How were the first elections for the U.S. Senate conducted in the country? A) U.S. Senators were elected by state legislatures. B) U.S. Senators were elected directly by eligible voters in the states. C) U.S. Senators were elected by members of the House of Representatives. D) U.S. Senators were elected by members of the Electoral […]
The 1902 federal law to use the proceeds from land sales to finance irrigation projects in the West was the __________. a. National Reclamation Act b. Timber Culture Act c. Timber and Stone Act d. Homestead Act e. Western Watering Act ANSWER A
Those politicians in government and in the newspapers who supported Jefferson and Madison’s initial opposition to Hamilton’s economic plan began to call themselves A) Republicans because they had developed strong doubts about the moneyed political and economic interests furthered by the Constitution. B) Democratic-Republicans because they were defending the true principles of the Constitution. C) […]
Who was the Bostonian who, because he informed on smugglers and defied the nonimportation agreements, became known as the greatest “monster of the times”? A) Thomas Hutchinson B) Ebenezer Richardson C) Peter Bole D) Benedict Arnold ANSWER B
Why did President Adams’s peace overtures to France in 1798 and 1799 initially fail? A) President Adams’s new diplomatic delegation to France undermined his peace goals and objectives by demanding French foreign minister Talleyrand pay American diplomats a bribe. B) Americans became outraged by the demand of the French for a bribe as a condition […]
In his approach to foreign affairs, Wilson could be described as what? a. a militarist b. a moralist c. an economist d. a global strategist e. a pacifist ANSWER B
President Jefferson was enthusiastic about the Louisiana Purchase for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) the purchase of the city of New Orleans helped solve the problem of securing more commerce and exports for his western constituents. B) it represented a significant political victory for Jefferson and reduced the political influence of the Federalists. […]
Frederick Jackson Turner was __________. a. founder of the National Grange b. the historian who first developed the frontier thesis c. the most notorious of the western badmen d. the discoverer of the Comstock Lode e. a famous wagon train boss ANSWER B
How would you evaluate the outcome of the War of 1812 for Indians living east of the Mississippi? A) an indecisive outcome with all of the eastern Indian tribes east of the Mississippi retaining the lands they held just before the war but not regaining any of the lands they lost in the Treaty of […]
When scholars in fourteenth-century Italy began to translate documents written by ancient Greeks and Romans, this discovery led to the “new humanism,” which was: a. an increased interest in history and literature b. a realization that all men were created equal c. the study of ancient customs and environments d. a revival of interest in […]
