What was the issue that divided the United States and the Soviet Union and provoked a crisis in Berlin in 1948? A) unification of the French, British, and U.S. sectors of Berlin B) reindustrialization of Germany C) the postwar partition of Germany D) construction of the Berlin Wall ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The final event that provoked the United States to declare war against Spain in 1898 was A) the implementation of the concentration camp policy. B) the de L me letter. C) the report of Spanish atrocities against Cubans. D) the sinking of the USS Maine. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Republican leaders in the 1920s tended to equate the people’s interests with those of A) the power of the federal government. B) organized labor. C) big business. D) progressivism. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
America’s mobilization for war in 1898 was plagued by all the following EXCEPT A) racism. B) unsanitary conditions in training camps. C) supply shortages. D) a shortage of volunteers. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
One result of the Vesey Conspiracy was A) the freeing of about 125 slaves. B) more repressive laws from the state’s legislature. C) abolition of the slave codes. D) widespread destruction of white property, but little loss of white lives. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the provisions of the Monroe Doctrine. Indicate what American interests were served by its pronouncement and toward which specific nations it was directed. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Provisions: the Western hemisphere was closed to colonization and political intervention from Europe; the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg was a Confederate assault on Union lines along A) the “Devil’s Den.” B) Cemetery Ridge. C) the Gettysburg River. D) Seminary Ridge. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The enormous growth of European immigration into the United States between the Civil War and World War I was primarily the result of A) population growth in Europe. B) inducements offered by U.S. state governments and private corporations. C) the general refusal of other nations to accept European immigrants. D) a relaxation of U.S. immigration […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
As evidence that many who were “soft on Communism” were active in Truman’s administration, Republicans referred to all of the following EXCEPT A) President Truman’s response to North Korea’s attack on South Korea. B) the “fall of China.” C) the Soviet detonation of an atomic bomb. D) the Alger Hiss case. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Early nineteenth-century master craftsmen usually drew a sharp distinction between A) work and leisure. B) journeyman and apprentice. C) producer and seller. D) home and work. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
