During the early decades of the nineteenth century, the reform impulse was sparked by all the following EXCEPT A) pride in the ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. B) zeal expressed in an evangelical Protestant religious awakening. C) faith in the ideas espoused by Enlightenment philosophy. D) satisfaction with the nation’s social stability and […]
Nineteenth-century Unitarians stressed A) the mortal nature of Jesus Christ. B) a multiplicity of gods. C) the doctrine of transubstantiation. D) the Holy Trinity. ANSWER A
Evangelical reformers of the Second Great Awakening were most critical of A) the idea that each individual was personally responsible for sin and moral evil. B) separating the functions of church and state. C) individual selfishness and materialistic excess. D) the egoistic belief that Americans were God’s “chosen people.” ANSWER C
Among their political reforms, farmers advocated all of the following EXCEPT A) direct election of U.S. senators. B) abolition of the Electoral College. C) the initiative and referendum. D) direct primary elections. ANSWER B
What was the most important source of patriotic wartime propaganda in the United States during World War II? A) the War Department B) the Committee on Public Information C) the Hollywood motion picture industry D) the Library of Congress ANSWER C
In 1894, Coxey’s Army marched on Washington, D.C., to demand A) a federal anti-lynching law. B) civil service reform legislation. C) jobs for the unemployed. D) court injunctions against violent labor strikes. ANSWER C
To reduce voting by African Americans, the so-called Mississippi Plan altered that state’s constitution to establish all of the following EXCEPT A) the initiative and referendum. B) literacy tests. C) residency requirements. D) poll taxes. ANSWER A
Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment argued that A) it would force women to serve in combat. B) women’s rights were already secured by existing laws. C) it would endanger the protective legislation governing hours and wages for working women. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
One impact of the 1896 presidential election was A) a reaffirmation of rural values. B) the enactment of “free silver” laws. C) the demise of the Populist Party. D) tariff reduction. ANSWER C
The widespread enactment of Jim Crow laws that disfranchised and segregated African Americans began A) during World War I. B) in the 1920s. C) in the 1890s. D) during Reconstruction. ANSWER C
