Fundamentally, the success of President Nixon’s Vietnamization Policy depended on A) lengthening the war until the Vietcong tired of fighting. B) improving the combat capability of the South Vietnamese Army. C) escalating America’s air war over North Vietnam. D) driving the Vietcong from their sanctuaries in Cambodia. ANSWER B
The candidate for president of the American Party in the 1856 election was A) Franklin Pierce. B) Millard Fillmore. C) John Bell. D) Lewis Cass. ANSWER Answer: B
Georgia was founded as: a. an experiment in common ownership of property b. a place for English debtors to settle c. a barrier against French expansion d. a home for orphans ANSWER B
Which was the bloodiest single day of battle during the entire war? A) Shiloh B) Antietam C) Gettysburg D) The Wilderness ANSWER Answer: B
What attitudes about race did the American Expeditionary Force reflect? a. All men, regardless of color, can fight equally and deserve equal opportunities for advancement. b. Since black and white soldiers fought together in the Spanish-American War, they should do so in World War I. c. Blacks were considered inferior and should be segregated from […]
One reason that the Confederate government had such difficulty paying for the war was A) Southerners generally opposed taxes. B) the Confederate government hated the idea of paper money. C) cotton prices were very low. D) Southern bankers were in disfavor with the Confederate government. ANSWER Answer: C
Indentured servants were: a. people whose passage to America was paid in return for a work agreement b. black slaves who worked in the master’s house rather than the fields c. found only in New England colonies, where the need for skilled labor was greater d. German or Swiss refugee families ANSWER A
Compared to Southern paper money, Northern greenbacks rapidly lost their value due to massive inflation. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Who produced An American Dictionary of the English Language? A) Thomas Jefferson B) Philip Freneau C) James Madison D) Noah Webster ANSWER D
Which of the following was NOT a factor leading to the high death rate during the war? A) lack of modern medicine B) disease C) lack of proper sanitation D) All were factors. ANSWER Answer: D
