Siar-Akbayin/sat-history-multiple-choice huggingface dataset:
Question: A tariff would protect
(A) cloth made in New England.
(B) cloth made in England.
(C) cotton grown in the South.
(D) wheat grown in the West.
(E) corn grown in New England.
Answer: C
Question: The Erie Canal connected
(A) North to South.
(B) Midwest to South.
(C) Northeast to West.
(D) Southeast to West.
(E) Southeast to Northeast.
Answer: C
Question: Match the reform to the reformer. V) Mental institutions W) Abolitionism X) Suffrage Y) Education Z) Religion 1) William Lloyd Garrison 2) Charles Grandison Finney 3) Horace Mann 4) Dorothea Dix 5) Elizabeth Cady Stanton Answer choices:
(A) V-4, W-1, X-3, Y-2
(B) V-3, X-5, Y-4, Z-2
(C) V-4, W-1, X-5, Z-2
(D) W-1, X-5, Y-2, Z-4
(E) W-5, X-1, Y-2, Z-4
Answer: C
Question: In the South,
(A) all whites held slaves.
(B) slaves told each other Bible stories.
(C) slaves rarely ran away.
(D) there were no free blacks.
(E) all slaveholders were rich.
Answer: D
Question: The cotton gin
(A) produced cotton cloth faster.
(B) planted cotton seeds faster.
(C) was a curse to the planters.
(D) allowed cotton to be grown profitably further North.
(E) allowed cotton to be grown profitably further West.
Answer: E
Question: The Irish
(A) settled in cities.
(B) became farmers.
(C) were skilled workers.
(D) were Protestants.
(E) were highly educated.
Answer: A
Question: The gag rule was favored the most by
(A) Northerners.
(B) Southerners.
(C) Whigs.
(D) Democrats.
(E) Anti-Masons.
Answer: B
Question: Manifest Destiny involved
(A) slavery.
(B) anti-slavery.
(C) tariff protection for New England manufacturing.
(D) expansion to the west.
(E) Native American rights.
Answer: D
Question: David Wilmot, author of the Wilmot Proviso (1846), was a congressman from
(A) California.
(B) South Carolina.
(C) Pennsylvania.
(D) North Carolina.
(E) Kansas.
Answer: C
Question: Place these events in chronological order: I. Kansas-Nebraska Act II. Missouri Compromise III. secession IV. Bleeding Kansas V. Uncle Tom’s Cabin published
(A) II, V, IV, I, III
(B) III, II, I, IV, V
(C) V, IV, I, II, III
(D) II, V, I, IV, III
(E) V, I, II, III, IV
Answer: C
Question: Which position had the most unpredictable outcome? (A) “No extension of slavery to the west” (B) Supporting a national slave code (C) Popular sovereignty (D) Immediate abolition (E) Gradual abolition
(A) “No extension of slavery to the west”
(B) Supporting a national slave code
(C) Popular sovereignty
(D) Immediate abolition
(E) Gradual abolition
Answer: C
Question: The Know-Nothings were
(A) pro-immigrant.
(B) anti-immigrant.
(C) supported by slaveholders.
(D) supported by Catholics.
(E) supported by the Ku Klux Klan.
Answer: B
Question: Why did the Southern states secede after the election of 1860? (A) They were attacked. (B) The tariff was too high. (C) They wanted to preserve slavery. (D) Virginia encouraged them. (E) They had lost Missouri.
(A) They were attacked.
(B) The tariff was too high.
(C) They wanted to preserve slavery.
(D) Virginia encouraged them.
(E) They had lost Missouri.
Answer: C
Question: Of the states below, which one was President Lincoln most concerned about how the population felt about the Civil War? (A) Illinois (B) Kentucky (C) Georgia (D) Mississippi (E) South Carolina
(A) Illinois
(B) Kentucky
(C) Georgia
(D) Mississippi
(E) South Carolina
Answer: B
Question: Match the battle with its state. V) Vicksburg W) Atlanta X) Richmond Y) Gettysburg Z) Antietam 1) Georgia 2) Maryland 3) Mississippi 4) Virginia 5) Pennsylvania
(A) V-3, W-1, Y-5, Z-2, X-4
(B) V-3, X-4, Y-5, Z-1, W-2
(C) W-1, X-4, Y-5, Z-3, V-2
(D) V-2, W-1, X-4, Y-5, Z-3
(E) W-1, X-3, Y-5, Z-4, V-2
Answer: C
Question: Place the following events in chronological order: 1) Lincoln elected 2) Lincoln took office 3) Upper South secedes 4) Lower South secedes 5) Fort Sumter attacked (A) 1,2,5,3,4 (B) 3,4,1,2,5 (C) 4,3,1,2,5 (D) 1,4,2,5,3 (E) 1,5,3,4,2
A
Question: Which is the BEST explanation for why the South lost? (A) They used slaves to fight. (B) They had poor generals. (C) They had weak support from the population. (D) They had too many deserters. (E) The war lasted too long.
