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US HISTORY

Question	Answer
What May 1869 event, in Promontory Point, Utah, would have a tremendous impact on Americans that would be felt long into the twentieth century? [lecture]	discovery of the largest silver deposit in the United States
Western farmers tried to cope with the harsh environmental conditions they encountered by utilizing all of the following agricultural practices, except:	developing chemical pesticides
By 1901, unprecedented economic and industrial growth in America had produced what premier billion-dollar corporation?	U.S. Steel [formerly Carnegie Steel]
Illinois entrepreneur Joseph G. McCoy established one of the most profitable and popular shipping points for cattle in the late nineteenth century at Abilene, Kansas. [lecture]	True
The majority of native-born migrants to the American West were, primarily, prosperous farmers, merchants, and professionals. [lecture]	True
Railroad freight and passenger traffic increased nearly threefold during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, due in large part to which of the following technological improvements? [lecture]	all of the above
By the mid-1880s, what industry represented the biggest business, in terms of sheer size, in the West?	cattle
What late nineteenth-century inventor established a shop in Menlo Park, New Jersey, in which he proposed to turn out "a minor invention every ten days and a big thing every six months" or so? [lecture]	Thomas Edison
What Illinois farmer was celebrated for his invention of barbed wire, which was a standard feature on farms throughout the region by 1884? [lecture]	Joseph F. Glidden
Despite the fact that the Sioux were granted all of present-day South Dakota under the second Treaty of Fort Laramie, in 1875 the government wanted to reacquire the territory because of which of the following events?	the discovery of gold in the Black Hills
Alternating current was invented, in 1886, by what electric company founder?	George Westinghouse
During the summer of 1859, miners stumbled upon the richest discovery of precious metal in history, eventually extracting over $300 million, at what site?	Comstock
In the seven decades between 1790 and 1860, the U.S. Patent Office recorded 36,000 patents; however, during the 1890s alone how many patents were registered?	well over 230,000 patents
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, it became clear that Indian resistance had failed, primarily because:	all of the above
All of the following men can correctly be labeled Gilded Age “robber barons” except:	Mark Twain
It is likely that, had the native tribes been able to maintain their unity and cohesion they could have successfully withstood the onslaught of settlement from the East	True
Following the Civil War, former slaves and freedmen called Exodusters, flooded into Western states like Kansas seeking, for the first time, their “American Dream	True
Defying the odds, a majority of those who went West during one of the great “gold rushes” were successful in finding the “mother lode” and finding fortune	False
The “Wild” West lived up to its reputation averaging, annually, over 5.000 murders and other acts of violence	False
Of 40,000 cowboys who rode the cattle trails across the Great Plains, ¼ [at least] were African-American	True
In 1873, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner published a book that created what enduring label for politics in post-Reconstruction America? [lecture]	"Gilded Age"A
A late-1800s split in what political party created two factions, the "Half-Breeds" and the "Stalwarts"?	Republican
One of the most heated late nineteenth-century debates was over whether or not the government should expand the nation's money supply, with which of the following groups most adamantly supporting the printing of more money? [lecture]	urban workers
In 1890, the Republican-controlled Congress made history by passing what law, the first such ever, which was designed to regulate big business? [lecture]	Sherman Antitrust Act
During the late nineteenth century, farmers began to form alliances, which targeted what two business entities in American society? [lecture]	railroads and grain elevator operators
Former Department of Agriculture clerk Oliver Hudson Kelley formed what organization for farmers in 1867, one of the first farmers' alliances in history? [lecture]	National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
Supporters of the Farmers' Alliance soon formed their own political party, the People's Party of America, which met at their nominating convention in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1892 and developed a platform that included which of the following positions?	a 16:1 coinage ratio
A strike at what steel mill owner's Homestead plant resulted in the death of three Pinkerton agents and ten strikers in 1892, essentially ending labor organizing in the steel industry for the next half-century? [lecture]	Andrew Carnegie
The Populist Party was all but destroyed during the 1896 presidential contest after party leaders made what critical decision? [lecture]	all of the above
