The Virginia Plan called for a __________. A) bicameral legislature with representation based on population in both legislative bodies B) unicameral legislature with representation based on population C) bicameral legislature with representation divided between population and equality of the states D) unicameral legislature with states represented equally ANSWER A
The U.S. Pacific strategy involved capturing a Japanese-held island, then quickly building airfields and bases for attacks on the next island closer to the Japanese mainland. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Chinggis Khan (Temujin) conquered all the following EXCEPT A) Turkestan. B) Afghanistan. C) Japan. D) Russia. E) the Chin capital of northern China. ANSWER C
In 1947, the Truman administration began providing economic assistance to Greece and Turkey because A) the Soviet Union was no longer able to provide support for both governments and this was an opportunity for the United States to turn former communist states into democratic governments. B) Turkey was in the midst of a civil war […]
Which provides the strongest evidence that eighteenth-century slavery was based on racist views? a. The status of a person as a slave depended entirely on the amount of money a person had, and blacks had little money. b. The status of a person as a slave depended on where the person was born, and being […]
Truman called the domestic agenda for his second term in office A) the Second New Deal. B) the Square Deal. C) the Fair Deal. D) a Good Deal. ANSWER Answer: C
All of the following illustrate contributions of the Mongols EXCEPT A) dramatic population decreases. B) provision of a postal service. C) the spread of a new written language that unified Asia during their reign. D) promotion of religious toleration. E) fostering of diplomatic activity. ANSWER C
The “Spirit of Geneva” A) led the Eisenhower administration to suspend atmospheric nuclear testing. B) led to American and Soviet cooperation on disease eradication around the world. C) was the name of a U-2 reconnaissance plane shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960. D) sparked the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency. […]
The Mongols established a new Chinese dynasty known as A) Chʹin. B) Chou. C) Han. D) Jurchen. E) Yuan. ANSWER E
The Supreme Court’s Boynton v. Virginia decision declared that A) segregation in interstate transportation was unconstitutional. B) bans on interracial marriages were unconstitutional. C) school integration was proceeding too slowly. D) African Americans cannot protest segregation on private property. ANSWER Answer: A
