Multiple Choice Questions On United States Historical
Exams are always said to be hard. However, with multiple choices, it becomes kind of easy as the solutions are narrowed down to a few to choose from. The quiz below is a multiple choice one, concerning the US history.
- 1.The largest ancestrial group of European Americans is
- A.
French
- B.
Irish
- C.
German
- 2.Race is
- A.
Biological
- B.
Socially constructed
- C.
Phenotypical
- 3.The emphasis on ethnic foods and thnically associated political issues was called..................by Herbert Garis.
- A.
Symbolic ethnicity
- B.
Ethnic paradox
- C.
Ethnic identity
- 4.The maintenance of one's ethnic ties in a way that can assist with assimilation in larger society is referred to as
- A.
Integrated ethnicity
- B.
Symbolic ethnicity
- C.
Ethnicity paradox
- 5.White ethnics and racial minorities have often been antagonistic to one another because of economic competition- an interpretation consistent with what sociological approach?
- A.
Functionalism
- B.
Conflict perspective
- C.
Labeling
- 6.The Italian padrone of the nineteenth century was a
- A.
Locally elected official
- B.
Second generation united states citizens
- C.
Labor contractor
- 7......................is the largest single source of ancestry of people in the United States today.
- A.
England
- B.
Ireland
- C.
Germany
- 8.For the..................man, the priesthood was viewed as a desirable and respected occupation.
- A.
English American
- B.
Irish American
- C.
Mexican American
- 9.By far, the largest single denomination in the united States is
- A.
Judaism
- B.
Islam
- C.
Catholicism
- 10.Upwardly mobile Irish were known derogatorily as
- A.
Tinkers
- B.
Black Irish
- C.
Lace curtain Irish
- 11.Christopher Columbus commented in his diary that the "Indians" encountered in the New World would make
- A.
Good servants
- B.
Strong allies
- C.
Skilled soldiers
- 12.The number of Native Americans north of the Rio Grande in 1500 is estimated to have been about
- A.
600,000
- B.
10 million
- C.
1 million
- 13.By 1900, the population of Native Americans living north of the Rio Grande had been reduced by dwinding food sources and diseases to
- A.
Less than 250,000
- B.
Slightly over 1 million
- C.
Slightly less than 600,00
- 14.The Bureau of Indian Affairs was organized in 1824 as part of the
- A.
Department of health and Human Services
- B.
Department of Education.
- C.
War Department
- 15.The Indian Removal Act of 1830 called for the relocation of
- A.
All northeastern tribes to the southeast
- B.
All Eastern tribes across the Mississippi River
- C.
All southwestern tribes to the northwest
- 16.A millenarian movement like the Ghost Dance is founded on the belief on that a cataclysmic upheaval will occur in the immediate future followed by
- A.
Fusion into a single race
- B.
Collective salvation
- C.
Death to all
- 17.Wounded Knee, South Dakota, was the scene of an 1890 massacre of more than 300 Sioux men, women, and children by
- A.
White ranchers
- B.
Iroquois Indians
- C.
The United States Army
- 18.In an effort to assimilate Native Americans into white society, the federal government.
- A.
Tried to weaken tribal institutions
- B.
Recognized and respected tribal identity
- C.
Protected the authority of tribal governments
- 19.Much of the land deeded under the Allotment Act of 1887 eventually came into the pocession of
- A.
Tribal government
- B.
Individual Indian families
- C.
White landowners
- 20.The Indian Reorganization Act forced the tribal people to adopt the European way of
- A.
Voting and election of leaders
- B.
Religion
- C.
Hunting for sport
- 21.Today there are 557 Indian reservations in the U.S., comprising....................... of the land throughout the U.S.
- A.
Half
- B.
One-third
- C.
About 2 percent
- 22.The Indian Claims Commision was a significant development because it meant that tribal people
- A.
Served on juries for the first time
- B.
Sat in judgement of Indians guilty of criminal offenses.
- C.
Had a procedure to bring against the federal government
- 23.The Termination Act of 1953
- A.
Ended reservation residents' tax immunity.
- B.
Provided funding for basic health care services
- C.
Resulted in the withdrawal of basic services such as road repair and mediccal care
- 24.By the mid-1960s one-fourth to one -third of the people in the Employment Assisstance Program
- A.
Werebfully assimilated into the urban areas where they lived
- B.
Had sucessfully completed college and were in management-level positions.
- C.
Had returned to their home reservation
- 25.Which of the following describes pan-Indianism?
- A.
Intertribal social movements
- B.
Several tribes which are joined by political goals unite
- C.
All of these
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