Part II History

I.                   Multiple Choice

 

1.      The history of the U.S. is generally agreed to have begun in _____.

A. 1620                       B. 1607                       C. 1776

2.      The following states are among the first thirteen colonies except _____.

A. Maryland                 B. South Carolina C. Delaware                D. Colorado

3.      _____ was the first man who sailed around the earth.

A. John Cabot              B. Magellan                 C. Balboa            D. Cartier

4.      The colonial life can be described as the following except _____.

A. simple               B. easy                        C. rough               D. hard

5.      The Stamp Act was passed in _____ and was repealed in _____.

A. 1765, 1766             B. 1764, 1765             C. 1763, 1764

6.      The First Continental Congress was held in _____ in September, 1774.

A. Philadelphia             B. Boston                    C. New York

7.      The American War of Independence started in _____ and ended in _____.

A. 1776, 1784             B. 1775, 1783             C. 1706, 1714

8.      Washington won the great victory on December 26, 1776 in _____.

A. Gettysburg        B. Pittsburgh         C. Trenton

9.      The battle of _____ marked the turning point of the War of Independence.

A. New York                B. Saratoga                 C. Bunker Hill

10.  On October 19^th, 1781, the British General Cornwallis and his 7,000 men surrendered at _____.

A. Yorktown                 B. Boston                    C. Charleston

11.  The Constitutional Convention was held in 1787 to revise _____.

A. The Articles of the Confederation         B. Bill of Rights

C. Civil Rights

12.  The first ten amendments, known as _____, were added to the Constitution in 1791.

A. the Bill of Rights       B. the Articles              C. Civil Rights

13.  After the Federal Government was established, the city _____ was chosen as the capital for the time being.

A. Washington              B. New York        C. Philadelphia

14.  The pamphlet “Common Sense” was written by _____.

A. Thomas Edison B. Thomas Paine         C. Thomas Jefferson

15.  The Second President John Adams adopted a high-handed policy which was called _____.

A. the “Intolerable Acts”                                  B. Un-American Activities

C. the Sedition Act

16.  The greatest contribution made by President Thomas Jefferson was his _____.

A. abolishing the Sedition Act                           B. reducing taxes

C. purchasing Louisiana from France

17.  The Second Anti-English War broke out in _____ and ended in _____. The U.S. won the war.

A. 1812, 1814             B. 1813, 1815             C. 1814, 1816

18.  As the result of the U.S.-Mexican War, nearly _____ of the entire territory of Mexico was lost.

A. 1/4                          B. 1/2                          C. 1/3

19.  In 1844 the U.S. forced the Chinese Government to sign the first unequal treaty of _____.

A. Wangxia                  B. Nanjing                   C. Tianjin

20.  The Articles of Confederation was accepted by all the _____ states in _____.

A. 50, 1781                 B. 13, 1781                 C. 13, 1787

21.  _____ was chosen as the capital for the time being in Washington’s administration.

A. New York                B. Chicago                  C. Boston

22.  It was _____ who advanced four plans which met bitter criticisms from many people.

A. Alexander Hamilton                              B. Thomas Jefferson

C. George Washington

23.  _____ was the first American President who was inaugurated in the city of Washington.

A. John Adams             B. Thomas Jefferson    C. James Madison

24.  The War with England between 1812 and 1814 happened during the administration of President _____.

A. James Madison B. James Monroe C. John Adams

25.  The _____ stopped the Holy Alliance’s program, and prevented the European countries from extending their influence.

A. Monroe Doctrine     B. Sedition Act            C. Holy Alliance

26.  _____ was the first president who developed the power of veto into one of the means of making laws.

A. John Adams             B. Andrew Jackson     C. Andrew Johnson

27.  _____ made slavery possible in the new territories such as in Kentucky and Nebraska.

