Northern manufacturers have become attracted to relocating in the South because of all the following EXCEPT A) higher wages. B) lower taxes. C) weaker unions. D) cheaper land. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the Monroe Doctrine, the United States did all of the following EXCEPT A) promise that the United States would not interfere in the affairs of Western hemispheric nations. B) close the Western Hemisphere to any further European colonization. C) warn Europeans not to interfere in the internal affairs of Western hemispheric nations. D) pledge […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The 1920s saw the rise in popularity of all of the following EXCEPT A) pulp fiction. B) crossword puzzles. C) basketball. D) confession magazines. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Most of those who were outspoken advocates of American expansion in the late nineteenth century were A) second or third generation German-Americans. B) Democrats. C) Anglophiles. D) All of the above. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Proponents of the “large policy” advocated all the following EXCEPT A) controlling Cuba and the Caribbean. B) acquiring control of naval bases and coaling stations across the Pacific Ocean. C) acquiring a “sphere of influence” in China. D) building a canal through Central America. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Unlike other national labor unions in the late nineteenth century, the American Federation of Labor A) was well organized. B) was active in partisan politics. C) set broad goals to reform society. D) denounced industrial capitalism. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
After the War of 1812 American agriculture was becoming LESS A) self-sufficient. B) specialized. C) commercialized. D) mechanized. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most famous american composer of the mid-nineteenth century was A) Aaron Copland. B) Scott Joplin. C) Stephen Foster. D) Woody Guthrie. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compare and contrast the views of Social Darwinism, the Gospel of Wealth, and laissez-faire. What do they all have in common and in what ways are they different? Explain why each had a popular appeal in America in the late nineteenth century. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Social Darwinists tried to use […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In Ex Parte Merryman, the Supreme Court declared that President Lincoln acted unconstitutionally when, without the consent of Congress, he A) declared the South in a state of insurrection. B) suspended the writ of habeas corpus in order to jail secessionists in Maryland. C) called for 75,000 volunteers after the firing on Fort Sumter. D) […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
