The National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act (NLRA) of 1935 quickly led to the creation of an umbrella organization for the new labor unions in mass production enterprises. This was the A) Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). B) National Labor Union (NLU). C) American Federation of Labor (AFL). D) Committee of Industrial Organization (CIO). […]
When colonists protested the Stamp Tax with the cry “no taxation without representation,” George Grenville argued that A) each member of Parliament, regardless of his residence, represented all colonists in the empire. B) colonists, through their agents in London, were represented in Parliament. C) the colonists were adequately represented in their own colonial assemblies. D) […]
Why were regional identities formed in the United States in the early nineteenth century? a. Transportation and communication were so limited that each region was isolated from news and information about other regions. b. Most regions had aggressive devotion to radical democracy, making the other regions uneasy. c. In order to control immigrant migration, the […]
In its immediate response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States A) invaded Iraq. B) placed economic sanctions on Saudi Arabia. C) attacked the Taliban government in Afghanistan. D) increased its nuclear arsenal. ANSWER C
Turn-of-the-century Americans sought some measure of escape from the grinding reality of urban life through A) amusement parks. B) narcotic drugs. C) motion pictures. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
All of the following were TRUE of the Anasazi people EXCEPT A) they began building communities in New Mexico and Arizona perhaps 700 years before the arrival of Columbus. B) they cultivated crops such as corn, beans, squash, and chilies to feed a settled, urbanized community. C) they developed Chaco Canyon, a large city in […]
Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush. What were his major accomplishments and shortcomings? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Strengths/Accomplishments: experienced in government; raised minimum wage; strengthened air pollution laws; child care legislation; prohibited job discrimination against the disabled, nutrition labeling on processed foods; expanded immigration […]
What was a distinguishing characteristic of the Inca Empire among other early American Indian empires of the Americas? A) The Inca Empire was the smallest American Indian empire of the Americas. B) The Inca Empire engaged in animal sacrifice. C) The Inca Empire was relatively new when the Europeans encountered it in the 1400s. D) […]
At the turn-of-the-century, college football was all of the following EXCEPT A) generally unpopular. B) financially corrupt. C) brutally violent. D) blatantly commercial. ANSWER A
What difficulty limited what is now modern Italy in engaging in external overseas exploration during the 1400s? A) Italy lacked competent sailors in its Italian city-states, principalities, and kingdoms. B) Italy was bitterly divided into many competing, independent free cities, principalities, and small kingdoms that were often at war with each other. C) The Italian […]
