In the late seventeenth century, the colony of Pennsylvania was particularly attractive to A) tobacco planters. B) wealthy landowners. C) dissenter religious groups. D) non-separatist Puritans. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the chief characteristics of “commercial agriculture” as it developed in America in the late nineteenth century. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Commercial agriculture was mechanized and specialized. It used new technology, scientific agriculture, and a focus on cash crop production to increase productivity and lower costs and prices. It relied heavily […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Denmark Vesey was a A) domestic servant in a plantation “Big House.” B) free black publisher. C) field slave. D) literate, free black artisan. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the spark that ignited the Vesey Conspiracy? A) a successful slave rebellion in Haiti B) the closing of the Hampstead Church C) the publication of William Lloyd Garrison’s newspaper, The Liberator D) the debate over the admission of Missouri ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Had you lived between 1820 and 1860, which reform movements would have been most attractive to you? Select three and tell why these seem to be of special importance to you. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider some of the following as criteria for making a choice: moral improvement of the individual […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who among the following did NOT lead a violent rebellion against a royal governor in the late seventeenth century? A) William Berkeley B) Jacob Leisler C) Nathanial Bacon D) John Coode ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Serious problems in the American economy by 1929 included all of the following EXCEPT A) underconsumption of consumer goods. B) Federal Reserve monetary policy. C) high unemployment. D) poor distribution of income. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Because it detected “creeping socialism” in President Truman’s 1949 Fair Deal program, of the following, Congress passed only A) a national health insurance program. B) a higher minimum wage. C) civil rights legislation. D) federal aid to education. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
One of the root causes of America’s economic difficulties in the 1970s was A) high tariffs. B) deep tax cuts. C) the Arab oil embargo. D) massive defense spending. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “paranoid style” in American politics was reflected in the A) Federal Employee Loyalty Program. B) HUAC investigations. C) Army-McCarthy hearings. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
