HIS 144 QUIZ 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100%
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Many members of the English gentry became willing to emigrate to the
American colonies after Answer - the break with the Catholic Church kept
younger sons from having secure professional futures within the Church.
Which was true for most immigrants to America? Answer - Most had little
knowledge of English, so they commanded only the lowest paying jobs, Most
had little education, Most remained close to the cities where they had landed -
the East Coast's large cities, They usually had little or no understanding of
American culture.
The Columbian Exchange refers to Answer - the agricultural products and
domestic animals that crossed from European civilizations to the New World
and from the New World to Europe, the introduction of European diseases to
Native Americans, such as syphilis, the decimation of native populations - by as
much as two-thirds - from exposure to small pox and other diseases that they
had never been exposed to and had no immunities against.
Spain was not successful in its settlement of North America mainly because the
Spanish Answer - sought quick profits and were dissuaded by clashes with
Indians, believing that it would not be worth the investment to establish
permanent colonies.
By 1860, the foreign-born of the North comprised about ____ of the U.S.
population. Answer - one-fifth
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Many members of the English gentry became willing to emigrate to the
American colonies after Answer - the break with the Catholic Church kept
younger sons from having secure professional futures within the Church.
Which was true for most immigrants to America? Answer - Most had little
knowledge of English, so they commanded only the lowest paying jobs, Most
had little education, Most remained close to the cities where they had landed -
the East Coast's large cities, They usually had little or no understanding of
American culture.
The Columbian Exchange refers to Answer - the agricultural products and
domestic animals that crossed from European civilizations to the New World
and from the New World to Europe, the introduction of European diseases to
Native Americans, such as syphilis, the decimation of native populations - by as
much as two-thirds - from exposure to small pox and other diseases that they
had never been exposed to and had no immunities against.
Spain was not successful in its settlement of North America mainly because the
Spanish Answer - sought quick profits and were dissuaded by clashes with
Indians, believing that it would not be worth the investment to establish
permanent colonies.
By 1860, the foreign-born of the North comprised about ____ of the U.S.
population. Answer - one-fifth
