Clep us history 2

1. Which of the following best describes the
experiences of most recently freed people
following Reconstruction?
(A) They obtained land from the Freedmen's
Bureau.
(B) They were forced back onto the plantations
as sharecroppers.
(C) They established large

1.B

2. The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 provided for
(A) temporary Union military supervision of the
former Confederacy
(B) federal monetary support for the
resettlement of African Americans in Africa
(C) property-holding and voting rights for
African American

2.A

3. The second Sioux war (1876-1877), in which
Custer was defeated at the Battle of Little
Bighorn, was caused by all of the following
EXCEPT
(A) the extension of the route of the Northern
Pacific Railroad
(B) a concentrated effort on the part of the major

3.B

4. "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 j

4.C

5. Reformers of the Progressive Era proposed all of
the following changes in city government and
politics at the turn of the century EXCEPT
(A) a large city council elected by wards
(B) civil service
(C) home rule for cities
(D) city manager and commissio

5.A

6. The anticombination laws passed by numerous
states in the late 1880s were a response to which
of the following organizational innovations?
(A) The creation and growth of international
cartels
(B) The development of industry-wide trade
associations
(C)

6.E

7. Which of the following constituted a significant
change in the treatment of American Indians
during the last half of the nineteenth century?
(A) The beginning of negotiations with
individual Indian tribal groups
(B) The start of a removal policy
(C) Th

7.E

8. The late-nineteenth-century photograph shown
above was intended to serve which of the
following purposes?
(A) To advocate social reform
(B) To arouse anti-immigrant sentiments
(C) To encourage the purchase of cameras
(D) To document the need for prohib

8.A

9. Which of the following would have been most
likely to vote forWilliam Jennings Bryan in
1896 ?
(A) A Kansas farmer
(B) A Chicago industrial worker
(C) A department store clerk
(D) A university professor of economics
(E) A NewYork Republican Party membe

9.A

10. Unionization efforts in the late-nineteenth
century were countered by the
(A) establishment of the eight-hour workday
(B) passage of right-to-work laws
(C) increasing use of skilled labor
(D) use of federal troops to help end strikes
(E) establishment

10. D

11. Which of the following best states the goals of
the "pure and simple unionism" advocated by
Samuel Gompers?
(A) Labor unions should concentrate on
increasing wages and benefits.
(B) Labor should organize industry's skilled and
unskilled workers into a

11. A

12. During the late-nineteenth century, urban
political machines were organizations that
(A) were created by native-born Americans to
combat the political influence of immigrants
(B) were controlled by politicians who
dispensed jobs and other patronage in

12. B

13. In his interpretation of the historical
development of the United States, Frederick
Jackson Turner focused on the importance of the
(A) traditions of western European culture
(B) role of women in socializing children to
become good citizens
(C) histor

13. E

14. The 1896 presidential election was significant in
United States history because it
(A) marked the rise of the Populist Party
(B) signaled the return of free silver coinage
(C) strengthened the image of the Republican
Party as the party of prosperity a

14. C

15. The 1907 painting shown above is representative
of the
(A) Impressionist painting of Mary Cassatt
(B) Hudson River School art of Asher B. Durand
(C) Surrealism of Giorgio de Chirico
(D) Abstract Expressionist work of Jackson
Pollock
(E) Ashcan School

15. E

16. 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) The federal government passed legislation
protecting

16. B

17. Between 1890 and 1914, most immigrants to the
United States came from
(A) southern and eastern Europe
(B) northern and western Europe
(C) Latin America
(D) Southeast Asia
(E) Canada

17. A

18. Which of the following is a correct statement
about the United States at the close of the First
WorldWar?
(A) It joined the League of Nations.
(B) It emerged as the world's leading creditor
nation.
(C) It accorded diplomatic recognition to the
Soviet

18. B

19. Which of the following is a literary work that is
associated with the Lost Generation after the
FirstWorldWar?
(A) Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises
(B) Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar
(C) T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock"
(D) Sincla

19. A

20. Many Mexicans migrated to the United States
during the FirstWorldWar because
(A) revolution in Mexico had caused social
upheaval and dislocation
(B) the United States offered special homestead
rights to relatives of Mexican Americans
serving in the ar

20. A

21. All of the following were amongWoodrow
Wilson's Fourteen Points EXCEPT
(A) a general association of nations
(B) freedom to navigate the high seas in peace
and war
(C) an independent Poland
(D) a partitioned Germany
(E) an end to secret treaties

