Type:
Test Bank
Resource:
American Stories A History of the United States, Volume 2
Edition:
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
iii
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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