Edmonds AP Pre 2010-11 quiz assesses key historical events and concepts in US history, focusing on constitutional compromises, social movements, and legislative actions. It aids in preparing for AP exams by evaluating understanding of critical periods and ideologies.
The cause of decreased agricultural production
Tangible evidence of the strength of the nationās largest cities
A representation of the conformity of postwar culture
The end of social and economic differentiation in housing
A sign that Americans were becoming more tolerant of cultural differences
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Migrant farm workers
White-collar factory managers
Unskilled and semiskilled factory workers
Sailors on American merchant ships
Women clerical workers
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A dramatic increase in emigration to Canada
A major migration from California to the Central Plains
An increase in the number of transient people searching for work
A dramatic increase in the number of foreign immigrants
A significant increase in the birth rate
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Break the cycle of poverty among poor people through education and job training
Provide temporary benefits to the "new poor" during times of recession
Transfer the federal government's responsibility for welfare back to the states
Simplify welfare by replacing job programs with cash grants for the poor
Build a socialist society in the United States
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The American tourist industry
The consumer culture of American society
The long-term viability of the social security system
Voter turnout in local and national elections
Immigration quotas
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Organize political parties sympathetic to communism
Establish African American communities in Africa
Seek the racial integration of northeastern cities
Establish control of their political and economic life
Assimilate into White society
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Regulate trade between the colonies and European nations
Strengthen the communication network within the colonies
Raise revenue to pay for British troops in the colonies
Regulate commercial activity within colonies
Control population movement to the colonial backcountry
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Encourage young men to enlist in the army
Finance American involvement in the First World War
Support the establishment of Boy Scout troops throughout the nation
Aid in the implementation of New Deal programs
Support funding for Franklin Roosevelt's Lend-Lease program
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Workers in older industries like steel and railroads
Workers in newer industries like radio and automobiles
Farmers in the Midwest and the South
Skilled workers threatened by new labor-saving technologies
Workers in service industries
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It intensified criticism of the Supreme Court.
It intensified American Indian political activism.
It forced the United States to reconsider the policy of "massive retaliation."
It increased public pressure to free the United States from dependence on foreign energy sources.
It increased support for the movement against nuclear power.
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Flag burning as a form of free speech
The internment of Japanese Americans as a wartime necessity
Prohibiting Japanese workers from immigrating to the United States
Private prayer in public schools
Excluding Japanese American children from California public schools
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Proportion of states permitted to practice slavery
Rate at which one slave counted toward congressional representation
Number of African Americans who could vote
Number of adult women who could vote
Number of American Indians allowed citizenship
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City mobs raided flour supplies in Philadelphia
Debit-ridden farmers attached courts in western Massachusetts
Indians raided frontier settlements in Virginia
Squatters terrorized proprietors in New York
Vigilantes in South Carolina patrolled the frontier
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Portraits
Battle scenes
Sporting scenes
Landscapes
Still lifes
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Those working outside the home demanded equality in pay and promotion opportunities.
Large numbers left their industrial jobs to make room for returning soldiers.
They contributed to a sudden decline in the birth rate by employing new family planĀning techniques.
Large numbers were elected to high office because of their contributions to the war effort.
Young women participated in a revolution in manners and morals that challenged the values of their parents.
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Improvement in the manners of the lower classes
Faith in human capacity to achieve a better life on early through conscious acts of will
The rewards of church membership and regular attendance at Sunday services
Allegiance to the political tenets of Jacksonian Democracy
Belief in the inevitability of economic progress
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Japanese
British
Chinese
French
Soviets
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Judith Sargent Murray
Abigail Adams
Philip Freneau
Mercy Otis Warren
Thomas Paine
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Freedom of the seas
Freedom of speech
The institution of slavery
Statesā rights
Presidential power in foreign affairs
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Encourage women to believe in the "feminine mystique"
Challenge sex discrimination in the workplace oppose the proposed Equal Rights Amendment
Advocate restrictions on access to abortion
Advocate equal access for women to athletic facilities
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The public was more interested in foreign policy than in domestic reforms
The President was more interested in domestic programs than in foreign policy
Protesters were successfully challenging the goals of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society
Opposition to the Vietnam War improved Lyndon B. Johnson's hopes for reelection
The cost of the Vietnam War limited the President's ability to carry out domestic programs
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Three aristocratic proprietors seeking private gain
A joint stock company anxious to return a profit to investors
Sire Walter Raleigh, wishing to gain favor with Elizabeth I
King James I, eager to gain a base for expeditions against Spanish shipping
John Smith, seeking to spread Christianity
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Invade the Soviet Union to establish democracy
Adopt a more conciliatory policy toward the Soviet Union
Conduct convert activities in underdeveloped countries to undermine communist movements
Grant most-favored-nation status to China
Focus its foreign policy on containing the spread of Soviet communism
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Encourage United States workers to unite against foreign competition
Assure the public that strikes and walkouts were not part of the union party
Link union membership with patriotic and religious images
Point out the dangers of working as a longshoreman
Show that membership in the longshoremenās union was open only to workers born in the United States
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They were willing to accept slavery where it existed but opposed further expansion to the territories.
