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Amsco AP US History Chapter 7-11 Exam Questions and Answers

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-3 Latest Update Rated A+ corn The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) horses It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4) disease When Europeans came to America they brought smallpox and measles to which the natives had no resistance. Millions of American Indians died from these diseases. (p. 8) encomienda system King of Spain gave grants of land and natives ...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-3corn - correct answers The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) horses - correct answers It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4) disease - correct answers When Europeans came to America they brought smallpox and measles to which the natives had no resistance. Millions of American Indians died from these diseases. (p. 8) encomienda system - correct ...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-3corn - correct answers The Mayas and the Incas cultivated corn as an important stable food supply. (p. 2) horses - correct answers It was not until the 17th century that the American Indians acquired these animals from the Spanish. (p. 4) disease - correct answers When Europeans came to America they brought smallpox and measles to which the natives had no resistance. Millions of American Indians died from these diseases. (p. 8) encomienda system - correct ...

Amsco AP US History Chapter 1 & 2 Exam Questions and Answers

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 1-6 Latest Update Graded A James Madison He is one of the people who wrote the Constitution, and he is known as the Father of the Constitution. He was later elected president in 1808, and served for two terms. (p. 104) Alexander Hamilton One of the authors of the Federalist Papers. He favored a strong central government. He was George Washington's secretary of the treasury. (p. 106) Framers of the Constitution In the summer of 1787, 55 delegates met in Philadelphia...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 23Warren Harding - correct answers In November 1920, he was elected the 29th president of the United States. He was a Republican whose slogan was: "Return to Normalcy". His term was marked by scandals and corruption, although he was never implicated in any of the scandals. In August 1923, he died while traveling in the West. (p. 475-476) Charles Evans Hughes - correct answers A former presidential candidate and Supreme Court justice who was appointed secretary of...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 27elections of 1952, 1956 - correct answers In these two presidential elections Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon defeated Adlai Stevenson quite easily. (p. 580-581) Dwight Eisenhower - correct answers The United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany. In the election of 1952 he became the the 34th President of the United States. (p. 579) Adlai Stevenson - correct answers An Illinois governor and the Democratic pr...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 26 Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) - correct answers Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 22, 1944, it was also known as the GI Bill. It provided veterans of the Second World War with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. (p. 557) early marriages - correct answers One sign of confidence in post-World War II era was an explosion of marriages at a younger age and new births. (p. 558) baby boom - c...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 2Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore - correct answers In 1634, Cecil Calvert (Second Lord Baltimore) was the son of George Calvert (First Lord Baltimore). Cecil Calvert set about making his father's dream of a Maryland colony that would be a haven for Catholics in America. (p. 27) Act of Toleration - correct answers The first colonial statue granting religious freedom to all Christians, but it called for death of all non-Christians. It was created to provide a s...