Which of the following was NOT a major initiative that Woodrow Wilson planned for his presidency? A) ending racial discrimination in the South B) access to raw materials C) reforming the banking and finance sectors of the country D) conservation ANSWER Answer: A
Assess the French contribution to the American victory in the Revolutionary War. Could the Americans have won without French help? Explain why, or why not. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER French aid was critical–covert loans and war material was vital to keeping Washington’s army together in the early going. French troops and […]
Alaska was also known as Ukrainian America. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Who was the president of the national bank and Andrew Jackson’s chief opponent in the “bank war”? a. Henry Clay b. John C. Calhoun c. Francis B. Blair d. Nicholas Biddle e. John Jacob Astor ANSWER D
The U.S. Navy fleet that was sent around the world to show American strength and promote good will was called A) Great White Fleet. B) Great Barrier Fleet. C) Old Glory. D) U.S.S Maine. ANSWER Answer: A
The major significance of Jackson’s national bank veto message was that it __________. a. was the first veto made by Jackson b. failed to explain the constitutional reasons for his decision c. was the first one that went beyond strictly constitutional arguments d. decisively ended the life of the national bank e. was the first […]
Which group/individual was held responsible for the bombs that arrived in the mail at the homes of Postmaster General Albert Burleson, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, several members of the U.S. Senate, the mayor of Seattle, and federal immigration authorities and judges? A) The American Legion B) Victor Berger C) Industrial Workers of the World […]
The Ku Klux Klan collapsed after __________. a. several major leaders were convicted of sexual and financial crimes b. it was unmasked as a secret communist conspiracy c. new federal laws made membership a crime in 1927 d. evangelist Billy Sunday denounced it in a widely reprinted sermon e. southerners abandoned it as being unlike […]
The 1924 immigration restrictions created deep tensions between the United States and the countries of China and Japan. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
In 1675 and 1676, Nathaniel Bacon led frontiersmen in an uprising against Virginia’s Governor Berkeley. After Bacon was elected to the House of Burgesses, the assembly: a. passed resolutions demanding that England’s government be reformed b. outvoted the Piedmont delegates and upheld Berkeley’s program c. infected Bacon with the Bloody Flux, killing him d. enacted […]