What allowed West Africans to resist the initial and subsequent Portuguese attempts to conquer their nations in the 1400s? A) The strategic use of powerful small canoes frustrated Portuguese military efforts even before they landed on unknown shores. B) The massive and well-equipped West African armies overwhelmed the fewer, poorly equipped Portuguese soldiers on land. […]
The Public Health Service launched an anti-syphilis campaign A) that failed. B) during the Spanish-American War. C) that was opposed by progressive reformers. D) during World War I. ANSWER D
How would one BEST describe Columbus’s performance as an administrator of Hispaniola? A) incompetent and brief in duration but not as vicious as many of his successors B) highly competent, popular with Spaniards, and fairly long in duration C) highly competent, but unpopular with Spaniards, and fairly short in duration D) incompetent and long in […]
The Declaratory Act A) declared that the Sons of Liberty were traitors to the British empire. B) repealed the Stamp Act. C) prohibited the colonists from using paper currency. D) asserted Parliament’s absolute legislative authority over the colonies. ANSWER D
The Cabrillo Voyage, 1542-1543, sailed north from Mexico along the Pacific Coast and reached as far north as A) the Russian River in northern California. B) the Columbia River near the modern border of Oregon and Washington. C) the Strait of Georgia between modern day Vancouver Island and British Columbia, Columbia. D) Alaska. ANSWER […]
In 1956, the usual white stereotype of African-American athletes was that they were unusually A) competitive. B) ambitious. C) physically gifted. D) self-disciplined. ANSWER C
The FIRST effort by the English to establish a permanent settlement in North America was a short-lived, failed effort in 1587 to establish a new colony A) on the Chesapeake Bay. B) at Roanoke. C) at Jamestown. D) at Virginia Beach. ANSWER Answer: A
The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) and the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) formed the backbone of the First New Deal. Describe the key provisions of these important pieces of legislation. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER NIRA: Representatives of government, labor, and industry drafted codes of competition to lower production and establish price […]
All of the following helped propel the Puritans to successfully settle Massachusetts during the 1630s EXCEPT A) the hostility of King Charles I of England to the Puritan reformers seeking religious changes in the Church of England. B) the prosperous resources of many Puritans to contribute to successful business ventures. C) a legal charter, the […]
What was new about President Eisenhower’s “New Look” in American foreign policy in the 1950s? Compare and contrast it with President Truman’s containment policy. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The “New Look” reduced the military budget, placed greater reliance on nuclear weaponry and the air force, and adopted a “massive retaliation” military […]
