The Yuan dynasty was responsible for A) religious persecution. B) extensive trade and travel across Eurasia. C) the opening up of Indian contacts with the rest of Asia. D) closing the sea trade routes between China and Europe. E) a peace agreement between nomadic barbarians and China. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Malcolm X was a militant civil rights activist who called for a race war between African-Americans and white Americans. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following convinced Spanish authorities to continue their support for New Mexico after 1608? A) Juan de Oñate B) Spanish mine owners C) Franciscan missionaries D) Spanish ranchers ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following U.S. Supreme Court rulings banned prayer and Bible-reading in public school? A) Roe v. Wade B) Sweat v. Painter C) Plessy v. Ferguson D) Engel v. Vitale ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The value of higher education in the colonies was shown by the establishment of nine colleges before 1770 . Like Harvard, which came first, these colleges turned out men with: a. practical educations, focusing mainly on the skilled vocations b. liberal educations who became clergymen, doctors, or attorneys c. liberal educations and a distrust of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Nixon’s ground-breaking trip to China in 1972 accomplished all of the following provisions EXCEPT A) both countries agrees to open deeper diplomatic and trade channels between the two nations. B) the United States and China agreed to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons in their respective arsenals. C) China agreed not to intervene in the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The original United States Naturalization Law of 1790 limited naturalization to __________. A) free white persons B) northern Europeans C) people of British ancestry D) freeborn men ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following are true about Gerald Ford’s approach to foreign policy EXCEPT A) the government of South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam and the American embassy in Saigon had to be evacuated. B) the United States successfully prevented India from acquiring an atomic bomb. C) the administration supported a military coup in Argentina. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The foreign policy of Lyndon Johnson __________. a. was dramatically different from that of John Kennedy b. was, in many respects, simply a continuation of Kennedy’s policies c. indicated his strong opposition to the Cold War d. indicated his acceptance of existing communist states e. was isolationist by nature ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
________ has the distinction of being the first woman nominated for the vice-presidency by a major political party. A) Sandra Day O’Connor B) Phyllis Schlafly C) Geraldine Ferraro D) Jean Kirkpatrick ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
