Well-known anti-imperialists who opposed the annexation of the Philippines included all the following EXCEPT A) William Jennings Bryan. B) Mark Twain. C) Andrew Carnegie. D) Henry Cabot Lodge. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Civil War is sometimes called the first “total war.” What does this label mean? Cite several actions of the Civil War that seem to illustrate that it was a total war. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Total war involves the mobilization of all the resources of a nation not only to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Most late nineteenth-century physicians alleged that A) the threat of venereal disease was exaggerated and did not pose a serious health problem. B) a robust sex life was physically and spiritually healthy for women. C) most women were indifferent toward and merely endured sexual relations. D) most women enjoyed sex and experienced orgasm. ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt was a lieutenant colonel in ________ in Cuba. A) a supply corps B) a cavalry regiment C) a guerilla force D) an infantry division ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first combat success of the Rough Riders in Cuba was their capture of A) San Juan Hill. B) Santiago. C) Havana. D) Kettle Hill. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain why many American businessmen and farmers might have supported the idea of American expansion in the 1890s. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Both farmers and businessmen were interested in new markets for their products. Businessmen saw new sources of raw materials and new opportunities for investment in foreign economies. Businessmen also […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Enlightenment thinkers assumed all of the following EXCEPT that A) God was a prime mover who had set the universe in motion. B) humans were rational animals capable of solving social and political problems. C) God was an active and judgmental intruder into the affairs of people. D) there were natural laws that governed the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
To many Americans, the ________ became emblematic of their country’s declining role in the world. A) signing of the Camp David accords B) signing of the Panama Canal Treaty C) extending of diplomatic recognition to Red China D) Iranian hostage crisis ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The text authors say that “economic historians have been hard pressed to explain why the ‘Prosperity Decade’ [1920s] ended in financial disaster.” How do you explain the Great Crash and the onset of the Great Depression? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: maldistribution of wealth; declining purchasing power, underconsumption; overspeculation; “sick” industries […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Balladeer Woody Guthrie credited ________ with holding the country together during the Great Depression. A) President Franklin D. Roosevelt B) ordinary people C) the emerging threat of war in Europe D) New Deal welfare legislation ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
