The efforts of the president of the Second Bank of the United States, Nicholas Biddle, to save the national bank in spite of President Jackson’s vetoing of the bank rechartering bill in 1832 A) ultimately became successful when he rallied political support among bank proponents and patrons in Congress by making politically motivated loans and […]
Because of the unusually high number of deaths in proportion to the number of troops engaged, ________ was the “bloodiest engagement” of the Revolutionary War. A) Saratoga B) Bunker Hill C) Trenton D) Yorktown ANSWER B
What was the most exceptional characteristic of the Oneida Community among the new religious communities that had roots in the Second Great Awakening? A) A belief that repentance from sin was enough for a Christian to achieve salvation. B) A theological belief in and practice of “complex marriage,” involving the replacement of monogamy with men […]
Why did “instant cities” arise in the West in the late nineteenth century? a. City builders rushed to the West to take advantage of the cheap land. b. People rushed to the West for economic opportunities, and cities sprang up quickly. c. Easterners were anxious to replicate the cities they had left and built quickly. […]
The Massachusetts Board of Education’s full-time paid secretary Horace Mann spent his state government career advocating for all of the following EXCEPT A) tighter state standards for education in the public schools. B) more money for schools and teacher salaries from increased taxes. C) state systems of education and better-educated teachers. D) private college-sponsored teacher […]
Why did the number of Chinese immigrants fall drastically in the late nineteenth century? a. Chinese laborers were treated so poorly in the West that fewer immigrants wanted to come to the United States. b. China severely restricted immigration to the United States beginning in the 1880s. c. The Homestead Act did not apply to […]
What were the names of the people of Spanish or Mexican descent born in Texas who became ambivalent about the increasing influence of large numbers of American colonists arriving in Texas by the 1830s? A) Tejanos B) Texians C) Pueblos D) Nuevomexicanos ANSWER Answer: A
Archaic Indians in North America domesticated __________. A) horses B) cattle C) goats D) dogs ANSWER D
The most decisive campaign election issue in 1840 that led to the election of Whig Party nominee William Henry Harrison as president was A) President Van Buren’s ideological unwillingness and inability to take decisive federal government actions to alleviate the severe economic downturn in the country. B) the status of Harrison as an Indian wars […]
When he was elected president in 1968, Richard Nixon was NOT known as A) an extrovert. B) a hard worker. C) a man of action. D) a perfectionist. ANSWER A
