Describe the impact of social reform movements on American law and criminal justice in the early nineteenth century. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: new view of crime as a social, not an individual problem; crime resulted from social environment, not personal sin; new prisons stressed rehabilitation, hard labor, solitary confinement; outlawing […]
In 1822, Denmark Vesey plotted insurrection in and around A) Charleston, South Carolina. B) Southampton County, Virginia. C) Richmond, Virginia. D) Savannah, Georgia. ANSWER A
Of the many new technological innovations and inventions in the late nineteenth century, which three do you think had the most lasting effect on the American economy? Explain why you chose these three and indicate the role they played in twentieth-century life. ANSWER Consider: telephone; motion picture; phonograph; Bessemer process; incandescent bulb; assembly line […]
Most American casualties in the Spanish-American War were caused by A) disease. B) battle wounds. C) “friendly fire.” D) malfunctioning weapons. ANSWER A
In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Congress’s efforts to curb the power of the “imperial president” included all the following EXCEPT the A) creation of the Congressional Budget Office. B) adoption of campaign finance reform. C) weakening of the seniority system. D) passage of the War Powers Act. ANSWER C
Which one of the following does NOT describe the American economy in the few years before the 1929 Crash? A) Tariff rates were high. B) Farm prices were rising. C) Per capita income was rising. D) Production levels were high. ANSWER B
Why was it possible for the North and South to compromise over the divisive slavery issue in 1820? What “lessons” do you think the North and South learned from the Missouri Crisis? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: Compromise: passions over slavery were not yet so aroused; antislavery advocates were not yet […]
What was the Filipino revolutionaries’ basic strategy during the Philippine Insurrection? A) to ally themselves with the Spanish Army to force Americans out of the islands B) to confront the United States Army in a series of decisive military engagements C) to get frustrated blacks in the American Army to desert and join the insurrection […]
The 1873 Comstock Act made it illegal to A) sell birth control devices. B) advocate the use of birth control devices. C) send birth control devices through the mail. D) use birth control devices. ANSWER C
What does the phrase “era of salutary neglect” refer to? A) the late seventeenth century when the American colonists switched from indentured servitude to a slave labor system B) the early eighteenth century when Parliament voluntarily restrained its administration of colonial affairs C) the frightful months of the Salem witchcraft trials in the 1690s D) […]