In 1889, Jane Addams, the thirty-year-old daughter of wealthy Illinois Quaker parents, founded what Progressive organization or establishment in Chicago? [lecture/video]	Hull House
What early twentieth-century author and philosopher emphasized the value of a creative, flexible approach to education that would enable students to acquire practical knowledge through a more “hands-on” approach to learning? [lecture]	John Dewey
Theodore Roosevelt branded the new breed of investigative journalist of the Progressive Era as "muckrakers," a term he borrowed from what John Bunyan work? [lecture]	A Theory of the Leisure Class
What famous muckraker described in detail the unfair business practices of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil trust in a series of 1902 McClure's articles? [lecture/video]	Ida Tarbell
The progressive movement attracted many different followers during the early twentieth century, to include which of the following groups? [lecture]	businessmen,farmers,laborers
By 1915, what had every state legislature, as well as Congress through passage of the 1910 Mann Act, declared illegal? [lecture]	prostitution
The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1908, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt and Japanese government officials, resulted in an increase in Japanese immigration to the United States.	False
When first approached by Republican Party leaders in 1900 to see if he would consider the number two spot on the presidential ticket, Theodore Roosevelt responded that he would rather "shovel muck in a Chicago Stockyard" than become vice president.	False
Throughout his two terms of office, Theodore Roosevelt took every opportunity to expand the administrative power of the federal government, including adding a new cabinet-level position in the Executive by sponsoring creation of the Department of Commerce	True
Shortly after publication of Upton Sinclair's 1906 book The Jungle, Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act. [lecture]	True
While the most sizable group of mid-nineteenth-century immigrants came from either Germany or Ireland, by 1890, most "new immigrants" hailed from Italy.	True
Although no American city could lay claim to a mass-transit system prior to 1825, by the end of the century, the first subway system was already busy transporting the residents of New York. [lecture]	False
Nearly all American metropolitan areas were composed of a number of smaller "cities within cities," including New York's Tenderloin district and New Orleans' Storyville neighborhood, both of which represented red-light districts: concentrations of vice an	True
Until 1887, there were a number of racially integrated baseball teams at all levels of the game, both minor and major leagues; however, this ended that year when the St. Louis Browns refused to play against an all-black team.	True
Theodore Dreiser provided readers with a critical examination of the existing social order in America in his most famous book, The Gilded Age; one in which he goes on to define "sivilization" as a society filled with corruption, petty materialism, and hyp	False
The first major public park in America, New York's Central Park, was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted to create a psychological sense of freedom and to provide a moral uplift to the growing monotony of urban life.	True
Charles Darwin	Descent of Man
William M. Tweed	Tammany Hall
William Jennings Bryan	Father of Pragmatis
Mary Elizabeth Lease	Kansas Cyclone
When Congress did finally vote to go to war with Spain in April 1898, the Teller Amendment was added to the U.S. declaration of war, providing for which of the following?	Cuba would be made an independent nation following the war
President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize for what 1905 accomplishment? [lecture]	convening the Portsmouth Peace Conference
As Attorney General, what former Pennsylvania congressman led the fight during the Red Scare to save America from, what he called, the "moral perverts and hysterical neurasthenic women who abound in communism"? [lecture]	Mitchell Palmer
Secretary of State John Hay felt compelled to issue a second series of "Open Door" notes to foreign powers, in response to what event?	the end of the Spanish-American War
A young University of Wisconsin historian, Frederick Jackson Turner, received national attention in 1896 when he proclaimed that the American frontier: [lecture]	was now closed
By 1927, Henry Ford had perfected the assembly line process at his River Rouge plant in Michigan, cutting the amount of time it took workers to build a car from twelve and a half hours, down to: [lecture]	1 minute
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 ignited a war in Europe between the Triple Entente, composed of Great Britain, France, and Russia, and the Central Powers, composed of all of the following nations, except: [lecture]	Turkey
