Summer Institute AMERICAN SCHOLASTIC ASSOCIATES
Summer of 2002 for Salt Lake & Austin
1. One of the results of 2nd Great Awakening was that
A. it tended to close the gap between the social classes
B. conservative denominations were greatly influenced by revivalism
C. Methodists and Baptists gained most of their new members from the wealthy.
D. In the more prosperous denominations the numbers dropped rapidly.
E. It helped lead to splits between Northern and Southern members of the same church. *
2. The Populist movement hoped to
A. aid unions in their struggles with management.
B. limit the number of states allowing women’s suffrage.
C. gain greater restrictions on immigration.
D. convince the federal government to allow the free coinage of silver. *
E. unite industrialists and middle class farmers against unskilled workers.
3. Eisenhower’s “New Look” Foreign Policy
A. promised “more bang for the buck”.
B. relied heavily on nuclear weapons to deter Soviet aggression.
C. Was designed to cut down military costs
D. Helped contribute to a policy of Brinkmanship
E. All of the above *
4. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
A. forbade slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories
B. put an end to “bleeding Kansas”
C. opened the territories to popular sovereignty
D. invalidated the Le Compton Constitution
E. discouraged open settlement
5. The Trent affair was significant because
A. It was a scandal which further undermined the Grant administration.
B. Japan’s attack on this U.S. gunboat in China threatened to bring the U.S. to war in 1937.
C. It might have been used as a pretext for British intervention into the U.S. Civil War on the side of the Confederacy.
D. Many Northerners saw it as evidence of a southern conspiracy to gain slave territory south of the border in the Caribbean & Latin America.
E. It demonstrated Wilson’s vigorous attempts to both assert the freedom of the seas and keep the U.S. neutral in 1915.
6. Jefferson’s logic, argument, and wording are most solidly based on the political philosophy of
A. Adam Smith
B. John Locke
C. George F. Kennan
D. John Maynard Keynes
E. Alex d’ Tocqueville
7. Which immigrant group was the first one officially banned from entering the U.S. by an Act of Congress?
A. Irish
B. Armenians
C. Japanese
D. Chinese
E. Italians
8. Which President is incorrectly match with the slogan of his domestic program?
A. Theodore Roosevelt - Square Deal
B. Harry Truman – Fair Deal
C. Franklin D. Roosevelt – New Deal
D. John F. Kennedy – The New Frontier
E. Lyndon Johnson – The New Charter
9. American attitudes toward immigration became more negative during the period 1890-1920 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A. increased Irish immigration due to the potato famine
B. the assassination of President McKinley by an anarchist
C. increased labor violence and agitation attributed to socialists and anarchists
D. poor results for immigrants on WWI IQ tests conducted by US Army
E. the substantial increase of immigrants from Eastern & Southern Europe
10. Many historians date the official start of the Cold War from
A. Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech
B. The Potsdam Conference
C. Soviet refused to participate in the Marshal Plan
D. The Korean War
E. The Berlin Blockade
11. In its decision in the case of Dred Scott vs Sanford, the Supreme Court held that
A. separate facilities for different races were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional
B. no black slave could be a citizen of the United States
C. separate but equal facilities for different races were unconstitutional
D. imposition of a literacy test imposed an unconstitutional barrier to the right to vote.
E. Slavery was held to be constitutional on the grounds of being property
12. Which of the following passed into law during the presidency of Woodrow Wilson?
A. The Pure Food and Drug Act
B. A progressive income tax
C. A high protective tariff
D. A national old-age pension
E. The Sherman Antitrust Act
13. “Small islands not capable of protecting themselves are the proper objects for Kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something very absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.”
The above quotation best represents:
A. Thomas Jefferson’s argument for independence in the Declaration of Independence
B. John Locke’s views on natural law
C. Thomas Paine’s argument for independence in Common Sense
D. The Second Continental Congress appealed to the King
E. The views found in John Dickinson’s Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania.
14. Which one of the following people did NOT support radical social and/or political change to meet the needs of the lower classes?
