Some American reformers were against segregating Native Americans on reservations because they believed that __________. a. Native Americans should be sent to the North where they could live freely b. reservations took too much land away from white settlers c. Native Americans should be allowed to live their traditional lifestyles in the West d. Native […]
The influence of cotton and cotton exports on the growth of the overall national economy from 1800 to 1840 waned considerably during this period. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
By 1960, what percentage of black children in the Deep South were attending schools with whites? a. less than 1 percent b. 10 percent c. 25 percent d. 45 percent e. more than 50 percent ANSWER A
The Supreme Court decisions of Dartmouth v. Woodward (1819) and McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) A) expanded the role of the states in interfering with private contracts and undermined the operations of the Bank of the United States, respectively. B) asserted the supremacy of the Tenth Amendment’s mandate that states retained any power that was not […]
Who inspired the Montgomery bus boycott? a. Martin Luther King, Jr. b. Ella Baker c. Rosa Parks d. Thurgood Marshall e. Orval Faubus ANSWER C
What accounts for Andrew Jackson’s unanticipated popular electoral success in the election of 1824? Why did President Jackson’s biography and political attacks appeal to specific domestic constituencies? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss Andrew Jackson’s explicit popular appeal to citizens in the election of 1824 based on his previous role as a […]
Which of the following was a major effect of the labor shortage caused by the war? a. a dramatic rise in wages for all workers b. a great migration of southern African Americans to northern cities c. a worsening in government-labor relations d. a decrease in the number of working women e. the construction of […]
President Andrew Jackson’s strong defense of Margaret Eaton, the wife of his secretary of defense, John Eaton, against the personal and slanderous attacks leveled by the Washington, DC political and social elites was an early source of personal friction between President Jackson and Senator John Calhoun of South Carolina. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, outraged colonists there when he A) offered to free any slaves who would take up arms for the British. B) advised George III to end the slave trade to Virginia. C) rejected the “Olive Branch” petition submitted by the House of Burgesses. D) threatened to confiscate slaves and […]
The leader of the Transcendental Club and the founder of Brook Farm was A) Lyman Beecher. B) Theodore Dwight Weld. C) George Ripley. D) Henry David Thoreau. ANSWER Answer: C
