South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem’s __________ helped spark civil war. A) persecution of Vietnamese Catholics B) free trade policies C) refusal to allow land reform D) corruption and repressive policies ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
To respond to the fears that the United States had fallen behind the Soviets after Sputnik, in 1961 Kennedy pledged that, by the end of the decade, the United States would __________. A) build a supersonic passenger plane B) put a man on the moon C) produce most of its electricity from nuclear power D) […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the place of young people in the culture of the 1950s differ from that of young people in earlier decades? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: population growth; affluence; youth consumption; media and young people; social and cultural anxieties
Date: September 9th, 2020
In spite of Nixon having a better voting record on civil rights, Kennedy got __________ percent of black votes in the 1960 election. A) 50 B) 60 C) 70 D) 80 ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The victory in Brown v. Board of Education was limited by a follow-up 1955 ruling __________. A) accepting the idea of “interposition” as a legal argument B) allowing states “all deliberate speed” by which to comply with the decision C) establishing a “civil rights czar” to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling D) allowing local communities […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Historians generalize that by 1500 the Native-American peoples of North America were A) racially inferior. B) carelessly exploiting the continent’s natural resources. C) developing essentially similar economies. D) linguistically and culturally diverse. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Thomas Jefferson argued that the creation of a national bank was a violation of the A) strict construction of the Constitution. B) doctrine of implied powers. C) principle of executive privilege. D) “necessary and proper” clause of the Constitution. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Division into competing political parties first appeared over the controversy associated with A) the Whiskey Rebellion. B) Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality. C) ratification of the Jay Treaty. D) Hamilton’s financial program. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
When Americans moved to Texas in the 1820s, the Mexican government required them to A) learn to speak Spanish. B) establish a public school system. C) become Mexican citizens. D) bring their slaves. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and Giovanni da Verrazzano were all A) circumnavigators of the globe. B) lost at sea. C) “sea dogs.” D) native Italians. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
