Question 1
What is millennialism?
A) the belief that God has condemned humanity
B) the belief that Judgment Day is imminent
C) the belief in one's own salvation
D) the belief that Americans have a special relationship with God
Question 2
After becoming president after Roosevelt's death in 1945, former Vice President Harry Truman knew nothing about the __________.
A) Manhattan Project
B) plans for the D-Day invasion
C) state of Roosevelt's health
D) bombing of civilians in Japan
Question 3
What argument was used to justify the enslavement of the Guanche of the Canary Islands by the Portuguese?
A) The Pope described them as infidels and savages.
B) The Guanche were experienced sugar planters.
C) The Portuguese found them easy to capture.
D) The Guanche were immune to diseases such as smallpox and measles.
Question 4
What was the real estate columnist in the Chicago Tribune advocating for in 1888 when he stated Since water hems in the business center on three sides and the nexus of railroads on the south, Chicago must grow upward?
A) settlement houses
B) skyscrapers
C) tenements
D) the White City
Question 5
What popular attitude toward the Millerite movement is reflected in this illustration?
A) admiration for preparing for the apocalypse
B) criticism of its inclination to isolate each other from society
C) mockery of its expectation of the apocalypse
D) ridicule of the group's excessive thrift
Question 6
As a result of the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the United States __________.
A) was confident that the war in the Pacific would soon come to an end
B) eagerly awaited the Soviets' imminent declaration of war on Japan
C) anticipated a long and bloody invasion of the Japanese mainland
D) was ill-prepared to continue the war against Japan