When comparing the attitudes of the Peace Democrats and War Democrats which of the following statements is TRUE? A) War Democrats favored a quick and immediate end to the war; Peace Democrats favored a complete victory. B) Peace Democrats and War Democrats had no real differences in their attitudes toward the war. C) Peace Democrats […]
At its height, the population of Cahokia exceeded __________ people. A) 1,000 B) 15,000 C) 50,000 D) 100,000 ANSWER B
Which of the following was an example of how the United States paid for the war effort? A) the creation of an income tax B) the lowering of property tax C) excessive printing of paper money D) inability to borrow money ANSWER Answer: A
After 1777, France’s chief territorial objective was to gain control of A) the British West Indies. B) England’s American colonies. C) Gibraltar. D) Canada. ANSWER A
After the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln removed General Meade for ________. A) not pursuing the retreating Confederates B) high death rates C) authorizing Pickett’s Charge D) failing to stop General Lee’s advance ANSWER Answer: A
By 1894, American railroads __________. a. had difficulty finding the capital to expand b. suffered from competition and overexpansion c. had consolidated into four major lines d. had eliminated competition e. were at the peak of their bargaining power ANSWER B
The Freedmen’s Bureau was also known as A) Freed Slaves’ Bureau. B) Bureau of former slaves and servants. C) Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees and Abandoned Lands. D) Bureau of Refugees and Slaves. ANSWER Answer: C
The society created by Puritans in New England __________. a. copied the social order they had left behind in England b. was modeled on contemporary Dutch society c. represented a near-total rejection of traditional English ways d. was quite similar to that of the Chesapeake region e. adapted to include slavery ANSWER A
Under the sharecropping system the A) owner supplied a place to stay, materials, and a piece of land to grow cotton. B) owner supplied nothing and charged rent. C) tenants supplied everything. D) tenants were paid per day. ANSWER Answer: A
The Montgomery bus boycott __________. a. moved Martin Luther King, Jr. away from his philosophy of passive resistance b. sparked an outburst of violence against blacks all over the South c. led to the emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a black civil rights leader d. failed to change Montgomery’s strict segregation laws e. […]
