What role did significant government involvement have in the emergence and sustainability of a market economy in the early 1800s? What might have been the consequences for the market economy if the scope of government involvement had been more limited or non-existent during this era? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. Offer a […]
To finance the war effort, on what did the U.S. government primarily rely? a. higher income tax rates b. printing paper money for war debts c. sales of “Liberty Bonds” d. new discoveries of gold in Alaska e. loans from foreign governments ANSWER C
The fierce Congressional debate over Missouri’s admission to the Union and the resulting Missouri Compromise revealed that the issue of slavery was destined to become a divisive sectional political issue for many years to come. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
The “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking up Arms” drafted by the Second Continental Congress reflected the views of ________ delegates. Its “Olive Branch” petition reflected the views of the ________ delegates. A) moderate; radical B) radical; moderate C) moderate; moderate D) radical; radical ANSWER C
The efforts of the president of the Second Bank of the United States, Nicholas Biddle, to save the national bank in spite of President Jackson’s vetoing of the bank rechartering bill in 1832 A) ultimately became successful when he rallied political support among bank proponents and patrons in Congress by making politically motivated loans and […]
Because of the unusually high number of deaths in proportion to the number of troops engaged, ________ was the “bloodiest engagement” of the Revolutionary War. A) Saratoga B) Bunker Hill C) Trenton D) Yorktown ANSWER B
What was the most exceptional characteristic of the Oneida Community among the new religious communities that had roots in the Second Great Awakening? A) A belief that repentance from sin was enough for a Christian to achieve salvation. B) A theological belief in and practice of “complex marriage,” involving the replacement of monogamy with men […]
Why did “instant cities” arise in the West in the late nineteenth century? a. City builders rushed to the West to take advantage of the cheap land. b. People rushed to the West for economic opportunities, and cities sprang up quickly. c. Easterners were anxious to replicate the cities they had left and built quickly. […]
The Massachusetts Board of Education’s full-time paid secretary Horace Mann spent his state government career advocating for all of the following EXCEPT A) tighter state standards for education in the public schools. B) more money for schools and teacher salaries from increased taxes. C) state systems of education and better-educated teachers. D) private college-sponsored teacher […]
Why did the number of Chinese immigrants fall drastically in the late nineteenth century? a. Chinese laborers were treated so poorly in the West that fewer immigrants wanted to come to the United States. b. China severely restricted immigration to the United States beginning in the 1880s. c. The Homestead Act did not apply to […]
