Which group from and earlier period in American history would most likely have supported the sentiments expressed in the passage above?

Questions 1-3 refer to the following information.

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• Which of the following groups would most likely have been critical of the sentiments expressed in the passage above?
• Which of the following best captures the sentiments of the majority of Americans following the Battle of Little Bighorn?
• What situation most likely caused the sentiments expressed above?
• Which of the following groups would most likely have supported the sentiments in the memo above?

1. The circumstances depicted in the cartoon suggest that the cartoon was published in the immediate aftermath of

A. the War of 1812.

B. the Mexican-American War.

C. the Spanish-American War.

D. World War I.

2. Which of the following reflects a main point of the political cartoon?

A. The United States used excessive violence in suppressing independence movements in its recently acquired territories.

B. The inhabitants of America's newly acquired colonial holdings might not initially be able to handle self-government and would require some degree of long-term American control.

C. American expansionistic efforts were misguided and costly; the United States would be well-advised to abandon its experiment in imperialism.

D. The United States should extend citizenship rights to inhabitants of its newly acquired colonies; the Constitution should follow the flag.

3. In the period following the events depicted in the cartoon, the United States

A. formed multilateral agreements and regional alliances with developing nations.

B. withdrew from global affairs in the face of opposition at home and abroad to imperialistic ventures.

C. expanded its economic and military presence in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia.

D. insisted that the countries referred to in the cartoon improve their human rights records or suffer a reduction of foreign aid.

Questions 4-5 refer to the following information.

"The power . . . given to the commanding officer over all the people of each district is that of an absolute monarch. His mere will is to take the place of all law. . . . It reduces the whole population of the ten states—all persons, of every color, sex, and condition, and every stranger within their limits—to the most abject and degrading slavery."

4. The excerpt from the presidential veto message above is from

A. President Thomas Jefferson's veto of the Alien and Sedition Acts.

B. President James Monroe's veto of an act for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland Road.

C. President Andrew Jackson's veto of the bill rechartering the Second Bank of the United States.

D. President Andrew Johnson's veto of one of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867.

5. The political sentiment of the veto message above is most similar to which of the following political positions taken in the twentieth century?

A. Justice Frank Murphy's dissent in the Supreme Court case, Korematsu v. United States in 1944.

B. U.S. Army lawyer Joseph Welsh's opposition to Senator Joseph McCarthy in the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954.

C. Governor Orval Faubus's response to the steps taken by President Dwight Eisenhower to resolve the Little Rock crisis in 1957.

D. John Lewis's endorsement of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

Questions 6-7 refer to the following information.

6. The 1883 cartoon above makes the point that

A. the "new" immigrants from eastern and southern Europe, with their different customs and religious beliefs, were just as dangerous to the American way of life as the American Indians were to the Pilgrims in the seventeenth century.

B. the United States was filling up with people; additional immigrants would displace native-born Americans, just as the seventeenth-century Pilgrims displaced the American Indians.

C. among the "new immigrants" were many hard-working men and women, but also many radicals, anarchists, revolutionaries, criminals, and other "dangerous" elements.

D. incoming immigrants faced a gauntlet of dangers when they arrived in America, just as the Pilgrims did when they arrived in the seventeenth century.

7. Which of the following best represents a continuity with the political sentiments expressed in the cartoon above?

A. Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founding Hull House in 1889.

B. The platform of the "Know-Nothing" Party (1854).

C. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer carrying out deportation hearings during the "Red Scare" of the 1920s.

D. Congressmen Albert Johnson and David Reed proposing the Immigration Act of 1924.

Questions 8-9 refer to the following information.

8. The 1936 cartoon above, from the New York Daily News, is making the point that

A. although European individuals and countries might be seduced into waging another major war, the United States would be wise to avoid participating.

B. the policy of appeasement is a bankrupt policy that can only lead to more death and destruction.

C. munitions manufacturers, the so-called merchants of death, were pushing the world toward war in the name of profits.

D. the weaponry of modern warfare had advanced to such a degree that future military engagements would result in unprecedented carnage.

9. Which of the following political positions most closely parallels the political position reflected in the cartoon?

A. Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst's position on declaring war on Spain in 1898.

B. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade position on American intervention in the Spanish Civil War in 1937.

C. Secretary of State Dean Acheson's position on U.S. intervention in the Korean War in 1950.

D. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, position on the Vietnam War in 1967.

Which of the following groups would most likely have been critical of the sentiments expressed in the passage above?

Which of the following groups would MOST likely have been critical of the sentiments expressed in the passage above? Imperialists.

Which of the following best captures the sentiments of the majority of Americans following the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Which of the following BESTS captures the sentiments of the majority of Americans following the battle of little bighorn? People became outraged at the death of United States soldiers and called for increased military presence.

What situation most likely caused the sentiments expressed above?

What situation most likely cause the sentiments expressed above? Americans grew angry when French officials demanded a large loan to the French government and the payment of a £50,000 bribe in order to receive American diplomats.

Which of the following groups would most likely have supported the sentiments in the memo above?

Which group would MOST likely have supported the sentiments expressed in the passage above? Liberal Americans who favored the expansion of individual freedom.

What 18th century political military leader would be most supportive of the ideas expressed in the excerpt?

Which of the following groups was the least likely to share the opinions of Washington expressed in the two excerpts?

What process or historical development was enhanced by the highway system pictured above in the decades following 1955?

Which of the following historical developments between World War I and World War II would the author of the passage most likely support?