21. The largest of the racial and ethnicminorities in the U.S. is_____.

 A.the Indians                                                 B.the Japanese

 C.the Chinese                                                D.the Blacks

22. The place where Christopher Columbus landedwas _____ .

 A.India                                                         B.the islands in Asia

 C.the current territory of America                    D.the islands in the now West Indies

23. The great international influence of _____isthat the colonies in Spanish America rose up one after another to overthrowSpanish colonial rule.

 A.the American Civil War

 B.the Vietnam War

 C.the American War of Independence

 D.the Korean War

 24.In the early 1850s with the WestwardMovement, the _____ issue became a serious political issue because it might tipthe balance of power in the Senate.

A.slavery                                                      B.immigration

 C.territory                                                     D.Indian

25. Which of the following is NOT the main causefor the American government to declare war on Germany in the World War I?

 A.Germany refused to give up its submarine warfare.

 B.Germany tried to get Mexico into the war against the United States.

 C.Germany promised Mexico the return of lost territory of Texas.

 D.Japan launched the bombing of the Pearl Harbor.

26. In 1932, in the depth of the depression, theAmerican people chose _____as their next president who promised a “new deal” toget America out of the depression.

 A.Theodore Roosevelt                                    B.Franklin D. Roosevelt

 C.Woodrow Wilson                                        D.Herbert C. Hoover

27. In the Second World War American diplomacylargely was American diplomacy towards _____.

 A.Germany and Italy                                      B.Germany and Japan

 C.Britain and the Soviet Union                         D.Britain and France

28. The real purpose of the Marshal Planis_____.

 A.to prevent Greece and Turkey from falling into the hands of the Soviet Union

 B.to support any country which said it was fighting against Communism

 C.to help Western Europe recover from the Great Depression

 D.to prevent Western Europe from possible Soviet expansion

29. _____ was a full-scale, anti-Communisthysteria in the United States in the1950s.

  A.Free Speech Movement                             B.The Progressive Movement

 C.The Civil Rights Movement                          D.McCarthyism

30. Which war turned out to be the longest warthe U.S. fought?

 A.The Korean War                                         B.The World War II

 C.The World War I                                        D.The Vietnam War