The Live Aid concerts in 1985 reflected a sense of social responsibility in popular music culture to help the poor. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Britain’s Navigation Acts required that ships trading within the empire meet all of these conditions except which one? The ships: a. must be built in Britain or America b. were to be manned by a crew of mostly British subjects c. that carried certain products must first travel to England, and then to the colonies […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was the attorney general who approved the raid on David Koresh’s Waco compound? A) Janet Reno B) Hillary Clinton C) Susan Rice D) Edwin Meese ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the civil rights movement change in the mid- to late sixties? a. It cooled off, since African Americans had achieved most of their social goals. b. The movement became even more committed to nonviolent resistance to racism. c. It became more militant and considered violence to force social change. d. It focused less […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first computers were developed by the military to improve accuracy in hitting targets. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States was __________. a. Jamestown b. Boston c. St. Augustine d. Plymouth e. Roanoke ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The massive flood surge following the breach of New Orleans’ levees further weakened the city by A) washing away bridges. B) flooding the city’s drainage systems. C) cutting the city off from federal government responses to deliver aid to New Orleans. D) flooding generators in the hospitals caring for people who could not evacuate the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Vietnam War affected future U.S. foreign policy because it caused America to __________. a. pursue a more active containment policy abroad b. abandon its containment policies c. return to an isolationist policy abroad d. refuse to cooperate with nations in Asia for almost a decade e. abandon international efforts for almost a decade due […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What Congressional measure was passed to limit the effects of the 2008 financial crisis? A) FDIC B) SEC C) TARP D) AIG ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the Nara and Heian periods, Japan experienced all of the following EXCEPT A) pestilence. B) high tax rates. C) an emphasis on the aristocracy. D) an increase in the number of literate farmers. E) the publication of the worldʹs first novel. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
