History of Americans MCQs
History of Americans MCQs
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1: The leading agricultural activity of the pampa region is the production of _____________.
A. Coffee
B. Cattle
C. Sugarcane
D. Tropical fruits and vegetables
2: The lion gate is the gateway to ____.
A. Tiryns
B. Knossos
C. Malia
D. Mycenae
3: The redeemers portrayed themselves as the __________.
A. Leaders who had saved the Union from Confederate treason
B. Valiant enforcers of the Constitution and states' rights
C. Saviors of the South from the injustices of Republican rule
D. Protectors of freedmen
4: Uncle tom's cabin was authored by _____.
A. Harriet Beecher Stowe
B. James Buchanan
C. John Brown
D. None of the above
5: ________ warned americans against too much involvement with foreign nations.
A. Diplomacy
B. The president
C. Isolationism
D. George Washington
6: ________ does not have a competitive multiparty system.
A. Germany
B. Italy
C. The Netherlands
D. The United States
E. Sweden
7: In 2010, the average senate race saw about ________ dollars in campaign spending.
A. $6.5 million
B. $7.5 million
C. $8 million
D. 15 million
8: The ____ felt that the constitution should not specifically enumerate protected civil liberties.
A. Pluralists
B. Federalists
C. Populists
D. Antifederalists
9: The small group selected by pollsters to represent the entire population is called a ________.
A. Sample
B. Education
C. Families
D. Factions
10: The process of incorporation has resulted in the __________ of federal power.
A. Before the fact
B. First
C. Creating banks
D. Expansion
11: During world war ii, kennedy commanded a _____.
A. PT boat
B. Cambodia
C. North Vietnam
D. Thailand
12: The __________ was established in hopes of making abolitionism a political movement.
A. Liberty Party
B. Feminist style
C. Grimke
D. None of these
13: The united states army under __________________ captured ________________ in march 1847.
A. Mexico City
B. Winfield Scott,
C. John
D. Fremont
E. Robert.
14: The left-wing protest party that was formed in 1919 was the _____.
A. American Communist Party.
B. Rise of the middle class
C. The rise and dominance of the Republican party
D. Need for a third political party
15: Jim crow was the catchword for the _______ as a legal, dejure entity in the south.
A. Emancipation Proclamation
B. Black Codes
C. Slave Codes
D. Jim Crow
16: Abraham lincoln was first elected in 1860 with ________ percent of the popular vote.
A. 20
B. 40.
C. 50.
D. 60.
E. 80.
17: Both ratified in the 1930s, the twentieth amendment ____ and the twenty-first amendment ____.
A. Shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration; ended prohibition
B. Limited a president to two complete terms in office; repealed the Eighteenth Amendment
C. Rendered most New Deal programs unconstitutional; limited a president to two complete terms in office
D. Ended prohibition; shortened the time between presidential election and inauguration
E. Expanded the size of the Supreme Court; ended prohibition
18: The new monarchies grew out of an alliance between the monarchs and __________.
A. Twentieth
B. Ireland
C. Livestock
D. Merchants
19: One of the most controversial things lincoln did as president was _____.
A. Suspend freedom of the press for newspapers
B. Abolish freedom of speech
C. Suspend the writ of habeas corpus
D. Take over the entire Union military
20: The house of representatives impeached andrew johnson over ________.
A. The Civil Rights Act
B. The Fourteenth Amendment
C. The Military Reconstruction Act
D. The Tenure of Office Act
21: A naturalized citizen received citizenship rights by first completing __________.
A. An oath of allegiance
B. A naturalization application known as the Form N-400
C. A court appearance in front of a judge
D. A basic English and United States history exam
22: By 1860, most states had eliminated ____________ from their voting requirements.
A. At least one-quarter of the Indians perished during the winter of 1838-1839.
B. Property requirements
C. It permanently settled the question of the expansion of slavery.
D. The spoils system.
23: President monroe's foreign policy could best be described as _____.
A. Isolationism
B. Corporation
C. Imperialism
D. Monroe doctrine
24: According to thomas jefferson, _____________ was like a firebell in the night.
A. Sectionalism
B. Economic nationalism
C. Judicial nationalism
D. Slavery
25: The important principle of ___________ emerged from the signing of the mayflower compact.
