How did the fur trade influence the relationships between France and selected Indian tribes and between England and selected Indian tribes in North America? How did the fur trade influence the relationship among Indian tribes in North America connected to the fur trade? How did the introduction of Catholic (Jesuit) missionaries into parts of North […]
Compare and contrast the criticisms of the New Deal by conservatives and the political left. Which do you agree with, the conservatives, the left, or the New Dealers themselves? Why? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Conservatives charged President Roosevelt with usurping too much power into the hands of the president and the […]
What were the political, economic, and social reasons that slavery developed in the southern colonies as it did in the late 1600s and early 1700s? What factors and events permitted slavery to become institutionalized in the southern colonies? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss how the Chesapeake developed around tobacco farming that […]
Why did colonists oppose the Tea Act? A) It appeared to be a conspiracy to bankrupt the British East India Company. B) It substantially increased the cost of British tea. C) It appeared to be a trick to get colonists to accept Parliament’s authority to tax the colonies. D) It required them to purchase tea […]
All of the following were outcomes of the Seven Years’ War EXCEPT A) all 13 colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America came under British control. B) the transfer of former French colonies in Canada and the former Spanish colonies of East and West Florida to the British. C) France ceded the land east […]
By the late 1880s, a popular new cult among the Native American Plains tribes was __________. a. the Ghost Dance b. the Sun Dance c. human sacrifice d. Catholicism e. the Great White Father ANSWER A
The English commander General Jeffrey Amherst engaged in an early form of biological warfare to defeat Pontiac’s Rebellion from 1763-1766. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
What may well have provided John F. Kennedy’s margin of victory over Richard Nixon in the 1960 Presidential Election was Kennedy’s A) strong anticommunist position. B) greater experience in the conduct of foreign policy. C) performance in the campaign’s televised debates. D) view of the situation in Vietnam. ANSWER C
Which of the following prompted General George Washington to embrace black volunteers for the patriot cause in the winter of 1777-1778? A) White troops overwhelmingly supported the idea of black volunteers joining the army. B) Washington dropped his initial concern that arms given to black soldiers might eventually support a slave revolt throughout the colonies. […]
Joseph Galloway’s Plan of Union was modeled after the structure of government earlier proposed in the A) Albany Plan. B) Stamp Act Congress. C) Suffolk Resolves. D) Dominion of New England. ANSWER A
