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HIST 405N Week 2 Quiz: MCQs & Essay (Version 3) Page 1 Question 1.1. (TCO 4) The Spanish who settled in Florida and New Mexico were primarily (Points : 2) conquistadors. merchants. missi... onaries. plantation owners. Type: MC Question 2.2. (TCO 1) What made Rhode Island unique? (Points : 2) Religious dissenters founded the colony. Colonists bought the land from Native Americans. Suspected witches were tried and executed there. Colonists agreed to separate church and state. Type: MC Question 3.3. (TCO 4) Slave traders from the colonies (Points : 2) supported the kidnapping of Africans. directly seized Africans for enslavement. worked to remedy the poor conditions of the Middle Passage. profited from the poor conditions of the Middle Passage. Type: MC Question 4.4. (TCO 4) The French and Indian War was also called (Points : 2) King George’s War. Seven Years’ War. Pontiac’s Rebellion. the Pequot War. Type: MC Question 5.5. (TCO 2) At the First Continental Congress, delegates, such as Patrick Henry and John Adams, encouraged colonists to think of themselves as (Points : 2) Americans. Britons. Virginians. New Englanders. Type: MC Question 6.6. (TCO 2) In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson refers to the natural rights due to every citizen as (Points : 2) life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. independent liberty. Paine’s freedoms. radical power. Type: MC Question 7.7. (TCO 2) Which is an advantage the British had over the Patriots at the beginning of the war? (Points : 2) The British people believed more passionately in the war. The British army respected the people they were fighting. The British government was more established. The British king had a brilliant military mind. Type: MC Question 8.8. (TCO 1) Why was it difficult to make changes to the Articles of Confederation? (Points : 2) An amendment required approval by all 13 states. The Articles did not provide for amending the constitution. Two thirds of the delegates had to agree in order to amend the Articles. The states had to convene a special committee to revise the Articles. Type: MC Question 9.9. (TCO 1) The Three-Fifths Compromise benefited states. (Points : 2) large small northern southern Type: MC Question 10.10. (TCO 3) The Corrupt Bargain of 1824 secured the presidency for (Points : 2) Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams Henry Clay William Crawford Type: MC Question 11.11. (TCO 3) The creation of an integrated national economy became known as (Points : 2) mercantilism. price fixing. the rise of factories. market revolution. Type: MC Question 12.12. (TCO3) The bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. History was (Points : 2) Nat Henthoff’s Rebellion. The Slave Rebellion of 1831. Nat Turner’s Rebellion. The Market Revolution. Type: MC Question 13.13. (TCO 3) Who led the Texans in drawing Santa Anna into a trap at the Battle of Jacinto? (Points : 2) Stephen F. Austin Jim Bowie Sam Houston Davy Crockett Type: MC Question 14.14. (TCO 2) Congress tried to resolve the dispute between the North and the South about slavery in the territories by (Points : 2) repealing the Wilmot Proviso. adopting the Wilmot Proviso. adopting the Compromise of 1850. repealing the Compromise of 1850. Type: MC Question 15.15. (TCO 2) In 1856, Border Ruffians attacked (Points : 2) a New York abolitionist named John Brown. a group of southern farmers. Senator Charles Sumner. the antislavery town of Lawrence, Kansas. Type: MC Question 16.16. (TCO 8) Lee's smaller army defeated McClellan's larger force and kept Union troops out of Richmond because (Points : 2) Lee was lucky. McClellan surrendered. Lee found McClellan’s battle plans. McClellan was too cautious. Type: MC Question 17.17. (TCO 8) Which of the following characterizes Sherman's march across Georgia? (Points : 2) He took the shortest, narrowest route. He only destroyed Confederate military sights. He destroyed everything in his path. He tried to negotiate with southerners. Type: MC Question 18.18. (TCO 10) Many immigrants came to the U.S. to avoid (Points : 2) inexpensive land. political revolutions. religious freedom. plentiful employment. Type: MC Question 19.19. (TCO 10) How did the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire affect industrial reforms? (Points : 2) Managers began locking the exits of factories. Progressives began to focus on other areas for reforms. Congress passed laws that increased the work day to 12 hours. Cities and states began passing laws to make workplaces safer. Type: MC Question 20.20. (TCO 7) The invasion of Belgium turned American opinion against Germany because (Points : 2) many Americans were immigrants from Belgium. Americans depended on products imported from Belgium. Belgium was an important U.S. ally. Belgium was a neutral nation. Type: MC Question 21.21. (TCO 7) What was the name of the agreement that ended World War I? (Points : 2) the Fourteen Points the League of Nations the Treaty of Versailles the Paris Peace Conference Type: MC Question 22.22. (TCO 11) This trial became a symbol of the conflict within Protestantism between modernists and fundamentalists. (Points : 2) Scopes Monkey Trial Sacco and Vanzetti Trial Fatty Arbuckle Trial None of the above Type: MC Question 23.23. (TCO 11) Prohibition was enforced by the (Points : 2) Volstead Act. Kellogg-Briand Act. National Industrial Recovery Act. None of the above Type: MC Question 24.24. (TCO 11) Which economic factors led to the Great Depression? (Points : 2) Underproduction, disparity of wealth, low interest rates, and low stock speculation Underproduction, high consumption, low interest rates, and high stock speculation Overproduction, disparity of wealth, limited money supply, and high stock speculation Overproduction, high consumption, limited money supply, and low stock speculation Type: MC Question 25.25. (TCO 7) The three Allied leaders of World War II were (Points : 2) Stalin, Eisenhower, and Churchill. Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Stalin. Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. Page 2 Question 1. 1. (TCOs 1 and 2) Identify and analyze at least two major actions taken by the English Parliament during the 1760s that angered the colonists, and discuss specifically at least one act that dealt with what the colonists viewed as unfair taxation. Then discuss the significance to the colonists of the Tea Act and the Coercive Acts and why these particularly galled the colonists. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer. (Points : 50) Spellchecker A series of new laws saw the revolution of the American trade history on controlling trade and taxes. Tension erupted from the new laws created between colonists and imperial officials, who argued that the British Legislature would not handle American grievances because the laws were tedious. The British reluctance to comply with the American demands for change paved way for colonists to claim that they were part of a corrupt and oppressive territory where their traditional rights were violated. Additionally, the colonists were continuously oppressed by the British government where tough rules and taxes heavily deprived them the freedom of free trade that would benefit themselves and the economy. The violation of the tea act really angered the colonist and they almost withdrew their participation citing unfair treatment Question 2. 2. (TCO 2) Identify and analyze the Dred Scott decision. Be sure to discuss the political reaction to this decision. Then analyze the election of 1860 and how the controversy over slavery divided the party into northern and southern branches. Analyze the ascendency of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency. Be sure to use enough details to support your answer. (Points : 50) Spellchecker Dred Scott went to the United States Supreme Court to fight for his freedom through trial. The case was regarded as one of the most infamous in the U.S history because it involved slaves seeking equal treatment by government as other native citizens. Afterwards, the Supreme Court ruled that all people with American origin would never become U.S citizens and therefore they were not legible to sue or file a case in the federal court. In addition to that, the court ruled that the federal government could not forbid slavery in its territories, hence Scott remained a slave despite the court rulings. The ruling saw the emergence of the northern and southern branches based on the slavery grounds with Abraham Lincoln expressing interest in the Presidency to counter the rulings. Question 3. 3. (TCOs 6 and 7) Identify and explain at least two causes of World War I. Then analyze the events that drew the United States into World War I. Evaluate America’s contribution to the war effort and to what extent America’s entry contributed to the end of the war. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer. (Points : 50) Spellchecker The United States entry into World War I occurred in the year 1917, where President Woodrow Wilson declared the fight against Germany. Reasons for war was attributed to Germany’s abuse of its pledge to hang up unrestricted undersea conflict in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, in addition to attempting to lure Mexico into an alliance against the United States. The decision received a massive backing from the U.S legislature with senators supporting the presidents’ move. However, continuous discussions between the two countries stroke an agreement when Germany decided to redesign its submarine operations to reduce minimize conflicts. More so, the agreement saw the streamlining of marine activities for countries and the finally the U.S decided to bring the war to an end. Question 4. 4. (TCOs 7 and 9) Identify and analyze the main events of the Korean War and Cuban Missile Crisis. Then assess how these events affected the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer. (Points : 50) The major event took place in 1961, where coup d’état in South Korea ascended to power an anti-communist military junta. Another major event happened quite a distance from Korea’s borders, some miles in Caribbean islands. Combined, the combination of coup d’état and the Cuban Missile Crisis changed North Korea’s associations with Moscow and where the initiation of unjustifiable military build-up which resulted to nuclear weapons program, affecting the countries’ international trade and economic gains. In the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis, North Korean leadership explained to the Soviet Union government that it could not assume that the Soviet Union would still maintain the duties related to the defence of Korea from the assumption that a friendship treaty and mutual assistance had been agreed. [Show More]

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