Which of the following was a significant cause of the trend from 1843 to 1854 shown in the graph *?

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Which of the following would NOT be specific evidence (NOT synthesis point)

1. President Ulysses Grant

2. Redemption/Redeemers or "Bourbons"

3. Gag rule

4. De facto/de jure segregation

What is the historical context of this document?

1. Recognition of discrimination + segregation, pay inequality

2. Oppression of women through cultural norms and stereotypes

3. Emerged from widespread discrimination in education

4. WW2; support for war effort; growth of defense industry jobs

Which of the following synthesis' would NOT be appropriate in this essay?

1. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, 2009

2. Anita Hill accusations against Clarence Thomas, 1991

3. Rise of the Third Wave of feminism in 1990s

4. The ratification of the 12th Amendment, 1804

Which of the following reflects the Spanish as opposed to the English?

1. More willing to allow bases for privateers

2. More interested in establishing and protecting trade network

3. More motivated by imperial competition with other nations

4. More likely to be fleeing for political and religious reason

In the 1840s and 1850s, the views expressed by Calhoun most directly contributed to

1. the United States acquisition of new territory in the West

2. increased sectional divisions between North and the South

3. the development of sharecropping and tenant farming in South

4. rise of voluntary organizations to promote religious reform

Which of the following most directly undermines Calhoun's assertions?

1. Many slaves adopted elements of Christianity.

2. Many slaves engaged in forms of resistance to slavery.

3. Abolitionists had difficulty organizing in Southern states.

4. A majority of White Southerners were not slaveholders.

Which groups would have been most likely to support Calhoun's views expressed in the excerpt?

1. Members of nativist political parties

2. Members of the Whig Party

3. Southern landowners

4. Northern industrialists

Historians argue that the recommendations of Washington on US foreign policy ended with the

1. westward expansion in the nineteenth century

2. support for Cuban revolutionaries in Spanish-American War

3. Wilson's support for democratic principles during WWI

4. involvement in the Second World War

Which of the following groups most strongly opposed Washington's point of view in the address?

1. Democratic-Republicans

2. New England merchants

3. Southern plantation owners

4. Federalists

The ideas expressed in the address most strongly influenced which US foreign policy decision?

1. The establishment of the United Nations in 1945

2. Formation of NATO alliance between the US and Western Europe

3. The refusal to join the League of Nations in 1919

4. The oil embargo against Japan in 1941

The concerns expressed by Washington were a response to the

1. debate on treating Indian tribes in trans-Appalachian West

2. dispute over the possibility of annexing Canada from Britain

3. controversy regarding supporting revolutionary France

4. conflict with Britain over treatment of American loyalists

Reagan's speech best reflects which of the following developments in US foreign policy?

1. Caution from earlier setbacks in international affairs

2. Assertions of U.S. opposition to communism

3. The expansion of peacekeeping efforts

4. The pursuit of free trade wordwide

Truman issued the doctrine primarily in order to

1. support decolonization in Asia and Africa

2. support United States allies in Latin America

3. protect United States interests in the Middle East

4. bolster noncommunist nations, particularly in Europe

The statements of both Truman and Reagan share the same goal of

1. resisting communist military power and ideological influence

2. creating alliances with recently decolonized nations

3. reestablishing the principle of isolationism

4. avoiding a military confrontation with the Soviet Union

The ideas expressed by Clinton in the excerpt were most similar to those of which president?

1. Lyndon Johnson

2. Ronald Reagan

3. Franklin Roosevelt

4. Woodrow Wilson

Which action by Clinton administration best reflects the ideas about the scope of government?

1. Pursuing military interventions in the Balkans and Somalia

2. Enactment of welfare reform to encourage self-reliance

3. The negotiation of free trade among North American countries

4. The effort to enact universal health care legislation

The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to 1775 best explains the

1. developing economic differences of north and south colonies

2. difficulties in resisting British military during Revolution

3. large proportion of colonists who stayed loyal to Britain

4. growth of tensions between backcountry and coastal people

The change in settlement patterns from 1700 to 1775 had which of the following effects?

1. A decrease in the coastal population

2. An increase in conflicts between British and Amer. Indians

3. Decrease in economic importance of slavery and coerced labor

4. An increase in trade with French Canada

The pattern of colonial settlement up to 1700 resulted most directly from

1. Large British populations relative to Indian populations

2. British recognition of Native American sovereignty

3. Orientation of colonies for producing commodities for Europe

4. British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies

Which of the following represents a later example of change highlighted in the poster?

1. Feminist challenges to sexual norms in the 1970s

2. Growing protests against US military abroad in the 1970s

3. Inability of manufacturers to create jobs for women 70s-80s

4. Growing consensus about appropriate women's roles in 80s-90s

The poster most directly reflects the

1. wartime mobilization of United States society

2. emergence of the United States as a leading world power

3. expanded access to consumer goods during wartime

4. wartime repression of civil liberties

The poster was intended to

1. persuade women to enlist in the military

2. promote the ideals of republican motherhood

3. advocate for elimination of sex discrimination in employment

4. convince women that they had an essential role in war effort

Advocates for individuals shown in the image would most likely agree with which perspective?

1. Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson was justified

2. Capitalism without gov't would improve social conditions.

3. Wealth and poverty are the products of natural selection.

4. Gov't should act to eliminate abuses of industrial society.

The conditions shown depict which of the following trends in the late nineteenth century?

1. the growing gap between rich and poor

2. the rise of the settlement house and Populist movements

3. increased corruption in urban politics

4. migration of blacks to the North in the late 19th century

Conditions like those shown in the image contributed most directly to which of the following?

1. The passage of laws restricting immigration to the US

2. An increase in Progressive reform activity

3. A decline in efforts to Americanize immigrants

4. The weakening of labor unions such as the AFL

The Brown decision reversed which of the following earlier decisions?

1. Marbury v. Madison (system of judicial review)

2. Worcester v. Georgia (fed. gov't deals with Indian affairs)

3. Dred Scott v. Sandford (slaves couldn't be citizens)

4. Plessy v. Ferguson (endorsed racial segregation laws)

Which sets of decisions demonstrated the strongest continuity with the idea expressed in Brown?

1. Gregg v. Georgia (constitutionality of the death penalty)

2. University of California v. Bakke (affirmative action)

3. Miranda v. Arizona (Individual rights and protections)

4. Citizens United v. FEC (election laws)

Brown reflected a growing belief that after WWII, power used by federal gov't should be used to

1. promote greater racial justice

2. revitalize cities

3. foster economic opportunity

4. defend traditional visions of morality

The main trend shown was most directly associated with which process occurring in the US?

1. The convergence of European and American cultures

2. The emergence of an industrialized economy

3. The displacement of American Indians from the Southeast

4. The resurgence of evangelical Protestanitsm

Which of the following was a direct effect of the trend in immigration after 1845?

1. An increase in sectional tensions

2. A major economic downturn

3. An upsurge in nativist sentiment

4. The collapse of the second party system

The migrants represented typically settled in which of the following regions of the US?

1. The Northeast

2. The Southeast

3. The Southwest

4. The West Coast

Which was a significant cause of the trend from 1843 to 1854 shown in the graph?

1. Active encouragement of migration by the US government

2. Economic and political difficulties in Germany and Ireland

3. Incentives offered by US companies hiring skilled migrants

4. Adoption of free trade policies by European governments

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