Britain’s Hudson Highlands campaign strategy for 1777 called for A) holding the colonial cities and abandoning the countryside to the colonists. B) pursuing and destroying the main Continental Army. C) cutting off New England from the remainder of the colonies. D) invading the Southern colonies. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
As a result of the debates with Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln A) gained nationwide support for his radical abolitionist views on slavery. B) won the governorship in Illinois. C) remained a viable candidate for a future senate seat in Illinois. D) gained nationwide support for his political views. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The lives of Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson provide strong evidence that __________. a. Puritans seldom disagreed on matters of theology b. Massachusetts Bay officials insisted on freedom of religious thought and expression c. Massachusetts Bay faced difficulties in creating the perfect society in America d. Massachusetts Bay Colony sent preachers to frontiers as missionaries […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Frederick Douglass supported John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harper’s Ferry. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Operation LINEBACKER II was the code name for the A) peace negotiations in Paris between the United States and North Vietnam between 1968 and 1973. B) withdrawal of United States troops from South Vietnam between 1968 and 1973. C) United States–South Vietnamese military incursion into Cambodia in 1970. D) American bombing of North Vietnam during […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Congressional authorization to pay black and white soldiers equally demonstrated A) that the Emancipation Proclamation was working. B) Lincoln’s massive popularity in the North. C) changing attitudes towards blacks. D) that the Peace Democrats were correct. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Puritans viewed which of the following as essential to their New England commonwealth? a. strict adherence to personal hygiene measures b. a flexible form of colonial administration c. a healthy family life d. the rapid creation of an urban society in New England e. honest public officials ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The North’s plan to manage finances during the war was much more effective than the South’s plan. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did Eisenhower send 1,000 paratroopers to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957? a. to ensure that black students could attend a desegregated school b. to quell a violent race riot resulting from the desegregation of the military c. to investigate a planned terrorist attack from the Soviet Union d. to protect a top secret chemical […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Lincoln’s proposal to create military districts in the South was primarily to A) end slavery. B) prevent anarchy and disorder in the South. C) extend suffrage to freed slaves. D) confiscate property from former slave owners. ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
