Black Muslim Malcom X believed that ________ was the severest damage to African Americans caused by white discrimination. A) political impotence B) self-hate C) poverty D) ignorance ANSWER B
The text authors assert that Republican Reconstruction was more the result of compromises and really not very “Radical” at all. Do you agree? Explain why it is reasonable to argue that Congressional Reconstruction was, in fact, quite moderate. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: no land confiscation; no trials for treason; no […]
During the Gilded Age, Congress attempted to address the “problem” of Native Americans in the A) Lodge Election Bill. B) Blair Education Bill. C) Exclusion Act. D) Dawes Act. ANSWER D
One key distinction between the Pilgrims and the Puritans was that A) Pilgrims settled in the Chesapeake region, while Puritans settled in New England. B) Puritans were much more tolerant of other ideas and faiths. C) Pilgrims wished to separate from the Church of England, while the Puritans did not. D) Puritans wanted to abandon […]
The War of 1812 is significant for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) it strengthened America’s position relative to Spain in the South and Southwest. B) it damaged American morale and patriotism for a generation. C) it effectively destroyed the Native Americans’ ability to resist American expansion. D) it led to the demise of […]
Massachusetts Bay Puritans A) were Calvinists. B) were separatists. C) wrote the Mayflower Compact. D) believed hard work assured one of receiving God’s saving grace. ANSWER A
The goal of a typical Puritan in the early seventeenth century was to A) be as successful in business as possible. B) become a self-sufficient farmer. C) become a “visible saint” on earth and hence a member of the church. D) leave the Church of England. ANSWER C
To combat inflation during World War II, the federal government tried A) wage controls. B) raising taxes. C) price controls. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Leading evangelical revivalists of the Second Great Awakening A) held a strong faith in the capacity of human beings to improve society by applying their powers of reason. B) insisted that both individual salvation and social reform depended upon a greater national commitment to formal theological training. C) believed that individual redemption was available to […]
During World War II, racially discriminatory hiring practices in defense industries were prohibited by A) President Roosevelt’s executive order. B) the Smith-Connally Act. C) the Supreme Court in the Endo case. D) the War Labor Board. ANSWER A