In the first year of the Civil War, who was the Union’s most aggressive combat commander? A) Albert Sidney Johnston B) George B. McClellan C) Ulysses S. Grant D) Irvin McDowell ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the most serious urban problem in early nineteenth-century America? A) violent crime B) poor street lighting C) insufficient public transportation D) inadequate sanitation ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the goal of an eighteenth-century backcountry gouging fight? A) winning while observing the Marquis of Queensbury rules of individual combat B) disfiguring one’s opponent C) good clean fun, sport, and exercise D) striking a knockout blow ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Panic of 1819 had the effect of A) reducing tension between the North and South. B) increasing agricultural prices. C) repairing factionalization in the Republican Party. D) ending restrictions on voting and office holding in many states. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 as A) a multinational mutual defense alliance. B) a forerunner to the European Common Market. C) the western nations’ response to the Soviet’s creation of the Warsaw Pact. D) an international economic aid organization. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe what steps had been taken against slavery by 1830. Be specific. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: slavery abolished or being abolished by law in the northern states; slavery banned from the Northwest Territory; Atlantic slave trade outlawed; individual manumissions increasing in the South; number of antislavery societies growing in North […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compare and contrast the goals, means, leadership, and accomplishments of the late nineteenth-century national labor organizations: National Labor Union, Knights of Labor, and American Federation of Labor. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The NLU’s goal was social reform achieved by replacing industrial capitalism with producer cooperatives. The NLU failed under its visionary […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the A) Pentagon. B) offices of the Committee to Re-elect the President. C) offices of the Democratic National Committee. D) Oval Office. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the Treaty of Paris that completed the Spanish-American War, the United States took possession of all the following EXCEPT A) Philippines. B) Puerto Rico. C) Hawaii. D) Guam. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Those who favored United States annexation of the Philippines argued that the islands were A) a vital stepping stone to opening the China market to American business. B) a fertile field of opportunity for Protestant missionaries. C) strategically located for America’s naval power in the Pacific. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
