Test Bank for American Stories: A History of the United States, Combined Volume, 4th Edition (H. W. Brands, 2018) | All Chapters 1–32 Covered | ISBN 9780137497430

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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Test Bank for American Stories: A History of the United States, Combined
Volume, 4th Edition
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Author: H. W. Brands

ISBN: 9780137497430
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Chapter 1. New World Encounters: Preconquest - 1608
Chapter 2. England's New World Experiments, 1607 - 1732
Chapter 3. Putting Down Roots: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society, 1619 - 1692




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Chapter 4. Experience of Empire: Eighteenth-Century America, 1680 - 1763
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Chapter 5. The American Revolution: From Elite Protest to Popular Revolt, 1763 - 1783




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Chapter 6. The Republican Experiment, 1783 - 1788
Chapter 7. Democracy and Dissent: The Violence of Party Politics, 1788 - 1800
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Chapter 8. Republican Ascendancy: The Jeffersonian Vision, 1800 - 1814
Chapter 9. Nation Building and Nationalism, 1815 - 1825
Chapter 10. The Triumph of White Men's Democracy, 1824 - 1840
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Chapter 11. Slaves and Masters, 1793 - 1861
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Chapter 12. The Pursuit of Perfection, 1800 - 1861
Chapter 13. An Age of Expansionism, 1830 - 1861
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Chapter 14. The Sectional Crisis, 1846 - 1861
Chapter 15. Secession and the Civil War, 1860 - 1865
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Chapter 16. The Agony of Reconstruction, 1865 - 1877
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Chapter 17. The West: Exploiting an Empire, 1849 - 1902
Chapter 18. The Industrial Society, 1850 - 1901
Chapter 19. Toward an Urban Society, 1877 - 1900
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Chapter 20. Political Realignments, 1876 - 1901
Chapter 21. Toward Empire, 1865 - 1902
Chapter 22. The Progressive Era, 1895 - 1917
Chapter 23. From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism, 1900 - 1920
Chapter 24. The Nation at War, 1901 - 1920
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Chapter 25. Transition to Modern America, 1919 - 1928
Chapter 26. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1929 - 1939
Chapter 27. America and the World, 1921 - 1945
Chapter 28. The Onset of the Cold War, 1945 - 1960
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Chapter 29. Affluence and Anxiety, 1945 - 1960
Chapter 30. The Turbulent Sixties, 1960 - 1968
Chapter 31. To a New Conservatism, 1969 - 1988
Chapter 32. Into the Twenty-First Century, 1989 - 2016

, Chapter 1: New World Encounters, Preconquest–1608

Multiple-Choice Questions
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1) The first human migrants to North America were from __________.
a. Asia
b. Africa
c. South America
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d. western Europe
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before
European conquest?
Topic: 1.1 Native Americans before the Conquest
Difficulty Level: Easy
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Skill Level: Remember the Facts

2) __________ played a major part in facilitating the migration of humans into North America.
a. Cultural preferences
b. Epidemics
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c. Warfare
d. Environmental conditions
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before
European conquest?
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Topic: 1.1 Native Americans before the Conquest
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Understand the Connections

3) Knowledge of maize, squash, and beans spread __________.
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a. west from the Atlantic coast
b. south from the Great Plains
c. south from the Pacific Northwest
d. north from central Mexico
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before
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European conquest?
Topic: 1.1.1 The Environmental Challenge: Food, Climate, and Culture
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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, 4) Which of the following was a consequence of the Agricultural Revolution?
a. Indian peoples stopped hunting mammals.
b. Indian peoples gained greater control over their food supply.
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c. Epidemic diseases swept across the Americas.
d. Warfare became far less common in the Americas.
Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before
European conquest?
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Topic: 1.1.1 The Environmental Challenge: Food, Climate, and Culture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections

5) The Agricultural Revolution allowed the Indians of Mexico and Central America to __________.
a. build more complex societies
b. invent the wheel
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c. build peaceful societies
d. conquer much of North America
Answer: A
Learning Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before
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European conquest?
Topic: 1.1.2 Mexico’s Aztec Empire
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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6) Tenochtitlán was the main ceremonial center of the __________.
a. Mayas
b. Toltecs
c. Incas
d. Aztecs
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Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before
European conquest?
Topic: 1.1.2 Mexico’s Aztec Empire
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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7) __________ groups occupied much of the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Maine.
a. Hopi
b. Algonquian
c. Comanche
d. Seminole
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Answer: B
Learning Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before
European conquest?
Topic: 1.1.3 Eastern Woodland Cultures
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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