A unique feature of the Battle of New Orleans was that it A) occurred after the official peace treaty ending the War of 1812 had been signed. B) was the only battle of the War of 1812 that did not involve naval forces. C) did not involve Indian allies of either army. D) was the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Express your views on the wisdom of Andrew Jackson’s war on the Second Bank of the United States. Was his veto of the recharter bill justifiable? Why or why not? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Justifiable: bank was too powerful; bank was a specially privileged institution, enriching the few at the expense […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Thomas Edison invented all of the following EXCEPT A) the telephone. B) motion pictures. C) the incandescent light bulb. D) the phonograph. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In Bakke vs. Regents of the University of California, the Supreme Court ruled that when screening applicants, educational institutions could NOT A) use rigid racial quotas. B) take sex into account. C) take race into account. D) use “affirmative action” plans. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The so-called “Gospel of Wealth” asserted that an individual’s business success and accumulation of wealth were the outgrowth of A) divine sanction. B) free competition. C) the “survival of the fittest.” D) a process of “natural selection.” ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the primary cause of the so-called “Red Scare” following World War I? A) the election of a large number of Socialists to Congress in 1918 B) the failure of the Senate to ratify the Treaty of Versailles C) the migration of black southerners to northern cities D) a wave of postwar labor violence […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Aside from agricultural states, the Populist Party had strength in A) the Southwest. B) the West Coast. C) western mining states. D) New England states. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Homestead and Pullman strikes of the 1890s were touched off by A) management’s failure to provide a workmen’s compensation plan. B) wage cuts. C) unsafe working conditions. D) increased working hours. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Stephen A. Douglas upset southerners by arguing in Freeport that A) the Dred Scott decision was unconstitutional. B) the Dred Scott decision was part of a southern conspiracy to make slavery legal in all the states. C) regardless of the Dred Scott decision, local laws could still exclude slavery from a […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The victims of the wartime “zoot suit” riots were mainly A) Japanese Americans. B) Jews. C) Mexican Americans. D) African Americans. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