21. D

22. A direct consequence of Henry Ford's
assembly-line process was that it
(A) raised the price of automobiles
(B) resulted in small cuts in workers' wages
(C) decreased the need for skilled workers
(D) made the working environment safer
(E) increased the

22. C

23. All of the following help to explain the presence
of large numbers of expatriate American
intellectuals in Europe during the 1920s
EXCEPT the
(A) repressive effects of Prohibition and the
resurgence of conservatism in the United
States
(B) attraction

23. E

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24. The political cartoonist who drew the picture
above probably believed that
(A) European nations were pleased with aid
given them by the Coolidge administration
(B) governmental agencies were receiving

24. C

25. A number of changes took place in the
intellectual life of college-educated Americans
between 1880 and 1930. Which of the following
changes is LEAST characteristic of this group
during this period?
(A) Expanded popularity of Freudian
psychology
(B) Ri

25. D

26. In its 1932 march onWashington, the Bonus
Army demanded which of the following?
(A) Federal unemployment insurance for
workers who had lost their jobs
(B) Federal loans to farmers, with surplus grain
used as collateral
(C) Early payment to veterans of

26. C

27. Franklin D. Roosevelt was successful in securing
congressional support for all of the following
EXCEPT
(A) negotiation of tariff agreements by the
executive department
(B) reduction of the gold content of the dollar
(C) removal of the restraints of th

27. E

28. Franklin D. Roosevelt's farm policy was
primarily designed to
(A) reduce farm prices to make food cheaper for
the consumer
(B) increase production by opening new lands to
farmers
(C) reduce production in order to boost farm
prices
(D) use price and wa

28. C

29. The main purpose of theWagner Act (National
Labor Relations Act) of 1935 was to
(A) end the sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan
(B) settle the struggle between the American
Federation of Labor and the Congress of
IndustrialWorkers
(C) guarantee workers

29. D

30. The NationalWoman's Party, which lobbied
Congress to pass woman suffrage legislation,
was founded in 1916 by
(A) Jane Addams
(B) Eleanor Roosevelt
(C) Alice Paul
(D) Margaret Sanger
(E) Carrie Nation

30. C

31. The Reagan Revolution in politics refers to his
(A) strong support of rapprochement with
liberals
(B) ability to unite traditional Republicans with
working-class Democrats
(C) shifting responsibility for the poor to
religious organizations
(D) support

31. B

32. American participation in the SecondWorldWar
had which of the following major effects on the
home front?
(A) A temporary movement of women into
heavy industry
(B) The elimination of racial segregation in the
South
(C) The growth of isolationism in the

32. A

33. "I believe that it must be the policy of the United
States to support free peoples who are resisting
attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by
outside pressures. I believe that we must assist
free peoples to work out their own destinies in
their

33. D

34. Which of the following is true of the forced
relocation of Japanese Americans from theWest
Coast during the SecondWorldWar?
(A) President Roosevelt claimed that military
necessity justified the action.
(B) The Supreme Court immediately declared
the ac

34. A

35. During the SecondWorldWar, the federal
government pursued all of the following
economic policies EXCEPT
(A) rationing consumer goods
(B) limiting wartime wages
(C) limiting agricultural prices
(D) selling war bonds
(E) increasing the prime interest ra

35. E

36. The presidential election of 1928, which pitted
Herbert Hoover against Al Smith, was the first
presidential election that
(A) featured a Roman Catholic as a presidential
candidate
(B) was decided by less than 1 percent of the
popular vote
(C) featured

36. A

37. Following the SecondWorldWar, President
Truman was unable to expand significantly his
predecessor's New Deal programs primarily
because of
(A) the continuation of the Great Depression
(B) the need to maintain a large military force in
Asia
(C) budget

37. E

38. President Truman's decision to recall General
MacArthur from his command of United Nations
forces in Korea was primarily based on the
principle of
(A) containment of communism
(B) limited rather than total warfare
(C) isolationism rather than interven

38. D

39. In the decade after the CivilWar, the federal
government's policy toward the Plains Indians
focused on the
(A) creation of a network of churches to convert
them to Christianity
(B) establishment of schools to promote tribal
culture
(C) establishment o

