Most antebellum white physicians believed A) blacks were more susceptible than whites to diseases like malaria. B) blacks were physiologically different from whites. C) black home remedies were superior to white medicine. D) blacks responded better than whites to bloodletting. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring concerned A) the women’s movement. B) the impact of chemical pesticides. C) the Vietnam War. D) the civil rights movement. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The experiences of the War of 1812 convinced many younger Republican members of Congress that the United States needed all of the following EXCEPT A) to abolish slavery. B) federally-funded transportation improvements. C) a protective tariff. D) a national bank. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Traditional Republicans who opposed the creation of a Second Bank of the United States argued that it would A) be unconstitutional. B) destabilize the monetary system. C) promote overspeculation. D) All of the above. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following was NOT true of West African peoples before the arrival of European slave traders? A) They had established regional trading networks. B) They lacked well developed political systems and legal codes. C) They honored family life. D) They practiced human slavery. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
During John Marshall’s tenure as Chief Justice, the Supreme Court rendered decisions that A) strengthened the powers of the federal government. B) promoted economic competition and development. C) greatly expanded the Supreme Court’s authority. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Liberty Party platform in the 1840 presidential election called for all of the following EXCEPT A) an end to the interstate slave trade. B) the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act. C) the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. D) refusing to add new slave states to the Union. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Arrange the following events in the correct order in which they occurred. A) Puritans establish Massachusetts Bay Colony B) Maryland adopts the Act of Religious Toleration C) House of Burgesses established in Virginia D) Puritans adopt the Half-Way Covenant A) A, C, B, D B) C, A, B, D C) C, A, D, B D) […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Gibbons v. Ogden case in 1824 A) broadened federal control over interstate commerce. B) established the principle of sanctity of contract. C) declared that the national bank was unconstitutional. D) established the principle of judicial review. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the early nineteenth century, the women’s rights movement succeeded in all of the following EXCEPT A) gaining married women legal control over their income and property. B) liberalizing both divorce and child custody laws. C) gaining women the right to sue and be sued. D) gaining women the right to vote. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
