House Resolution 108, the Indian “termination” policy, was intended to __________. A) return to a policy of assimilation B) guarantee long-term government support for individual Indians C) protect tribes from government exploitation D) end all federal government involvement in the “Indian problem” ANSWER Answer: A
When LBJ became president in 1963, civil rights activists __________. A) expected immediate and aggressive action to advance their cause B) viewed him warily, doubtful of his commitment to their cause C) were outraged that an overt segregationist had become president D) held a March on Washington to pressure him for action ANSWER Answer: […]
Alexander Hamilton believed that the future stability of the United States depended upon an alliance between ________ and ________ ; thus, in the jargon of the day, he was a ________. A) wealthy citizens, the federal government; nationalist B) ordinary people, state governments; democrat C) Protestants, Catholics; ecumenical D) the United States, France; Francophile […]
Where was the home of the Indians who most effectively utilized the horse in America? A) Great Basin B) Great Plains C) Pacific Northwest D) Southwest ANSWER B
Spain’s conquistadores were generally motivated by all the following EXCEPT A) achieving personal distinction and national greatness for Spain. B) stimulating the mass migration and settlement of Spanish colonists in the New World. C) acquiring great wealth for themselves and for Spain. D) converting New World peoples to Christianity. ANSWER B
Who blocked U.S. annexation of Texas in 1838 with a 22-day filibuster in Congress? A) Andrew Jackson B) John Tyler C) John C. Calhoun D) John Quincy Adams ANSWER D
What completed the freeing of four million black slaves in the United States? A) Emancipation Proclamation B) Military Reconstruction Act C) Thirteenth Amendment D) surrender of Lee’s army at Appomattox ANSWER C
The postwar rumor among former slaves that they were to receive “forty acres and a mule” from the government was based on provisions of A) the Thirteenth Amendment. B) the surrender terms at Appomattox. C) Special Field Order 15. D) the Emancipation Proclamation. ANSWER C
President Polk based the war message he delivered to Congress in 1846 on the claim that A) Mexico had refused to pay its debts. B) Mexican authorities were mistreating American settlers in Texas and California. C) Mexico and Great Britain were plotting to halt American expansion into the Southwest. D) Mexicans had invaded the United […]
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican War included A) Mexican payment of $15 million in damage claims to the United States. B) American assumption of $3.25 million of Mexican debts owed to citizens of the United States. C) annexation of Texas by the United States. D) the banning of slavery from all […]