The Neutrality Acts passed by Congress between 1935 and 1937 did NOT A) bar American citizens from travelling on belligerent ships. B) prohibit American ships from entering war zones. C) restrict the sale of American arms to any belligerent to a cash-and-carry basis. D) prohibit the arming of American merchant vessels. ANSWER C
The bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 A) resulted in heavy American casualties. B) was the turning point in the war. C) inspired the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” D) preceded the British capture of Washington, D.C. ANSWER C
Hitler’s first military defeat in World War II occurred at A) Berlin. B) Moscow. C) Paris. D) Warsaw. ANSWER B
The Shawnee prophet, Tenskwatawa, wanted his people to A) reject the militant leadership of Tecumseh. B) assimilate with whites. C) unite. D) All of the above. ANSWER C
Who was the governor of the Ohio Country whose leadership eventually destroyed the efforts of the Prophet and Tecumseh? A) William Henry Harrison B) Anthony Wayne C) Andrew Jackson D) John Tyler ANSWER A
In the youth counterculture of the 1960s, the emphasis was on A) communal sharing. B) accepting social responsibility. C) rational problem-solving. D) glorifying individualism. ANSWER A
Through consolidation, late nineteenth-century business leaders like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J. P. Morgan intended to bring more ________ to the national economy. A) free enterprise B) order C) equal opportunity D) competition ANSWER B
The first federal law to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender was the ________ Act. A) Equal Employment Opportunity B) Equal Pay C) Civil Rights D) Voting Rights ANSWER B
Pre-Civil War reformers believed that crime was rooted in A) social conditions. B) human nature. C) original sin. D) the innate depravity of humankind. ANSWER A
In the late nineteenth century, large-scale businesses began adopting all the following EXCEPT A) divisions of responsibility. B) cost accounting systems. C) hierarchical administrative structures. D) decentralized management teams. ANSWER D
