What was the ultimate goal of the National Recovery Administration (NRA)? A) to significantly increase government spending B) to lower prices and increase production C) to stabilize the economy through government planning D) to break up the giant corporations ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the 1950s, President Eisenhower used the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to overthrow anti-American governments in A) Nicaragua and Lebanon. B) Cuba and Laos. C) Austria and Honduras. D) Iran and Guatemala. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
__________ believed it was imperative that the United States acquire Canada. a. War Hawks b. Status Quos c. Quids d. Federalists e. Expansionists ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the first organized baseball league in America? A) Players’ League B) National League C) Federal League D) American League ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The impact of the Currency Act of 1764 was to A) allow for the use of paper currency in all transactions. B) allow for colonial governments to issue new paper bills. C) convince colonists that Parliament had the best interest of Americans in mind. D) worsen the currency crisis in America. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
By 1760, the colonists A) imported and exported about the same amount with England. B) exported more to England than they imported. C) imported more from England than they exported. D) imported and exported more with the West Indies than with England. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “social conscience” of the New Deal was supplied by the compassion of A) Eleanor Roosevelt. B) Henry Morganthau. C) Father Coughlin. D) Harold Ickes. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Theodore Roosevelt considered ________ his greatest achievement in domestic policy. A) railroad regulation B) natural resource conservation C) trust busting D) consumer protection legislation ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why was the wealth that Spain acquired from the New World considered to be a mixed blessing? a. Spain was forced to send a large proportion of its population to the New World to help ship gold and silver back to Spain. b. The Spanish got wealthy from silver and gold in the New World, […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What constituted the center of culture of the Cahokia people—or the Mound Builders—of the Mississippi Valley? A) cliff dwellings that offered protection from enemies, since they could be reached only by ladders B) scattered pueblos and villages that the first Spanish explorers encountered in the 1500s C) a city surrounded by strong wooden walls with […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
