Wealthy white landowners near the coast of Virginia were among the ardent supporters of Bacon’s Rebellion in 1876. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the Hartford Convention lead to the downfall of the Federalists? a. The Hartford Federalists sent their resolutions to Washington just after the victorious Battle of New Orleans, making them look unpatriotic and selfish. b. The Federalists who met in Hartford passed unreasonable resolutions that the rest of the country would never agree to, […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Queen Anne’s War of 1702-1713 made exploration of the French Gulf Coast especially treacherous, but the arrival of peace in 1713 allowed French explorers to establish new permanent settlements in Mobile and New Orleans. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Religious reasons were least important in the founding of which colony? a. Massachusetts b. Rhode Island c. Maryland d. Virginia e. Pennsylvania ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did slave rebellions and the fear of slave revolts consume the attention of white colonists in the South and the North in the 1730s and the 1740s? How did white colonists and their governments respond to these actual and feared slave rebellions? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss increasing numbers of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Assess the early civil rights movement’s tactic of nonviolent civil disobedience. Is that form of protest acceptable to you? Why? Was it the best action for African Americans to take in the 1950? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Nonviolent civil disobedience was likely the best means available for civil rights advocates […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
After Spain entered the war in 1761, much of the Seven Years’ War was heavily contested in A) Africa. B) India. C) Florida. D) the Caribbean. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In Vietnamese culture, which of the following was most admired? A) intellectual freedom B) great wealth C) modern technology D) patience ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What colony staged a successful slave revolt in 1791 against an imperial power propelled by the same ideas of the philosophers cited by North American revolutionaries? A) Saint Domingue (modern Haiti) B) Jamaica C) Puerto Rico D) Cuba ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Aztec Indians, located mainly in present-day Mexico, were aggressive and took thousands of prisoners. Aztec society was: a. organized into urban centers, each ruled by a group of priests b. the largest Indian empire with a type of welfare system for the poor c. headed by powerful chiefs who conquered neighboring tribes and accumulated […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
