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- was it silver or gold that helped build an industrial based economy?
- who had the ideas for the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
- who was more upset after the civil war?
- Which future state did not pass from Mexico to the United States as part of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?a. New Mexico.b. Louisiana.c. Arizona.d. Texas.e. California.
- Caudillos werea. democratic reformers who played an important role in the Mexican Revolution.b. leftist guerillas in Mexico.c. powerful Catholic priests who were suspicious of reform.d. regional military leaders who provided order in Latin America.e. economic reformers who promoted industrialization in Latin America.
- After the American Civil War, the southern statesa. were not readmitted to the union until the demands of World War I made it necessary.b. were reduced to colonial status.c. were immediately granted equal status with their northern counterparts.d. underwent Reconstruction.e. actually led the fight for black rights.
- Most property qualifications for voting in the United States had disappeared by the latea. 1820s.b. 1920s.c. 1890s.d. 1870s.e. 1790s.
- The lines, "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal," come from thea. the Canadian Constitution.b. Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen.c. Declaration of Independence.d. Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Convention.e. Mary Wollstonecraft's The Vindication of the Rights of Women.
- In 1803, the United States doubled in size after the Louisiana territory was purchased froma. Canada.b. Mexico.c. Great Britain.d. Spain.e. France.
- Simón Bolívar succinctly summed up the developing political situation in Latin America when he saida. "The behemoth to the north can only be constrained by a powerful Latin American confederation."b. "The key to true democracy is expanding the franchise to include every man."c. "Unity through Gran Colombia is the future for Latin America."d. "The age of uncontested democracy has begun."e. "I fear peace more than war."
- The golondrinas werea. Argentine cowboys who captured the popular imagination.b. Mexican revolutionaries who fought for peasants' rights.c. followers of the La Reforma movement.d. Italian migrants who settled in Argentina but traveled back and forth to Europe.e. regional military leaders in Latin America.
- The U.S. Civil War changed character on 1 January 1863, aftera. the Nat Turner slave rebellion.b. the Battle of Gettysburg.c. the Battle of Antietam.d. the Confederate states signed an alliance with the British.e. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
- The term manifest destiny is associated with what country?a. Russiab. Great Britainc. Japand. Germanye. United States
- The U.S. invasion of Canada in the War of 1812a. was repelled.b. ensured that Quebec would remain independent from the rest of Canada.c. was the key event in ensuring the American victory over the British.d. allowed for the Americas to claim the Dakotas, Idaho, and Montana.e. resulted in a humiliating defeat for the Canadians and long-standing hatred of the U.S.
- In 1908, the United States government ordered a complete halt to migration froma. Ireland.b. Japan.c. Russia.d. India.e. Italy.
- Which of the following was not one of the chief factors for the outbreak of the American Civil War?a. the issue of slaveryb. the traditional argument between a British or French alliancec. the imperatives of a budding industrial-capitalist system against those of an export-oriented plantation economyd. states' rights as opposed to the federal government's authoritye. the election of Abraham Lincoln
- Benito Juárez wasa. the caudillo who restored order in Argentina.b. a Mexican dictator who promoted industrialization.c. the first Mexican communist leader.d. the leader of La Reforma in Mexico in the 1850s.e. the author of the epic poem The Gaucho Martín Fierro.
- Argentine president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, in his book Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism, proposed thata. Buenos Aires and its European connection was necessary to discipline the unruly countryside.b. Argentina would only reach the level of civilization when it was politically united with the United States.c. Argentines had to tap into the primordial energy of the countryside.d. the life of the gaucho was the true life of Argentina because it expressed the will of the common people.e. Argentina was a unique mixture of American civilization and European vitality.
- The main spark for the outbreak of the Mexican-American War in 1845 was the United States acceptance of the new state ofa. New Mexico.b. California.c. Arizona.d. Missouri.e. Texas.
- Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were joined together as the Dominion of Canadaa. by the British North America Act of 1867.b. after the French government granted them independence.c. by the Canadian Independence Act of 1917.d. after the successful Canadian Revolution of 1891-1893.e. as a last-ditch effort to keep America from annexing Nova Scotia.