HIST405 Week 8 Final Exam latest 2018 august

Week 8 Final Exam

TCO 4) Which of the following made up the largest segment of Spain’s colonial population by the 1700s?

Spanish

Africans

Indians

Mestizos (multiracial)

Question 2

(TCO 1) The Jamestown colony was established by

a joint-stock company.

religious dissenters.

English missionaries.

an aristocratic explorer.

Question 3

(TCO 4) Slave traders from the colonies

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.

Question 4

(TCO 4) The Great Awakening led to

the Enlightenment.

declining interest in religion.

strengthened evangelical sects, such as the Baptists.

scientific discoveries.

Question 5

(TCO 2) At the First Continental Congress, delegates, such as Patrick Henry and John Adams, encouraged colonists to think of themselves as

Americans.

Britons.

Virginians.

New Englanders.

Question 6

(TCO 2) According to the Loyalists, legitimate authority over the colonists was held by the

state governments.

French government.

British government.

government in Washington, D.C.

Question 7

(TCO 2) The Patriots would not have won the Battle of Yorktown and the American Revolution without help from

Spanish explorers.

Germans.

the French.

Native Americans.

Question 8

(TCO 1) Congress called a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation because

states wanted the power to regulate commerce.

state governments called for a new constitution.

the federal government wanted states to collect taxes.

the federal government needed to be made stronger.

Question 9

(TCO 1) The constitution divides government power

among many different states.

among multiple branches of national government.

among representatives of the people.

between state and national government.

Question 10

(TCO 3) The Corrupt Bargain of 1824 secured the presidency for

Andrew Jackson

John Quincy Adams

Henry Clay

William Crawford

Question 11

(TCO 3) In the early 19th century, the largest source of European immigration came from

Germany.

Poland.

England.

Ireland.

Question 12

(TCO 3) Cotton production was especially intensive in that part of the South referred to as

The Black Belt.

The Cotton Belt.

The Sun Belt.

The Slave Belt.

Question 13

(TCO 3) Which of the following helped James K. Polk win a decisive presidential victory?

The Mexican War

Polk’s vow to obtain both Texas and Oregon

Polk’s opposition to Manifest Destiny

The Texan revolt

Question 14

(TCO 2) Congress tried to resolve the dispute between the North and the South about slavery in the territories by

repealing the Wilmot Proviso.

adopting the Wilmot Proviso.

adopting the Compromise of 1850.

repealing the Compromise of 1850.

Question 15

(TCO 2) How did Northerners respond to the Fugitive Slave Act?

Some northern states enacted legislation opposing it.

Some northern states supported it.

Some northern states enacted the Wilmot Proviso.

Some northern states challenged it in the Supreme Court.

Question 16

(TCO 8) One advantage the South had over the North was that southerners believed

that slavery was not that important.

one southerner could whip 10 Yankees.

that the North lacked the courage to fight.

deeply in Lincoln’s ability to avoid war.

Question 17

(TCO 8) Which Civil War battle decisively turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union?

Battle of Atlanta

Battle of Vicksburg

Battle of Richmond

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 18

(TCO 10) Some neighborhoods, and even industries, came to be associated with immigrants of a particular nationality because immigrants

could learn only one job.

refused most work offered to them.

would work only for one employer.

tended to settle in nationality groups.

Question 19

(TCO 10) Progressivism and populism largely differed in

their goals.

their ideology.

that progressives built political coalitions that transcended party lines.

their organization.

Question 20

(TCO 7) The decisive battles in World War I were fought

in Alsace-Lorraine.

in Austria-Hungary.

on the Eastern Front.

on the Western Front.

Question 21

(TCO 7) During World War I, which of these did the Germans use against British ships?

Radar

Convoys

Airplanes

Submarines

Question 22

(TCO 11) This trial became a symbol of the conflict within Protestantism between modernists and fundamentalists.

Scopes Monkey Trial

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

Fatty Arbuckle Trial

None of the above

Question 23

(TCO 11) Which President was named Silent Cal?

Herbert Hoover

Woodrow Wilson

Warren G. Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Question 24

(TCO 11) The Great Depression affected

only American farmers.

only the U.S. economy.

only the U.S. and European economies.

the global economy.

Question 25

(TCO 7) Hitler justified Germany's aggression by stating that

Germany needed living space in the East for its people.

he wanted to preserve order in Czechoslovakia.

he wanted to spread communism in Austria and other countries.

he felt that other European leaders approved of his policies.

Question 26

(TCOs 1 and 2) Identify and describe the main provisions of the Constitution of 1787. Make sure you analyze the compromises made at the convention to ensure the passage of the new federal constitution. Then discuss the formation of America’s first two political parties, the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists. What were the major differences and who were the best-known members of each party? Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.

Question 27

(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.

Question 28

(TCOs 6 and 7) Identify and explain at least two major reasons for the growing call in the late 1800s for the United States to become a global empire. Then identify and describe one of the first events that signaled the beginning of American imperialism. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer.

Question 29

(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.