Explain why Indian-English contact quickly devolved into mutual hostility. Why were the French in America able to attain a more peaceful relationship with Native Americans? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The English had preformed negative racial and cultural views toward the native population whom they assumed were an inferior people. Also, English […]
The 1887 Dawes Act was designed to promote all the following EXCEPT A) assimilation of Native Americans into the mainstream of white American culture. B) U.S. citizenship for landowning Native Americans. C) land ownership for individual Native Americans. D) reestablishment of the reservation system. ANSWER D
Aaron Burr was charged with treason because he was allegedly involved in A) a scheme with the Barbary pirates apparently designed to extract tribute from the United States government. B) the death of Alexander Hamilton. C) a conspiracy apparently designed to challenge America’s control of its southwestern border. D) a plan to create a “Northern […]
The Chesapeake incident resulted from the A) Continental System. B) impressment policy. C) sinking of an American naval vessel. D) British Orders in Council. ANSWER B
All of the following laws addressed the currency issue EXCEPT the A) Sherman Silver Purchase Act. B) Pendleton Act. C) Bland-Allison Act. D) Resumption Act. ANSWER B
What was the central agency for mobilizing and managing the United States’ economy in World War I? A) National Defense Advisory Committee B) Office of Management and Budget C) War Industries Board D) Office of Price Administration ANSWER C
In 1964, the most effective barriers to African-American voting were state A) white primaries. B) “grandfather” clauses. C) literacy tests. D) poll taxes. ANSWER C
The Black Muslims’ advocacy of black separatism drew most of its support from A) white liberals. B) southern African-American sharecroppers. C) poor urban African Americans. D) middle-class African Americans. ANSWER C
Maryland’s Act of Religious Toleration A) guaranteed all males the right to vote as long as they were Christians. B) granted full religious toleration to all faiths. C) ended the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in the colony. D) allowed freedom of worship only to Catholics. ANSWER A
In his first diplomatic initiative as president in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt A) extended U.S. diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union. B) spoke of need for the United States to “quarantine” European aggressor nations. C) urged Congress to pass a series of neutrality laws to protect American shipping. D) reversed President Hoover’s Latin American […]