According to journalist Walter Lippmann, in his 1929 book Preface to Morals, there were certain "acids of modernity" that were corroding the stability of 1920s life; foremost among these "acids" was:	a new morality that was dissolving the Victorian notions of womanhood
The cloak of patriotism protected many Americans who committed egregious acts during the war, including a 1918 incident in which a Missouri mob paraded a man through town, wrapped in an American flag, and then lynched him for what crime?	for teaching German in the local public school
When President McKinley failed to support war with Spain in late March 1898, instead opting to continue negotiations with Spanish officials, what politician remarked that the president was a "white-livered cur" with "no more backbone than a chocolate écla	Theodore Roosevelt
What Filipino rebel leader, who fought alongside American troops in the 1898 defeat of the Spanish in his homeland, led a revolt against the Americans, who refused to grant independence to the Philippines? [lecture/video]	Emilio Aguinaldo
One of the final events that pushed America closer to war in 1917 was the intercepted "Zimmermann Telegram," from German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann, proposing which of the following? [lecture]	a military alliance between Mexico and Germany
What Naval War College instructor and prolific author strongly suggested, in The Influence of Sea Power upon History, that control over international communications was the key to success in modern warfare, thus requiring a strong naval presence throughou	Alfred Thayer Mahan
A poll of college students in the 1920s asking them to list the three greatest figures of all time, found what American figure finishing third, behind Jesus Christ and Napoleon? [lecture]	Henry Ford
The Ku Klux Klan was reorganized in 1915 by William J. Simmons, who attracted millions of new members during the 1920s, including a large number of women, who accounted for nearly what percent of total Klan membership?	50 percent
Many 1920s artists experimented with new modes of expression to capture the chaos of life in the machine age, including which of the following authors, who used the unconventional "Newsreel" and "Camera Eye" methods in his trilogy, U.S.A.?	John Dos Passos
In 1895, Spain dispatched ____________________ leader to Cuba to put down the Cuban insurrection against Spanish rule, who then established a brutal reconcentration program that resulted in the death of nearly 400,000 Cubans? [lecture/video]	Valeriano Weyler
Countless young women during the "Roaring Twenties" adopted the "flapper" image that included which of the following characteristics? [lecture]	drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes,wearing their hair short and using cosmetics,hemming their skirts above the knee and dancing
What future Secretary of State, in a letter to Theodore Roosevelt at the end of the Spanish-American War, remarked that "it has been a splendid little war"? [lecture]	John Hay
During the late nineteenth century, William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal and Joseph Pulitzer's New York World represented a new type of journalism in America that became known as the "yellow press," a name which originated from: [lecture]	the titillating articles they published
Why did the German government target the British luxury liner Lusitania, which was sunk by a German submarine on May 7, 1915, killing nearly 1,200 people?	the ship was secretly transporting millions of rounds of ammunition to England
What athlete captured the attention of all Americans during the 1920s by providing a true "rags-to-riches" story of a man who went from being raised in an orphanage to winning three American League pennants and two World Series titles in the late 1920s? [	Babe Ruth
What March 1917 event made it easier for President Wilson and America to enter the war against Germany, while simultaneously declaring the Allied cause as a democratic crusade?	the sinking of the American merchant ship Laconia
Which of the following was not a part of FDR's Second New Deal	Civilian Conservation Corps
Japan finally accepted terms of surrender on August 14, 1945, in direct response to which of the following events?	Emperor Hirohito's plea to the military leaders
The following items all contributed to the economic crisis known as the "Dust Bowl," except	migration to the Great Plains
Which of the following segments of American society benefited the most from the New Deal?	labor
The wartime Office of Censorship, established in December 1941, was given the responsibility for overseeing	examination of all letters going overseas
The "Big Three" world leaders met again at Yalta in February 1945, where they attempted to answer questions pertaining to which of the following issues?	occupation of Germany,creation of the United Nations ,the political status of eastern Europe
Perhaps one of the best depictions of the Dust Bowl migration is found in the following Great Depression era novel	John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
The New Deal program that established federal writing, music, and theater projects was the	Works Progress Administration
