The greatest inventor in America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was __________. a. Cyrus Field b. Thomas Edison c. Henry Bessemer d. J. P. Morgan e. George Westinghouse ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
There was controversy over the starting and ending destinations of the railroad. What four cities were considered for the ending of the railroad? A) Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego B) San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York C) Portland, San Diego, Chicago, Miami D) San Diego, Rochester, Portland, New York ANSWER Answer: […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Give your own assessment of America’s participation in the Vietnam War. Do you agree or disagree with the rationale for our intervention? Why? With the way the United States fought the war? Why? With the way we ended our involvement? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The rationale for commitment included concerns […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Thomas Edison’s invention that changed the world was the A) telephone. B) electric light. C) stock ticker tape machine. D) electric streetcars. ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
What approach to the growth of white settlement was favored by Dragging Canoe? A) violent resistance B) compromise and diplomacy C) assimilation and acceptance D) westward migration ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Long-time Republicans campaigned for Democrat Grover Cleveland because he A) was formerly a Republican. B) was a Civil War veteran. C) was known for his honesty, while the Republican candidate was known as corrupt. D) promised to eliminate business taxes. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following men were true political and philosophical allies in the 1820s? a. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay b. Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson c. Andrew Jackson and John Marshall d. Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun e. Nicholas Biddle and Andrew Jackson ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Explain how the immigrant experience of the Gilded Age both fulfilled and did not fulfill the idea of a “melting pot.” Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Describe the ways in which immigrants experienced cultural blending, via shared living and work conditions, and learned English and American culture. 2. Explain the forced Anglicization […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The weakest area of the American economy in the 1920s was __________. a. automobiles b. agriculture c. banking d. exports e. manufacturing ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Marcus Alonzo Hanna was William McKinley’s ________ during the election of 1896. A) adversary B) vice president C) political advisor D) subversive enemy ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
