Exam 3: Historical Settlement of North America

There were three distinct cultural hearths on the Atlantic cost of the U.S> from which settlers set out to colonize the rest of the continent,the Southern Hearth,the Mid Atlantic Hearth,and the New England Hearth.Each of these cultural hearths had their own distinct ________.

The population of the United States grew from about 17 million in 1840 to more than 105 million in 1920 largely as a result of ________.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded much of the future states of Colorado,Utah,Wyoming,Nevada,and California from what country to what country?

The Spanish government system of land grants authorized three types of settlement based on the size of the settlement.Which of the following is the correct order of sizes for these settlements (from small to large)?

The view that the United States had the right to claim all the territory west to the Pacific Ocean is called what?

The most important factor that influenced the population densities of Native Americas/First Nations?

Describe the patterns of Canadian and American immigration policy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.How did these policies change during the 1960s? How are current policies in the United States different than those in Canada?

Which of the following factors contributed to the Dutch losing control of their settlements in North America?

The abduction and enslavement of thousands of Africans who were brought to the Americas against their will as laborers is an example of which of the following?

What system of land division that divided land into squares that were 6 miles on each side and then further divides these into 1 square mile sections called?