From the American Revolution to the Civil War, the proportion of wealth controlled by the richest 10 percent of Americans in the northern states A) was about the same as it is today. B) decreased. C) remained about the same. D) increased. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Great Awakening resulted in all the following EXCEPT A) a clearer definition of fundamental human rights and liberties. B) the founding of several new colleges. C) a decline of religious diversity. D) the rise of Protestant forms of worship among slaves. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Albany Plan of Union did NOT A) include a president general appointed by the Crown. B) include a grand council of representatives from each colony. C) secure endorsements from the colonial assemblies. D) provide for defense or tax policies. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Columbus originally was determined to prove that __________. a. a westward water route to China existed b. the world was not flat c. the continents of North and South America existed d. the lost continent of Atlantis was actually part of South America e. the world was smaller than scientists believed at the time […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
At the time of Columbus’s first voyage in 1492, __________. a. most educated Europeans believed the earth was flat b. no European nation had any interest in exploration c. most educated Europeans did not believe the earth was flat d. no one thought he would find anything e. the Catholic Church condemned this kind of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
American prosperity in the early 1800s was based on __________. a. an industrial economy b. manufacturing c. monetary supplies d. agriculture and commerce e. the slave system ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
President Hoover’s popular image was badly damaged in 1932 when he A) signed the Hawley-Smoot Tariff. B) ordered a federal “dole” for the unemployed. C) blamed the business community for the depression. D) ordered the eviction of the Bonus Army from Washington, D.C. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933 did NOT A) give the president increased powers over the Federal Reserve System. B) permit solvent banks to reopen under government supervision. C) allow the RFC to purchase the stock of troubled banks to keep them operating until they could be reorganized. D) guarantee payment of all individual […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Unlike John Foster Dulles, President Eisenhower A) was cautious in his use of Cold War rhetoric. B) was a committed internationalist. C) was willing to consider the use of nuclear weapons. D) believed the United States should shoulder the burdens of protector of the free world. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1933, Congress created the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to A) allow farmers to use their stored crops as collateral for loans. B) generate electricity for rural areas. C) underwrite farm mortgages. D) subsidize agricultural exports. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
