Compare and contrast the Teller Amendment and the Platt Amendment. Explain the transformation in American thinking that occurred between the passage of the two amendments. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The Teller Amendment, which eschewed U.S. annexation of Cuba when the Spanish-American War began, was an expression of humanitarian concern for the […]
Consider the priorities of President Truman and General MacArthur in the Korean War. Define the strategy of each. Which is the sounder strategy in your mind? Why? Would you have fired MacArthur as President Truman did? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER President Truman’s original objective in Korea was to contain North […]
The text authors claim that some foreign policy experts believed that when President Truman constructed the various elements of the containment policy, “his scare tactics did more harm than good.” Explain what they mean. Do you agree or disagree with this view? Why? ANSWER The harm done by Truman’s scare tactics was to oversensitize […]
Explain why, as after World War I, there was a “Red Scare” in America following World War II–McCarthyism. Do you think this anti-Communism was rational? Exaggerated? Necessary? Explain. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER America experienced a “Red Scare” after World War II because the “paranoid style” in American politics made Americans vulnerable […]
Upon arriving in the West, many settlers __________. a. created friendly relationships with local Indian groups b. imported new technology to aid in western industrial growth c. returned home, disappointed in the lack of economic opportunities d. traded agricultural products with the East using overland trails e. were able to generate distinctive folkways ANSWER […]
Thomas Jefferson’s attitude toward Native Americans showed that he __________. a. did not believe they should live in the same areas as Americans. b. believed their way of life to be worth protecting and preserving c. wanted to eliminate them d. respected them as people, and was impressed by their culture e. wanted to try […]
The first nations to break away from the Soviet orbit as the Soviet Union began to collapse in 1989 were in A) the Baltic States. B) the Russian heartland. C) Siberia. D) Eastern Europe. ANSWER D
After 1830, southern nationalists were able to build A) a distinctively southern literature. B) a more diverse southern economy. C) independent southern colleges and churches. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Compare and contrast the intentions of the Duke of York, William Penn, and James Oglethorpe when they founded New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER York: to enforce the Navigation Acts Penn: to provide a Quaker refuge and religious tolerance Oglethorpe: to build a buffer for South Carolina and […]
Literary naturalists in late nineteenth-century America pursued the theme of A) the excitement and leisurely frivolity of urban night life. B) the effects of modern urban society on the helpless individual. C) regional differences and regional dialects in rural America. D) America’s natural beauty and grandeur. ANSWER B
