John Locke’s political ideas about the natural rights of the governed
John Locke’s political ideas about the natural rights of the governed had a significant, long-term influence on American colonists. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
John Locke’s political ideas about the natural rights of the governed had a significant, long-term influence on American colonists. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why is the Federal Reserve Act considered the most important law Wilson passed? a. It instituted the first income tax, which still exists today. b. It settled disputes among Democrats and Republicans. c. It imposed necessary controls on banks, and still exists today. d. It won him great public admiration, securing his second term. e. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What were the long-term and the short-term political, social, and economic causes of the Salem witch trials of 1692? How did the Salem witch trials reflect social instability in colonial life in British North America during the late 1600s and early 1700s? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss how the residents of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Jamestown’s prosperity was ensured by __________. a. the discovery of gold b. the development of fur trading c. royal financial support d. tobacco cultivation e. potato cultivation ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Thomas Hutchinson, William Franklin, and perhaps a fifth of white colonists in the American colonies remained ________ despite the revolutionary spirit of the period. A) patriots B) Loyalists C) members of the British army D) Minutemen ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, his ________ was NOT considered a handicap. A) religion B) political record C) personal appearance D) age ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The delegates to the First Continental Congress who gathered in September 1774 shared all of the following views EXCEPT A) Parliament had no right to tax the colonies without their consent. B) the coercive British treatment of Boston was unwarranted and unjust. C) the colonies should presently break with Great Britain and declare independence. D) […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Indians of the Iroquois Confederacy, located mainly in present-day New York, were known for: a. allying themselves with midwestern Indians for war against Europeans b. being agrarians, mainly peaceful, and living in lodges c. being strong, well-organized, and dangerous to other Indian tribes d. preventing women from holding any political power ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
What factors contributed to the increasing number of free African Americans in North America after the revolution? Where in North America did these individual factors have the MOST and the LEAST influence in increasing the free African American population Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Note that slaves escaped southern plantations during the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compare and contrast Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson in terms of their style of leadership, views on public policy, and their philosophy of government. Which would you have most likely voted for? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Roosevelt was charismatic, Wilson was self-righteous; both viewed the president as political leader. Both […]
Date: September 9th, 2020