American History Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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American History
American History Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
The constitution created a system of checks and balances that: - answerPrevents any branch
of government from becoming too powerful
What divisive issue contributed to sectional divisions and eventually led to the civil war? -
answerWhether ...
American History Exam Questions With
Correct Answers.
The constitution created a system of checks and balances that: - answer✔✔Prevents any branch
of government from becoming too powerful
What divisive issue contributed to sectional divisions and eventually led to the civil war? -
answer✔✔Whether to expand slavery into western territory
The announcement of the emancipation proclamation - answer✔✔Freed all enslaved people in
the states at war with the union
What was the Confederacy's strongest resource in the Civil War years? - answer✔✔The
exportation of products
What was the area of resources where the Union states clearly held the major advantage? -
answer✔✔Iron production
The Homestead Act gave land to homesteaders if they ____ for five years. - answer✔✔Lived on
it
Which of the following was a hardship faced by settlers on the Great Plains? - answer✔✔Prairie
fires
Laissez-faire relies on ____ to regulate prices and wages. - answer✔✔A free market
The Democratic Party controlled the executive branch for - answer✔✔Eight years
The processing center in New York Harbor was ______________________. - answer✔✔Ellis
Island
The processing center in San Francisco harbor was_____. - answer✔✔Angel island
Under imperialism, strong nations attempted to - answer✔✔Control weaker nations
Manifest Destiny and the Monroe Doctrine were the basis for - answer✔✔American
expansionism
In the late 1800s, support grew in the US for building a large modern navy to -
answer✔✔Defend American interests
As a result of it's victory in the Spanish American War, the US gained - answer✔✔The
philippines and puerto rico
President Taft believed - answer✔✔Promoting American investment in foreign economies
Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for - answer✔✔Negotiating a treaty between Russia and
Japan
Imperialists and anti imperialists believed in the superiority of - answer✔✔The Anglo Saxon
race
The purpose of the open door policy was to - answer✔✔Ensure training rights with china
What can you infer about the effectiveness of the Spanish military during the Spanish American
war? - answer✔✔The Spanish military did not have a great effectiveness during the Spanish
American war
Identify the leading cause of death for U.S soldiers during the Spanish American war, according
to the graphic. What can be inferred about the soldiers living conditions? - answer✔✔The main
cause of death was food poisoning and disease this tells us that the living conditions were not
good. They were in unhealthy conditions.
Progressivism was partly a reaction against ____ economics, which emphasized on unregulated
free market - answer✔✔Laissez faire
The 17th amendment stated that U.S senators would be elected by - answer✔✔The voters
On august 26 th 1920 women were given the right to vote in the - answer✔✔19th amendment
What were crusading journalists who investigated social conditions and political corruption
called? - answer✔✔Muckrakers
The name of president roosevelts reform within the United states was - answer✔✔Square deal
In what chronological order did these men become president? - answer✔✔McKinley, Teddy R,
Taft, Wilson
Which form of city government has a mayor elected by voters? - answer✔✔Mayor-council form
only
In the commission form of a city government, policy is carried out by - answer✔✔Elected
officials
How many states were impartial before 1920? - answer✔✔14
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