Describe President Kennedy’s role in the civil rights movement of the early 1960s. Explain why there was a dramatic shift in the level of his participation in 1963. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Kennedy came to the presidency with a poor civil rights record. He campaigned for African-American votes in 1960, but, […]
In the late 1960s, an aid to President Nixon suggested that “the issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.” What did he mean? Do you think he was right? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The comment was intended to convey the sentiment that the civil rights movement […]
The male custodians of late nineteenth-century American morality believed that birth control devices would increase all the following EXCEPT A) sexual promiscuity. B) the instance of venereal disease. C) the number of abortions. D) the divorce rate. ANSWER C
By the 1930s, what was the usual way of segregating African Americans in northern cities? A) residential ordinances B) restrictive covenants C) zoning laws D) neighborhood improvement associations ANSWER C
What has been the dominant idea in the American South and West in the second half of the twentieth century? A) Power and wealth located in the East threatens the individual liberty of southerners and westerners. B) Western values shaped American history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century; southern values will shape the […]
Where was the government of the Confederate States of America organized? A) Nashville, Tennessee B) Montgomery, Alabama C) Atlanta, Georgia D) Charleston, South Carolina ANSWER B
Compare and contrast indentured servitude with black slavery. Why did Chesapeake colonists switch from the former to the latter? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Indentured servitude was short term contract labor, usually involving white Europeans. Slavery was lifetime inheritable service only involving Africans. Consider the switch as a result of the need […]
The record player boom of the 1920s was fueled by the popularity of all these musical styles EXCEPT: A) Swing B) Hillbilly C) Jazz D) Blues ANSWER A
Explain why, after the mid-seventeenth century, commercial values began to eclipse the religious fervor of the original Puritans in Massachusetts Bay. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: later generations in New England lost touch with the zeal and purpose of the early Puritans, economic opportunity increased, the land was bountiful, English Puritans […]
Henry David Thoreau wrote A) The Blithedale Romance, a story of his experiences while living in a commune. B) a classical defense of non-violent civil disobedience. C) treatises in the area of child development and education. D) narrative poems dramatizing scenes from American history. ANSWER B
