11-28-11
What commercial activities were
most significant to the economy of
colonial New England?
A. Trading, shipbuilding, and
fishing
B. Tobacco, rice, and indigo
farming
C. Manufacturing and finance
D. Lumber and mining
JUSTIFICATION: New England has easy
access to water (Atlantic), while the
south and Midwest specialized in B, C, D
11-29-11
Given that only seven people died in the Boston
Massacre, why was it labeled a “massacre”?
A. British commanders ordered troops to shoot
into a rioting crowd in an effort to restore order.
B. The victims were innocent bystanders who
were caught in the barrage of gunfire.
C. The victims had done little to provoke the
confrontational and hostile British troops.
D. Boston radicals sensationalized the incident
to take advantage of heightened tensions.
JUSTIFICATION: Only a few Bostonians died and
the mob did everything possible to get the
British troops to fire. Boston exaggerates the
events to increase anti-British sentiment
11-30-11
What philosophy helps to explain the strong
Congressional support for the 1846
declaration of war against Mexico?
A. Manifest Destiny
B. Monroe Doctrine
C. Imperialism
D. Progressivism
JUSTIFICATION: Mexico, CA, NV, UT, etc were all
part of American expansion to the Pacific.
Americans believed that westward expansion was
their “destiny”
12-1-11
As president of the American Federation of
Labor, how did Samuel Gompers grow the
organization into the nation’s largest labor
union?
A. By allowing women and minorities to join the
union
B. By signing up low-wage, unskilled immigrant
laborers
C. By successfully lobbying Congress to pass
laws limiting the activities of rival unions
D. By concentrating on fundamental labor issues
rather than larger social issues
JUSTIFICATION: Gompers was successful in uniting
various labor unions and bringing attention to the
problems faced by the average worker
12-2-11
How did a May 4, 1886, protest meeting at Chicago’s
Haymarket Square eventually contribute to the demise of the
Knights of Labor?
A. The massive gathering of the union’s workers disrupted
public services to such an extent that the federal government
placed limits on the union’s activities.
B. Workers lost confidence in the union’s leadership after
they discovered the union
president had given details of their rally to the police.
C. The union’s membership quickly declined after
newspapers printed articles blaming workers for the violence
that occurred.
D. The union’s emphasis on recruiting immigrant laborers at
the event angered American-born workers who then joined
the American Federation of Labor.
JUSTIFICATION: The police and strikers engaged in acts of violence
were most people blamed the strikers as the ones who caused the
deaths.