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 […]
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
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
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. […]
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
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
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 […]
Describe the key provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Be specific about the importance of this legislation to African Americans. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Civil Rights Act: prohibited discrimination in employment, voting, and access to public facilities, and created the Equal Employment […]
Evaluate the ideals and values of the youth counterculture in the 1960s. Do you share any of its ideals and values? Which ones? Why? Do you think you would have shared its ideals and values if you had been a young person in the 1960s? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The […]
What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of the feminist movement? What has it accomplished and what has it yet to achieve? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The feminist movement has well-defined goals, an underlying ideology, and capable organization. It sometimes suffers from a negative image and an overly influential […]
