What was "Black Thursday?"
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
On October 24, 1929, the New York stock market went into a dive, continuing for three years and saw the financial ruination of millions.
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In 1940 and 1941 President Roosevelt wished to prolong negotiations with the Japanese rather than go to war. Why?
A) The negotiations had been making substantial progress and most of the points of disagreement were being resolved. B) Roosevelt knew that he did not have a large enough navy to fight both Japan and Germany. C) The American people were virulently anti-Japanese and therefore the anti-interventionist sentiment regarding Asian affairs was very strong. D) The Japanese had ended their expansion and were looking forward to a century of coprosperity. E) All he was concerned about was war in Europe; the situation in the Pacific was unimportant to him.
Which of the following was NOT a factor leading up to the storming of the Bastille?
a. hope for positive change b. the bombardment of a working class neighborhood c. distress due to the soaring price of bread d. anxiety that the National Assembly would be dissolved e. fear of an aristocratic and royal plot against the Third Estate
What factors help to explain the rapid Spanish conquest of Central and South America? What advantages did the Spanish enjoy? What events were important?
What will be an ideal response?
What was George Washington's strongest asset in taking command of the Continental Army?
A) considerable military experience B) a past which would help ensure widespread support C) financial connections and personal wealth D) his popularity with the common soldier