Which religious movement in the American colonies served to undermine established religions and established political authorities in North America during the pre-Revolutionary period? A) Mormonism B) Christian Universalism/Unitarianism C) Baptist movement D) the Great Awakening ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Under the “headright” system in Virginia, __________. a. every adult male could vote b. every child was guaranteed a primary education c. all new arrivals received 50-acre land grants after they had paid for their passage d. new immigrants were guaranteed a year’s provisions e. every new settler was entitled to one slave ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Women’s contributions to aiding the patriot cause of General Washington’s army included all of the following EXCEPT A) serving as spies and scouts in preparation of patriot battles against British troops. B) raising significant funds for American troops to assist the patriot cause. C) harvesting lands for patriot men who were absent because they were […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
A dominant issue in the western Great Plains was control of __________. a. gold and silver mines b. grazing rights c. water d. the land e. the routes of the great cattle drives ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
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 […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
Date: September 9th, 2020
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 […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
Date: September 9th, 2020
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 […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
Date: September 9th, 2020