(A) They used slaves to fight.
(B) They had poor generals.
(C) They had weak support from the population.
(D) They had too many deserters.
(E) The war lasted too long.
Answer: B
Question: The Freedman’s Bureau was established to (A) help former slaves find jobs and protect them from discrimination. (B) help African Americans win election to public office. (C) help rebuild the transportation networks of the South. (D) protect African Americans from scalawags and carpetbaggers. (E) help former slave owners get back on their feet economically after Emancipation.
(A) help former slaves find jobs and protect them from discrimination.
(B) help African Americans win election to public office.
(C) help rebuild the transportation networks of the South.
(D) protect African Americans from scalawags and carpetbaggers.
(E) help former slave owners get back on their feet economically after Emancipation.
Answer: A
Question: Under the terms of the Compromise of 1877, Republicans maintained control of the White House and agreed to (A) transfer large sums of money to the Democratic Party. (B) withdraw federal troops from the South. (C) push for passage of the 15th Amendment. (D) give Democrats control of Congress. (E) raise tariff rates on imported goods.
(A) transfer large sums of money to the Democratic Party.
(B) withdraw federal troops from the South.
(C) push for passage of the 15th Amendment.
(D) give Democrats control of Congress.
(E) raise tariff rates on imported goods.
Answer: B
Question: The Reconstruction Act of 1867 required that the former Confederate states, in order to gain readmission to the Union, (A) ratify the 14th Amendment and guarantee African American men the right to vote. (B) end slavery. (C) imprison former Confederate government officials. (D) have 10 percent of their people sign a loyalty oath to the Constitution of the United States. (E) nullify Jim Crow laws.
(A) ratify the 14th Amendment and guarantee African American men the right to vote.
(B) end slavery.
(C) imprison former Confederate government officials.
(D) have 10 percent of their people sign a loyalty oath to the Constitution of the United States.
(E) nullify Jim Crow laws.
Answer: A
Question: Pick the correct order for the following events: W) Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president. X) The South surrenders to end the Civil War. Y) The act establishing Radical Reconstruction is passed. Z) The Emancipation Proclamation is issued. Answer choices: (A) X,Z,Y,W (B) W,Z,X,Y (C) Z,XY,W (D) Z,Y,X,W (E) X,Y,W,Z
X,Z,Y,W
Question: Which of the following was NOT a major reason for the movement of large numbers of people from the east of the Mississippi River to the west of it during the second half of the 19th century? (A) People were interested in the free land provided by the Homestead Act. (B) The completion of the first transcontinental railroad made doing business out west economically feasible. (C) People were trying to escape the air and water pollution common in the cities of the East. (D) Soil was becoming depleted in the East. (E) Strikes of gold and silver lured prospectors out west.
(A) People were interested in the free land provided by the Homestead Act.
(B) The completion of the first transcontinental railroad made doing business out west economically feasible.
(C) People were trying to escape the air and water pollution common in the cities of the East.
(D) Soil was becoming depleted in the East.
(E) Strikes of gold and silver lured prospectors out west.
Answer: C
Question: The Dawes Act (A) forced Native Americans to be removed from their traditional homelands. (B) allowed Native Americans to practice their traditional ways within the confines of their reservations. (C) encouraged Native Americans to own individual plots of land, which they and their families would cultivate. (D) allowed Native Americans to establish gambling casinos on their land. (E) outlawed the ceremonial Ghost Dance.
(A) forced Native Americans to be removed from their traditional homelands.
(B) allowed Native Americans to practice their traditional ways within the confines of their reservations.
(C) encouraged Native Americans to own individual plots of land, which they and their families would cultivate.
(D) allowed Native Americans to establish gambling casinos on their land.
(E) outlawed the ceremonial Ghost Dance.
Answer: C
Question: The purpose of the Homestead Act was to (A) attract people to settle in the West. (B) promote the development of railroad building in the West. (C) raise revenue for the federal government. (D) preserve open lands in the West for future generations to enjoy. (E) transfer large tracts of land to giant agricultural concerns.
(A) attract people to settle in the West.
(B) promote the development of railroad building in the West.
