The economic and political developments that made slavery a highly contested political issue by 1820 included all of the following EXCEPT A) cotton’s vital role in making slaves much more valuable as either cotton workers or “products” to be sold in the lucrative slave trade. B) growing hostility to slavery including calls for its immediate […]
Who led the Montgomery bus boycott? a. Martin Luther King, Jr. b. Ella Baker c. Rosa Parks d. Thurgood Marshall e. Bayard Rustin ANSWER A
In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions A) were ignored by President Jackson who declined to enforce the court decisions protecting Cherokee Indian lands under their treaty rights with the U.S. government. B) invalidated sovereign Cherokee treaty rights with the U.S government, which protected their native […]
How did the National Reclamation Act help settlement in the west? a. It restricted immigration from Asia and parts of Europe so that there would be more land for easterners moving west. b. It reclaimed hundreds of acres of land from Native Americans and made it available to white settlers. c. It restricted cattle to […]
The reform causes that sprang from the revivalism of the Second Great Awakening included all of the following EXCEPT A) the 1840s movement demanding women’s rights in the United States. B) abolition of slavery. C) humane reform of treatment of mentally ill people. D) labor reforms and unionism. ANSWER Answer: D
Which is false about the benefits Europeans received from the transatlantic encounter? a. the flow of gold and silver to Europe stimulated trade, commerce, and industry b. the encounter accelerated the rise in influence of the merchant-capitalist class c. more gold and silver inflated the prices of farm goods, which strengthened the feudal system d. […]
Compare and contrast the different utopian religious communities of the early 1800s. What similar elements did they share and what features distinguished them from each other? What common and different political and social forces contributed to their emergence and their struggles to maintain their existence? ANSWER 1. Identify the emergence of the following utopian […]
How do archaeological finds in Cactus Hill, Meadowcroft, and Buttermilk Creek complicate our understanding of the origins of human habitation of the Americas? A) They suggest that the first humans may have arrived in the Americas 50,000 years ago. B) They suggest that the first humans to arrive in the Americas may have been European. […]
Is it fair to describe Mann’s system of public education as some of the opponents did, as nothing more than a vehicle for imposing mainstream Protestantism of all Americans? Why or why not? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. Provide a thesis statement that defends one of the two alternatives for assessing Horace […]
Which of the following was a provision of the peace treaty with Great Britain in 1783? A) The French retained control of Quebec. B) The British yielded East and West Florida to Spain. C) Britain ceded all territories south of the Great Lakes. D) The United States lost its claim to all lands west of […]
