During the war, the U.S. government issued paper money called A) greenbacks. B) contrabands. C) indents. D) dollars. ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Many bonded servants never worked off the indenture nor became successful. Still, the result of indentured servants’ successes was that: a. few Englishmen were willing to work so hard b. most colonial leaders disliked indentured servants c. slavery became un-economical d. others were inspired to emigrate as bonded servants ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Union general known for his “march to the sea” was A) Grant. B) Sherman. C) Sheridan. D) Hooker. ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
How does this statement from Monroe’s inaugural address demonstrate American hypocrisy: “Their citizens individually have been happy and the nation prosperous”? a. Few people were truly happy in the United States during the first few decades of the nineteenth century. b. The nation was prosperous only because it exploited immigrants and weaker North American neighbors. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Thaddeus Stevens and the Radical Republicans’ plan for reconstruction focused on the clause that guaranteed each state A) a republican form of government. B) full voting rights. C) equality of gender. D) resident full citizenship. ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “middle passage” was: a. the forced journey of slaves to the coast from the interior of Africa b. the movement of gangs of slaves from Atlantic ports to slave auctions in the South c. black Africans’ route out of slavery via indentured servitude d. the journey across the Atlantic of slaves in crowded, filthy, […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who said “Few people who were not right in the midst of the scenes can form any exact idea of the intense desire which the people of my race showed for education. It was a whole race trying to go to school.” A) Frederick Douglass B) Sojourner Truth C) Booker T. Washington D) W.E.B. DuBois […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
“Chattel property” referred to: a. indentured servants, whose contracts could be sold at auction by owners b. Native Americans who were enslaved as a result of colonial wars c. African slaves, who could be bought, sold, and inherited under the same laws as animals or material possessions d. houses, horses, and plows owned by African […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Democratic platform for the 1872 presidential election focused on A) civil service reform and tariffs. B) Republican corruption and states’ rights. C) civil service reform and states’ rights. D) Republican corruption and civil service reform. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
How can American foreign policy be characterized in the years between 1901 and 1920? a. aggressive and nationalistic b. strongly influenced by isolationist tradition c. relatively inactive d. not very reflective of the nation’s new economic power e. geared toward cooperation and peace ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
