While the Federalists lost the election of 1800 to the Democratic-Republicans and would never elect another president, the election of 1800 reflected a significant philosophical divide between two political parties that would dominate American politics for decades. ANSWER Answer: TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Europeans found the spices of the Orient particularly desirable for all of the following reasons except: a. they were low in carbohydrates b. they retarded decay of foods c. they made bland food taste better d. they disguised the poor quality of meat ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was distinctive about New Orleans that made it such a different American city compared to others in the United States? A) Its citizens were a cosmopolitan mix with permissive and progressive attitudes about race and sexuality and a cultural diversity unmatched by any other American city. B) It had a much smaller percentage of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Industrialization after 1815 altered the manufacturing system in the United States by __________. a. immediately creating a need for large factories with many workers b. increasing production in the factory and decreasing it in the home c. increasing the need for female labor d. eliminating the need for foreign equipment and technology e. becoming more […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who was the commander of the Tennessee militia and later a U.S. president who defeated a Creek and Cherokee alliance at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in March 1814? A) William Henry Harrison B) John Quincy Adams C) Andrew Jackson D) Zachary Taylor ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The colony of Pennsylvania was established as a religious sanctuary for __________. a. Puritans b. Catholics c. Baptists d. Quakers e. Presbyterians ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following developments in the late 1790s led to the rapid expansion of cotton production in the United States in the early 1800s EXCEPT A) the growing preference of Europeans for cotton clothing to the wool and linen clothing they had previously worn. B) an unanticipated wool and linen production shortage in England […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 involved __________. a. the criteria that no more slave states could be created south of the northern boundary of Missouri b. Missouri being admitted as a slave state on condition that slavery be phased out over a period of time c. Maine splitting off from Massachusetts and being admitted as […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The reasons for the deteriorating working conditions and declining wages experienced by factory girls in the mills of New England towns during the 1830s and 1840s included all of the following EXCEPT A) an agricultural depression in New England foreclosed the possibility of these young women quitting their factory jobs and returning home, leaving these […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
McCulloch v. Maryland involved questions regarding __________. a. the national bank b. internal improvements c. the role of the U.S. Congress d. the chartering of private corporations e. timber rights ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
