Question 1

Which of the following were similarities shared by Venezuelan leader José Antonio Páez and American Andrew Jackson?

Accepted Answer

A) They were both successful military leaders. 
B) They both had uneducated and poor beginnings. 
C) They both challenged constitutional limits to their power. 
D) They both were personalist leaders. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) They were both successful military leaders. 
B) They both had uneducated and poor beginnings. 
C) They both challenged constitutional limits to their power. 
D) They both were personalist leaders. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 2

In 1872, this became the first U.S. national park.

Accepted Answer

A) Yellowstone 
B) Yosemite 
C) Grand Canyon 
D) Muir Woods 
E) Gettysburg 
A) Yellowstone 
B) Yosemite 
C) Grand Canyon 
D) Muir Woods 
E) Gettysburg

Question 3

The Trail of Tears was the

Accepted Answer

A) massacre of the Powhatan tribes along the Appalachian Trail. 
B) route of the slave trade from the Carolinas to Mississippi and Alabama. 
C) southern name for the route of General Sherman in his destructive siege and burning of Charleston. 
D) exile to Texas of settlers who left to establish the Republic. 
E) forced resettlement of Cherokee, Creek, and Choctaw peoples to the west of the Mississippi River. 
A) massacre of the Powhatan tribes along the Appalachian Trail. 
B) route of the slave trade from the Carolinas to Mississippi and Alabama. 
C) southern name for the route of General Sherman in his destructive siege and burning of Charleston. 
D) exile to Texas of settlers who left to establish the Republic. 
E) forced resettlement of Cherokee, Creek, and Choctaw peoples to the west of the Mississippi River.

Question 4

The Sioux defeated General Custer at the

Accepted Answer

A) Battle at the Alamo. 
B) Battle of Little Bighorn. 
C) Pottawatomie Creek Massacre. 
D) Battle of Poltava. 
E) Harper's Ferry Raid. 
A) Battle at the Alamo. 
B) Battle of Little Bighorn. 
C) Pottawatomie Creek Massacre. 
D) Battle of Poltava. 
E) Harper's Ferry Raid.

Question 5

Canada decided to reduce Asian immigration in the 1880s by

Accepted Answer

A) signing the Chinese Exclusion Act. 
B) enacting literacy and citizenship tests. 
C) using a quota system. 
D) imposing a head tax on Chinese immigrants. 
E) None of these is correct. 
A) signing the Chinese Exclusion Act. 
B) enacting literacy and citizenship tests. 
C) using a quota system. 
D) imposing a head tax on Chinese immigrants. 
E) None of these is correct.

Question 6

Compare and contrast the revolutionary movements in Venezuela, Mexico, and Brazil.

Accepted Answer

Venezuelan independence was initiated by

Question 7

What city was the second important center of revolutionary activity in Spanish South America?

Accepted Answer

A) Caracas 
B) Buenos Aires 
C) Rio de Janeiro 
D) La Paz 
E) Bogota 
A) Caracas 
B) Buenos Aires 
C) Rio de Janeiro 
D) La Paz 
E) Bogota

Question 8

Who anonymously published an article in which he called slavery a "cancer eating away at Brazil"?

Accepted Answer

A) Pedro I 
B) Pedro II 
C) John VI 
D) José María Morelos 
E) Simón Bolívar 
A) Pedro I 
B) Pedro II 
C) John VI 
D) José María Morelos 
E) Simón Bolívar

Question 9

Which former slave became one of the most vocal and effective leaders of the abolitionist movement?

Accepted Answer

A) Frederick Douglass 
B) Abraham Lincoln 
C) Theodore Weld 
D) Sarah Grimke 
E) Charles Fourier 
A) Frederick Douglass 
B) Abraham Lincoln 
C) Theodore Weld 
D) Sarah Grimke 
E) Charles Fourier

Question 10

France's support for slavery decreased after

Accepted Answer

A) the Haitian Revolution. 
B) the writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man. 
C) Napoleon conscripted slaves to fight his wars against Britain, promising freedom in exchange for military service. 
D) sale of the Louisiana Territory reduced its need for plantation labor. 
E) the French economy focused more on wine production and handicrafts than industrialized manufacture. 
A) the Haitian Revolution. 
B) the writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man. 
C) Napoleon conscripted slaves to fight his wars against Britain, promising freedom in exchange for military service. 
D) sale of the Louisiana Territory reduced its need for plantation labor. 
E) the French economy focused more on wine production and handicrafts than industrialized manufacture.

Question 11

Not a constitutional republic like its neighbors, Brazil instead became a .

Accepted Answer

constituti

Question 12

Two brothers, Tecumseh and the Prophet, created a large organized alliance among Amerindians of the Ohio River Valley.

Accepted Answer

A) Pontiac 
B) Apache 
C) Cherokee 
D) Shawnee 
E) Navajo 
A) Pontiac 
B) Apache 
C) Cherokee 
D) Shawnee 
E) Navajo

Exam 25: Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas

Which of the following were similarities shared by Venezuelan leader José Antonio Páez and American Andrew Jackson?

In 1872, this became the first U.S. national park.

The Trail of Tears was the

The Sioux defeated General Custer at the

Canada decided to reduce Asian immigration in the 1880s by

Compare and contrast the revolutionary movements in Venezuela, Mexico, and Brazil.

What city was the second important center of revolutionary activity in Spanish South America?

Who anonymously published an article in which he called slavery a "cancer eating away at Brazil"?

Which former slave became one of the most vocal and effective leaders of the abolitionist movement?

France's support for slavery decreased after

Not a constitutional republic like its neighbors, Brazil instead became a .

Two brothers, Tecumseh and the Prophet, created a large organized alliance among Amerindians of the Ohio River Valley.

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The First River-Valley Civilizations

The Mediterranean and Middle East

New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area

Greece and Iran

An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China

India and Southeast Asia

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas

Networks of Communication and Exchange

The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam

Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

Inner and East Asia

Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath

Latin Europe

Southern Empires, Southern Seas

The Maritime Revolution

Transformations in Europe

The Diversity of American Colonial Societies

The Atlantic System and Africa

Between Europe and China

East Asia in Global Perspective

The Early Industrial Revolution

Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World

Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism

Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

The New Power Balance

The Crisis of the Imperial Order

The Collapse of the Old Order

Revolutions in Living

The Cold War and Decolonization

The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration

New Challenges in a New Millennium

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