All of the following provisions were included in the 10 amendments that constituted the Bill of Rights EXCEPT A) the right of the people to keep and bear arms. B) the right to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures. C) reserving to the states, or to the people, those powers not delegated to the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
__________ was the first major industry to attract large numbers of people to the West. a. Cattle ranching b. Farming c. Fur trapping d. Herding e. Mining ANSWER E
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following represented a major concern of George Washington’s about the fragility and security of the republic when he became president in 1789? A) political eruptions of support for independence in the western lands of the United States B) political tensions with France C) political tensions with Spain D) domestic political plots to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Under the __________ system, manufacturers provided raw materials to people in their own homes and then picked up the finished products for distribution. a. finishing-off system b. mass production system c. piecework system d. putting-out system e. cottage industry system ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The revival meeting held at Cane Ridge in Bourbon, Kentucky in August 1801 illustrated A) that the Second Great Awakening also had a major influence on mainline Protestant dominations such as the Episcopal and Congregationalist churches. B) the exponential growth and highly emotional nature of the religious conversions that occurred during these revival meetings associated […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who was the leader of Vietnamese nationalism at the end of World War II? A) Ngo Dinh Diem B) Ho Chi Minh C) Nguyen Cao Ky D) Nguyen Van Thieu ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Louisiana Purchase required Thomas Jefferson and his administration to determine how to incorporate the entire 828,000 square miles of the Louisiana Territory into the United States, including the process by which the Louisiana Territory would be divided into territories and eventually become states. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the siege at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, ________ encouraged President Eisenhower to give military aid to that beleaguered base. A) France B) Great Britain C) Congress D) All of the above. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the consequence of the Adams-Onàs Treaty and the Anglo-American Convention for the American claims to Oregon? A) The United States now had a weaker claim to Oregon than either Britain or Russia and would drop that claim until 1846. B) The United States now had as strong a claim to Oregon as either […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
A factor in the U.S. government abandonment of the policy of one large reservation after 1851 was __________. a. to enable wagon trains needed to cross the Great Plains without hindrances b. a push by Southerners to allow slavery in the western territories c. that Indians had traditional rivalries and needed to be kept apart […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
