Which of the following happened as Americans relentlessly moved westward across the continent?
A) Native Americans prospered as they assimilated to Anglo-American culture.
B) Western migrants found refuge from the Market Revolution.
C) The opening of the frontier kept alive the democratic promise that poor but free men could make it on their own.
D) They were able to avoid the issue of slavery in national politics.
E) They convinced their neighbors and Native American tribes of their peaceful intentions and anti-imperialist principles.
C
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Which of the following was a consequence of Roosevelt’s attempted purge of conservative Democrats and the recession of 1937?
a. Most Republicans shifted to the political left. b. Most Democrats shifted to the political right. c. The Republican Party did very well in the election of 1938. d. The Democratic Party did very well in the election of 1938.
For which of the following reasons was the suffrage movement in England important for the movement in the United States?
A) The English movement provided much capital to the American movement. B) Its militancy inspired the American movement. C) Its failures provided a contrast for the American movement. D) Its connections with other European movements provided a model for the American movement.
Which of the following is NOT true of the Republic's policy of de-Christianization?
a. Priests were dismissed and church closed in many regions. b. Churches were stripped of items that could be used to support the war effort. c. Robespierre was the primary supporter of de-Christianization. d. The Convention drew up a Republican calendar to replace the Old Christian calendar. e. The cathedral of Notre Dame hosted a celebration of the goddess Reason.
Which of these people would most likely have been among the “new” immigrants entering the United States in 1905?
A) an Australian farmer
B) a German scientist
C) a young unskilled Asian female
D) a single unskilled Italian male