Great Britain’s fear of a resumption of war with France and antiwar political pressure from the Federalists helped move Great Britain and the United States to concluding a peace treaty, the Treaty of Ghent, in 1815. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Ngo Dinh Diem, whom President Eisenhower recognized as the leader of the independent government of South Vietnam, was NOT A) a Catholic. B) a democrat. C) a Vietnamese nationalist. D) an anti-Communist. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The federal government played a key role in the development and white settlement of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas shortly after the War of 1812 by A) beginning official surveys and legal sales of land. B) spending government revenue on maintaining the U.S. Army to protect these new lands under U.S. control. C) building […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
As chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall __________. a. promoted the growth of state sovereignty b. supported the attainment of political and social equality c. emphasized the primacy of property and property rights d. abandoned his Federalist sympathies e. began the tradition of wearing four gold stripes on the sleeves of his robes […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What action exacerbated the Panic of 1819, sending the national economy into a widespread depression that affected all Americans? A) hyperinflation in the value of cotton B) a hike in European demand for food because of a ruinous European drought C) a major tax increase in import duties charged on goods from Europe D) the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was part of the national government’s policy toward Native Americans from the early 1870s to the mid-1880s? a. working to assimilate Native Americans into the larger American culture b. encouraging Native American tribal customs and ceremonies c. seizing individual Native American’s parcels of land d. assimilating Native Americans into urban life […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What role did significant government involvement have in the emergence and sustainability of a market economy in the early 1800s? What might have been the consequences for the market economy if the scope of government involvement had been more limited or non-existent during this era? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. Offer a […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
To finance the war effort, on what did the U.S. government primarily rely? a. higher income tax rates b. printing paper money for war debts c. sales of “Liberty Bonds” d. new discoveries of gold in Alaska e. loans from foreign governments ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The fierce Congressional debate over Missouri’s admission to the Union and the resulting Missouri Compromise revealed that the issue of slavery was destined to become a divisive sectional political issue for many years to come. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking up Arms” drafted by the Second Continental Congress reflected the views of ________ delegates. Its “Olive Branch” petition reflected the views of the ________ delegates. A) moderate; radical B) radical; moderate C) moderate; moderate D) radical; radical ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
