Survey of American History
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Course Introduction
Survey of American History offers an overview of the major political, social, economic, and cultural developments in the United States from pre-Columbian times to the present. The course examines significant events, movements, and figures that have shaped the nation, including colonization, the American Revolution, the Civil War, industrialization, and the struggles for civil rights. Students will analyze primary and secondary sources to gain a deeper understanding of how historical contexts, conflicts, and ideas have influenced the growth and character of American society.
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HIST 3 US History Through 1877 3rd Edition Volume I by Kevin M. Schultz
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Chapter 1: Three Societies on the Verge of Contact
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Q1) The Africans in Lower Guinea were one of the few groups to believe in a single supreme ruler and several lesser gods.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) As European cities grew and prospered during the 14th through 15th centuries,
A) farmers could not provide enough food for urban residents.
B) serfs who took jobs in the cities began to purchase their freedom.
C) schools for children from non-noble families became more important.
D) the Church became more important.
E) more women began to participate in politics.
Answer: B
Q3) Most Indian religions were
A) polytheistic and animistic.
B) sentimental.
C) hedonistic.
D) egalitarian.
E) monotheistic.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Contact and Settlement, 1492-1660
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Q1) Sir Walter Raleigh hoped that by sending families instead of conquerors to the New World,he would be able to re-create English society and its agricultural system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) What is the significance of joint stock companies for English colonization?
A) They owned ships and profited from the cost of passage to the New World.
B) They were able to amass the large sums of money needed to establish colonies in the New World.
C) Working-class people could own stock in these companies and therefore share in the investment potential of the New World.
D) They were funded by the crown and enabled the establishment of royal colonies.
E) They exported products to be sold to colonists in the New World and imported colonial goods back to England.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Expansion and Its Costs, 1660-1700
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Q1) The "enumerated articles" of the Navigation Acts of 1651 were goods that
A) had been manufactured in the colonies.
B) added unwelcome competition to the farming economy of the mother country.
C) colonists could sell to the French and the Dutch.
D) the colonists could only sell to England.
E) English merchants were already selling in the mother country.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is not a true statement about King Philip's War?
A) Indian communities experienced a heavy death toll.
B) It led to a decline in Puritan leadership, since colonists saw the war as a sign of God's displeasure with them.
C) Metacom (King Philip) declared war as a result of settlers' disregard for tribal lands.
D) The war lasted six months and extended from Massachusetts to Connecticut.
E) One in ten New England colonists died during the war.
Answer: D
Q3) Proprietary colonies were ruled by the English crown.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Expansion and Control, 1700-1763
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Q1) In which region did a slow growing season encourage diversified farming?
A) The Chesapeake
B) New England
C) Virginia
D) The Southern Colonies
E) Slow growing seasons shaped the economies in all these colonies.
Q2) The Stono Rebellion in New York City convinced the citizens of that state to gradually abolish slavery to avoid future riots and uprisings.
A)True
B)False
Q3) New England's flat land and long growing season encouraged tobacco cultivation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Triangular Trade connected the West Indies,New York,and Boston in a triangle form.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the repercussions of the American Enlightenment in colonial society and politics.
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Chapter 5: Toward Revolution, 1763-1775
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Q1) One of the main fears of the colonists concerning the Quebec Act was
A) it would spark political support among royalist supporters in the colonies.
B) having to live near the French.
C) retribution from Indian tribes friendly to France during the French and Indian War.
D) that Roman Catholicism would spread throughout the colonies.
E) that the French were just biding their time before attacking again.
Q2) Which of the following is not a possible reason given by historians as to why colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians during the Boston Tea Party?
A) So they would not be recognized
B) Because they hoped it would lead the British into war with the Mohawks and distract England from controlling the colonies
C) As a sign of unity among the colonists against the British
D) Because Native Americans symbolized both savagery and radical democracy
E) It was as far from British civilization as they could get, symbolically
Q3) Explain the origins and motivations for Parliament's introduction of a new order in the colonies in 1763.
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Chapter 6: The Revolution
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Q1) The person who offered freedom to any slaves who fought for the British was
A) King George III.
B) General John Burgoyne.
C) General Charles Cornwallis.
D) Lord Dunmore of Virginia.
E) General William Howe.
Q2) The British hoped to demoralize and break the will of the patriots in all of the following ways,except
A) enslaving prisoners of war.
