Type:
Test Bank
Resource:
American Journey, The Volume 1
Edition:
6th Edition
Author(s):
David Goldfield Carl Abbott Virginia Dejohn Anderson Jo Ann E. Argersinger Peter H. Argersinger
TEST ITEM FILE
THE AMERICAN JOURNEY A History of the United States SIXTH EDITION David Goldfield University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Carl Abbott Portland State University
Virginia DeJohn Anderson University of Colorado, Boulder
Jo Ann E. Argersinger Southern Illinois University
Peter H. Argersinger Southern Illinois University
William L. Barney University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Robert M. Weir University of South Carolina
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Worlds Apart ................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Transplantation 1600–1685........................................................................................... 14 Chapter 3 A Meeting of Cultures................................................................................................... 27 Chapter 4 English Colonies in an Age of Empire 1660s–1763 ..................................................... 40 Chapter 5 Imperial Breakdown 1763–1774 ................................................................................... 54 Chapter 6 The War for Independence 1774–1783 ......................................................................... 66 Chapter 7 The First Republic 1776–1789 ...................................................................................... 79 Chapter 8 A New Republic and the Rise of Parties 1789–1800 .................................................... 91 Chapter 9 The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism 1800–1824 ..................... 104 Chapter 10 The Jacksonian Era 1824–1845................................................................................. 115 Chapter 11 Slavery and the Old South 1800–1860...................................................................... 127 Chapter 12 The Market Revolution and Social Reform 1815–1850............................................ 135 Chapter 13 The Way West ........................................................................................................... 147 Chapter 14 The Politics of Sectionalism 1846–1861................................................................... 156 Chapter 15 Battle Cries and Freedom Songs: The Civil War 1861–1865 ................................... 168 Chapter 16 Reconstruction 1865–1877........................................................................................ 181 Chapter 17 A New South: Economic Progress and Social Tradition 1877–1900........................ 191 Chapter 18 Industry, Immigrants, and Cities 1870–1900 ............................................................ 201 Chapter 19 Transforming the West 1865–1890 ........................................................................... 213 Chapter 20 Politics and Government 1877–1900 ........................................................................ 226
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Chapter 21 The Progressive Era 1900–1917................................................................................ 235 Chapter 22 Creating an Empire 1865–1917................................................................................. 246 Chapter 23 America and the Great War 1914–1920.................................................................... 255 Chapter 24 Toward a Modern America: The 1920s..................................................................... 268 Chapter 25 The Great Depression and the New Deal 1929–1939 ............................................... 280 Chapter 26 World War II 1939–1945 .......................................................................................... 293 Chapter 27 The Cold War at Home and Abroad 1946–1952....................................................... 305 Chapter 28 The Confident Years 1953–1964 .............................................................................. 318 Chapter 29 Shaken to the Roots 1965–1980................................................................................ 330 Chapter 30 The Reagan Revolution and a Changing World 1981–1992..................................... 342 Chapter 31 Complacency, Crisis, and Global Reengagement 1993–2010 .................................. 354
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CHAPTER 1: WORLDS APART Multiple Choice NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIETIES BEFORE 1492 1.
Africans primarily came to early European settlements in America: a. voluntarily. b. to find employment. c. as slaves. d. looking for trading partners.
ANS: c Page Ref.: 4 (factual) 2.
In 1492, how many people lived on the continents of North and South America? a. 50 million b. 70 million c. 80 million d. 100 million
ANS: b Page Ref.: 4 (factual) 3.
From where did the earliest humans to visit North America probably come? a. Central Siberia b. the Middle East c. Mesopotamia d. Greece
ANS: a Page Ref.: 4 (conceptual) 4.
In what part of North America did farming originate? a. Pacific Northwest b. Arctic c. Great Basin d. Central Mexico
ANS: d Page Ref.: 5 (factual) 5.
Which crop was NOT among those grown in America 5,000 years ago? a. maize b. pumpkins c. squash d. oranges
ANS: d Page Ref.: 5–6 (factual)
1 .d.