Question 1
The beginning of the Monroe presidency became known as an Era of Good Feelings because __________.
A) the presidency was once again held by a Federalist
B) there had been a shift away from partisan antagonism
C) conflicts over slavery and with the Indians had been resolved
D) the Federalist agenda had been abandoned entirely
Question 2
What paradoxical information was revealed through this April 10, 2003, photograph of Iraqi citizens enlisting the aid of U.S. Marines to pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad?
A) The event showed that, although Iraqis were against Saddam, they immediately replaced him
with another dictator.
B) The event revealed that the same soldiers who helped the crowd pull down Saddam's statue
later tortured these civilians.
C) The event showed the Iraqi public's commitment to democracy although the war lasted for
another eight years.
D) The event was initially seen as being emblematic of success in Iraq but was later revealed to
be have been staged so that the press had a positive image of the war.
Question 3
What was one of the main goals of the Hartford Convention?
A) to make it easier to admit new states to the Union
B) to give states in the South the same equality that other states had
C) to plot the secession of the Northeastern states from the Union
D) to strengthen the position of New England within the Union
Question 4
In issuing the Bush Doctrine to justify the American bombing and invasion of Iraq in 2003, George W. Bush included for the first time the __________.
A) use of fighting a preemptive war to prevent future attacks on the United States
B) right to attack nations that harbored terrorists
C) authority to replace autocratic governments with democratically elected ones
D) creation of a foreign policy that protected America's singular status as the world's greatest
military power
Question 5
What is implied by the depiction of the three Federalists in this cartoon ridiculing the Hartford Convention?
A) The men are kneeling, implying that three New England states were about to create a league
of Puritan soldiers to fight Britain.
B) The men are at the edge of a cliff, implying that three New England states were on the verge
of seceding from the Union.
C) The men are near the seacoast, implying that three New England states were dependent on a
maritime economy.
D) The men are speaking out loud, implying that three New England states were holding a
possibly treasonous constitutional convention.