For many people, religious revivalism offered the first opportunity to __________. A) take advantage of a genuine economic opportunity B) participate actively in public debate and public action C) contribute to the community D) voice their opposition to British rule ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Commoners in Rome, including small farmers, artisans, and dependents of the landowners, were known as A) patricians. B) praetors. C) plebeians. D) helots. E) sacrosanctitas. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The signing of the Hard Labor and Fort Stanwix treaties symbolized the __________. A) new era of peaceful coexistence between the British and Ohio Valley Indians B) inability of Ohio Valley tribes to continue their resistance to British expansion westward C) British effort to halt white settlement in the Ohio River Valley D) success of […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Why did the Spanish make little headway in assimilating the Karankawa Indians? A) The Karankawa had access to guns and horses. B) The Karankawa resented Spanish interference with their traditional agricultural practices. C) The Karankawa religion was overtly hostile to Catholicism. D) The Karankawa integrated Spanish missions into their nomadic lifestyle. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
A member of a Committee of Observation and Safety in 1775 had responsibility for __________. A) informing British officials of colonial smuggling B) promoting British imports in the colonies C) enforcing economic sanctions against Great Britain D) reporting on the activities of radical colonial leaders ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of the following was true of the Submerged Land Act? A) It enriched the federal government. B) It compensated flood victims for their financial losses. C) It gave the states control of oil-rich offshore lands. D) It established environmental regulations for wetlands. ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these best explains why the colonial market for tea collapsed in the early 1770s? A) reduced tea production in India B) British bans on tea exports C) a deep recession D) the colonial response to the Townshend duties ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Roosevelt’s “court packing” proposal was __________. a. illegal b. an outrage to conservatives, but agreeable to liberals c. effectively blocked by judicial rulings d. a great strain on Roosevelt’s relations with Congress e. successful at limiting the power of the Supreme Court ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Loyalists who fled the United States during and after the American Revolution __________. A) sold their property to Congress at the war’s conclusion B) took their slaves with them to Canada C) encountered little hostility from American revolutionaries D) were generally reluctant and unhappy exiles ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
To attack Trenton and Princeton in December 1776 and January 1777, Washington had to make a winter crossing of the __________. A) Delaware River B) Chesapeake Bay C) Hudson River D) Potomac River ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
