Question 1. What were encomiendas?

Indian structures for religious ceremonies

Military forts in New Spain

Golden cities that the Spanish hoped to find

Spanish plantations where enslaved Indians labored

Question 2. The Jamestown colony was established by

a joint-stock company.

religious dissenters.

English missionaries.

an aristocratic explorer.

Question 3. Why did colonists turn to slave labor rather than indentured servants in the late 1600s?

Africans refused to come as indentured servants so they were kidnapped as slaves.

There was a decline in availability of indentured servants from England.

The indentured servants from England weren't good workers.

Indentured servitude was outlawed in the colonies.

Question 4. What happened in the colonies as a result of the Glorious Revolution in England?

England adopted a policy of salutary neglect.

The dominion of New England was established.

England enacted the Navigation Acts.

The colonies profited from the new trade regulations.

Question 5. At the First Continental Congress, delegates, such as Patrick Henry and John Adams, encouraged colonists to think of themselves as

Americans.

Britons.

Virginians.

New Englanders.

Question 6. The Battle of Lexington was part of a strategy by the British to suppress the colonists by

disarming the militia.

blockading ports.

capturing Patrick Henry.

laying siege to Boston.

Question 7. General Washington won the Battle of Trenton primarily because

the enemy troops did not speak English.

the weather was cold.

his troops outnumbered enemy troops.

he surprised the enemy.

Question 8. Congress called a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation because

states wanted the power to regulate commerce.

state governments called for a new constitution.

the federal government wanted states to collect taxes.

the federal government needed to be made stronger.

Question 9. Which of the following most closely preserved the government of the Articles of Confederation?

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Connecticut Compromise

Great Compromise

Question 10. Who extolled the equality of conditions in his book Democracy in America?

Lafayette

Andrew Jackson

de Tocqueville

Thomas Jefferson

Question 11. The creation of an integrated national economy became known as

mercantilism.

price fixing.

the rise of factories.

market revolution.

Question 12. The bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. History was

Nat Henthoff's Rebellion.

The Slave Rebellion of 1831.

Nat Turner's Rebellion.

The Market Revolution.

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. Why did Lincoln announce, early in the Civil War, that he would not free enslaved people?

He personally supported slavery.

He wanted to trick the South into surrendering.

He wanted to impress European leaders.

He wanted to keep the border states in the Union.

Question 17. Which Civil War battle decisively turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union?

Battle of Atlanta

Battle of Vicksburg

Battle of Richmond

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 18. Some neighborhoods, and even industries, came to be associated with immigrants of a particular nationality because immigrants

could learn only one job.

refused most work offered to them.

would work only for one employer.

tended to settle in nationality groups.

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 decisive battles in World War I were fought

in Alsace-Lorraine.

in Austria-Hungary.

on the Eastern Front.

on the Western Front.

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

Radar

Convoys

Airplanes

Submarines

Question 22. During the 1920s, the stock market

rose sharply.

leveled off.

declined sharply.

became obsolete.

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. Stock speculation became common because

many banks had closed.

stock prices kept going up.

credit became more difficult to get.

investors lost confidence in the market.

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

Question 1. Identify and describe the main provisions of the Constitution of 1787. Make sure you analyze the compromises made at the convention to ensure the passage of the new federal constitution. Then discuss the formation of America's first two political parties, the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists. What were the major differences and who were the best-known members of each party? Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.

Question 2. Identify and analyze the main provisions of the Compromise of 1850. Be sure to analyze the problem of California and how this led to the Compromise. Then analyze how the Compromise set off a storm of political controversy between 1849 and 1850. Identify the key players and how they viewed the Compromise. What was the role of President Zachary Taylor in these discussions? Be sure to use enough details to support your answer.

Question 3. Identify and explain at least two causes of World War II. Then analyze America's foreign policy before the war, and describe how that policy changed as the war progressed. Be sure to include a discussion of how the Battle of Britain influenced American opinion. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.

Question 4. Identify and analyze the main events of the Korean War and Cuban Missile Crisis. Then assess how these events affected the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.