A. Douglas Bill             B. Monroe Doctrine    C. Sedition Act

28.  During the Civil War Lincoln issued the _____, which declared the abolition of slavery.

A. Homestead Bill                                    B. Emancipation Proclamation

C. Both A and B

29.  The Battle of _____ was the turning point of the American Civil War.

A. Bull Run                   B. Gettysburg              C. Richmond

30.  The first imperialist war took place between the U.S. and _____ in 1898.

A. Britain               B. France                    C. Spain

31.  The first American President from the Republic Party is _____.

A. Abraham Lincoln                                         B. Andrew Johnson

C. Thomas Jefferson                                        D. George Washington

32.  In 1918 President _____ issued the “Fourteen Points”.

A. Woodrow Wilson                                        B. William H. Taft

C. Theodore Roosevelt                             D. Warren G. Harding

33.  Haymarket Massacre took place in _____ in May 1886.

A. New York                B. Chicago                  C. Washington

34.  In 1894, the American industrial production held the _____ place in the world.

A. first                          B. second                    C. third

35.  McCarthy was notorious for his harsh _____ persecution of the progressive people.

A. religious                   B. spiritual                   C. political

36.  The Ku Klux Klan was the most notorious terrorist society which persecuted the _____.

A. blacks               B. Indians                    C. progressive people

37.  On August 14, 1914, the U.S. and Britain issued a joint communiqué called _____.

A. the Teheran Declaration                        B. the Atlantic Charter

C. the Washington Proclamation

38.  In Sino-American relations Theodore Roosevelt exercised the so-called “_____”, invading China by means of both force and culture.

A. Open Door Policy    B. Big Stick                 C. Douglas Bill

39.  The First World War broke out on July 28^th, _____ and ended on November 11^th, _____, lasting for about four years.

A. 1913, 1917             B. 1914, 1918             C. 1915, 1919

40.  The two military alliances during WWI were the _____ and the _____.

A. Axis, Allies                                           B. Holy Alliance, Axis

C. Central Powers, Allies

41.  The assassination of a(n) _____ prince, Arch Duke Fedinand, served as the direct fuse for the outbreak of WWI.

A. Australia                  B. Belgium                   C. Austria

42.  Altogether _____ countries became involved in or were dragged into WWI.

A. 33                           B. 38                           C. 39

43.  The frequent emergence of the economic crisis in the U.S.A. led to the following disastrous effects except _____.

A. inflation                    B. the rise of prices      C. the decrease of population

D. the decrease of the purchasing capacity

44.  In April 1945 a conference was held at _____ to organize the United Nations.

A. San Francisco          B. New York        C. Philadelphia

45.  _____ countries attended the conference of the foundling of the UN.

A. 48                           B. 47                           C. 45

46.  At the _____ Conference, the heads of the Soviet Union, the U.S. and Britain discussed the problem of opening the second battlefield in Europe.

A. Yalta                        B. Teheran                   C. Casablanca

47.  In July 1945, Britain, the U.S. and the Soviet Union met at Potsdam to formulate an occupation policy and set up a program for the future of Germany. The meeting was the famous _____ Conference.

A. Cairo                       B. Teheran                   C. Potsdam                 D. Quebec

48.  The two fighting sides in WWII were _____.

A. the Allies and the Axis (powers)                   B. the Axis and Holy Alliance

C. the Central Powers and the Allies

49.  The _____ was the treaty signed at Versailles, near Paris in France in 1919.

A. Paris Treaty             B. Versaills Treaty C. Teheran Treaty

50.  The meeting was held at Yalta in the Crimea of the Soviet Union in Feb, 1945. At the meeting many matters were discussed, including the final defeat of Germany, the demilitarization of Germany, the founding of the U.N. etc., this was the famous _____ Conference.

