Deck 25: State Building and Social Change in the Americas, 1830 - 1895

Question 1

 Which of the following describe change across the Western Hemisphere by 1895 

A)expanding frontiers.
B)arrival of large numbers of new European immigrants.
C)all of the answers are correct. 
D)commercialized agriculture.
E)massive new cities.

Answer 1

all of the answers are correct. 

Question 2

 What was the most important agricultural product of the Canadian Plains?

A)Corn.
B)Barley.
C)Rice.
D)Wheat.
E)Sugar beets.

Answer 2

Wheat.

Question 3

 Which Native American nation was located in the most northern part of Canada - far from the main areas of European and British control?

A)Cree.
B)Ojibwa.
C)Squamish.
D)Metis.
E)Inuit.

Answer 3

Inuit.

Question 4

 Which of the following statements,in regard to Canada,is true?

A)All of the answers are correct.
B)Canada was a product of a slow evolution rather than a revolution.
C)A strong sense of being Canadian had developed by 1830.
D)Canadians felt proud to have been a part of the British Empire.
E)Most Canadians still felt a strong sense of loyalty to England.

Question 5

 From lessons learned from the American War of Independence

A)the British would not allow political representation to its remaining territories and colonies.
B)colonies would have the right to void all British laws without consulting with Parliament.
C)each British colony or territory could elect their own governor.
D)a balance was created to allow for local representation but with safeguards to protect British interests.
E)territories and colonies could have their voice heard only through petitioning Parliament.

Question 6

 After Canada became a dominion,what aspects of her government did Britain continue to control?

A)Internal trade.
B)Relations with First Nations.
C)Building of railways.
D)Foreign affairs.
E)Industrialization of agriculture.

Question 7

 Which area of Canada has maintained strong ties with its French past?

A)Toronto
B)Quebec
C)Vancouver
D)New Brunswick
E)Newfoundland

Question 8

 Far from the population centers,trade frontiers of Canada

A)brought wealth to indigenous communities.
B)forced the various Indian nations to unite to resist the changes caused by Europeans.
C)usually brought guns,alcohol,and violence to indigenous communities.
D)no longer existed after the nineteenth century.
E)were strongly governed by Britain via military posts.

Question 9

 Which of the following statements is true?

A)French-speaking Catholics had been guaranteed equal rights.
B)The Quebecois were a linguistic and religious minority in Canada.
C)Many First Nations peoples in Canada approved of continued association with the British Empire.
D)Most French-Canadians favored continued association with the British Empire.
E)All of these

Question 10

 In 1867,the Confederation of Canada established the federal capital at

A)Quebec.
B)Toronto.
C)Ottawa.
D)Montreal.
E)Calgary.

Question 11

 In 1763 the British parliament had guaranteed equal rights for whom in Canada?

A)French-speaking Catholics.
B)French-speaking indigenous peoples.
C)Women.
D)Free blacks.
E)First Nation Chiefs.

Question 12

 A Metis is a frontiersman of

A)Cree-Sioux mix.
B)French-English immigrant mix.
C)Sioux-Ojibwa mix.
D)European-Amerindian descent.
E)pure Native American descent.

Question 13

 Which of the following was emphasized in the poem,"A Cry from an Indian Wife"?

A)The white man had forgotten or refused to acknowledge who originally owned the land.
B)Indian nations lay crushed as a result of the white man's greed.
C)White men's only compensation for the Indians was graves and war.
D)All of the answers are correct.
E)Indians felt the white man's God might have been part of their exploitation.

Question 14

 Which of the following was a part of the Confederation of Canada?

A)All of the answers are correct.
B)A framework was in place for future expansion.
C)Dominion would be the status for Canada.
D)All local affairs were in the hands of the Canadian and provincial governments.
E)The crown appointed Governor-Generals.

Question 15

 Britain's move in the direction of free trade,which eliminated duties on many North American goods reaching British markets,involved which of the following products?

A)Cotton,wheat,and fish.
B)Timber,fish,and grain.
C)Iron,copper,and timber.
D)Rice,grain,and fish.
E)Rice,wine,and corn.

