Describe events of September 11, 2001, and the American response to the terrorist attacks on American soil. Why has the United States become a target for terrorists? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: Osama bin-Laden’s hatred of the United States; al-Qaeda network; limited American response to previous terrorist attacks; airplanes crashed into […]
Compare and contrast the political, economic, and social conditions of Portugal, Italy, England, and France at the onset of the Age of Exploration. What permitted Spain to be able to gain an advantage in westward expansion by 1492? Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss the efforts of Prince Henry the Navigator to […]
The election campaign of 1832 became dominated by the issue of A) the political dispute between Congressional supporters of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States and President Jackson. B) Senator Henry Clay’s fitness to be president. C) the policy differences between vice presidential running mate Martin Van Buren and President Jackson. D) the […]
Why did China NOT take the lead in global exploration that began in the 15th century? What consequences did this decision by China have on the exploration by European nations of the Americas and Africa? Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss the political opposition of China’s influential highly educated, professional bureaucrats, the […]
The Tuskegee Study of syphilitic African Americans became controversial because it A) was conducted without the approval of the Public Health Service. B) was conducted in secrecy. C) violated professional standards of experimental medicine. D) All of the above. ANSWER C
How would one BEST describe the interactions of Alvar Nàºñez Cabeza de Vaca with the Indians of southern Texas, the northern states of Mexico, and the Pacific coast? A) violent and deadly B) wary and dismissive C) peaceful and healing D) incomprehensible and confusing ANSWER Answer: C
How was the U.S. Embargo Act of 1807 ineffective? a. It gained public support only in the Northeast. b. It only resulted in England respecting American trade rights; France still did not. c. It caused severe economic depression in France but had little effect on England. d. It caused economic mayhem in the United States […]
By the 1580s, which of following had become the dominant role of the English who visited the Americas? A) building settlements B) warfare and piracy on the Atlantic C) converting American Indians to Protestantism D) exploiting North America and South America for gold and silver ANSWER Answer: B
Compare and contrast the major themes of the “genteel tradition,” local colorists, realists, and naturalists in late nineteenth-century American literature. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The genteel tradition treated the ideal, moral, and sentimental. Local colorists treated regional differences, rural America, humor, and innocence. Realists dealt with concrete ethical choices in realistic […]
What was the name of the group of religious settlers who founded the second permanent English colony in North America at Plymouth, Massachusetts? A) the Pilgrims B) the Dissenters C) the Anglicans D) the Strangers ANSWER Answer: A