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the direct impact of the stock market crash of 1929	had little direct impact on the overall economy
In accordance with the plans for Operation Overlord, five code-named beaches were designated for the upcoming amphibious assault, to include all but which of the following	Silver
Upon witnessing the dropping of the first atomic bomb, what observer was reminded of a passage from Hindu scripture, "I am become Death, destroyer of worlds"?	J. Robert Oppenheimer
The 1934 Nye Congressional Committee and Walter Millis, in his 1935 book Road to War, both blamed American entry into World War I on which of the following?	Wall Street bankers
On March 21, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing which of the following actions?	forced evacuation of Japanese residents on the West Coast
During the Great Depression, many Americans were attracted to the Communist Party, whose membership increased tenfold, to include which of the following groups?	gasoline,shoes,coffee
The impact of the Great Depression included which of the following?	blurring of the gender roles within the family
New Deal legacies include all of the following, except:	solved the economic crisis of the 1930s
The first challenge to peace in the post–World War I era was the seizure of Manchuria by which of the following nations in the early 1930s	Japan
Following the breaking of the Japanese code in the Pacific, what American military commander was able to emerge victorious against vastly superior Japanese forces at the Battle of Midway?	Chester Nimitz
FDR's "court packing" plan for the United State Supreme Court called for	the addition of a new judge whenever an incumbent refused to retire at age 70
In September 1938, Adolph Hitler made demands upon European leaders at the Munich Conference for what territory, which he said was "the last territorial claim I have to make in Europe"?	Sudetenland
Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone With the Wind, which sold over 2 million copies, illustrated what popular depression theme or trend in the arts?	a renewed appreciation of small-town, rural ways of life
Which of the following is true of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration?	represented the first tentative step toward a welfare state
Walt Disney's film The Three Little Pigs served as a:	reminder of FDR's inaugural assertion that Americans had nothing to fear
What New Deal critic advocated a "Share Our Wealth" plan in which the government would confiscate all estates over $5 million and redistribute the wealth?	Huey Long
At which of the following conferences did President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill agree upon an eight-point statement of war aims, known as the Atlantic Charter?	Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The United States government's involvement in the St. Louis incident of 1939 reflects which of the following?	anti-Semitic views of some government officials
In 1929, conventional wisdom and past practice in Washington supported which of the following positions concerning government involvement in the economy?	"hands-off" approach
During the 1930s, many American volunteers, who called themselves the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, traveled overseas to fight against the Hitler and Mussolini-backed Fascist revolutionaries in what nation?	Spain
On June 5, 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced his prescription for European recovery which included an economic aid package amounting to how much money over four years?	$17 billion
The decision of the North Korean military to launch an invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950, was initiated at the request of leaders in what nation?	North Korea
During the 1950s, what state experienced the greatest amount of growth, adding over 3 million residents by the end of the decade?	California
President Truman finally decided to recognize the independence of Israel on May 14, 1948, for all of the following reasons, except:	his Secretary of State and Defense Secretary urged such action
In addition to toughening up the government loyalty program, which led to the resignation or dismissal of nearly ten thousand federal government employees, President Eisenhower also supported passage of the Communist Control Act of 1954 that called for wh	prohibiting communists from running for public office
The impact of television on American society in the 1950s included all the following consequences, except:	thousands of movie theaters were closed
On April 11, 1951, President Truman relieved General MacArthur of his command for which of the following infractions?	MacArthur's public criticism of Truman MacArthur's opposition to a settlement MacArthur's insistance that U.S. forces attack Chinese bases in North Korea
The Bay of Pigs invasion, an attack on Fidel Castro–ruled Cuba in April 17, 1961, resulted in all of the following, except	increased the prestige of President Kennedy and America in Latin America