A. Yalta                        B. Teheran                   C. Potsdam

51.  The Communist Party of the US was founded in _____.

A. 1920                       B. 1918                       C. 1919

52.  The U.S. Communist Party was re-established in 1945 with _____ as its general secretary.

A. Levestone                B. William Foster  C. Earl Browder

53.  The Great Depression of _____ to shook the US and the whole capitalist world to its foundations.

A. 1929, 1933             B. 1933, 1937             C. 1924, 1929

54.  The programme of 1947 that America would offer its money supplies and machinery to any European nation that wished to participate in was called _____.

A. Eisenhower Doctrine                                   B. Marshall Plan

C. Truman Doctrine

55.  The _____ broke out in June 1950 and ended in the summer of 1953.

A. Vietnam War            B. Cold War                C. Korean War

56.  In April 1949 twelve nations established the NATO to coordinate the military actions of member nations against the _____.

A. Germany                  B. Japan                      C. Soviet Union

57.  The Second World War broke out in September, _____ and ended in August _____.

A. 1939, 1945             B. 1937, 1943             C. 1938, 1945

58.  After WWII there emerged a new balance of power between _____ and _____.

A. the Allies, the Axis Powers                          B. the USSR, the USA

C. the old capitalist countries, the new ones

59.  There occurred _____ economic crises from the end of WWII to the middle of the 1970’s.

A. six                           B. five                         C. seven

60.  The President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a policy called _____ to save the economic situation.

A. Good Neighbour                                         B. the Open Door Policy

C. the New Deal

61.  The Battle of _____ took place in 1942 and it was the turning point of the Pacific area.

A. Midway Island         B. Britain                     C. Normandy

62.  In Feb. _____ came President Nixon’s historic visit to China.

A. 1979                       B. 1972                       C. 1973

63.  In 1953, _____ ended in the failure of the U.S.

A. the Korean War       B. the Vietnam War     C. the US-Spanish War

64.  On December 7^th, 1941, the base of the American Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbour, was suddenly attacked by the _____ air force and navy.

A. Spanish                    B. French                    C. Japanese

65.  The original Union consists of _____ at the time of its independence.

A. 13                           B. 50                           C. 48

66.  The first thirteen states of the US mainly located _____ seaboard.

A. the eastern        B. the western             C. the northern

67.  _____ appointed many of the colonial governors.

A. The English King                                         B. the local government

C. the local people

68.  The Declaration of Independence was drafted by a committee including _____ as head.

A. George Washington                              B. Thomas Jefferson

C. both A and B

69.  _____ was the British king when colonial Americans declared their independence.

A. King George I          B. King George III      C. King George II

70.  In 1945 a conference was held in _____ to found the United Nations.

A. San Francisco          B. Chicago                  C. New York

71.  President Nixon visited China in _____.

A. 1973                       B. 1974                       C. 1972

72.  _____ was the only American president who was re-elected three times in succession.

A. Theodore Roosevelt                             B. George Washington

C. Franklin D. Roosevelt                                 D. Thomas Jefferson

73.  The city’s name “Philadelphia” means _____.

A. brotherly love           B. fishing pit          C. philosophy

 

II.                Fill in the Blanks

 

1.      It was _____ who first discovered the America in 1492.

2.      The New World was named after _____ Vespucci.

3.      _____ was the first man who sailed around the earth.

4.      The Indians living in America are all _____ skinned and dark-haired.

5.      The War of _____ broke out in 1775 and ended in 1783.

6.      The First World War broke out on July 28^th in _____.

7.      In 1620 some English Puritans sailed to Plymouth on a ship called _____.

8.      On July 4^th, 1776, the document called the Declaration of _____ was accepted by the American Congress.

9.      The first English colony was _____.

10.  Lexington Fire was the _____ of the War of Independence.

11.  In 1803 the United States purchased Louisiana from _____.

12.  The U.S.- _____ War broke out in 1898.

13.  The Great Depression of 1929 - _____ shook the United States and the whole capitalist world to its foundation.

14.  The _____ _____ policy went into effect by the spring of 1947 when Truman Doctrine came forth.

15.  The Confederate Union of America consisted of _____ southern states.

16.  During the Civil War Lincoln took two important measures, one was the _____ _____, the other was the _____ _____.

17.  By the end of _____ century, the U.S. had become the most powerful country in the world.

18.  The U.S. bought the area of Alaska from _____ in 1867.

19.  The Constitution Convention lasted _____ weeks from May to September, _____.

20.  The Constitution drawn up at the end of Independence War is called the _____ of the Confederation.

21.  The Constitution of _____ established the dictatorship of the America bourgeoisie big capitalists and big slave owners.

