The greatest long-term impact of the G.I. Bill of Rights was to promote __________. A) education and job training B) making the military a career C) increasing economic inequality D) smaller family size ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Kennedy’s most lasting achievement may have been __________. A) strengthening the executive branch of government B) reestablishing respect for America abroad C) ending the Vietnam War D) bringing about civil rights for minorities ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
When Soviet missiles were detected in Cuba in 1962, Kennedy’s advisors’ first response was to call for __________. A) negotiations with Castro and an offer of U.S. aid if the missiles were removed B) bombing of the sites by American aircraft C) a Special Forces operation to assassinate Castro D) a declaration of war on […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why was African American music so appealing to young white audiences in the 1950s? Why did it cause so much anxiety in their parents? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: dissatisfaction with musical mainstream; excitement and perceived danger of African American music; social and cultural anxieties of parents and older Americans
Date: September 9th, 2020
The idea of organizing a March on Washington in 1963 was suggested by __________. A) James Meredith B) Medgar Evers C) Martin Luther King Jr. D) A. Philip Randolph ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
After Malcolm X made a pilgrimage to Mecca, he __________. A) turned toward overt political violence B) broke with the Nation of Islam and abandoned black separatism C) renounced his citizenship and moved to Ghana D) joined King in founding the SCLC ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Eastern Woodland tribes in North America believed A) God gave men the power of reason to understand nature. B) human affairs were guided by a single, omnipresent god. C) human life was superior to animal life. D) plant and animal life were spiritually alive. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Alexander Hamilton’s Bank of the United States would NOT A) issue paper notes to circulate as currency. B) be governed by a board of directors composed of the president’s cabinet. C) collect and deposit tax monies. D) make loans to private businessmen. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Spanish monarchs who sponsored Christopher Columbus were most excited by Columbus’s A) extraction of gold from the lands he discovered. B) discovery of an all-water route to the Indies. C) discovery of new continents. D) report of his friendly reception by Native Americans. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following intensified party divisions in the early republic EXCEPT A) the Gen t Affair. B) Pinckney’s Treaty. C) Jay’s Treaty. D) the Whiskey Rebellion. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
