What was one major accomplishment of the Louisiana Purchase?

It opened the western lands to American settlement.

Which statement BEST explains the data in the table?

Growth led to increased conflicts with Native Americans.

Which describes a business practice of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard OilCompany in the 1800s?

Smaller companies purchased/combined to create a monopoly.

Why were the American colonies so valuable to the British Empire?

Colonies produced raw materials & shipped to England.

Which of these was a goal of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823?

to restrict European interference in the Western Hemisphere

How did the Watergate scandal of the 1970s impact the United States?

Public trust, honesty in the U.S. fed. government declined.

All of the developments in the list directly contributed to

rising public opposition in U.S. to the Vietnam War

Which statement BEST describes a cause of King Philip's War in 1675?

Puritan colonists demand N. Americans conform to English

Using chart, what inferences can be made regarding the economic policies of the two parties?

J.Democrats believed in restricting role of the fed. gov't.

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1
What was one major accomplishment of the Louisiana Purchase?
It increased governmental expenditures for improvements.
Reduced the nation’s dependency on industrial development.
It opened the western lands to American settlement.
It gave the United States access to the Pacific Ocean.
2
Which statement BEST explains the data in the table?
Growth led to increased conflicts with Native Americans.
Nat. Am. laborers died from disease & unsafe conditions.
Business purchased land from Nat. Am. peoples for expansion.
Nat. Am. migrated eastward and assimilated in U.S. society.
3
Which describes a business practice of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard OilCompany in the 1800s?
Native Am. people were to make room for industrial growth.
Only native-born citizens were hired to work as laborers.
Cooperation with unions protected work conditions
Smaller companies purchased/combined to create a monopoly.
4
Supreme Court decision, Miranda v. Arizona had GREATEST effect on applicationof which amendment
4th Amendment
1st Amendment
5th Amendment
10th Amendment
5
In the 1900s, fear of Americans drinking liquor caused problems in society resulted passage of
the Women’s Suffrage Amendment
the Alien and Sedition Acts
the Prohibition Amendment
the Immigration and Nationality Act
6
Why were the American colonies so valuable to the British Empire?
Colonies provided manufactured goodsnot produced inEngland.
Colonies produced raw materials & shipped to England.
Colonies...source of new sailors & ships for Britain’s navy.
Colonies had industrial factories that the British lacked.
7
Which of these was a goal of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823?
to prevent southern states from seceding from the Union
to relocate N. American peoples west of the Mississippi R.
resolve anti-Federalist concerns over power of the f. gov't
to restrict European interference in the Western Hemisphere
8
The first permanent English settlement in North America was located in
Roanoke
Plymouth
Jamestown
Boston
9
How did the Watergate scandal of the 1970s impact the United States?
Public trust, honesty in the U.S. fed. government declined.
Fed. oversight of weapons sales to foreign nations expanded.
Congressional support in Middle East peace talks decreased.
Political tensions between China and the U. S. increased.
10
All of the developments in the list directly contributed to
civil rights leaders to desegregate colleges
strengthening media resistance cont'd U.S. aid to W. Europe
rising public opposition in U.S. to the Vietnam War
Congress to increase the exec. powers of the president
11
Which phrase correctly completes the diagram?
The Great Depression
The Election of Franklin Roosevelt
U.S. Entry into World War I
The Red Scare
12
Which statement BEST describes a cause of King Philip's War in 1675?
Puritan colonists demand N. Americans conform to English
Virginia colonists revolted against governor of Jamestown.
Br.troops sent to H. of Burgesses to arrest Puritan leaders.
British Army took control of Dutch settlement/ N. Amsterdam
13
Using chart, what inferences can be made regarding the economic policies of the two parties?
N. Republicans opposed expanding powers of fed. government.
J.Democrats believed fed. govt should organize national bank
N.Republicans opposed financing road improv'ts by fed. gov't
J.Democrats believed in restricting role of the fed. gov't.
14
Which island would BEST fit inside of the box?
Ellis Island
Alcatraz Island
Long Island
Wake Island
15
The ideas Montesquieu describes in the quotation MOST influenced which document?
the U.S. Constitution
the Declaration of Independence
the Articles of Confederation
the Treaty of Paris

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