Peace advocates believed that Eisenhower’s “new look” foreign policy was fundamentally illogical because it __________. A) threatened the entire planet with extinction B) rewarded aggressive behavior on the part of the Soviet Union C) cost more than a conventional defense D) strengthened American security, but at the cost of American values ANSWER Answer: A
When Khrushchev pledged to withdraw Soviet missiles from Cuba, Kennedy secretly agreed to remove American missiles from __________. A) Turkey B) West Germany C) Florida D) nuclear submarines ANSWER Answer: A
By challenging America’s official culture during the 1950s, the __________ foreshadowed the mass youth rebellion and counterculture of the 1960s. A) yippies B) hippies C) Beats D) zoot suiters ANSWER Answer: C
In regard to civil rights, the most important department of the Kennedy administration was __________. A) the Interior Department B) the State Department C) the Health, Education and Welfare Department D) the Justice Department ANSWER Answer: D
Martin Luther King Jr. was inspired by this American theologian’s Social Christianity. A) Walter Rauschenbusch B) Reinhold Niebuhr C) Billy Graham D) Norman Vincent Peale ANSWER Answer: A
By current estimates, at the time of Columbus’s discovery in 1492, the New World’s population was ________ that of Europe. A) about 25 percent B) about equal to C) about 50 percent D) about twice as large as ANSWER B
In his defense of a national bank, Alexander Hamilton set forth A) the doctrine of implied powers. B) the concept of judicial review. C) arguments similar to those of Thomas Jefferson. D) a strict constructionist approach to the Constitution. ANSWER A
Which one of the following was NOT a purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? A) collecting scientific information on the trans-Mississippi West B) exploring the southern border of the Louisiana Territory C) establishing the United States’ claim to the region west of the Rocky Mountains D) identifying sites for trading posts and settlements […]
Which one of the following conquistadores did NOT explore a portion of what is now the United States? A) Ponce de Leon B) Balboa C) Coronado D) De Soto ANSWER B
The Election of 1796 was the first presidential election to have all the following EXCEPT A) the outcome decided in the House of Representatives. B) nominations of vice-presidential candidates. C) competing political parties. D) active involvement of large numbers of people. ANSWER A
