Which one of the following was NOT true of West African peoples before the arrival of European slave traders? A) They had established regional trading networks. B) They lacked well developed political systems and legal codes. C) They honored family life. D) They practiced human slavery. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
During John Marshall’s tenure as Chief Justice, the Supreme Court rendered decisions that A) strengthened the powers of the federal government. B) promoted economic competition and development. C) greatly expanded the Supreme Court’s authority. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Liberty Party platform in the 1840 presidential election called for all of the following EXCEPT A) an end to the interstate slave trade. B) the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act. C) the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. D) refusing to add new slave states to the Union. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Arrange the following events in the correct order in which they occurred. A) Puritans establish Massachusetts Bay Colony B) Maryland adopts the Act of Religious Toleration C) House of Burgesses established in Virginia D) Puritans adopt the Half-Way Covenant A) A, C, B, D B) C, A, B, D C) C, A, D, B D) […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Gibbons v. Ogden case in 1824 A) broadened federal control over interstate commerce. B) established the principle of sanctity of contract. C) declared that the national bank was unconstitutional. D) established the principle of judicial review. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the early nineteenth century, the women’s rights movement succeeded in all of the following EXCEPT A) gaining married women legal control over their income and property. B) liberalizing both divorce and child custody laws. C) gaining women the right to sue and be sued. D) gaining women the right to vote. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
From a worker’s perspective, industrial work patterns often seemed all of the following EXCEPT A) dangerous. B) impersonal. C) monotonous. D) undisciplined. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the most important technology contributing to the development of mass culture in the 1920s? A) radio B) birth control devices C) telephone D) paperback books ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
James Fenimore Cooper’s novels criticized all of the following EXCEPT the A) materialism of American life. B) popular belief in historical myths. C) destruction of the natural environment. D) violence against Native Americans. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
As the Civil War began, the South had an initial superiority of A) industrial capacity. B) military leadership. C) railroad mileage. D) capital resources. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
