Why was English Protestantism able to spread so successfully in the 1500s? a. widely popular dissatisfaction with the clergy b. the fact that Martin Luther and John Calvin were both English c. the fervent Catholicism of the Tudor Kings d. the English hostility to the French Huguenots e. Mary I becoming queen of England […]
The shift from primarily land-based or near-shore sea trade to trade spanning the world’s oceans meant that A) trade and cultural exchanges across the intercontinental continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa ended. B) Genoa remained a primary European link to Asia. C) Spain and Portugal replaced Genoa and Venice as the primary European links to […]
The Beat Generation’s leading poet was ________ , while ________ was the Beat’s leading novelist. A) Kurt Vonnegut; Ken Kesey B) Betty Friedan; James Baldwin C) David Riesman; Benjamin Spock D) Allen Ginsberg; Jack Kerouac ANSWER D
Hernando de Soto’s expedition of the Mississippi River Valley was characterized by all the following EXCEPT A) the Spaniards trying to make the Native Americans into guides and slaves. B) Native Americans bringing gifts to the Spaniards. C) deadly conflict with Native Americans and destruction of Native American towns. D) finding gold, silver, and considerable […]
How did African Americans end up paying the heaviest price for the sectional reunion after Reconstruction? a. African Americans lost an enormous amount of wealth and property during Reconstruction and by the end were reduced to poverty. b. Congress made no efforts to address the rights of African Americans in their attempts to repair the […]
Who was the famous English pirate, or privateer, during the Elizabethan era whose expeditionary exploits also confirmed the contours of the Americas for the English? A) John Davis B) Walter Raleigh C) John Cabot D) Francis Drake ANSWER Answer: D
In 1865, the number of Native Americans living in the West was __________. a. 10,000 b. 250,000 c. 500,000 d. 750,000 e. 1,000,000 ANSWER B
Whose preaching and belief that he or she received direct revelations from God went beyond what the Puritans would tolerate and resulted in banishment from the Massachusetts Bay colony? A) Anne Hutchinson B) Richard Mather C) Increase Mather D) John Cotton ANSWER Answer: A
According to the text authors, “the celebration of ‘the people’ became the New Deal’s dominant cultural motif.” What evidence would support this assertion? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The most obvious illustration of “the people” as the dominant cultural motif of the depression is in the work of the WPA. Its Federal […]
The Pequot War A) found the Mohegans and the Naragansetts in alliance with the English settlers against the Pequots in New England. B) horrified the Narragansetts because of the mass annihilation practices of the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay. C) was precipitated by a Pequot Indian attack on a western Massachusetts Bay town. D) arose partly […]
