The Boston Associates played a leading role in the development of __________. A) the Erie Canal B) Lowell mills C) commercial steamboat construction D) manufacturing with interchangeable parts ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these was most responsible for the destruction of traditional social divisions and their replacement with new a new social order? A) the market revolution B) the American Revolution C) the Civil War D) the transportation revolution ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The agenda for reform in the 1820s and 1830s was set by the __________. A) new emerging middle class B) impoverished lower class C) wealthy elite D) politicians ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
With which reform movement is Horace Mann most closely associated? A) women’s rights B) public education C) temperance D) abolitionism ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which statement was true of most white antislavery reformers? A) They supported the American Colonization Society. B) They longed for a world in which race did not exist as a social category. C) They rejected the idea of social equality between whites and blacks. D) They rejected the idea of civil equality for blacks. […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
John O’Sullivan __________. A) was the first white to see the Grand Canyon B) was Frémont’s mapmaker C) coined the term “manifest destiny” D) opposed Jefferson’s Indian removal policies ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
During the Mexican-American War, northern Whigs began to characterize the war as a(n) __________. A) unwinnable conflict B) racist plot against a weaker nation C) southern conspiracy to expand slavery D) Mexican scheme to claim disputed gold fields on the Colorado ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
It seems clear that when President Polk sent troops to Texas in 1845, he __________. A) hoped to provoke a war with Mexico B) had no idea what was going to happen C) believed that he was preventing a war with Mexico D) thought it was an inconsequential decision ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
From 1800 to 1850, the land area of the United States __________. A) more than doubled B) more than tripled C) more than quadrupled D) remained unchanged ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened Indian Territory to American settlers __________. A) as slave territories B) under the Wilmot Proviso C) if they would agree to kill all Indians on sight D) under the principle of popular sovereignty ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