39. C

40. The purpose of the Geneva Accords (1954)
was to
(A) divide Vietnam into temporary sectors and
lay the groundwork for free elections
(B) devise plans for arms reductions between the
Soviet Union and the United States
(C) establish the boundaries for pe

40. A

41. Allen Ginsberg was well-known as
(A) a founder of the Black Panther Party
(B) a key adviser to President Eisenhower
(C) a poet of the Beat Generation
(D) an anticommunist senator from California
(E) an Abstract Expressionist painter

41. C

42. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a
Supreme Court decision that
(A) was a forerunner of the Kansas-Nebraska
Act
(B) established free public colleges in the United
States
(C) declared racially segregated public schools
inherently unequal
(D) es

42. C

43. "The problem with hatred and violence is that
they intensify the fears of the white majority, and
leave them less ashamed of their prejudices
toward Negroes. In the guilt and confusion
confronting our society, violence only adds to
the chaos. It deepe

43. D

44. Reform activity during the Progressive Era was
similar to that of the 1960s in all of the following
ways EXCEPT
(A) The federal government supported civil
rights for African Americans.
(B) Reform activity was encouraged by strong
and active presidents

44. A

45. What contribution did Ngo Dinh Diem make
toward the escalation of hostilities between the
United States and North Vietnam?
(A) He proclaimed himself commander in chief
of Viet Cong armies and organized guerrilla
attacks on United States military
insta

45. C

46. Which of the following is correct about United
States involvement in the VietnamWar during
the period 1956-1964 ?
(A) It was justified by invoking the Open Door
policy.
(B) It was the exclusive responsibility of the
Johnson and Nixon administrations.

46. E

47. Which of the following events brought the
United States and the Soviet Union closest to the
possibility of nuclear war?
(A) The Berlin Blockade
(B) The Cuban missile crisis
(C) The Pueblo incident
(D) The Suez Crisis
(E) The U-2 incident

47. B

48. Until 1964 eligibility to vote could be restricted
by which of the following means?
(A) Poll taxes
(B) Grandfather clauses
(C) Limits on woman suffrage
(D) White-only primary elections
(E) Exclusion of foreign-born citizens

48. A

49. Which of the following is true about the
American Indian movement (AIM), which was
founded in 1968 ?
(A) It sought accommodation with White
society.
(B) It modeled its tactics on the Black Power
movement.
(C) It issued the Declaration of Indian Purpos

49. B

50. In the twentieth century, United States Supreme
Court decisions did all of the following
EXCEPT
(A) end Prohibition
(B) ban official prayers in the public schools
(C) protect a woman's right to an abortion
(D) protect property rights
(E) expand minori

50. A
(there never a supreme court case i.e. a "vs. case" about prohibition. the 21st admendment ended prohibition, not a court case)

51. The "silent majority" was a term used to
describe supporters of
(A) George McGovern
(B) GeorgeWallace
(C) Richard Nixon
(D) Prohibition
(E) environmental reform

51. C

52. The military proposal popularly known as Star
Wars was designed to
(A) incorporate the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration into the armed forces
(B) create a satellite and laser shield to defend
the United States against missile attacks
(C)

52. B

53. The Prairie School of architecture is best
exemplified in the work of
(A) Stanford White
(B) Frank Gehry
(C) Frank Lloyd Wright
(D) Louis Sullivan
(E) Daniel Burnham

53. C

54. The presidential debate between Richard M.
Nixon and John F. Kennedy showed the
importance of which of the following in
presidential campaigns?
(A) Radio
(B) Television
(C) Movies
(D) Computers
(E) The Internet

54. B

55. A major purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
was to
(A) prohibit discrimination in public
accommodations and employment
(B) create equity in Social Security benefits
(C) standardize funding for Medicare
(D) strengthen the women's movement
(E) provi

55. A

56. In his book The Fire Next Time (1963), James
Baldwin argued that
(A) the nuclear arms race imperiled future
generations
(B) the failure of White Americans and Black
Americans to overcome racism would have
destructive consequences
(C) expatriate Americ

56. B

57. The federal assistance program Aid to Families
with Dependent Children (AFDC) was
(A) established during the 1950s and continues
to function today
(B) a social welfare program created by Franklin
D. Roosevelt's New Deal program that
ended in the mid-1

