Games and sports helped southern colonists demonstrate their A) competitiveness. B) individualism. C) material values. D) All of the above. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Describe the impact of England’s Glorious Revolution on the American colonies. Cite several specific responses in various colonies. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Consider: fall of the Dominion of New England; rebellions in Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland; end of the intrusive administration of colonial affairs until 1763 (salutary neglect); royalization of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Progressive educator John Dewey argued that education should be based on all the following EXCEPT A) personal fulfillment. B) “learning by doing.” C) experience. D) absolute truths. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the dominant theme of progressive “muckrakers”? A) violence B) corruption C) racism D) “conspicuous consumption” ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Most progressives believed that social progress was a product of A) unregulated competition. B) class conflict. C) organized cooperation. D) rugged individualism. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
According to the 1807 federal law that outlawed the importation of slaves, Africans captured from smugglers were to be __________. a. lined up and executed b. returned to Africa c. immediately emancipated d. turned over to state authorities to be disposed of according to local custom e. sold to the highest bidder by federal agents […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1956, the Soviet Red Army moved to end a student-worker revolt in Hungary because its leader threatened to A) provoke an anticommunist revolution in neighboring Poland. B) provoke a direct confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States. C) overthrow the Stalinist government there. D) withdraw Hungary from the Warsaw Pact. ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Soviet Union’s launching of the satellite “Sputnik” A) demonstrated the Soviets’ technological superiority over the United States. B) demonstrated the Soviets’ military superiority over the United States. C) caused Congress to increase appropriations for higher education in the United States. D) All of the above. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1763, the British Parliament made three pivotal policy decisions regarding the North American colonies. These included all the following EXCEPT A) imposing direct taxes on the colonies to raise revenue to reduce England’s national debt. B) using British naval vessels to halt colonial smuggling and enforce the collection of customs duties. C) halting the […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763? A) to promote the interests of private land companies in the colonies B) to encourage rapid development of the Trans-Appalachian West C) to punish the colonists for their lack of cooperation during the French and Indian War D) to help England avoid having to pay […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