(C) raise revenue for the federal government.
(D) preserve open lands in the West for future generations to enjoy.
(E) transfer large tracts of land to giant agricultural concerns.
Answer: A
Question: “Exodusters” were (A) Mormons who made the journey from the East to Utah. (B) ministers who were part of the Second Great Awakening. (C) Native Americans who were forced off their land by the Indian Removal Act. (D) African Americans who fled the South in the post–Civil War period. (E) farmers who fled the “Dust Bowl” during the 1920s and 1930s.
(A) Mormons who made the journey from the East to Utah.
(B) ministers who were part of the Second Great Awakening.
(C) Native Americans who were forced off their land by the Indian Removal Act.
(D) African Americans who fled the South in the post–Civil War period.
(E) farmers who fled the “Dust Bowl” during the 1920s and 1930s.
Answer: D
Question: “Yellow-dog” contracts (A) required African Americans to agree to work as sharecroppers. (B) were the result of collective bargaining by unions and owners. (C) were part of the strategy used by owners to prevent the establishment of unions. (D) were welcomed by craft unions. (E) were emblematic of Gilded Age corruption.
(A) required African Americans to agree to work as sharecroppers.
(B) were the result of collective bargaining by unions and owners.
(C) were part of the strategy used by owners to prevent the establishment of unions.
(D) were welcomed by craft unions.
(E) were emblematic of Gilded Age corruption.
Answer: C
Question: The Bessemer process created an inexpensive way to (A) refine oil. (B) assemble the parts of an automobile. (C) create steel. (D) harvest corn and wheat. (E) generate electricity.
(A) refine oil.
(B) assemble the parts of an automobile.
(C) create steel.
(D) harvest corn and wheat.
(E) generate electricity.
Answer: C
Question: The Sherman Antitrust Act (A) was used successfully to break up trusts. (B) was welcomed by Andrew Carnegie. (C) was consistent with the philosophy of social Darwinism. (D) was used most effectively against striking unions. (E) strengthened the Clayton Antitrust Act.
(A) was used successfully to break up trusts.
(B) was welcomed by Andrew Carnegie.
(C) was consistent with the philosophy of social Darwinism.
(D) was used most effectively against striking unions.
(E) strengthened the Clayton Antitrust Act.
Answer: C
Question: An important trend that characterized American society during the Gilded Age was (A) harmony and peace at industrial sites. (B) clean, efficient government. (C) a decline of rail transportation and an increase in truck and automobile use. (D) the continuation of rural traditions. (E) a growing economy.
(A) harmony and peace at industrial sites.
(B) clean, efficient government.
(C) a decline of rail transportation and an increase in truck and automobile use.
(D) the continuation of rural traditions.
(E) a growing economy.
Answer: E
Question: Pick the choice that matches the author with the book he or she wrote. X) Stephen Crane Y) Willa Cather Z) Henry James 1) My Ántonia 2) The House of Mirth 3) The Bostonians 4) The Red Badge of Courage Answer choices: (A) X-4; Y-2; Z-1 (B) X-2; Y-1; Z-3 (C) X-4; Y-1; Z-3 (D) X-3; Y-2; Z-4 (E) X-2; Y-1; Z-4
(A) X-4; Y-2; Z-1
(B) X-2; Y-1; Z-3
(C) X-4; Y-1; Z-3
(D) X-3; Y-2; Z-4
(E) X-2; Y-1; Z-4
Answer: C
Question: The “new immigrants” of the late 19th and early 20th century were primarily (A) Anglo-Saxons. (B) Irish refugees from the potato blight. (C) from within the Western hemisphere. (D) Eastern and Southern Europeans. (E) exiles leaving the United States.
(A) Anglo-Saxons.
(B) Irish refugees from the potato blight.
(C) from within the Western hemisphere.
(D) Eastern and Southern Europeans.
(E) exiles leaving the United States.
Answer: D
Question: Pick the answer that matches the person with the idea or movement he or she is associated with. X) Charles Graham Sumner Y) Jane Addams Z) Andrew Carnegie 1) the gospel of wealth 2) social Darwinism 3) pragmatism 4) the settlement house movement Answer choices: (A) X-1; Y-2; Z-3 (B) X-2; Y-3; Z-4 (C) X-2; Y-4; Z-1 (D) X-3; Y-4; Z-1 (E) X-3; Y-1; Z-2
(A) X-1; Y-2; Z-3
(B) X-2; Y-3; Z-4
(C) X-2; Y-4; Z-1
(D) X-3; Y-4; Z-1
(E) X-3; Y-1; Z-2
Answer: C
Question: Urban political machines during the Gilded Age (A) were scorned by immigrant groups, who were cheated by graft and corruption. (B) were usually associated with the Republican Party. (C) often formed alliances with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. (D) often provided a social safety net in an age when welfare did not yet exist. (E) were eliminated by the Pendleton Act.
