After Malcolm X made a pilgrimage to Mecca, he __________. A) turned toward overt political violence B) broke with the Nation of Islam and abandoned black separatism C) renounced his citizenship and moved to Ghana D) joined King in founding the SCLC ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Eastern Woodland tribes in North America believed A) God gave men the power of reason to understand nature. B) human affairs were guided by a single, omnipresent god. C) human life was superior to animal life. D) plant and animal life were spiritually alive. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Alexander Hamilton’s Bank of the United States would NOT A) issue paper notes to circulate as currency. B) be governed by a board of directors composed of the president’s cabinet. C) collect and deposit tax monies. D) make loans to private businessmen. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Spanish monarchs who sponsored Christopher Columbus were most excited by Columbus’s A) extraction of gold from the lands he discovered. B) discovery of an all-water route to the Indies. C) discovery of new continents. D) report of his friendly reception by Native Americans. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following intensified party divisions in the early republic EXCEPT A) the Gen t Affair. B) Pinckney’s Treaty. C) Jay’s Treaty. D) the Whiskey Rebellion. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In an 1846 agreement with Great Britain, the United States surrendered its claim to the Oregon territory between A) the 49th parallel and 54° 40′. B) the 45th parallel and Puget Sound. C) 36° 30′ and the 42nd parallel. D) the Willamette Valley and Vancouver Island. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Of the following, the Freedmen’s Bureau was most successful in providing freedmen with A) schools. B) land. C) the vote. D) economic independence. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
President Lincoln’s 10 percent plan for Reconstruction A) required each former Confederate state to produce a constitution outlawing slavery. B) demanded provisions for voting rights for African Americans. C) required former Confederates to admit to the illegality of secession. D) barred former Confederate high officials from future voting or officeholding. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Mexican War was most popular among A) Whigs. B) abolitionists. C) westerners. D) social reformers. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo caused all of the following EXCEPT a A) discovery of gold in California. B) one-third increase in the size of the United States. C) breakdown of the political party system. D) new debate on the territorial expansion of slavery. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
