The English commander General Jeffrey Amherst engaged in an early form of biological warfare to defeat Pontiac’s Rebellion from 1763-1766. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
What may well have provided John F. Kennedy’s margin of victory over Richard Nixon in the 1960 Presidential Election was Kennedy’s A) strong anticommunist position. B) greater experience in the conduct of foreign policy. C) performance in the campaign’s televised debates. D) view of the situation in Vietnam. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following prompted General George Washington to embrace black volunteers for the patriot cause in the winter of 1777-1778? A) White troops overwhelmingly supported the idea of black volunteers joining the army. B) Washington dropped his initial concern that arms given to black soldiers might eventually support a slave revolt throughout the colonies. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Joseph Galloway’s Plan of Union was modeled after the structure of government earlier proposed in the A) Albany Plan. B) Stamp Act Congress. C) Suffolk Resolves. D) Dominion of New England. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The issue of how to account for slaves for purposes of establishing a state’s representation in the House of Representatives A) was left unresolved by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention. B) was resolved by the three-fifths clause compromise at the Constitutional Convention. C) was an issue in which northern and southern delegates immediately agreed […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Arrange these events in the order in which they occurred. A) Townshend Duties passed B) convening of the First Continental Congress C) Boston Massacre D) Tea Act passed A) A, B, C, D B) C, A, D, B C) C, A, B, D D) A, C, D, B ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The passage and ratification of the Bill of Rights meant that the new strong national government would have to operate within explicit limits that would protect individual liberties. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Canals in early nineteenth-century America __________. a. linked the Atlantic coastal cities to the lakes and rivers of the interior b. were very profitable c. competed successfully with railroads d. were financed through federal and state government funds e. led to spectacular canal boat accidents that claimed many lives ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following were features or consequences of Pinckney’s Treaty EXCEPT A) it opened the Mississippi River and the port of New Orleans to U.S. commerce. B) it pushed the northern border of Florida further northward and westward. C) it was a substantial political success for President Washington and helped guarantee the security of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the colonists’ pattern of resistance to British actions from 1763 to 1775. What appears to have been the most effective form of resistance? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The pattern was in three parts; petitions to the king and Parliament for redress of grievances, economic boycotts, and intimidation by crowd […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
