The Northwest Ordinance __________. A) reserved land for Indian tribes B) accelerated the spread of slavery north of the Ohio River C) divided the Northwest Territory into ten future states D) benefited eastern land speculators ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Examine the court case Williams v. Mississippi. This law allowed poll taxes and literacy tests to be used A) as mechanisms to prohibit black voting. B) to regulate service in the U.S. military. C) to establish requirements for clergy service. D) to establish requirements to be a U.S. politician. ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Segregation in voting primaries was outlawed by the Supreme Court ruling in which case? A) Smith v. Allwright B) Morgan v. Virginia C) Shelley v. Kramer D) Sweatt v. Painter ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
An analysis of the goals of the Farmers’ Alliance reveals that farmers desired the government to take control of the nation’s railroads. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Authorities in Pennsylvania feared the hot-tempered Scotch-Irish because these frontiersmen: a. were often involved with disputes with Indians b. would fight quickly over land and mineral rights c. spoke a different language and kept to themselves d. were Catholic ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Theodore Roosevelt invited what individual to the White House for dinner, which marked the first time in history an African-American had been invited there? A) A. Phillip Randolph B) Booker T. Washington C) Ida B. Wells D) W.E.B. DuBois ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
When Johnson became president after the assassination of Kennedy in 1963, what did he focus on first? a. ending the cold war b. passing JFK’s tax cuts and civil rights bill c. escalating the war in Vietnam d. boosting the military e. bolstering international relationships ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The controversy surrounding the concept of U.S. imperialism includes all of the following factors EXCEPT A) some Americans did not want the United States involved in any political or economic issues beyond its borders. B) immigrants and children of immigrants wanted the United States to intervene in conflicts involving their former homelands. C) no citizens […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Montezuma initially suspected that Hernán Cortés was __________. A) a lowly merchant B) a spy sent by his enemies C) Jesus Christ D) Quetzalcoatl ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
After much consideration, President McKinley decided that the best plan for the Philippines was A) to let the natives self-govern. B) immigrate the natives to the United States and allow Americans to settle the Philippines. C) educate, “civilize,” and introduce the natives to Catholicism. D) educate, “civilize,” and introduce the natives to Protestant Christianity. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
