Alexander Hamilton served as Washington’s __________. A) secretary of state B) secretary of the treasury C) secretary of war D) secretary of the interior ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was the cause of a public health crisis in the 1980s? A) AIDS B) hepatitis C) bird flu D) polio ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Since 660 B.C.E., the emperors of Japan have been of the clan called A) Fujiwara. B) Heian. C) Shikoku. D) Yamato. E) Taika. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Operation Desert Storm led to long-lasting consequences for the United States and its allies. Discuss those consequences, both short and long term, for the United States. Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Clearly identify what Operation Desert Storm was, who it involved, and its immediate aftermath (including the decision to leave Hussein in […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the last three decades of the eighteenth century, free blacks in America did NOT A) establish their own churches and schools. B) live in segregated neighborhoods. C) decline in numbers. D) move to northern port cities. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Some argue the Y2K scare indicated a nation too dependent on technology to be secure. Evaluate the accuracy of that belief. Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Identify what the Y2K scare was and how the nation prepared for the year 2000. 2. Identify the most serious of the potential problems (national security […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was true of middle-class American families in the late nineteenth century? a. They found their status had remained unchanged. b. They became more isolated from the world of labor. c. They had greater economic function. d. They tended to deteriorate under the impact of industrialization. e. They had more children. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The majority of damage caused in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina was due to A) incessant gusts of hurricane force winds destroying structures in the city. B) a massive water surge that breached weakened levees. C) widespread fires caused by downed electrical wires. D) widespread civil disorder. ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the United States redefine national security after 1945? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The ideal answer should include: 1. At the end of World War II, U.S. policymakers were determined to revive the global capitalist economy. 2. American prosperity and freedom, they believed, depended on a world system of free […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs were investment banks that were A) not allowed to speculate in the stock market and were federally insured. B) free to speculate in the stock market and were federally insured. C) not allowed to speculate in the stock market but not federally insured. D) free to speculate in the stock […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
