Question 1
According to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's statement there is a wide difference between taking a suitable part and bearing a due responsibility in world affairs and plunging the United States into every controversy and conflict on the face of
the globe, the most contentious part of Article X of the League of Nations covenant was that it __________. A) stated that member nations would protect other members
B) would override the authority of Congress to declare war
C) required member nations to engage in wars as advised by the Council
D) would involve the United States in all global military conflicts
Question 2
In what way did the Davis Bend, Mississippi, plantations owned by Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his brother Joseph become a model as an emancipation test case?
A) Former slaves were paid, but were otherwise limited in their autonomy.
B) Former slaves ran the plantations autonomously.
C) Former slaves leased the land to whites and lived off the profits.
D) Former slaves pursued their education while continuing to work the land.
Question 3
As a result of this 1961 bus firebombing outside of Anniston, Alabama, the Freedom Riders began to receive protection from __________.
A) Black Panther patrols
B) state troopers sent by the governor of Alabama
C) National Guard units sent by President Kennedy
D) federal marshals sent by Attorney General Robert Kennedy
Question 4
George Washington's sword that rests on the bundle of rods known as fasces symbolizes that __________.
A) farming is more important than warfare
B) a republic must always be prepared for war
C) military generals are the most powerful members of a virtuous republic
D) civilian leaders control a republic's military power
Question 5
How does this 1862 photograph of ex-slaves planting sweet potatoes on the Sea Islands off the South Carolina coast demonstrate one way in which they expressed their freedom?
A) They refused to plant cotton, which was associated with slavery.
B) They rejected the gang system of slave labor and chose to work individually instead.
C) They grew crops like sweet potatoes and corn on a commercial basis.
D) They restored traditional gender roles and relegated women to housework.
Extinction and immigration of bird species on the California Channel Islands between 1917 and 1968 (
The liver in this photograph was from a deceased patient with an advanced state of cirrhosis.
War in the East, 1861–1862
Many former slaves understood that illiteracy was an implement of bondage. The Freedmen’s Bureau bui