Within the wartime Grand Alliance, both the British and the Free French governments pursued the objective of A) keeping their colonial empires intact. B) the division of postwar Germany into several weak partitions. C) abolishing spheres of influence as a legitimate basis for postwar international diplomacy. D) placing first priority on opening a second front […]
Most antebellum white physicians believed A) blacks were more susceptible than whites to diseases like malaria. B) blacks were physiologically different from whites. C) black home remedies were superior to white medicine. D) blacks responded better than whites to bloodletting. ANSWER B
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring concerned A) the women’s movement. B) the impact of chemical pesticides. C) the Vietnam War. D) the civil rights movement. ANSWER B
The experiences of the War of 1812 convinced many younger Republican members of Congress that the United States needed all of the following EXCEPT A) to abolish slavery. B) federally-funded transportation improvements. C) a protective tariff. D) a national bank. ANSWER A
Traditional Republicans who opposed the creation of a Second Bank of the United States argued that it would A) be unconstitutional. B) destabilize the monetary system. C) promote overspeculation. D) All of the above. ANSWER A
Which one of the following was NOT true of West African peoples before the arrival of European slave traders? A) They had established regional trading networks. B) They lacked well developed political systems and legal codes. C) They honored family life. D) They practiced human slavery. ANSWER B
During John Marshall’s tenure as Chief Justice, the Supreme Court rendered decisions that A) strengthened the powers of the federal government. B) promoted economic competition and development. C) greatly expanded the Supreme Court’s authority. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
The Liberty Party platform in the 1840 presidential election called for all of the following EXCEPT A) an end to the interstate slave trade. B) the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act. C) the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. D) refusing to add new slave states to the Union. ANSWER B
Arrange the following events in the correct order in which they occurred. A) Puritans establish Massachusetts Bay Colony B) Maryland adopts the Act of Religious Toleration C) House of Burgesses established in Virginia D) Puritans adopt the Half-Way Covenant A) A, C, B, D B) C, A, B, D C) C, A, D, B D) […]
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Gibbons v. Ogden case in 1824 A) broadened federal control over interstate commerce. B) established the principle of sanctity of contract. C) declared that the national bank was unconstitutional. D) established the principle of judicial review. ANSWER A
