From which country came the fewest immigrants during the large wave of immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in the 1840s and 1850s?    a.  England.   b.  Germany.   c.  Ireland.   d.  Spain.

Under the system of “township planning”    a.  no one could own land that had not been previously surveyed.   b.  settlers chose their own plots of land, under the supervision of a county surveyor.   c.  legal descriptions of property made reference to permanent natural objects.   d.  gaps between unsettled and settled land were encouraged.

One of the causes of World War I was _________.   a.  the deteriorating standards of living in Europe.   b.  the assassination in Serbia of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand.    c.  Europe had experienced several wars in recent decades that spilled over into World War I.    d.  the European working class was increasingly fractured and nationalistic.

The leading producer of manufactured goods in 1900 was   a.  the United States.   b.  Germany.   c.  England.   d.  Canada.

Beginning in 1971, the Nixon administration enacted a series of price controls in hopes of reducing inflation.  The first of these, known as Phase I,   a.  consisted of a complete price freeze.   b.  imposed a ceiling price on meat, but left other prices unregulated.   c.  froze wages, but left other prices unregulated.   d.  applied only to oil prices.

Which U.S. President was in office for most of World War II?   a.  Herbert Hoover.   b.  Abraham Lincoln.   c.  Franklin D. Roosevelt.   d.  Lyndon Johnson 

In the antebellum period, most large manufacturers relied on the _____________ for power.   a.  undershot water wheel   b.  overshot water wheel   c.  the breast water wheel   d.  the water turbine

In the antebellum period, the “Old Northwest” became the leading producer of    a.  fresh fruits and vegetables.   b.  cotton.   c.  pork.   d.  dairy products.

In the Dred Scott decision (1857), the Supreme Court declared that   a.  Congress could not admit a free state without simultaneously admitting a slave state.   b.  slavery was not legal in the western territories.   c.  fugitive slaves were not legally protected from bounty hunters.   d.  Congress could not prohibit slavery in the western territories.

The Coinage Act of 1792   a.  designated both gold and silver as the monetary standard for the U.S.   b.  designated gold as the monetary standard for the U.S.   c.  designated silver as the monetary standard for the U.S.   d.  designated paper Treasury notes as the monetary standard for the U.S.