In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled all of the following EXCEPT that A) the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment did not apply to slave property. B) Congress had no right to exclude slavery from the federal territories. C) Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States. D) Dred […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Government legislation on economic matters in the late nineteenth century did NOT provide A) land grants to railroads. B) consumer protection laws for the public. C) a homestead law for western settlers. D) protective tariffs for industry. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What were the key consequences of the War of 1812 for the United States? Would you say the United States won this war? Why or why not? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: demise of the Federalist Party; opening of the West to white settlement, strengthened position of the United States toward […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why was the Louisiana Purchase both a great opportunity and a significant problem for Thomas Jefferson? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Opportunity: doubled the size of the United States; assured control of the Mississippi River and port of New Orleans; ended the threat of a powerful French presence on U.S. borders. Problem: […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Of the following, the strongest resistance to American membership in the League of Nations came from A) Democrats. B) the American public. C) the reservationists. D) the irreconcilables. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
As a member of Congress in 1812, will you vote for or against war with England? Why or why not? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER For: defend the nation’s honor; stop violations of neutral rights; end impressment; acquire Florida and Canada; end agricultural depression in the South and West. Against: war will […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Richard J. Gatling believed his hand-cranked machine gun would A) reduce the need for large armies and the pain and suffering of warfare. B) make infantry warfare obsolete. C) be so destructive as to make warfare unthinkable. D) assure victory to the offensive armies in warfare. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Among whites and some blacks, ________ became the symbol of black cooperation and accommodation to white supremacy. A) Robert Charles B) William E. B. DuBois C) John Hope D) Booker T. Washington ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The farm workers’ movement became known as A) La Causa. B) Alianza. C) La Raza. D) Huelga. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Cesar Chavez’s National Farm Workers Association first struck against the ________ growers in California. A) grapefruit B) tomato C) avocado D) grape ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
