President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan A) as a way of gaining diplomatic leverage against the Soviet Union. B) after rejecting advice to demonstrate the power of the bomb at a neutral site. C) because he was convinced it would save American lives. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the 1860 Democratic Party convention in Charleston, southern delegates demanded the A) reopening of the Atlantic slave trade. B) renomination of James Buchanan for president. C) guaranteed protection for slavery in the territories. D) party’s endorsement of popular sovereignty. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
As the Republican nominee in 1860, Abraham Lincoln supported all of the following EXCEPT A) banning slavery from the territories. B) lower tariff rates. C) a constitutional amendment protecting slavery in southern states. D) a homestead law. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The first state to secede from the Union was A) Georgia. B) South Carolina. C) Mississippi. D) Virginia. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What measures were undertaken by the directors of the Virginia Company to try to save their troubled Jamestown colony between 1607 and 1624? What was the chief obstacle they had to overcome? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Directors adopted the headright system, sent women for wives, and allowed an elected assembly. They […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the Adams-Onis Treaty the United States acquired __________, but, at least temporarily, renounced its claims to __________. A) Texas; Florida B) Oregon; Florida C) Florida; Oregon D) Florida; Texas ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the Secession Crisis, Abraham Lincoln overestimated the A) number of states that would join the Confederacy. B) northerners’ devotion to the Union. C) extent of pro-Union sentiment in the South. D) South’s commitment to slavery. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
During incidents of labor unrest in late nineteenth-century America, the public most feared that A) the federal government might try to intervene. B) labor strikes would turn violent. C) workers were being unfairly exploited. D) industries would have to close for lack of a labor force. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the late nineteenth century, when labor violence occurred, the federal government usually A) remained neutral and uninvolved. B) sided with labor. C) tried to arbitrate or mediate the differences. D) sided with employers. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What transformed the West from a virtual colony of the East into the fastest growing, most economically booming section of the country? A) federal funding of defense industries during World War II B) the election of Richard Nixon–the first president from California–in 1968 C) the emergence of the aerospace industry in the 1960s and 1970s […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
