The new student militancy caused discord within black communities because traditional community leaders __________. A) feared losing their patronage networks B) felt their tactics would backfire C) felt these student leaders were juvenile delinquents D) feared more violence ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
As late as the 1940s, roughly __________ percent of eligible black people voted in the South. A) 10 B) 20 C) 30 D) 40 ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
According to the 1790 census, most whites at that time A) lived in cities. B) lived west of the Appalachian Mountains. C) owned slaves. D) were of English ancestry. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
From the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries, Europe’s population A) increased rapidly. B) decreased rapidly. C) decreased slowly. D) remained constant. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The framers of the Constitution believed that political parties A) created balance in the political world. B) were representative of the wishes of the “better sort” of citizens. C) created political harmony. D) should not be part of an American system of government. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The idea that the United States was divinely ordained to spread its possessions and institutions across the North American continent was called A) laissez-faire. B) manifest destiny. C) self-determination. D) noblesse oblige. ANSWER B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Whose writings resulted in the “Black Legend” that described the inhumane atrocities the Spanish conquest brought to the Native Americans? A) the Italian merchant, Amerigo Vespucci B) the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama C) the Spanish priest, Bartolom de las Casas D) the Pueblan leader, Pop ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Mormons were subjects of persecution because they seemed to oppose all the following values EXCEPT A) private property. B) individualism. C) monogamous marriage. D) economic opportunity. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions asserted that the ________ had the right to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional, null and void. A) President B) Supreme Court C) states D) House of Representatives ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Richard Hakluyt argued that England’s colonization of the New World would do all of the following EXCEPT A) help England avoid war with Spain. B) supply England with valuable resources. C) solve the problem of large-scale unemployment in England. D) stimulate the shipbuilding industry. ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
