Hon. US 1
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- Q 1/75Score 0The main impact European exploration on American Indians at the onset of the establishment of the Columbian Exchange?29the introduction of diseases like smallpox led to a decimation of the American Indian Populationthe native population was forced off their land as slave labor was imported from AfricaSpanish and Portuguese explorers cut American-Indian nations off from trade routes, leading to mass starvationthe introduction of the horse by Spanish-led American Indians to hunt more and depend upon maize and other crops less.
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- Q1The main impact European exploration on American Indians at the onset of the establishment of the Columbian Exchange?the introduction of diseases like smallpox led to a decimation of the American Indian Populationthe native population was forced off their land as slave labor was imported from AfricaSpanish and Portuguese explorers cut American-Indian nations off from trade routes, leading to mass starvationthe introduction of the horse by Spanish-led American Indians to hunt more and depend upon maize and other crops less.30s
- Q2The most significant impact of the introduction of sugarcane in the West Indies was...the development of a continuous war between Spain and Portugal over Caribbean islandsthe desire of the Spanish to settle the Western Hemisphere with permanent settlements made up of familiesthe destruction of the ecosystem of many Caribbean islands resulting in the death of thousands of nativesthe need for slave labor from Africa to maintain constant production of sugar30s
- Q3As described, the Columbian Exchange was significant in that it had the greatest impact on which group of people?Europeans; new, easier-to-grow foodstuffs such as corn and potatoes were brought from the New World and allowed impoverished population groups to survive and increase their numbers.Europeans; their wealth increasedAfricans; they received a greater variety of foodstuffs from Europe, in turn increasing their population significantly.Native Americans; they were enslaved by the encomienda system by the thousands30s
- Q4According to this excerpt which of the following has supremacy in American law?The Judicial BranchThe Supremacy CourtWrits of MandamusThe Constitution30s
- Q5The previous excerpt would have been most strongly supported by which group?South Carolina plantation owners in the 1830sSouthern slave owners in the 1850sNew England Federalists in the 1810sKentucky legislature in the 1790s30s
- Q6In reaction to changing events in American history, interpretation of the Constitution by the Supreme Court can allow subsequent decisions to change initial court rulings. Which of the following pair of Supreme Court decisions illustrates this change of interpretation.Fletcher v. Peck and Gibbons v. OgdenPlessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. BoardScott v. Sanford and Schenk v. United StatesCherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia30s
- Q7Which of the following presidential actions of the first half of the 19th century challenges the main principles behind the previous quote.Andrew Jackson's veto of the bill that called for the re-charter of the Second Band of the United StatesJames Madison's Declaration of War in 1812James Madison's veto of internal improvements in 1817James Monroe's issuing of the Monroe Doctrine30s
- Q8Based on the information in the map, which of the following best describes the circumstances of events in the 19th century?Slave territory was beginning to encroach on free territory.Free states were looking to add Oregon Country to their territory to have access to the Pacific Ocean.The United States was attempting to maintain a balance between free and slave states.The United States Had intentions of taking the Spanish Territory in the West30s
- Q9The event portrayed in the map was the center of controversy later in the first half of the 19th century when...legislation passed in the 1850s overturned the laws established in 1820, allowing a state to rid its territory of slavery.the Supreme Court determined the outcome of the compromise that created the above map to be unconstitutional.the Free Soil Party began to win elections in the western territories where it had been determined that popular sovereignty would determine the outcome of a territory's slave status.the events depicted in the map caused the war with Mexico in 1846.30s
- Q10The main point of this political cartoon most directly reflects which of the following ideas?The Social GospelSocial DarwinismProgressivismPopulism30s
- Q11The ideas expressed by the artist in the political cartoon illustrate which of the following issues of the Industrial Revolution?Labor unions had too much influence in the government.The belief that monopolies controlled the U.S. Senate.The economy was producing an equitable society.The U.S. Senate was able to pass legislation to promote fair business practices.30s
- Q12Which of the following ideas developed and became prominent in 20th-century American politics based on the issues expressed in the cartoon?New Deal ideas for redistribution of wealthProgressive ideas to break up monopoliesGreat Society voting rights legislationPopulist ideas calling for the direct election of Congress30s
- Q13Which of the following Spanish practices is de Las Casas referring to?Hacienda systemAsiento systemEncomienda systemHeadright system30s
- Q14Bartolome de Las Casas is most known forsuppressing native people in order to gain new land for Spanish Christians wishing to start religious societies in the New Worldadvocating the conversion of indigenous people to Christianity by allowing Spanish conquistadors to own them and teach them scripturespeaking out against the atrocities by the Spanish against the native peoples of the Americasstarting missions in the New World as sanctuaries for native peoples fleeing persecution by Spanish conquistadors30s
- Q15Through his view of the Spanish treatment of native peoples, de Las Casas most likely influenced which of the following?Triangular TradeThe Black LegendMiddle PassageColumbian Exchange30s
