The major objective of southern slave codes was to A) regulate the lives of slaves. B) provide rewards for the capture of runaway slaves. C) uphold the civil rights of slaves. D) protest slaves from physical punishment. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Novelist Stephen Crane wrote A) Sister Carrie.. B) Huckleberry Finn. C) The Jungle. D) Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the end of the nineteenth century, most American artists focused their efforts on portraying America’s A) wilderness landscape. B) wealthy upper class. C) rural life. D) urban environment. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Like the “ashcan” artists, modernists were also drawn to A) focus on America’s wild landscapes. B) the theme of urban conflict and power. C) more concern with technique than content. D) the impressionistic style. ANSWER B
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The famous Armory Show in New York in 1913 was the ________ in American history. A) most important art exhibition B) largest vaudevillian performance C) premier of the first full-length motion picture D) most famous musical comedy ANSWER A
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The central issue in the 1992 presidential election was A) nuclear proliferation. B) unrest in the Middle East. C) the environment. D) the nation’s economy. ANSWER D
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The Niagara Movement was devoted to A) eradicating prostitution. B) women’s suffrage. C) civil rights for African Americans. D) prohibition. ANSWER C
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Which characteristic did most eastern North American Indian cultures share? a. Eastern Native Americans were united and spoke a common language. b. Eastern Native American tribes were ruled by a central leader from the most powerful tribe. c. Eastern Native Americans waged wars with large numbers of causalities to settle territorial disputes. d. Eastern Native […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Social Security Act did NOT provide for A) a retirement income based on previous earnings. B) aid to dependent children. C) unemployment insurance. D) national health insurance. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
On the issue of civil rights, President Eisenhower A) moved aggressively to compel local and state authorities to begin school desegregation. B) refused to enforce the Brown v. Board of Education decision. C) saw the guarantee of racial equality in America as a great moral obligation. D) believed the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
