General Andrew Jackson’s actions during a punitive expedition in Florida in 1817 brought demands for his censure from all the following EXCEPT A) the Spanish government. B) Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. C) Speaker of the House Henry Clay. D) Secretary of War John C. Calhoun. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The foundation of “scientific management” methods was laid by A) Russell Conwell. B) Frederick W. Taylor. C) Horatio Alger. D) J.P. Morgan. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compare and contrast the major demographic characteristics of colonial New England with the Chesapeake colonies. What evidence illustrates the text authors’ contention that “life in early New England was far more secure than in the South”? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Compared to New England, the Chesapeake had a high death rate, […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1950, former New Dealer Alger Hiss was convicted of A) destroying government documents. B) espionage. C) perjury. D) being a communist. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin’s postwar diplomatic style was NOT particularly A) suspicious. B) ruthless. C) irrational. D) self-interested. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
What determined whether or not a community was for or against prohibition in the 1920s? A) its size B) its class, ethnic, and religious make-up C) its location in the South, North, or West D) whether it was rural or urban ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
President Lincoln was convinced that the Union could win the Civil War by A) outmaneuvering Confederate armies. B) confronting Confederate armies on several fronts. C) intimidating Southerners. D) slowly squeezing the South into submission. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The immigration restriction legislation of the 1920s established a system for regulating immigration on the basis of A) religious preference. B) national quotas. C) literacy in the English language. D) labor needs. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
When the Panic of 1819 struck, for the first time in American history the nation had to pay attention to A) bank failures. B) falling property values. C) mortgage foreclosures. D) urban poverty. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was usually the real cause of backcountry gouging fights? A) personal insult or slight of honor B) the abuse or misuse of punishment C) competition for female attention D) the need for spectator entertainment ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
