Who was “the greatest known American athlete during the nineteenth century”? A) John L. Sullivan B) Marshall Field C) Abner Doubleday, Jr. D) Jim Thorpe ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did colonists oppose the Stamp Act? A) They did not think Parliament had the constitutional authority to impose revenue taxes on them. B) It was an indirect or “hidden” tax. C) Its revenues were to be used to pay off England’s own national debt. D) It would hinder the highly profitable colonial trade with […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the Historia de las Indias change the colonization of the New World? a. It helped the Spanish recognize that they needed to be ruthless in order to prevail. b. It helped the Spanish recognize that they needed to reform in order to prevail. c. It helped the Spanish recognize that there was no […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In what ways was Jefferson a powerful president? a. He successfully reformed and controlled the judicial system. b. He skillfully used diplomacy to steer the United States away from conflict with Europe. c. He created financial systems and solutions that most of the nation agreed with and championed. d. He developed close ties with Congress, […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compare and contrast the similarities and differences of the Anasazi, Hohokam, and Cahokia cultures. What factors influenced the respective economic and cultural development of these three early Native American cultures? Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Illustrate how the Anasazi, Hokokam and Cahokia cultures adopted cultivated surplus agriculture and seasonal crops and established […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following was NOT damaging to the continuation of the New Deal? A) President Roosevelt’s plan to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court B) federal spending cutbacks in 1937 C) President Roosevelt’s attempt to “purge” southern Democrats in the 1938 congressional elections D) the Supreme Court’s ruling on the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following prevented American Indian tribes from developing a unified resistance to the first European aggression in the 1400s and later in the 1500s and 1600s EXCEPT A) American Indians thought of themselves as particular tribes or some other discrete population and not as American Indians or Native Americans. B) American Indians had […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The essential difference between Woodrow Wilson’s New Freedom and Theodore Roosevelt’s New Nationalism in 1912 was in their contrasting views on how to deal with A) tariff policy. B) Latin America. C) conservation. D) trusts. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The coastal areas of Africa south of Sahara that were first encountered by Portuguese traders in the 1400s were A) equal to Europe in military, cultural, and technological terms. B) inferior to Europe in military and cultural terms, but not in technological terms. C) superior to Europe in military, cultural, and technological terms. D) superior […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How was Jefferson’s stance on slavery ironic? a. He supported the slave trade, and yet he did not own any slaves himself. b. He was a faithful Republican and abolitionist, when most Republicans were not abolitionists. c. He wanted the slave trade outlawed, and yet he owned slaves. d. He publicly stated he wanted the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
