Type:
Test Bank
Resource:
American People, The Creating a Nation and a Society, Concise Edition, Combined Volume
Edition:
7th Edition
Author(s):
Gary B. Nash Julie Roy Jeffrey John R. Howe Peter J. Frederick Allen F. Davis Allan M. Winkler Charlene Mires Carla Gardina Pestana
TEST ITEM FILE Jason Newman Consumnes River College
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: CREATING A NATION AND A SOCIETY CONCISE SEVENTH EDITION
Email: richard@qwconsultancy.com
Table of Contents Chapter 1
Ancient America and Africa
1
Chapter 2
Europeans and Africans Reach the Americas
12
Chapter 3
Colonizing a Continent in the Seventeenth Century
24
Chapter 4
The Maturing of Colonial Society
36
Chapter 5
Bursting the Bonds of Empire
47
Chapter 6
A People in Revolution
59
Chapter 7
Consolidating the Revolution
70
Chapter 8
Currents of Change in the Northeast and the Old Northwest
83
Chapter 9
Slavery and the Old South
96
Chapter 10
Shaping America in the Antebellum Age
108
Chapter 11
Moving West
121
Chapter 12
The Union in Peril
134
Chapter 13
The Union Severed
147
Chapter 14
The Union Reconstructed
160
Chapter 15
The Realities Rural America
172
Chapter 16
The Rise of Smokestack America
185
Chapter 17
The New Metropolis
197
Chapter 18
Becoming a World Power
208
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Chapter 19
The Progressives Confront Industrial Capitalism
221
Chapter 20
The Great War
233
Chapter 21
Affluence and Anxiety
246
Chapter 22
The Great Depression and the New Deal
259
Chapter 23
World War II
272
Chapter 24
Chills and Fever During the Cold War, 1945-1960
286
Chapter 25
Postwar America at Home, 1945-1960
298
Chapter 26
Reform and Rebellion in the Turbulent Sixties, 1960-1969
312
Chapter 27
Disorder and Discontent, 1969-1980
324
Chapter 28
Conservatism and a Shift in Course, 1980-2010
337
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The American People, Concise, 7e (Nash) Chapter 1 Ancient America and Africa MULTIPLE CHOICE 1) Many ancient humans migrated to the Americas over a A) wooden bridge. B) land bridge. C) volcanic crater. D) cobblestone road. Answer: B Diff: 2 Page Ref: 3 Skill: Factual Topic: The People of America Before Columbus 2) As a result of the development of agriculture in the Americas, the members of native tribes A) abandoned regional trading networks. B) engaged solely in agricultural tasks. C) lost faith in religious leaders. D) grew in numbers and founded separate societies. Answer: D Diff: 3 Page Ref: 4-5 Skill: Interpretive Topic: The People of America Before Columbus 3) The Spanish encountered the Aztec people in Mexico in the year A) 1492. B) 1519. C) 1545. D) 1619. Answer: B Diff: 3 Page Ref: 5 Skill: Factual Topic: The People of America Before Columbus 4) The Aztecs, one of the Meso-American empires, created a(n) A) empire that controlled a population estimated at between 10 and 20 million people. B) highly stratified society. C) capital city that amazed the Spanish with its grandeur. D) sophisticated agricultural system. Answer: D Diff: 3 Page Ref: 5 Skill: Interpretive Topic: The People of America Before Columbus
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