Who was the British Secretary for American Affairs who reacted so strongly to Massachusetts’s Circular Letter? A) William Pitt, Earl of Chatham B) Lord Hillsborough C) Charles Townshend D) Lord Rockingham ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The English colony of Roanoke, while abandoned after a few years, provided a useful blueprint for the planning and development of future permanent settlements on the Chesapeake Bay. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine A) was never effectively implemented. B) justified United States intervention into Latin American affairs. C) began the United States’ “Good Neighbor Policy” with Latin America. D) explained America’s need for the Panama Canal. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following had a significant long-term effect on the social and economic evolution of the colony of New York? A) the efforts of Dutch colonial governor Peter Stuyvesant to enforce religious uniformity and ban Jews from the colony B) the Dutch recapturing the colony from the British in 1763 C) the great New […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who was the early twentieth-century president known for a highly moralistic approach to diplomacy? A) William Howard Taft B) Woodrow Wilson C) Theodore Roosevelt D) William McKinley ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following contributed to the increasing tensions in the mid-late 1670s that led to Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676? A) social and economic tensions between established landowners and the newly arrived colonists in Virginia B) the trading relationships between Indian tribes and English settlers in Virginia C) the egalitarian social and economic order in […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why were “amateur” sports so attractive to wealthy Americans in the late nineteenth century? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Amateur sports were especially attractive to upper class Americans because they were a way of segregating the wealthy leisure class from the professional athletes who were champions of the masses and engaged in […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following were characteristics of the French communities that dotted the Mississippi River EXCEPT A) they were small in geographic size and population. B) they included American Indians and French trappers. C) they were populated by families. D) they excluded Catholic missionaries. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
After the buffalo, the most important animal to the Plains Indians was the __________. a. dog b. elk c. deer d. horse e. jackrabbit ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did John Locke’s ideas justify the Glorious Revolution of 1689 in England? Why were John Locke’s ideas important in the development of colonial political history in North America between 1689 and 1754? Answer: ANSWER An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss how Locke believed that humans were born free and that human nature was […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
