In 1863, African Americans were A) given equal pay and work assignments with whites as soon as they enlisted in the Union Army. B) generally stereotyped as incapable of serving as effective combat soldiers. C) integrated into Union Army units after the Emancipation Proclamation. D) profoundly disappointed by the limits of the Emancipation Proclamation. […]
Had you lived between 1820 and 1860, which utopian community would have been most interesting to you? Explain why you would have chosen to live in that community by comparing and contrasting its features with others at the time. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: Compare and contrast some of the following […]
The Dominion of New England became a casualty of the ________ in England. A) Civil War B) Glorious Revolution C) Restoration D) Protestant Reformation ANSWER B
Assume the role of a middle-class American in the late nineteenth century. Describe your sentiments toward the reports of violence in labor strikes at the time. Explain why you hold these views and what you intend to do. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER To this person, “strike” was equated with “violence,” and […]
The pre-Civil War North differed from the South in that the North A) had a booming economy. B) was predominantly rural. C) had a rapidly growing European immigrant population. D) enacted several democratic political reforms. ANSWER C
The Age of Inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s began when A) President Reagan adopted “supply side” economics. B) OPEC lowered the price of Middle Eastern oil. C) President Johnson refused to raise taxes to pay for the Vietnam War. D) California voters touched off a national tax revolt with the passage of Proposition […]
Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist tirade began when he charged that there were Communists in high positions in the ________ , and it ended when he charged there were Communists in high places in the ________ . A) Senate; Supreme Court B) State Department; Army C) Defense Department; Army D) Army; State Department ANSWER B
By the Civil War, work patterns in America A) made employer-employee relations more personal. B) made workers feel less vulnerable to the laws of supply and demand. C) emphasized the division and specialization of labor to increase productivity. D) increased the importance of skilled craftsmanship. ANSWER C
Compared to the seventeenth century, colonial American society in 1750 was characterized by A) a narrowing gap between the rich and poor. B) widespread ownership of farm property. C) the fading of social class distinctions. D) a shorter life expectancy and higher death rate. ANSWER B
The greatest success for workingmen and women generated by early nineteenth-century labor protest was the campaign for A) land reform. B) the ten-hour workday. C) workingmen’s compensation laws. D) a minimum wage. ANSWER B
