Originally, America’s Open Door Policy was designed to guarantee A) America’s right to intervene in Cuban affairs. B) unrestricted immigration to the United States from all nations of the world. C) America’s access to the trade markets of China. D) the protection of America’s interests in Latin America. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the 1970s, Americans grew especially concerned about the loss of jobs in A) service industries. B) government service. C) retail trade. D) basic manufacturing. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
To combat stagflation, the Carter administration used all of the following EXCEPT A) deregulating private enterprise. B) imposing a wage-and-price freeze. C) restraining the growth of the money supply. D) raising interest rates. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Kefauver Committee’s investigations did NOT A) produce effective new crime fighting legislation. B) heighten public awareness of political corruption. C) lead to the defeat of proposals to legalize gambling in several states. D) claim organized crime in America was rooted in centralized ethnic conspiracy operating on a national scale. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The text authors state that “the 1890s . . . was a decade of strident nationalism and aggressive posturing” in American foreign policy. Cite at least three examples of this “aggressive posturing” in the 1890s. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: the clash with Germany and Britain over Samoa; the incident in […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
To Jonathan Edwards, A) individual lives could be uplifted, but the general improvement of society was unlikely. B) God should be placed at the center of human existence. C) appealing to people’s ability to reason was the best way to guide them toward saving grace. D) the nature of the universe and its laws were […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Atlantic tribal group with whom the English had the most contact was called __________. a. Algonquian b. Mayan c. Apache d. Sioux e. Cherokee ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The single greatest factor that caused the destruction of Native Americans after contact with Europeans was __________. a. warfare b. planned genocide c. disease d. forced conversions to Christianity e. forced removal from tribal lands ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first European nation to establish contact with sub-Saharan Africa was __________. a. France b. Italy c. the Netherlands d. Portugal e. Spain ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was NOT among the Great Depression’s social consequences? A) delayed marriages B) lower birth rate C) higher status for women D) higher divorce rate ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
