Early American History and Colonization
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What is the term for the belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic and cultural group?

  • Puritanism
  • Columbian Exchange
  • Ethnocentric (correct)
  • Deism

    • Which of the following colonies was established in Florida by Spain?

  • St. Augustine (correct)
  • East St. Louis
  • Massachusetts Bay
  • Cahokia

    • 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?

  • Puritanism
  • Great Awakening
  • Ethnocentric
  • Columbian Exchange (correct)

    • What is the term for 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

    Which of the following religious groups wanted to purify the Church of England and settled in Massachusetts Bay?

    <p>Puritans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event marked the turning point of the American Revolution?

    <p>The Battle of Saratoga</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation Line of 1763?

    <p>To protect Indian tribes from white settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main objective of the American Colonization Society?

    <p>To establish a new nation in Africa for freed slaves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the consequence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

    <p>The destruction of the Whig Party</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Three-Fifths Clause in the US Constitution?

    <p>It counted three-fifths of the slave population for representation purposes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the author of the influential novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'?

    <p>Harriet Beecher Stowe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of the Sons of Liberty?

    <p>To incite riots and protest British policies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event marked the last battle of the American War of Independence?

    <p>The Battle of Yorktown</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main feature of the Articles of Confederation?

    <p>A weak constitution that governed the US during the Revolutionary War</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary idea behind the concept of Manifest Destiny?

    <p>The belief that the US had a right to expand its territory through the continent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of John Brown's scheme at Harpers Ferry?

    <p>To capture the federal arsenal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Anaconda Plan?

    <p>It was a Union plan to blockade the Southern coast</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the result of the Haymarket Affair?

    <p>A national wave of xenophobia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of the Progressive movement?

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

    What was the significance of the 19th Amendment?

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

    What was the main consequence of the sinking of the Lusitania?

    <p>The United States began to consider entering World War I</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Zimmerman Telegram?

    <p>To convince Mexico to attack the United States</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main consequence of the Teapot Dome scandal?

    <p>The resignation of President Warren Harding</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main consequence of the passage of the 20th Amendment?

    <p>The date of presidential inaugurations was changed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points?

    <p>To prevent future wars</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>To provide economic relief and stimulate recovery during the Great Depression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941?

    <p>It led to the United States' entry into World War II</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine?

    <p>To provide economic aid to countries threatened by Soviet oppression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the result of the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954?

    <p>It led to the desegregation of schools in the Southern United States</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the term used by Winston Churchill to describe the division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West during the Cold War?

    <p>Iron Curtain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift?

    <p>To airlift supplies to the Western sector of Berlin</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    What was the outcome of the Kennedy-Nixon Debates in 1960?

    <p>The debates illustrated the visual power of television in American politics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of the Marshall Plan?

    <p>To reconstruct cities, industries, and infrastructure damaged during World War II</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962?

    <p>The crisis was resolved through a combination of diplomacy and military threat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of the Geneva Conference in 1954?

    <p>To divide Vietnam into North and South</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary objective of Operation Rolling Thunder?

    <p>To bomb Viet Cong-occupied land and decimate the landscape</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the leader of the Viet Minh during World War II and the First Indochina War?

    <p>Ho Chi Minh</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of Richard Nixon's Vietnamization strategy?

    <p>To withdrawal American troops and replace them with South Vietnamese forces</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964?

    <p>It authorized President Johnson to commit US troops to South Vietnam</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary objective of the Viet Cong?

    <p>To overthrow the South Vietnamese government</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the significance of the Tet Offensive in 1968?

    <p>It was a crucial turning point in the war</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of the March to Montgomery?

    <p>To advocate for civil rights and voting rights</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of the Nixon Doctrine?

    <p>To honor existing defense commitments and allow countries to fight their own wars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of the draft lottery system during the Vietnam War?

    <p>To randomly select men for conscription into the military</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of the SALT negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?

    <p>To limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which presidential candidate promised to withdraw American troops from Vietnam in 90 days?

    <p>George McGovern</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main purpose of CREEP, Richard Nixon's re-election committee?

    <p>To conduct a 'dirty tricks' campaign against the Democrats</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of the 1975 evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese from Vietnam?

    <p>The fall of Saigon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of the Equal Rights Amendment?

    <p>To outlaw discrimination based on sex</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main characteristic of the New Right movement of the 1980s?

    <p>Opposition to abortion and the Equal Rights Amendment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the outcome of Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon?

    <p>Nixon was pardoned of all crimes he may have committed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary goal of Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)?

    <p>To develop a system to destroy enemy missiles in outer space</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the Iran-Contra Affair?

    <p>A scandal involving the sale of arms to Iran to fund anti-communist groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the first woman to run for Vice President on a major party ticket?

    <p>Geraldine Ferraro</p> Signup and view all the answers

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