The first real career path for women was __________. A) preaching B) school teaching C) moral reformer D) politician ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
William Sidney Morris’s painting, The Bone Player, is unusual in that it is a sympathetic portrayal of a(n) __________. A) Irishman B) Mormon C) African American man D) women’s rights activist ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why would the Irish and the free blacks of the North be particularly antagonistic to each other? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: urban poverty; anti-Irish discrimination; antiblack discrimination; sources of conflict
Date: September 9th, 2020
Prior to the 1830s, the dominant industry in the Oregon Territory was __________. A) the fur trade B) whaling C) coal mining D) farming ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the election of 1848, __________. A) both Cass and Taylor took deliberately vague positions on slavery in the territories B) Cass strongly opposed the annexation of California C) Taylor proposed the doctrine of “popular sovereignty” D) the Free-Soil Party demanded the extension of slavery to all territories ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Most Chinese miners __________. A) never intended to return to China B) were men who came to California without their families C) got very rich D) wore western clothes and tried not to stand out ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The election of 1848 was a warning that __________. A) political parties no longer represented a national political community B) Democratic attacks on slavery threatened to fragment the Union C) the South was becoming a Whig-only region D) the loyalty to the nation outweighed sectional identity in most voters’ minds ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
While the South was shocked by Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, it was even more shocked by __________. A) the lack of northern interest in the event B) widespread northern mourning for Brown’s death C) the federal government’s failure to send troops to capture Brown D) southern politicians’ support for Brown ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Between 1800 and 1850, American cities __________. A) grew slowly but steadily B) underwent the most rapid half-century of growth they were ever to experience C) became more socially and economically homogenous D) experienced a sharp decline in per capita income and the rate of economic growth ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Galesburg, Illinois, congregation and various reform groups realized their communities would have to support the government with __________. A) propaganda efforts B) supplies and assistance C) ministers D) uniforms ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
