The argument over the creation of the Bank of the United States focused on which of the following questions?

A) Does the nation need a central banking institution?
B) Should the bank be allowed to issue the nation's currency?
C) Does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to create the bank?
D) Should the bank be privately owned, publicly owned, or privately and publicly owned?

The acronym COLA refers to contractual agreements that guaranteed workers

A) protection against inflation.
B) job security.
C) a percentage of corporate profits.
D) the right to participate in labor unions.

Prior to the introduction of rice, the early colony of South Carolina was partially centered on

A) the cultivation of cotton.
B) small-scale manufacturing of firearms for use in raids against Spanish Florida.
C) the export of Indian slaves to the Caribbean.
D) shipbuilding.
E) copper mining.

With regard to the doctrine of nullification, John C. Calhoun asserted that federal legislation could be overruled by a ___________.

A) state governor
B) state court
C) special state convention
D) state referendum

In the eighteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade was a vital part of world commerce.

Before the Spanish-American War,the U.S.Army's four black units had been used primarily

A) in the occupation of Pacific islands.
B) as personal servants to high-ranking white officers.
C) to protect the civil rights of southern blacks from white supremacist terror.
D) in the Indian wars of the West.

After Nixon's 1972 visit to China

A) the United States sent economic and military aid to the exile regime in Taiwan.
B) China's participation in the UN was suspended.
C) China drew closer to the Soviet Union.
D) the Beijing government took China's place at the UN.
E) commercial relations between the two countries ceased.

Which of the following was a consequence of the northward migration of African Americans during the First World War?

A) Segregation was eliminated in the North.
B) African Americans sought and gained appointment to high political positions.
C) Northern resentment led to numerous race riots in northern cities.
D) The South suffered severe economic dislocation.

During the Civil War, northern Protestant ministers

A) usually preached sermons that emphasized the needlessness of the war.
B) organized a major pacifist campaign to end the war by Christmas 1862.
C) helped create a civic religion combining Christianity and patriotism.
D) were generally opposed to the goals of the Lincoln administration.
E) raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to assist Confederates to show that they loved their enemies.

"New immigrants"

A) arrived mostly from southern and eastern Europe.
B) arrived in large numbers from China.
C) stayed in the United States for a few months and soon returned to their home countries.
D) sought jobs as farmers.
E) were highly educated.