Strayer HIS105 all quiz
QUIZ 1
Question 1
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 did not include restrictions on racial discrimination in
Question 2
The Fifteenth Amendment
Question 3
In an effort to gain the right to vote, African Americans did all of the following during the Reconstruction era except
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Immediately after the Civil War, many white landowners
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Radical Republicans in Congress sought to
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Congress impeached Johnson because
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How did President Grant's administration respond to increased southern violence against free men and women?
Question 8
What effect did the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments have on the women's suffrage movement?
Question 9
Racism was a particularly important incentive for poor white voters supportive of the Democratic ticket in the South because
Question 10
White Redeemers terrorized African Americans in the South with arson, assassinations, and intimidation in order to
QUIZ 2
Question 2
The Tweed Ring, working out of Tammany Hall, was
Question 3
The Haymarket strike led to:
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"Robber barons" or "captains of industry" were businessmen who
Question 5
One of the earliest American preservationists was
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Among the American Federation of Labor's successes were all of the following except
Question 7
How did business owners respond to the growth of unions and the labor movement?
Question 8
During the Civil War, Congress took advantage of the absence of southerners in the House and Senate to do all of the following, EXCEPT
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Vertical integration meant
Question 10
As the Industrial Revolution progressed in America, all of the following occurred except
QUIZ 3
Question 1
Henry Grady's speech, "The New South," could best be classified as
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The Dawes Act
• Question 3
The major industries that developed in the South prior to 1900 included all of the following except
• Question 4
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
• Question 5
Which of these was not a major reason for immigration to America in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
• Question 6
The major industries that developed in the South prior to 1900 included all of the following except
• Question 7
Which was true for most immigrants to America?
• Question 8
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, an editor and writer, concentrated her reform efforts on the social issue of
• Question 9
Housing for factory workers was so bad in the late 1800s, and city sanitation was so poor, that epidemics of ____ swept through whole cities.
• Question 10
In his book, The Lost Cause, published just one year after the Civil War ended, Edward Pollard argued that the real reason the Civil War happened was
QUIZ 4
•In the improving American economy of the 1920s,
• Question 2
Immigration to America changed a great deal during the 1920s, as all of the following happened EXCEPT
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The Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution was proposed in 1923 and approved by Congress in ____, but never ratified by the requisite three-quarters of the states.
• Question 4
All of the following is true about the 1920s, EXCEPT
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Immigration to America changed a great deal during the 1920s, as
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Writers and other intellectuals in America tended to place the blame for the Depression on
• Question 7
As the "last hired, first fired," African Americans during the Great Depression used which of these strategies?
• Question 8
The Glass-Steagall Act created the
• Question 9
Which of these is NOT a true statement about the Communist Party in America in the 1930s?
• Question 10
The Second New Deal focused on
QUIZ 5
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Historians regard the Great Depression as probably the greatest factor in causing World War II because
• Question 3
In 1940, the United States experienced its first
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Japan's first major action in the Pacific took place when its military invaded
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Which of these events did not happen at Potsdam?
• Question 6
Roughly 90 percent of all Americans favored isolationism despite the situation in Europe for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
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• Question 8
Which of the following was not one of Roosevelt's Four Freedoms?
• Question 9
The task of the War Relocation Authority was to
• Question 10
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill) provided
QUIZ 6
• Question 2
What was the most common reaction of Americans to Cold War uncertainties and fears of Communism?
• Question 3
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization stipulated that
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All of the following is true about the Montgomery Bus Boycott, except
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Emmett Till was murdered because
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Johnson ran for election in 1964 advocating a "mandate for change," which he dubbed the
• Question 7
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution gave President Johnson specific permission to
• Question 8
The revival of the women's movement in the 1960s is often identified with the publication of Betty Friedan's book
• Question 9
In his Great Society program, LBJ included all of the following EXCEPT
• Question 10
The significance of the Tet Offensive was that
QUIZ 7
• Question 2
The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Stagflation is an economic crisis that combines
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Nixon is often called an accidental liberal because
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Proposition 13
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The Pentagon Papers
• Question 7
All of the following is true about young conservatives in the late 1950s under the leadership of William F. Buckley, EXCEPT
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La Raza had as its main goal
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Which is true of affirmative action?
• Question 10
Passed in 1972, Title IX is important because
QUIZ 8
After September 11, it became clear that the al Qaeda network operated from a base of power in
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The rationale given for attacking and invading the country of Iraq in 2003 was that
• Question 3
According to the USA PATRIOT Act
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One of the biggest successes of Obama's presidency was
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Shortly after taking office, which of the following signaled a potential problem for George Bush from his own party?
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The centerpiece of George W. Bush's agenda when he entered office was
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Kenneth Lay was the head of
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Which of the following best describes the Bush doctrine?
• Question 9
As a political movement, the Tea Party is characterized by
• Question 10
Abu Ghraib refers to
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