Pennsylvania’s Charter of Liberties placed all political power in A) a royal governor. B) the king. C) a governor’s council. D) an elective assembly. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was a result of Bacon’s Rebellion? A) There was a near-successful campaign to abolish slavery in Virginia. B) Nathanial Bacon was appointed the royal governor of Virginia. C) Virginia’s planter elite became politically unified. D) Virginia’s Anglican Church was disestablished. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Place yourself in the role of a middle-class American in the late nineteenth century. Explain why you might find the careers of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller worthy of admiration and emulation. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: they were self-made men; they were philanthropists; they possessed great managerial expertise; they […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
If you were a common laborer in a late nineteenth-century American factory, what would be your feelings about the conditions of your work? Describe the ways you would translate these feelings into outward behavior. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER A worker might dislike the monotony, danger, strict discipline, impersonal relationships, and fast […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The end of the “imperial presidency” was brought about by A) the Watergate scandal. B) the Iran-Contra scandal. C) the Vietnam War. D) the Iranian Hostage Crisis. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 1920s, Republican tariff policies A) damaged the economy by depressing foreign trade. B) made it easier for foreign nations to pay off their debts to the United States. C) failed to protect American industry from foreign competition. D) had little impact on the health of the national economy. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Take the role of a western farmer, southern planter, or eastern manufacturer. Indicate your views on federal policies from 1815 to 1835. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Farmer: likes liberal land policies and internal improvements; dislikes tariffs and banks Planter: dislikes tariffs, liberal land policies, internal improvements, and banks Manufacturer: likes tariff, […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In his second Open Door note, Secretary of State John Hay asked the imperial powers to A) preserve the territorial integrity of China. B) unite to suppress the Boxer Rebellion in China. C) recognize America’s control of the Philippines. D) respect the United states’ sphere of influence in Latin America. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The text authors assert that in the coming of the Civil War, “the fundamental issue was slavery.” Do you agree? Some argue that states’ rights was the key issue of the Civil War. Do you think they miss the point? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The expansion of slavery had generated the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the role that racism played in the emergence of America as a world power. Include the influence of the ideas of American exceptionalism, Anglo-Saxonism, and Social Darwinism. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The idea of being a chosen (exceptional) people is deeply rooted in American history. Social Darwinists loaned the concept […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
