What was the poorest and most economically backward region of the United States at the end of World War II? A) Northeast B) Southwest C) Midwest D) South ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
America’s approach to foreign policy in the 1870s and 1880s was grounded in the concept of A) internationalism. B) isolationism. C) balance of power. D) collective security. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
While he awaited his inauguration, Abraham Lincoln expressed the view that A) he would accept the Crittenden Compromise. B) pro-Unionist sentiment in the South was dead and civil war was now inevitable. C) secession was unconstitutional. D) given the first opportunity as president, he would abolish slavery throughout the nation. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Secretary Benjamin Tracy’s most notable achievement was A) initiating the modernization of the American navy. B) negotiating reciprocal trade agreements with many Latin American countries. C) negotiating the acquisition of Midway Island. D) authoring The Influence of Sea Power upon History. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Considering both problems and opportunities in each case, explain why you would have rather lived either in Massachusetts Bay or Virginia in the early seventeenth century. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Virginia Problems: Indian hostility, harsh and unhealthy environment, forced labor, abuse from masters. Opportunities: eventual land ownership (freedom dues), potential great […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compared to other forms of transportation in the early nineteenth century, railroads were all of the following EXCEPT A) able to travel in all seasons. B) safer. C) faster. D) cheaper. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The backwardness in American technology in the first two decades of the nineteenth century can be accounted for by all of the following EXCEPT A) popular resistance toward technological innovation. B) an inadequate system of higher education. C) the absence of inventors who could transform ideas into practical technologies. D) a lack of skilled machinists. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who wrote the novel, The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta? A) a runaway slave B) a Cherokee Indian C) an Irish immigrant D) a California Mexican American ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Probably the most controversial issue of the 1920s involved the murder conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti, two A) advocates of black nationalism. B) immigrant anarchists. C) radical feminists. D) members of the Ku Klux Klan. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Membership in the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was limited to A) Jews. B) All non-Christians. C) Protestants. D) Catholics. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
