Elvis Presley perfected his unique style listening and performing in Memphis on this black thoroughfare and center of African music. A) Bourbon Street B) Lauderdale Court C) Beale Street D) Easy Street ANSWER Answer: C
Eisenhower’s Vietnam policy __________. A) committed thousands of ground troops to helping the French B) left the South Vietnamese government to defend itself C) supported the Geneva Accords and helped hold national elections D) rejected commitment of American troops or use of nuclear weapons ANSWER Answer: D
The first foreign policy crisis Kennedy faced was a botched CIA-backed invasion of __________. A) Guatemala B) Cuba C) Lebanon D) Syria ANSWER Answer: B
Which of these did Kennedy have to address during the 1960 presidential campaign? A) his Catholicism B) his role in the HUAC hearing C) an alleged improper gift he received from a supporter D) the criminal activity of his father ANSWER Answer: A
Nashville college students led by James Lawson wanted not only to end segregation but also to create __________. A) a separate nation B) a Christian and Gandhian community C) black political dominance D) a personal cult of leadership ANSWER Answer: B
Which of these was at best a minimal success, if not a failure? A) Birmingham campaign B) March on Washington C) Albany movement D) Freedom Rides ANSWER Answer: C
To begin putting the new national government into operation, the House of Representatives did all of the following EXCEPT A) define the powers of the president. B) create several executive offices. C) place a tax on imports. D) organize the federal judiciary. ANSWER A
The term “Black Death” refers to A) the malaria infection brought to the New World by African slaves. B) the bubonic plague that swept away nearly one-third of Europe’s population in the fourteenth century. C) the ruthless destruction of New World populations by Spanish conquistadores. D) syphilis epidemics that killed thousands of Europeans who migrated […]
Although well-educated and experienced, Christopher Columbus miscalculated the A) size of the Earth. B) value of Oriental markets. C) exact location of the Americas. D) shape of the Earth. ANSWER A
In the Jay Treaty, John Jay got the British to agree to all of the following EXCEPT A) to promise to evacuate the Northwest forts. B) to stop inciting raids by Native Americans. C) to pay damages for American ships it had seized. D) to permit American merchants some trade with the British West Indies. […]