Quiz: The U.S.A. History Ultimate Test!

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The U. S. A. Is considered one of the greatest countries on earth, and it has come a long way since it got its independence from the British after winning the Revolutionary war. Do you know some of the facts surrounding America's growth and its people since the early American settlers? How about you take this ultimate history test and get to see how the knowledge you actually are. All the best!

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1.

The free-labor ideal argued that wage labor was
- A.
  
  The first step toward independence.
- B.
  
  A dead end.
- C.
  
  More suitable for immigrant workers than for native–born white men.
- D.
  
  A good career.
2.

Future Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner opposed President John Tyler’s plan to annex Texas because:
- A.
  
  He believed that annexation would be an expensive prospect for the United States.
- B.
  
  He was concerned about the expansion of slavery into Texas.
- C.
  
  He believed that annexation would most certainly lead to war.
- D.
  
  He did not believe in manifest destiny.
3.

The Oneida Community was organized to allow members to practice:
- A.
  
  Folk medicine
- B.
  
  Intensive meditation
- C.
  
  Vegetarianism
- D.
  
  Complex marriage.
4.

In keeping with the free–labor ideal, communities throughout the North and West funded.
- A.
  
  Welfare programs.
- B.
  
  Cheap loans for small businesses.
- C.
  
  Saloons for workingmen.
- D.
  
  Public schools.
5.

The use of steam power in manufacturing in the mid–1800s spread slowly because:
- A.
  
  Human and animal power were still effective and widely used.
- B.
  
  Most manufacturers were afraid of new technology.
- C.
  
  Steam–powered machines were dangerous and unreliable.
- D.
  
  Of a scarcity of coal for use in fueling steam engines.
6.

Farmers found that greater agricultural productivity was possible in the Midwest in part because:
- A.
  
  The region was relatively treeless.
- B.
  
  Farmers were free of eastern regulations restricting production.
- C.
  
  Native Americans advised them on how to adapt their farming techniques to the plains environment.
- D.
  
  The region was free from urban pollution.
7.

The majority of the Plains Indians were:
- A.
  
  Dependent on fish and small game for food.
- B.
  
  Agricultural peoples.
- C.
  
  Nomadic and nonagricultural peoples.
- D.
  
  Evangelical Christians.
8.

When westward-bound emigrants asked the federal government for more protection against the Plains Indians, it responded by:
- A.
  
  Giving the emigrants weapons.
- B.
  
  Launching an attack on the Plains Indians at Fort Laramie.
- C.
  
  Jailing the Plains Indians.
- D.
  
  Initiating a policy of Indian concentration.
9.

Utopian communities like those of the Fourierism wanted to:
- A.
  
  Become models of perfection.
- B.
  
  Encourage a healthy amount of competition among community members.
- C.
  
  Foster industrialization.
- D.
  
  Foment a working–class rebellion.
10.

War with Mexico was made certain by President Polk’s insistence on:
- A.
  
  Annexing Texas.
- B.
  
  Annexing California.
- C.
  
  Ignoring Mexican diplomats
- D.
  
  Acquiring all of Mexico’s northern provinces.
11.

The phrase manifest destiny referred to Americans'...
- A.
  
  Sense of religious fervor.
- B.
  
  Support for the Democratic Party.
- C.
  
  God–given right to conquer the West.
- D.
  
  Desire for more immigration.
12.

According to free–labor spokesmen, success was available:
- A.
  
  To anyone who worked hard.
- B.
  
  Only to those who had inherited wealth.
- C.
  
  Only to those who could obtain labor for free.
- D.
  
  Only to those who were willing to start out working for no wages.
13.

The reform movements of the 1840s and 1850s were based on the common belief that the era’s major social problems resulted from:
- A.
  
  Psychological repression.
- B.
  
  Insufficient self–control.
- C.
  
  Economic injustice.
- D.
  
  Uncontrolled immigration.
14.

The transcendentalists were a group of New England writers who believed that people should:
- A.
  
  Practice Buddhism.
- B.
  
  Look within themselves for truth and guidance.
- C.
  
  Embrace evangelical religion.
- D.
  
  Observe all social norms.
15.

In addition to speeding transportation, railroads propelled the growth of the:
- A.
  
  Gasoline industry.
- B.
  
  Timber and mining industries.
- C.
  
  Oil industry
- D.
  
  Iron and telegraph industries.
16.

American productivity increased in the 1840s and 1850s partly because a growing number of Americans worked:
- A.
  
  On railroads.
- B.
  
  For themselves.
- C.
  
  For the government.
- D.
  
  In factories.
17.

The war with Mexico:
- A.
  
  Divided the nation.
- B.
  
  Was deeply unpopular in all sections of the country.
- C.
  
  Was immensely popular in all sections of the country.
- D.
  
  Ended more quickly than President Polk had anticipated.
18.

In the northern and western states, discrimination against women and free blacks in the half-century after the American Revolution was:
- A.
  
  Increasingly less common.
- B.
  
  Not a source of concern for most white men.
- C.
  
  Widely denounced by many white men as improper and unjust.
- D.
  
  Not discussed publicly.
19.

American claims to the Oregon Country, the vast region between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, competed with those of:
- A.
  
  Great Britain
- B.
  
  Russia
- C.
  
  Spain
- D.
  
  France
20.

President Polk helped to spark the war with Mexico by ordering American troops to:
- A.
  
  Mexico City
- B.
  
  The Rio Grande.
- C.
  
  The Nueces River.
- D.
  
  Buena Vista.