All of the following cities became major ports because of the development of the whaling industry from the 1830s-1850s EXCEPT A) Honolulu B) San Francisco C) New Bedford D) Charleston ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did American industrialization around 1800 differ from that of Europe? a. America had not yet had an industrial revolution, whereas Europe had experienced one. b. America had experienced an industrial revolution; Europe had not. c. American industrialization was concentrated in the fossil fuels industry, whereas European industrialization was concentrated in textiles. d. Americans used […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Ending prostitution was a major goal of the women’s rights movement. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was true of the Mesoamerican empires? A) They had no knowledge of each other. B) They all expanded through trade and peaceful alliances. C) They all worshipped the same gods in the same ways. D) They built upon each other’s culture and achievements. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Dred Scott decision delighted Southern Democrats, Northern Democrats, and moderate abolitionists. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Before 1624, when it became royal, the Virginia colony at Jamestown succeeded for all except which of these reasons: a. it established a successful export crop, tobacco b. the parent London Company followed wise policies, including land for settlers c. after 1618 it paid the passage for women from England to become the wives of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
John Brown was a(n) A) a free-state farmer from Kansas. B) an antislavery preacher from Missouri. C) an abolitionist from Kansas. D) an abolitionist from Massachusetts. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who was Cincinnatus? A) a Turkish sultan B) an Egyptian slave C) a Roman general D) a Greek philosopher ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Stephen Douglas was considered a traitor by most Southern Democrats because he refused to support the admission of Kansas as a free state. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Women often came to colonial America to: a. achieve political equality b. escape arranged marriages c. find new opportunities and husbands d. flee their families ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