57. B

58. The 1966 Supreme Court case Miranda v.
Arizona concerned which of the following?
(A) Segregated swimming pools
(B) College admission quotas
(C) Rights of citizens accused of a crime
(D) Poll taxes
(E) Sexual discrimination in the military

58. C

59. Senator Joseph McCarthy dominated the
American media and Congress during the early
1950s. McCarthy's rise to power was aided
most by
(A) the expansion of the Democratic Party
(B) the electoral success of the Republican Party
in 1952
(C) the support of

59. B

60. Which of the following events most challenged
the credibility of the presidency during the
twentieth century?
(A) Jimmy Carter's response to the Iranian
hostage crisis
(B) John Kennedy's role in the Bay of Pigs
invasion
(C) Dwight Eisenhower's handlin

60. D

61. The Equal Rights Amendment failed to get
ratification during the 1970s primarily because
(A) many believed it would disrupt society and
destroy traditional values
(B) of opposition from the Democratic Party
(C) people believed that communists had
insp

61. A

62. Which of the following was active in the
antilynching movement?
(A) Harriet Tubman
(B) Ida B.Wells
(C) Emma Goldman
(D) Aimee Semple McPherson
(E) Alice Paul

62. B

63. Which of the following led to the passage of the
Chinese Exclusion Act?
(A) Public concern that Chinese immigrants
would not support the war effort during the
SecondWorldWar
(B) Chinese officials wanting to restrict the flow
of laborers to the United

63. D

64. The Stonewall riots which took place in New
York City during the summer of 1969 were
significant because they
(A) demonstrated the shift to confrontational
politics by the National Organization for
Women
(B) rejected radical feminism and advocated
tra

64. C

65. Which of the following statements best describes
the impact of the growth of the Internet since the
1990s?
(A) It has greatly facilitated the exchange of
information worldwide.
(B) It helped to end the ColdWar.
(C) It has dramatically increased the co

65. A

66. Which of the following statements best reflects
Theodore Roosevelt's beliefs about foreign
policy?
(A) Trade is a crucial element in promoting
alliances among nations.
(B) Maintenance of a strong navy is an effective
means to promote peace.
(C) A poli

66. B

67. All of the following statements regarding the
period in which Dwight Eisenhower served as
president are true EXCEPT
(A) Eisenhower's policies steered a middle
course between Democratic liberalism and
traditional Republican conservatism.
(B) Growing su

67. C

68. President Ronald Reagan's economic program,
also known as Reaganomics, can be best
summarized by which of the following
statements?
(A) United States capitalism must be directed to
focus on building effective social programs,
increasing taxes on big b

68. C

69. During the 1950s, television shows like The
Donna Reed Show and Leave It to Beaver
exemplified the media's
(A) focus on the culture of northeastern cities
(B) reflection of prevalent ColdWar anxieties
(C) idealization of middle-class suburban family
l

69. C

70. One of the goals of Populism was to
(A) reduce income taxes
(B) implement government ownership of the
country's railroads and telegraph lines
(C) establish collectively owned farms
(D) establish a national health insurance system
(E) obtain government

70. B

71. Place the following in the correct chronological
order. Place the earliest event first.
(A) Truman Doctrine
(B) KoreanWar
(C) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
(D) Cuban missile crisis

71.A, B, D, C

72. The Federal Reserve System, established in
1913, has sought for much of its history to do
which of the following?
(A) Stabilize the nation's money supply by
expanding or restricting credit as needed.
(B) Assist consumers by forcing bankers to
establis

72. A

73. After the Spanish-AmericanWar, supporters of
United States annexation of the Philippines
believed that
(A) cheaper imported goods would lower
consumer prices
(B) an influx of immigrants would promote
labor competition
(C) racial tensions would decreas

73. D

74. "The time came when we had to forsake our
village at Like-a-fish-hook Bend, for the
government wanted the Indians to become
farmers. 'You should take allotments,' our
[Bureau of Indian Affairs] agent would say.
'The big game is being killed off, and y

74. E

75. Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston were
associated with which of the following
twentieth-century movements?
(A) The Lost Generation
(B) The Beat movement
(C) The Black Power movement
(D) The Niagara movement
(E) The Harlem Renaissance

75. E

76. "We must be impartial in thought as well as in
action, must put a curb upon our sentiments as
well as upon every transaction that might be
construed as a preference of one party to the
struggle before another."
The struggle referred to by PresidentWoo

