In retrospect, Professor Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis" contained the following misconception:
a. Grain would grow wherever there was adequate rainfall.
b. The growth of cities made the frontier nearly irrelevant to most Americans.
c. More homesteaders claimed lands after the 1890 census than before.
Answer: c. More homesteaders claimed lands after the 1890 census than before.
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Which of the following explains why interest in national politics fell off after 1815?
a. Partisan conflict in the United States abated as the nation had only one strong political party. b. There were very few issues dividing Americans. c. All Americans benefited equally from the era’s economic growth. d. Political leaders actively discouraged popular participation in politics.
If you were in San Francisco in 1966, what would you have found if you went to Haight Street?
A) The army recruiting office. B) The headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. C) Macrobiotic food, LSD, and psychedelic music. D) The headquarters of Young Americans for Freedom. E) Students for a Democratic Society's main branch.
The Communist Party of __________ initiated the formation of a Popular Front coalition with the Socialist Party and others in 1936.
a. The Soviet Union. b. The United States. c. Great Britain. d. France.
Celtic and Germanic peoples frequently attacked the Italian peninsula, attracted by its
a. rocky hills b. grain fields c. cattle d. cold wet forests e. warmer climate