(02.01 MC)This question refers to the following excerpt.”Fre…
(02.01 MC)This question refers to the following excerpt.”French pirates or corsairs, a nuisance in times of peace, had become a menace to Spanish shipping and to the Spanish economy as relations between France and Spain deteriorated in the 1550s. In 1556–60, the Crown’s revenue from the New World fell to half of its levels in the previous years, with much of the treasure stolen by French corsairs who preyed on Spanish vessels along the sea lanes that connected Spain and the Caribbean. For Spain’s homeward-bound mariners, one of those sea lanes lay along the Atlantic Coast of North America…A Spanish base on the Florida coast, then, would help protect the homebound silver fleets.”Source: David J. Weber, historian, The Spanish Frontier in North America, 1992Which of the following ideas best reflects the main point of this excerpt?
Read Details(04.01 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”SEC. 8. And…
(04.01 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”SEC. 8. And be it further enacted. That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labour or service is lawfully claimed, in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labour or service as aforesaid.”Source: The Missouri Compromise, 1820The provision within the Missouri Compromise dealing with escaped slaves being reclaimed from free territories by their owners illustrates which of the following?
Read Details(04.03 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”Cotton is th…
(04.03 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”Cotton is the fabric of civilization. It has built up peoples, and has riven them apart. It has brought to the world vast and permanent wealth. It has enlisted the vision of statesmen, the genius of inventors, the courage of pioneers, the forcefulness of manufacturers, the initiative of merchants and shipbuilders, and the patient toil of many millions. A whole library could be written on the economic aspects of cotton alone. It could be told in detail, how and why the domination of the field of its manufacture passed from India to Spain, to Holland, and finally to England, which now shares it chiefly with the United States. The interdependence of nations which it has brought about has been the subject of numerous books and articles. Nor is the history of the inventions which have made possible today’s great production of cotton fabrics less impressive. From the unnamed Hindu genius of pre-Alexandrian days, through Arkwright and Eli Whitney, down to Jacquard and Northrop, the tale of cotton manufacture is a series of romances and tragedies, any one of which would be a story worth telling in detail. Yet, here is a work that is by no means finished. Great inventors who will apply their genius to the improvement of cotton growing and manufacture are still to be born.”Source: The Fabric of Civilization, 1919The role of cotton as the “fabric of civilization” was evident in which of the following in the early 1800s?
Read Details(02.05 MC)This question refers to the following excerpt.”Ear…
(02.05 MC)This question refers to the following excerpt.”Early American churchmen and churchwomen soon discovered that if they wanted to practice their beliefs unmolested in a diverse society, they had to grant the same right to others. This wisdom did not come easily. Yet over time, along with bickering and competition among denominations, there also were bargains, accommodations, and compromises. In realizing that no single doctrine of faith could dominate Middle Colony society, a heterogeneous people learned, not to cherish their differences, but, at least, to tolerate and live with them.”Source: Patricia U. Bonomi, historian, “Religious Pluralism in the Middle Colonies,” 2008The excerpt best illustrates which of the following developments?
Read Details(02.05 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”Now it pleas…
(02.05 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”Now it pleased God to send Mr. Whitefield into this land:…And I soon heard he was come to New York and the Jerseys and great multitudes flocking after him under great concern for their Souls and many converted which brought on my concern more and more hoping soon to see him…We wend down in the stream; I heard no man speak a word all the way three miles but every one pressing forward in great haste and when we got to the old meeting house there was a great multitude; it was said to be 3 or 4000 of people assembled together…And my hearing him preach gave me a heart wound; by God’s blessing my old foundation was broken up, and I saw that my righteousness would not save me; then I was convinced of the doctrine of Election and went right to quarreling with God about it, because all that I could do would not save me; and he had decreed from Eternity who should be saved and who not.”Source: Nathaniel Cole, from The Great Awakening Comes to Connecticut, 1740The style of preaching and worship described in the passage was a response to
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(02.03 MC)This question refers to the following image.Public DomainAs a result of Bacon’s Rebellion, “The fear of civil war among whites frightened Virginia’s ruling elite, who took steps to consolidate power and improve their image: for example, restoration of property qualifications for voting, reducing taxes and adoption of a more aggressive Indian policy.”Source: Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty!, 2024How did English colonization affect the Iroquois Confederacy?
Read Details(03.06 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”Art. 3. Reli…
(03.06 MC)Question refers to the excerpt below.”Art. 3. Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and, in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity, shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.”Source: The Northwest Ordinance, 1787This section of the Northwest Ordinance sought to prevent conflicts with native groups brought on by
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