The so-called “ashcan” school of late nineteenth-century American artists often pursued the same themes as the ________ did in literature. A) genteel tradition B) local colorists C) naturalists D) romanticists ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In his 1989 inaugural address, George Herbert Walker Bush promised to A) declare war on Iraq. B) raise taxes to reduce the national debt. C) create a “kinder, gentler” nation. D) end the Cold War. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The heretofore separate traditions of African and European music in America first came together in Storyville, the red-light district in A) Chicago, Illinois. B) New Orleans, Louisiana. C) St. Louis, Missouri. D) Memphis, Tennessee. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was responsible for the emergence of commercialized popular entertainment in late nineteenth-century America? A) the decline of Victorian values B) transportation improvements C) advances in communications D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which best describes how Native American groups initially interacted with European explorers? a. Native American groups were eager to trade with the Europeans. b. Native American groups ignored the Europeans. c. Native American groups aggressively attacked the Europeans. d. Native American groups were helpless when attacked by the Europeans. e. Native American groups were reluctant […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the usual effect of the successive organization of baseball leagues in late nineteenth-century America? A) It generated intense competition between owners for players. B) The popularity of the sport diminished. C) It undermined the ability of players to negotiate for higher salaries. D) All of the above. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Second New Deal did NOT emphasize A) federal work relief. B) labor organization. C) wage and price controls. D) social security. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did former slaves’ ideas about their freedom conflict with ideas of northern allies? a. Their northern allies wanted freed blacks to continue working on plantations for white planters, but blacks did not want to return to plantation life. b. Freed blacks wanted to move to the North and begin new lives, but their northern […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s approach to the problems of African Americans was that they should A) organize local vigilante groups to respond to white violence. B) submit to white supremacy for the time being. C) advocate “Black Power” and refuse to cooperate with white liberals. D) protest discrimination by nonviolent, direct action. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Account for the American economic boom of the 1990s. What factors contributed to the unprecedented prosperity? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: sharp decline in price of basic commodities such as oil; restructuring of American businesses in the 1980s and early 1990s; slowdown of rivals’ economies; rising incomes and declining interest rates […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
