The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the farm problem by A) raising farm production by subsidizing farm exports. B) raising prices by reducing agricultural production. C) increasing farm income by inflating the currency. D) All of the above. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 1763 Treaty of Paris that ended the French and Indian War, Britain acquired all the following EXCEPT A) French territory east of the Mississippi River. B) New Orleans. C) French Canada. D) Florida. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which identifies the most important result of the domestication of maize (corn), beans, and squash by some Native American groups? a. People gained greater control over their environments. b. People stopped hunting mammals. c. People evolved into a single continental cultural unit. d. People were able to continue a wandering, hunting lifestyle. e. People moved […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt held differing views on how best to achieve A) prohibition legislation. B) an end to poverty in America. C) antiprostitution legislation. D) women’s suffrage. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first all-professional baseball team in the United States was the A) Brooklyn Dodgers. B) Cincinnati Red Stockings. C) New York Yankees. D) Boston Braves. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the Currency Act of 1764 designed to do? A) restore colonists’ trust in Parliament’s willingness to promote the economic welfare of the colonists B) help pay off England’s national debt C) end the postwar depression in the colonies D) stop colonial governments from making their paper money legal tender for the payment of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why were Scandinavian outposts in the New World eventually abandoned? a. lack of leadership b. lack of available resources for survival c. attacks by the Spanish Armada d. competition with Portuguese fishing groups e. poor lines of communication ANSWER E
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the end of the nineteenth century, ________ was governed by the Marquis of Queensberry rules. A) golf B) tennis C) baseball D) boxing ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In Boston at the time of the Stamp Act crisis, Thomas Hutchinson and Francis Bernard headed the ________ , while Sam Adams and James Otis were leaders of the ________ . A) “leather-apron gang;” court faction B) royalists; popular faction C) Sons of Liberty; Loyal Nine D) country faction; royalists ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the main function of American cities during the Jeffersonian era? a. to centralize cultural activities b. to serve as depots for international trade c. to create agricultural marketplaces d. to centralize financial activities e. to serve as places to exchange ideas and keep up with news ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
