The Protestant Reformation in Europe A) created peace throughout the continent. B) allowed for religious toleration in England. C) had no significance for settlement in America. D) destroyed the unity of the Roman Catholic Church. ANSWER D
Anti-Masons were A) accused of being a privileged group who used political influence to attain power and profit. B) a political party that attacked special privilege. C) a series of presidents from Virginia who controlled the White House for the first quarter of the nineteenth century. D) a political party that later merged with the […]
Colonial Philadelphia was home to America’s A) first hospital. B) most famous physician. C) first medical school. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
The fate of the “lost colonists” of Roanoke most likely involved A) escape to Jamestown. B) migration to the Mississippi Valley. C) absorption by local Native Americans. D) a return voyage to England. ANSWER C
What was the only state readmitted to the Union under President Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction? A) Arkansas B) Virginia C) Louisiana D) Tennessee ANSWER D
Describe the key features of trans-Mississippi Native Americans and the impact that the movement of whites into the area had on them. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Features: 300,000 Indians in over 200 tribes; both nomadic and sedentary; diverse in cultures and social organization; Plains Indians horse culture; Pueblo Indians agriculture; Great […]
The text authors suggest that when they first started to migrate into Texas, “Spain welcomed the Americans.” Explain why Americans were allowed to settle in Texas and why later the Mexican government decided to change this policy. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Americans were allowed into Mexico to create a buffer against […]
Explain why President Polk “had little desire to go to war with Britain” over the Oregon question but was accused by some of having “deliberately provoked Mexico into war”. Why was Polk’s action in the latter case more aggressive than in the former? ANSWER Consider: Why not Oregon? Polk feared a two-front war with […]
Most Americans of the late nineteenth century A) supported full political rights for women. B) rejected the idea of an activist government. C) longed for racial integration. D) supported socialism. ANSWER B
During the Gilded Age, the Democratic party could usually count on the votes of all of the following EXCEPT A) southern whites. B) urban immigrants. C) New England. D) Catholics and Jews. ANSWER C