A. Self-government
B. Manifest Destiny
C. The Liberator
D. The North Star
26: According to hambrick and fukutomi, ________ is the last season in a ceo's tenure.
A. Business
B. CEO's tenure
C. Finite model
D. Noneof the above
27: According to the documentary, burlesque morphs into ____ by the 1920s.
A. A chorus line
B. The book musical
C. Striptease
D. Funny wordplay
28: A playwright more interested in the psychological than the social was _____.
A. Lillian Hellman
B. Arthur Miller
C. Clifford Odets
D. Thornton Wilder
29: Drop caps look better if you ____ of the first letter.
A. Width is increased
B. Line-height is decreased
C. Width is decreased
D. Line-height is increased.
30: As many as __________ indians gathered at the ft. laramie council of 1851.
A. 5,000
B. 10,000
C. 15,000
D. 20,000
31: Few spanish settlers could be persuaded to settle the colony of __________ .
A. Native Americans
B. Glorious Revolution
C. Florida
D. Spaniards
32: In _____________________, such as go down, moses, slaves expressed their longing to be free.
A. Novels
B. Plays
C. Poems
D. Spirituals
E. Sermons
33: Sylvester graham argued that __________ should be eaten to preserve health.
A. Stress on the individualistic impulses of human nature.
B. Crackers
C. National Trades Union
D. None of these
34: The __________ captured control of the african gold trade by 1500 from north african muslims.
A. English
B. Portugal
C. Spanish
D. Portuguese
35: The american crisis was published just after _____.
A. The colonial army began to form
B. Governors of the states signed The Declaration of Independence
C. Colonists began to desert the army
D. British leaders began to meet with George Washington
36: A visible activity of the american indian movement (aim) has been its efforts to ________.
A. Gain clemency for Leonard Peltier
B. It resulted in a Native American version of the brain drain.
C. Their warfare was limited to specific campaigns designed for specific purposes.
D. It involved the occupation of the site of the infamous cavalry assault of 1890.
E. Native Americans are an impoveri
37: ____ is a federally-subsidized pre-kindergarten program.
A. Head Start
B. Race to the Top
C. No Child Left Behind
D. Common Core
38: Kearny's men had to cross _______ and mountains to get to california.
A. John C. Fremont
B. John Fremont
C. Stephen Austin
D. James Beckwourth
39: Lincoln's vice presidential candidate was _____.
A. McClellan
B. Meade
C. Johnson
D. Stephens
40: Native tribes ______________ before europeans arrived.
A. Commonly fought among themselves Correct
B. Lived peacefully together
C. Did not farm
D. None of these
41: The group of exporting nations decided to change ________ position on trade with the rebels.
A. Its
B. Us
C. Direct request
D. Me
42: The increased use of machinery in production of goods was seen in the ______.
A. Industrial Revolution
B. Olympe de Gouges
C. Russians
D. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
43: The naacp had the most success with ________ for combating racism.
A. Lawsuits.
B. Women.
C. De jure
D. Gerrymandering.
44: The recession of 2008 led to the loss of ________ million american jobs.
A. 1.
B. 5.
C. 8.
D. 16.
E. 25
45: The result of the battle of tippecanoe was that the native american movement _____.
A. Gained control of Indiana
B. Defeated state militias
C. Lost some of its power
D. Gained support in the South
46: The san antonio river walk and parts of the appalachian trail were funded by the _____.
A. Works progress administration.
B. One-fourth
C. Rio Grande Valley
D. Santa Barbara
47: Under president coolidge, the concerns of mexican americans and african americans were _____.
A. Muckrackers
B. The imposition of a new U.S. tariff on Hawaiian sugar
C. To gain independence from U.S. rule
D. Largely ignored
48: The proportion of americans living below the poverty level is approximately _____.
A. 8%
B. 14%
C. 18%
D. 24%
49: The word __________ means "in the roman manner."
A. Baroque
B. Gothic
C. Renaissance
D. Romanesque
50: From 1978, war and economic chaos in ________ prompted many to seek refuge in the u.s.
A. El Salvador
B. Nicaragua
C. Guatemalad
D. All of these
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