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American Stories A History of the United States, Volume 2, 2E H W Brands Test Bank

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Test Bank

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American Stories A History of the United States, Volume 2

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2nd Edition

Author(s):

H. W. Brands T. H. Breen R. Hal Williams Ariel J. Gross


TEST BANK

AMERICAN STORIES A History of the United States SECOND EDITION H.W. A. Brands University of Texas

T.H.H. Breen Northwestern University

R. Hal Williams Southern Methodist University

Ariela J. Gross University of Southern California


CONTENTS

Chapter 1

New World Encounters, Preconquest—1608

1

Chapter 2

England’s New World Experiments, 1607–1732

16

Chapter 3

Putting Down Roots: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society, 1619–1692

30

Experience of Empire: Eighteenth‐Century America, 1680–1763

45

The American Revolution: From Elite Protest to Popular Revolt, 1763–1783

59

Chapter 6

The Republican Experiment, 1783–1788

73

Chapter 7

Democracy and Dissent: The Violence of Party Politics, 1788–1800

87

Republican Ascendancy: The Jefferson Vision, 1800–1814

102

Chapter 9

Nation Building and Nationalism, 1815–1825

116

Chapter 10

The Triumph of White Men’s Democracy, 1824–1840

133

Chapter 11

Slaves and Masters, 1793–1861

149

Chapter 12

The Pursuit of Perfection, 1800–1861

163

Chapter 13

An Age of Expansionism, 1830–1861

176

Chapter 14

The Sectional Crisis, 1846–1861

189

Chapter 15

Secession and the Civil War, 1860–1865

203

Chapter 16

The Agony of Reconstruction, 1863–1877

216

Chapter 17

The West: Exploiting an Empire, 1849–1902

230

Chapter 18

The Industrial Society, 1850–1901

244

Chapter 19

Toward an Urban Society, 1877–1900

257

Chapter 20

Political Realignments, 1876–1901

271

Chapter 21

Toward Empire, 1865–1902

285

Chapter 22

The Progressive Era, 1895–1917

300

Chapter 4 Chapter 5

Chapter 8

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Chapter 23

From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism, 1900–1920

316

Chapter 24

The Nation at War, 1901–1920

331

Chapter 25

Transition to Modern America, 1919–1928

346

Chapter 26

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1929–1939

361

Chapter 27

America and the World, 1921–1945

376

Chapter 28

The Onset of the Cold War, 1945–1960

390

Chapter 29

Affluence and Anxiety, 1945–1960

403

Chapter 30

The Turbulent Sixties, 1960–1968

417

Chapter 31

To a New Conservatism, 1969–1988

431

Chapter 32

To the Twenty‐first Century, 1989–2010

445

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Chapter 01: New World Encounters, Preconquest–1608 Chapter 01 Multiple‐Choice Questions 1. The most significant factor that allowed large numbers of nomadic hunters to enter the heart of North America was a. the domestication of horses. b. global warming. c. population growth. d. the search for new food supplies. e. the growing diversity of people. Page‐Reference: 6 Skill: Factual Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest Answer : b.global warming. 2. Which of the following revolutionized early Native American cultures? a. the discovery of hunting b. the development of agriculture c. tribal political alliances d. emergence of a written language e. the domestication of the horse Page‐Reference: 7 Skill: Factual Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest Answer : b.the development of agriculture 3. The aggressive Native American people who occupied the valley of Mexico when the Spanish arrived were the a. Mayas. b. Apaches. c. Aztecs. d. Incas. e. Toltecs. Page‐Reference: 8 Skill: Factual Topic: Native Americans Before the Conquest Answer : c.Aztecs.

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