When Mark Hanna said that John D. Rockefeller was “sane in every respect save one—he was money mad!” he meant Rockefeller A) hated money. B) knew how to make a lot of money. C) went from very poor to very rich quickly. D) went from very rich to very poor quickly. ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In comparison to male workers, female workers __________. a. received equal pay for equal work b. were relegated to traditionally “feminine” jobs c. reaped the rewards of the industrial system d. were respected as important income earners e. generally had female managers ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Life in the immigrant enclaves of cities was difficult for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) diseases from poor water supplies. B) lack of diversity. C) many people sharing limited space. D) little ventilation or temperature regulation. ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most serious slave rebellion of the colonial period was __________. a. the Stono Uprising b. the Denmark Vesey Conspiracy c. Nat Turner’s Rebellion d. the Jamestown Massacre e. Bacon’s Rebellion ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Identify the fictional character who had an animal alter-ego in stories that reflected the “plantation school” of thought. A) Uncle Tom B) Uncle Remus C) Rutherford B. Hayes D) Theodorick Bland ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 __________. A) prohibited slavery north of the Ohio River B) granted immediate statehood to four territories C) was radically democratic D) distributed land to poor Americans ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Homestead strike occurred at Andrew Carnegie’s plant in A) Ohio. B) New York. C) Massachusetts. D) Pennsylvania. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The intention of the Navigation Acts was to __________. a. allow England to monopolize American trade b. promote English industrial development c. keep the American colonies weak and dependent d. stimulate colonial economic diversification e. finance the British navy ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission A) provided regulatory oversight by the federal government of business activity. B) regulated trade by encouraging businesses to export fewer goods for trade to foreign nations. C) eliminated tariffs on all imported goods. D) created a hospitable environment for the growth of more corporate monopolies in America. ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Although Harvard’s Reverend John Eliot worked hard to Christianize Native Americans in New England, most white-Indian relations: a. reflected Eliot’s brotherly love between different cultures b. were characterized by hostility and violence, even war c. resulted in frequent bad feelings but seldom any violence d. led to symmetrical exchanges of ideas and goods ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
