The Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933 did NOT A) give the president increased powers over the Federal Reserve System. B) permit solvent banks to reopen under government supervision. C) allow the RFC to purchase the stock of troubled banks to keep them operating until they could be reorganized. D) guarantee payment of all individual […]
Unlike John Foster Dulles, President Eisenhower A) was cautious in his use of Cold War rhetoric. B) was a committed internationalist. C) was willing to consider the use of nuclear weapons. D) believed the United States should shoulder the burdens of protector of the free world. ANSWER A
In 1933, Congress created the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to A) allow farmers to use their stored crops as collateral for loans. B) generate electricity for rural areas. C) underwrite farm mortgages. D) subsidize agricultural exports. ANSWER B
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) proposed to solve the farm problem by A) raising farm production by subsidizing farm exports. B) raising prices by reducing agricultural production. C) increasing farm income by inflating the currency. D) All of the above. ANSWER B
In the 1763 Treaty of Paris that ended the French and Indian War, Britain acquired all the following EXCEPT A) French territory east of the Mississippi River. B) New Orleans. C) French Canada. D) Florida. ANSWER B
Which identifies the most important result of the domestication of maize (corn), beans, and squash by some Native American groups? a. People gained greater control over their environments. b. People stopped hunting mammals. c. People evolved into a single continental cultural unit. d. People were able to continue a wandering, hunting lifestyle. e. People moved […]
Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt held differing views on how best to achieve A) prohibition legislation. B) an end to poverty in America. C) antiprostitution legislation. D) women’s suffrage. ANSWER D
The first all-professional baseball team in the United States was the A) Brooklyn Dodgers. B) Cincinnati Red Stockings. C) New York Yankees. D) Boston Braves. ANSWER B
What was the Currency Act of 1764 designed to do? A) restore colonists’ trust in Parliament’s willingness to promote the economic welfare of the colonists B) help pay off England’s national debt C) end the postwar depression in the colonies D) stop colonial governments from making their paper money legal tender for the payment of […]
Why were Scandinavian outposts in the New World eventually abandoned? a. lack of leadership b. lack of available resources for survival c. attacks by the Spanish Armada d. competition with Portuguese fishing groups e. poor lines of communication ANSWER E
