What was an immediate consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? A) reunification of the Democratic Party B) organization of the Republican Party C) revival of the Whig Party D) All of the above. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
At Plymouth Plantation, voting for governing officials was restricted to A) employees of Thomas Weston. B) church members. C) investors in the Virginia Company. D) property owners. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who was the abolitionist senator who was severely beaten when he condemned the South for the “Crime Against Kansas”? A) Roger Taney B) Preston Brooks C) James Buchanan D) Charles Sumner ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Republican candidate John C. Fremont’s only stated position in the 1856 presidential campaign was that A) Kansas should be admitted to the Union as a free state. B) the Fugitive Slave Law should be repealed. C) slavery should be abolished as soon as possible. D) popular sovereignty should decide the fate of slavery in the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Identify several principles important to Thomas Jefferson. How were these principles implemented when Jefferson became president? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: economy in government (reduced debt); limited government (cut military spending, cut taxes); democratic simplicity (informality in White House); yeoman farmer republic (reduced land prices, Louisiana Purchase), etc.
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the major assumption of Jefferson’s and Madison’s foreign policies from 1800 to 1812. Show how the two presidents implemented these assumptions during their administrations. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Jefferson and Madison assumed that Europeans needed American trade; therefore, the denial of this trade could be an effective diplomatic tool to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following was NOT primarily designed to reduce the consumption of alcoholic spirits in America? A) American Society for the Promotion of Temperance B) Washingtonian movement C) Maine laws D) Magdalene societies ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons why Andrew Carnegie made enormous profits in the steel industry? A) He willingly sacrificed the quality of his product to gain the economies of scale. B) He paid his workers low wages for long hours of work. C) He vertically integrated the steel production industry. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the case of Korematsu v. United States regarding the wartime internment, the Supreme Court held that A) Japanese aliens could be legally interred, but that Japanese-American citizens could not. B) the War Relocation Authority had no constitutional authority to incarcerate law-abiding citizens. C) national security considerations legally authorized the internment policy. D) Japanese Americans […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Among his postwar objectives, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s top priorities were anti-colonialism and A) reestablishing respect for the major powers’ spheres of influence. B) gaining U.S. membership in the League of Nations. C) rebuilding a balance of power in Europe. D) creating world-wide free trade markets. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