A. Eugene Debs
B. William Haywood
C. Helen Keller
D. Andrew Mellon
E. Mary Elizabeth Lease
15. How was the Leo Frank Trial (1912) a precursor to the Red Scare of the 1920’s
A. An immigrant was arrested because of his ethnicity
B. A. Mitchell Palmer held Frank without evidence
C. It caused urban unrest in New York
D. The workingman was a victim of big business
E. An innocent man was accused and murdered
16. What was the most successful and long lasting Indian resistance to European expansion?
A. Pequot War
B. King Philip’s War
C. Pueblo Revolt
D. Cherokee War
E. Yamasee War
17. Which of the following events or individuals is NOT associated with a slave insurrection?
A. Denmark Vesey
B. Gabriel Prosser
C. Liesler’s Rebellion
D. Nat Turner
E. Stono Rebellion
18. “There is not right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anytime” The quote is associated with which of the following strikes?
A. Boston Police Strike
B. Homestead Steel Strike
C. Haymarket Square
D. Railway Strike 1877
E. Seattle Shipyard Strike of 1919
19. The use of government taxing and spending policy to smooth out the peaks and valleys off the business cycle was formally proposed in the 1930’s by which of the following?
A. David Ricardo
B. John Maynard Keynes
C. Milton Friedman
D. Frank Lloyd Wright
E. Alan Greenspan
20. Development of the “long drive” from central Texas to the Kansas cattle towns was most directly related to the efforts of…
A. Gustavus Swift
B. John Chisholm
C. Joseph G. McCoy
D. James J. Hill
E. Joseph Glidden
21. The extermination of the plains Indians was caused by all of the following except:
A. transcontinental railroad
B. disease
C. Civil War
D. US Army
E. Buffalo hunters
22. The headright system was established in which two English colonies?
A. Virginia and New York
B. Maryland and Massachusetts
C. Maryland and Virginia
D. North Carolina and South Carolina
E. None of the above
23. Louis Brandeis was known as the people’s lawyer because he:
A. defended business interests at the expense of workers
B. was appointed to the Supreme Court
C. was the first Jewish Supreme Court justice
D. because of dedication to defend the rights of ordinary people
E. because he manifested interest in sociological evidence to protect women in
Muller vs Oregon.
24. The Gullah people of coastal Carolina were significant because they…
A. embodied African language and customs despite the dislocation they experienced
B. were able to grow rice
C. managed to avoid intermarriage with other peoples
D. fought as a platoon in the Revolutionary War
E. combined French and Indian languages to form a new language and culture
25. The American Revolution was a process that involved all of the following EXCEPT:
A. a war of national liberation
B. a struggle to determine who would rule in America
C. a war of natural expansion
D. a war of black liberation
E. a war for religious liberation
26. The United States entered WW I for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A. unlimited submarine warfare
B. efforts to protect American loans to European countries and markets
C. propaganda about the war coming primarily from the British news sources
D. a perceived threat to US security, specifically in the Atlantic
E. U.S. expansionist policy
27. Which situation caused the greatest controversy regarding the proper role the United States should play in world expansion?
A) sending troops into the Dominican Republic to forestall European intervention
B) the Annexation of Hawaii
C) building the Panama Canal
D) Annexation and subsequent war in the Philippines
E) sent the fleet on a world tour
28. Hamilton believed that, together, his funding and assumption programs would:
A) gain monetary & moral support of the wealthy class for the federal government
B) restore the principles of state sovereignty
C) be the quickest way to pay off the national debt
D) guarantee the fairest treatment of the original holders of government bonds
E) aid the election of Thomas Jefferson
29. During his Presidency, Teddy Roosevelt,
did all of the following EXCEPT:
A) expand presidential power
B) shaped the progressive movement
C) was a poor judge of public opinion
D) was a trust-buster
E) was a strong conservationist
30. The movement during the Age of Reform which advocated that women’s sphere was in the home as guardians of piety and virtue influencing their husbands and children to live in a harsh economic world was known as:
A) female moral reform society
B) abolitionist movement
C) cult of domesticity
D) “Declaration of Sentiments” of Seneca Falls
E) be friend Hester Prynne in the Scarlet Letter.
