Why were the disgruntled military officers at Newburgh upset? A) George Washington threatened to lead a military coup. B) Nationalists dominated the Continental Congress. C) Congress passed the Impost Plan. D) They feared they would not be paid their pensions. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina, had all of the following consequences EXCEPT A) it inspired similar sit-ins in other cities throughout the South. B) lunch counters in Greensboro were desegregated quickly. C) black mobs beat white protestors at the sit-ins. D) the mayor of Nashville agreed to create a biracial committee to study segregation […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was a result of the Haymarket Square riot? a. It brought public sympathy to the plight of the workers. b. It strengthened the national labor movement. c. It weakened the national labor movement. d. It forced government regulation of unions. e. It ended labor strife in Chicago. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Martin Luther King, Jr., advocated nonviolent resistance because it contrasted with brutal police tactics like those employed by Bull Connor in Birmingham, Alabama. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why were most southerners unconcerned about Jackson’s fight with South Carolina? a. They knew him to be in sympathy with the abolitionists. b. They knew him to be truly an advocate of extreme state sovereignty. c. He was a southerner and a slaveholder. d. They knew he was unable to prevent Congress from overriding his […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the purpose of the Warren Report? A) It calculated the amount of money allocated to building missiles. B) It concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in Kennedy’s death. C) It kept a list of all the civil rights cases under the Warren Court. D) It was a secret file that monitored communist […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention deal with the issue of slavery? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The ideal answer should include: 1. The issue of slavery was among the most difficult to resolve. 2. It revealed the existence of regional divisions within the new nation. 3. Planter delegates from […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the Nixon administration’s policy of Vietnamization fundamentally change the conflict in Vietnam? A) It allowed the United States to withdraw troops while supplying the South Vietnamese with money and arms to better train their own army. B) It prevented the Khmer Rouge from gaining power in Cambodia. C) It allowed the Nixon administration […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
As the 1780s progressed, the growing concern of “nationalists” in the new republic was that A) America’s virtuous citizenry did not require the constraining hand of central authority. B) the Articles of Confederation had located too much authority in Congress, too little in the states. C) Congress was investing too much effort in foreign policy, […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the Watergate investigation, Richard Nixon claimed “executive privilege” over protecting what items? A) guns and walkie-talkies used as part of the break-in B) audiotapes of conversations held in the Oval Office C) grand jury testimony provided during the Watergate investigation D) documents that outlined how Nixon’s reelection funds were spent ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
