What was one significant innovation in college football that was introduced after the turn-of-the-century? A) “V” formation B) “drop” kick C) forward pass D) mass play ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Africans were similar to American Indians in that A) they each thought of themselves as members of a tribe, not as members of a larger cultural group connected by geography or trading networks. B) enslaving members of another tribe distressed both Africans and American Indians. C) they disregarded the potential profitability of capturing and selling […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Tuskegee Study of syphilitic African Americans was A) supposed to document the damage of syphilis to African-American males. B) designed to test the effects of penicillin on syphilitic patients. C) based on the assumption that syphilis did not harm blacks as seriously as whites. D) conducted by African-American physicians at Tuskegee Institute. ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Columbian Exchange did not affect the eating habits of many Europeans, Africans, or Asians. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
The text authors assert that “the real problem [during the Great Depression] was not tight credit, but the soft demand for goods.” Explain how a low level of consumer demand produced a deepening and widening economic depression in America. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Chronic low wages and layoffs produced low consumer […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Potential imperial competition from France and England in North America did NOT play an important role in Spain’s colonial expeditions and settlements in North America during the 1500s. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who was the British Secretary for American Affairs who reacted so strongly to Massachusetts’s Circular Letter? A) William Pitt, Earl of Chatham B) Lord Hillsborough C) Charles Townshend D) Lord Rockingham ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The English colony of Roanoke, while abandoned after a few years, provided a useful blueprint for the planning and development of future permanent settlements on the Chesapeake Bay. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine A) was never effectively implemented. B) justified United States intervention into Latin American affairs. C) began the United States’ “Good Neighbor Policy” with Latin America. D) explained America’s need for the Panama Canal. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following had a significant long-term effect on the social and economic evolution of the colony of New York? A) the efforts of Dutch colonial governor Peter Stuyvesant to enforce religious uniformity and ban Jews from the colony B) the Dutch recapturing the colony from the British in 1763 C) the great New […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
