Identify the three key events that you think propelled the United States into war with Germany in 1917. Explain why you selected these three. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Usually, the three key events cited as leading the United States to war in the spring of 1917 are Germany’s resumption of unrestricted […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the end of World War II, final resistance ended in Japan immediately after A) Japanese war minister Korechika committed suicide. B) the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. C) the news of Hiroshima’s atomic bombing reached Tokyo. D) Emperor Hirohito resigned. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Place yourself in the role of a white family farmer in the South in 1896. For which candidate will you vote for president: William McKinley (Republican), or William Jennings Bryan (Democrat)? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The farmer would probably vote for William Jennings Bryan, the advocate of “free silver.” Bryan […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Assess the impact of World War II on America’s domestic economy. Consider corporations, labor, farmers, and consumers. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Corporations: high profits, cost-plus contracts, retooling loans, subsidies for construction, support for research and development, suspension of anti-trust prosecutions, government favors big business over small for war contracts. Labor: union […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The introduction of the automobile to American life on a mass scale had all the following effects EXCEPT it A) reinforced American’s devotion to thrift. B) transformed the American landscape. C) altered family life. D) stimulated the national economy. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Had it been enacted, the Crittenden Compromise would have A) threatened slavery where it existed. B) let the South peacefully secede from the Union. C) banned slavery north of 36° 30′ latitude. D) repealed the Compromise of 1850. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following endorsed American expansion in the 1870s and 1880s EXCEPT A) Social Darwinists. B) Congress. C) religious leaders. D) Anglo-Saxon supremacists. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
After the firing on Fort Sumter, which one of these four border slave states did NOT join the Confederacy? A) North Carolina B) Tennessee C) Kentucky D) Arkansas ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Erie Canal was primarily financed by A) the federal government. B) private entrepreneurs. C) foreign investors. D) state and local governments. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Edgar Allen Poe produced noted works in all the following areas EXCEPT A) horror stories. B) frontier epics. C) literary criticism. D) detective novels. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
