In the United States Senate, the most controversial part of the Treaty of Versailles was its provision for A) a colonial “mandate” system. B) war reparations. C) the League of Nations. D) freedom of the seas. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Penitentiary reformers in the early nineteenth century believed criminals could be rehabilitated by A) encouraging inmates to develop habits of self-discipline. B) treating inmates as mentally incompetent. C) inflicting harsh physical punishment on inmates. D) exposing inmates to public scorn and ridicule. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following was a pioneer in mass production through the use of assembly lines? A) John D. Rockefeller B) Andrew Carnegie C) Gustavus Swift D) J. P. Morgan ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
________ College was the nation’s first co-ed college, and ________ was the first women’s college in the United States. A) Oberlin, Mount Holyoke B) Troy State, Vassar C) Oberlin, Bowdoin D) Mount Holyoke, Vassar ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following is NOT a reason why Cesar Chavez faced difficulty organizing the farm workers’ union? A) Most farm workers experienced high rates of unemployment. B) Most farm workers were already protected by provisions of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act. C) Most farm workers were divided into a variety of competing […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the Yalta conference in 1943, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin agreed to A) allow the Soviet Union to control postwar Poland. B) require Germany to pay heavy war reparations. C) divide Eastern Europe into British and Soviet spheres for the duration of the war. D) partition Germany into occupation zones. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Battle of Midway in the Pacific A) established the United States’ first B-29 base for launching bombing raids on Japan. B) was the United States’ first land offensive in the Pacific. C) broke the back of Japanese naval power. D) prevented a Japanese attack on Australia. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In each session of Congress between 1836 and 1844, the House of Representatives adopted “gag rules” designed to prevent debate on petitions calling for A) the abolition of slavery. B) the territorial expansion of slavery. C) a constitutional amendment to protect slavery. D) the reopening of the slave trade. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the code name for the top secret program to build an atomic bomb during World War II? A) Operation OVERLORD B) Manhattan Project C) Atoms for Peace D) Project OLYMPIC ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Evaluate President Wilson’s diplomacy between 1914 and 1917. Had you been a presidential advisor at the time who wanted to protect American interests, but avoid taking the nation to war, what advice would you have given that might have changed the course of events? ANSWER Consider: impose a trade embargo on arms sales to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
