The major issue that divided American feminists during the 1920s was A) birth control. B) women’s suffrage. C) Freudian psychology. D) the Equal Rights Amendment. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the beginning of the Civil War, President Lincoln’s military strategy stressed the need to make maximum use of the North’s A) greater enthusiasm for war. B) geographical advantages. C) superior generalship. D) larger armies. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Mercantilists believed that the colonies could contribute to England’s wealth by all of the following EXCEPT A) purchasing English manufacturing goods. B) producing staple crops for export to England. C) becoming economically self-sufficient within the empire. D) supplying valuable raw materials to England. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In his presidential campaign in 1964, Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater advocated all the following EXCEPT A) vigorous anticommunism. B) reducing the federal bureaucracy. C) a balanced budget. D) subsidies and price supports for farmers. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the role that America’s great store of mineral resources played in the industrialization of the economy in the late nineteenth century. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: gold and silver increased the money supply; iron and steel mechanized manufacturing, agriculture, and transportation; copper electrified production and communication; and oil lubricated machinery. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
America’s postwar containment policy was essentially ________ strategy. A) a neutral B) an unworkable C) an aggressive D) a defensive ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What have been some problems that have accompanied the benefits of population growth in the South and the West in the last twenty-five years? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER For the South consider: some loss of a sense of place and of southern traditionalism; problems associated with urbanization. For the West consider: […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Warren G. Harding was probably attractive to voters in the 1920 presidential election because he promised A) to make America the world’s most powerful nation. B) a strong national commitment to high ideals. C) moderation and prosperity. D) to continue progressive reforms. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The text authors describe actor John Wayne as a cultural icon representing such “western” values as rugged individualism, laissez-faire economics, chiseled masculinity, independent action, and political conservatism. Who among Hollywood actors would stand on the opposite end of the spectrum from John Wayne? What cultural values would he or she represent? ANSWER Consider someone […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first major engagement of the Spanish-American War occurred in A) the Philippine Islands. B) Puerto Rico. C) Cuba. D) Guam. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
