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- Frederick Douglass, excerpt from an editorial, April 1863Douglass' rhetoric in the excerpt was most likely interpreted as promoting which of the following?
- Frederick Douglass, excerpt from an editorial, April 1863Ideas expressed by Douglass in the excerpt were most likely interpreted as supporting which of the following arguments?
- Theodore Roosevelt, "National Duties," address given at the Minnesota State Fair, September 1901The speech's point of view can best be used to support which of the following historical arguments about the early 1900s?ResponsesAMost Americans believed that the United States should continue an isolationist foreign policy.BMost Americans asserted that American Indians were unjustly harmed by federal policy toward them.CSome Americans advocated economic development of overseas countries in order to justify imperialism.DSome Americans appealed to racial theories in order to oppose efforts to acquire new territorial possessions.
- Theodore Roosevelt, "National Duties," address given at the Minnesota State Fair, September 1901Which of the following best explains a conclusion about United States foreign policy in the early 1900s supported by the point of view expressed in the excerpt?ResponsesAAmericans supported the goals of nationalists in the Philippines.BAmericans expressed little opposition to acquiring new colonial possessions.CPolitical leaders usually did not consider the economic effects of overseas ventures.DPolitical leaders continued to promote the earlier idea of predestined national expansion.
- Senator Robert La Follette, speech in the United States Senate, 1917Which of the following contexts helps to explain the debate in which La Follette was participating in the excerpt?ResponsesASome Americans opposed the launching of imperial ventures for overseas colonies.BInternational conflict led to disagreements over the role of the United States in the world.CThe earlier military victory in the Spanish-American War made the United States a leading global superpower.DThe repeated episodes of economic crisis caused by credit and market instability limited United States international influence.
- Henry Cabot Lodge, senator, speech to the United States Senate, 1900Which of the following explains the historical situation that led Lodge to deliver the speech in the excerpt?ResponsesAThe United States came to control new colonial possessions after the Spanish-American War.BThe United States negotiated territorial exchanges with Germany to end the First World War.CThe United States invaded Pacific islands as a means to defeat Japan in the Second World War.DThe United States sought continued employment overseas for veterans of wars with Native Americans.
- Henry Cabot Lodge, senator, speech to the United States Senate, 1900Which of the following best explains Lodge's point of view on markets in the excerpt?ResponsesAMany Americans believed that acquiring island territories would encourage economic development.BRepublican business leaders lobbied for imperial expansion to provide locations for new factories.CPolitical leaders claimed that the lives of Native Americans could be improved if they moved to new overseas colonies.DDemocrats argued that the United States should focus on domestic economic development over international trade.
- "Petition of the National Security League," 1923Which of the following contexts most directly contributed to the trend in immigration described in the first paragraph of the excerpt?ResponsesAThe passage of Progressive Era reforms that expanded participatory democracyBThe enactment of laws to preserve territory and protect natural resources from developmentCThe establishment of overseas colonies following the Spanish-American WarDThe continued transition of the United States from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy
- John Muir, The Yosemite, published in 1912The ideas expressed in the excerpt are best situated within which of the following broader historical contexts?ResponsesAThe enactment of reforms meant to address issues of unemployment and economic growthBThe response to innovations in technology that contributed to the growth of mass cultureCThe result of efforts to expand United States control of territories in the Pacific and East AsiaDThe impact of the transition of the United States from an agricultural to an industrial economy
- Stephen Austin's leading settlers to Texas Fall if Alamo the battle of San Jacinto Zachary Taylor becoming the hero of burns vista
- How did the Louisiana Purhcase impact the make-up of the US?
- Allowed popular sovereigntyIntroduced a stricter fugitive slave law Outlawed the slave trade in the District of Columbia
- hope of gaining new riches, desire for new or more farmland, and desire to spread the gospel to the Indians
- They kept their American identity & expected to be granted American rights instead of molding into the Mexican culture
- President Roosevelt's "New Deal" to fix the economy included the 3 R's which were?
- First Election of Abraham Lincoln(Year)
- By the end of Reconstruction, the South had as much industry as the North.
- Fighting in familiar territory, head start in prep, better military leaders, European countries were sympathetic
- more man power, factories for supplies, and better transportation
- California was admitted as a free state, the rest of the Mexican would vote themselves to be a slave state or not, passage of the Fugitive Slave law