US History questions and answers in September 2021

What did the 1928 presidential election signal about the Democratic Party? which answer choice is it?     A. It was undergoing an emerging political realignment, with new Democratic strength in citi...
How did relationships change during the 1920s? which answer choice is it?     A. Casual dating became more common.     B. Arranged marriages became the norm in rural areas.     C. Marriage rates...
For what much-celebrated act was Charles Lindbergh internationally known? which answer choice is it?     A. He completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic.     B. He completed the first so...
Why did the Democratic Party fail to condemn the Ku Klux Klan at their 1924 convention? Which answer choice is it?     A. Significant party support for the Klan prevented a resolution condemning the...
Which of the following describes the Teapot Dome Scandal? which answer choice is it?     A. The Secretary of the Interior leased government oil reserves to private companies that bribed him.     B...
What was different about the Declaration of Independence that fifty-six would-be Americans signed in 1776? What would happen to those fifty-six if their rebellion fizzled out, as most British rebellio...
QUESTION 1 Many German senior leaders viewed mechanized forces as __________________. A.The backbone of its new army. B.An expensive diversion from rebuilding the army. C.A specialized tool. 10 points...
QUESTION 1 How were the Germans able to innovate with armor better than anyone else? A.By adhering to strict dogmatic thinking B.By tolerating a high degree of debate within the officer corps about wa...
QUESTION 1 Which of the following detailed specific regulations for the German defense consisting of the outpost zone, the battle zone, and the rearward zone? A.The Principles of Field Construction B....
There was three great reform causes in antebellum America: abolitionism, temperance, and women's suffrage (or, more broadly, women's rights). Which of these was the largest? Which one was, by 1850, th...
By which means did Hawai'i become a territory of the United States in 1898? which answer choice is it? A. Hawai'i was conquered by military force because the U.S. Navy needed it as a Pacific base. B. ...
What was the result of the election of 1896? which answer choice is it? A. It split Democratic Party support between that party and the Populist Party. B. Republican Party support shifted from the Nor...
Why did Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan focus on free silver in his 1896 presidential campaign? which answer choice is it? A. The Democratic Party at the time had been co-opte...
What set off the Panic of 1893? which answer choice is it? A. The collapse of a major railroad B. The public revelation of corruption between New York Mayor Tweed and Wall Street officials C. The over...
What was the purpose of the poll tax in many Southern states? which answer choice is it? A. To deny Blacks the ability to vote, as most could not afford a poll tax B. To generate funding for economica...
What did Black leader Booker T. Washington publicly advocate for to free his community from racism? which answer choice is it? A. Meeting violence with violence to compel the government to end institu...
In what way did the convict-lease system of the South resemble slavery? which answer choice is it? A. The unfree nature of the labor coerced from Black people in this system B. The granting of ownersh...
Which of the following was a component of Victorian morality? which answer choice is it? A. The cultivation of good manners, literature, and art was important to improve society. B. Travel from a youn...
How did the emergence of department stores in the last quarter of the nineteenth century change consumer behavior? which answer choice is it? A. Through opening multiple stores in the same city B. By ...
In what way did research universities differ from the best of the mid-nineteenth-century colleges? which answer choice is it? A. They favored middle- and lower-class entrants rather than the elite in ...
Why was the Salvation Army originally formed? which answer choice is it? A. To provide housing and food to homeless Civil War veterans B. To encourage European immigrants to adopt American ways in exc...
In what way did the appeal of ragtime music hurt the advancement of Blacks in America? which answer choice is it? A. It resulted in the spread among Black communities of a distinctive English accent. ...
Which aspects of genteel tradition did author Mark Twain criticized? which answer choice is it? A. A tradition in the arts of avoiding negative references to current and former politicians B. A tradit...
Why did the English illiteracy rate drop between 1880 and 1890? which answer choice is it? A. Expanded urban educational facilities B. Subsidies for literacy classes at factories C. A decline in immig...
Which of the following describes chain migration? Immigration with brief stays in multiple countries before settling in the United States The tendency of immigrants to return home after saving enough ...
Question 22 X Food deserts are a predictor of poor health and refer to: A The portion of the meal, often made up of sweets, often leading to obesity B Areas where a substantial portion of the populati...
Question 1 When the American Medical Association was formed in 1847, its initial purpose A Establish standards for training physicians B Provide the advantages of a labor union to physicians C Advocat...
Question 16 6.67 Which 2 of the following are the most important predictors of a child's future he th A Longer work hours and part-time or temporary work B Availability of community-based resources an...
Describe and analyze the steps the United States took to control the economy and public opinion during World War I? In what ways did these policies represent a continuation of Progressive-era policies...
What did the Fort Laramie Treaty stipulate? which answer choice? That nearly fifty-four thousand northern Plains Indians would move to reservations on the so-called Great Sioux Reserve in the Dakota T...
What was the importance of Wyoming to the women's suffrage movement? which answer choice is it? Congressional delegates from Wyoming proposed the nineteenth amendment. Wyoming was the only state where...
Which of the following best describes the demography of Western mining camps of the late nineteenth century? which answer choice? They were enclaves structured along ethnic lines. They were ethnic mel...
How did hydraulic mining damage the Western environment? which answer choice? It polluted the landscape and in some areas, made the land uninhabitable. It released deadly carcinogens into the air, whi...
How did William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show perpetuate the myth of the wild West? It used actual victims of Native American attacks to reinforce the notion that the White man was innocent in ...