Economic difficulties exacerbated by heavy debts caused western Massachusetts farmers to launch Shays’s Rebellion. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Through the first half of his term, President Kennedy’s primary interest was A) civil rights. B) domestic reforms. C) foreign affairs. D) balancing the budget. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Congressional passage of the Bill of Rights A) fulfilled a political promise by James Madison during the contested Constitution ratification process to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution. B) was not necessary to preserve the constitutional structure from unraveling due to political pressure from Antifederalists for a second convention to consider the shortcomings […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 resulted in A) a Cold War victory for President Kennedy. B) a strengthening of Fidel Castro’s power in Cuba. C) the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. D) the removal of Fidel Castro from Cuba. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Many of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton’s thoughtful economic ideas came from A) advocates of mercantilism. B) gold and silver hoarders. C) the free trade of goods and services and expanding trade ideas in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. D) southern plantation owners. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which was critical to life in the suburbs? a. jobs close to the home sites b. efficient public transportation c. the automobile d. American school systems e. air conditioning ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compare and contrast the political culture of the early decades of the 1800s with the political culture of the late 1700s. What political, economic, and social reasons can be attributed to the similarities or differences of the political cultures of these two distinct eras in American history? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The text authors claim that in 1763, George Grenville “considered the provincials [colonists] to be spoiled children.” Evaluate his point of view. Why might he have been justified in thinking this? In what way was his view mistaken or shortsighted? ANSWER Consider as justification: colonists had not been held to strict enforcement of the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the different explanations of William Clark and Red Bear, an Indian leader of the Nez Perce, to the reception given by the Nez Perce Indians to the Lewis and Clark expedition reflect different cultural assumptions of whites and Indians in the United States? A) William Clark attributed the friendly behavior of the Nez […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Examine and explain the meaning of the phrase “no taxation without representation.” What meaning did the concept of taxation and of representation hold for the British Parliament? For the colonists? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER By the mid-eighteenth century the British constitutional system rested on taxation by consent–theoretically British subjects’ consent to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
