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the widespread exchange of plants, animals, food and diseases
Columbian Exchange
The Stamp Act Congress of 1765 was historically significant in that it...
represented a first step in colonial unity against Britain
The Compromise of 1850 resulted in all the following except:
(a) an admission of California as a free state
(b) a policy of letting newly admitted states decide the status on slavery
(c) the establishment of a stricter law for the recovery of escaped enslaved people in free states or territories
(d) a direct repeal of the Missouri compromise
(d) a direct repeal of the Missouri compromise
muckrakers helped the progressive movement by...
alerting the public of the social ills and corporate corruption targeted by progressives
civil rights amendments
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US. The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.
What inspired European nations to begin new world exploration
the desire for wealth and resources, to create new christian converts, and a dominant role in geopolitics. (God, glory, gold)
Thomas Jefferson relied on the ideas of John Locke in writing the American Declaration of Independence in all of the following ways EXCEPT Locke's belief that
(a) man is born free and equal
(b) man must submit to the General Will to protect his natural rights
(c) governments get their authority from the people, not God
(d) the purpose of government is to protect man's natural rights
(b) man must submit to the General Will to protect his natural rights
The principle of popular sovereignty stated that
(a) whenever a new area was settled, all United States citizens were required to vote on the slave status of that area
(b) slavery would not be permitted in any area after 1848
(c) the president after meeting with public interest groups, was to decide on whether enslaved people would be allowed in a given territory
(d) settlers in the western territories, not Congress, would decide whether to allow slavery in their territories
(d) settlers in the western territories, not Congress, would decide whether to allow slavery in their territories
Zimmermann Telegram and its effects
Germany offered Mexico a chance to regain the land it had lost in the Mexican Cession if Mexico attacked the United States and helped prevent the United States from assisting the Allies. It was intercepted by a British spy who then informed the US, allowing them to stop the Mexicans and causing the US to join WWI
What sparked WWII and why did the U.S. get involved
WWII began in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, ended the debate over American intervention
The philosophy of mercantilism holds that economic power resides primarily in…
(A) surplus manpower and control over raw materials
(B) control of hard currency and a positive trade balance
(C) the ability to extend and receive credit at favorable interest rates
(D) domination of the slave trade and control of the shipping lanes
(B) control of hard currency and a positive trade balance
Who delivered the Farewell Address, why is it significant
In his famous farewell address, George Washington warned future presidents to "steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." Washington's Farewell Address was published in newspapers around the United States in the fall of 1796. It warned Americans against sectional divisions, as well as political party conflict. The most prominent portion of the address focuses on international relations, or "foreign entanglements." Washington promoted the notion of having friendly relationships with all nations, but to avoid any permanent alliances.
vertical integration vs. horizontal integration
Horizontal Integration refers to the industrial practice of assigning workers a single, repetitive task in order to maximize productivity (the use of assembly lines) VS. Vertical Integration refers to the control of all aspects of an industry, from production of raw materials to the delivery of finished goods
The stock market crash of 1929 was the result of which of the following? select all that apply
1. Irresponsible lending by banks and corporations
2. Over speculation of the value of stock market
3. Failure of banks to guarantee the security of deposits
all of the above
Harlem Renaissance was a time of
cultural explosion of African American music, art and literature in the early 20th century, roughly from the 1910's through the mid-1930's.
what was the city upon a hill and how did it receive that name
Led by Governor John Winthrop, Massachusetts Bay developed along Puritan ideals. Winthrop delivered a now-famous sermon, "A Model of Christian Charity," urging the colonists to be a city upon a hill-a model for others to look up to.
Which of the following statements was NOT consistent with the foreign policy of the Monroe Doctrine?
(a) The U.S. had authority to intervene in the affairs of other nations in the Western hemisphere.
(b) The U.S. would not interfere in the affairs of
European powers.
(c) European nations were not permitted to trade with nations of the Western hemisphere without U.S. consent.
(d) European nations should stay out of the affairs of the Western hemisphere.
(c) European nations were not permitted to trade with nations of the Western hemisphere without U.S. consent.
Pendleton Act
The passage of the Pendleton act was a direct result of the assassination of James A. Garfield. The Pendleton Act established a merit-based system of selecting government officials and supervising their work.
Loyalty oaths, blacklists, and Alger Hiss are all associated with the
(a) civil rights movement
(b) New Deal
(c) Red Scare
(d) Great Society
(c) Red scare
Monkey Trial
the Scopes trial was brought by the state of Tennessee against high school teacher John T. Scopes for violating the state's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools. It represented a dramatic clash between traditional and modern values in America of the 1920s.
All of the following are examples of conflicts between colonists and Native American tribes EXCEPT
(a) Bacon's Rebellion
(b) the Pequot War
(c) the Stono Uprising
(d) King Philip's War
(c) The Stono Uprising
Reasoning:
The Stono Uprising was an early slave rebellion (1739) in which enslaved Africans rose against their oppressors. The Stono Uprising is sometimes referred to as the Cato Rebellion.
Although the Supreme Court was the weakest of the three branches of government in the early days of the new republic, John Marshall strengthened the Court by
(a) establishing the principle of federalism, giving federal courts the power to declare laws unconstitutional
(b) declaring the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, which asserted the right of states to nullify federal laws, unconstitutional
(c) establishing the principle of judicial review in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland
(d) establishing the principle of judicial review in the case of Marbury v. Madison
(d) establishing the principle of judicial review in the case of Marbury v. Madison
In the late 19th century, political machines such as Tammany Hall were successful primarily because...
Machine politicians provided needed jobs and services to naturalized citizens in return for their votes
What was the final result of the Vietnam War
The U.S. withdrew and Vietnam became a single nation united under communist rule
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott then sued Sanford in a state court, arguing that he was legally free because he and his family had lived in a territory where slavery was banned. In this ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts.