How did President Roosevelt respond to Japan’s expansionist policies in East Asia in mid-1941? A) He imposed economic sanctions on United States-Japanese trade. B) He invoked the Stimson Doctrine. C) He sent the United States Fleet to Pearl Harbor. D) He formed a tripartite alliance against Japan with the Soviet Union and China. ANSWER […]
The Dred Scott decision ruled that the ________ was unconstitutional. A) Lecompton Constitution B) Kansas-Nebraska Act C) Compromise of 1850 D) Missouri Compromise ANSWER D
Who was the Attorney General who led the attack on postwar radicalism in 1919-1920? A) Herbert Hoover B) Bernard Baruch C) George Creel D) A. Mitchell Palmer ANSWER D
President Wilson’s Fourteen Points peace plan in 1918 did NOT call for A) arms reductions. B) national self-determination. C) free trade. D) spheres of influence. ANSWER D
Which one of the following values did the early Massachusetts Bay Puritans hold most dear? A) religious toleration B) community harmony C) individual rights D) separation of church and state ANSWER B
Two new colonies founded by those who left Massachusetts Bay included ________, which became a haven for religious freedom, and ________, where, as in Massachusetts Bay, the Puritan Congregational Church was established. A) Rhode Island; Maine B) New Hampshire; New Haven C) Connecticut; New Hampshire D) Rhode Island; Connecticut ANSWER D
The Election of 1920 A) was a “solemn referendum” on the League of Nations. B) was the closest since 1876. C) showed America’s exhaustion with reform and internationalism. D) saw the Democrats lose the South for the first time since Reconstruction. ANSWER C
What did Francis Cabot Lowell invest in when his importing business was ruined by the Embargo Act and War of 1812? A) western land B) cotton planting C) transportation innovations D) textile manufacturing ANSWER D
The Puritan doctrine of coverture A) established matriarchal values in New England. B) called for women’s voting rights in Massachusetts Bay. C) allowed for full civil equality for women. D) made women subordinate to their husbands. ANSWER D
The American Colonization Society responded to the belief that A) blacks and whites could not live together in a racially integrated America. B) African Americans were better off as slaves than as free blacks in America. C) emancipation of slaves could best be handled by the state governments. D) most African Americans, if freed, preferred […]