31. American Puritanism influenced colonial American philosophy and values with all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:
A) democracy is a superior form of government
B) people must use time wisely
C) hardwork or industry bring success
D) Moderation or temperance are needed in life and society
E) Practical concerns must be pursued and luxuries ignored
32. All of the following are major concepts or principles were written into the Federal Constitution of 1787 EXCEPT:
A) the creation of a republic
B) the need to balance power with liberty
C) institute a government with separation of powers
D) create specific process for “judicial review”
E) use direct or actual representation in the national legislature.
33. All of the following were a part of the compromise of 1850 EXCEPT:
A) territories of Utah and New Mexico were open to slavery on the basis of popular sovereignty
B) California was admitted to the union as a free state
C) slave trade was outlawed in the District of Columbia
D) the creation of a new Fugitive slave law
E) Kansas and Nebraska were admitted as slave states.
34. In “Plessy vs Ferguson” the United States Supreme Court established which of the following:
A) the concept of judicial review
B) that the Constitution does not follow the flag
C) the concept of separate but equal doctrine
D) that school segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
E) that the constitution protected contracts against state encroachment.
35. During the French and Indian War the British situation improved mainly as result of:
A) William Pitt gaining control of the British government and concentrating the British Navy on North America.
B) The Algonquin tribes actively aiding the British Army
C) George Washington assuming command of all the American troops
D) The Prussian invasion of France
E) Iroquois wilderness fighting tactics were adopted by the British Regulars.
36. Bob Dylan, Jimmy Hendrix, and the Beattles were musicians during the 1960’ s who reflected these counter culture and political values EXCEPT:
A) protests against the Vietnam War
B) experimentation with psychedelic drugs
C) rejecting middle class values
D) sexual freedom
E) calling for gay rights
37. “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anytime.” This quotation is associated with which of the following strikes?
A) Boston police strike
B) Homestead strike
C) Haymarket Square Affair
D) Railway strike of 1877
E) Seattle Shipyard Strike of 1919
38. Eisenhower’s “New Look” foreign policy was ALL EXCEPT:
A) promised “more bang for the buck”
B) relied heavily on nuclear weapons to deter Soviet aggression
C) was designed to cut down military costs
D) contributed to a policy of “brinkmanship”
E) created the idea of détente with the Russians
39. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
A) forbade slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories
B) put an end to the “bleeding Kansas”
C) opened the territories to popular sovereignty
D) invalidated the LeCompton Constitution
E) discouraged open settlement
40. The Trent Affair was significant because
A) it was a scandal which further undermined the Grant Administration
B) Japan’s attack on a U.S. gunboat in China.
C) it might have been used as a pretext for British intervention into the U.S. Civil War of the side of the Confederacy
D) many Northerners saw it as evidence of a widespread southern conspiracy to gain territory south of the border in the Caribbean & Latin America.
E) It demonstrated Wilson’s vigorous attempts to assert the freedom of the seas and keep the U.S. neutral
41. The Populist Movement hoped to
A) aid unions in their struggles with management
B) limit the number of states allowing women’s suffrage
C) gain greater restrictions on immigration
D) convince the federal government to allow the free coinage of silver
E) unite industrialists and middle class farmers against unskilled workers
42. One of the results of the 2nd Great Awakening was that
A) it tended to close the gap between the social classes.
B) Conservative denominations were greatly influenced by revivalism
C) Methods and Baptists gained most of their new members from the wealthy
D) In the more prosperous denominations the numbers dropped rapidly
E) It helped lead the splits between Northern and Southern members of the same church.
43. Which of the following writers did NOT win a Nobel Prize for literature?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) F. Scott Fitzgerald
C) William Faulkner