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HIS144 Quiz 1/20 ExamQuestions and Answers
Many members of the English gentry became willing to emigrate to the
American colonies after - -the break with the Catholic Church kept younger
sons from having secure professional futures within the Church.
-Which was true for most immigrants to America? - -Most had little
knowledge of English, so they commanded only the lowest paying jobs, Most
had little education, Most remained close to the cities where they had landed
- the East Coast's large cities, They usually had little or no understanding of
American culture.
-The Columbian Exchange refers to - -the agricultural products and
domestic animals that crossed from European civilizations to the New World
and from the New World to Europe, the introduction of European diseases to
Native Americans, such as syphilis, the decimation of native populations - by
as much as two-thirds - from exposure to small pox and other diseases that
they had never been exposed to and had no immunities against.
-Spain was not successful in its settlement of North America mainly because
the Spanish - -sought quick profits and were dissuaded by clashes with
Indians, believing that it would not be worth the investment to establish
permanent colonies.
-By 1860, the foreign-born of the North comprised about ____ of the U.S.
population. - -one-fifth
-The tenement buildings in which immigrants often lived frequently lacked
all of the following, except - -violent crime.
-About how many Irish immigrated to America to escape the terrible potato
famine of the 1840s in Ireland? - -one million
-New York City became America's largest city in the 1800s because - -
migration from Europe and from the countryside combined to make the city's
population reach 814,000 by 1860.
-Between 1660 and 1700, North America changed in which of the following
ways? - -The non-native population grew from about 70,000 to about one
million.
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