Underlying the nullification crisis in 1832 was South Carolina’s concern about the A) removal of southeastern Indians. B) availability of public land. C) growth of the national debt. D) security of slave property. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain why it is more myth than reality that America was a “virgin land” when it was invaded by Europeans in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Rather than being “virgin” (untouched), the New World was inhabited by 50-80 million Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans. These […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the LEAST likely cause of the Panic of 1837? A) the Specie Circular B) Martin Van Buren’s election to the presidency in 1836 C) Andrew Jackson’s war on the Second Bank of the United States D) Britain’s decision to raise interest rates ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Opponents of American entrance into World War I included all of the following EXCEPT A) Theodore Roosevelt. B) Eugene V. Debs. C) William Jennings Bryan. D) Randolph Bourne. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Gilded Age politics was all the following EXCEPT A) a tool for promoting personal interests. B) a vehicle of upward social mobility. C) dull. D) mass entertainment. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most divisive element in the Compromise of 1850 was the provision regarding the A) admission of California. B) return of runaway slaves. C) Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute. D) slave trade in the District of Columbia. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did debtors hope to bring more justice to the nation’s monetary system? A) by passing the Resumption Act in 1875 B) by passing the Coinage Act of 1873 C) by adopting a bimetallic standard D) by retiring Civil War greenbacks ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Settlers to Virginia in the seventeenth century A) were about equally proportioned between male and female. B) usually came as bonded contract laborers. C) usually migrated in stable family units. D) lost their political rights under English common law. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What precipitated James I’s decision to make Virginia a royal colony? A) the granting of dictatorial powers to the colony’s governors in 1609 B) the Virginia Company’s decision to concentrate on tobacco production in 1617 C) the decision to begin the enslavement of blacks in 1619 D) the Indian massacre of 1622 ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Under the terms of ________ , the United States opened trade with France and closed trade with Britain. A) the Non-Intercourse Act B) the Continental System C) the Embargo Act D) Macon’s Bill No. 2 ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
