An immigrant who did not stay in the United States for long before returning home was known as a “__________.”
a. greenhorn
b. bird of passage
c. short timer
d. guest worker
b. bird of passage
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Which is the best interpretation of historian Davis Eltis's statement: "In terms of immigration alone . . . America was an extension of Africa rather than Europe until the late nineteenth century"?
a. The colonists set up communities in the New World that were much closer to the communities of Africa than to those of Europe. b. Many European colonists gave up the traditional ways of their homelands, while people brought to America from Africa retained most of their traditions. c. The new colonies were governed in ways that were unlike any kind of European government and more like African governments. d. Africans were not the largest group to immigrate to America, but they had the greatest influence on the new colonies. e. More Africans than Europeans came to North America in the early years of colonization.
Which of the following was NOT a reason why American colonists felt motivated to form an independent nation?
A) British taxes had impoverished the colonial economies. B) The colonists had formed a unique society distinct from that of England. C) The colonists had developed a well-rounded economic system of their own. D) Large sectors of the North American economy were becoming increasingly independent of England. E) Colonists had developed their own governments, which they were not willing to give up.
The American tradition of isolationism went as far back as the __________
A) Washington administration B) Civil War C) Spanish-American War D) Jackson administration
The policy of relaxing Cold War tensions under Nixon was often referred to as
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