The text authors argue that “economics played a relatively unimportant role in forming America’s attitude toward the [Cuban] revolution. Humanitarianism was a far more important factor.” Do you agree? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Americans were honestly revolted by reports of Spanish atrocities against the Cuban people, and they easily identified […]
Assume the role of a participant in the debate over Philippine annexation in 1900. Would you be in favor or opposed to annexation? Why? What strategic, economic, political, social, and moral considerations cause you to hold this view? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Imperialist: a naval base in the far Pacific; a […]
In the pre-Civil War South, slavery A) promoted industry and transportation improvements. B) impeded urbanization. C) stimulated technological innovation. D) was unprofitable. ANSWER B
The South’s transportation network in the first half of the nineteenth century A) emphasized steamboats. B) was well developed. C) was primitive compared to that of the North. D) was characterized by an abundance of paved roads. ANSWER C
Who determined the pattern of urban growth and development in the “private city” of late nineteenth-century America? A) profit-seeking businessmen B) zoning boards C) government planners D) professional experts ANSWER A
Describe the relationship between mercantilist assumptions, Parliament’s Navigation Acts, and the development of the colonial American economy. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Mercantilists assumed that national wealth (a favorable balance of trade) meant national power. The Navigation Acts were designed to produce that wealth for England (enumerated articles, etc.). The navigation system […]
The progressive scholar, Lester Frank Ward, is identified with A) “sociological jurisprudence.” B) “conspicuous consumption.” C) the Social Gospel. D) Reform Darwinism. ANSWER D
Novelist Theodore Dreiser wrote in the genre known as A) the genteel tradition. B) local color. C) realism. D) naturalism. ANSWER D
In their relations with the Native Americans, the French __________. a. were as obsessed with Christian conversion as the Spanish b. tended to cultivate good relations because of the Native Americans’ knowledge of fur trapping c. were ruthless in their treatment of the Native Americans d. drove them from their land in order to set […]
Slave families were generally A) weak because slave men were usually absent from the family. B) severely strained by the high instance of sale and family break-up in slavery. C) weak because extended kinship ties rarely developed in slavery. D) weak because slave codes provided no legal protection for slave marriages. ANSWER B
