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American Stories:
A History of the United States
Fourth Edition
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H. W. Brands,
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T. H. Breen,
Ariela J. Gross,
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R. Hal Williams,
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Table of Contents All Answers Included
New World Encounters, Preconquest–1608 1
England’s New World Experiments, 1607–1732 44
Putting Down Roots: Opportunity and Oppression
in Colonial Society, 1619–1692 83
Experience of Empire: Eighteenth-Century America, 1680–1763 123
The American Revolution: From Elite Protest to Popular Revolt, 1763–1783 167
The Republican Experiment, 1783–1789 206
Democracy and Dissent: The Violence of Party Politics, 1788–1800 245
Republican Ascendancy: The Jeffersonian Vision, 1800–1814 286
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Nation Building and Nationalism, 1815–1825 325
The Triumph of White Men’s Democracy, 1824–1840 362
Slaves and Masters, 1793–1861 401
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The Pursuit of Perfection, 1800–1861 438
An Age of Expansionism, 1830–1861 476
The Sectional Crisis, 1846–1861 511
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Secession and the Civil War, 1860–1865 548
The Agony of Reconstruction, 1865–1877 586
The West Exploiting an Empire, 1849–1902 625
The Industrial Society, 1850–1901 663
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Toward an Urban Society, 1877–1900 704
Political Realignments, 1876–1901 742
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The Progressive Era, 1895–1917 818
From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism, 1900–1920 858
The Nation at War, 1901–1920 898
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Transition to Modern America, 1919–1928 938
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1929–1939 975
America and the World, 1921–1945 1013
The Onset of the Cold War, 1945–1960 1055
Affluence and Anxiety, 1945–1960 1092
The Turbulent Sixties, 1960–1968 1128
To a New Conservatism, 1969–1988 1169
Into the Twenty-First Century, 1989–2016 1209
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Chapter 1: New World Encounters, Preconquest–1608
Multiple-Choice Questions
The first human migrants to North America were from .
Asia
Africa
South America
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
played a major part in facilitating the migration of humans into North America.
Cultural preferences
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Epidemics
Warfare
Environmental conditions
Answer: D
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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
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
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Knowledge of maize, squash, and beans spread .
west from the Atlantic coast
south from the Great Plains
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south from the Pacific Northwest
north from central Mexico
Answer: D
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: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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Which of the following was a consequence of the Agricultural Revolution?
Indian peoples stopped hunting mammals.
Indian peoples gained greater control over their food supply.
Epidemic diseases swept across the Americas.
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?
Topic: 1.1.1 The Environmental Challenge: Food, Climate, and Culture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
The Agricultural Revolution allowed the Indians of Mexico and Central America to .
build more complex societies
invent the wheel
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build peaceful societies
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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Tenochtitlán was the main ceremonial center of the .
Mayas
Toltecs
Incas
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Aztecs
Answer: D
Learning Objective: 1.1 What explains cultural differences among Native American groups before
European conquest?
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Topic: 1.1.2 Mexico’s Aztec Empire
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
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groups occupied much of the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Maine.
Hopi
Algonquian
Comanche
Seminole
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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