They were active supporters of complete abolition.
They favored continued importation of slaves from Africa.
They advocated expansion of the slave system to provide cheap labor for northern factories.
They advocated complete social and political equality for all races in the United States.
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It legislated a tax that transfers money from workers to pensioners.
It provided health insurance for anyone who needed it.
It created benefits for the needy by using taxes on corporate profits.
It made the United States the first industrialized country to provide a social welfare-system.
It was ended during the first hundred days of the New Deal.
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Dialectical materialism
Utopian socialism
Social Darwinism
Transcendentalism
Existentialism
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Levy taxes
Make treaties
Declare war
Request troops from states
Amend the Articles
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She challenged gender roles and Puritan orthodoxy.
She was found guilty of practicing witchcraft.
She preached the doctrine of predestination.
She gave birth to a child out of wedlock.
She opened an unlicensed tavern.
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Frontier life tended to promote the acceptance of greater political equality for women.
Fewer women lived in the southeastern states than in other parts of the country; therefore, suffrage was less of an issue.
None of the state of the Confederacy granted votes to women before 1920.
The Seneca Falls Movement resulted in gains in the are of political and legal rights for women.
States that made free public education a priority led the way in extending the vote to women.
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Sales and circulation of newspapers and magazines increased
Most citizens of the United States were already convinced that Jim Crow laws must be overturned
They had the sympathy and support of industrialist like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller
Drought conditions in the Midwest drew attention to social problems
Radio programs devoted to the problems in cities attracted wide listening audiences
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Immediate American aid to the Allied powers
Acknowledgment of American neutral rights on the high seas
American trade with Europe on a cash-and-carry basis only
A strict embargo on trade with all warring nations
Strict prohibition of American travel on the ships of belligerents
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labor organizer and Socialist Party activist
Leader of the People's Party
Reformer who encouraged new immigrants to homestead
Playwright whose dramas celebrated the assimilation of immigrants into American society
Journalist and photographer who publicized the wretched conditions in which many immigrants lived
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Latin America
Asia
Canada
Middle-class backgrounds
European farms and villages
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The administration's desire to benefit from European colonial inroads in the region
The President's goal of founding an effective Pan-American organization to deal with hemispheric issues
Congress' determination to ameliorate the hostility engendered by Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick policy
Concern for the development of democracy and the protection of civil rights in the region
Concern for United States economic and strategic interests in the region
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I only
II only
III only
I and II only
I, II, and III
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A consortium of nations to govern China
International acknowledgement of Chinaās right to exclude the trade of any nation
Recognition of Chinese territorial gains in Manchuria
Reduction of foreign tariffs on Chinese goods
Equal commercial access by all nations to the existing spheres of influence in China
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The Supreme Court sustained laws barring the interstate sale of goods produced by child labor.
Introduction of the minimum wage made child labor uneconomical
The American birth rate declined, thus reducing the number of children available to work.
Factory owners advocated state child labor laws.
States began to require children to attend school until certain age and to limit the ages at which they could be employed
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Established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia
Presbyterians in the southern colonies
Backwoods farmers isolated on the colonial frontier
Landless sons in New England communities
Itinerant preachers unable to find permanent parishes for themselves
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Showed that American soldiers were ill equipped to fight in the jungle
Pressured North Vietnam to come to the bargaining table
Convinced President Johnson to begin bombing Cambodia
Reaffirmed popular support for the South Vietnamese government
Led to increased antiwar sentiment in the United States
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The principles of republican agrarianism
Improvements in agricultural technology
Popular sovereignty
Large-scale Plains farming
The cult of domesticity
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Upheld segregated railroad facilities.
Declared civil rights legislation unconstitutional.
Upheld literacy testing as a condition of voting in federal elections.
Outlawed segregation in public schools.
Restricted the right to purchase or sell land.
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The Prue Food and Drug Act
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff
The Comstock Law
The Pendleton Act
The Dawes Severally Act
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The slave system was legal only in the southern colonies.
Indentured servants increasingly replaced slaves in the southern colonies.
Slaveowners gained increased legal power over their slaves.
Most slaves worked on cotton plantations.
All the southern colonies passed laws against freeing slaves.
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Establishment of a political party focusing on civil rights issues
Emphasis on the importance of Black pride and Black nationalism
Development of a national network of Black-owned businesses
Financial and literary contributions to the Harlem Renaissance
Service as an unofficial adviser to Presidents and cabinet members
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Texas
California
Kansas
Missouri
Oregon
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Conceal from the public the true reason for United States entry into the First World War
Arouse public support for United States entry into the First World War
Assess the public's support of his bid for a third presidential term
Warn the public that Germany had not been treated fairly at Versailles
Arouse public support for the Treaty of Versailles
There was widespread prosperity in Europe after the First World War.
Most European countries passed laws forbidding immigration to the United States.
A significant increase in emigration from Latin America left fewer jobs for European immigrants.
Fear of political persecution after the Palmer raids and the Sacco and Vanzetti case dis¬couraged many Europeans from emigrating.
The United States passed the National Origins Act.
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