Which identifies the most important result of the domestication of maize (corn), beans, and squash by some Native American groups? a. People gained greater control over their environments. b. People stopped hunting mammals. c. People evolved into a single continental cultural unit. d. People were able to continue a wandering, hunting lifestyle. e. People moved […]
Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt held differing views on how best to achieve A) prohibition legislation. B) an end to poverty in America. C) antiprostitution legislation. D) women’s suffrage. ANSWER D
The first all-professional baseball team in the United States was the A) Brooklyn Dodgers. B) Cincinnati Red Stockings. C) New York Yankees. D) Boston Braves. ANSWER B
What was the Currency Act of 1764 designed to do? A) restore colonists’ trust in Parliament’s willingness to promote the economic welfare of the colonists B) help pay off England’s national debt C) end the postwar depression in the colonies D) stop colonial governments from making their paper money legal tender for the payment of […]
Why were Scandinavian outposts in the New World eventually abandoned? a. lack of leadership b. lack of available resources for survival c. attacks by the Spanish Armada d. competition with Portuguese fishing groups e. poor lines of communication ANSWER E
By the end of the nineteenth century, ________ was governed by the Marquis of Queensberry rules. A) golf B) tennis C) baseball D) boxing ANSWER D
In Boston at the time of the Stamp Act crisis, Thomas Hutchinson and Francis Bernard headed the ________ , while Sam Adams and James Otis were leaders of the ________ . A) “leather-apron gang;” court faction B) royalists; popular faction C) Sons of Liberty; Loyal Nine D) country faction; royalists ANSWER B
What was the main function of American cities during the Jeffersonian era? a. to centralize cultural activities b. to serve as depots for international trade c. to create agricultural marketplaces d. to centralize financial activities e. to serve as places to exchange ideas and keep up with news ANSWER B
What is the name of the early residents of North America who anthropologists believe were the first immigrants to the Americas? A) the Anaszi people B) the Chokia people C) the Zuni people D) the Clovis people ANSWER Answer: D
What was the main reason for the Ku Klux Klan’s success in the South after 1868? a. popular support from whites of all social classes for white supremacy b. its centralized political organization c. its support from the southern state Republican governments d. the persistent threat of a violent black uprising against the white planter […]
