2017 International Practice Exam Mcq

Question:

Answer: (C) trans-Atlantic exchanges

Question: [Ben Franklin]

Whitefield’s open-air preaching contributed most directly to which of the following trends?

(A) The growth of the ideology of republican motherhood

(B) Greater independence and diversity of thought

(D) The pursuit of social reform

Answer: (B) Greater independence and diversity of thought

Question:

Answer: (D) The expansion of Protestant evangelism

Question:

Answer: (B) Economic and political difficulties in Germany and Ireland

Question: [Graph of Immigration, spike in mid-late 1800s]

Which of the following was a direct effect of the trend in immigration after 1845 shown

on the graph?

(A) An increase in sectional tensions

(B) A major economic downturn

(D) The collapse of the second party system

Answer: (C) An upsurge in nativist sentiment

Question:

Answer: (B) The emergence of an industrialized economy

Question:

Answer: (B) women should focus on the home and the domestic sphere

Question:

Answer: (A) The formation of voluntary organizations and reform efforts

Question: [Seneca Falls]

Many supporters of the declaration in 1848 broke ranks with which of the following

groups by the 1870s?

(A) Social Darwinists

(B) Supporters of Southern secession and states’ rights

(D) Isolationists

Answer: (C) Supporters of the Fifteenth Amendment

Question:

Answer: (A) British government’s attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies