During World War II all the following increased EXCEPT the A) divorce rate. B) average size of families. C) birth rate. D) marriage rate. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
John D. Rockefeller’s most successful way of cutting costs and increasing the profitability of the oil refining business was by A) joining pools. B) promoting competition. C) organizing trusts. D) refusing rebates. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The “grandfather clauses” added to state constitutions in the late nineteenth century were specifically designed to A) unite southern poor whites and blacks on the basis of common class interests. B) deny African Americans the right to vote. C) help defeat Populist Party candidates in the South. D) protect southern blacks from white violence. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Populist Party faced the dilemma of “fusion” when A) race proved to be more important than class in southern politics. B) the Democrats nominated a “free silver” presidential candidate, William Jennings Bryan, in 1896. C) Booker T. Washington delivered his “Atlanta Compromise” address. D) returning prosperity sapped the strength of the farmers’ protest movement. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The American Indian Movement was created in response to A) Native American poverty. B) issues of Native American sovereignty. C) police brutality against Native Americans. D) limited Native American voting rights. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Arrange the following World War II Allied invasions in the order in which they occurred. ( A) Italy (B) France (C) North Africa A) B, A, C B) C, B, A C) A, C, B D) C, A, B ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the most serious problem faced by American farmers in the West in the late nineteenth century? A) poor soils B) shortage of fuel C) scarcity of lumber D) lack of water ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Half-Way Covenant signaled the A) emergence of a colonial elite in the Chesapeake colonies. B) decline of religious fervor in New England. C) balancing out of the sex ratio in the Chesapeake colonies. D) rejection of commercial values in New England. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain why by 1859 the concept of popular sovereignty was no longer a feasible alternative solution to the problem of slavery in the territories. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Popular sovereignty had been tried in the Kansas Territory and had been found wanting as a peaceful way to solve the question of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Personally, President Truman A) did not think the atomic bomb was necessary since an invasion of Japan was already planned and the Japanese had already sent out peace feelers. B) was unaware of the plan to build an atomic bomb until after he was sworn in as president. C) did not believe the atomic bomb […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
