All of the following were TRUE about the Constitutional Convention delegates’ work on the judiciary EXCEPT A) the delegates spent almost no time on the judiciary. B) the delegates created a Supreme Court and lower federal courts. C) the delegates considered, but dropped, an idea to have the president and the judges of the Supreme […]
In 1624, Virginia became __________. a. an independent commonwealth b. a proprietary colony c. a royal colony d. part of Maryland e. the primary destination for female settlers ANSWER C
Why was congressional passage and ratification of the Bill of Rights so politically important to securing Americans’ confidence in the new national government created by the Constitution? Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss the importance of fulfilling James Madison’s promise to wary Americans during the Constitutional ratification process that a Bill of […]
Which section of the nation benefited the most from the economic boom of the 1950s? a. the Hawaiian Islands b. the Great Lakes region c. the Midwest d. the Sunbelt states e. New England ANSWER D
What were the reasons many American identified with the French Revolution? How did conflicting views of the French Revolution contribute to the growing partisan divisions in American politics emerging by the early-mid 1790s? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss how egalitarianism, anti-monarchism, and the emergence of a new constitutional state in Europe […]
What was Dr. Benjamin Spock’s 1946 bestselling book about? a. infant and child care b. public education c. Cold War politics d. dating and marriage e. space travel ANSWER A
How did northern free blacks generally approach the question of how to organize their religious worship activities? A) They attended one of the many already religiously integrated Methodist or Baptist churches in the North. B) They formed their own religious churches including the African Methodist Episcopal Church. C) They converted to Islam when white northern […]
An immediate problem for rapidly growing suburban communities was providing adequate __________. a. water supplies b. schools c. waste disposal d. law enforcement e. mass transit ANSWER B
All of the following was TRUE of the War Hawks EXCEPT A) they were congressional advocates of a war with Britain, who were mostly from the South and the West. B) they were confident that if the United States declared war on Britain, the French inhabitants who remained in Canada would revolt, allowing the United […]
The “beats” were __________. a. jazz musicians who experimented with folk music b. a light rock group popular on 50s-era TV variety shows c. writers and poets who rebelled against materialistic 1950s values d. a motorcycle gang whose members included Jack Kerouac and James Dean e. a group of talented screenplay writers in the early […]