In the midst of the Red Scare, Senator Joseph McCarthy rose to power, with vehement attacks not only on communists, but also which of the following groups?	established elite
In July 1945, President Truman traveled to meet with the Soviet and British delegations at the Potsdam Conference, where they reached all but which of the following tentative agreements?	British and American observers could monitor eastern European elections
In 1955, twelve of the top fifty songs for the year were rock and roll, including “Rock Around the Clock,” performed by which of the following recording artists?	Bill Haley
In a March 1946 speech delivered at Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill declared that which of the following now existed	an iron curtain
What post–WWII event marked a turning point in American foreign policy, which, in the words of presidential aide Clark Clifford, marked "the opening gun in a campaign to bring the people up to [the] realization that the war isn't over by any means"?	Truman Doctrine
The downfall of Senator Joseph McCarthy was initiated by the leaking of an incriminating report, showing that McCarthy attempted to win preferential treatment for a former staff member drafted into the army, released to the press by:	President Eisenhower
When he took the oath of office in 1961, John F. Kennedy, the youngest man ever elected president, characterized his vision and promise of opportunity and challenge for America as which of the following?	New” “Frontier
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), established in 1949, selected as its first supreme commander what American military leader	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Early in the war, General William Westmoreland, the American military commander in Vietnam, felt that which of the following tactics would bring the North Vietnamese to their knees?	search-and-destroy ground missions use of firepower from ground artillery and helicopter gunships use of fighter aircraft and B-52 bombers
In the late 1940s, who wrote an article under the pseudonym "Mr. X" positing that the Soviets now viewed the world as divided into hostile capitalist and communist camps, and therefore put forth a recommendation that the U.S. foreign policy be based on th	George Kennan
By 1960, nearly one-third of all Americans lived in the suburbs, many of them living in mass-produced homes modeled after the first suburban homes built in Hempstead, Long Island, by what famous builder?	William Levitt
Which of the following individuals questioned the morality of atomic weapons, comparing the escalating arms race to "two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life"?	J. Robert Oppenheimer
What American military leader transformed the vanquished country of Japan into a model western democracy in which women could vote, trade unions were encouraged, and land was redistributed among the peasants?	Douglas MacArthur
At the conclusion of World War II, Europeans, whose great cities were reduced to rubble and agricultural and industrial resources lay in ruin, were mourning the deaths of how many people who had perished during the conflict?	40 million
In 1949, what political leader wrote that the Jiang Jieshi (Chiang kai-shek) government in China was "one of the most corrupt and inefficient that ever made an attempt to govern a country"?	Mao Zedong
Passage of the 1958 National Defense Education Act, which provided loans for college students and more resources for teaching math and science at the elementary and secondary levels, was a result of which of the following?	the launching of Sputnik
Congress institutionalized the Cold War in 1947 with passage of the National Security Act, which established all but which of the following?	Federal Bureau of Investigation
Between 1940 and 1955, America experienced the largest population increase in its history; this baby boom was caused by which of the following	many young couples delayed marriage and childbirth until after the war cultural attitudes toward sexuality and pregnancy encouraged childbirth a general spirit of confidence about the future and parenthood
What Harvard psychologist became the prophet of the new drug culture of the 1960s, introducing to American society the mantra “tune in, turn on, drop out”?	Timothy Leary
What former high-ranking aide to Franklin Roosevelt, accused of being a communist, was sentenced to five years in jail for perjury as a result of a key piece of incriminating evidence known as the "Pumpkin Papers"?	Alger Hiss
Why did the Soviets distrust the United States during the early twentieth century, heightening Cold War tensions?	Marxist-Leninist doctrine taught the incompatibility of capitalism and communism President Woodrow Wilson's decision to send American troops to Siberia in 1918 the United States' refusal to extend diplomatic recognition to the Soviets until 1933
With the opening of Soviet archives, following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, it became clear that Stalin and the Soviets had one overriding goal during the Cold War, which was to	secure their borders from foreign invaders

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