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 […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
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 […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
Date: September 9th, 2020
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. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
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
Date: September 9th, 2020
The issue of how to account for slaves for purposes of establishing a state’s representation in the House of Representatives A) was left unresolved by the delegates at the Constitutional Convention. B) was resolved by the three-fifths clause compromise at the Constitutional Convention. C) was an issue in which northern and southern delegates immediately agreed […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Arrange these events in the order in which they occurred. A) Townshend Duties passed B) convening of the First Continental Congress C) Boston Massacre D) Tea Act passed A) A, B, C, D B) C, A, D, B C) C, A, B, D D) A, C, D, B ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The passage and ratification of the Bill of Rights meant that the new strong national government would have to operate within explicit limits that would protect individual liberties. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
