What was one of the unique features of South Carolina as one of England’s mainland colonies in the seventeenth century? A) It used a headright system of land distribution. B) It outlawed indentured servitude. C) It was heavily populated by immigrants from Barbados. D) It produced a profitable cash crop for export. ANSWER C
To establish a civil government for themselves, the Plymouth Pilgrims signed the A) Act of Religious Toleration. B) Fundamental Constitutions. C) Cambridge Agreement. D) Mayflower Compact. ANSWER D
The Hartford Convention did NOT adopt a proposal to A) abolish the Three-fifths Compromise. B) limit the president to a single term in office. C) have New England secede from the Union. D) restrict the power of Congress. ANSWER C
In part, Puritans disliked the Church of England (Anglican) because they thought it A) made it too difficult for ordinary people to become church members. B) had allowed the Protestant Reformation to go too far in England. C) placed too little emphasis on ritual during worship. D) tolerated ministers who were not well-educated enough to […]
Who was the North’s leading evangelist of the Second Great Awakening? A) John Humphrey Noyes B) Charles Grandison Finney C) William Lloyd Garrison D) William Ellery Channing ANSWER B
The wartime Smith-Connally Act was a piece of ________ legislation. A) trust-busting B) liberal C) anti-inflationary D) anti-union ANSWER D
Most consolidation in the late nineteenth-century American railroad industry came from A) eliminating competitors. B) government regulation. C) “pools” that divided traffic and raised rates. D) voluntary cooperation within the railroad industry. ANSWER A
The Washingtonian Movement concerned the problem of A) crime. B) alcoholism. C) rehabilitating criminals. D) education. ANSWER B
The Supreme Court’s most controversial decision on women’s rights was in ________ which dealt with ________ . A) the Bakke case; equal employment opportunities B) the Miranda case; equal employment opportunities C) Baker v. Carr; abortion rights D) Roe v. Wade; abortion rights ANSWER D
Which one of the following was NOT a reason why late nineteenth-century Americans came to accept standardized goods? A) the use of modern advertising B) the physical mobility of Americans C) blurred class distinctions in America D) the increased quality of these goods ANSWER D