Question 16

 Westward expansion's most serious challenge to the United States involved

A)major Indian problems.
B)equal status for new states entering the Union.
C)slavery.
D)territory claimed by other nations.
E)immigrants.

Question 17

 Which of the following describes the traveler in this chapter,Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake?

A)All of the answers are correct.
B)Although her mother was English,her family lived on the Indian reserve.
C)She considered herself a patriotic subject of the British Empire.
D)Her poems often emphasized the exploitation of the Indian nations.
E)She made a living from her poetry.

Question 18

 What major accomplishment did the Canadians accomplish between 1867 and 1884? 

A)the Transatlantic telegraph.
B)the Canadian Pacific Railway.
C)A new governor's home in Ottawa.
D)the Canadian National University.
E)the Confederation of First Nation.

Question 19

 What new province(s)was/were added in 1905 as the result of Canada's agricultural boom?

A)Alberta.
B)Yukon.
C)British Columbia.
D)Saskatchewan.
E)Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Question 20

 The term responsible government refers to

A)demands for a multiparty system in Canada.
B)the right of women to hold office.
C)demands that the elected leader of the majority party become the Canadian prime minister as in the British Parliament.
D)Canadian's ability to revoke or veto any law passed by the British Parliament.
E)demands that British royalty have no legitimacy in Canada.

Question 21

 According to the young Wisconsin historian Fredrick Jackson Turner who attended the 1893 Great Columbian Exposition,what crisis did the United States face at the end of the nineteenth century?

A)Wars with Europe.
B)How the Constitution would handle twentieth-century America.
C)Closing of the American frontier.
D)Increasing racial and ethnic problems.
E)America as a military power.

Question 22

 Which of the following statements was issued by Lincoln in his opposition to Southern states' push for popular sovereignty?

A)"The slavery issue should be the decision of each state individually."
B)"The liberty of making a slave of other people....the monstrous injustice of slavery"
C)"The Constitution does not recognize slavery."
D)"How can the principle of liberty be reconciled by this measure?"
E)"The economic condition of the nation cannot be jeopardized by indecision any longer."

Question 23

 Although the American Constitution's success was based on compromise,its most difficult compromise involved

A)controversies between small and large states.
B)industry versus agricultural interests.
C)original thirteen states versus new states.
D)slave versus free states.
E)expansion of suffrage.

Question 24

 Which of the following were causes for the Union victory over the Confederacy during the American Civil War? 

A)all of the answers are correct. 
B)farms.
C)industrial might.
D)natural resources.
E)transportation networks.

Question 25

 The removal of the Indians of America's southeast resulted in

A)the admission of the new state of Georgia.
B)the strengthening of the abolitionist movement in the South.
C)the death of over four-thousand Cherokee.
D)national riots against slavery.
E)Jackson's resignation.

Question 26

 Which of the following was a product of the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War?

A)Amendment that abolished slavery.
B)Military occupation of the South.
C)All of the answers are correct.
D)Hayes's agreement to end Reconstruction in exchange for state votes.
E)Amendment giving former slaves voting rights.

Question 27

 The United States Congress passed the Missouri Compromise in 1820 which established rules for

A)movement of freed blacks.
B)trade with Canada.
C)building of railways.
D)Indian reservations.
E)admitting a new state.

Question 28

 What was one of Mexico's major problems after it won its independence from Spain in 1821?

A)The ruling class was inspired by the enlightened ideas of a liberal Europe.
B)Catholicism was weakened.
C)Caudillos proved to be highly educated and effective leaders.
D)Mexico's northern state of Texas was largely untamed frontier with few Mexican officials.
E)Mexico proved capable of matching its two northern neighbors in meeting modern challenges.

Question 29

 The use of steel and its availability in the late 19th century United States led to

A)promoted commercial agriculture.
B)spread of railroad lines.
C)cheaper food prices in urban areas.
D)huge steel corporations.
E)All of these

Question 30

 By 1893 the most rapidly growing city in the Americas was

A)New York.
B)Chicago.
C)San Francisco.
D)Boston.
E)St.Louis.

