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Roll Call: Key Legislative Landmarks [1803 to 1992]

Congress isn’t always mired in gridlock, squabbling, and scandal. Crises such as the looming Civil War, the Great Depression, and the civil rights movement have sparked “the people’s representatives” to pass some of the nation’s boldest legislation. Whether products of bipartisan cooperation or bitter struggle, these then acts of Congress have built America. -

1. In addition to improving the credit of the United States, Alexander Hamilton’s financial program, approved by Congress in 1791,

a. created support for the success and growth of the United States

b. strengthened the political power of the common people

c. increase the power of the presidency

d. increased the power of the states

2. Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana had its origins in his desire to

a. remove the French from forts along the Mississippi River

b. acquire a port to provide an outlet for western crops

c. acquire territory for the expansion of slavery

d. oppose New England Federalism

3. The Missouri Compromise did which of the following?

a. Prohibited slavery in all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.

b. Provided for admission to the Union of all future states in pairs of one free, one slave.

c. Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state.

d. Finally settled the question of congressional power over slavery in the territories.

4. The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?

a. Admitted California to the Union under the principles of popular sovereignty.

b. Prohibited slavery in the District of Columbia.

c. Adjusted the Texas-Mexico boundary.

d. Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law.

5. The Kansas-Nebraska Act nullified part of the

a. Compromise of 1850

b. Great Compromise

c. Wilmot Proviso

d. Missouri Compromise

6. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided

a. that Indians should henceforth own their lands as individuals rather than collectively as tribes

b. that the land of former Confederates should not be confiscated

c. 160 acres of land within the public domain to any head of household who would settle on it and improve it over a period of five years

d. large amounts of federal government land to Great Plains cattle ranchers who would contract to provide beef for the Union army

7. The Lend-Lease Act of 1941

a. placed restrictions on which materials the United States could ship to Great Britain

b. was approved but never implemented

c. ensured the British easier access to American war supplies

d. encountered almost no opposition from American congressmen

8. The passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights) was partly motivated by

a. memories of the mistreatment of the veterans' Bonus Army in the 1930s.

b . fear that the labor markets could not absorb millions of discharged veterans.

c. a desire to expand the social diversity of American colleges and universities.

d. the need of American business for a more highly educated workforce

9. The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by

a. outlawing strikes by public employees.

b. creating a serious inflationary spiral.

c. banning labor's political action committees.

d. outlawing "closed" (all-union) shops.

10. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?

a. Housing.

b. Churches.

c. Private universities.

d. Public accommodations.

Roll Call: Key Legislative Landmarks [1803 to 1992] ANSWER KEY

1. In addition to improving the credit of the United States, Alexander Hamilton’s financial program, approved by Congress in 1791,

a. created support for the success and growth of the United States

b. strengthened the political power of the common people

c. increase the power of the presidency

d. increased the power of the states

2. Jefferson’s purchase of Louisiana had its origins in his desire to

a. remove the French from forts along the Mississippi River

b. acquire a port to provide an outlet for western crops

c. acquire territory for the expansion of slavery

d. oppose New England Federalism

3. The Missouri Compromise did which of the following?

a. Prohibited slavery in all the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.

b. Provided for admission to the Union of all future states in pairs of one free, one slave.

c. Allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state.

d. Finally settled the question of congressional power over slavery in the territories.

4. The Compromise of 1850 did which of the following?

a. Admitted California to the Union under the principles of popular sovereignty.

b. Prohibited slavery in the District of Columbia.

c. Adjusted the Texas-Mexico boundary.

d. Enacted a stringent fugitive slave law.

5. The Kansas-Nebraska Act nullified part of the

a. Compromise of 1850

b. Great Compromise

c. Wilmot Proviso

d. Missouri Compromise

6. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided

a. that Indians should henceforth own their lands as individuals rather than collectively as tribes

b. that the land of former Confederates should not be confiscated

c. 160 acres of land within the public domain to any head of household who would settle on it and improve it over a period of five years

d. large amounts of federal government land to Great Plains cattle ranchers who would contract to provide beef for the Union army

7. The Lend-Lease Act of 1941

a. placed restrictions on which materials the United States could ship to Great Britain

b. was approved but never implemented

c. ensured the British easier access to American war supplies

d. encountered almost no opposition from American congressmen

8. The passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights) was partly motivated by

a. memories of the mistreatment of the veterans' Bonus Army in the 1930s.

b . fear that the labor markets could not absorb millions of discharged veterans.

c. a desire to expand the social diversity of American colleges and universities.

d. the need of American business for a more highly educated workforce

9. The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow to labor by

a. outlawing strikes by public employees.

b. creating a serious inflationary spiral.

c. banning labor's political action committees.

d. outlawing "closed" (all-union) shops.

10. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?

a. Housing.

b. Churches.

c. Private universities.

d. Public accommodations.

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