Progressivism at the state level culminated in the Seventeenth Amendment, which was designed to help progressives A) increase state services. B) protect the public by regulating the economy. C) establish direct democracy. D) impose social control. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Black Codes seemed like another form of slavery to African Americans because they __________. a. severely limited the legal and economic rights of blacks b. forced many blacks to work for whites for free c. made employment for blacks a crime d. restricted blacks to the plantations where they had formerly been enslaved e. encouraged […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
If you were a middle-class citizen in early nineteenth-century America, where would you rather have lived, in the North or the South? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: the North had a thriving middle class–economic opportunities were greater there; their economic skills were needed; their numbers made them politically potent. In […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did white Americans interact with Native Americans in the early 1800s? a. The federal government worked with tribal leaders to find compromises on land distribution. b. White businessmen, supported by the government, forced Indians to work in mills and labor camps, destroying their culture and family ties. c. They used violence and trickery to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
While there is great debate about just when the FIRST Americans migrated from Asia to North America, modern anthropologists agree that the following made the trip possible: A) ice holding so much water in glaciers, making it possible to walk from Siberia across what is now the Bering Sea into North America and then down […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why were some American women angered by the Fifteenth Amendment? a. It gave voting rights only to white women, but not to African American women. b. White women did not want African Americans to have the right to vote. c. It gave voting rights to black men, but not to any women. d. It did […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following were characteristics of the Algonquian-speaking tribes in North America EXCEPT A) they were located on the Atlantic Coast and on the eastern slopes of the Appalachians. B) they engaged in hunting and fishing as well as farming corn, beans, and squash. C) they lived in permanent towns and villages. D) the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did international diplomacy hinder England’s early entry into New World colonization? a. The English were reluctant to enter the New World because colonization threatened their alliance with Spain. b. The English were reluctant to enter the New World because colonization threatened their alliance with France. c. The English were reluctant to enter the New […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What did the Portuguese expeditions of Prince Henry, Bartolomeu Dias, and Vasco da Gama in the 1400s eventually lead to in regard to furthering Portugal’s ambitions? A) They led to developing massive new African trade in gold and other commodities. B) They extended warfare with Spain for most of the century. C) They extended warfare […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What do you think are the three most important events in American history in the last 25 years? Explain why you chose these three. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: the end of the Cold War; the Reagan Revolution; the Persian Gulf War; the September 11 attacks; war on terrorism; economic boom […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
