How did the Articles of Confederation deal with the balance of powers between states and the national government? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: balance of power; Congress; powers of the central government; revolutionary government
Date: September 9th, 2020
The debate in Washington’s administration over whether the United States should suspend the Franco-American alliance treaty of 1778 reflected a basic disagreement over __________. A) the American role in international affairs and the nation’s economic future B) which branch of the government should develop the nation’s foreign policy C) the power of the federal government […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
According to the 1787 Constitution, a member of which of these groups counted as three-fifths of a person when determining representation in the House of Representatives? A) women B) landless men C) Indians D) slaves ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What literary genre did John Filson help create with his biography of Daniel Boone? A) the western B) the sentimental novel C) the rags-to-riches story D) the detective story ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What Ohio River city became a growing center of the western economy? A) St. Louis B) Pittsburgh C) Cincinnati D) New Orleans ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The main reason the West did not form into a single regional voting bloc in the early nineteenth century was that __________. A) it was too diverse economically B) western states lacked efficient spokesmen C) too few people lived in the West for a regional identity to take hold D) migrants to the West brought […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Missouri Compromise revealed that __________. A) slavery was becoming a moral as well as a political issue B) Northerners had no interest in slavery as long as it was not in their states C) the balance between western and eastern states had become a political issue D) Henry Clay did not deserve his reputation […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most important export crops of the American colonial period were __________. A) sugar, rice, and tobacco B) indigo, sugar, and sorghum C) cotton, tobacco, and rice D) tobacco, rice, and indigo ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
One of the most common violations of the southern paternalistic code of behavior was __________. A) plantation mistress cruelty to house servants B) sexual abuse of female slaves by their masters C) economic fraud against slaves D) defiance of their husbands by plantation mistresses ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In an effort to control its African American population, Charleston city officials __________. A) reenslaved free blacks B) made blacks wear badges C) banned the migration of blacks from the countryside to the city D) required all blacks to join white churches ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
