The influence of cotton and cotton exports on the growth of the overall national economy from 1800 to 1840 waned considerably during this period. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
By 1960, what percentage of black children in the Deep South were attending schools with whites? a. less than 1 percent b. 10 percent c. 25 percent d. 45 percent e. more than 50 percent ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Supreme Court decisions of Dartmouth v. Woodward (1819) and McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) A) expanded the role of the states in interfering with private contracts and undermined the operations of the Bank of the United States, respectively. B) asserted the supremacy of the Tenth Amendment’s mandate that states retained any power that was not […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who inspired the Montgomery bus boycott? a. Martin Luther King, Jr. b. Ella Baker c. Rosa Parks d. Thurgood Marshall e. Orval Faubus ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
What accounts for Andrew Jackson’s unanticipated popular electoral success in the election of 1824? Why did President Jackson’s biography and political attacks appeal to specific domestic constituencies? ANSWER Answer: An ideal answer will: 1. Discuss Andrew Jackson’s explicit popular appeal to citizens in the election of 1824 based on his previous role as a […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was a major effect of the labor shortage caused by the war? a. a dramatic rise in wages for all workers b. a great migration of southern African Americans to northern cities c. a worsening in government-labor relations d. a decrease in the number of working women e. the construction of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
President Andrew Jackson’s strong defense of Margaret Eaton, the wife of his secretary of defense, John Eaton, against the personal and slanderous attacks leveled by the Washington, DC political and social elites was an early source of personal friction between President Jackson and Senator John Calhoun of South Carolina. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of Virginia, outraged colonists there when he A) offered to free any slaves who would take up arms for the British. B) advised George III to end the slave trade to Virginia. C) rejected the “Olive Branch” petition submitted by the House of Burgesses. D) threatened to confiscate slaves and […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The leader of the Transcendental Club and the founder of Brook Farm was A) Lyman Beecher. B) Theodore Dwight Weld. C) George Ripley. D) Henry David Thoreau. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
How can Wilson’s reaction to the sinking of the Lusitania best be characterized? a. conciliatory diplomacy b. forceful diplomacy c. pessimistic diplomacy d. minimal military e. forceful military ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
