Toward the end of the nineteenth century, which one of the following was the LEAST capital-intensive business? A) farming B) lumbering C) mining D) cattle ranching ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the primary cause of the farmers’ economic woes in the South and West in the late nineteenth century? A) the immobility of farmers B) overproduction C) sharecropping D) land prices ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
If you had been a young African American in the mid-1960s, which organization would you have joined: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Black Panthers, or Student Non- violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)? Why? ANSWER Membership in these organizations might have been based on that organization’s approach […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the key provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Be specific about the importance of this legislation to African Americans. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Civil Rights Act: prohibited discrimination in employment, voting, and access to public facilities, and created the Equal Employment […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Evaluate the ideals and values of the youth counterculture in the 1960s. Do you share any of its ideals and values? Which ones? Why? Do you think you would have shared its ideals and values if you had been a young person in the 1960s? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of the feminist movement? What has it accomplished and what has it yet to achieve? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The feminist movement has well-defined goals, an underlying ideology, and capable organization. It sometimes suffers from a negative image and an overly influential […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What is your opinion of bilingual education programs for Mexican Americans in public schools? What is the value of such programs? Why might they present a problem? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Bilingual education is aimed at giving non-English-speaking children an opportunity to learn school subjects in their native language while they […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who controlled American foreign policy during the 1870s and 1880s? A) the army and navy B) the State Department C) Congress D) the President ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Confederate Constitution did NOT A) limit the president to a single term. B) emphasize states’ rights. C) forbid protective tariffs. D) create a single-house Congress. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The message of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The American Scholar” was for American artists to A) challenge Americans’ faith in progress, technology, and human goodness. B) stress the role of reason and intellect in the pursuit of the truth. C) create distinctly American forms of art rooted in the facts of American life. D) investigate the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
