During the Secession Crisis, Abraham Lincoln overestimated the A) number of states that would join the Confederacy. B) northerners’ devotion to the Union. C) extent of pro-Union sentiment in the South. D) South’s commitment to slavery. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
During incidents of labor unrest in late nineteenth-century America, the public most feared that A) the federal government might try to intervene. B) labor strikes would turn violent. C) workers were being unfairly exploited. D) industries would have to close for lack of a labor force. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the late nineteenth century, when labor violence occurred, the federal government usually A) remained neutral and uninvolved. B) sided with labor. C) tried to arbitrate or mediate the differences. D) sided with employers. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What transformed the West from a virtual colony of the East into the fastest growing, most economically booming section of the country? A) federal funding of defense industries during World War II B) the election of Richard Nixon–the first president from California–in 1968 C) the emergence of the aerospace industry in the 1960s and 1970s […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
As a solution to their dispute over ________ as a naval coaling station, the United States, Britain, and Germany decided to partition the area in 1889. A) Hawaii B) Midway Island C) the Dominican Republic D) Samoa ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What did the solution to the incident in Valparaiso, Chile in 1891 indicate about American foreign policy? A) It was becoming increasingly belligerent. B) It was not working. C) It insisted on seeking peaceful compromises. D) It depended on British support. ANSWER A
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Before it was taken over by the English, New Netherlands had all of the following EXCEPT: A) a locally elected representative assembly. B) an ethnically diverse population. C) a weak and unstable government. D) an established church. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Debtors protesting against the Panic of 1819 blamed all of the following EXCEPT the A) the policies of the Second Bank of the United States. B) state “stay laws.” C) high protective tariffs. D) the high cost of government. ANSWER B
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The Missouri Crisis was generated by the need to decide the status of slavery A) east of the Mississippi River. B) north of the Ohio River. C) west of the Mississippi River. D) south of the Mason-Dixon line. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the impact of social reform movements on American law and criminal justice in the early nineteenth century. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: new view of crime as a social, not an individual problem; crime resulted from social environment, not personal sin; new prisons stressed rehabilitation, hard labor, solitary confinement; outlawing […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