(A) were scorned by immigrant groups, who were cheated by graft and corruption.
(B) were usually associated with the Republican Party.
(C) often formed alliances with the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
(D) often provided a social safety net in an age when welfare did not yet exist.
(E) were eliminated by the Pendleton Act.
Answer: D
Question: The term spoilsmen is most appropriately applied to (A) politicians who supported civil service reform. (B) miners who destroyed important natural areas. (C) generals who profited off of America’s victory in the Spanish-American War. (D) urban “bosses” who received kickbacks from contracts between the government and private firms. (E) party loyalists who expected jobs in exchange for their political work.
(A) politicians who supported civil service reform.
(B) miners who destroyed important natural areas.
(C) generals who profited off of America’s victory in the Spanish-American War.
(D) urban “bosses” who received kickbacks from contracts between the government and private firms.
(E) party loyalists who expected jobs in exchange for their political work.
Answer: E
Question: Coxey’s Army was (A) a disgruntled band of poor farmers and indentured servants in colonial Virginia. (B) a group of farmers who protested the excise tax on whiskey during Washington’s administration. (C) an African American regiment that fought in the Civil War. (D) an agrarian protest movement against the government’s inaction in the wake of the Panic of 1893. (E) World War I veterans who marched to Washington, D.C., during the Depression to demand their bonus payments.
(A) a disgruntled band of poor farmers and indentured servants in colonial Virginia.
(B) a group of farmers who protested the excise tax on whiskey during Washington’s administration.
(C) an African American regiment that fought in the Civil War.
(D) an agrarian protest movement against the government’s inaction in the wake of the Panic of 1893.
(E) World War I veterans who marched to Washington, D.C., during the Depression to demand their bonus payments.
Answer: D
Question: A major source of farmers’ problems in the late 19th century was (A) the inability to attain new, mechanized farm equipment. (B) a declining urban market for their goods. (C) inflation due to an increase in the money supply. (D) the unwillingness of the next generation to stay in farming. (E) overproduction and lowered prices on their crops.
(A) the inability to attain new, mechanized farm equipment.
(B) a declining urban market for their goods.
(C) inflation due to an increase in the money supply.
(D) the unwillingness of the next generation to stay in farming.
(E) overproduction and lowered prices on their crops.
Answer: E
Question: Granger laws, passed in several states in the 1870s and 1880s, (A) outlawed the sale and consumption of alcohol on a county-by-county basis. (B) increased the supply of money. (C) established homesteading on the Great Plains. (D) regulated the rates railroads could charge farmers. (E) reformed electoral practices.
(A) outlawed the sale and consumption of alcohol on a county-by-county basis.
(B) increased the supply of money.
(C) established homesteading on the Great Plains.
(D) regulated the rates railroads could charge farmers.
(E) reformed electoral practices.
Answer: D
Question: The Platt Amendment and the Roosevelt Corollary are similar in that they both (A) pushed the Progressive agenda into new areas. (B) were welcomed by American anti-imperialists who believed in self-determination for all people. (C) led to war with European powers. (D) expanded the role of the United States in foreign nations. (E) were attacked by critics who argued that the president was assuming too much power.
(A) pushed the Progressive agenda into new areas.
(B) were welcomed by American anti-imperialists who believed in self-determination for all people.
(C) led to war with European powers.
(D) expanded the role of the United States in foreign nations.
(E) were attacked by critics who argued that the president was assuming too much power.
Answer: D
Question: The Spanish-American War is often considered a turning point in U.S. history because it (A) helped spark an industrial revolution. (B) ushered in a period of isolation from world affairs for the United States. (C) made the United States a significant imperialist power. (D) led to the formation of the League of Nations. (E) ended the period of laissez-faire and led to greater government involvement in economic matters.
(A) helped spark an industrial revolution.
(B) ushered in a period of isolation from world affairs for the United States.
(C) made the United States a significant imperialist power.
(D) led to the formation of the League of Nations.
(E) ended the period of laissez-faire and led to greater government involvement in economic matters.
Answer: C
Question: The Open Door policy (A) divided China into spheres of influence. (B) allowed for U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs. (C) stated that the United States reserved the right to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations. (D) called for free trade with Africa. (E) called for equal access to trade with China for all nations.
