Harriet Tubman is best known as A) the founder of a utopian community. B) publisher of The Liberator. C) an early advocate for women’s suffrage. D) a fugitive slave who publicized the horrors of slavery. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compared to a generation earlier, by the 1840s women had more A) educational opportunity. B) children. C) economic status. D) political influence. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The text authors point out that during World War II American politics witnessed “a resurgence of conservatism both in Congress and in the country at large”. Why? Give examples of this new conservatism in action. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The resurgence of conservatism was a continuation of the conservative turn that […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Of the following, which was the technology most critical to the rise of the new South in the late twentieth century? A) home air conditioning B) mechanical cotton picker C) high speed transportation D) portable electric fan ANSWER A
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Alaska was purchased as part of an imperial vision held by Secretary of State A) James G. Blaine. B) William Seward. C) Frederick Frelinghuysen. D) Hamilton Fish. ANSWER B
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Imagine yourself alive during World War II. How would you have responded to the news that your government was intending to intern thousands of American citizens in “relocation centers”? Explain the reasons for your reaction. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER One would want to know why? Who in particular is involved, and […]
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Who was the author of the influential book, The Influence of Sea Power upon History? A) Alfred Thayer Mahan B) Albert J. Beveridge C) Benjamin F. Tracy D) Henry Cabot Lodge ANSWER A
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Most of Hollywood’s “western” films centered on the dangers of A) draught and disease. B) masculinity and individuality. C) bureaucrats and bankers. D) Indians and immigrants. ANSWER C
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When placed in charge of her father’s Carolina plantation, Eliza Lucas pioneered a cash crop that became a major trading staple of the British Empire. What was that crop? A) hemp B) rice C) indigo D) tobacco ANSWER C
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Match the individual in the left column with the technology he is identified with in the right column. A. Samuel Morse 1. steam engine B. Oliver Evans 2. telegraph C. Eli Whitney 3. steamship D. Robert Fulton A) A-2; C-3; D-1 B) A-1; B-2; C-3 C) B-1; C-2; D-3 D) A-2; B-1; D-3 ANSWER […]
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