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us va history study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The three primary products of the Triangular Trade were | Run, slaves, and sugar |
| The cultural difference between First Americans and Europeans that consistently led to conflict was | Differing views of land use and ownership |
| Which statement most accurately contrasts the Jamestown and Plymouth colonists? | Jamestown was founded as a business venture while the Plymouth colonists sought religious freedom |
| British trade policy toward its American colonies was based on what economic theory? | Mercantilism |
| Which statement best captures the meaning of the Virginia Declaration of Religious Freedom? | It outlawed government support for one favored church |
| Complete the following line from the Declaration of Independence: "That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from..." | "the consent of the governed" |
| The presidential mansion and several other government buildings in Washington were burned by the enemy during which war? | The War of 1812 |
| Which conclusion follows most directly from the drawing of a slave ship's cargo hold? | Slave accommodations were designed to protect the slave traders' investment |
| The reason for British restriction of Western settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains in 1763 was | difficulty in defending Western settlements |
| Which military force was on the losing side in the Battle of Yorktown? | Cornwallis's army |
| Which member of the Constitutional Convention is called the "Father of the Constitution"? | Madison |
| Chief Justice Marshall claimed for the Supreme Court the power of judicial review in | Marbury v. Madison |
| Lincoln's election as president in 1860 dramatically increased sectional tensions because | Southerners saw his election as a triumph for Northern interests |
| When Lincoln declared that "a house divided against itself cannot stand," the house he spoke of was the | United States |
| Reconstruction failed to accomplish which of these goals? | Guaranteeing civil rights to blacks |
| Which of the following created serious problems for labor unions? | Haymarket Riot |
| The invention that sped up factory work and increased production was | The assembly line |
| The most serious problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains was | Overcoming shortages of water and lumber |
| What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy toward China? | To assure U.S. trade opportunities |
| The "Roosevelt Corollary" was an extension of what document? | Monroe Doctrine |
| Theodore Roosevelt's remark, "I took the canal and let Congress debate" revealed that the president had | Supported the revolution in Panama that led to a U.S.- controlled canal |
| Which event was a major cause of the Panic of 1837? | Withdrawal of federal money from the Bank of the United States |
| United States policy toward Latin America under Theodore Roosevelt and Taft served the interests of | U.S. businesspeople |
| Ida B. Wells became a leading spokesperson against | Lynchings |
| Confederate forces in Charleston,South Carolina, fired on Fort Sumter when | Lincoln attempted to re-supply the fort |
| Why is Gettysburg considered a turning point of the war? | The battle critically weakened Lee's army |
| Which statement best describes the effect of Lincoln's assassination on the progress of Reconstruction | Lincoln's assassination allowed leadership of Reconstruction to pass to the Congress |
| Which dubious claim was the basis for wage discrimination against women? | Women could always rely on their husbands' earnings |
| Women were first brought into Washington offices as clerks during | World War 1 |
| Which speaker called for renewed faith in America's future "that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth"? | Abraham Lincoln |
| What was the significance of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision? | Plessy up help the doctrine of "separate but equal." |
| W.E.B. Du Bois wrote, "We claim for ourselves every single right that belongs to a freeborn American-political, civil, and social-and until we get these rights we will never cease to protest and assail the ears of America." who was he referring to? | Booker T. Washington |
| The most significant improvements in working conditions for U.S. workers have been won by | Progressive reformers |
| The sinking of the Lusitania was important to President Wilson's foreign policy because it | Increased pressure to enter World War I |
| Before the seventeenth amendment, United States senators were chosen by | State legislatures |
| Which nation that played a major part in World War 1 never joined the League of Nations? | United States |
| In 1933, Franklin Roosevelt attempted to bolster Americans' morale by saying that the only thing they had to fear was | Fear itself |
| Which is a turning point of World War II in Europe? | D-Day invasion |
| Which World War II action brought about a quick end to the fighting in the Pacific? | Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| Which world leader warned of an "iron curtain" descending across Europe after World War II? | Churchhill |
| The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to | Help rebuild the economies of Western Europe |
| During the Korean War, General MacArthur challenged President Truman on the issue of | Extending the war into China |
| As a result of the 1965 Immigration Act, national quotas were abolished and replaced by | Preferences to families and valuable skills |
| U.S. forces in Vietnam rose to 500,000 during the administration of President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Some civil rights leaders, including Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X, questioned Martin Luther King's | Non-violent approach to social change |
| The most important legal victory for civil rights in the 1950s was | Brown v. Board of Education |
| Complete this line from Dr. Martin Luther King's speech: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed:" | We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...." |
| Lyndon Johnson said, "I want to be the president who protected the right of every citizen to vote in every election." Which accomplishment supports Johnson's claim? | Securing passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| Which U.S. president is most strongly associated with the collapse of the Soviet Union? | Ronald Reagan |
| Which principle guided United States involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s and early 1970s? | Containment |
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