Author Question: How did King James II apply the Spanish model of empire to the colonial administration of most of ... (Read 28 times)

strangeaffliction · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Why did temperance organizations like the Anti-Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union appeal to rural residents of this country?

A) They were concerned about the influence of urban pleasures and beer-drinking immigrants.
B) There was a serious problem with the production and sale of moonshine liquor in rural areas.
C) Saloons contributed to the nation's troubles with labor by providing a place for unions to
meet.
D) Saloons served as headquarters where dishonest urban politicians paid immigrants for votes.

Question 2

Proponents of popular sovereignty believed that __________.

A) presidential elections should not be decided by the electoral college
B) decisions regarding the admission of new states should be made via popular referendum
C) suffrage should be extended to all adult citizens
D) residents of a territory should decide whether slavery should be permitted there

Question 3

What did President Truman threaten to do if railroad strikers did not get back to work?

A) use the army to run the railroads and draft the strikers into the military
B) jail the strikers as suspected members of the Communist Party
C) hire strikebreakers in their place to keep the railroads going
D) outlaw sympathy boycotts by other unions who wanted to support the strikers

Question 4

How did King James II apply the Spanish model of empire to the colonial administration of most of the English colonies located in the mid-Atlantic and New England?

A) He lowered taxes and issued a higher number of land deeds.
B) He made it easier for colonists to have access to their local courts.
C) He increased the number of members elected to colonial representative assemblies.
D) He created a larger administrative unit known as the Dominion of New England to govern
these colonies.