A factor in the U.S. government abandonment of the policy of one large reservation after 1851 was __________. a. to enable wagon trains needed to cross the Great Plains without hindrances b. a push by Southerners to allow slavery in the western territories c. that Indians had traditional rivalries and needed to be kept apart […]
As the explosive growth of slavery developed in the interior cotton-growing lands of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana the value of A) slaves to their white owners decreased even as the value of the new land on which they labored increased dramatically. B) slaves to their white owners increased even more than the value of […]
President Kennedy’s military policy placed much more stress on ________ than had President Eisenhower’s military policy, and was labeled ________ . A) nuclear weapons; “massive retaliation” B) negotiations; “peaceful coexistence” C) counterinsurgency; “flexible response” D) naval strength; “search and destroy” ANSWER C
Technological changes in the production of cotton in the late 1700s and early 1800s were one of the key features that launched the worldwide expansion of the production of cotton. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
The American contribution in World War I __________. a. was minor when compared to that of the other Allies b. although relatively small was vital to Allied success c. played a relatively minor role in ending the war d. was much greater than that of the other Allies e. came too late to be of […]
The fast-paced, bustling, and hustling tone that characterized commercial enterprises in urban America and factory towns did not influence rural America where a relaxed, slow-paced barter economy still predominated well into the 1840s. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Who were the Little Rock Nine? a. black war heroes from Little Rock, Arkansas b. black students at a recently desegregated high school in Little Rock, Arkansas c. a group of black political activists from Little Rock, Arkansas d. nine black men who were murdered by white supremacists in Little Rock, Arkansas e. nine white […]
Who were the core supporters of the new Whig Party that fully emerged in the 1830s? A) National Republicans who opposed the Adams-Clay American System and opposed Jacksonian Democrats in the 1828 election and the 1830s. B) National Republicans who supported the Adams-Clay American System and politically opposed Jacksonian Democrats in 1828 and the 1830s. […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. founded the __________ to obtain civil rights for African Americans. a. Black Panther Party for Self-Defense b. Fair Employment Practices Committee c. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People d. Southern Christian Leadership Conference e. Urban League ANSWER D
South Carolina became the center of the political advocacy for the right of states to declare any federal law null and void—nullification—for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) South Carolinians, particularly the white planter elite, believed that they were enduring a greater economic hardship than residents of mid-Atlantic states because the specific federal tariff […]
