What was the most popular professional sport in America’s cities in the late nineteenth century? A) baseball B) basketball C) hockey D) football ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What provoked labor protest in the early nineteenth century? What form did that protest take? How successful was it? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: Provocation: low wages; long hours; competition from unskilled labor; working conditions; declining standard of workmanship. Protest: labor unions (NTU); strikes; Working Men’s political parties. Limited success: 10 […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the impact of slavery on the southern economy, education, and receptivity to social innovation. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: slavery was profitable; it impeded industry, urbanization, technological innovation; it created high personal debt, high illiteracy rate; it undergirded a highly stratified society with wealth concentrated at the top; it allowed […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Gulf War of 1991 was sparked by A) religious fanaticism. B) rising oil prices. C) Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. D) Arab-Israeli tensions. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
What did the African Americans elected to state or national office during Reconstruction demonstrate? a. There was a higher level of corruption among them than among their white counterparts. b. They had more integrity and competence than their white counterparts. c. They had a desire to implement radical social programs. d. They had a strong […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the general impression of Ulysses S. Grant by the public? a. He served as a dynamic and forceful president. b. He took strong actions to protect southern Republicans. c. He gained wide support among Democrats. d. He could not resolve the problems of the times. e. He was always considered above reproach. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The brightest spot in the New Deal’s treatment of ethnic minorities in the 1930s was its A) insistence that women executives be hired by any corporation receiving funds from the federal government. B) protection of Mexican-American farm workers from popular demands that they be deported. C) restoration of Native-American lands to tribal ownership. D) guarantee […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Changing climatic conditions had little influence on the agricultural development of the Cahokia culture and economy. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
What is significant about the result of the disputed election of 1876? a. It was the last Radical victory. b. It meant the end of Reconstruction. c. It marked the beginning of national Democratic ascendency. d. It demonstrated the political power of southern African Americans. e. It was resolved more quickly than anyone expected. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The ownership status of the Iroquois long houses of families and the land around these houses reflected the communal principles of American Indians. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
