Topic Review: US1 History of the United States and New York
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- Q 1/44Score 0This clause was used by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to justify29imposing an embargo on trade with Great Britainestablishing the Bank of the United Statessending troops to end the Whiskey Rebellioncreating a federal postal system
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- Q1This clause was used by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton to justifyimposing an embargo on trade with Great Britainestablishing the Bank of the United Statessending troops to end the Whiskey Rebellioncreating a federal postal system60sUS1
- Q2Which development in transportation is Governor Clinton describing?Erie CanalrailroadsNational Roadsteamboats60sUS1
- Q3An example of the use of the unwritten constitution is thebicameral legislatureelectoral collegeamendment processpresident's cabinet60sUS1
- Q4At the start of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that the major reason for fighting the war was toenforce the terms of the Compromise of 1850punish the Confederate states for leaving the Unionbreak the South's economic ties to Great Britainuphold the Constitution by preserving the Union60sUS1
- Q5Passage of the Homestead Act in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains byplacing Native American Indians on reservationsproviding free land to farmerssupplying land to build transcontinental railroadsremoving barriers to Asian immigration60sUS1
- Q6Which heading best completes the partial outline below?Elements of ReconstructionDevelopment of States RightsLimits on Civil RightsResults of Manifest Destiny60sUS1
- Q7The foreign policy illustrated in this cartoon was used by the United States toannounce the Open Door policysecure control of land for the Panama Canal Zonepunish Mexico for siding with Germany in World War Ienforce the Monroe Doctrine against Great Britain60sUS1
- Q8This 1917 poster indicates that one important educational goal for new immigrants during this time period wasteaching them to read and write in their native languageensuring the preservation of their native culturespromoting the English language as a method of assimilationpromoting religious tolerance60sUS1
- Q9Progressivism was an early 20th-century movement that promotedlimited war to spread social justice to other countriesincreased immigration to diversify the nation's populationcolonialism to increase United States power throughout the worldgovernment actions to correct political, economic, and social problems60sUS1
- Q10Hosting the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference (1921) and signing the KelloggBriand Pact (1928) were efforts by the United States tocollect payment for war debtsincrease its military preparednessavoid future warsform new military alliances60sUS1
- Q11The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is best known forending racial segregation in public facilitiessupporting legislation to eliminate the Ku Klux Klanencouraging passage of new voting rights legislationpromoting the cultural creativity of African Americans60sUS1
- Q12Which idea would best be supported by President Hoover's statement?deficit spendingunemployment insurancecollective bargainingrugged individualism60sUS1
- Q13These statements illustrate a difference in opinion between the two presidents overpromoting free-trade policies in the Western Hemisphereexpanding the federal government's role in the economygranting subsidies to big businessregulating supply and demand60sUS1
- Q14"National Defense at Any Expense, but Keep Our Boys at Home." This 1941 slogan of the America First Committee promotedprotective tariffsglobalismisolationismreduced military spending60sUS1
- Q15What is the main idea of the cartoon?The federal government will most likely need to seize ownership of manufacturing plants.President Franklin D. Roosevelt is determined to supply the United States military and its allies with whatever it takes to defeat the Axis powers.President Franklin D. Roosevelt expects other nations to supply the same amount of armaments as the United States.United States factories will not be able to manufacture military supplies in sufficient quantities.60sUS1
