US HISTORY MIDTERM FINAL STRAIGHTERLINE 2024 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Which of the following statements regarding Benedict Arnold is false? - CORRECT ANSWER Arnold spent the last years of the Revolution as a prisoner of war Which of the following statements regarding the American Revolution and Native Americans is false? - CORRECT ANSWER American Patriots had generally tried to persuade Indians to be neutral in the war Industrialization in colonial America was hampered by - CORRECT ANSWER English parliamentary regulations, a small domestic market, an inadequate labor supply, and an inadequate transportation network What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE? - CORRECT ANSWER the demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid for them The socalled "corrupt bargain" of 1824 involved - CORRECT ANSWER a political deal to determine the outcome of the presidential election For most Revolutionary American political thinkers, the concept of equality meant - CORRECT ANSWER there should be equality of opportunity The origins of human existence in the Americas began - CORRECT ANSWER With migrations from Eurasia over the Bering Strait Colonial protests against the townshed duties resulted in - CORRECT ANSWER Many colonists joining in non-importation agreements In the early nineteenth century, the explorer, Stephen Long - CORRECT ANSWER agreed with the findings and conclusions of Zebulon Pike Many colonists believed the legislation passed by the Grenville ministry in - CORRECT ANSWER meant the British were trying to take away their tradition of self-government What factor is believed to have dramatically reduced New World native populations after contact with Europeans? - CORRECT ANSWER disease Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 recommended the document be ratified by - CORRECT ANSWER special state ratifying conventions Prior to becoming president, James Monroe had - CORRECT ANSWER served as secretary of state In the eighteenth century, under the English government's theory of representation - CORRECT ANSWER the American colonies were represented in Parliament