Question 1

Identify the following term(s).
-Simón Bolívar

Accepted Answer

Simón Bolívar, also known as Simón José

Question 2

The unity of the United States was threatened by rivalries over issues such as

Accepted Answer

A)  defense of state interests 
B)  slavery 
C)  women's suffrage. 
D)  a and b 
E)  none of the above 
A)  defense of state interests 
B)  slavery 
C)  women's suffrage. 
D)  a and b 
E)  none of the above

Question 3

A group of women angered by their exclusion from an international anti-slavery conference, called for the Women's Rights Convention of 1848 which was held in

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A)  Paterson, New Jersey. 
B)  Seneca Falls, New York. 
C)  Toronto, Canada. 
D)  Washington, D.C. 
E)  Boston, Massachusetts. 
A)  Paterson, New Jersey. 
B)  Seneca Falls, New York. 
C)  Toronto, Canada. 
D)  Washington, D.C. 
E)  Boston, Massachusetts.

Question 4

Identify the following term(s).
-underdevelopment

Accepted Answer

Underdevelopment is a term used to descr

Question 5

Which was not a factor in spurring revolt in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Adamant op

Question 6

The overthrow of the Venezuelan, Mexican, and Bolivian colonial governments was initially instigated by revolutionary juntas led by

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A)  the uneducated peasantry. 
B)  landowning creoles. 
C)  local church leaders. 
D)  slaves. 
E)  the merchant class. 
A)  the uneducated peasantry. 
B)  landowning creoles. 
C)  local church leaders. 
D)  slaves. 
E)  the merchant class.

Question 7

Identify the following term(s).
-Louisiana Purchase

Accepted Answer

The Louisiana Purchase refers to the acq

Question 8

Which of the following was true regarding the American abolitionist movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  they believed slavery offended Christian morality 
B)  they believed slavery violated universal human rights. 
C)  it was supported by many women suffragists. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  a and b only 
A)  they believed slavery offended Christian morality 
B)  they believed slavery violated universal human rights. 
C)  it was supported by many women suffragists. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  a and b only

Question 9

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

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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 the above. 
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 the above.

Question 10

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 25.3 and show the European and American nations that were expelled from North America by the United States. How was this expulsion accomplished?

Accepted Answer

The European and American nations that w

Question 11

Most of the immigrants from Asia (especially China and India) after 1850 went to

Accepted Answer

A)  Peru. 
B)  Canada. 
C)  Cuba. 
D)  the United States. 
E)  Polynesia. 
A)  Peru. 
B)  Canada. 
C)  Cuba. 
D)  the United States. 
E)  Polynesia.

Question 12

Identify the following term(s).
-Colonel Augustin de Irtubide

Accepted Answer

It appears there might be a slight confu

Question 13

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 25.4 and explain why railroad growth in the United States increased so much at the end of the nineteenth century and the start of the twentieth century. Why does it seem so concentrated in the middle of the country?

Accepted Answer

The railroad growth in the United States

Question 14

The economic success of the United States in the nineteenth century was exemplified by the

Accepted Answer

A)  telephone network. 
B)  rise of state and municipal governments. 
C)  increase in manpower of the United States army. 
D)  United States' railroad network. 
E)  All of these 
A)  telephone network. 
B)  rise of state and municipal governments. 
C)  increase in manpower of the United States army. 
D)  United States' railroad network. 
E)  All of these

Question 15

The Mexican revolutionaries José María Morelos and Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla were

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A)  lawyers. 
B)  Catholic priests. 
C)  military officers. 
D)  labor union organizers. 
E)  physicians. 
A)  lawyers. 
B)  Catholic priests. 
C)  military officers. 
D)  labor union organizers. 
E)  physicians.

Question 16

Despite emancipation of slaves in the United States, African Americans lived under harsh conditions, including

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A)  a mandatory seven-day workweek. 
B)  deportation to Liberia. 
C)  laws that prohibited African Americans from practicing Christianity. 
D)  "Jim Crow" laws that segregated public transportation, jobs, and schools. 
E)  all of these. 
A)  a mandatory seven-day workweek. 
B)  deportation to Liberia. 
C)  laws that prohibited African Americans from practicing Christianity. 
D)  "Jim Crow" laws that segregated public transportation, jobs, and schools. 
E)  all of these.

Question 17

Identify the following term(s).
-Battle of Little Bighorn

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Little Bighorn, also known

Question 18

Identify the following term(s).
-U. S. Civil War

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Civil War, also known as the Am

Question 19

Describe the constitutional experiments of the 19th century in the United States, Canada and Latin America.

Accepted Answer

In reaction to what they saw as arbitrar

Question 20

The Confederation of 1867

Accepted Answer

A)  recognized that Britain had lost Canada in the War of 1812 with the United States, and they were forced to withdraw. 
B)  was an Irish nationalist group that staged an invasion of Canada in that year. 
C)  caused a split in political loyalty and a civil war between British and French Canadians. 
D)  was a political accord that was reached between Canadians and Pontiac Indians over use of the Great Lakes (on the Canadian side). 
E)  created the Dominion of Canada with a central government in Ottawa. 
A)  recognized that Britain had lost Canada in the War of 1812 with the United States, and they were forced to withdraw. 
B)  was an Irish nationalist group that staged an invasion of Canada in that year. 
C)  caused a split in political loyalty and a civil war between British and French Canadians. 
D)  was a political accord that was reached between Canadians and Pontiac Indians over use of the Great Lakes (on the Canadian side). 
E)  created the Dominion of Canada with a central government in Ottawa.

Exam 25: Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas

Identify the following term(s). -Simón Bolívar

The unity of the United States was threatened by rivalries over issues such as

A group of women angered by their exclusion from an international anti-slavery conference, called for the Women's Rights Convention of 1848 which was held in

Identify the following term(s). -underdevelopment

Which was not a factor in spurring revolt in Latin America?

The overthrow of the Venezuelan, Mexican, and Bolivian colonial governments was initially instigated by revolutionary juntas led by

Identify the following term(s). -Louisiana Purchase

Which of the following was true regarding the American abolitionist movement?

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

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 25.3 and show the European and American nations that were expelled from North America by the United States. How was this expulsion accomplished?

Most of the immigrants from Asia (especially China and India) after 1850 went to

Identify the following term(s). -Colonel Augustin de Irtubide

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 25.4 and explain why railroad growth in the United States increased so much at the end of the nineteenth century and the start of the twentieth century. Why does it seem so concentrated in the middle of the country?

The economic success of the United States in the nineteenth century was exemplified by the

The Mexican revolutionaries José María Morelos and Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla were

Despite emancipation of slaves in the United States, African Americans lived under harsh conditions, including

Identify the following term(s). -Battle of Little Bighorn

Identify the following term(s). -U. S. Civil War

Describe the constitutional experiments of the 19th century in the United States, Canada and Latin America.

The Confederation of 1867

Nature, Humanity, and History

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

Revolutions in Living

The Collapse of the Old Order

The Cold War and Decolonization

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

New Challenges in a New Millenium

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