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- The War of 1812a. split the country along religious lines.b. split the country along ethnic lines.c. led to a Canadian-U.S. alliance against Great Britain.d. stimulated a new sense of Canadian unity against an external threat.e. cost Canada almost a third of their territory.
- The victory of the northern states in the U.S. Civil War meant thata. racism would no longer be a problem in the United States.b. there would no longer be sectional differences.c. the federal government would have greater authority in the American republic.d. the federal government would remain small.e. African-Americans would enjoy complete equality.
- 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.
- Louis Riel was the leader of thea. caudillos.b. gauchos.c. golondrinas.d. zambos.e. métis.
- By the 1860s, Britain's leading supplier of beef wasa. the United States.b. Brazil.c. Argentina.d. Canada.e. Holland.
- The United States agreed to pay Mexico $15 million for Texas, California, and New Mexico as part of the Treaty ofa. Paris.b. Adams-Onis.c. Guadalupe Hidalgo.d. Mexico City.e. Texan Succession.
- The early stages of industrial development in the United States depended in large part on investment capital from which of the following nations?a. Chinab. Francec. Great Britaind. Japane. Spain
- The Ghost Dance movement related toa. an apocryphal vision of the Chinese Taiping Rebellion.b. a United States decision to eliminate the Indians so that their only dancing would be done after death.c. the Japanese nationalist concerns in the Meiji Restoration.d. Argentine gauchos and their romantic attachment to the land.e. an American Indian religious vision of an afterlife in which all white peoples disappeared.
- One of the chief reasons that the framers of the U.S. Constitution were opposed to abolishing slavery wasa. their belief in the Enlightenment ideal of equality.b. the necessary role that slavery played in Southern industrial expansion.c. their belief in the Enlightenment acceptance of inequality as a social necessity.d. their recognition of the sanctity of private property.e. the Northern states reliance on slave labor.
- Slavery was reinvigorated in the United States after the rise of what cash crop?a. cottonb. indigoc. riced. wheate. tobacco
- Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons for the victory of the northern states in the U.S. Civil War?a. The majority of the population lived in the north.b. Two-thirds of the railroad lines were in the north.c. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.d. Around 90 percent of the country's industrial capacity was in the north.e. The Union had better generals.
- The Indians who relocated from the eastern woodlands to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears were thea. Sioux.b. Apache.c. Pawnee.d. Cherokee.e. Iroquois.
- In terms of the industrial development of the United States in the late nineteenth century, the most important economic development wasa. the introduction of the factory system.b. the introduction of the steam engine.c. the construction of railroad lines that linked all U.S.regions.d. the rise of trade unions.e. the vast increase in the merchant marine fleet for overseas commerce.
- The National Policy, which was designed to attract migrants, protect nascent industries through tariffs, and build national transportation systems was a policy ina. Mexico.b. Canada.c. Argentina.d. Japan.e. the United States.
- 27. "____________" was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776, to persuade colonists to become independent
- After the conclusion of the American Civil War, freed blacksa. quickly lost their political and civil liberties in the South.b. flocked to take advantage of the Back to Africa program.c. almost unanimously migrated to the west in pursuit of economic opportunity.d. achieved economic and political equality with whites.e. received enough grants of land to become substantial economic competitors to the white population.
- 28. _______________________ was the first battle of the American Revolution where "The shot heard around the world.." was fired.
- The last major Indian resistance was defeated in 1890 at the Battle ofa. Little Big Horn.b. Wounded Knee.c. Sioux River.d. Etowah.e. Fort Apache.
- In the new Latin American countries,a. the franchise was quickly extended to every adult male.b. there were none of the struggles with indigenous populations that marked U.S. history.c. the leaders routinely made the mistake of backing Canada in its war with the United States.d. women had greater political rights than in the United States.e. creole elites dominated and blocked mass participation in politics.
- 25. Colonists who supported the British during the war were called _________.