In response to the recommendations of To Secure These Rights, Truman __________. A) sent a sweeping civil rights bill to Congress B) appointed the first black cabinet member C) endorsed the recommendations but took no legislative action D) ordered the Supreme Court to reconsider Plessy v. Ferguson ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Mayan society was ruled by A) a strong chief. B) a council of elders. C) elected officials. D) powerful nobles and priests. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Before the arrival of the Europeans, North American native peoples developed all the following EXCEPT A) hunting on horseback. B) living in villages. C) the planting and harvesting of food crops. D) intertribal trade networks. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Contact with white traders, trappers, and settlers caused A) the retreat of Native Americans into Spanish missions for protection. B) the formation of military alliances among most western Native-American tribes. C) Native Americans to resign themselves to the inevitable western surge of white settlement. D) a dramatic decline in the Native-American population. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was most responsible for the cultural disintegration of many Native-American tribes in North America? A) their attraction to evangelical Protestantism B) their infection by European-carried diseases C) their common intermarriage with Europeans D) their ready adoption of European cultural values ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Caroline incident involved a controversy over A) the United States-Canadian boundary from Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods. B) the use of United States ships to enforce the ban on the Atlantic slave trade. C) American’s harboring Canadian rebels. D) Maine’s boundary with Canada. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
One of the primary goals of early sixteenth-century European explorers in North America was to A) establish permanent settlements for religious dissenters. B) attack Spanish outposts on the North American continent. C) bring Native Americans back to Europe as slaves. D) find an all-water route to the Orient. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the immediate cause of the Mexican War? A) the annexation of Texas B) the Texas Revolution C) manifest destiny D) the California Bear Flag revolt ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Arrange the following in the correct order in which they occurred. A) “Report on Public Credit” B) Jay Treaty C) Alien and Sedition Acts D) Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions A) C, B, D, A B) A, C, D, B C) B, C, A, D D) A, B, C, D ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who was personally responsible for making the 1793 yellow fever epidemic a political issue? A) Benjamin Rush B) Thomas Jefferson C) Benjamin Franklin D) Alexander Hamilton ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
