The 1956 Suez Crisis was sparked when Egyptian president Nasser asked __________ for aid in building a Nile River dam. A) the Soviet Union B) the United States C) Israel D) Saudi Arabia ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the 1950s, __________ out of eight teenagers was/were in school. A) one B) six C) three D) seven ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1946, the NAACP obtained the Morgan v. Virginia ruling, which declared that segregation was illegal on/in __________. A) national housing projects B) defense industry jobs C) colleges D) interstate buses ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the late 1940s, the Supreme Court ruled in the Mendez and Delgado cases that __________. A) language was not a barrier to citizenship B) the separate but equal doctrine applied to Mexican Americans C) Mexican Americans could not be excluded from jury lists D) segregation of Mexican Americans was unconstitutional ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Where did the prehistoric Paleo-Indians, who first migrated to the Americas, come from? A) Scandinavia B) Eastern Siberia C) the Mediterranean Basin D) Polynesia ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Iroquois nation’s tribal organization could be described as A) autocratic. B) patrilineal. C) democratic. D) matrilineal. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
A modern nation-state was created in fifteenth-century Spain by A) Ferdinand and Isabella. B) Henry VII. C) Louis XI, the “Spider King.” D) Prince Henry the Navigator. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Overland pioneers usually did all of the following EXCEPT A) regret their decision to migrate. B) suffer severe hardships. C) abandon a rigid sexual division of labor on the trail. D) travel in family units. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Although it was harsh, the Spanish system of African slavery was moderated somewhat by all the following EXCEPT A) Spanish law. B) common intermarriage between Spaniards, Indians, and Africans. C) Roman Catholic doctrine. D) the fact that slaves constituted a very small part of the population. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
An important political change between 1820 and 1840 was that A) the Federalist Party recovered from its post-War of 1812 decline. B) voter participation in federal elections sharply declined. C) issues rather than personalities became the common subject of political campaigns. D) most states abolished property requirements for voting. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
