The text authors assert that in the coming of the Civil War, “the fundamental issue was slavery.” Do you agree? Some argue that states’ rights was the key issue of the Civil War. Do you think they miss the point? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The expansion of slavery had generated the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the role that racism played in the emergence of America as a world power. Include the influence of the ideas of American exceptionalism, Anglo-Saxonism, and Social Darwinism. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The idea of being a chosen (exceptional) people is deeply rooted in American history. Social Darwinists loaned the concept […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why were movements like immigration restriction, religious fundamentalism, and the Ku Klux Klan so popular in the 1920s? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER All three were related to the fear, anxiety, and uncertainty generated by rapid social change in the 1920s. Those seeking a refuge from challenges to traditional values and behaviors […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain why Samoa and Hawaii were thought to be strategically important for the United States in the late nineteenth century. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Both island groups had excellent natural harbors: Pago Pago in Samoa and Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Both could be important coaling stations for a Pacific naval fleet. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Sedition Act distressed many Americans because it __________. a. threatened their political right to disagree with and speak out against the government b. gave the Federalists too much power and reduced the Republicans’ power c. suspended free elections, depriving all white males of their voting rights d. expanded the powers of Congress, which meant […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was one of the effects of the Great Awakening in America? A) reunification of the colonial churches that had been divided by the Enlightenment B) declining respect for established authority C) renewed respect for the learned clergy D) lowered toleration of dissenting views ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did James Oglethorpe establish the colony of Georgia? A) to rehabilitate English paupers B) to provide religious refuge for English Baptists C) to grant huge land tracts to his friends in court D) to take advantage of cheap slave labor ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Soviet Premier Gorbachev’s creation of the Soviet Union’s first working legislature and his allowing competitive elections in 1989 are examples of ________ ; his legalization of small private business corporations and leasing of land to individuals are examples of ________ . A) glasnost; perestroika B) perestroika, glasnost C) glasnost; detente D) detente; perestroika ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In his Progress and Poverty (1879), Henry George emphasized that the nation’s major problem was ________ , and he proposed a “single tax” on ________ to solve it. A) business monopolization; trusts B) the unequal distribution of wealth; land values C) unrestricted immigration; each new immigrant D) “conspicuous consumption”; incomes ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The provisions of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) created by Congress in 1932 reflected President Hoover’s assumption that the depression was caused by A) an international trade deficit. B) uncontrollable economic forces. C) the stock market crash. D) tight credit. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
