Which of the following was true of BOTH the Whigs and Jacksonian Democrats? A) They were always on guard against the influence of special privilege. B) They drew support from all parts of the country. C) They supported Henry Clay’s American System. D) They emphasized class conflict. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Apparently slaves were LEAST likely to hear of their emancipation from A) their masters. B) Union soldiers. C) Freedmen’s Bureau Agents. D) the slave grapevine. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
For nearly two years as president, John F. Kennedy moved slowly on civil rights issues partly because he A) had not promised any civil rights legislation in his election campaign. B) needed congressional voting support from white southern Democrats. C) held a personal dislike of Martin Luther King, Jr. D) All of the above. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1832, American physicians’ “doctrine of predisposing causes” alleged that those most likely to contract cholera were A) poor. B) southerners. C) farmers. D) children. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
During World War I, A) the reform effort to shorten the work week failed. B) membership in labor unions increased. C) the American Federation of Labor (AFL) opposed the war. D) the real income of American manufacturing workers declined. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Assume the role of a freedman in 1865. Describe your hopes and fears. What is it that you expect of freedom? What do you want? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: Hopes: land ownership; economic independence; education; mobility; legal marriage; suffrage. Fears: white supremacists; failing idealism of sympathetic whites; withdrawal of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Place yourself in the United States Senate in 1867. You must vote on the impeachment charges brought against President Johnson. How will you vote? Explain how you will justify your vote to your constituents. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER One’s vote would depend on how one defined the constitutional standard of “high […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The controversial wartime Espionage Act of 1917 was A) upheld by Supreme Court decisions in 1919. B) repealed and replaced by the milder Sedition Act of 1918. C) found in violation of the “clear and present danger” doctrine. D) declared unconstitutional in Abrams v. United States. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The two new constitutional amendments related to World War I dealt with A) women’s suffrage and presidential succession. B) poll taxes and prohibition. C) prohibition and women’s suffrage. D) presidential succession and poll taxes. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The diverse elements that made up the new Republican Party in the mid-1850s all shared the common conviction that A) residents of a territory should determine the fate of slavery there by themselves. B) slavery should be abolished as soon as possible. C) all western territories must be closed to slavery. D) African Americans should […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
