By 1960, the most racially integrated institution in American society was __________. a. the public high school system b. the private university system c. corporate America d. the armed forces e. the Protestant churches ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the early 1800s, the commercial advertisements by mill owners in publications such as the Lowell Offering accomplished all of the following EXCEPT A) attracted new investors to the business. B) attracted new young single women from New England farms to work in the mill factories and live in the mill towns. C) exaggerated the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the Dawes Severalty Act try to “civilize” the Indians? a. by turning them into landowning ranchers and farmers b. by making public education compulsory on reservations c. by threatening to exterminate Indians if they refused to adopt white culture d. by sending Christian missionaries to convert Indians e. by arranging for their children […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What financial development during this era greatly expanded the amount of money in circulation but also made banking much riskier? A) the printing of paper currency, bank notes, that were backed by gold and silver deposits B) banks making loans to businessmen and investors and collecting interest on those loans C) the entrance into the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 1964 presidential election, Lyndon Johnson promised he would A) send American combat troops to Vietnam. B) not lose the war in Vietnam. C) seek a negotiated settlement of the Vietnam War. D) use conventional nuclear weapons to win the Vietnam War. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The economic and political developments that made slavery a highly contested political issue by 1820 included all of the following EXCEPT A) cotton’s vital role in making slaves much more valuable as either cotton workers or “products” to be sold in the lucrative slave trade. B) growing hostility to slavery including calls for its immediate […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who led the Montgomery bus boycott? a. Martin Luther King, Jr. b. Ella Baker c. Rosa Parks d. Thurgood Marshall e. Bayard Rustin ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) and Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions A) were ignored by President Jackson who declined to enforce the court decisions protecting Cherokee Indian lands under their treaty rights with the U.S. government. B) invalidated sovereign Cherokee treaty rights with the U.S government, which protected their native […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did the National Reclamation Act help settlement in the west? a. It restricted immigration from Asia and parts of Europe so that there would be more land for easterners moving west. b. It reclaimed hundreds of acres of land from Native Americans and made it available to white settlers. c. It restricted cattle to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The reform causes that sprang from the revivalism of the Second Great Awakening included all of the following EXCEPT A) the 1840s movement demanding women’s rights in the United States. B) abolition of slavery. C) humane reform of treatment of mentally ill people. D) labor reforms and unionism. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
