What did the solution to the incident in Valparaiso, Chile in 1891 indicate about American foreign policy? A) It was becoming increasingly belligerent. B) It was not working. C) It insisted on seeking peaceful compromises. D) It depended on British support. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Before it was taken over by the English, New Netherlands had all of the following EXCEPT: A) a locally elected representative assembly. B) an ethnically diverse population. C) a weak and unstable government. D) an established church. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Debtors protesting against the Panic of 1819 blamed all of the following EXCEPT the A) the policies of the Second Bank of the United States. B) state “stay laws.” C) high protective tariffs. D) the high cost of government. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Missouri Crisis was generated by the need to decide the status of slavery A) east of the Mississippi River. B) north of the Ohio River. C) west of the Mississippi River. D) south of the Mason-Dixon line. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the impact of social reform movements on American law and criminal justice in the early nineteenth century. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: new view of crime as a social, not an individual problem; crime resulted from social environment, not personal sin; new prisons stressed rehabilitation, hard labor, solitary confinement; outlawing […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1822, Denmark Vesey plotted insurrection in and around A) Charleston, South Carolina. B) Southampton County, Virginia. C) Richmond, Virginia. D) Savannah, Georgia. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Of the many new technological innovations and inventions in the late nineteenth century, which three do you think had the most lasting effect on the American economy? Explain why you chose these three and indicate the role they played in twentieth-century life. ANSWER Consider: telephone; motion picture; phonograph; Bessemer process; incandescent bulb; assembly line […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Most American casualties in the Spanish-American War were caused by A) disease. B) battle wounds. C) “friendly fire.” D) malfunctioning weapons. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Congress’s efforts to curb the power of the “imperial president” included all the following EXCEPT the A) creation of the Congressional Budget Office. B) adoption of campaign finance reform. C) weakening of the seniority system. D) passage of the War Powers Act. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which one of the following does NOT describe the American economy in the few years before the 1929 Crash? A) Tariff rates were high. B) Farm prices were rising. C) Per capita income was rising. D) Production levels were high. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
