Abraham Lincoln served only one term as a congressman from Illinois because his stand against the ________ made him too unpopular to win reelection. A) Fugitive Slave Law B) Mexican War C) Wilmot Proviso D) Kansas-Nebraska Act ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In his “House Divided” speech in 1858, Abraham Lincoln predicted that A) slavery would be either abolished or legalized throughout the Union. B) Republicans would win the presidency in 1860. C) Kansas would join the Union as a slave state. D) the controversy over slavery would destroy the Union. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What were the causes of the War of 1812? In your view, what was the main cause? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: neutral rights; impressment; national honor; economic depression; territorial expansion; “War Hawks.”
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did the Hartford Convention meet? What did the delegates intend to accomplish? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The delegates hoped to use the war crisis to discredit the Republican party and to restore the Federalist party to national prominence. The convention’s constitutional amendment proposals were all designed to limit the power […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Reformer Horace Mann fought for A) the construction of asylums to treat the insane. B) government support for public schools. C) the creation of co-educational colleges. D) institutional care for the deaf and blind. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Battle of the Somme illustrated that the machine gun’s primary value was as ________ weapon. A) a mobile B) an offensive C) a defensive D) a reserve ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the Casablanca conference in 1943, Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to A) make the defeat of Japan, rather than Germany, the Allies’ first priority. B) an immediate, full-scale invasion of North Africa. C) make peace with the Axis only on the basis of unconditional surrender. D) begin the planned invasion of France within six months. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, which one of the following was the LEAST capital-intensive business? A) farming B) lumbering C) mining D) cattle ranching ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the primary cause of the farmers’ economic woes in the South and West in the late nineteenth century? A) the immobility of farmers B) overproduction C) sharecropping D) land prices ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
If you had been a young African American in the mid-1960s, which organization would you have joined: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Black Panthers, or Student Non- violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)? Why? ANSWER Membership in these organizations might have been based on that organization’s approach […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
