What is the best description of the United States of America under the Articles of Confederation?
A. an integrated republic with a decentralized structure of national government
B. thirteen independent state republics loosely joined together under a virtually powerless representative body
C. a political system functioning like a corporate conglomerate with thirteen wholly-owned subsidiary companies
D. thirteen independent nations affiliated in a defensive alliance, like today's NATO
B. thirteen independent state republics loosely joined together under a virtually powerless representative body
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Which of the following brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of war?
a) Cuban missile crisis b) Bay of Pigs invasion c) Gulf of Tonkin incident d) Tet Offensive
Which of the following is true of "black laws" passed by many Midwestern states in the 1850s?
a. These laws prohibited gambling of any kind and imposed strict penalties against bookmakers. b. These laws prohibited African Americans from living within the border of such states. c. These laws prevented the return of runaway slaves to their southern owners. d. These laws provided financial incentives to free black laborers willing to become permanent residents.
Over time, the English increasingly associated racial inferiority with
a. whether a person was enslaved or not. b. Amerindians. c. any trace of African lineage. d. Irish immigrant heritage. e. former status as an indentured worker.
What were the concerns of the United States regarding expansion?
A) The concerns of America were over the creation of monopolies as industry expanded. B) They wanted no limitations of trade and tariff policies. C) America was limited in its capacity to produce certain industrial goods. They feared this would limit their free market economy. D) America was concerned it would lose its overseas foothold if other countries were expanding faster than their industrial capacity could yield. E) The United States wanted to engage in a Marxist labor movement to limit the plight of workers.