B) harassing the coastline with their Navy.
C) maintaining the occupation of New York.
D) trying to bribe major leaders of the Continental Army.
E) promising southern slaves freedom in return for their fight against the rebels.
Q3) How important were the Indian tribes to the prosecution of the Revolutionary War? Which tribes fought for which sides in the conflict?
Q4) Who were the major commanding officers for both sides during the Revolutionary War? How would you describe their effectiveness?
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Chapter 7: Confederation and Constitution, 1783-1789
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Q1) Which of these is not a part of the Bill of Rights?
A) Freedom of the press against government intrusion
B) Protection against general (unwarranted) searches
C) The right of males to vote if they paid taxes
D) The right of criminal defendants to enjoy a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of one's peers
E) Freedom of religion
Q2) The Federalist Papers were
A) a tell-all book about the conspiratorial nature of the Philadelphia Convention which almost destroyed the necessary support for the constitution.
B) a new type of national currency that the constitution had authorized.
C) a new passport that allowed Americans to travel across state lines throughout the nation.
D) an early archive of the writings and correspondence of the founding fathers.
E) a series of essays written by three prominent advocates of the new constitution that sought to gain support for its ratification in New York State.
Q3) Explain how the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 organized the division of lands in the new territories.
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Q1) In the debate about how people should address the president
A) Federalists suggested the patriotic "Fellow American."
B) Anti-Federalists favored the glamorous "His Excellency."
C) Washington remained silent.
D) Americans at first favored "His Highness."
E) A French ambassador established the precedent calling Washington "Mr. President."
Q2) From his cabinet choices,it is clear that Washington
A) had packed his cabinet with like-minded men.
B) was trying to achieve a political balance in perspectives from his advisers.
C) didn't quite have a handle on how he should choose his cabinet members.
D) knew that his job was going to require more knowledge and experience than he possessed.
E) was repaying political favors.
Q3) Analyze the financial plan laid out by Alexander Hamilton.List any details that make you think the plan was a good one,and then list details that you think would weaken his plans.
Q4) What was the significance of the Haitian slave revolution-to France and to North America? How did the island rebellion influence Gabriel's Conspiracy?
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Chapter 9: Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1814
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Q1) James Madison changed his mind on several political issues after the War of 1812,one of them being his opposition to a national bank.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Democratic-Republicans in Congress believed that a war with Britain would be
A) a disaster for America, because the navy was not ready.
B) the last chance to force the British to trade with America on equal terms.
C) a second "war for independence" that would be necessary to get Britain to conclusively accept American independence.
D) more likely to be won if the Americans took the offensive before Britain was prepared.
E) a brief conflict that the Americans would win handily, because the British had been so demoralized by the outcome of the Revolutionary War.
Q3) What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition? How successful was the journey?
Q4) Explain Jeffersonian Democracy,and evaluate how successful Thomas Jefferson was in practicing that concept.
Q5) Explain the significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v.Madison.
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Chapter 10: The Market Revolution
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Q1) Which of the following happened during the Market Revolution?
A) Goods could first be taken to market quickly across the entire United States.
B) Each town began to open fresh air markets for selling and bartering crops.
C) A growing number of farmers began to focus on single crops that they could sell for profit, rather than only growing what they needed to be self-sufficient.
D) The United States stopped all overseas commercial transactions between the America and Europe.
E) The United States tried to separate itself from the world economy and buy and sell only at home.
Q2) The reform impulse that swept through America in the first half of the nineteenth century sought improvements in all of the following areas except
A) public education.
B) prisons.
C) working conditions.
D) treatment of the mentally ill.
E) slavery.
Q3) Explain the significance of the Second Great Awakening,and describe the changes it brought about throughout the United States.
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Chapter 11: Politics of the Market Revolution
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Q1) What were the events that led up to the Panic of 1837 and the depression that followed? How much credit or blame would you assign to Andrew Jackson for his actions during this time?
Q2) The Panic of 1819 hit farmers in the West particularly hard because
A) farmers had invested heavily in modern machinery.
B) they had hired workers to whom they now owed wages.
C) they had bought their farms on credit, could not afford the payments and risked foreclosure.
D) American consumers were turning to cheaper European imports.
E) the economic panic was accompanied by a severe drought.
Q3) Describe the changes in the way political campaigns were conducted that took place during the Age of Jackson.How would those campaigns compare to our presidential contests today?
