Which one of the following was NOT true of the CIA plan to overthrow Cuba’s government in 1961? A) It included an attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro. B) It ultimately strengthened Castro’s position in Cuba. C) It was one of the best kept secrets of the Cold War. D) It entailed the United States training […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
All of the following were three of the four senior positions within the executive branch which constituted the first presidential cabinet EXCEPT A) secretary of state. B) secretary of war. C) secretary of the treasury. D) secretary of labor. ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
When Leif Ericsson sailed west from Greenland in the year 1000, he named the country he “discovered”: a. the West Indies b. Newfoundland c. Vinland the Good d. Norseland the Good ANSWER C
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Citizen Genàªt Affair did lasting harm to official Franco-American relations, inspiring hostility towards France among President Washington, Vice President Adams, and other Federalist officials. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
Before America’s involvement there, in its long history, Vietnam had been invaded and occupied by all of the following EXCEPT the A) Chinese. B) Japanese. C) French. D) Germans. ANSWER D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The revival meetings of the Second Great Awakening were strictly segregated affairs that did not reach free blacks in any significant numbers. Answer: ANSWER FALSE
Date: September 9th, 2020
To its founding leaders, __________ would be a “City on a Hill.” a. Rhode Island b. Connecticut c. Maryland d. Pennsylvania e. Massachusetts ANSWER E
Date: September 9th, 2020
The War of 1812 did NOT result in a quick American victory, costing little in the way of American lives or treasure for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) the British army was strong and had been cultivating American allies. B) the U.S. Army was weak because Congress had not appropriated sufficient monies to […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The countries involved in the 1954 Geneva Conference agreed that A) North and South Vietnam should be reunified by popular elections. B) the United States should provide military aid to South Vietnam. C) North and South Vietnam should be two permanently independent nations. D) North and South Vietnam should become United Nations protectorates. ANSWER […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
After the War of 1812, the most obvious pieces of North America Territory that several European powers and the United States claimed were the territories known as West Florida and East Florida (controlled by Spain) and the Oregon Territory. Answer: ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 9th, 2020
