Describe the relationship between mercantilist assumptions, Parliament’s Navigation Acts, and the development of the colonial American economy. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Mercantilists assumed that national wealth (a favorable balance of trade) meant national power. The Navigation Acts were designed to produce that wealth for England (enumerated articles, etc.). The navigation system […]
The progressive scholar, Lester Frank Ward, is identified with A) “sociological jurisprudence.” B) “conspicuous consumption.” C) the Social Gospel. D) Reform Darwinism. ANSWER D
Novelist Theodore Dreiser wrote in the genre known as A) the genteel tradition. B) local color. C) realism. D) naturalism. ANSWER D
In their relations with the Native Americans, the French __________. a. were as obsessed with Christian conversion as the Spanish b. tended to cultivate good relations because of the Native Americans’ knowledge of fur trapping c. were ruthless in their treatment of the Native Americans d. drove them from their land in order to set […]
Slave families were generally A) weak because slave men were usually absent from the family. B) severely strained by the high instance of sale and family break-up in slavery. C) weak because extended kinship ties rarely developed in slavery. D) weak because slave codes provided no legal protection for slave marriages. ANSWER B
Among progressives, who were the most active organizers for moral reform and social justice? A) ethnic minorities B) Democrats C) Southerners D) middle-class women ANSWER D
The Suez Crisis in 1956 produced a sharp policy disagreement between ________ on the one hand, and ________ on the other. A) Great Britain, France, and the United States; Israel B) the United States and the Soviet Union; Egypt C) the United States; the Soviet Union D) Great Britain, France, and Israel; the United States […]
The most popular New Deal program was the ________ , but the ________ was a public relations disaster. A) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC); Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) B) Civilian Conservation Corps; National Industrial Recovery Act C) National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA); Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) D) Agricultural Adjustment Act; National Industrial Recovery Act ANSWER […]
What was the most popular professional sport in America’s cities in the late nineteenth century? A) baseball B) basketball C) hockey D) football ANSWER A
What provoked labor protest in the early nineteenth century? What form did that protest take? How successful was it? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: Provocation: low wages; long hours; competition from unskilled labor; working conditions; declining standard of workmanship. Protest: labor unions (NTU); strikes; Working Men’s political parties. Limited success: 10 […]
