Which geographic feature was most important for the development of commerce in the New England and middle colonies?

Britain ended the practice of salutary neglect following the French and Indian War (1754-1763) which directly contributed to the

The Northwest Ordinance (1787) and the Homestead Act (1862) both refl ected the national government's policy of

The primary aim of the writers of the United States Constitution was to

The power of the president to veto laws and the power of the House of Representatives to impeach are examples of

As stated in the United States Constitution, which group is directly elected by the people?

Which statement most accurately describes the principle of federalism?

The purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 was supported by farmers in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee primarily because they wanted to

The Supreme Court decisions in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and in Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) resulted in

In the first half of the 19th century, canal building was important to economic growth because canals

The victory of Andrew Jackson in the presidential election of 1828 was aided by

Which 19th-century phrase best describes the overall efforts of the United States to expand westward to the Pacifi c Ocean?

Which action was an attempt by southern state governments after the Civil War to limit the rights of African Americans?

Political rights for women grew most rapidly on the western frontier primarily because

The formation of business monopolies in the late 1800s was made possible by the

Which pairing matches a 19th-century business leader with the industry he developed?

In the late 1890s, yellow journalism most directly influenced the United States government's decision to

W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington strongly disagreed over the

Which idea best expresses the philosophy of Progressive reformers?

As related to Latin America, the Roosevelt Corollary strengthened the original Monroe Doctrine by

Which legislation resulted from the publication of Upton Sinclair's novel, 'The Jungle'?

The main reason the United States Senate did not approve the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 was because the treaty

The Palmer Raids after World War I were controversial because the federal government

During the 1920s, the influence of the Ku Klux Klan and the passage of laws setting immigration quotas illustrated the

Which factor in the late 1920s was a major cause of the Great Depression?

What was one reason many banks failed during the early 1930s?

One major policy difference between President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt was that President Roosevelt

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first 100 days are regarded by many historians as successful because

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to

Agreements made at the Yalta and Potsdam conferences near the end of World War II resulted in the

Which social change was accelerated by the passage of the Interstate Highway Act in 1956?

United States involvement in Vietnam in the early 1960s was justifi ed by a widely held belief that

Since the 1960s, a major goal of the women's movement has been to gain

The main argument used by President Richard Nixon to block publication of the 'Pentagon Papers' was that their disclosure would

The USA Patriot Act (2001) was passed to

One way in which the Square Deal, the New Frontier, and the Great Society are similar is that each was a