Question 1
How did the Indian Reorganization Act set the stage for a rebirth of Native American culture?
A) It expanded the land allotment policies of the 1887 Dawes Act.
B) It unified all First Nations under the authority of Commissioner John Collier.
C) It established limited self-government on Indian reservations.
D) It formed the first Indian reservations.
Question 2
The Ghost Dancers alarmed federal officials because of their __________.
A) connections to their ancestral spirits
B) accumulation of large stores of weapons
C) potential to foster rebellion
D) messages of wrath and revenge
Question 3
What was the most immediate factor that led to the destruction of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989?
A) a botched news report by an East German official who told residents they could freely leave
B) negotiations between President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev
C) a protest demonstration launched by West German sympathizers in East Germany
D) Polish workers' union Solidarity winning control of the Polish Parliament
Question 4
How does the imagery of the rainbow in Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington contradict the political situation in the United States after Washington left office?
A) The United States was preparing for war with Britain after it began to seize American ships.
B) Violent slave rebellions modeled on the one in Saint-Domingue became frequent in the South.
C) Partisan politics between Federalists and Republicans became even more contentious.
D) Washington became extremely ill when he left office and died shortly afterward.
Question 5
A migrant family such as the one pictured in this Dorothea Lange photograph was most likely headed __________.
A) to the orange groves of Florida
B) to the factories of the Midwest or East
C) toward farms as far west as California
D) across the border to Mexico