The Citizen Genàªt Affair did lasting harm to official Franco-American relations, inspiring hostility towards France among President Washington, Vice President Adams, and other Federalist officials. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Before America’s involvement there, in its long history, Vietnam had been invaded and occupied by all of the following EXCEPT the A) Chinese. B) Japanese. C) French. D) Germans. ANSWER D
The revival meetings of the Second Great Awakening were strictly segregated affairs that did not reach free blacks in any significant numbers. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
To its founding leaders, __________ would be a “City on a Hill.” a. Rhode Island b. Connecticut c. Maryland d. Pennsylvania e. Massachusetts ANSWER E
The War of 1812 did NOT result in a quick American victory, costing little in the way of American lives or treasure for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) the British army was strong and had been cultivating American allies. B) the U.S. Army was weak because Congress had not appropriated sufficient monies to […]
The countries involved in the 1954 Geneva Conference agreed that A) North and South Vietnam should be reunified by popular elections. B) the United States should provide military aid to South Vietnam. C) North and South Vietnam should be two permanently independent nations. D) North and South Vietnam should become United Nations protectorates. ANSWER […]
After the War of 1812, the most obvious pieces of North America Territory that several European powers and the United States claimed were the territories known as West Florida and East Florida (controlled by Spain) and the Oregon Territory. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Who was the first explorer to sail directly from Europe to the tip of Africa and back? a. Henry the Navigator b. Vasco da Gama c. Prester John d. Bartolomeu Dias ANSWER D
What was the most common action taken by slave owners in Virginia, Maryland, or the Carolinas to maintain discipline and deter perceived troublemakers in the slave quarter? A) They threatened the sale of these rebellious slaves to interior plantations, separating the troublemaking slaves from their families and birthplace. B) They murdered or crippled these troublemaking […]
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile were looking for new worlds to conquer in 1492, because the Spanish rulers had: a. won several wars against other European kings b. insufficient control of Spanish cities c. spent most of Spain’s treasure and needed new wealth d. won a long crusade against the infidel Moors […]