Novelist Theodore Dreiser wrote in the genre known as A) the genteel tradition. B) local color. C) realism. D) naturalism. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In their relations with the Native Americans, the French __________. a. were as obsessed with Christian conversion as the Spanish b. tended to cultivate good relations because of the Native Americans’ knowledge of fur trapping c. were ruthless in their treatment of the Native Americans d. drove them from their land in order to set […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Slave families were generally A) weak because slave men were usually absent from the family. B) severely strained by the high instance of sale and family break-up in slavery. C) weak because extended kinship ties rarely developed in slavery. D) weak because slave codes provided no legal protection for slave marriages. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Among progressives, who were the most active organizers for moral reform and social justice? A) ethnic minorities B) Democrats C) Southerners D) middle-class women ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Suez Crisis in 1956 produced a sharp policy disagreement between ________ on the one hand, and ________ on the other. A) Great Britain, France, and the United States; Israel B) the United States and the Soviet Union; Egypt C) the United States; the Soviet Union D) Great Britain, France, and Israel; the United States […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most popular New Deal program was the ________ , but the ________ was a public relations disaster. A) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC); Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) B) Civilian Conservation Corps; National Industrial Recovery Act C) National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA); Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) D) Agricultural Adjustment Act; National Industrial Recovery Act ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the most popular professional sport in America’s cities in the late nineteenth century? A) baseball B) basketball C) hockey D) football ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What provoked labor protest in the early nineteenth century? What form did that protest take? How successful was it? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: Provocation: low wages; long hours; competition from unskilled labor; working conditions; declining standard of workmanship. Protest: labor unions (NTU); strikes; Working Men’s political parties. Limited success: 10 […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the impact of slavery on the southern economy, education, and receptivity to social innovation. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: slavery was profitable; it impeded industry, urbanization, technological innovation; it created high personal debt, high illiteracy rate; it undergirded a highly stratified society with wealth concentrated at the top; it allowed […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Gulf War of 1991 was sparked by A) religious fanaticism. B) rising oil prices. C) Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. D) Arab-Israeli tensions. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
