What was the response of the Ottawa chief Pontiac to the occupation of Indian lands in the Ohio River Valley and Michigan by the British after the Seven Years’ War? A) leading an armed rebellion of other allied Indian tribes against British forts across the region B) negotiating a new peace and land concession agreement […]
The man who taught Virginians how to grow tobacco was __________. a. Captain John Smith b. Powhatan c. John Rolfe d. Sir Edwin Sandys e. the Duke of Marlboro ANSWER C
What was the name for the evolving body of ideas during this era that supported a broad distribution of power to people and the right of the people to determine how and by whom they would be governed? A) empire B) constitutional monarchy C) republicanism D) direct democracy ANSWER Answer: C
Which of the following individuals was probably the least progressive on the race question in America in the early 1900s? a. Theodore Roosevelt b. Woodrow Wilson c. William Taft d. Booker T. Washington e. W. E. B. Du Bois ANSWER B
What final action made the independence of the United States a reality? A) the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 between Great Britain and the United States ending hostilities and settling boundaries, fishing rights, and legal claims B) the signing of separate treaties of Britain with France and Spain in 1783 to resolve […]
President Kennedy’s domestic agenda in 1961 did NOT include new legislation to guarantee A) federal funds for public housing. B) federal aid to education. C) voting rights for African Americans. D) increased Social Security benefits. ANSWER C
Why did the Antifederalists oppose ratification of the Constitution? What historical events and political ideas shaped their views of the Constitution? Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the Antifederalists’ arguments. Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss how Antifederalists, such as Patrick Henry of Virginia, supported a loose confederation of states that ensured […]
The most spectacular engineering achievement of the young United States was the __________. a. Cumberland Trail b. Erie Canal c. Intercoastal Waterway d. Baltimore Turnpike e. the Washington Monument ANSWER B
Upon assuming his cabinet position, Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton took all the following actions to address the nation’s financial crisis EXCEPT A) the creation of a Customs Service to collect the five percent import tax that Congress had already passed. B) the negotiation of a $50,000 loan from the Bank of New York to […]
Seventeenth-century English Puritans __________. a. were only a tiny minority of all Englishmen b. were committed to significant institutional change c. were firmly supportive of the status quo d. accepted the tenets of Catholicism with reservations e. were neurotic and self-righteous ANSWER B
