Question 1
Why did a congressional delegation choose to go to Angel Island in 1920 and confront these Japanese picture brides?
A) to welcome them as future American citizens
B) to rally public support for cutting off the flow of Japanese women coming to the United States
C) to teach them about Christian and democratic values needed in the United States
D) to offer them financial support as they and their husbands purchased agricultural lands
Question 2
When Lincoln responded to the extension of the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific and said On the territorial question, I am inflexible, he was demonstrating his refusal to support the __________.
A) Wilmot Proviso
B) Compromise of 1850
C) Kansas-Nebraska Act
D) Crittenden Compromise
Question 3
Unlike the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) __________.
A) excluded European nations from membership
B) focused on humanitarian relief rather than containment of communism
C) required member nations to send troops to support South Vietnam
D) left each member nation's commitment for mutual defense vague
Question 4
What prediction can be formulated from the interaction between population groups in the colonies and the line fixed by the Proclamation of 1763?
A) Emigration would likely result, as colonists decided to return to Europe.
B) Displacement would likely result, as colonists abandoned farming for life in the cities.
C) Peace would likely result, as colonists and Indians found ways to live in prosperity in the
lands allotted to each.
D) Conflict would likely result, as colonists pushed for settlement in the land reserved for
Indians.
Question 5
Why did the Confederacy choose to feature George Washington on its seal?
A) to show that Washington favored states' rights over a strong central government
B) to emphasize its willingness to go to war with the Union
C) to compare secession to the colonies breaking away from Britain during the Revolution
D) to stress Washington's racist views toward African Americans