Deck 1: American History

Question 1

One of the most significant markers of the "two-tiered economy" of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries was

A) the preponderance of the two-income household.
B) economic divisions between the West and the South.
C) the disparities between educated and uneducated workers.
D) the disparities between younger and older workers.
E) the disparities between white and minority workers.

Answer 1

the disparities between educated and uneducated workers.

Question 2

Between 1980 and 2005, average family incomes

A) remained constant for the wealthiest twenty percent of the population.
B) grew at all income levels.
C) fell for middle-class families.
D) increased for middle-class families, but fell for the wealthiest twenty percent.
E) declined for the poorest twenty percent of the population.

Answer 2

declined for the poorest twenty percent of the population.

Question 3

The Internet grew out of

A) a program known as the ARPANET.
B) federal government defense programs.
C) work headed by J. C. R. Licklider.
D) both federal government defense programs and work headed by J. C. R. Licklider.
E) All these answers are correct.

Answer 3

All these answers are correct.

Question 4

The Democratic primaries for the election of 2008 lasted much longer than usual because

A) Senator Hillary Clinton, the leading candidate for several months, suddenly dropped out of the race.
B) concerns about Senator Barack Obama's eligibility for the presidency took many months to address.
C) the two campaigns, for both the first woman and the first African American to have a realistic chance of being elected, aroused enormous enthusiasm.
D) early polling suggested voters needed more contact with the candidates than usual to develop enthusiasm for one or the other.
E) All these answers are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following is a striking similarity between the first years of Clinton's presidency and the first years of Obama's?

A) Personal scandals rocked the establishment, but the president's popularity remained high.
B) Military operations in the Middle East dominated foreign policy efforts.
C) Hillary Clinton was tapped to head efforts to pass health-care reform.
D) The president took office with an ambitious domestic agenda, but congressional Republicans blocked many of his initiatives using the filibuster.
E) The movement known as the Tea Party-small in 1993 but considerably larger and more extreme in 2009-campaigned to impeach the president.

Question 6

In the late 1980s, the environmental movement mobilized around the challenge of "global warming."

Question 7

In the election of 2008, Barack Obama won back states carried by Republicans in 2000 and 2004, including Ohio, Florida, and North Carolina.

Question 8

What role did education play in the "two-tiered" economy of the 1990s?

Question 9

The United Farm Workers union was founded and first led by César Chávez.

Question 10

In the 1960s, the ________ was founded and led by César Chávez.

Question 11

The American stance of militant neutrality gained support in October 1935 when Mussolini finally launched his long-anticipated attack on Somalia.

Question 12

Progressives held that an enlightened public could change the world.

Question 13

The "Cross of Gold" speech appealed primarily to

A) immigrants.
B) Catholics.
C) farmers.
D) Republicans.
E) bankers.

Question 14

The new People's Party sought to bring together farmers and urban workers.

Question 15

By the end of the 1880s, public sentiment in America was rising to curb the power of ________.

Question 16

Prejudice against immigrants was so strong that it mattered little whether or not a new immigrant arrived in the United States with an important skill.

Question 17

The artist ________ portrayed realistic scenes of ordinary life in paintings such as Hairdresser's Window.