Question 31

 The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago was a monument to

A)agriculture.
B)pan-American unity.
C)liberalism.
D)faith in God.
E)progress.

Question 32

 Which of the following is associated with Abraham Lincoln?

A)Centralized authority.
B)Abolition of slavery.
C)The autonomous individual as the bedrock of social,civil,and economic foundations.
D)National consciousness that has to rise above local particularities.
E)All of the answers are correct. 

Question 33

 Rather than only a war over preserving the union,the Emancipation Proclamation made the Civil War a war to

A)save the Union.
B)abolish slavery in the United States.
C)punish slave owners.
D)punish slave states.
E)guarantee the right of popular sovereignty.

Question 34

 Mexico's most critical border to protect was associated with

A)the United States.
B)Belize.
C)Guatemala.
D)Honduras.
E)Baja Peninsula.

Question 35

 Which American president presented himself as representing the common man?

A)Washington.
B)Jackson.
C)Jefferson.
D)Monroe.
E)All of these

Question 36

 Which of the following statements is true in describing the Gilded Age in the United States?

A)More wealth became concentrated in fewer hands.
B)Working and living conditions of the working class improved.
C)America's wealth was more evenly distributed among the population.
D)Political corruption was a thing of the past.
E)Southern Blacks enjoyed a higher standard of living.

Question 37

 What were Jim Crow policies?

A)law asserting federal rights.
B)southern segregationist laws.
C)expulsion of Union soldiers occupying the south.
D)laws restricting the movement of Native people.
E)laws protecting voting rights for freed slaves.

Question 38

 Which of the following describes most of South America in the second half of the nineteenth century?

A)Regional diversities had to be overcome to create strong centralized governments.
B)Conservatives and liberals clashed for power.
C)Many nations,like Mexico faced pressures from external powers such as the United States. 
D)An ovverreliance on exports of raw materials and imports of industrial goods and technologies,hindered the development of integrated national economies. 
E)All of the answers are correct. 

Question 39

 What was the result of the Indian Removal Act?

A)Forced migration of southeastern US Amerindians and the Trail of Tears.
B)The Cherokee Constitution.
C)Indian uprisings in the Ohio and Great Lakes regions.
D)Attacks on the Florida Seminoles.
E)Creation of Indian reservations in America's southeast.

Question 40

 Andrew Jackson's was an advocate of

A)Indian rights.
B)limited central government. 
C)brutality to the men under his command at New Orleans.
D)an elitist and distant presidency. 
E)a tough man who punished any kind of opposition.

Question 41

 Who was imported to provide the labor for shoveling guano along the Pacific coasts of Chile,Peru and Bolivia?

A)African slaves.
B)Indigenous people.
C)Poor white farmers.
D)Hindus from India.
E)Chinese laborers.

Question 42

 The major issue of conflict between English-speaking Americans who settled in Texas and the Mexican government involved

A)religion.
B)slavery.
C)political representation.
D)allegiance to the Mexican government.
E)suffrage.

Question 43

 The major changes in the societies across the Americas were the result of which the following? 

A)all of the answers are correct. 
B)economic integration.
C)global markets.
D)gender roles
E)consolidation of national powers.

Question 44

Please define the following key terms.

- Quebecois

Question 45

 Which of the following was a part of the Mexican Constitution of 1857?

A)A Bill of Rights.
B)A unicameral legislature.
C)Equality regardless of ethnicity.
D)All of the answers are correct.
E)Controls placed on the executive and the military.

Question 46

 By what approximate date had Amerindian sovereignty been nearly eliminated and limited to only a few remote areas of the Americas?

A)1800.
B)1895.
C)1850.
D)1950.
E)1795.

Question 47

 What was the ethnic background of Benito Juarez?

A)Peninsulares,born in Spain.
B)Zapotec Amerindian.
C)French.
D)Mestizo,one-half Amerindian.
E)One-half Spanish,one-half French.

Question 48

 What changed many - though not all- of the Plains Indians of America from an agricultural society into a hunting society?

