The 1924 National Origins Act was designed to
A) increase the number of immigrants coming from Eastern Europe.
B) increase the number of immigrants coming from Asia.
C) increase the number of immigrants coming from South America.
D) decrease the number of immigrants coming from Southern and Eastern Europe.
E) decrease the number of immigrants coming from England.
D
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All of the following contributed to the outbreak of King Philip's War EXCEPT
A) English efforts to convert Indians to Christianity. B) new English settlements developing everywhere in New England that were beginning to dominate the region. C) preparations for war by the Wampanoags, including the purchase of arms and ammunition by their leader Metacom. D) the suspension of trading relationships between the Massachusetts Bay colonists and the Wampanoags and the Narragansetts in 1675.
__________’s stand on women’s rights led to an open break in the abolitionist movement in the 1840s.
a. William Lloyd Garrison b. Theodore Weld c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton d. Angelina Grimké
_________ was a classified paper written by American diplomats that portrayed an uncontrollably aggressive Soviet Union and recommended combating the threat through a massive military buildup, the creation of hydrogen bombs, and the rooting out of all communists on American soil. A. NSC-68 B. NSC-162/2 C. Majestic 12 D. Cox Report
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Transcendentalism
A. was based on the ideas of Dorothea Dix. B. was the theological foundation undergirding the revivals of the Second Great Awakening. C. rejected individualism in favor of utopian communalism. D. sought to rise above reason through individualist spiritual communion with nature.