The greatest area of U.S. population growth from 1950 to 1970 was in __________. A) the inner cities B) the suburbs C) rural areas D) small towns ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did the Eisenhower administration resort so frequently to covert actions? What were the long-term consequences of such actions? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: military costs; Cold War priorities; American influence around the world; America’s image around the world
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Voting Rights Act provided for __________. A) federal supervision of registration in certain states and counties B) a poll tax to pay for civil rights education C) the registration of all white southern voters D) party affiliation registration ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The bracero program brought some __________ Mexicans to the United States during World War II as temporary agricultural and railroad workers. A) 300,000 B) 650,000 C) 1.5 million D) 20,000 ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following was NOT in President Washington’s first cabinet? A) Edmund Randolph B) Alexander Hamilton C) John Jay D) Thomas Jefferson ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The preconditions for successful European expansion around 1500 included all the following EXCEPT the A) rise of merchants and their alliance with monarchs. B) growth of geographical knowledge. C) unification of nation-states. D) growing separation of church and state. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
President George Washington’s response to the war in Europe in 1793 was to A) send covert assistance to both Britain and France. B) offer economic aid to Great Britain. C) offer military assistance to France. D) issue a proclamation of neutrality. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In an effort to assert its authority over Texas, the Mexican government A) assessed high taxes on Texans. B) established concentration camps. C) arrested Texan political leaders. D) prohibited slavery. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 1840 presidential election, the Whig Party A) campaign emphasized symbols and images rather than principles and programs. B) candidate lost the election. C) candidate refused to speak on his own behalf. D) became the first major party to adopt a written platform. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Act of Supremacy making the Protestant Anglican Church the established church in England was the direct consequence of A) Henry VIII’s desire to perpetuate the Tudor monarchy. B) “Bloody” Mary’s relentless persecution of English Protestants. C) the return of the “Marian exiles” to their English homeland. D) the publication of the Institutes of the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
