Question 1
Despite the support of many voters, President Clinton failed to __________.
A) pursue free trade with other nations
B) pass significant health care reform
C) raise taxes on the wealthy
D) win re-election in 1996
Question 2
This political cartoon of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings created by former Jefferson supporter James Callender demonstrates __________.
A) that attacks on the president's character had become personal
B) Jefferson's support for granting freedom to his slaves
C) how Jefferson's plan for a republic of yeoman farmers was linked to slavery
D) that many African-Americans can trace their ancestry to Jefferson and Hemings
Question 3
Why did photographs such as this one taken at the Ford motor plant in Dearborn, Michigan, cause a public outcry?
A) They revealed the rough tactics often employed by union organizers.
B) They showed how sit-down strikes often turned violent.
C) They showed the brutality of Ford security forces against union organizers.
D) They revealed the tensions between AFL and CIO members.
Question 4
According to the Powell Doctrine, the conditions under which the United States might go to war include __________.
A) having the support of the United Nations
B) having a clear exit strategy
C) having the ultimate goal of enforcing peace
D) being attacked first
Question 5
This pictogram illustrating the population of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello supports the idea that Jefferson __________.
A) favored the abolition of slavery
B) focused on ideas from the Enlightenment to improve his plantation
C) maintained an aristocratic lifestyle despite his democratic beliefs
D) was a small-scale slave owner