American History and Colonization
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What is the term for believing in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural group, and having a corresponding disdain for all other groups?

  • Ethnocentric (correct)
  • Great awakening
  • Columbian exchange
  • Deist
  • Which Native American settlement was located near present-day East St. Louis?

  • Cahokia (correct)
  • St. Augustine
  • Massachusetts Bay
  • Florida Colony
  • What is the term for the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages?

  • Columbian exchange (correct)
  • Deist revolution
  • Great awakening
  • Puritan movement
  • Who were the colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years?

    <p>Indentured servants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the religious movement that led to the establishment of new Protestant churches in the American colonies during the 18th century?

    <p>Great awakening</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of the European powers during the fur trade?

    <p>To increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Proclamation Line of 1763?

    <p>To establish a boundary for western white settlement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of the Sons of Liberty?

    <p>To protest the Stamp Act and achieve colonial independence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Battle of Yorktown?

    <p>It was the last battle of the War of Independence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Three-Fifths Clause in the Constitution?

    <p>To count three-fifths of the slave population in determining each state's representation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of the Louisiana Purchase?

    <p>To purchase land from France</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of the American Colonization Society?

    <p>To establish a colony in Africa for free blacks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of the Manifest Destiny?

    <p>To spread across the continent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

    <p>To establish the idea of popular sovereignty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event in Kansas-Nebraska Territory strained the relations between the North and South?

    <p>Bleeding Kansas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

    <p>It was a novel that promoted the idea of abolitionism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of the Anaconda Plan?

    <p>To blockade the southern coast</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Haymarket affair?

    <p>It set off a national wave of xenophobia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the leader of the American Federation of Labor?

    <p>Samuel Gompers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of the Progressivism movement?

    <p>To respond to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Lusitania?

    <p>It was an American boat that was sunk by German U-boats, making America consider entering WWI</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the Commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WWI?

    <p>John J. Pershing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Treaty of Versailles?

    <p>It formally ended WWI</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the 19th Amendment?

    <p>It gave women the right to vote</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event occurred on October 29, 1929?

    <p>The New York Stock Market Crashed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of President Roosevelt's New Deal program?

    <p>To provide economic relief and recovery to the United States</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the 'hundred days' in President Roosevelt's administration?

    <p>The duration of the special session of Congress that launched the New Deal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of Rosie the Riveter, a propaganda character created during World War II?

    <p>To increase the number of women working in factories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event led to the United States' entry into World War II?

    <p>The attack on Pearl Harbor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt during World War II?

    <p>The forced relocation of Japanese-Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who became the leader of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II and later became the President of the United States?

    <p>Dwight D. Eisenhower</p> Signup and view all the answers

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