(A) divided China into spheres of influence.
(B) allowed for U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs.
(C) stated that the United States reserved the right to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations.
(D) called for free trade with Africa.
(E) called for equal access to trade with China for all nations.
Answer: E
Question: Alfred Mahan is best known in American history for his argument that (A) the Philippines should have been granted independence after the Spanish-American War. (B) non-Anglo-Saxon peoples are genetically inferior and, therefore, incapable of self-rule. (C) the United States should develop its naval power and establish overseas colonies if it hoped to be a world power. (D) Jim Crow laws served the interests of both African Americans and whites in that they maintained social order and harmony. (E) the power of the industrial giants needed to be reigned in if America were to maintain its democratic government.
(A) the Philippines should have been granted independence after the Spanish-American War.
(B) non-Anglo-Saxon peoples are genetically inferior and, therefore, incapable of self-rule.
(C) the United States should develop its naval power and establish overseas colonies if it hoped to be a world power.
(D) Jim Crow laws served the interests of both African Americans and whites in that they maintained social order and harmony.
(E) the power of the industrial giants needed to be reigned in if America were to maintain its democratic government.
Answer: C
Question: The devastation caused by a hurricane and flood in Galveston, Texas, in 1900 led to calls for (A) the replacement of political machines with more efficient and professional forms of municipal government. (B) federal projects to divert rivers and build levees. (C) people to abandon seaside cities and move to higher elevations. (D) a federal income tax. (E) a religious reawakening to allay fears of divine punishment.
(A) the replacement of political machines with more efficient and professional forms of municipal government.
(B) federal projects to divert rivers and build levees.
(C) people to abandon seaside cities and move to higher elevations.
(D) a federal income tax.
(E) a religious reawakening to allay fears of divine punishment.
Answer: B
Question: The Progressive movement could most accurately be described as a (A) working-class response to low wages and long hours. (B) conservative reaction to immigration. (C) middle-class response to urbanization and industrialization. (D) rural response to falling farm prices and powerful banks. (E) Southern response to the power of Northern politicians.
(A) working-class response to low wages and long hours.
(B) conservative reaction to immigration.
(C) middle-class response to urbanization and industrialization.
(D) rural response to falling farm prices and powerful banks.
(E) Southern response to the power of Northern politicians.
Answer: C
Question: Theodore Roosevelt used his position as president to (A) push for measures to protect the environment. (B) advance a socialist agenda. (C) reform the banking system. (D) convince Americans to join World War I. (E) argue for a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
(A) push for measures to protect the environment.
(B) advance a socialist agenda.
(C) reform the banking system.
(D) convince Americans to join World War I.
(E) argue for a strict interpretation of the Constitution.
Answer: C
Question: The passage of the Federal Reserve Act was important because it (A) made up for revenue lost by the Underwood Tariff. (B) centralized financial power in one city—New York. (C) allowed the president to set interest rates. (D) created a mechanism to regulate the money supply. (E) nationalized banks in the United States.
(A) made up for revenue lost by the Underwood Tariff.
(B) centralized financial power in one city—New York.
(C) allowed the president to set interest rates.
(D) created a mechanism to regulate the money supply.
(E) nationalized banks in the United States.
Answer: D
Question: All of the following led to World War I EXCEPT (A) the rise of capitalism. (B) the formation of alliances. (C) imperialism. (D) the desire for self-determination among nations. (E) extreme nationalism.
(A) the rise of capitalism.
(B) the formation of alliances.
(C) imperialism.
(D) the desire for self-determination among nations.
(E) extreme nationalism.
Answer: A
Question: The immediate cause of the United States’s entrance into World War I was the (A) assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. (B) announcement by Germany of the use of unrestricted submarine warfare. (C) sinking of the Lusitania. (D) Zimmermann Note. (E) attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
(A) assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
(B) announcement by Germany of the use of unrestricted submarine warfare.
(C) sinking of the Lusitania.
(D) Zimmermann Note.
(E) attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Answer: D
Question: Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, written in 1918, aimed to (A) guarantee that all people live under a democracy. (B) spread U.S. influence in the world. (C) shift U.S. policy from isolation to involvement. (D) establish a peacekeeping force in Europe. (E) prevent future wars by rectifying the causes of World War I.
(A) guarantee that all people live under a democracy.
(B) spread U.S. influence in the world.
(C) shift U.S. policy from isolation to involvement.
(D) establish a peacekeeping force in Europe.
(E) prevent future wars by rectifying the causes of World War I.
Answer: E