHURIA

04/25/02

WHAT MAN RAN ON THE DIXIECRAT TICKET IN THE ELECTION OF 1948?

A.  HARRY TRUMAN

B.  RICHARD NIXON

C.  HENRY A. WALLACE

D.  STROM THURMOND

4/26/02

TEST #27

O4/29/02

WHICH NATION’S FORTRESS FELL AT THE BATTLE OF DIENBIENPHU IN 1954?

A.  NORTH KOREA

B.  THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

C.  VIET NAM

D.  FRANCE

04/30/02

THE WARSAW PACT OF 1955 WAS A MILITARY ALLIANCE MADE BETWEEN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND:

A.  FRANCE

B.  THE SOVIET UNION

C.  POLAND

D.  THE UNITED STATES

05/01/02

THE BAY OF PIGS INCIDENT INVOLVED:

A.  THE PRESENCE OF SOVIET  NUCLEAR MISSILES IN CUBA

B.  A CIA PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE LEADER OF CHILE

C.  A CLASH IN EUROPE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE SOVIETS

D.  AN ATTEMPTED OVERTHROW OF FIDEL CASTRO

05/01/02

GROUPS THAT FANNED OUT ACROSS THE SOUTH TO END SEGREGATION IN FACILITIES SERVING INTERSTATE BUS PASSENGERS WERE CALLED:

A.  PEACE CORPS

B.  FREEDOM RIDERS

C.  EASY RIDERS

D.  SIT INNERS

5/03/02

THE ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS WAS INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC LEVEL OF:

A.  LATIN AMERICA

B.  AFRICA  

C.  SOUTHEAST ASIA

D.  THE MIDEAST

05/06/02

TEST #28

05/07/02

VIETNAMIZATION WAS THE POLICY OF:

A.  SPRIO AGNEW

B.  ROBERT KENNEDY

C.  RICHARD NIXON

D.  GERALD FORD

05/08/02

WHO BECAME PRESIDENT AT THE RESIGNATION OF RICHARD NIXON?

A.  JIMMY CARTER

B.  SPIRO AGNEW

C.  GERALD FORD

D.  NELSON ROCKEFELLER

05/09/02

WHICH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CAPITALIZED ON HIS STATUS AS A WASHINGTON “OUTSIDER” TO WIN ELECTION

A.  JIMMY CARTER

B.  RICHARD NIXON

C.  BILL CLINTON

D.  GERALD FORD

05/10/02

A.P. HISTORY EXAM

05/13/02

THE RELAXATION OF STRAINED POLITICAL RELATIONS AND COLD WAR TENSIONS BETWEEN THE SUPER POWERS IN THE 1970’S WAS CALLED:

A.  APPEASEMENT

B.  DÉTENTE

C.  SALT

D.  VIETNAMIZATION

5/14/02

IN WHICH YEAR DID VIETNAM FALL TO THE COMMUNISTS

A.  1973

B.  1974

C.  1975

D.  1976

05/15/02

THE OCTOBER WAR OF 1973 OCCURRED WHEN EGYPT AND SYRIA ATTACKED WHICH COUNTRY?

A.  LEBANON

B.  ISRAEL

C.  AFGHANISTAN

D.  KUWAIT

05/16/02

IN 1979, THE SOVIET UNION INVADED THIS COUNTRY:

A.  IRAQ

B.  ISRAEL

C.  AFGHANISTAN

D.  CAMBODIA

05/17/02

TEST #29

05/20/02

THE ALLAN BAKKE CASE HAD TO DO WITH:

A.  ABORTION RIGHTS

B.  RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED

C.  RIGHT TO COUNSEL FOR THE INDIGENT

D.  AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

05/21/02

THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE WAS POPULARLY KNOWN AS:

A.  STAR TREK

B.  STAR WARS

C.  DÉTENTE

E.  PERISTROIKA

05/22/02

WHICH POLITICIAN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAINBOW COALITION?

A.  RONALD REAGAN

B.  JESSEE JACKSON

C.  BILL CLINTON

D.  GEORGE H. BUSH

5/23/02

IN WHICH YEAR DID THE BERLIN WALL FALL?

A.  1985

B.  1987

C.  1989

D.  1991

5/24/02

TEST #30