Which one of the following was NOT in President Washington’s first cabinet? A) Edmund Randolph B) Alexander Hamilton C) John Jay D) Thomas Jefferson ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The preconditions for successful European expansion around 1500 included all the following EXCEPT the A) rise of merchants and their alliance with monarchs. B) growth of geographical knowledge. C) unification of nation-states. D) growing separation of church and state. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
President George Washington’s response to the war in Europe in 1793 was to A) send covert assistance to both Britain and France. B) offer economic aid to Great Britain. C) offer military assistance to France. D) issue a proclamation of neutrality. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In an effort to assert its authority over Texas, the Mexican government A) assessed high taxes on Texans. B) established concentration camps. C) arrested Texan political leaders. D) prohibited slavery. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 1840 presidential election, the Whig Party A) campaign emphasized symbols and images rather than principles and programs. B) candidate lost the election. C) candidate refused to speak on his own behalf. D) became the first major party to adopt a written platform. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Act of Supremacy making the Protestant Anglican Church the established church in England was the direct consequence of A) Henry VIII’s desire to perpetuate the Tudor monarchy. B) “Bloody” Mary’s relentless persecution of English Protestants. C) the return of the “Marian exiles” to their English homeland. D) the publication of the Institutes of the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In his mission to Mexico for President Polk in 1845, John Slidell was instructed to do all of the following EXCEPT A) encourage Californians to rebel against Mexico and agitate for annexation to the United States. B) purchase New Mexico and California. C) get Mexico to recognize the Rio Grande as the southwestern boundary of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
England’s colonization of Ireland A) was primarily motivated by a desire to spread the Anglican faith. B) was peacefully accomplished. C) served as a model for its later colonization of North America. D) All of the above. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In part, the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed ________ to freedmen. A) citizenship B) the right to vote C) land ownership D) education ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Under the 1867 Military Reconstruction Act, what did a southern state have to do to be readmitted to the Union? A) organize a state Republican Party B) renounce any future claim to states’ rights C) ratify the Fifteenth Amendment D) provide for black suffrage ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
