Under the __________ system, manufacturers provided raw materials to people in their own homes and then picked up the finished products for distribution. a. finishing-off system b. mass production system c. piecework system d. putting-out system e. cottage industry system ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The revival meeting held at Cane Ridge in Bourbon, Kentucky in August 1801 illustrated A) that the Second Great Awakening also had a major influence on mainline Protestant dominations such as the Episcopal and Congregationalist churches. B) the exponential growth and highly emotional nature of the religious conversions that occurred during these revival meetings associated […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who was the leader of Vietnamese nationalism at the end of World War II? A) Ngo Dinh Diem B) Ho Chi Minh C) Nguyen Cao Ky D) Nguyen Van Thieu ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Louisiana Purchase required Thomas Jefferson and his administration to determine how to incorporate the entire 828,000 square miles of the Louisiana Territory into the United States, including the process by which the Louisiana Territory would be divided into territories and eventually become states. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the siege at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, ________ encouraged President Eisenhower to give military aid to that beleaguered base. A) France B) Great Britain C) Congress D) All of the above. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the consequence of the Adams-Onàs Treaty and the Anglo-American Convention for the American claims to Oregon? A) The United States now had a weaker claim to Oregon than either Britain or Russia and would drop that claim until 1846. B) The United States now had as strong a claim to Oregon as either […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
A factor in the U.S. government abandonment of the policy of one large reservation after 1851 was __________. a. to enable wagon trains needed to cross the Great Plains without hindrances b. a push by Southerners to allow slavery in the western territories c. that Indians had traditional rivalries and needed to be kept apart […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
As the explosive growth of slavery developed in the interior cotton-growing lands of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana the value of A) slaves to their white owners decreased even as the value of the new land on which they labored increased dramatically. B) slaves to their white owners increased even more than the value of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
President Kennedy’s military policy placed much more stress on ________ than had President Eisenhower’s military policy, and was labeled ________ . A) nuclear weapons; “massive retaliation” B) negotiations; “peaceful coexistence” C) counterinsurgency; “flexible response” D) naval strength; “search and destroy” ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Technological changes in the production of cotton in the late 1700s and early 1800s were one of the key features that launched the worldwide expansion of the production of cotton. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