22.  The bourgeois democratic personages headed by Thomas Jefferson, were opposed to the Constitution. They were called _____.

23.  The people, headed by John Hamilton, who supported the Constitution of 1787, were called _____.

24.  During Washington’s administration Thomas Jefferson was appointed _____ of _____.

25.  The war with England between 1812-1814 was called the Second _____ of _____.

26.  President John Q. Adams was the son of the _____ president, John Adams.

27.  The forming of the _____ Alliance was to suppress the South American revolution.

28.  Andrew Jackson was the first president who developed the power of _____ into one of the means of making laws.

29.  The first great tide from 1840 to 1860 in America was the _____ movement.

30.  The famous novel “_____ _____ _____” by Mrs Stowe aroused a great and universal hatred for slavery.

31.  A man named _____ _____ began a rising which aimed at solving the slavery trouble by force.

32.  In _____ the first group of English colonists came to America.

33.  From 1863 to 1867 _____ Reconstruction dominated the reconstruction of the south.

34.  With the passage of the military Reconstruction Act in March 1867 the power of Reconstruction of the south passed from president to the _____.

35.  The most notorious society which mainly persecuted the blacks was _____ _____ _____.

36.  The _____ _____ Conference in 1919 was in fact a meeting to divide the spoils and redivide the old colonies.

37.  The _____ Conference was the constitution of the Paris Peace Conference.

38.  The _____ post-war economic crisis occurred from 1973 to 1975 was the most serious crisis.

39.  The Communist Party of China sent _____ _____ _____ to attend the Conference of the founding of U.N. and signed the charter.

40.  The _____ Declaration was published at the Cairo Conference.

41.  The main force of the Japanese United Fleet was destroyed by America in the _____ _____ Battle.

42.  The _____ World War was a destructive war and an anti-fascist war.

43.  The _____ Programme was successfully carried out in 1969 and two American astronauts landed on the moon.

44.  After WWII the _____ _____ emerged on the scene and containment of Communism became the basis of the American foreign policy.

45.  The source of WWII in Europe came from _____.

46.  The direct cause that the U.S. entered WWII was the Japanese sudden raid of the US’s naval base at _____ _____.

47.  In 1939 Germany first launched the lightening attack on _____ and England and _____ then declared war on Germany.

48.  The dropping of the two atom bombs by America forced _____ to surrender unconditionally.

49.  The second post-war crisis occurred during 1953 and 1954 was caused by the _____ War.

50.  It was president _____ who moved toward improving relations with China.

51.  America participated in the Second World War in the year _____.

52.  In _____ China and U.S.A. normalized their relationship.

53.  The outstanding leader of the Civil Rights Movement was _____ _____ _____.

54.  _____ _____ uprising in 1859 helped the outbreak of the Civil War.

55.  “I know not what course others may take, but for me, give me liberty or give me death.” This was said by _____ _____.

 

III.             Define the Following Terms

 

1.      The Boston “Tea Party”

2.      The Westward Movement

3.      The Civil Rights Movement

4.      The Atlantic Charter

5.      The “Open Door Policy”

6.      The Cairo Declaration

7.      The Marshall Plan

 

IV.              Answer the Following Questions

 

1.      Please say something about the American War of Independence, including its cause, process and significance.

2.      What success did Washington’s administration achieved?

3.      Abraham Lincoln is usually regarded as the fulfilment of the “American Dream”. Why?

4.      What was Roosevelt’s role in the Second World War?