StraighterLine U.S History Tests Compilation Bundle

the principal American who negotiated the peace terms with the British were correct answer: Ben Franklin, John Adams and John Jay Regarding the status of women the effect of the American Revolution correct answer: led some women to question their position in society during the American Revol...

The story of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln correct answer: involved a larger conspiracy to kill other members of the administration. The Supreme Court held in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) correct answer: the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. During Recon...

The seventeenth-century medical practice of deliberately bleeding a person was based on correct answer: the belief that a person needed to maintain a balance of different bodily fluids. Which statement about Spanish settlements in the New World is FALSE? a. Spanish gold and silver mines were ...

In which of the following ways is the U.S. free-market system distinct from European economies? correct answer: a. its lack of regulatory intervention b. its lack of intervention through taxation c. its lack of intervention through spending policies *d. the extent to which private transactions d...

The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began correct answer: with migrations across an ancient land bridge over the Bering Strait. Prior to European contact, the eastern third of what is today the United States correct answer: had the most abundant food resources of any...

Prior to European contact, the Eastern third of what is today the United States: A. Was politically controlled by the Cahokia Indians B. Contained no permanent settlements C. Had the most abundant food resources of any region of the continent D. Was populated by tribes that engaged in hunting ...

The first truly complex society in the Americas was that of the correct answer: olmecs Native American religions were closely linked to correct answer: the natural world The origins of the majority of human existence in North America began correct answer: with migrations across an ancient l...

Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by correct answer: common linguistic roots. The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Southwest correct answer: built large irrigation systems for farming. Scholars estimate that human migration into the Americ...

Which statement best describes the role of women in pre-Columbian North American tribes? correct answer: In all tribes, women cared for the children and prepared meals. Cahokia was a large trading center located near what present-day city? correct answer: St. Louis The first truly complex so...

As a result of the gold rush, by 1850,: a. Californian Indians saw their social conditions improve. b. California had a large surplus of labor. c. California's population had become even more diverse. d. California had a population larger than any state in the Union. e. California became vir...

Which of the following was the scene of a substantial British victory in the final phase (1778-1781) of the American Revolution? correct answer: Charleston The battle at Yorktown involved correct answer: a combined French and American army and navy. During the second phase (1776-1778) of the...

The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwest Select one: a. did not have permanent settlements. b. developed political systems as sophisticated as those of the Maya and Aztecs. c. fished salmon as their principal occupation. d. were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian soci...

Most "plain folk" of the Old South correct answer: were subsistence farmers William Lloyd Garrison believed the abolitionist movement should correct answer: stress the damage that slavery did to blacks rather than to whites. In the 1820s, under Nicholas Biddle, the Bank of the United State...

The Chinese who came to California during the gold rush correct answer: had aspirations similar to those of American participants. President James K. Polk correct answer: helped his candidacy for office by expressing a desire to re-annex Texas. In the California gold rush, correct answer: u...