America’s poorest minority group in the 1960s was the ________ , while today’s fastest growing minority group in America is the ________ . A) African Americans; Mexican Americans B) Native Americans; Mexican Americans C) Mexican Americans; Asian Americans D) Asian Americans; African Americans ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the key terms of the Compromise of 1850 and trace the process by which it was enacted. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Terms: Fugitive Slave Law, California as a free state, Texas-New Mexico boundary settlement, slave trade banned in the District of Columbia, no restrictions against slavery in the cession territory. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The major resources of the West included all of the following EXCEPT A) cattle. B) grass. C) minerals. D) water. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who was the author of the “American System” for economic development? A) Henry Clay B) John C. Calhoun C) John Quincy Adams D) Daniel Webster ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain why the Fugitive Slave Law was so unpopular in the North and why Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was so popular there. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The Fugitive Slave Law compelled northerners to abandon their general indifference to the South’s “peculiar institution,” and directly involved them in some of the more sordid […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
If you had lived in the 1850s, would you have supported the Republicans who opposed the expansion of slavery, the Southern Democrats who wanted their slave property protected in the territories, or the Know Nothings who tried to ignore the slavery issue? Why? ANSWER The Republican Party contained abolitionists, white supremacists, and those who […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Pretend that you were a participant in the discussion between John Brown and Frederick Douglass on August 19, 1859. The discussion centered on whether violence could be legitimately used to free the nation’s slaves. What would be your view? What would be the thrust of your argument in support of your view? ANSWER The […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
African cultural traditions were most likely to be maintained by slaves A) in Northern colonies. B) who became craft workers in towns and cities. C) who converted to Christianity. D) on large plantations. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In seventeenth-century colonial communities, from 10 to 30 percent of all A) infants died before the age of five. B) women died in childbirth. C) women were barren. D) infants were stillborn. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Unlike in industrial work patterns, preindustrial workers were expected to be A) relaxed and informal. B) thrifty and sober. C) disciplined and punctual. D) regular and orderly. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
