In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned Americans against the dangers of foreign alliances and A) political parties. B) implied powers. C) allowing presidents to be elected for more than two successive terms in office. D) the Three-fifths Compromise. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
One of the provisions of the Convention of 1800 was A) a new trade agreement between the United States and France. B) French repayment of damages from the Quasi-War. C) abrogation of the American alliance with France. D) loss of American territory to France. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first quarter of the nineteenth century saw the emergence of A) local political elites. B) women’s suffrage. C) the politics of “deference.” D) professional politicians. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Opponents of the Mexican War claimed all of the following EXCEPT A) the war was an immoral attempt to gain more territory. B) President Polk deliberately provoked Mexico into war. C) southern slaveowners pushed for war so as to benefit themselves. D) the war was too expensive. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexican Americans were able to play an important political role only in A) California. B) Arizona. C) Texas. D) New Mexico. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Where was Jamestown, the first enduring English settlement in North America, located? A) near Chesapeake Bay B) on Roanoke Island C) near the mouth of the Kennebec River D) on the coast of Newfoundland ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Congress’s impeachment of President Johnson was immediately provoked by his A) successful election-time “swing around the circle.” B) dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. C) pardoning of ex-Confederate planter aristocrats. D) readmission of southern states under his own plan of Reconstruction. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the primary economic activity of both the French and the Dutch in North America? A) fur trading with the Indians of the North American interior B) agriculture in the Hudson and Saint Lawrence river valleys C) mining in the Appalachian Mountains D) fishing along the New England and Canadian coasts ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Southerners who voted for Republican candidates were known derisively as A) “fire-eaters.” B) “carpetbaggers.” C) “scalawags.” D) “doughfaces.” ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
President Woodrow Wilson’s immediate response to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914 was to A) impose economic sanctions against all aggressors. B) break off diplomatic relations with Germany. C) establish the doctrine of “strict accountability.” D) issue a proclamation of neutrality. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