76. D

77. TheWomen's Trade Union League had most
success in organizing
(A) secretaries
(B) telephone workers
(C) garment workers
(D) department store clerks
(E) slaughterhouse workers

77. C

78. "All persons born or naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
citizens of the United States and of the State
wherein they reside. No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immuni

78. E

79. Title IX created a sharp increase of women's
participation in athletics because it
(A) requires that women be admitted to all-male
schools
(B) prohibits discrimination against women in
college admissions
(C) mandates that women be allowed to compete
o

79. D

80. The Klu Klux Klan (KKK) of the 1920s most
differed from the KKK of the nineteenth century
in that it
(A) drew strong support from Canada and
Mexico.
(B) reflected prejudice and social discontent
following a war.
(C) was a national organization.
(D) us

80. C

81. Americans entered the FirstWorldWar most
directly as a result of which of the following?
(A) The sinking of the British ship Lusitania
killed large numbers of American citizens.
(B) The American arms industry fearing that
Britain and France would not

81. D

82. Which of the following occurred as a result of
the Compromise of 1877?
(A) Southern Democrats threatened secession
until Rutherford B. Hayes removed federal
troops from the South.
(B) Hayes rewarded Southern supporters by
backing a plan for a railroad

82. E

83. Franklin D. Roosevelt supported all of the
following foreign policies EXCEPT
(A) the Good Neighbor policy in Latin America
(B) an economic embargo against Germany
(C) diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union
(D) lend-lease aid
(E) a series of neutra

83. E

84. American suffrage advocates' support for the
war effort during the FirstWorldWar led to
(A) a split among feminists
(B) solidarity with European suffragists
(C) a strong commitment to the Republican
Party
(D) adopting of women's right to vote
(E) Unit

84. D

85. The Carter Doctrine describes which of the
following?
(A) An attempt to ease United States trade and
travel restrictions with Cuba
(B) A decrease in United States troop
deployment along the demilitarized zone
separating North and South Korea
(C) An in

85. D

86. Most African American soldiers participated in
the FirstWorldWar as
(A) front-line soldiers, suffering the heaviest
casualties
(B) service personnel in combat areas
(C) spies
(D) aviators
(E) gunners on battleships

86. B

87. The long known and the long expected has thus
taken place. The forces endeavoring to enslave
the entire world now are moving toward this
hemisphere. Never before has there been a
greater challenge to life, liberty, and civilization.
Delay invites grea

87. E

88. Place the following in correct chronological
order. Place the earliest event first.
(A) The Birth of a Nation
(B) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
(C) Plessy v. Ferguson
(D) Voting Rights Act

88.C, A, B, D

89. What is the title of Betty Friedan's 1963 book
that described the frustrations of suburban
housewives and helped launch the women's
liberation movement in the United States?
(A) The Common Sense Book of Baby and
Child Care
(B) Unequal Sisters
(C) The

89. D

90. One of Richard Nixon's domestic policy
achievements as president was the
(A) development of Job Corps for youth job
training
(B) passage of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
(C) establishment of the Environmental
Protection Agency
(D) lowerin

90. C

91. During the Gilded Age, the United States
government encouraged industrial growth by
(A) initiating the adoption of standard time
zones for railroad schedules
(B) providing federal support to inventors like
Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell
(C) g

91. C

92. Which of the following was a major change that
took place in the United States as a direct result
of the G.I. Bill of Rights in 1944?
(A) An increase in the number of female college
graduates at public universities
(B) A decrease in discrimination aga

92. E

93. Which of the following was an immediate effect
of the development of mass-produced
automobiles in the United States during the
1920s?
(A) The rapid decline of coal use
(B) The increase in steel importation
(C) The rapid increase in car exportation
(D)

93. E

94. Which of the following best describes the
Marshall Plan, which was developed during the
Truman administration after the SecondWorld
War?
(A) It was an aid package intended to prevent
Greece and Turkey from falling to
communist revolutionaries.
(B) It

94. C

95. "To those of my race who depend on bettering
their condition in a foreign land, or who
underestimate the importance of cultivating
friendly relations with the southern white man
who is their next door neighbor, I would say:
'Cast down your bucket wher

95. B

96. Which of the following was a key component of
President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
programs?
(A) The Peace Corps
(B) The Social Security Act
(C) The Civilian Conversation Corps
(D) The Elementary and Secondary Education
Act
(E) The Americans with

96. D