What accounts for Andrew Jackson’s unanticipated popular electoral success in the election of 1824? Why did President Jackson’s biography and political attacks appeal to specific domestic constituencies? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss Andrew Jackson’s explicit popular appeal to citizens in the election of 1824 based on his previous role as a […]
Which of the following was a major effect of the labor shortage caused by the war? a. a dramatic rise in wages for all workers b. a great migration of southern African Americans to northern cities c. a worsening in government-labor relations d. a decrease in the number of working women e. the construction of […]
President Andrew Jackson’s strong defense of Margaret Eaton, the wife of his secretary of defense, John Eaton, against the personal and slanderous attacks leveled by the Washington, DC political and social elites was an early source of personal friction between President Jackson and Senator John Calhoun of South Carolina. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, outraged colonists there when he A) offered to free any slaves who would take up arms for the British. B) advised George III to end the slave trade to Virginia. C) rejected the “Olive Branch” petition submitted by the House of Burgesses. D) threatened to confiscate slaves and […]
The leader of the Transcendental Club and the founder of Brook Farm was A) Lyman Beecher. B) Theodore Dwight Weld. C) George Ripley. D) Henry David Thoreau. ANSWER Answer: C
How can Wilson’s reaction to the sinking of the Lusitania best be characterized? a. conciliatory diplomacy b. forceful diplomacy c. pessimistic diplomacy d. minimal military e. forceful military ANSWER B
The state where Horace Mann initially focused his efforts to develop a system of public education was A) Massachusetts. B) New York. C) Connecticut. D) Rhode Island. ANSWER Answer: A
The Bering Land Bridge allowed humans to travel from __________. A) Asia to North America B) Africa to Asia C) Europe to North America D) Europe to Asia ANSWER A
What action(s) did the American colonists meeting at San Felipe, Texas in 1833 take in response to the increased exercise of Mexican political and economic control over Texas? A) The American colonists declared war on Mexico and established the independent republic of Texas. B) The American colonists sent Steven F. Austin to Washington, D.C. to […]
How did someone become a member of a church in the Massachusetts Bay Colony? a. The person became part of whatever church was in his or her community. b. A person who already belonged to the church had to provide testimony for anyone new who wanted to join. c. A new member had to wait […]
