【Exercises】
A.Read the following statements carefully and choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
1.The most important achievement of Thomas Jefferson during his two terms as President was________.
A.to write the constitution
B.to develop the concept of judicial review
C.the purchase of the Louisiana Territory
D.to develop the idea of the Bank of the United States
2.The United States expanded to the west very quickly in the first half of the 19th century，encouraged in part by a belief known as________.
A.Manifest Destiny B.the Monroe Doctrine
C.the Homestead Act D.the Trail of Tears
3.During the Civil War，Lincoln issued the________to free the slaves in the Confederate states on January 1，1863.
A.Gettysburg Address B.Marshall Plan
C.Emancipation Proclamation D.New Deal
4.________became the first President impeached by Congress.
A.Abraham Lincoln B.Andrew Johnson
C.Jefferson Davis D.John Adams
5.By________，the United States had become the world’s greatest industrial power.
A.the second half of the 19th century
B.the beginning of the 20th century
C.the end of the Civil War
D.the first half of the 20th century
6.It was________who described the period after the Civil War as the“Gilded Age”.
A.Upton Sinclair B.Theodore Dreiser
C.Ernest Hemingway D.Mark Twain
7.The large influx of new immigrants in the second half of the 19th century resulted in an anti⁃immigrant movement known as________.
A.Expansionism B.Federalism C.McCarthyism D.Nativism
8.In 1882，Congress passed the________，barring Chinese from entering America.
A.Gentleman’s Agreement B.Intolerant Act
C.Chinese Exclusion Act D.Federal Reserve Act
9.At the beginning of the 20th century，a group of________and well⁃educated small businessmen started the Progressive Movement.
A.intellectuals B.farmers C.politicians D.lawyers
10.On December 10，1898，a peace treaty was signed in which Spain ceded________，Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States.
A.Hawaii B.the Philippines C.Alaska D.Peru
B.Read the following statements carefully and tell whether they are true or false.
（ ）1.The Federalists，led by Thomas Jefferson wanted the country to become a strong industrialized commercial country.
（ ）2.The Monroe government forced the French to cede Florida to the United States.
（ ）3.The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 prolonged the existence of slavery.
（ ）4.Congress passed the Sherman Anti⁃trust Act in 1890 which made monopoly legal.
（ ）5.By 1920，more people were living in cities than in the countryside in the United States.