What do you judge to be the most negative consequences of American industrialization in the late nineteenth century? Explain your choices. Who do you think “lost” the most in this economic transformation? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: loss of quality craftsmanship; depersonalization of the relationship between ownership/management and labor, and […]
Which of the following statements about slavery in 1790 is NOT true? A) Leading southerners were denouncing slavery. B) Slave imports into the New World were declining. C) The Founding Fathers had outlawed slavery. D) Slave prices were falling. ANSWER C
List what you understand to be the major advantages enjoyed by the North and South at the onset of the Civil War, then list the significant disadvantages of each. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Among the North’s advantages were a larger population, four border states, greater capital resources, industrial capacity, and railroad […]
One of the most wrenching transformations in the lives of Americans that occurred in the 1970s was A) the shrinking service sector of the economy. B) the declining expense of public policies designed to protect public health, safety, and the environment. C) the slowing rate of economic growth. D) the dramatic increase of family wages. […]
Originally, America’s Open Door Policy was designed to guarantee A) America’s right to intervene in Cuban affairs. B) unrestricted immigration to the United States from all nations of the world. C) America’s access to the trade markets of China. D) the protection of America’s interests in Latin America. ANSWER C
During the 1970s, Americans grew especially concerned about the loss of jobs in A) service industries. B) government service. C) retail trade. D) basic manufacturing. ANSWER D
To combat stagflation, the Carter administration used all of the following EXCEPT A) deregulating private enterprise. B) imposing a wage-and-price freeze. C) restraining the growth of the money supply. D) raising interest rates. ANSWER B
The Kefauver Committee’s investigations did NOT A) produce effective new crime fighting legislation. B) heighten public awareness of political corruption. C) lead to the defeat of proposals to legalize gambling in several states. D) claim organized crime in America was rooted in centralized ethnic conspiracy operating on a national scale. ANSWER A
The text authors state that “the 1890s . . . was a decade of strident nationalism and aggressive posturing” in American foreign policy. Cite at least three examples of this “aggressive posturing” in the 1890s. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: the clash with Germany and Britain over Samoa; the incident in […]
To Jonathan Edwards, A) individual lives could be uplifted, but the general improvement of society was unlikely. B) God should be placed at the center of human existence. C) appealing to people’s ability to reason was the best way to guide them toward saving grace. D) the nature of the universe and its laws were […]
