The colony of Pennsylvania was established as a religious sanctuary for __________. a. Puritans b. Catholics c. Baptists d. Quakers e. Presbyterians ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following developments in the late 1790s led to the rapid expansion of cotton production in the United States in the early 1800s EXCEPT A) the growing preference of Europeans for cotton clothing to the wool and linen clothing they had previously worn. B) an unanticipated wool and linen production shortage in England […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 involved __________. a. the criteria that no more slave states could be created south of the northern boundary of Missouri b. Missouri being admitted as a slave state on condition that slavery be phased out over a period of time c. Maine splitting off from Massachusetts and being admitted as […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The reasons for the deteriorating working conditions and declining wages experienced by factory girls in the mills of New England towns during the 1830s and 1840s included all of the following EXCEPT A) an agricultural depression in New England foreclosed the possibility of these young women quitting their factory jobs and returning home, leaving these […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
McCulloch v. Maryland involved questions regarding __________. a. the national bank b. internal improvements c. the role of the U.S. Congress d. the chartering of private corporations e. timber rights ANSWER A
Date: September 9th, 2020
The development of steamboats transformed trade on the Mississippi River for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) steamboats could travel up the river against the current; in contrast, large riverboats could not travel upstream and they had to be sold for lumber when they reached their downstream destination. B) steamboats were much faster boats […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Committee on Public Information __________. a. had little influence on public perceptions b. exerted a positive influence on the public c. called for understanding from the American people d. launched a vitriolic campaign against Germany e. was always careful to avoid emotional appeals ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The debates in Congress in 1819 about whether Missouri would be admitted as a free state or a slave state A) were punctuated by heated political rhetoric including threats of disunion that was harsher than Congress had heard in a long time. B) did not reflect growing sectional divisions in the country between the commercial […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
Working for the Dutch East India Company, Henry Hudson led voyages in the early 1600s which accomplished all the following except: a. increased Europe’s geographical knowledge of the coast of North America b. resulted in a twenty-year-long war between Holland and England c. encouraged exploration of Cape Cod, Delaware Bay, and part of interior New […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Trail of Tears A) involved the deadly forced march of 12,000 Cherokee Indians from their homelands in Georgia thousands of miles west to new territory in Oklahoma, resulting in the deaths of perhaps 4,000 Cherokee men, women, and children. B) did not involve the support of U.S. Army personnel, only state militias, because many […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
