During the Civil War, what problem did people on the home front face in both the North and the South? A) inflation B) unemployment C) food shortages D) limited access to foreign imports ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
In the aftermath of emancipation, many African American women __________. A) continued working for white planters as domestic servants B) wanted to spend more time caring for their children C) rarely worked outside the home D) got jobs in northern factories ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Rutherford B. Hayes’s election to the presidency in 1876 meant the __________. A) continuation of federal military occupation of the South B) beginning of active federal involvement in regulating the economy C) nullification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the Civil Rights Act D) solidification of Republican rule of the South ANSWER Answer: […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
By 1870, the __________ household was the norm for a large majority of African Americans. A) two-parent B) one-parent C) dispersed-family D) multigenerational ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Cherokee responded to pressure from whites by __________. A) retreating as far into the deserts as possible B) learning English, becoming Christians, and adopting farming C) launching repeated raids on white settlements D) fleeing to Canada ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Homestead Act granted 160 acres of public domain to any settler who __________. A) was willing to pay $5 an acre B) would live on the land and improve it for five years C) had served in the military for two years D) was willing to share his produce with the government ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The leader of the Nez Perce tribe in 1877 was __________. A) Cochise B) Chief Joseph C) Geronimo D) Crazy Horse ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The most significant development shaping the American economy after the Civil War was the __________. A) growth of the arms industry B) growth of the meatpacking industry C) decline in the railroads D) emergence and consolidation of large-scale corporations ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
One result of the respect accorded the AFL was that in 1894 __________. A) the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was repealed B) Labor Day was made a national holiday C) the Labor and Republican parties merged D) Samuel Gompers was appointed as Secretary of Labor ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Thomas Alva Edison’s laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, was one of the first to be devoted to __________. A) improving worker efficiency B) industrial research C) solving environmental problems D) fighting diseases ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
