Hinton Rowan Helper’s book, The Impending Crisis of the South, dealt with the problem of the A) wasteful inefficiency of slave labor. B) need for southern independence. C) threat of slave insurrection to the social order of the South. D) rapidly growing free black population in the Upper South. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the turn of the century, Texas-born Scott Joplin wrote several scores of popular music in the syncopated style called A) honky tonk. B) ragtime. C) the blues. D) jazz. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The 1960 planned summit meeting between President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was canceled in the aftermath of the A) Suez Crisis. B) U-2 Incident. C) Cuban Revolution. D) Hungarian Revolt. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Sugar Act was NOT designed to A) raise the customs duty on foreign molasses imported into the American colonies. B) raise revenue in the colonies to help pay England’s increased costs of imperial administration. C) place new customs duties on foreign goods like sugar and wine that colonists regularly purchased in the West Indies. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the era of the European slave trade, West Africans __________. a. were quite isolated from the rest of the world b. had a simple, self-sufficient economy c. had a single monolithic culture that covered most of the African continent d. were increasingly being converted by Muslim missionaries e. were united by a single language […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain why the “article of faith among northerners that theirs was a society of unprecedented economic equality and opportunity, free of rigid class divisions and glaring extremes of wealth and poverty” is not entirely an accurate depiction of reality. ANSWER Consider: wealth highly concentrated at the top; wide class distinctions, social stratification; urban poverty; […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain why, when compared to the Caribbean and Latin America, there was relative infrequency of slave rebellion in the southern United States. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: little chance of success; terrible consequences of failure; slaves greatly outnumbered; whites armed and united; no safe havens to escape to; hard to plan […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What were writs of assistance? A) search warrants used by the British customs collectors to catch colonial smugglers B) committees set up in each colony to maintain communication among the colonies and coordinate acts of resistance C) petitions colonists sent to Parliament to protest the Sugar Act D) promises made by leaders of the popular […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
An important maneuver that defeated attempts to collect the Stamp Tax in Boston was that local ________ decided to unite to defend their common rights. A) workers’ associations B) members of the court faction C) royalists D) All of the above. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following caused American Indian populations to ebb and flow EXCEPT A) climatic changes leading to seasons of famine and seasons of plenty. B) success and failure in war. C) the spread of disease. D) the rate of individual Native Americans accumulating valuable possessions. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
