The gathering at an annual meeting where fur trappers met to trade pelts for supplies was called the ________ system. A) rendezvous B) putting out C) factor D) caucus ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Spanish conquistadore Hernan Cortes was able to conquer the Aztec Empire for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) Cortes received the assistance of various tribes that had been subjugated by the Aztecs. B) a smallpox epidemic decimated the Aztec population. C) Cortes’s troops vastly outnumbered the Aztec warriors. D) the Aztec emperor Montezuma […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What event precipitated an undeclared naval war between the United States and France? A) Convention of 1800 B) XYZ Affair C) Gen t Affair D) Fries Rebellion ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who led the Mormons west to the Great Salt Lake area? A) Marcus Whitman B) Brigham Young C) Jason Lee D) Joseph Smith, Jr. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the Election of 1800, Federalists had reason to fear that if Thomas Jefferson were elected, his administration would A) return most political power to the states. B) impose heavy excise taxes. C) use the federal courts to suppress dissent. D) create a large standing army. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which candidate in the 1824 presidential election received the largest number of popular and electoral college votes? A) William Crawford B) Andrew Jackson C) John Quincy Adams D) Henry Clay ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “Tariff of Abominations” was most strongly opposed by A) westerners. B) easterners. C) southerners. D) northerners. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Andrew Jackson’s popularity as a political leader was in part due to his A) social refinement and formal education. B) devotion to reason and reflection in the making of public policy. C) image as a strong-willed, self-made man of the people. D) distaste for partisan controversy. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following was NOT a reason Republicans decided to consider a suffrage amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee African Americans the right to vote? A) They were interested in meeting their northern constituents’ growing demand for such an amendment. B) They believed it would relieve them of any further responsibility to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The original curiosity between the two turned to mistrust and warfare when it became apparent that the Europeans wanted the Native Americans’ A) women. B) trade. C) land. D) culture. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
