From the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries, Europe’s population A) increased rapidly. B) decreased rapidly. C) decreased slowly. D) remained constant. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The framers of the Constitution believed that political parties A) created balance in the political world. B) were representative of the wishes of the “better sort” of citizens. C) created political harmony. D) should not be part of an American system of government. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The idea that the United States was divinely ordained to spread its possessions and institutions across the North American continent was called A) laissez-faire. B) manifest destiny. C) self-determination. D) noblesse oblige. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Whose writings resulted in the “Black Legend” that described the inhumane atrocities the Spanish conquest brought to the Native Americans? A) the Italian merchant, Amerigo Vespucci B) the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama C) the Spanish priest, Bartolom de las Casas D) the Pueblan leader, Pop ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Mormons were subjects of persecution because they seemed to oppose all the following values EXCEPT A) private property. B) individualism. C) monogamous marriage. D) economic opportunity. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions asserted that the ________ had the right to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional, null and void. A) President B) Supreme Court C) states D) House of Representatives ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Richard Hakluyt argued that England’s colonization of the New World would do all of the following EXCEPT A) help England avoid war with Spain. B) supply England with valuable resources. C) solve the problem of large-scale unemployment in England. D) stimulate the shipbuilding industry. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
President John Quincy Adams’s policy preferences were disliked by all of the following EXCEPT A) high tariff protectionists. B) proslavery southerners. C) states’ rightists. D) strict constructionists. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Think of yourself as a member of Congress in 1791. Tell your constituents how you will vote on Secretary Hamilton’s funding, assumption, bank, and manufacturing proposals. Explain why you will vote for or against each proposal. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Those voting for would explain the need to establish and expand […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
One of the major problems faced by the original Jamestown settlers was that A) they placed too much emphasis on agricultural efforts. B) they were unprepared for the hard labor that was required. C) the cold climate made winters unbearable. D) they had no desire for personal economic gain. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
