In what ways did the United States expand its international presence during the Gilded Age? Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will include: 1. A description of missionary work that spread commercialism in addition to Christianity. 2. An explanation of the increase in exports. 3. A description of U.S. interest in Cuba and the economic […]
The Northwest Ordinance __________. A) reserved land for Indian tribes B) accelerated the spread of slavery north of the Ohio River C) divided the Northwest Territory into ten future states D) benefited eastern land speculators ANSWER D
Examine the court case Williams v. Mississippi. This law allowed poll taxes and literacy tests to be used A) as mechanisms to prohibit black voting. B) to regulate service in the U.S. military. C) to establish requirements for clergy service. D) to establish requirements to be a U.S. politician. ANSWER Answer: A
Segregation in voting primaries was outlawed by the Supreme Court ruling in which case? A) Smith v. Allwright B) Morgan v. Virginia C) Shelley v. Kramer D) Sweatt v. Painter ANSWER A
An analysis of the goals of the Farmers’ Alliance reveals that farmers desired the government to take control of the nation’s railroads. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Authorities in Pennsylvania feared the hot-tempered Scotch-Irish because these frontiersmen: a. were often involved with disputes with Indians b. would fight quickly over land and mineral rights c. spoke a different language and kept to themselves d. were Catholic ANSWER A
Theodore Roosevelt invited what individual to the White House for dinner, which marked the first time in history an African-American had been invited there? A) A. Phillip Randolph B) Booker T. Washington C) Ida B. Wells D) W.E.B. DuBois ANSWER Answer: B
When Johnson became president after the assassination of Kennedy in 1963, what did he focus on first? a. ending the cold war b. passing JFK’s tax cuts and civil rights bill c. escalating the war in Vietnam d. boosting the military e. bolstering international relationships ANSWER B
The controversy surrounding the concept of U.S. imperialism includes all of the following factors EXCEPT A) some Americans did not want the United States involved in any political or economic issues beyond its borders. B) immigrants and children of immigrants wanted the United States to intervene in conflicts involving their former homelands. C) no citizens […]
Montezuma initially suspected that Hernán Cortés was __________. A) a lowly merchant B) a spy sent by his enemies C) Jesus Christ D) Quetzalcoatl ANSWER D
