Which of the following leaders was reluctant to use his power to support racial integration? A) Chief Justice Earl Warren B) Thurgood Marshall C) President Truman D) President Eisenhower ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did “white skin privilege” unite wealthy and poor whites in accepting slavery? Were laws necessary to enforce relations between the races? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: race relations; the nature of slavery; the social status of poor whites; slave colony politics
Date: September 9th, 2020
The final form of the Constitution was decided by A) James Madison’s unwillingness to compromise on any issues. B) the give-and-take of practical compromise. C) an alliance of the large, northern states. D) a small group of Southerners dedicated to protecting slavery. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the mid-eighteenth century, most of the British North American colonies __________. A) were ruled by royal governors B) were governed by proprietors C) had few rights of local self-government D) had become democracies ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The invention that permitted the great expansion of cotton cultivation was the __________. a. railroad b. cotton gin c. cotton reaper d. steel plow e. mechanical seed planter ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these was an important difference between the New York elite who owned land along the Hudson River and the wealthy proprietors of Pennsylvania? A) The New York elite was made up of newly wealthy men. B) The New York elite were Quakers. C) The proprietors of Pennsylvania generally rented their land to tenants. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Rosa Parks was __________. A) a cousin of Martin Luther King Jr. B) an unemployed housewife C) the secretary of her local NAACP chapter D) a Baptist minister ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
If you had been a colonial woman in the 1700s, which colony would you have chosen to live in and why would you choose that particular one? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: gender roles; regional social patterns; economics and society
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which individual was most responsible for promoting African American rights during the New Deal? a. Franklin D. Roosevelt b. John Collier c. Harry Hopkins d. Harold Ickes e. Mary McLeod-Bethune ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The British Proclamation of 1763 directly led to the __________. A) exile of the Arcadian French B) settlement of western Virginia and eastern Tennessee C) opening of eastern colonial lands to a renewed Indian presence D) Paxton Boys’ massacre ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
