The campaign to prohibit alcohol was part of a larger effort of
A) white Protestants to retake control of a national culture.
B) recent immigrants to maintain moral conformity.
C) army commanders to maintain control of the troops.
D) American women to combat growing alcoholism.
Answer: A
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During the seventeenth century, indentured servitude at first seemed the best solution to the labor shortage. What was NOT one of the underlying reasons for this?
a. The Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died in such large numbers. b. African slaves cost too much money. c. Many poor Englishmen were willing to mortgage their labor in exchange for passage to America. d. Slaves was impossible to obtain. e. Settler families procreated too slowly.
The relationship between the national government and the states is called:
a. the Constitution. b. Federalism. c. the New Jersey Plan. d. the Virginia Plan. e. the separation of powers.
Radical Republicans in Congress sought to:
A) break up southern plantations into small, self-sufficient farms. B) expel southern states as punishment for their rebellion. C) expand the role of the Freedmen's Bureau and pass the Civil Rights Act. D) execute the leaders of the Confederacy. E) start a discussion about northern guilt for the crime of slavery.
Which of the following was a trend that allowed religious ideas to circulate wider and faster?
A. the freedom to hand-print religious texts B. steam-powered travel C. the "disestablishment" of religious organizations D. the protection of freedom of worship