What was the central agency for mobilizing and managing the United States’ economy in World War I? A) National Defense Advisory Committee B) Office of Management and Budget C) War Industries Board D) Office of Price Administration ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1964, the most effective barriers to African-American voting were state A) white primaries. B) “grandfather” clauses. C) literacy tests. D) poll taxes. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Black Muslims’ advocacy of black separatism drew most of its support from A) white liberals. B) southern African-American sharecroppers. C) poor urban African Americans. D) middle-class African Americans. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Maryland’s Act of Religious Toleration A) guaranteed all males the right to vote as long as they were Christians. B) granted full religious toleration to all faiths. C) ended the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in the colony. D) allowed freedom of worship only to Catholics. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compare and contrast the political principles of the Jacksonian Democrats and the Jeffersonian Republicans. In what ways were their beliefs similar and different? Explain the reasons for the differences. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Similarities: states’ rights; strict constructionist; territorial expansionist; pro-Indian removal; equal opportunity; faith in the “common man.” Differences: Jacksonians […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act were primarily upset because it A) guaranteed that slavery would expand into the Kansas-Nebraska Territory. B) was incompatible with the Compromise of 1850. C) endorsed the Wilmot Proviso. D) repealed the Missouri Compromise. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Western and southern farmers were adversely affected by government ________ policies. A) tax B) currency C) tariff D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following were associated with the proslavery position in Kansas EXCEPT A) the Lecompton constitution. B) the “Pottawatomi killers.” C) the perpetrators of the “sack of Lawrence.” D) President Pierce. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Participants in the youth protest movement in the 1960s A) were success-oriented. B) were skeptical of bureaucratic authority. C) felt economically insecure. D) All of the above. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled all of the following EXCEPT that A) the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment did not apply to slave property. B) Congress had no right to exclude slavery from the federal territories. C) Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States. D) Dred […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
