Which of the following changes resulted in significant improvement in health and quality of life?
a. housing projects
b. sewage systems
c. laws restricting urban agriculture
d. codes controlling pollution
What is sewage systems
100
What advantage did the Confederacy possess at the outset of the Civil War?
What is better military leaders.
100
What was an effect of the development of the factory system on the need for skilled workers?
What is reduction or drop in need for skilled workers.
100
How did the delegates prevent power from becoming too concentrated in one branch of government?
-What is checks and balances.
100
Why did America beat the British who were much stronger?
What is British were overconfident and French were helping America.
200
What are wealthy industrialists such as Andrew Carnegie, John Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan sometimes referred to as when called bad people?
What is robber barons.
200
How did Lincoln's 10% plan and the Wade-Davis plan differ?
What is on readmission into the union.
200
Why was there a rise in feminism during the Antebellum period?
-What is active involvement of women in a variety of reform movements.
200
How did the development of the U.S. constitution represent a response to the political problems Americans faced prior to independence?
National government was stronger. Individual rights secured.
200
In what way was the War of 1812 advantageous to Americans?
What is boosted American morale.
300
What invention enabled long-distance transportation of fruits, meats, and vegetables?
What is refrigerated railroad cars.
300
What two aspects of the Enrollment Act incited violent protests by some residents of NY City?
What is substitution and commutation.
300
What did Northerners think about John Brown and what did Southerners think about John Brown?
What is northerners thought it was a martyr southerners thought he was a criminal.
300
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott v Sandford decision?
What is the federal government had no authority to ban slavery in a territory.
300
Why are the battles of Lexington and Concord known as "the shot heard around the world"?
What is those battles led to the creation of America and inspired other revolutions.
400
What invention had the greatest impact on literacy and use of public libraries?
What is light bulb.
400
What was Lincoln's a house divided speech about?
What is secession.
400
How did an influx of Irish immigrants contribute to a decline in the Lowell factory system?
What is replaced women in factories.
400
What issue did delegates to the constitutional convention mostly agree on?
What is a need to revise the Articles of Confederation.
400
Why was the Boston Massacre called a Massacre when only 7 people died?
What is to sensationalize or blow it out of proportion.
500
How did city bosses and political machines keep control of city governments?
What is aid to citizens in exchange for votes.
500
How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect the course of the Civil War?
What is changed the North's reason for fighting to freeing slaves.
500
What issue dominated congressional deliberations over admission of Texas as a State?
What is expansion of slavery.
500
How did the Articles of Confederation fail to meet the economic interests of many merchants?
What is could not regulate trade.
500
What was the strategic consequence of the U.S. victory over Britain in the Battle of New Orleans?
What is ended British interference with the Mississippi River valley.