During the Gilded Age, the Democratic party could usually count on the votes of all of the following EXCEPT A) southern whites. B) urban immigrants. C) New England. D) Catholics and Jews. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1915, President Wilson warned Germany that it would be held “strictly accountable” for A) loss of life incurred from submarine attacks. B) censoring the mail coming from Europe. C) mining the North Sea. D) the invasion of neutral Belgium. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In Gilded Age elections, the Democratic Party tended to rely on ________ to win and control votes. A) urban political machines B) strong state organizations C) independents D) reform factions ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following is NOT true of early seventeenth-century Virginia? A) Some blacks owned land and servants. B) The first-arriving persons of African heritage were sold as slaves. C) Blacks faced a deteriorating legal status. D) English law did not recognize human slavery. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the Minor case in 1874, the Supreme Court ruled against A) free silver. B) immigration restriction. C) the income tax. D) women’s suffrage. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Under the leadership of Sir Edwin Sandys, the Virginia Company attempted to encourage migration to Virginia by all of the following means EXCEPT A) providing settlers representation in a locally elected assembly. B) granting settlers private ownership of land to enhance their economic opportunity. C) initiating martial law to guarantee settlers social order and security. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the mid-1930s, the Nye Committee in Congress investigated A) the financial soundness of making loans to Germany so it could meet its reparations payments. B) the possibility of United States membership in the World Court. C) the causes of United States entry into World War I. D) the policy of United States intervention in […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What problem was addressed by the Pendleton Act? A) currency inflation B) low voter turnout C) the treasury surplus D) political corruption ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Both Carolina and Maryland were A) founded as religious refuges. B) proprietary colonies. C) founded after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. D) characterized by religious intolerance. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Some historians speak of the two decades between 1820 and 1840 as an age of “the rise of the common man.” Explain why this may be an appropriate description of the time. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: reduced voting requirements; decline of deferential politics and local elites; popular political campaigns; informal […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
