What concept did Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique contribute to feminist ideology? A) Women make superior political leaders. B) Men oppress women because they hate and fear them. C) Young women are socialized to believe they are superior beings. D) Women are conditioned to believe they can only find fulfillment as housewives and mothers. […]
In the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, Stephen Douglas asserted that A) slavery was an expansionist institution. B) African Americans were entitled to the same rights as whites. C) slavery threatened the status of all workers. D) slavery should be treated as a local problem. ANSWER D
With his raid on Harpers Ferry, John Brown hoped to A) outrage northern abolitionists. B) provoke a slave insurrection. C) free Congress to accept the Lecompton Constitution. D) force the North and South to negotiate a compromise on the slavery question. ANSWER B
The Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 led to A) equal educational opportunities for African Americans. B) the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. C) an end to racial discrimination in employment. D) “Jim Crow” laws in the South. ANSWER D
One of the original founders of Connecticut was A) John Wheelwright. B) Anne Hutchinson. C) Thomas Hooker. D) Roger Williams. ANSWER C
In the immediate aftermath of the War of 1812, the United States experienced a strong surge of A) class conflict. B) national patriotism. C) party strife. D) sectional animosity. ANSWER B
What was the LEAST common form of African-American protest against Jim Crow laws? A) economic boycotts B) resolutions and petition drives C) legal challenges in the courts D) armed resistance ANSWER D
Match the following individuals with the description of their role in the abolitionist movement. A. Frederick Douglass 1. anti-abolitionist B. Paul Cuffe 2. black abolitionist C. Elijah Lovejoy 3. abolitionist presidential candidate D. James Birney 4. abolitionist martyr A) A-2; C-4; D-3 B) A-4; B-3; C-2 C) B-3; C-1; D-4 D) B-2; C-4; D-1 […]
What was the tariff enacted after the War of 1812 primarily designed to do? A) produce revenue for the federal treasury B) reestablish traditional trade ties with Britain C) protect America’s industries from foreign competition D) increase the volume of American trade ANSWER C
Of the following English colonies, African slavery first appeared in A) Virginia. B) Barbados. C) Maryland. D) South Carolina. ANSWER B
