Which was not one of the main U.S. land acquisitions?

Which was not one of the main U.S. land acquisitions?
 a. Mexican Cession
  b. Western Purchase
  c. Gadsden Purchase
  d. The Oregon Country

Question 2

Marriage bars:
 a. encouraged married women to participate in the labor force.
  b. became more widespread in the 1920s
  c. forced female employees to leave work when they married.
  d. Both a and b are correct.
  e. Both b and c are correct.

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson's main goals for land policy included all of the following except:
 a. To assure secure property rights to the land owned by individuals.
  b. To establish a system for collecting property taxes on land owned by individuals.
  c. To provide revenues to the federal government through land sales.
  d. To encourage the spread of democratic institutions.

Question 4

Which of the following is not accurate about the role of women in the 1920s?
 a. There was a large increase in the number of two earner families.
  b. Women gained the right to vote.
  c. There was an increase in educational opportunities for women.
  d. Women gained a significant amount of cultural and social freedom.

Question 5

According to Walton and Rockoff, all of the following were among Jefferson's main goals for land policy except:
 a. To assure clear property rights to the land owned by individuals.
  b. To drive Indians off the land and secure it for American settlers.
  c. To provide revenues to the federal government through sales.
  d. To spread democratic institutions.

Question 6

Which of the following statements best describes the reason for the large migration of African-Americans from the south to the north during the 1920s?
 a. This movement was just a continuation of the same trend that had been occurring in large scale since the end of the Civil War.
  b. African-Americans moved north to reunite families that had been divided during the many years of slavery.
  c. The African-Americans who had worked in the south had mostly been employed in the manufacturing sector, which suffered a downturn in the 1920s.
  d. Employers in the North who had traditionally hired European immigrants had to search elsewhere when immigration restrictions were imposed.

Question 7

The U.S. terminated its role in the slave trade in the early 1800s. What is the best assessment of what would have happened had the U.S. not ended the slave trade?
 a. The price of slaves would be lower and the wages of free workers would be lower.
  b. The price of slaves would be higher and the quantity of free workers would be lower.
  c. The price of slaves would be lower and the wages of free workers would be higher.
  d. The quantity of slaves would be higher and the quantity of free workers would be higher.
  e. The quantity of slaves would be lower and the wages of free workers would be lower.

Question 8

If a government wants to distribute the burden of increased spending onto future generations it should:
 a. Increase taxes
  b. Borrow from the public
  c. Print more money

Question 9

If a the price index was 60 in 2000 and the price index was 90 in 2009, the best estimate of the annual inflation rate between 1998 and 1999 is:
 a. 15.
  b. 40.
  c. 50.
  d. 90.
  e. 7/5.

Question 10

What best describes the impact of a price ceiling in a competitive market?
 a. This benefits all consumers because they are able to obtain the good for a lower price.
  b. The quantity supplied will be in excess of the quantity demanded.
  c. It will likely lead to consumers waiting in line for longer periods of time to buy the good.
  d. It will benefit both consumers and producers of the good.

Question 11

When the colonies obtained independence they were no longer bound by a number of English laws, including the Navigation Acts which restricted and regulated trade. What best describes the impact of the removal of the Navigation Acts for commodities that were imported from England?
 a. A shift out of the supply curve and a shift back in the demand curve, which lowered prices.
 b. A shift out in the supply curve, which decreased the price and increased the quantity.
 c. A shift back in both the supply and demand curves, which decreased quantity.
  d. A shift back in the demand curve, which lowered both price and quantity.

Question 12

Food rationing during World War I under the wartime food administration featured
 a. voluntary calls for Meatless Mondays and Wheatless Wednesdays.
  b. a broad policy of direct controls on prices set by the Food Administrator.
  c. rationing for all food products except sugar.
  d. a pervasive belief that fear of government retribution, rather than appeals to moral principles, was key to reducing consumption, and maintaining food surpluses for export.

Question 13

The best estimate for the size of overseas trade as a proportion of national income in 1774 is:
 a. 0-5.
  b. 15-20.
  c. about 50.
  d. 70-75.