Coney Island became famous as A) a rural retreat for the harried urban middle class. B) an urban ghetto for African American migrants from the South. C) an escapist adventureland for working class Americans. D) a weekend retreat for the urban wealthy class. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was one of the key causes of the decline and the abandonment of the Cahokia and the mound-building culture? A) warfare with competing tribes B) extreme drought C) the onset of a rapidly colder climate known as the “Little Ice Age” that adversely affected their agriculture D) rampant disease introduced by another unknown tribe […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In America in the 1950s, all of the following were true EXCEPT A) women had children earlier in life than their mothers had. B) the television image of white suburban families was a misleading stereotype. C) the birth rate increased. D) women married younger than their mothers had. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Aztec and Incan empires shared the fact that they were both relatively new when Europeans first encountered each of them in the 1500s. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Virginia Resolutions called for A) violent demonstrations against the Stamp Act. B) economic boycotts against British goods. C) taxing powers to be maintained by Parliament. D) taxation by local assemblies only. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The power of the Mali, Ghana, and Songhay empires can be attributed, in part, to A) the benevolent, decentralized rule of their kings. B) their extensive and harsh use of slavery. C) lucrative trade with traders arriving in caravans from Egypt, the Middle East, and Europe. D) Muslim domination of these lands. ANSWER Answer: […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Regarding late nineteenth-century immigration to the United States, the text authors assert that “the United States’ pull was less powerful than the European push”. Describe the conditions in Europe in the late nineteenth century that were pushing its inhabitants out. ANSWER Consider: persecution of religious and ethnic minorities, especially Jews; population boom; abolition of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The key purpose of the writings of the Spanish priest Bartolomé Las Casas was A) to defend the conquest of Cuba, which he participated in during 1512. B) to ask Spanish authorities to intervene to protect the Indians in the Americas from the harsh labor and cruel treatment of the local Spanish land owners and […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The text authors claim that “nativism . . . took many forms” and the “immigrants became a convenient scapegoat for the nation’s myriad ills.” List at least three kinds of nativism and describe the anti-immigrant argument presented by What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Racial: Measured by physical and mental characteristics and by […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the name given by early Spanish explorers to several mythical Native American desert pueblos that were located several hundred miles north of New Spain, which supposedly contained great amounts of gold and wealth? A) Seven Cities of Cibola B) Seven Cities of Plata C) Seven Cities of Perlas D) Seven Cities of Riqueza […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
