The major theme of the Harlem Renaissance was A) racial pride. B) “back to Africa.” C) building a culture of poverty. D) resentment of whites. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following did NOT favor negotiating an end to the Civil War and letting the South leave the Union? A) Radical Republicans B) Clement L. Vallandigham C) “Copperheads” D) Peace Democrats ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In public, President Lincoln justified his Emancipation Proclamation on grounds of A) its contributing to military victory for the Union. B) its being the most effective way to quiet Peace Democrats. C) the immorality of slavery. D) fulfilling the ideals of the American Revolution. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1863, African Americans were A) given equal pay and work assignments with whites as soon as they enlisted in the Union Army. B) generally stereotyped as incapable of serving as effective combat soldiers. C) integrated into Union Army units after the Emancipation Proclamation. D) profoundly disappointed by the limits of the Emancipation Proclamation. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Had you lived between 1820 and 1860, which utopian community would have been most interesting to you? Explain why you would have chosen to live in that community by comparing and contrasting its features with others at the time. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: Compare and contrast some of the following […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Dominion of New England became a casualty of the ________ in England. A) Civil War B) Glorious Revolution C) Restoration D) Protestant Reformation ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Assume the role of a middle-class American in the late nineteenth century. Describe your sentiments toward the reports of violence in labor strikes at the time. Explain why you hold these views and what you intend to do. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER To this person, “strike” was equated with “violence,” and […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The pre-Civil War North differed from the South in that the North A) had a booming economy. B) was predominantly rural. C) had a rapidly growing European immigrant population. D) enacted several democratic political reforms. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Age of Inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s began when A) President Reagan adopted “supply side” economics. B) OPEC lowered the price of Middle Eastern oil. C) President Johnson refused to raise taxes to pay for the Vietnam War. D) California voters touched off a national tax revolt with the passage of Proposition […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist tirade began when he charged that there were Communists in high positions in the ________ , and it ended when he charged there were Communists in high places in the ________ . A) Senate; Supreme Court B) State Department; Army C) Defense Department; Army D) Army; State Department ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
