Alexander Hamilton desired a federal government that would shape the nation’s economy to stimulate the creation and protection of new industries and he opposed leaving economic development to individuals and relying on agriculture for economic development Answer: ANSWER Answer: TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Taft’s policy of “dollar diplomacy” __________. a. promoted American financial and business interests abroad b. was aimed, primarily, at helping underdeveloped countries c. resulted in less American influence in Latin America d. had little influence on American national security interests e. helped establish the prestige of the United States in Asia ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The controversy over the “midnight judges” appointed by the outgoing Federalist president John Adams gave rise to the pivotal U.S. Supreme Court case A) McCulloch v. Maryland. B) Worcester v. Georgia. C) Marbury v. Madison. D) Gibbons v. Ogden. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Approximately 50 percent of cowboys driving the great herds from Texas to city markets in the 1870s were __________. a. Asian Americans b. African Americans and Mexicans c. Europeans d. Native Americans e. women ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following groups and persons provided critical logistical help, food, shelter, and/or geographical knowledge to Lewis and Clark during the course of their expedition EXCEPT A) the Shoshone Indian guide, Sacagawea. B) the French trapper, Toussaint Charbonneau. C) a party of Nez Perce Indians in the western Rockies and a leader of Nez […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the beginning of World War I, Americans __________. a. showed little interest in the conflict b. sided strongly with the British c. were eager to enter the conflict d. sided strongly with the Germans e. generally accepted neutrality ANSWER E
Date: September 9th, 2020
How was news of the Treat of Ghent and Colonel Andrew Jackson’s victory at the Battle of New Orleans greeted by most Americans? A) with enthusiastic national celebrations and optimism for new political prospects and duties that would strengthen the country, even among some opponents of the war B) with a weary pessimism about the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What artistic movement is associated with the “beats”? a. abstract expressionism b. postmodernism c. cubism d. realism e. pointillism ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Eli Whitney actually became wealthy developing the A) mechanical cotton picker. B) mechanical cotton thresher. C) mechanical cotton spinner. D) idea for interchangeable parts, as well as manufacturing rifles with these parts for the U.S. government. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What evidence is there that colonial protest against the British Parliament after 1763 was based on principle? What evidence is there that it was based on the economic self-interest of the colonists? Which to you seems to be the best explanation of colonial motives? Why? ANSWER Principle: colonists appealed to their rights as English […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
