In early 1917, President Wilson labeled a group of senators “a little band of willful men” because they opposed A) making American loans to the Allies. B) the arming of American merchant ships. C) breaking diplomatic relations with Germany. D) the Gore-McLemore resolutions. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The 1964 Civil Rights Act did NOT prohibit discrimination in A) public facilities. B) residential housing. C) voting. D) employment. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the changes made in the American political system between 1820 and 1840 that made it a more “democratic” system. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: reduced voting requirements (residency, property, religion); more elective offices (judges, presidential electors); nominating conventions replace caucuses; declining influence of political elite; popular campaigns.
Date: September 9th, 2020
It is the text authors’ view that “Jackson greatly expanded the power and prestige of the Presidency and federal government.” Describe several specific actions by Andrew Jackson that illustrate this point. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: the nullification crisis overrides state authority; the Bank veto asserts presidential power; Jackson’s view of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the 1890s, the Sherman Antitrust Act was most effectively used to A) break up labor strikes. B) reduce tariff rates. C) regulate railroad rates. D) break up the sugar trust. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Compare and contrast the political principles of the Jacksonian Democrats and the Jeffersonian Republicans. In what ways were their beliefs similar and different? Explain the reasons for the differences. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Similarities: states’ rights; strict constructionist; territorial expansionist; pro-Indian removal; equal opportunity; faith in the “common man.” Differences: Jacksonians […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act were primarily upset because it A) guaranteed that slavery would expand into the Kansas-Nebraska Territory. B) was incompatible with the Compromise of 1850. C) endorsed the Wilmot Proviso. D) repealed the Missouri Compromise. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Western and southern farmers were adversely affected by government ________ policies. A) tax B) currency C) tariff D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following were associated with the proslavery position in Kansas EXCEPT A) the Lecompton constitution. B) the “Pottawatomi killers.” C) the perpetrators of the “sack of Lawrence.” D) President Pierce. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Participants in the youth protest movement in the 1960s A) were success-oriented. B) were skeptical of bureaucratic authority. C) felt economically insecure. D) All of the above. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
