In his mission to Mexico for President Polk in 1845, John Slidell was instructed to do all of the following EXCEPT A) encourage Californians to rebel against Mexico and agitate for annexation to the United States. B) purchase New Mexico and California. C) get Mexico to recognize the Rio Grande as the southwestern boundary of […]
England’s colonization of Ireland A) was primarily motivated by a desire to spread the Anglican faith. B) was peacefully accomplished. C) served as a model for its later colonization of North America. D) All of the above. ANSWER C
In part, the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed ________ to freedmen. A) citizenship B) the right to vote C) land ownership D) education ANSWER A
Under the 1867 Military Reconstruction Act, what did a southern state have to do to be readmitted to the Union? A) organize a state Republican Party B) renounce any future claim to states’ rights C) ratify the Fifteenth Amendment D) provide for black suffrage ANSWER D
Compare and contrast the Federalist and Jeffersonian Republican parties. Specifically, what can you say about each party’s assumptions about human nature, the nature of government, the relationship of government to the economy, and its view of America’s future? ANSWER Federalists believed humans were essentially self-interested; Republicans saw people as capable of virtuous self-sacrifice. Federalists […]
Regarding their views of Reconstruction, which one of the following had the LEAST in common with the other three? A) redeemers B) carpetbaggers C) freedmen D) scalawags ANSWER A
Thomas Jefferson believed that a democratic republic required A) reliance on the wealthy classes. B) a powerful national government. C) a well-developed economy with an emphasis on manufacturing. D) an educated citizenry. ANSWER D
When World War I began in 1914, Americans A) were divided in their sympathies toward the belligerents. B) united in support of Great Britain and the Allies. C) presumed the United States would inevitably become involved in the war. D) believed their nation’s interests and security hinged on the war’s outcome. ANSWER A
After his reelection in 1832, Andrew Jackson A) fired Nicholas Biddle, the President of the Second Bank of the United States. B) ordered the removal of federal funds from the Second Bank of the United States. C) encouraged state banks to issue more bank notes to circulate as national currency. D) revoked the charter of […]
The case of Marbury v. Madison established the precedent for A) judicial review. B) executive privilege. C) due process of law. D) implied powers. ANSWER A
