What kind of popular novels did early nineteenth-century middle-class Americans tend to prefer? A) urban crime stories B) sentimental family stories C) western sagas D) pirate adventure tales ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who was the author of America’s Cold War foreign policy that was designed to restrain Soviet expansion? A) George Kennan B) Walter Lippmann C) George Marshall D) Dean Acheson ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the primary factor shaping American attitudes toward the Cuban revolution in 1895? A) the humanitarian concern that the American public had for Cubans and their independence B) presidents Cleveland and McKinley’s aggressive expression of their pro-war view C) the strategic location of Cuba in the Caribbean D) the amount of capital that United […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the motives and goals of early nineteenth-century moral reformers. What social problems did they identify with prostitution and “heavy drinking”? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Goals: get people to adopt more godly personal habits, observe the Sabbath, read the Bible, etc.; curb the resort to immoral practices in society, prostitution, overuse […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
As a result of the Missouri Compromise, A) slavery was banned north of 36° 30′ in the Louisiana Territory. B) free blacks were not allowed to migrate into Missouri. C) slavery was abolished in all states north of 36° 30′. D) there were temporarily more slave states in the Union than free states. ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Bacon’s Rebellion was the consequence of all of the following EXCEPT A) a growing sentiment for colonial independence from England. B) resentment against the royal governor’s Indian policies. C) the frustration of a growing number of people who had little chance of gaining title to land. D) higher taxes and falling tobacco prices. ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Sir Edmund Andros served as A) the governor of Connecticut. B) the leader of a colonial rebellion in Virginia. C) the appointed governor of the Dominion of New England. D) an itinerant preacher of the Great Awakening. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
What do you judge to be the most negative consequences of American industrialization in the late nineteenth century? Explain your choices. Who do you think “lost” the most in this economic transformation? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: loss of quality craftsmanship; depersonalization of the relationship between ownership/management and labor, and […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following statements about slavery in 1790 is NOT true? A) Leading southerners were denouncing slavery. B) Slave imports into the New World were declining. C) The Founding Fathers had outlawed slavery. D) Slave prices were falling. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
List what you understand to be the major advantages enjoyed by the North and South at the onset of the Civil War, then list the significant disadvantages of each. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Among the North’s advantages were a larger population, four border states, greater capital resources, industrial capacity, and railroad […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