A)Guns.
B)Change in climate.
C)Horses.
D)Diseases.
E)Guns and horses.

Question 49

 In the mid-nineteenth century,in addition to new railroads,Argentina's economy benefited most form what new technology?

A)Telegraph.
B)Steam power spinning.
C)Refrigerated steamship compartments.
D)Iron production.
E)Mechanized harvesting.

Question 50

 Which of the following is true in relation to the Yucatan peninsular area of Mexico?

A)Villagers continued to live as they had before,but became caught up in commercial farming.
B)Forced into working for commercial farmers,most independent peasants became debtor-slave laborers on large estates.
C)All of the answers are correct. 
D)The Yucatan Rebellion fought against the oligarchs.
E)With the end of the Mexican War,Mexico reasserted its power over the Yucatan area.

Question 51

 Until 1889,what was the official government of Brazil?

A)Liberal democracy.
B)Constitutional monarchy.
C)Absolute monarchy.
D)Representational republic.
E)Military dictatorship.

Question 52

 The French initiated a war with Mexico on the basis of

A)protecting Catholicism.
B)protecting French investments in an unstable political system.
C)unpaid debts owed by the Mexican government.
D)a French attempt to reinstate Spanish power in Mexico,with a joint Spanish and French throne.
E)weakening the power of America in the Caribbean region.

Question 53

Please define the following key terms.

- Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake

Question 54

 Generally speaking,what was a cause that led to the demise of the American Indians of the Great Plains?

A)Important minerals and resources,found in areas where Indians lived freely or on reservations.
B)Advancement of settlements as increased populations moved West.
C)All of the answers are correct.
D)Destruction of Indian treaties made earlier.
E)Indian losses in battles and military engagements against American soldiers and settlers.

Question 55

 After Santa Ana lost Texas,a referendum paved the way for what in 1845? 

A)colony of Mexico.
B)United States annexation.
C)independent country. 
D)colony of Spain.
E)territory of France,which aided the Texas rebellion.

Question 56

 One of Santa Ana's most lasting legacies to Mexican history,despite major victories at the Alamo and elsewhere,is that he

A)conquered Texas.
B)abolished slavery.
C)created a new constitution.
D)defeated occupying French forces.
E)lost Texas.

Question 57

 Inspired by the European Revolutions of 1848,the leader of the Mexican reform movement,following the Mexican War with America,was

A)Diaz.
B)Juarez.
C)Santa Ana.
D)Hidalgo.
E)Caudillos.

Question 58

Please define the following key terms.

- First Nation

Question 59

 Which of the following statements is true?

A)An improved railroad system gave the Mexican government increased power over much of Mexico.
B)All of the answers are correct.
C)Foreign investors were recruited to stimulate the economy through investments.
D)Large estates became successful commercialized agricultural ventures.
E)Mexican liberal economic change was combined with authoritarian rule.

Question 60

Please define the following key terms.

- Metis

Question 61

Please define the following key terms.

- Canadian Pacific Railway 

Question 62

Please define the following key terms.

- Louisiana Purchase 

Question 63

Please define the following key terms.

- Civil War

Question 64

Please define the following key terms.

- Emancipation Proclamation

Question 65

Please define the following key terms.

- Andrew Jackson

Question 66

Please define the following key terms.

- General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

Question 67

Please define the following key terms.

- Jim Crow Laws

Question 68

Please define the following key terms.

- Slavery

Question 69

Please define the following key terms.

- Confederation of Canada

Question 70

Please define the following key terms.

- Gilded Age

Question 71

Please define the following key terms.

- Responsible Government

Question 72

Please define the following key terms.

- Confederate States of America

Question 73

Please define the following key terms.

- Great Plains

Question 74

Please define the following key terms.

- Indian Removal Act

Question 75

Please define the following key terms.

- World's Columbian Exposition

Question 76

Please define the following key terms.

- Cherokee

Question 77

Please define the following key terms.

- Latin America 

Question 78

Please define the following key terms.

- Abraham Lincoln

Question 79

Please define the following key terms.

- Caudillos

Question 80

Please define the following key terms.

- Reconstruction