Q4) Why did Andrew Jackson and his supporters maintain that a "corrupt bargain" had been struck in the 1824 presidential election? How did this influence his campaign for the presidency again in 1828?
Q5) When and why was the Whig Party formed,and what groups made up most of its membership?
Q6) Explain the differences between the Whigs and the Democrats.
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Chapter 12: A Regionalized America, 1830-1860
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Q1) What was everyday life like for most middle-class women in the North?
Q2) By 1860,the foreign-born of the North comprised about ____ of the U.S.population.
A) one-tenth
B) one-fourth
C) one-third
D) one-half
E) one-fifth
Q3) New York City became America's largest city in the 1800s because
A) its cultural diversity attracted rural Americans.
B) the city's generous welfare provisions assured a comfortable lifestyle for the poor.
C) other American cities regulated immigration more strictly.
D) it had the only harbor big enough to accommodate the big Atlantic vessels from Europe.
E) migration from Europe and from the countryside combined to make the city's population reach 814,000 by 1860.
Q4) Describe ways in which whites' defense of slavery changed over time.
Q5) How did southern states react to the news of Nat Turner's Rebellion?
Q6) How did life change for those living in the northern countryside?
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Chapter 13: The Continued Move West
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Q1) Which of the following was not one of the native tribes of the Western Plains?
A) Arapahoe
B) Blackfoot
C) Cheyenne
D) Sioux
E) Choctaw
Q2) If the warhawks in the Democratic party had been successful in persuading President Polk to force Britain to agree to the northern boundary where they wanted it established,Vancouver,British Columbia,today would have been part of the state of Washington.
A)True
B)False
Q3) After gaining independence from Mexico,Texans fought hard to maintain their independence from the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Why did President Polk want a war with Mexico? How did he go about getting what he wanted? What were the results?
Q5) How did Americans manage to wrest tribal lands away from the Plains Indians?
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Chapter 14: The Impending Crisis
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Q1) What argument in Congress led to the Compromise of 1850? What were its main provisions?
Q2) The death of America's second two-party System can be attributed,in part,to
A) the Missouri Compromise.
B) the Compromise of 1850.
C) the implementation of popular sovereignty.
D) the rise of the Know-Nothing Party.
E) the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Q3) The Kansas-Nebraska Act upheld all of the following except A) popular sovereignty.
B) the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
C) slavery.
D) the development of new territories.
E) the establishment of new states.
Q4) Senator David Wilmot proposed that slavery be kept out of the new territories the country might acquire so that small farmers would have the chance to get in on the opportunities there.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How and when was the Know-Nothing Party established? For what purpose?
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Chapter 15: The Civil War
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Q1) Inflation in the civil war South was so bad that the cost of living in the South had grown ____ over the course of the war.
A) threefold.
B) fivefold.
C) twelvefold.
D) fifty-twofold.
E) ninety-twofold.
Q2) One of the reasons that Lee's Confederate forces were able to push the Army of the Potomac northward and out of Virginia was that the Union general,George McClellan,was too
A) cowardly to fight.
B) unprepared for battle.
C) slow to react to the Confederate onslaught.
D) strategically cautious and overly anxious about the discipline and fighting ability of his men.
E) insecure in his ability to command.
Q3) More than half of Lee's Confederate army was lost at the Battle of Gettysburg.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the historical significance of the Civil War.
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Chapter 16: Reconstruction, 1865-1877
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Q1) Radical Republicans in Congress sought to
A) break up Southern plantations into small, self-sufficient farms.
B) expel Southern states as punishment for their rebellion.
C) expand the role of the Freedmen's Bureau and pass the Civil Rights Act.
D) execute the leaders of the Confederacy.
E) start a discussion about Northern guilt for the crime of slavery.
Q2) The reconstruction of Southern society was particularly difficult because
A) Southerners had lost their position in the international cotton market.
B) the integration of four million former slaves posed grave political questions.
C) Southern cities had suffered so severely in Sherman's and Grant's campaigns that many weren't fully rebuilt until the early 20th century.
D) about 23 percent of the Southern population had died.
E) Southern infrastructure was so damaged that it set the region behind for decades to come.
Q3) As Reconstruction moved into the background of the thoughts of northerners,racism and intimidation of black and Republican voters in the South became more visible.
A)True
B)False
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