American foreign policy in the 1870s and 1880s was guided by the spirit of A) Washington’s Farewell Address and the Monroe Doctrine. B) the Treaty of Ghent and the Ostend Manifesto. C) the Treaty of Paris and the Monroe Doctrine. D) Washington’s Farewell Address and the Ostend Manifesto. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Along with the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the United States could rely on the ________ to help protect its interests in the late nineteenth century. A) diplomatic service B) navy C) army D) European balance of power ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What were the major issues on the postwar settlement that emerged from the wartime conferences of the Grand Alliance? Which of these were the most controversial? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The most controversial issues involved decisions on Eastern Europe (especially Poland), reparations from Germany, and the partitioning of Germany into […]
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In the 1920s, Hollywood movies tended to A) be too expensive for working class patrons. B) reinforce racial stereotypes. C) present unsympathetic portraits of the poor. D) perpetuate Victorian moral values. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Do you think the adoption of a slave labor system in colonial America was inevitable? Why or why not? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: need for labor, declining availability of indentured servants, growing availability and lower price for black slaves, anti-black racial attitudes, no prohibition in law, established models for slavery […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
After 1815, America’s legal system began to promote the values of a market economy, especially the concept of A) economic stability. B) usurious interest rates. C) just price. D) supply and demand. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
English mercantilists believed A) to become wealthy, a nation needed to avoid government regulation of its economy. B) a favorable balance of trade would build a nation’s power. C) there was an infinite amount of wealth in the world. D) national wealth and national power were essentially unrelated. ANSWER B
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The Johnson County War was provoked by charges of A) Indian attack. B) highway robbery. C) claim jumping. D) cattle rustling. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the long run, President Cleveland’s handling of the Venezuela boundary dispute resulted in A) a mediated settlement giving Venezuela the larger share of the disputed territory. B) diminishing the power of the president over American foreign policy. C) the rapid deterioration of relations between the United States and Britain. D) an arbitrated settlement giving […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the Civil War, England and the Union were most nearly provoked into war with each other by A) the Trent affair involving the Union’s seizure of southern diplomats from an English ship. B) English-made commerce raiders’ attacks on northern shipping. C) the incompetence of the American ambassador to England, Charles Francis Adams. D) England’s […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
